I. Chọn từ có phần gạch chân có cách phát âm khác các từ còn lại (3 điểm)

II. Viết ký hiệu ngữ âm cho các âm được mô tả sau (4 điểm)

 1) A voiced labiodental fricative ______          6) A voiceless alveolar fricative ______

 2) A voiced palatal affricate ______                 7) A voiceless dental fricative ______

3) A voiceless bilabial stop ______                   8) A mid back rounded vowel ______

4) A high front unrounded vowel ______           9) A high back rounded vowel ______

5) A mid front unrounded vowel ______        10) A low central unrounded vowel ______

Chọn từ có phần gạch chân phát âm khác với các từ còn lại.

1. a. today                b. together                   c. work                    d. melody

2. a. limit                 b. disease                     c. village                  d. provide

3. a. neighbor           b. rough                           c. caught                  d. weight
4. a. colour               b. competition                        c. center                   d. collection 

1. My mother’s favourite hobby is…………She loves preparing food for my family.

A. sewing            B. cooking                     C. gardening               D. painting

2. My father is fond………….football.

A. from              B. at                                C. of                            D. by

3. Mr. Brown………….reading books a lot because he finds this hobby interesting.

A. enjoy             B. don’t enjoy               C. enjoys                     D. doesn’t enjoy

4. You should spend more time……………You look so tired.

A. to sleep                       B. sleeping                   C. sleeps                   D. sleep

5. His head is very hot. He looks so tired. I think he has…………….

A. a temperature                   B. a cough                   C. a headache                 D. earache

6. You should wash your face regularly, …………..your face will be full of acnes.

A. and                                   B. but                C. or                              D. so

7. Do you think that if you bring………….to others, you are also a happy person?

A. happy                 B. happiness                C. happily                        D. happiest

8. What is the best way of……………….money to support homeless people?

A. getting              B. helping                    C. borrowing                    D. donating

9. How many times……………him since he went to Vietnam?

A. you saw            B. did you see               C. you have seen             D. have you seen

10. She………….small children in the neighborhood since last month.

A. tutor                B. tutors                        C. tutored                      D. has tutored

Chọn từ có phần gạch chân phát âm khác với các từ còn lại

1. A. hear                                 B. wear                              C. clear                                                 D. fear  

2. A. mind                                B. kind                               C. find                                          D. driven

3. A. enough                             B. laugh                              C. plough                                      D. cough

4. A. loved                                B. stopped                          C. missed                                                 D. helped

5. A. chance                              B. machine                         C. chicken                                                 D. kitchen

6. A. filled                                B. died                               C. walked                                     D. played

7. A. girls                                 B. parks                              C. countries                                   D. regions

