Childrens education is changing rapidly today. In the past,teachers made children sit still for hours. They made them memorize all sorts of things. In other words,children had to go on repeating things until they knew them by heart. Today, many teachers wonder if it is possible to make children learn at all. They say you can only help them learn. They say you must let children learn and discover things for themselves. 1. How is childrens education changing today? A. quickly B. slowly C. small D. large 2. What did teachers make children do in the past? A. stand in hours B. memorize every thing C. repeat their homework D. sit for days 3. Children in the past were made to learn every thing .. A. by head B. by hand C. by hair D. by heart 4. Nowadays,many teachers say that they only.. A. give children more homework B. make children learn C. help children learn D. teach them at home 5. Today,the modern teaching method is.. A. letting children play computer games B. making children read a lot of books C. giving children less homework D. letting children discover things for themselves

III. Choose the best answers ( 5 marks). 16. Our baby.................to talk yet A. doesnot start B. didnot start C. hasnot started D. isnot starting 17. This food tastes................... A. delicious B. wonder C. wonderfully D deliciously 18. Look! The bus......................... A. comes B. is coming C. have come D. came 19 ..............is something that makes you better when you are ill. A. chemical B. drug C. candy D. soft drink 20. He ....................in prison since 2004 A. was B. was being C. has been D. have been 21. Of all my friends,Ba is.................sociable A. more B. most C. the more D. the most 22. He hates.................at night A. drive B. driving C. to drive D. drove 23. The play is different..................anything I have seen before A. from B. with C. for D. in 24. They......................a new car last week A. buy B. bought C. buying D. have bought 25 is a thing that you use in a kitchen for cooking food A. cooker B. cook C. fridge D. counter 26. He was angry .I was late A. so B. because C. so that D. although 27. Theymy car yet A. hasnot repaired B. havenot repaired C. donot repair D. did not repair 28. You must be.when you open that door A. care B. careless C. careful D. carefully 29. Would you mind.me with this work? A. to help B. help C. helped D. helping 30. My mother45 years old A. will be B. is C. are D. shall 31. The..takes care of sick people A. doctor B. teacher C. farmer D. engineer 32. Televisions are..than radios A. expensiver B. more expensive C. the most expensive D. most expensive 33. The Robinsons always go to Viet Nam..plane A. in B. on C. with D. by 34 ..is it from your house to Viet Tri city?- It is about 5km A. how often B. how long C. how old D. how far 35. It is an awful restaurant.It is therestaurant in the town A. badder B. worse C. more bad D. worst 36. April is the.month of the year A. forth B. fourth C. third D. three 37. What are these?-.. A. It is an armchair B. They are armchairs C. They are armchair D. It is a chair 38. We have English .Tuesday and Thursday A. at B. in C. on D. to 39. Mrs Lan a lot of vegetables in her garden A. grows B. have C. is D. does 40. What is your..name?- It is Nguyen A. full B. second C. family D. middle

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others in each group (1 mark). 1. A. talk B. call C. imagine D. all 2. A. easy B. empty C. dryer D. busy 3. A. machine B. armchair C. kitchen D. cheap 4. A. reader B. leave C. break D. each 5. A. important B. library C. physics D. middle 6. A. basketball B. shelf C. education D. congress 7. A. teenager B. together C. guitar D. game 8. A. store B. station C. please D. excuse 9. A. thousand B. house C. about D. souvenir 10. A. uncle B. turtle C. cut D. fun