I Choose the best answer to complete the sentence

1 Pompeii was completely destroyed...........................A.D.79 by an eruption of Mount Vesuvious

A in B on C at D from

2 Ho Chi Minh city will have temperatures .............................27^oC and 35 ^oC

A at B in C from D between

3 John Glenn was the first American.................................the Earth

A orbit B to orbit C orbiting D who orbits

4 It takes Moon one month to ..............................around the Earth

A reach B occur C orbit D fly

5 Bob is a kind of person to .................................one can talk about anything

A who B that C whom D whose

6 Anyone who can't use a computer is at a .....................................

A disadvantage B profit C benefit D discomfort

7 Give her your telephone number to ring ........................she gets lost

A unless B in case C although D because

8 .......................he worked hard , he couldn't pass the exam

A Since B Despite C If D Even though

9 I asked her what kind of music .................................

A did she like B that she liked C she liked D she liked it

10 ' I suggest collecting used paper every day ''..........................................'

A We don't mind B That's an idea C Good job D So are we

III. Circle the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the following sentences.

2. London is one of the most interesting city I ____________.

A. ever visit     B. have ever visited     C. ever visited     D. will ever visit

3. The red dress is _____________ the blue dress.

A. cheap     B. more cheap than    C. cheaper than   D. the cheapest

4. The pink hat is ____________ in the shop.

A. the most expensive     C. the more expensive            B. more expensive     C. most expensive

5. This comedy is __________ the game show.

A. boring    B. the most boring    C. more boring than    D. boringer than

6. He _________ volleyball once a week.

A. play    B. playing    C. played    D. plays

7. I ____________to Japan twice so far.

A. has gone     B. went     C. have been    d visited

8. He ____________ five postcards to his friend in America last month.

A. has sent     B. send     C. sent    d will send

III. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. (2 pts)

1.   Please turn off _________ lights when you leave the room.

      A. the                          B. a                              C. an                            D. Ø

2.   She is _________ student in my class.

      A. most tall                 B. more tall                 C. the tallest                D. taller

3.   _________ does Hoa Ban Festival take place? - In Lai Chau.

      A.What                       B.Where                      C.When                       D. How

4.   My parents usually _________ work very early.

      A. go to                       B. going to                  C. went                       D. to go

5.   There is a computer _________ the middle _________ the room.

      A. in / of                      B. in /in                       C. on / of                     D. on / in

6.   A tradition is something special that is                  through the generations.

      A. passed                    B. passed to                C. passed down          D. passes down

7.  “Would you mind showing me how to make this magic box ?”        – “_________ . ”

A. Yes, I would           B. No, I wouldn't        C. No, thanks            D. Not at all

8.   You must not let children play in the street because it is ___________ .

      A. suitable                   B. dangerous               C. safe                         D. careful

I. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

    Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the space provided on the right. (10 pts)

1.       His first _____ experiment was carried out in 1658.

A. physics               B. physician               C. physical                D. physicist                

2.       Many wild animals are in _____ of extinction.

A. dangerous          B. danger                  C. endanger             D. dangerously          

3.       It is in this town _____ I was born.

A. where                B. which                    C. that                      D. in which                    

4.       You hardly ever use the Internet now, _____?

A. are you              B. haven’t you           C. don’t you              D. do you                       

5.       _____ from anything else, she is always late for work.

A. Apart                 B. As well                  C. Except                 D. Not only                      

6.       Mary walked away from the discussion. Otherwise, she _____ something she would regret later.

A. will say               B. said                      C. might say             D. might have said              

7.       The Browns had to use all their _____ to buy their new house.

A. savings              B. expenses              C. reserves              D. remains                 

8.       We all need friends whom we can _____ when we are in trouble.

A. rely on               B. carry on                C. live on                  D. go on                         

9.       I had to get up early; _____, I would miss the train.

A. otherwise           B. if not                     C. but                      D. so that                       

10.   Most young people want to _____ more about environmental problems.

A. look up               B. find out                 C. deal with              D. make out                             

11.   Lord Gurney was a very _____ man in the village. Nobody knew who he was.

A. unlike                 B. impossible             C. unpopular            D. uninteresting         

12.   The bus conductor told him to get off because he couldn't pay the _____.

A. fare                   B. journey                 C. bill                       D. travel                    

13.   Let’s _____ a coin to decide which team will kick the ball first.

A. toss                   B. turn                      C. twist                    D. spin                      

14.   At parties people _______ to talk about jobs and money.

A. habit                  B. accustom              C. tend                     D. keep                     

15.   The sun shines brightly and the water is _____.

A. boiling                B. freezing                C. melting                 D. vaporizing                              

16.    The new restaurant is _____ at the corner of a busy street.

A. put                          B. located                      C. stood                        D. placed                       

17.   This one is prettier, but it costs _____ as the other one.

A. as much as        B. twice as much       C. as many               D. twice as many                    

18.   _____ weather! We can't go out for a walk now.

