PART I: PHONETICSI.
Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others by circling A, B, C or D. (1.0 pt)
1.A. card B. parent C. apartment D. party
2.A. favorite B. pastime C. celebration D. vacation
3.A. hour B. heart C. house D. household
4.A. stripe B. appliance C. uniform D. dryer
5. A. send B. sew C. rent D. except
Write your answers here:1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C, or D. (1.0 pt)
1. A. diver B. vessel C. avoid D. coral
2. A. cucumber B. moderate C. stomachache D. contestant
3. A. relax B. marbles C. comic D. atlas
4. A. horrible B. expressive C. compliment D. terrible
5. A. protect B. defeat C. repair D. gather
Write your answers here:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. PART
II: VOCABULARY AND STRUCTUREI. Circle best option A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. (4.0 pts)
1. Mary is studying _______ a history quiz. A. to B. in order to C. for D. in
2. Isn’t it easy to play soccer well ? - _______.A. No, it is B. No it does not C. Yes, it is D. Yes. It does
3. There are two libraries in the town and _______ of them are extremely old.A. each B. all C. both D. mosthttp
4. When my brother and I _______ children, we often played with together.A. was B. will C. were D. are
5. He _______ to work yesterday afternoon.A. wasn’t drive B. not drive C. didn’t drove D. didn’t drive
6. The news on TV last night _______ not very good.A. was B. has C. were D. be
7. Ba did not know the world . Hoang didn’t , _______.A. so B. neither C. either D. too
8. The boss wants his _______ to type some letters.A. secretary B. novelist C. journalist D. musician
9. If Hai eats all that food, he eats_______.A. quite much B. too many C. quite many D. too much
10. Mr Bill speaks Vietnamese very_______.A. skillfully B. good C. fluently D. best
11. The new apartment has a lot of modern things. It is well _______A. empty B. beautiful C. furnished D. nervous
12. _______ to go fishing with me next weekend ? A. Let’s B. Why don’t we C. Would you like D. Shall we
13. Can you see any people in the house ? - _______A. only a little B. only few C. only a few D. only little
14. _______ she plays the piano!A. How well B. How good C. What well D. What good
15. After break, everyone goes_______ and classes start again.A. indoor B. indoors C. outdoor D. outdoors
16. He learns _______ the guitars every day.A. play B. to play C. playing D. plays
17. _______ my students are familiar with this kind of school activities.A. Most B. Most of C. A few D. Few
18. She looks like you. She _______ your sister.A. must be B. Perhaps C. must D. may
19. What is the name of the girl _______ to Mrs. Lien?A. talk B. talks C. talking D. is talking
20. Would you _______ show me a nice picture, Ann?A. like B. mind C. to D. please
Write your answers here:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20
.II. There is one mistake in each sentence, find and correct it. (2.0 pts)
1. My father along with his friend are drinking tea in the living room.
2. He has less friends in his class now than he had last year.
3. I remember that I have something new to told you.
4. It’s important for every students to have a book.
5. He stopped to smoke because cigarettes are harmful to his health.
6. This is my two child. The first is at home.
7. We live in a four - rooms house in the country.
8. When I am sick, my Mom looks at me
. 9. There are a few empty apartments near to my house.
10. My birthday is in June 16th.
Write your answers here:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
III. Give the correct form of the word in the bracket. ( 2.0 pts)
1. Yesterday Kate lost her bike so she is _______. (HAPPY)
2. The information in that book is _____. Read, please. (USE)
3. He drove car _______. He had an accident last week. (CARE)
4. Ho Chi Minh City is a(n) _______ city. (INDUSTRY)
5. Do you like _________ subjects? (SCIENTIST)
6. We need ________ to help the old men in the village. (VOLUNTEER)
7. Where does your brother study? - He studies ___________. (SEA)
8. Smoking is ___________ to your health. (HARM)
9. Don’t talk with a _________. (STRANGE)
10. His father always suffers from his ________. (STOMACH)
Write your answers here:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
IV. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the followingsentences. (2.0 pts)
