Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest by writing your answer(a,b,c,or d) in the numbered box

SECTION ONE: PHONETICS

I. Pronunciation: ( 2.0 points)

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest by writing your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box.

SECTION TWO: LEXICO-GRAMMAR

II. Multiple choice: ( 4.0 points)

Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) as the best answer to complete the following sentences.

1. In our classroom ____________ some lovely pictures on the wall.

2. The cinema is on the left, ______________ the flowers shop.

3. What film do you want to see? – Oh, I’d like _____________ “War in Space”

4. Hello, Tam. Thank you for _____________ to meet me.

5. Jane seldom gets up early in the morning but Bill _______________ .

6. She sings better than every body else in this group ________________

7. We need _________ how many books there are on the shelf.

8. ______________ do you buy this radio? – To listen to music.

9. ___________ you enjoy your birthday, then?

10. Oh, it was excellent! When _________ your birthday?

11. Peter can’t see the film because the woman sitting _________ him is wearing a big hat.

12. We __________ to visit our dentist twice a year.

13. I bought ______________ yesterday.

14. Being _________ the risks is the safe way to water play.

15. Farmers have to work_________ all day and night long.

16. __________coffee with milk is mine.

17. Wait for me at the school gate,__________?

18. Be careful with your book __________ it will fall.

19. Air__________ is one of the most serious problems nowadays.

20. Mrs Hoa has two children but _________of them is at home now.

III. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions.

1. What time does the library close?

- It closes ______at________ about half past four.

2. Can you help me wash _______up__________ these dirty glasses?

3. We look ___________up_________ the new words in the dictionary.

4. You shouldn’t eat and watch TV _________at_________ the same time.

5. These cards are in alphabetical order and _____by_______ author.

6. Schools in Vietnam are different ________from________ those in the USA.

7. What is your date _______of______ birth? - November eighth.

8. Farmers are very hard-working. They work from morning ______till_____ night on their farms.

9. I like to live ……in….the countryside because people there are more friendly.

10. Mr. Minh is not at home now. He is _____at______ work.

IV- Each sentence has a mistake, you find and correct it.

1. Tomorrow they go->will go to London with their family.

2. Last night I dream->dreamt of a very nice and lovely angel.

3. That is really a->the biggest apple I’ve ever seen

4. What’s the wrong->wrong with you?

5. Peter was coming->came to visit his teacher when she was having dinner with her family.

6. We’re in a diet so we don’t like to eat sugary and fat->fatty foods.

7. I don’t like to eat->drink wine and he doesn’t, either.

8. If you want to see her off, to->x go to the station!

V. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital:

1. My father has a ……portable……computer. He often brings it with him when he’s away on business. PORT

2. We are all ……excited…..about going on an excursion to Cuc Phuong forest next weekend. EXCITE

3. The room will look brighter if there is a ……painting……..on the wall. PAINT

4. Some of the children ………mainly…….boys, play marbles when there is a break. MAIN

5. You shouldn’t eat ……unhealthy….food. HEALTH

6. We mustn’t be ………careless……….when we cross busy streets. CARE

7. She often feels ………happy…………when she gets bad marks. HAPPY

8. There are about 200 ……employees…….in this company. EMPLOY

9. Mai is ……better…….at math than me. GOOD

10. This lovely apartment has two bedrooms and it is ………furnished……FURNISH

SECTION THREE: READING

VI. Exercise 1: ( 2.0 points)

Read the following passage, then choose the letter (A, B, C, D) that best fits each of the blanks.

British parents are always_(1)____ that their children spend too much time_(2)___ TV and not enough time doing other activities like sports and reading. A_(3)_____survey of people’s free time activities_(4)____ that young people spend about 23 hours a week in_(5)_____of the television set, that means over 3 hours__(6)___. _(7)____, the average adult watches even more: 28 hours a week. Every household in the country has a TV set and over half have two or more . __(8)___ to the survey, people do not only sit in their living room watching TV but also watch it in the kitchen and in bed as well.

We cannot deny that television also_(9)____some negative effects especially children , because many films shown on TV contain violence, crime and other bad things. Excessive watching of TV by children has lowered_(10)___results in studying at school.

VII. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.

Alice is a new English friend of (1)………mine…….. . She is very (2) ………pleased…….to tell me about her new (3)………school…… Her lessons begin at nine each morning and (4)………end……until half past ten. Then she has a ……break…….for a quarter of an hour. During this time she usually talks to her friend about many things such (6) …………periods………the last class or last night’s movie, … . She has five (7) ……classes……….in the morning and three in the afternoon. Alice’s favorite (8) ……subject…..is English. The first term lasts four months from September (9)……in…… December. Alice tries her (10)………best……….to become a good student in the class.

SECTION FOUR: WRITING

VIII. Sentence transformation: 2.0 points

Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the given words or phrases.