B. KIẾN THỨC NGÔN NGỮ VÀ NGỮ ÂM (2.0 điểm)

I. Chọn 1 từ có phần gạch dưới được phát âm khác với phần gạch dưới của các từ còn lại trong mỗi câu sau. (0.5 điểm)

1. A. instead              B. already                   C. teammate              D. spread

2. A. design               B. included                C. arrival                    D. recognize

II. Chọn phương án đúng nhất (A, B, C hay D) để hoàn thành mỗi câu sau. (1.5 điểm)

1. It’s really hard _______________ that people might live on the moon in the future.

A. to believe              B. believe                  C. believing               D. believes

2. He tried to do homework every day in order_______________ the final exam.

A. to fail                     B. not fail                   C. didn’t fail               D. not to fail

3. Farmers use vegetable matter and animal dung to make ______________.

A. waste                     B. paper                     C. garbage                D. compost

4. The Christmas cards _________________ by the students are cheap and beautiful.

A. designed              B. designing             C. are designed       D. are designing

5. Ba: “Do you mind if I smoke here?”

Nga: “_____________________.”

A. Yes, please          B. No, thank you      C. I’d rather you didn’t        D. I’m sorry. I can’t

6. An English-speaking contest ______________ at our school next week.

A. was held               B. will be held           C. will hold                            D. is held

C. ĐỌC HIỂU (2.0 điểm)

I. Đọc đoạn văn, chọn từ trong khung để điền vào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn (1.5 điểm)

London is Britain's biggest city. It is a very old city and dates back to the Romans. It is a city of (1)_______________ buildings and churches, and it has many beautiful parks. It also has some of the best (2)________________in the world. London is very crowded in summer. It is a popular city (3)_________________ foreign tourists, and has more than eight million visitors a year. The city is (4)_______________for its shopping and department stores. London has an excellent underground railway system, so it is easy for (5)_____________ to get around. In London, there are plenty of good restaurants where you can get excellent British (6)__________. The city also has lots of good Indian, Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, and Greek restaurants.

II. Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời các câu hỏi dưới đây (0.5 điểm)

Vietnam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar. It is officially known as Tet Nguyen Dan, or Tet. It occurs between January twenty-first and February nineteenth. Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand. They tidy their houses, cook special food and make offerings … On the New Year’s Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year in, then they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season. The first three days are the most important. Vietnamese people believe that how people act during those days will influence the whole year.

1. When does the Vietnam’s New Year occur?

……………………………………………………………………………………….

2. What do people do to prepare for the holiday?

…………………………………………………………………………………….

D. VIẾT (2.0 điểm)

* Đặt câu hỏi cho cụm từ được gạch dưới (0.5 điểm)

1. They will be in the town for three nights.

……………………………………………………………………………………..

2. Her father was doing gardening when the mailman came.

……………………………………………………………………………………..

Sắp xếp các từ bị xáo trộn thành câu có nghĩa (1.0 điểm)

3. Andrew / hard / to / win / the / is / first prize / in/ the English- speaking / so / wants/ he / training/ contest, / very / now. //

…………………………………………………………………………………......

4. Mr. Green / up / on time. / the meeting / early / so as / to / got / get / to //

……………………………………………………………………………….….

* Hoàn thành câu thứ 2 sao cho nghĩa không thay đổi với câu thứ nhất (0.5 điểm)

5. Dr. Kim will make a new time machine next year.

A new time …………………………………………………………………………...

6. My brother started studying English when he was in grade 3.

My brother has………………………………………………………………………

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