I. Chọn từ có phần gạch chân được phát âm khác so với các từ còn lại.

1. A. ^out                           B. ar^ound                   C. ab^out                            D. c^ould

2. A. need^ed                 B. stopp^ed                  C. want^ed                           D. nak^ed

3. A. govern^ment        B. environ^ment         C. com^ment                             D. develop^ment

II. Chọn từ có trọng âm chính rơi vào vị trí khác so với các từ còn lại.

                                            PHẦN B: NGỮ PHÁP VÀ TỪ VỰNG

I. Cho dạng đúng của các từ trong ngoặc để hoàn thành các câu sau.

1. My brother often (go) _______ to school by bike every day.

2. Last night, my brother ( play) ______________ football with my father.

3. My father enjoys (watch) _______________ television in the evenings.

4. Nam (buy) _______________ a new car  for 2 weeks.

5. Men used to( bread)_________________ winner of the family.

6. When I came home from work yesterday, my father (cook) _______________ dinner.

7. I wish I (can) _________ speak English fluently.

8. Tuan and Huong  (not/go) ______________ to the market last night.

II. Chọn một đáp án đúng trong số A, B, C hoặc D để hoàn thành mỗi câu sau.

1. My best friends often play tennis _______ Sundays.

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

2. Conical hat making in the village has been passed _____ from generation to generation

A. on                           B. down                      C. up                              D.in

3. Do you need any help ?

A. No. Thank you                                                   C. I’m afraid I’m busy now.

B. What can I do for you                                       D. Let me help you

4. I invited her to join our trip to Trang An, but she ______ down my invitation.

A. passed                     B. sat                           C. turned                       D.closed

5. English _______ all over the world.

    A. is spoken           B. are spoken                 C. speak                      D. spoke

6. My grandmother lives with my uncle in the country. I visit her.........

A. one the month       B. one time a month             C once a month         D. once in a month

7. I don't know whether I can go there or not. It completely........... on the weather

A. depends                 B. depend                   C . depending            D. depended

8. We used ...........................to each other when we were schoolboys.

A. to write                  B. write                       C. writing                   D. wrote

9. In my country English is a compulsory subject............... secondary schools

A. at                            B. on                           C. to                            D. of

0. I sometimes go with my mother to pagodas ......................for health

A to pray                    B. pray                       C . praying                D. prayed

11. I am looking forward to meeting Lan tonight. This will be the first time I.......her since she came back from abroad.

A see                           B. will see                  C. have seen              D. saw

12. Every night for the last two years, he...........in this restaurant.

A. works                     B. is working             C, has worked           D. was working

13. At 9 o'clock he................a letter to the Minister of Education and Training, but he didn't finish it.

A. wrote                      B. was writing                       C. has written            D. had written

14. Her parents never .............her to go out alone at night when they lived in the city.

A. made                      B. let               C. agreed                   D. allowed

15. We moved to the city but there ............nothing interesting to do there.

A is                              B. are              C. Was                        D. were

                                         PHẦN A: NGỮ ÂM

I. Chọn từ có phần gạch chân được phát âm khác so với các từ còn lại.

1. A. out                           B. around                   C. about                            D. could

2. A. needed                  B. stopped                  C. wanted                           D. naked

3. A. government        B. environment         C. comment                             D. development

Câu I. Chọn một phương án A, B, C hoặc D ứng với từ có phần gạch chân được phát âm khác với các từ còn lại. (0,8 điểm)

1. A. found                            B. loud                              C. about                            D. routine

2. A. chemistry                    B. champagne                  C. chorus                        D. orchestra

3. A. banks                            B. windows                      C. friends                         D. Doors

4. A. knocked                       B. missed                          C. jumped                         D. rained

Câu II. Chọn một phương án đúng A, B, C hoặc D ứng với từ hoặc cụm từ thích hợp để hoàn thành các câu sau. (3,2 điểm)

5.   That boy had to go to work at the age of fifteen, ________?

A. did he                                B. hadn’t he                       C. had he                            D. didn’t he

6. My father usually read  newspapers _________ get information.
A.  because                           B.    in order                     C.  so as                            D.   so as to  

7. Peter doesn’t like scuba-diving.                 does his brother.

A. So                                       B. Too                         C. Either                      D. Neither

8. This city has one of the most ____ underground rail networks in the world. 

A. efficient                              B. fashionable             C. cosmopolitan          D. fascinated

9. You ______ play loud music late at night. The neighbors will call the police.

A. must                                   B. mustn't                    C. should                     D. don't have to

10. They keep changing the decoration of the shop______ they can attract more young people.

A. although                             B. because                   C. so that                     D. when

11. Today’s cities are ______ than cities in previous times.

A. lots larger                           B. as large                   C. the largest               D. much larger

12. The rain was ______that we couldn’t go out for dinner.

A. heavy enough                     B. such heavy              C. so heavy                 D. too heavy

13. Maradona ______to be the best football player in the 20th century.

A. is thought                           B. thinks                      C. thought                   D. will think

14. When I first met him, he was wearing _______.

A. a brown nice leather jacket.                              B. a nice leather brown jacket

C. a leather nice brown jacket                                D. a nice brown leather jack

15. You should ________ this medicine, and you’ll be well again.

A. have                                   B. drink                       C. eat                           D. take

16. I’ve _______ the product catalogue and decided to buy this table.

A. found out                           B. looked through     C. closed down            D. lived on

Chọn một phương án đúng A, B, C hoặc D ứng với từ hoặc cụm từ  đồng nghĩa với phần được gạch chân.

