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(Time: 30 minnutes) A- PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM (7đ):
I Choose the word of which the stressed syllable is different from the others
1 A ability B activity C accompany D entertainment
2 A president B possible C astronaut D engineer
II Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
3 A miles B words C accidents D tensions
4 A without B earth C death D thank
III Choose the correct answer that best completes the sentence
5 Only 489 athletes took part in the first Asian Games
A participated in B got rid of C gave up D added to
6 I often collect stamps in my free time
A spare B bed C allotted D engaged
7 Which is the most popular recreation _summer?
A for B at C on D in
8 A/ An _is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft
A engineer B scientist C astronaut D technical
9 My father was a very clever man He _speak 5 languages
A wasn’t able to B could C isn’t able to D can
10 I am late, _?
A am not I B aren’t I C don’t I D won’t I
11 You have got a new car, _?
A do you B don’t you C aren’t you D haven’t you
12 I _play football now, but when I was young I _play very well
A am able to/ was able to B cannot/ could
C am not able to/ was not able to D can/ was able to
13 A: “Would you like something to drink?” -B: “ _.”
A No, I won’t B Not at all
C I’m not thirsty Thank you D Yes, I will
14 Alice: “Mike, can you take these books back to the library for me? I’m running late.”
Tom: “ _.”
A I’m late too Sorry B No C Never mind D No, I don’t
15 Linda: “Excuse me! Where’s the post office?” - Maria: “ _.”
A It’s over there B Don’t worry C I’m afraid of D Yes I think so
16 The man _the bank is a millionaire
A is entering B entering C to be entered D enters
17 Research and teaching are of _ importance
A equal B equally C equality D equalize
IV Choose the underlined part among A, B, C, or D that needs correcting
18 Either you or John are going to help Peter with his work
A B C D
19 It was the event that had talked about a lot
A B C D
20 John neither plays football and runs fast
A B C D
V Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one
21 Yuri Gagarin/ born/ Russia/ March 9, 1934
A Yuri Gagarin was born in Russia in March 9, 1934 B Yuri Gagarin was born on Russia on March 9, 1934
C.Yuri Gagarin was born in Russia on March 9, 1934 D Yuri Gagarin was born on Russia in March 9, !934
18 She likes both ice-cream and candies
A She likes not only ice-cream but also candies C She doesn’t both like ice-cream or candies
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19 She is intelligent, and she is beautiful
A She is not intelligent nor beautiful B She is both intelligent and beautiful
C She is neither intelligent nor beautiful D She is either intelligent or beautiful
VI Read the text carefully and then choose the correct answer
We are all slowly destroying the Earth The seas and the rivers are too dirty to swim
(24) _ There is so much smoke in the air that it is (25) _to live in many of the world’s cities In one famous city, for (26) _, poisonous exhaust from cars pollute the air so much that traffic policemen have to wear oxygen masks
We have to cut down so many trees that there are now vast areas of waste land all over the world As a (27) _, farmers in parts of Africa can not grow enough to eat In certain countries in Asia there is too little rice We must act now before it is too late to do anything about it Save the (28) _!
24 A in B on C from D to
25 A healthy B health C unhealthy D
healthily
26 A as B example C so D that
27 A result B complete C end D last
28 A Moon B Sun C Mars D Earth
B- PHẦN TỰ LUẬN (3đ)
VII Do as directed
29 A leg injury prevented him from active participation in the (compete)
(Give the correct form of the word in the bracket.)
30 She doesn’t know She doesn’t care what happened ( Using “Neither … nor …”)
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31 My parents go to the cinema My cousins go to the cinema (Using “Not only … but also …”)
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32 I wanted to see different kinds of paintings at the Trang Tien exhibition (Using “It was…that…”)
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33 My son has just learned some of irregular verbs by heart ( Using “It is … that … ” in passive)
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34 The letter which was left in the mailbox was for me (Reduce relative pronoun.)
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35 She had some close friends She wanted to send her cards to them.(Combine sentences using relative pronoun.)
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VIII Read the passage and answer the questions
When you have a post-office box, the postman does not bring letters to you, but you go to the post office and get your letters and parcels from your box The box is locked, and you have the key, so the letters are quite safe
One day, the headmaster of a school wrote to the post office and asked for a post-office box for his school He soon got an answer It said, “We will give you a post-box in one month.” Three months later, the headmaster wrote to the post office again and said, “Why haven’t we got a post- office box yet?”
This was how the post office answered: “Dear sir, We gave you a post-office box two months ago and wrote to you then to tell you Here is the key to your box You will find your letter to you in it.”
36 What happens when you have a post-office box?
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37 Why are letters safe when they are in a post-office box?
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38 Why did the headmaster write to the post office?
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39 Why did he write to the post office three months later?
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40 Did the headmaster receive the key to his post-box?
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