A. How terrible        B. What terrible         C. How a terrible       D. What a terrible                  

19.   Of all the sports he played, _____.

A. he liked tennis least                             B. tennis was liked least by him                       

C. it was tennis which was his least liked   D. tennis was disliked by him least

20.   Bill: The building is nearly finished, isn’t it?

Mary: Yes, but it’ll be _____ we can move in.

A. a long time before                               B. too much time until                      

C. hardly time when                                 D. very soon that

III. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. (2 pts)

1. My mother thinks that this is ________most expensive shop in this street.

      A. the                          B. an                           C. a                             D. Ø

2.   My dad doesn’t mind_________my mom from work every day.

      A. pick up           B. picked up      C. picking up             D. picks up

3. ________does Giong Festival take place? - In Bac Ninh province.

      A. What            B. Where            C. When            D. How

4.   My mother used __________ to work by motorbike 10 years ago.

      A. go                 B. going                 C. went                D. to go

5.   There is a beautiful vase _________ the middle __________ the room.

      A. in / of               B. in /in               C. on / of                    D. on / in

Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence.

1.   Experiencing microgravity on a                 flight is a part of astronaut training programmes.

      A. orbit                        B. ship                         C. mission                   D. parabolic

2.   As soon as the spacecraft               into space, the crew started to observe the sun.

      A. has travelled           B. had travelled          C. travelled                 D. was travelling

3.   Europe’s biggest ISS project is the Columbus science laboratory                         astronauts can carry out scientific experiments in weightless conditions.

      A. there                       B. which                      C. where                      D. when

4.   A                is an enormous system of stars in outer space.

      A. comet                     B. galaxy                     C. universe                  D. solar system

5.   In July of 1975, the first US-Soviet joint             occurred with the Apollo-Soyuz project.

      A. company                 B. relation                   C. mission                   D. performance

6.   The Astronauts Memorial Foundation honours all American astronauts               have lost their lives on missions or in training.

      A. whom                     B. X                            C. which                      D. who

7.   He’s so brilliant and he can do anything -                        .

      A. out of this world                                        B. the sky’s the limit

      C. it’s over the moon                                      D. once in a blue

8.   I                  down to earth on my first Monday back to school after my holiday in Nha Trang.

      A. come over               B. come back              C. come in                   D. come on

9.   Yuri Gagarin made the first space flight               success attracted worldwide attention.

      A. which                     B. when                       C. whose                     D. where

10. Aircraft flying in                arcs create microgravity for tests and simulations that last 20-25 seconds.

      A. straight                   B. oval                         C. circular                    D. parabolic

11. The launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour                      broadcast live this morning.

      A. hats been                B. was being               C. was                         D. had been

12. Dan: Do you like to drink tea? Ben: I love coffee, but I only drink tea                           in a blue moon.

      A. one                         B. once                        C. first                         D. only

13. To walk on the moon, the astronauts had to carry a suitcase                    contained oxygen.

      A. which                     B. it                             C. having                     D. where

14. Yuri Gagarin became the first person to eat and drink in                         .

      A. weightless              B. gravity                    C. specific gravity       D. microgravity

15. I passed all my exam – I'm           !

      A. out of this world                                        B. the sky’s the limit

      C. over the  moon                                           D. once in a blue moon

16. The mission                        they are talking about plans to send humans to Mars by2030.

      A. where                     B. X                            C. who                        D. when

17. “That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. It’s really                       this world.”

      A. into                         B. out of                      C. over                        D. on

18.   In 2010, Naoko Yamazaki, the second female Japanese astronaut,                     on Discovery space shuttle to the ISS alter she                 her training at the Johnson Space Center.

      A. had flown – completed                              B. flew – had completed

      C. flew – was completing                               D. was flying – was completing

19. Do you want to meet my colleague                       son is training to be an astronaut?

      A. that                         B. whom                     C. whose                     D. X

20. For people                          work hard at this company, the sky’s the limit.

      A. which                     B. who                        C. whom                     D. X

21. Vinasat-1 is Viet Nam’s first telecommunication             , which was launched in 2008.

      A. spacesuit                 B. astronomy               C. microgravity           D. satellite

22. The first                  was done by Alexei Leonov, a Russia cosmonaut on March 18^th, 1965. It was 10 minutes long.

      A. spaceward              B. spacesuit                 C. spacewalk               D. spaceship

23. Pham Tuan said everything                        quite strange although he                    when he was on the ground.

      A. was – had prepared                                    B. had been – prepared

      C. was – prepared                                           D. was – has prepared

24. At night the ISS can easily be seen from the Earth, as it flies at the                                 of 320 kilometres above us.

