I/ Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. Write the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.

Question 1.     A. Wanted             B. Decided            C. Needed                        D. Washed

Question 2.     A. Eats                  B. Stops                 C. Lives                        D. Cooks

Question 3.     A. Many                B. Fat                    C. Man                        D. Cat

Question 4.     A. Husband           B. Humour            C. Hurry                        D. Hundred

Question 5.     A. Century            B. Structure           C. Infectious                        D. Question

II/ Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences. Write the letter A, B, C or  D on the answer sheet.

Question 6. This machine _________ used since last week.

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

Question 7. If he _________ hard, he will pass his math test next week.

            A. study                       B. studies                    C. studied            D. is studying

Question 8. We _________ go swimming together when we _________ in the village.

            A. used to/lived                                              B. used to/live

            C. are used to/lived                                        D. get used to/lived

Question 9. My brother got wet _________ he didn’t bring the umbrella with him.

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

Question 10. Mai made a big beautiful cake _________ her mother’s birthday.

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

Question 11. They say that solar energy doesn’t cause _________.

            A. pollution                 B. pollute                    C. polluted            D. pollutant

Question 12. Peter fell over while he _________ basketball.

            A. is playing               B. was playing            C. played            D. plays

Question 13. The people _________ live in England speak English.

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

Question 14. Be _________ ! He is looking at you.

            A. carefully                 B. care                         C. careful            D. carelessly

Question 15. According to the weather _________, it will be raining tonight.

            A. forecasting             B. forecasted               C. forecaster            D. forecast

Question 16. Jane speaks English _________ than you do.

            A. more fluently         B. more fluent             C. more faster            D. more better

Question 17. Let’s go out for a walk, _________?

            A. don’t we                 B. do we                      C. shall we            D. will we

Question 18. He made an interesting speech in the opening _________.

            A. competition            B. ceremony               C. preparation            D. solidarity

Question 19. Due to the bad weather, the flight to Manchester was _________.

            A. taken off                 B. cut down                 C. turned down            D. put off

Question 20. Nam: “Congratulations on your success!”      Hoa: “_________”

            A. You’re welcome    B. No, thanks              C. Thank you            D. Yes, of course

PHẦN A: NGỮ ÂM 

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

Question 1.     A. house                B. horse                 C. hour                        D. hot

Question 2.     A. finished            B. opened              C. looked                        D. stopped

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

Question 3.     A. again                B. teacher              C. happen                        D. table

Question 4.     A. lazy                  B. begin                C. boring                        D. student

PHẨN B: NGỮ PHÁP VÀ TỪ VỰNG 

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

Question 5. The children (clean) the windows at the moment.

Question 6. He used to (smoke) _____________ 10 cigarettes a day.

Question 7. Our teacher asked us (prepare) _____________ our lessons carefully.

Question 8. I (go) _____________ to the restaurant with my brother yesterday.

Question 9. Look at those black clouds! It (rain) _____________.

Question 10. They (not finish) _____________ their homework yet.

Question 11. If the weather is fine, we (go) _____________ for a picnic.

Question 12. This house (build) _____________ over 100 years ago.

II. Chọn một từ đúng trong ngoặc để hoàn thành các câu sau.

Question 13. Nam is a student ________ school is in the countryside. (He / His)

Question 14. She has been a teacher of English ________ 2001. (since / for)

Question 15. Mai didn’t go to school yesterday ________ she was ill. (because / although)

Question 16. My sister speaks English very ________. (fluent / fluently)

Question 17. Tet is the most important _______ in Vietnamese culture. (celebrate / celebration)

Question 18. What’s the name of the man ________ gave us a gift? (who / whom)

Question 19. You should write ________ ink, not with your pencil. (in / by)

Question 20. I will play tennis tomorrow ________ I am busy. (unless / if)

PHẨN C: ĐỌC HIỂU 

I. Chọn từ thích hợp trong ô trống dưới đây điền vào mỗi chỗ trống để hoàn thành đoạn văn.

      However         with           save           Therefore       of         and

      In Western countries, electricity, gas and water are not luxuries but necessities. Companies now realize that consumers want products that will not only work effectively, but also (21) .................  money. For most North American households, lighting accounts for 10 percent to 15 percent of the electricity bill. (22) ..............., this amount can be reduced by replacing an ordinary 100-watt light bulb with an energy saving-bulb. These bulbs use a quarter (23) ................. the electricity of standard bulbs and last eight times longer. (24) ................., consumers can save about US$7 to US$21 per bulb. In Europe, there is a labeling scheme for refrigerators, freezers, washing machines (25) ................ tumble dryers. The label tells the consumers how much energy efficiency each model has, compared (26) ................. other appliances in the same category.

II. Đọc đoạn văn và trả lời câu hỏi.

      Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. When he was at school, his teacher considered him to be a slow student. Because hearing problems, Edison had difficulty in following the lessons. But with only three months of formal education he became one of the greatest inventors and industrial leaders in history. Edison’s most famous invention was the electric light bulb. He also invented the phonograph, and made improvements to the telegraph, telephone and motion picture technology.

      Edison had a special life. He married twice with five children. He loved books had excellent memory and always showed curiosity about science. Although he had hearing problems, he refused to have an operation for his deafness. He said that silence helped him concentrate. He always worked very hard and often had only four hours of sleep every day. He used to say “Genius was 1percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration”. When he died on October 18, 1931, he was still working on new ideas.

Question 27. When was Thomas Edison born?