1. He always (talk) a lot when he is at home.
2. Most people prefer spending money to (earn) it.
3. Nam, together with his friends, hardly (get) bad marks
4. You (wait) a minute while I (look) through the text?
5. Daddy, could you tell me how (run) this washing machine?
6. My father used to be a teacher. He (teach) Chemistry at a local school.
7. You had better (brush) your teeth after every meal.
8. Why you (not go ) to the party last night?
9. I’m going to the post office (buy) some stamps.
10. George is interested in (take) an art class.
Write your answers here:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART III : READINGI. Circle best option A, B, C or D to complete the following passage. (2.0 pts)
Learning a foreign language is , in some way , like learning how to fly .There are some (1) _______, but there is a very important similarity. It is: learning how ( 2 ) _______ these things needs (3) _______ practice. It is never enough( 4 ) _______ a book on how to fly a plane. A book can give you a lot of ( 5 ) _______ about how to fly, but if you only read that book, then try to fly( 6 ) _______any practice, you (7 ) _______ yourself. The same is true of learning a foreign language. For example, Can you ( 8 ) _______English well without having lots (9) _______ practice? “Practice makes perfect” is what every learner (10) _______ a foreign language should know
.1. A. difference B. different C. differences D. differ
2. A. do B. doing C. done D. to do
3. A. a few B. lot of C. a lot of D lot
4. A. to read B. read C. reading D. reader
5. A. informative B. information C. informatics D. inform
6. A. without B. and C. for D. over
7. A. kill B. will kill C. killed D. would killed
8. A. speaks B. speaking C. speak D. spoke
9. A. in B. for C. of D. at
10. A. of B. at C. for D. to
Write your answers here:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10
.II. Fill in the gap with one suitable word to complete the paragraph. (2.0 pts)
Henry likes fishing. He fishes __1__ the river near our house. On Sunday afternoons, when he has __2__ work, he goes down to the river with a little seat and some sandwiches and __3__ until it is quite dark. There are always a few __4__ people there. They love fishing, too, and they all sit there quietly __5__ hours. Sometimes they catch some fish, sometimes they do __6__. I do not like that kind of sport, because I am not very patient.Once Henry __7__ a big fish. He was very happy ! All the other fishermen left their __8__ and came to see his fish. One of them had a camera, so he took a photograph __9__ Henry and his big fish. We still have the photograph __10__ the wall of our living room.
Write your answers here:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART IV: WRITINGI. Rewrite each sentence, starting as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. (2.0 pts)
1. Peter spent three hours repairing his house.It………………………………………………………………………
2. No one works harder than Barbara.Barbara……………………………………………………………..…
3. Nam didn’t go to school yesterday.Nam was…………………………………………………….........….
4. The rooms in this hotel aren’t so comfortable as the rooms in that hotel.The rooms in that hotel ……………………………………….………
5. He drives carefully. He never has accidents.He is ……………………………………………………………………
.6. Because Lan was sick, she did not go to school yesterday.Because of………………………………………………………………
7. The women could not enjoy the concert because of their headache.Their headache prevented ..................................................................
8. Listening to music at home is more interesting than going to the concert.I prefer…………………………………………………………………
.9. Learning English is very difficult for my brother.It ..………………………………………………………………………
10. The visitor spoke so quickly that we could not understand what she said.The visitor spoke too…………............…………………………………
II. Put the words in order to make a complete sentence. (1.0 pt)
1. like / you / to / for / house / lunch / my / would / come / to?…………………………………………………………………………........……...
2. longer / are / elderly / people / are / people / so / there / living / more.…………………………………………………………………………........……...
3. people / the / baseball / of / all / world / play / round / watch / and / millions.…………………………………………………………………………………………
4. next / they / show / around / them / week / Hanoi / Hoa / visit / will / when / her.…………………………………………………………………………………………
5. detective / parents / going / movie / this afternoon / we / see / with / are / a / our / to. ………………………………………………………………………………………..
III. Use the given suggestions to complete sentences. (1.0 pt)
1. Monitor / always / go / class/ on time / be / good example / class. ……………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Sister / buy / material / make / this dress / me.……………………………………………………………………………………….