17. Language preservation is the efford to prevent languages from bring unkown.

     A. storage                       B. protection                C. safeguard                D. safety

18. Experiences at work help women to widen their knowledge.

          A. eliminate               B. broaden                   C. restrict                     D. spoil

Chọn một phương án đúng A, B, C hoặc D ứng với câu đáp lại phù hợp trong các tình huống giao tiếp sau.

19. Lan is talking to a taxi driver at the airport.

   Taxi driver: "Shall I help you with your big suitcase?" - Lan: "____________"

 A. Not a chance.                                                                  B. I can’t agree more.

 C. That’s very kind of you.                                                 D. What a pity!

20. Tom and Mary are doing  exercise in class.

 -Tom: “ Pass me that pen, please!”   - Mary “                 ”

A. Here you are.       B. No, it isn’t.                        C. Yes, please.                      D. It doesn’t matter.    

Câu III. Tìm một lỗi sai trong bốn phần gạch chân A, B, C hoặc D trong các câu sau đây. (0,8 điểm)

21. If I had much money, I would travel around the Europe.

      A             B                      C                             D

22. The teacher was angry when many computers were using for playing games.

       A                 B                                                               C               D

23. We arrived at the station such late that we couldn’t catch the train.

                        A                      B                           C                 D

24. Airplane is one of the greater inventions of all time.

                      A       B           C                            D

Câu IV. Viết dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc để hoàn thành các câu sau. (0,8 điểm)

25. Mr. Long met his old friend while he (work) _________________in Da Lat.

26. We (know) _________________Jenny since she moved to our neighborhood.

27. We used (write)                to each other every month when we were at secondary school.

28. My brother enjoys (read) _________________ in his free time. Now he is reading a magazine.

Câu V. Viết dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc để hoàn chỉnh các câu sau. (0,8 điểm)

29. Peter is a fine _________________. He has composed a lot of beautiful songs.            (music)

30. Our visit to Ha Long Bay was great. It was such a(n) _________________ experience.  (forget)

31. According to Lan, the Internet is a wonderful _________________ of modern life.     (invent)

32. _________________, Vietnamese women usually wear the Ao dai on their wedding. (tradition)

Câu VI. Chọn một phương án đúng A, B, C hoặc D để điền vào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn sau. (0.8 điểm).

No writer in American literature is more famous or move loved than Samuel Longhorn Clements. Born in Missouri in 1853 , he grew up on the bank of the Mississippi river (33)…….later adopted the pen name Mark Twain. The village environment (34)……..the two novels which made him famous:  “ Tom Sawyer and Hucleberry Film”. “Life on Mississippi” told of his adventures on the river boats of that period.

Mark Twain’s life as a writer started during the Civil War (35)…………he worked as a newspaper man in Nevada and California. His short story “ The celebrated Jumping of Calaveras Country” was an immediate (36)……and his new career began.

33. A. or                             B. and                               C. so                      D. but

34. A. increased                 B. improved                      C. encouraged       D. inspired

35. A. where                      B. who                               C. when                 D. which

36. A. success                    B. successful                     C. succeed             D. succeeding

Câu VII. Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời các câu hỏi. (0,8 điểm)

More than two hundred years ago, the term “environmental pollution” was quite strange to people. They lived healthy, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually it is man that is destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes. Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufactures know that wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on treating the wastes safely. Scattering rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution?

37. More than two hundred years ago _____________.

A. the environment was polluted as much as it is today.       

B. people knew nothing about environmental pollution.

C. air was polluted badly                                       

D. people was faced with pollution.

38. What does the word “that” in the passage refer to?

A. motorbikes and cars       B. air                  C. bicycle                           D. dangerous gases

39. The “cancer” is________

A. a disease               B. a type of pollution                       C. people                   D. the poison

40. Everybody knows that cars emit dangerous gases ______________.

A. so they do not travel by car                               B. so they prefer travelling by bicycle

C. but they still prefer traveling by car                 D. and they enjoy traveling on foot

Câu VIII. Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời các câu hỏi. (0,8 điểm)

I had always dreamt of working in a bank because I thought I would earn a lot of money. I was told that I had to try hard to make my dream come true.

