X. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with the given words. (5 pts)

1. Her daughter has learnt English for two years.

→ Her daughter started ___________________________________________________________

2. There are no bottles on the shelf.

→ There aren’t__________________________________________________________________

3. Nhung doesn’t eat meat and her mother doesn’t, either.

→Neither ______________________________________________________________________

4. No one in our club can speak English as fluently as Mai.

→ Mai ________________________________________________________________________

5. Alan’s knowledge about science and technology doesn’t impress me.

→ I __________________________________________________________________________

XI. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. (5 pts)

1, I think classical music is interesting and folk music is interesting. (AS)

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2. How far is it from your house to the market?  ( DISTANCE)

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3. They will build a hydro power station in this area next year.   (BUILT)

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4. Despite careful preparation, they had a lot of difficulties in making the film. (ALTHOUGH)

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5. She finds it difficult to get up early in winter.  (USED)

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IX. Read the text and choose the most suitable heading (1-5) for each paragraph (A-E).(5 pts)

A. One flavorous dish

B. Food culture of Central Viet Nam

C. Food and a lot of spices

D. Popular dishes from the North of Viet Nam

E. Natural features and food

1 _______

Vietnamese food culture varies by regions from the north to the south. In Northern Vietnam, food is characterized by light and balanced. Northern Vietnam is seen to be the cradle of Vietnamese cuisine with many notable dishes like Pho, Bun Rieu, Bun Thang, Bun Cha, BanhCuon, etc. Then, food culture in Northern Vietnam became popular in Central and Southern Vietnam with suitable flavors in each region.

2. ______

The regional cuisine of Central Vietnam is famous for its spicy food. Hue cuisine is typical Central Vietnam’s food culture. Food in the region is often used with chili peppers and shrimp sauces, namely, Bun Bo Hue, BanhKhoai, BanhBeo, etc.

3 _______

In Southern Vietnam, the warm weather and fertile soil create an ideal condition for planting a variety of fruit, vegetables and livestock.

4. _______

Thus, food in this region is often added with garlic, shallots and fresh herbs. Particularly, Southerners are favored of sugar; they add sugar in almost dishes. Some signature dishes from Southern Vietnam include BanhKhot and Bun Mam.

5. _______

Local broken rice dish (Com tam) can practically be found on every street in Saigon. A broken rice dish is served with many beautiful colours from grilled pork chop with multi-flavour to steamed egg, shredded pork skin, pickles, vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers ... and especially sweet fish sauce that is the spirit of the dish.

VIII. Fill in each numbered space with ONE suitable word. (5 pts)

A lantern festival will kick off a long night of New Year's celebrations at the Hoi An Statute Park on December 31.

City planners say the  night gala will (1)_______ at 8.30pm and  be followed by (2) ______ awards ceremony  for  the (3)______ Hoi An tourism video clips, a wedding photo contest and a fashion show of (4) ______  designers,  including Papillon Noir and Chula, a dress line originally (5) _____ Ha Noi.

The event's organising committee said the night will include a bartender contest, break dance and flashmob, and local folk-song and dance (6) ______. The city will also (7) ____ the arrival of the 1.8 millionth foreign tourist (8) ______ central Quang Nam Province.

A street dance and carnival will take (9) ______ at the park before holding a prayer ceremony for world peace on New Year's Eve.

The city will also extend a kind welcome to the first tourist group to arrive in Hoi An (10) _____ January 1 by hosting them on their first day in the city.

Your answers:

VII. Read the text then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill in the blanks. (5 pts)

Health and fitness are not just for young people. They are for anyone willing to accept the (1) ______ for a good diet and (2) ______ exercise. With age, there is a tendency to feel that the body is no longer able to (3) ______. Aches and pains are (4) ______ normal. Instead of pushing the body to do (5) ________, activities becomes limited. Yet examples after examples have shown us that older people can – and should – be (6) ______. Men and women in their sixties have run in marathons, race of more than twenty six miles. Some professional atheltes stay (7) ____ into their forties and fifties. For most people, simple activities like walking and swimming are all that is needed to stay in (8) _____. It’s important to include excercises in your daily routine. In the winter, you should (9) _____ push – ups, sit- ups and other indoor exercises. Of course, such exercises will be of little use (10) ____ you follow them with soda and chips.

1. A. disciplines                       B. ruling                      C. strictness                 D. regulation

2. A. regualar                           B. useful                      C. much                       D. little

3. A. run                                  B. malfunction             C. operate                    D. perform

4. A. believed                          B. thought                   C. made                       D. considered

5. A. weaker                            B. more                       C. greater                     D. faster

6. A. eager                               B. passive                    C. active                      D. bold

7. A. passive                            B. competitive             C. equal                       D. comperative

8. A. need                                B. contact                    C. form                        D. shape

9. A. make                               B. get                           C. work                        D. do

10. A. although                        B. unless                      C. if                             D. otherwise

VI. Put the sentences in the correct order to make a meaningful conversation. One has been done for you as the beginning of the conversation. (5 pts)

0. A. What did you do last Sunday?

B.  That sounds good. What time?

C.  It’s about five kilometres.

D.  Oh, that sounds really healthy. How did you go to the supermarket?

E.  OK. See you then.

F.  Really? How far is it from your house to the supermarket?

G. I went to the supermarket with my mother in the morning. In the afternoon, I cycled around West Lake.

H.  It’s not long. About 15 minutes. I like cycling very much. Do you like to cycle around West Lake with me next Sunday?

I.  How about 3 p.m. at my house?

J.  How long does it take you?

K.  My mother and I cycled there. We usually go to the supermarket by bicycle on Sunday. My father used to drive us there when I was small.

Your answers:

0 – A, 1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____5. ____ 6. ____ 7. ____ 8. ____ 9. _____10. _____