.3. Teacher / be / please / improvement / my work. ………………………………………………………………………………………
.4. Mr Quang / now wear / face mark / protect him / breath / dust. ……………………………………………………………………………………...
5. Anyone / be / home / when / everyone / arrive? ………………………………………………………………………………………-----The end----
III. Give the correct form of the word in the bracket. ( 2.0 pts)
1. Yesterday Kate lost her bike so she is unhappy. (HAPPY)
2. The information in that book is useful. Read, please. (USE)
3. He drove car carelessly. He had an accident last week. (CARE)
4. Ho Chi Minh City is a(n) industrial city. (INDUSTRY)
5. Do you like scientific subjects? (SCIENTIST)
6. We need volunteers to help the old men in the village. (VOLUNTEER)
7. Where does your brother study? - He studies overseas. (SEA)
8. Smoking is harmful to your health. (HARM)
9. Don’t talk with a stranger. (STRANGE)
10. His father always suffers from his stomachache. (STOMACH)
II. Put the words in order to make a complete sentence. (1.0 pt)
1. like / you / to / for / house / lunch / my / would / come / to?Would you like to come to my house for lunch?
2. longer / are / elderly / people / are / people / so / there / living / more.
People are living longer so there are more elderly people.
3. people / the / baseball / of / all / world / play / round / watch / and / millions.Millions of people play baseball
4. next / they / show / around / them / week / Hanoi / Hoa / visit / will / when / her
Hoa will show them around Hanoi when they visit her next week.
5. detective / parents / going / movie / this afternoon / we / see / with / are / a / our / to.
We are going to see a detective movie with our parents this afternoon
PART IV: WRITINGI. Rewrite each sentence, starting as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. (2.0 pts)
1. Peter spent three hours repairing his house.
=> It took Peter three hours to repair his house.
2. No one works harder than Barbara.
=> Barbara is the hardest worker.
3. Nam didn’t go to school yesterday.
=> Nam was absent from school yesterday.
4. The rooms in this hotel aren’t so comfortable as the rooms in that hotel.
=> The rooms in that hotel are more comfortable than the rooms in this hotel.
5. He drives carefully. He never has accidents.
=> He is a careful drivers, so he never has accidents.
.6. Because Lan was sick, she did not go to school yesterday.
=> Because of Lan's sickness, she did not go to school yesterday.
7. The women could not enjoy the concert because of their headache.
=> Their headache prevented the woman from enjoying the concert.
8. Listening to music at home is more interesting than going to the concert.
=> I prefer listening to music to going to the concert.
.9. Learning English is very difficult for my brother.
=> It is very difficult for my brother to learn English.
10. The visitor spoke so quickly that we could not understand what she said.
=> The visitor spoke too quickly for us to understand what she said.
PART I: PHONETICSI.
Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others by circling A, B, C or D. (1.0 pt)
1.A. card B. parent C. apartment D. party
2.A. favorite B. pastime C. celebration D. vacation
3.A. hour B. heart C. house D. household
4.A. stripe B. appliance C. uniform D. dryer
5. A. send B. sew C. rent D. except
Write your answers here:1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C, or D. (1.0 pt)
1. A. diver B. vessel C. avoid D. coral
2. A. cucumber B. moderate C. stomachache D. contestant
3. A. relax B. marbles C. comic D. atlas
4. A. horrible B. expressive C. compliment D. terrible
5. A. protect B. defeat C. repair D. gather
II: VOCABULARY AND STRUCTUREI. Circle best option A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. (4.0 pts)