Question 28. Did he have difficulty in hearing?

Question 29. What was Edison’s most famous invention?

Question 30. How long did he use to work every day?

PHẦN D: VIẾT 

I. Chọn từ hoặc cụm từ gạch chân (A, B, C hoặc D) được sử dụng chưa đúng.

Question 31. We decided (A) to go (B) for a picnic (C) despite it rained very (D) heavily.

Question 32. Tom doesn’t (A) like (B) durians and (C) so does his (D) brother.

PHẦN A: NGỮ ÂM 

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

Question 1.     A. house                B. horse                 C. hour                        D. hot

Question 2.     A. finished            B. opened              C. looked                        D. stopped

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

Question 3.     A. again                B. teacher              C. happen                        D. table

Question 4.     A. lazy                  B. begin                C. boring                        D. student

PHẨN B: NGỮ PHÁP VÀ TỪ VỰNG 

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

Question 5. The children (clean) the windows at the moment.

Question 6. He used to (smoke) _____________ 10 cigarettes a day.

Question 7. Our teacher asked us (prepare) _____________ our lessons carefully.

Question 8. I (go) _____________ to the restaurant with my brother yesterday.

Question 9. Look at those black clouds! It (rain) _____________.

Question 10. They (not finish) _____________ their homework yet.

Question 11. If the weather is fine, we (go) _____________ for a picnic.

Question 12. This house (build) _____________ over 100 years ago.

II. Chọn một từ đúng trong ngoặc để hoàn thành các câu sau.

Question 13. Nam is a student ________ school is in the countryside. (He / His)

Question 14. She has been a teacher of English ________ 2001. (since / for)

Question 15. Mai didn’t go to school yesterday ________ she was ill. (because / although)

Question 16. My sister speaks English very ________. (fluent / fluently)

Question 17. Tet is the most important _______ in Vietnamese culture. (celebrate / celebration)

Question 18. What’s the name of the man ________ gave us a gift? (who / whom)

Question 19. You should write ________ ink, not with your pencil. (in / by)

Question 20. I will play tennis tomorrow ________ I am busy. (unless / if)

III. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.

Question 16. The teacher said to Nam “Come into my office, please”.

->The teacher told ________________________________________________________

Question 17. “I want to go shopping with you this afternoon”, Nga said to her brother.

-> Nga said to ________________________________________________________

Question 18. “My sister wants to be a singer” said he.

-> He said ________________________________________________________

Question 19. “I will buy a new bike next week”, she said.

->She said ________________________________________________________

Question 20. “I don’t know what Mai is doing now”, she said.

-> She said ________________________________________________________

Question 21. “Don’t forget to send your parents my regards”, Lan said.

-> Lan told ________________________________________________________

Question 22. Mary said “I can go to the movies with you, John”

-> Mary said to ________________________________________________________

Question 23. Linh said to her friend “Turn off the light before going out”

->Linh asked ________________________________________________________

Question 24. I said to him “Stay at home”

->I told ________________________________________________________

Question 25. My mother said to the kids “Stop fighting”

-> My mother told ________________________________________________________

Question 26. The teacher said “Don’t make noise in the class”

-> The teacher asked me ________________________________________________________

Question 27. “I can speak English well” said his mother.

-> His mother said ________________________________________________________

Question 28. The child said to the beggar “Are you very poor?”

-> The child asked ________________________________________________________

Question 29. He said to Lan “I will visit Ha Long Bay”

-> He said to ________________________________________________________

Question 30. The police asked “Where did you stay last night?”

->The police asked    

EXERCISE IV : Rewrite the following sentences:

            1/ The flight attendant said : “Don’t forget to fasten your seat belts.”

            ->The flight attendant reminded _________________________________

            2/ The policeman said to her : “Show me your driving licence.”

         ->The policeman ordered ____________________________________

            3/ He said : “Did you see Mary yesterday ?”

            -> He wanted to know ______________________________________

            4/ He said : “Would you mind telling me the time ?”

            ->He told _______________________________________________

            5/ I said to my friend : “When did you buy your new car ?

          ->I asked ________________________________________________

            6/ My friend said to me : “We have known everything about that.”

            -> My friend told ___________________________________________

            7/ I wondered why there were so many people at the station that day.

           -> I said : “__________________________________________________

            8/ The teacher asked whether we had found the solution to the problem yet.

           -> The teacher asked us: “_______________________________________

            9/ He ordered us not to touch anything in that room.

            -> He said : “_________________________________________________

II. Viết lại các câu sao cho nghĩa không thay đổi so với câu ban đầu, bắt đầu bằng từ gợi ý.

Question 33. “I am very tired”, Mrs Nga said.

=> Mrs Nga said that ________________________________________________________

Question 34. I don’t have a new computer.

=> I wish ________________________________________________________

Question 35. He is too young to drive a car.

=> He isn’t ________________________________________________________

Question 36. It takes Minh 2 hours to do his homework every day.

=> Minh spends ________________________________________________________

Question 37. Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car.

=> In spite of ________________________________________________________

III. Sắp xếp các từ, cụm từ thành câu hoàn chỉnh.

Question 38. speaking/ in/ English/ My teacher/ class/ suggested.

=> ________________________________________________________

Question 39. when/ go/ to/ child/ My father/ he/ used/ fishing/ was/ a.

=> ________________________________________________________

Question 40. enough/ know/ herself/ it/ were/ If/ he/ to/ the/ Mary/ could/ machine/ fix/ about/,/.

=> ________________________________________________________