      A. attitude                   B. height                     C. level                        D. altitude

25. She’s very intelligent and knowledgeable. She can                       everything under the sun.

      A. talk to                     B. talk about               C. talk with                 D. talk of

26. The Milky Way is just a                 in the universe and it contains our Solar System.

      A. galaxy                     B. planet                      C. comet                      D. meteorite

27. Virgin Galactic is the world’s first commercial                .

      A. spaceship                B. exploration             C. space                       D. spaceline

28. If you                     the stars, all of your dreams will come true!

      A. reach at                   B. reach for                 C. reach in                   D. reach for

29. Christer Fuglesang said he enjoyed floating around in the ________ environment.

      A. weightless              B. quiet                       C. homesick                D. heavy

30. Mukai Chiaki, the first female Japanese astronaut,                       15 days aboard the space shuttle Columbia in space before it                          to the Earth on July 23, 1994.

      A. was spending – was returning                    B. spent – was returning

      C. spent – had returned                                  D. had spent – returned

I. Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following

sentences. (3 pts)

1. There is an/a ______. Please send an ambulance to Thang Long school.

        A. elevation                B. emergency                  C. first-aid                    D. wound

2. Nam wrote the note on the board in order to ______ his classmates about the change in schedule.

        A. inform                    B. informs                        C. informing               D. informed

3. My brother _______his homework at seven o'clock last night.

       A. does                        B. did                                C. has done                 D. was doing

4. What's the problem ______ the computer?

       A. at                             B. in                                 C. on                            D. with

5. An English speaking contest ______ at Quang Trung school next week.

       A. is held                     B. was held                     C. will be held            D. has been held

6. Phong enjoys ______ flowers.

        A. plant                       B. to plant                        C. planting                  D. planted

7. People usually use compost to ______ their fields.

        A. fertilize                   B. melt                            C. recycle                     D. reduce

8. Would you mind ______ the door?

        A. open                       B. to open                          C. opening                   D. opened

9. London will be very ______ with the low temperature of minus three and high of seven.

        A. cold                         B. cool                             C. hot                            D. warm

10. - I like playing soccer. - ______.

        A. So do I                     B. So am I                   C. Neither do I              D. Neither am I

11. I think playing in the rain is_______.

         A. danger                    B. endanger                  C. dangerous                D. dangerously

12. Phong Nha Cave now is a famous tourist_______.

         A. attract                     B. attractive                    C. attraction                D. attractively

II. Read the passage and fill in the gap with a word from the box. (2 pts)

competitions festival participated traditional

river rice-cooking separate rub

THE RICE-COOKING FESTIVAL

The rice-cooking (1)_________ was held in the communal house yard about one

kilometer a way from a (2)__________. There were three (3)_________: waterfetching,

fire-making and (4)__________. The festival took one day.

In the water-fetching contest one person from each team had to run to the river to

get the water.

In the fire-making contest two team members had to make fire in the

(5)__________way. They tried to (6) ____________ pieces of bamboo together to

make the fire.Six people from each team (7)___________in the rice-cooking festival. They had

to (8)___________ the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.

III. Read the passage and do the tasks that follow.

Da Lat lies on Lam Vien plateau, in the central high land province of Lam Dong.

Da Lat is a well-known city attracting all the people who have been there once. Da

Lat is known as a city of pine trees, waterfalls and flowers. Da Lat is described as a

forest of flowers with different colors and various species. Da Lat has the widest

range of orchid varieties in the country. Da Lat has few rivers and canals but it has

many picturesque waterfalls. The famous Cam Ly Falls is only three kilometers

from the town center. The Prenn Falls is ten kilometers in the South of Da Lat. The

water pours down like a white shade. Da Lat people are very proud of it. They

always boast to tourists about it in the first place.

A. Match the words in the passage in column A with the right meanings in

column B (1 pt)

A B

1. plateau                      

2. orchid

3. picturesque

4. well-known

A. famous

B. attractive and interesting

C. highland

D. a kind of flowers

B. Choose true (T) or false (F) (1 pt)

T F

1. Da Lat is located in the highland province of Lam Dong.

2. There are a lot of rivers and canals in Da Lat.

3. The Cam Ly Falls is about ten kilometers from the town center.

4. In Da Lat, there are various species of flowers with different colors.

C. Answer the questions (1pt)

1. Is Da Lat famous as a tourist city?

…………………………………………..

2. How far is it from the town centre to the Cam Ly Falls ?

…………………………………………………………….

IV. Rewrite the sentences with the words provided (2 pts)

1. Mai bought a new shirt yesterday.

A new shirt____________________________.

2. Huong said: " I'll go to Ha Noi tomorrow".

Huong said that ________________________________.

3. Learning English is very interesting.

It's ___________________________________.

4. Could you give me the bag?

Would you mind ________________________.

Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct

  Forty years after (A) Yuri Gagarin became the first man in orbit (B), Dennis Tito, an American businessman has become (C) the world (D) first space tourist.

A. after

B. in orbit

C. has become

D. world