1. Mary is studying _______ a history quiz. A. to B. in order to C. for D. in
2. Isn’t it easy to play soccer well ? - _______.A. No, it is B. No it does not C. Yes, it is D. Yes. It does
3. There are two libraries in the town and _______ of them are extremely old.A. each B. all C. both D. mosthttp
4. When my brother and I _______ children, we often played with together.A. was B. will C. were D. are
5. He _______ to work yesterday afternoon.A. wasn’t drive B. not drive C. didn’t drove D. didn’t drive
6. The news on TV last night _______ not very good.A. was B. has C. were D. be
7. Ba did not know the world . Hoang didn’t , _______.A. so B. neither C. either D. too
8. The boss wants his _______ to type some letters.A. secretary B. novelist C. journalist D. musician
9. If Hai eats all that food, he eats_______.A. quite much B. too many C. quite many D. too much
10. Mr Bill speaks Vietnamese very_______.A. skillfully B. good C. fluently D. best
11. The new apartment has a lot of modern things. It is well _______A. empty B. beautiful C. furnished D. nervous
12. _______ to go fishing with me next weekend ? A. Let’s B. Why don’t we C. Would you like D. Shall we
13. Can you see any people in the house ? - _______A. only a little B. only few C. only a few D. only little
14. _______ she plays the piano!A. How well B. How good C. What well D. What good
15. After break, everyone goes_______ and classes start again.A. indoor B. indoors C. outdoor D. outdoors
16. He learns _______ the guitars every day.A. play B. to play C. playing D. plays
17. _______ my students are familiar with this kind of school activities.A. Most B. Most of C. A few D. Few
18. She looks like you. She _______ your sister.A. must be B. Perhaps C. must D. may
19. What is the name of the girl _______ to Mrs. Lien?A. talk B. talks C. talking D. is talking
20. Would you _______ show me a nice picture, Ann?A. like B. mind C. to D. please
.II. There is one mistake in each sentence, find and correct it. (2.0 pts)
1. My father along with => and his friend are drinking tea in the living room.
2. He has less => fewer friends in his class now than he had last year.
3. I remember that I have something new to told => tell you.
4. It’s important for every students => student to have a book.
5. He stopped to smoke => smoking because cigarettes are harmful to his health.
6. This is my two => second child. The first is at home.
7. We live in a four - rooms => room house in the country.
8. When I am sick, my Mom looks at => after me
. 9. There are a few empty apartments near to => near my house.
10. My birthday is in => on June 16th.
III. Give the correct form of the word in the bracket. ( 2.0 pts)
1. Yesterday Kate lost her bike so she is ___unhappy____. (HAPPY)
2. The information in that book is ___useful__. Read, please. (USE)
3. He drove car ____carelessly___. He had an accident last week. (CARE)
4. Ho Chi Minh City is a(n) _____industrial__ city. (INDUSTRY)
5. Do you like _____scientific____ subjects? (SCIENTIST)
6. We need ____volunteers____ to help the old men in the village. (VOLUNTEER)
7. Where does your brother study? - He studies _____overseas______. (SEA)
8. Smoking is _______harmful____ to your health. (HARM)
9. Don’t talk with a _____stranger____. (STRANGE)
10. His father always suffers from his ____stomachache____. (STOMACH)
IV. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the followingsentences. (2.0 pts)
1. He always (talk) talks a lot when he is at home.
2. Most people prefer spending money to (earn) earning it.
3. Nam, together with his friends, hardly (get) get bad marks
4. will You (wait) wait a minute while I (look) am looking through the text?