I burnt the midnight oil and finally had some success. First, I was accepted to a prestigious secondary school in Hanoi. There, I gained not only knowledge but also a number of skills including teamwork, cooperation, and interpersonal skills. I also become much more organized thanks to the mountains of work which had to be completed to meet the strict deadlines. I felt I was lucky to have such supportive peers and excellent teachers. My next achievement was when I gained admission to the Banking Academy of Viet Nam.

After three years, I graduated and was awarded a degree in banking. But I realized that I wasn’t suited to a nine-to-five job in a bank, even though I was still interested in the subject of finance. Feeling confused, I decided to talk to my parents and my closest friend. Interestingly, I learned that I had the qualifications, skills, and above all, the aptitude for a teaching career. And now I’m a lecturer for the Banking Academy where I graduated.

41.Why did the author want to work in bank?

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

42. Did she try hard for her future career?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………..

43. What skills did she gain?

.....................................................................................................................................

44.What does she work now?

........................................................................................................................

Câu IX. Hoàn chỉnh câu thứ hai sao cho không thay đổi nghĩa so với câu đã cho. (1,2 điểm)

45. They built a new school in our village last year.

→ A new school …………………………………………………………………………..

46. “Are you playing chess with your father now?” asked John.

→ John asked …………………………………………………………………………….

47. Go to the nearest bookstore, and you can easily buy one.

→ If ………………………………………………………………………………………

48. It's nearly 20 years since my father saw his brother.

→ My father hasn’t …………………………………………………………………………………

49. She becomes a more graceful dancer than all of us.

→ She can dance …………………………………………………………………………………

50. Although she performed well, she didn’t receive good comments.

→ Despite....................................................................................................................................

I. Chọn từ có cách phát âm khác với từ kia ở phần gạch chân( 10 điểm)

1. A. early                          B. beat                        C. realize                   D. reader

2. A. holiday                      B. lazy                         C. take                      D. vacation

3. A. coop                          B. door                         C. food                     D. boot

4. A. nervous                     B. scout                        C. household            D. mouse

5. A. buffalo                      B. public                       C. volunteer             D. fun

6. A. album                       B. used                          C. amusement          D. scuba- diving

7. A. minority                   B. gramophone              C. robbery               D. monument

8. A. ancient                      B. arcade                      C. contest                 D. coral

9. A. invention                  B. depend                      C. resort                   D. defeat

10. A. attraction                B. battle                         C. veteran                D. character

VI. Cho dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc (10 điểm)

1. You (see) the film on television last night?

2. Our class (start) at 7.15 and (finish) at 11.45 every morning

3. She gets fat because she is always tasting things while she (cook)

4. Bill decided (buy) a new car rather than a used one

5. Long (fall) down the stairs this morning and (break) his leg

6. George is interested in (take) an art class

7. The package has (be) there tomorrow. It (be) there in time?

- Don’t worry. I am going to send it by express mail.

VII. Điền một từ thích hợp vào mỗi chỗ trống để hoàn thành đoạn văn sau(20 điểm)

Our school (1)............ a lot of clubs and I belong to (2)............of them: the drama group and (3)............. folk music club. In each (4)................, you can find the same types of people. First, there is “The Mouth”, Who can not stop talking. Then, (5)............is The Know it- all”, Who thinks that other people’s ideas (6).......... Rubbish. There are also quiet types such as “The”(7)................The Scribbler”. The Brain only speaks (8)............ she has to something to say. And “The(9)............ takes a lot of notes but rarely speaks. My favorite is “The mouse”, who smiles (10).......... Lot and seems happy to do all those boring little jobs that everyone else avoids.