* Circle the letter (A, B, C or D) of the best word to use in each blank.
There is now increasing concern about the world’s energy (01) …………………particularly about those involving fossil (02) …………………. In less than a hundred years we shall probably (03) ………………… all the present (04) …………………of oil and gas. The world’s coal (05) …………………should last longer but, once used, these cannot be (06) …………………. It is important, therefore, that we should develop such (07) …………………sources of energy as solar energy and nuclear energy such as well as water and wind (08) ………………… (classed as renewable energy). Until these energy (09) …………………are widely used, it is important for the developed countries to reduce energy (10) …………………as much as possible.

01. A. possessions B. goods C. resources D. materials
02. A. fuels B. powers C. forms D. energies
03. A. end B. complete C. total D. exhaust
04. A. findings B. productions C. amounts D. sources
05. A. reserves B. stores C. mines D. contents
06. A. updated B. repeated C. renewed D. produced
07. A. traditional B. alternative C. revolutionary D. surprising
08. A. force B. strength C. power D. motion
09. A. goods B. supplies C. provisions D. materials
10. A. exhaustion B. destruction C. waste D. consumption

Ex5: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

There is now increasing concern about the world’s energy (33) ___________, particularly about those involving fossil (34)___________. In less than a hundred years we shall probably use up all the present (35)___________ of oil and gas. The world’s coal reserves should last longer but, once used, these cannot (36)___________. It is important, therefore, that we should develop such (37)___________ sources of energy as solar energy as well as water and wind power, classed as renewable energy.

33. *

possessions

resources

goods

materials

34. *

fuels

powers

forms

energies

35. *

findings

productions

amounts

sources

36. *

updated

repeated

renewed

produced

37. *

traditional

alternative

revolutionary

surprising

I. Circle best option A, B, C or D to complete the following passage. (10 x 0.2 = 2.0 pts)

   I live in a house near the sea. It is ……….………(51) old house, about 100 years old and …………………(52) very small. There are two bed rooms upstairs ……………….(53) no bathroom. The bathroom is downstairs ……………….…(54) the kitchen and there is a living room where there is a lovely old fire place. There is a garden ……………….…(55) the house. The garden ……………….…(56) down to the beach and in spring and summer ……………….…(57) flowers every where. I like being alone ……………….…(58) my dog, Rack, but we have a lot of visitors. My city friends often stay with ……………….…(59)

   I love my house for ……………….…(60) reasons the garden, the flowers in summer, the fire in winter, but the best thing is the view from my bedroom window.

51. A. a B. an C. the D. any

52. A. it  B. it's C. there's D. they're

53. A. and B. or C. too D. but

54. A. between B. next C. near to D. next to

55. A. in front B. front of C. of front in D. in front of 

56. A. go B. goes C. going D. in goes

57. A. they are B. there are C. these are D. those are

58. A. for B. of C. on D. with

59. A. my B. I C. me D. I'm

60. A. a B. any C. many D. a lot

Reading the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions below.

This writing is about my best friend, Mai. We go to the same school and we"ve been together for three years. Mai is very pretty. She has short black hair and big brown eyes. She is clever and hard-working but she is also very funny. She makes jokes and we all laugh. She loves reading and writing short poems. I like being with her. We often do our homework together and she helps me a lot. I also like her because she knows a lot about astronomy and we can chat about it for hours. At the moment we"re making a Space minibook. We"re doing a lot of searching on the Internet. This Saturday we"re going to the National Museum to take some photos for our project. Then we"re watching a new film on the Disney channel together. It"s going to be fun!

Are they watching a Disney film?

 A.

Yes, they are.

 B.

Yes, they is

 C.

No, they aren’t.

 D.

Yes, she is

I.Circle the best option ( A, B , C or D ) to complete the following passage

I.Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.

1 .Millions of Christmas cards _________ every year.
A. is sent               B. are sent               C. send               D. are sending

2. I don't know how_________ this game.
A. play                 B. played               C. to play               D. playing

3. I take part _________ most of the youth activities of my school.
A. on                    B. in                   C. to                 D. for

4. We're looking forward to_________ you earlier.
A. see              B. seeing              C. saw             D. be seeing

5. He had his father_________ his watch.
A. fixed             B. to fix              C. fix            D. fixing

6. Luckily, Peter had _________ to finish his final exam.
A. many time            B. enough time              C. time enough             D. some time

7. Tom_________ his hand when he was cooking the dinner.
A. burnt                B. was burning              C. burn              D. is burning

8. I must go now. I promised _________ late.
A. not being             B. not to be            C. to not be                D. not be no

9. Would you mind if I_________ a photo?
A. take             B. took            C. taking            D. will take

10. I _________ Cuba in 1990.
A. visit          B. visited             C. have visited               D. was visiting

11. It is_________ to find an expensive hotel in this town.
A. difficult               B. difficultly            C. difficulty             D. differ

12. _________you ever_________ to America yet?
A. Have …been           B. Were …being              C. Were … been             D. Are … been

PART III : READING

I. 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

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  4___________ people there. They love fishing, too, and they all sit there quietly ___________ 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.

PART IV: WRITING

I. 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.

ð ……………………………………………………………………………………….

2. Sister / buy / material / make / this dress / me.

ð………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. Teacher / be / please / improvement / my work.

ð ……………………………………………………………………………………….

4. Mr Quang / now wear / face mark / protect him / breath / dust.

ð ……………………………………………………………………………………...

5. Anyone / be / home / when / everyone / arrive?

ð ………………………………………………………………………………………

Reading the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions below.

I am going to tell you about my best friend, Katie. She has long, dark brown hair and grey green eyes. She is always happy and cheerful. We often sit together in class, and help one another with our schoolwork. We always go home together and play badminton for an hour. Katie is very good at sports, and she usually wins. Katie is learning to play the piano. I am learning to play the flute. We practice together every day. We play simple songs for piano and flute. They are fun. At weekends sometimes, Katie stays the night at my flat, or I stay the night at her house. We always have a lovely time.

What is TRUE about Katie?

A.

She has long black hair.

B.

She plays sports very well.

C.

She is good at studying.

D.

She never come to school late