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A PHONETICS I Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the following questions of 1 to10 ( 2points).
II Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest in the following questions of 11 to 15( 1point).
B LEXICO-GRAMMAR I Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions of 16 to 25 ( 2points)
16 You have plenty of time to finish your breakfast There _ any school today
17 They tell me he is _ a lot of money in his new job
18 It is no good _ him to see you off
19 Go on to the _ exercise when you have finished this one
20 Now, the weather is cold on our vacation I wish it _ warmer
21 The shop are always of people at Christmas time
22 How many photographs _ of the Sydney Opera house every year?
23 Miss Anna working in this school ten years ago
24 Jennifer lives in a small apartment _ the ground floor
25 That is the interesting film I’ve ever seen
II Complete the following sentences from 26 to 35 with the correct preposition( 2points).
Trang 226 The problem is becoming serious We have to do something it.
27 I prefer this chair the other one It’s more comfortable
28 The river divides the city two parts
29, 30 “Have you ever been Borle?” “No, I’ve never heard _ it?”
31 What have you done with the money you had? What did you spend it _?
32 Don’t ask me to decide I’m not very good making decisions
33 What do you think the best solution _ the problem
34 There has been a big increase the price of land recently
35 He doesn’t have much contact other people
III Fill the blanks from 36 to 45 with the right form of the CAPITAL words provided ( 2points)
37 claim that the virus among seals was caused by pollution ENVIRONMENT
38 James received a lot of from her teachers and friends COURAGE
39 Using electricity is an _ way of cooking Gas is much cheaper ECONOMY
40 Thousands of people were made by the earthquake in Japan HOME
41 The love for books is helpful in _ the pupils’ knowledge DEVELOP
42 Since its _, television has attracted millions of viewers INVENT
43 My favorite form of _ is playing the guitar ENTERTAIN
44 I really don’t think he has the to do this job ABLE
45 This professor explained his ideas with great _ CLEAR
IV Complete the sentences from 46 to 55 with the right from of the verb given in brackets ( 2points)
46 Listen! I think someone (knock) _ at the door
47 Her youngest brother (get) a new job a year ago
48 By the time you receive this letter, I (leave) for Japan
49 You won’t know what to do unless you (listen) carefully
50 While we (fish) _, someone came to the house and left this note
51 The window-cleaner (come) _ at eight tomorrow
52 I have reminded you once; I (not do) _ it again
53 If you (not change) _ your wet clothes, you may catch a cold
54 You shouldn’t get John (type) _ this report, he’s a careless man
55 London (have) an underground train system since the nineteenth century
C READING COMPREHENSION
I Complete the following passage by choosing A, B, C or D for questions from 56 to 65 ( 2points)
Clothes can tell a lot about a person Some people like colorful (56) _ because they want everyone to (57) at them and they want to be the centre of attention (58) people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are colorful or fancy They do not want people to look at them Clothes today are very different (59) the clothes of the 19th century One difference is the way they look For example, in the 19th century, all women (60) _ blouses with long skirts But today, (61) do not always wear blouses with long skirts Sometimes they wore short skirts Sometimes they wear pants Another difference between the 19th century (62) _ today is cloth In the 19th century, clothes (63) _ made only from natural kinds of cloth They were made from (64) , wool silk or line But today, there are many kinds of man-made cloth A lot of clothes are now made (65) nylon, rayon, or polyester
Trang 360 A wear B worn C wearing D wore
II Read the following passage and answer the questions from 66 to 70 by choosing A, B, C or D
The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in Many people think so, and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year round Some have a cottage built
in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time
English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different from one another Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen from many miles around Surrounding the church is the churchyard, where people are buried
The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have water brought pipes into each house Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village shops
66 When do city people often go the country?
A At the weekends B All the year round C At Christmas D The summer holidays
67 What is the advantage of city people when they have a cottage built in the village?
A They can have their houses rented B They can go to the country at weekends
C They can go to the country wherever they can find the time D All are correct
68 What is the common feature of English villages?
C They have a church with a tall tower, and a village green D They have running water
69 What is NOT mentioned in the life of English villages?
A The village green B The church C Running water D The Internet
70 What can villagers do when their villages are close to small towns?
A They can go there to buy whatever they want B They can go there to buy cheaper things
C They can go there to buy what is not found in the village shops
D They can go there to buy luxury goods
D WRITING
I Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting from 71 to 80 ( 2points)
71 The exercises were such difficult that we couldn’t do them
A B C D
72 I wish you can help me with that difficult problem
A B C D
73 She was so lazy that she punished by her teacher
A B C D
74 In the afternoon we went to boat in the river
A B C D
75 I got up late this morning, that I didn’t have time for breakfast
A B C D
76 Uncle John said that he would go to Nha Trang tomorrow
A B C D
77 A stranger asked me how far was it from my house to the school
A B C D
78 The mother asked her son what did he want for his birthday
Trang 4A B C D
79 Barbara never listens to music on the radio, doesn’t she?
A B C D
80 Would you like reading the story about the invention of the telephone?
A B C D
II Rewrite the sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first given ( 2points)
81 “You’d better not lend them any more money, Tom,” said John -> John advised Tom ………
82 You will catch a cold if you don’t keep your feet dry -> Unless ………
83 Mai is too young to see the horror film -> Mai is not ………
84 That factory is producing more and more pollution -> More and more pollution ……
85 Nam is sorry now that he didn’t accept the job ->Nam now wishes that …………
86 He gets up early in the morning and he’s used to it -> He’s used to ………
87 You can’t see the house from the street -> The house ………
88 I can’t cook as well as my mother does -> My mother ………
89 He failed to win the race -> He didn’t ………
90 “They won’t correct your papers before Friday,” he said -> He said ………
III Make meaningful sentences from the sets of words and phrases provided ( 2points).
91 It / a nice morning/ May.
92 My friends/ I / take / a boat trip / the Mekong Delta.
93 We / see / a lot of women/ plant/ rice / rice fields.
94 After an hour/ we / stop by/ island/ and / visit/ snake farm/ see the snakes.
95 At noon/ we listen/ traditional music/ play / local people.
96 Then we / have lunch / rice and fresh food / fruit garden
97 After the meal/ we continue / trip/ floating market.
98 There we / enjoy / buy / fruit and many local specialties.
99 At 4 pm/ we visit/ famous pagoda/ before/ coming / home/ coach.
100 The trip/ very interesting/ we/ enjoy/ very much.
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