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Trang 1Name: Thanh Do Cultural Retraining Center
I Choose the word in each group that has the underline part pronounced differently from the rest: (1m)
II From each number, pick out one word which has the different stress from others: (1m)
6 A entertainment B communicate C geography D appropriate
8 A decide B semester C acceptable D customary
III Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word in brackets: (2m)
1 Nguyen Du is the greatest ……… of Vietnam (poetic)
2 The ………… language is Bahasa Malaysia (nation)
3 English is the ……… second language in many countries (compel)
4 In the 1990s the worldwide ……….situation got worse (economy)
5 It was an ……… day! (enjoy)
6 ……… makes different styles of jeans (design)
7 That is a ……….Contest (beautiful)
8 Modern clothing is more……… (convenience)
IV Choose the most suitable word or phrase: (2m)
1.Vietnamese women today prefer modern clothes……Ao Dai
2.We have lived in this town…… 1998
3 She moved to France, but we still keep in ……
4 Maths and English are compulsory subjects on this course
a effective b required c separated d difficult
5 I …………jeans when I was a child
a don’t wear b wasn’t worn c didn’t use to wear d hasn’t worn
6 I wish I ……….a car It would make life so much easy
7 In the 1990s, the sale of jeans stopped………
8 Last night, I came home, cooked dinner, and ………TV
a watch b watched c was watching d would watch
V Circle the italicized portion of the sentence that is incorrect: (1m)
1 Lynn wishes she had a bigger apartment and can buy a car
A B C D
2 I haven’t heard from Maria since a long time
A B C D
3 My friend and I play chess last weekend
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4 I can’t play the piano, but I wish I can
A B C D
VI Choose the one position (A, B, C, D) that best completes the passage: (1m)
Choosing clothes can be difficult Some people want to be … (1)…, but they don’t want to look exactly
… (2)… everybody else Not all clothes are … (3)… for work or school, perhaps because they’re not formal enough, or simply for … (4)… It is easy to buy the wrong size, and find that your trousers are … (5)… tight, especially if you’re a little bit overweight Very … (6)… clothes make you feel slim, but when they have … (7)… in the washing machine, then you have the same problem! If you buy light cottoned clothes, then they might not be … (8)… enough for winter.
1 a fashion b fashioned c fashionable d fashionably
4 a comfort b comforting c comfortful d comfortable
VII Read the passage and choose the best answer: (1m)
I lived in the Middle East for a while, and when I went out, I had to obey the local custom
of wearing something over my head and wearing a dress that covered my whole body At first, I found it a real nuisance, but after a while, I got used to it and even started to like it You feel really secure, and so you don’t have to worry about what to wear all the time.
1 The writer………
a lives in the Middle East now
b was constrained to wear national costume
c obeyed the local custom eagerly
d wears traditional costume whenever she goes out
2 The word “it” in the paragraph refers to………
3 How did she feel about the costume at first?
4 after wearing the costume for a while, the writer thought it was ………
a practical b secure c very strong d fashionable
VIII Rewrite the following sentence: (1m)
1 I’d love to speak many languages
I wish _
2 I started learning English 7 years ago
We have _
3 My father bought me a video recorder
A video recorder _
4 It took him 2 hours to go to this city
He spent _