5. Daddy, could you tell me how (run) to run this washing machine?
6. My father used to be a teacher. He (teach) taught Chemistry at a local school.
7. You had better (brush) brush your teeth after every meal.
8. Why don't you (not go ) go to the party last night?
9. I’m going to the post office (buy) to buy some stamps.
10. George is interested in (take) taking an art class.
PART III : READINGI. Circle best option A, B, C or D to complete the following passage. (2.0 pts)
Learning a foreign language is , in some way , like learning how to fly .There are some (1) _______, but there is a very important similarity. It is: learning how ( 2 ) _______ these things needs (3) _______ practice. It is never enough( 4 ) _______ a book on how to fly a plane. A book can give you a lot of ( 5 ) _______ about how to fly, but if you only read that book, then try to fly( 6 ) _______any practice, you (7 ) _______ yourself. The same is true of learning a foreign language. For example, Can you ( 8 ) _______English well without having lots (9) _______ practice? “Practice makes perfect” is what every learner (10) _______ a foreign language should know
.1. A. difference B. different C. differences D. differ
2. A. do B. doing C. done D. to do
3. A. a few B. lot of C. a lot of D lot
4. A. to read B. read C. reading D. reader
5. A. informative B. information C. informatics D. inform
6. A. without B. and C. for D. over
7. A. kill B. will kill C. killed D. would killed
8. A. speaks B. speaking C. speak D. spoke
9. A. in B. for C. of D. at
10. A. of B. at C. for D. to
Write your answers here:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10
.II. Fill in the gap with one suitable word to complete the paragraph. (2.0 pts)
Henry likes fishing. He fishes __1_in_ the river near our house. On Sunday afternoons, when he has __2_no_ work, he goes down to the river with a little seat and some sandwiches and _fishes_3__ until it is quite dark. There are always a few __4_other_ people there. They love fishing, too, and they all sit there quietly __5_for_ hours. Sometimes they catch some fish, sometimes they do _not_6__. I do not like that kind of sport, because I am not very patient.Once Henry _caught_7__ a big fish. He was very happy ! All the other fishermen left their _place_8__ and came to see his fish. One of them had a camera, so he took a photograph _of_9__ Henry and his big fish. We still have the photograph __10_on_ the wall of our living room.
PART IV: WRITINGI. Rewrite each sentence, starting as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. (2.0 pts)
1. Peter spent three hours repairing his house.It……………………………took Peter 3 hours to repair his house…………………………………………
2. No one works harder than Barbara.Barbara……………………is the most hard-working ………………………………………..…
3. Nam didn’t go to school yesterday.Nam was……………………………absent from class yesterday ……………………….........….
4. The rooms in this hotel aren’t so comfortable as the rooms in that hotel.The rooms in that hotel ……………are more comfortable than the rooms in this hotel ………………………….………
5. He drives carefully. He never has accidents.He is ……………………………a careful driver so he never has accidents………………………………………
.6. Because Lan was sick, she did not go to school yesterday.Because of………………………………Lan's sickness, she didn't go to school yesterday ………………………………
7. The women could not enjoy the concert because of their headache.Their headache prevented ....................................the women from enjoying the concert..............................
8. Listening to music at home is more interesting than going to the concert.I prefer……………………………listening to music at home to going to the concert. ……………………………………
.9. Learning English is very difficult for my brother.It ..……………………………is very difficult for my brother to learn english …………………………………………
10. The visitor spoke so quickly that we could not understand what she said.The visitor spoke too…………............……………… quickly for us to understand what she said. …………………
II. Put the words in order to make a complete sentence. (1.0 pt)
1. like / you / to / for / house / lunch / my / would / come / to?……………………………Would you like to come to my house for lunch?……………………………………………........……...
2. longer / are / elderly / people / are / people / so / there / living / more.…………………………………… People are living longer so there are more elderly people ……………………………………........……...
3. people / the / baseball / of / all / world / play / round / watch / and / millions.………………………………Milions of people play and watch baseball all around the world…………………………………………………………
4. next / they / show / around / them / week / Hanoi / Hoa / visit / will / when / her.……………………………………Hoa will visit Ha noi next week when they show her around them……………………………………………………
5. detective / parents / going / movie / this afternoon / we / see / with / are / a / our / to. …………………………………We are going to see a detective movie with our parents this afternoon……………………………………………………..
III. Use the given suggestions to complete sentences. (1.0 pt)
1. Monitor / always / go / class/ on time / be / good example / class. …………………………………Monitor always goes to class on time to be a good example for the class…………………………………………………….
2. Sister / buy / material / make / this dress / me.…………………………………My sister bought the materials to made this dress for me …………………………………………………….
.3. Teacher / be / please / improvement / my work. ……………………………Teacher is pleased with the improvement in my work…………………………………………………………
.4. Mr Quang / now wear / face mark / protect him / breath / dust. ……………………………Mr. quang is now wearing a face mask to protect him from breathing in dust………………………………………………………...
5. Anyone / be / home / when / everyone / arrive? ……………………………………Was anyone at home when everyone arrived? …………………………………………………
