SECTION B – PHONETICS (5 points) Top of FormPHONETICS
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IV. Find the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.  (3pts)
1.     A.  cups                      B. rulers                        C. books                   D. students    
2.     A. promised               B. closed                       C. raised                   D. pleased
3.     A. combine                B. comb                        C. combat                 D. combust
V. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the other three. (2 pts)
1.  A. summer
B. father
C. invite
D. student
2. A. material            B. souvenir               C. volunteer             D. energetic
SECTION C – VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (35 points)
VI. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences by circling A, B, C or D. (10pts)
1.     Do you have any toothpaste? I’d like a large ..................... .
A. tin
B. roll
C. bar         
D. tube
2.     At recess, ...............................activity is talking.
A. more popular
B. most popular
C. popularer
D. the most popular
3.     Remember to .................... in touch with me regularly .
A. lose
B. make
C. talk
D. keep
4. My uncle bought his wife _________ on his journey to Bangkok.
          A. a dress long silk beautiful              B. a beautiful long silk dress
          C. a long beautiful silk dress              D. a dress long beautiful silk
5. You shouldn’t put too ............. sugar into our food.
A. a few
B. a little
C. much
D. many
6. Hurry up or you will……………..the last bus to Viet Tri.
A. lose
 B. avoid
     C. fail
        D. miss
 
7. It’s …………… to live far from the market and the supermarket.
A. easy
B. inconvenient
C. convenient
D. comfortable
8.… the newsreader on BBC One reads very fast, my brother can hear everything in the news.
A. Although        
B. But
C. So
D. As
9. “Was he disappointed?” -  “Yes, he found the movie ........................”
A. boring
B. boringly
C. bores
D. bored
10. Public……….in my town is quite good and it’s not expensive. There is a bus to the city center every ten minutes.
A. traffic
   B. vehicle
        C. transport
           D. travel
VII. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense. (8pts)
1. He couldn’t make his motorbike (start)……………………this morning.
2. Tom, with his two sisters, ……………( be)  going to join our trip next weekend.   
3.  I (have) …………………..a party this weekend. Should I invite all of our classmates, Hoa?
4. Ask your teacher how (write)……………………… up your report.
5 + 6. Mr. Green (give)…………… you a hand as soon as he (finish)…………… his work.
7. I like (check)………………… that all the windows and doors are shut at night.
8.  We tried……………………… (call) you but your mobile was off.
VIII. Give the correct form of the word in the bracket. (7pts)
1. Let me get an __application___________ form and I can fill it out.                  (APPLY)
2. My _broken___________ leg always makes me terrible.                         (BREAK)
3. She is in hospital. She is _____________ sick.                                                 (SERIOUSNESS)
4. I haven’t seen my classmate for______ages_______.                                        (OLD)
5. He is a _____________man. He is lazy and drunk all day.                      (DISAPPOINT)
6. It is unsafe and ___illegal________to pass another vehicle on the right. (LEGAL)
7. Day of the Dead is one of the most__unusual__________festivals in the world. (USUALLY)
IX. Find and correct ONE mistake in each of the following sentences. (5pts)
1.     Nam didn’t go to work last week because of his sick.
              A          B                            C            D
2.     Our summer vacation starts in the end of May and it lasts for almost three months.
                                    A          B                                C            D
3.     Physics are one of my favorite subjects at school.
      A      B        C                        D
4.     The weather today is worst than it was yesterday.
A                  B     C             D
5.     His parents hardly participate in the festival and so does he.     
                    A               B                            C    D
X. Fill in each gap in the following sentences with a suitable preposition. (5pts)
1. Warm clothes protect us .......................... bad weather.
2.     Mary used to go to work ………….…….Jane’s car.
3.     Bobby started school ....................... the age of five.
4.     Peter is overweight, so we think he should go …………a diet to keep his health.
5.     Write your name …………………..the top of the page.
SECTION D – READING COMPREHENSION (25 points)
XI. Fill in the blank of the following passage with the words given A, B, C or D. (10pts)
                                      EDUCATION IN ENGLAND
            (1)____ child in Great Britain (2) ____the age of five and fifteen must attend  school. There are three main types of educational institutions: primary schools, secondary schools, and universities.State schools are free, and (3) _____ is compulsory. Morming school begins at  nine o’clock and (4) ____ for three hours, (5) _____ half past four. School is opened five days a week. On Saturdays and Sundays there are no (6) _____.There are  (7) _____at Christmas, Easter and in summer. In London as in all cities, there are two  grades of (8) ______ schools for those who will go to work at fìfteen: primary schools(9) ______ boys and girls between the ages of five and eleven, and secondary schools for children (10)_______eleven to fifteen years.
1. A. Most            B. Almost             C. Almost of          D. Every
2. A. among          B. middle              C. between            D. beside
3. A. children        B. attention           C. applicants         D. attendance
4. A. takes            B. lasts                  C. brings               D. hold
5. A. when            B. until                 C. while                D. not until
6. A. homework   B. housework         C. lessons            D. training
7. A. vacation       B. day off             C. holidays           D. recess
8. A. state             B. compulsory      C. private              D. personal
9. A. with             B. by                              C. about                D. for
10. A. from                    B. and                   C. to                     D. for
XII.Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. (5pts)
    Money is something we all take for granted in our lives. Some of us may wish we had more of it but we all recognize it when we see it, whether in the form of coins, notes or cheques. It is difficult to imagine how people managed without money. In the earliest periods of human history, people used to exchange goods directly. They would exchange things they had plenty of for things that they were in need of. For example, they might offer food for tools. This method of exchange, which is known as “barter”, has many disadvantages. Certain goods may be difficult to carry, they may not last long, or may be impossible to divide into smaller units. It can also be difficult to know the worth of something compared with other goods.According to historians, the first money, in the sense we understand it today, consisted of gold coins produced about 2,500 years ago. Gold, being a very precious metal, was a suitable material. The introduction of gold coins was acceptable to everyone and they were still being used at the beginning of this century, although they have now been replaced by paper money and coins made of ordinary metals.
1. In the old days, people exchanged………..
A. what they needed for what they had                  B. food for tools
C. what they had for what they needed                  D. goods for money
2. “barter” is a system of exchange in which ………
A. food is exchanged for tools                               B. no money is used
C. money is used to buy things                              D. goods are difficult to carry
3. Direct exchange of goods is ……. because some goods may be too big to carry.
A. advantageous             B. precious           C. impossible        D. disadvantages
4. According to historians, the first money was ………
A. made of paper            B. made of gold    C. made of coins   D. made 2000 years ago
5. Modern money is made of ……….
A. gold                           B. paper or gold    C. ordinary metals D. paper or ordinary metals
XIII. Fill in the blamk with a suitable word to complete the passage. (10pts)
UNESCO has recognized the 82 Doctors’ stone tablets (1)___as_________a Memory of the World. They are inscribed (2)_with___________ the names of 2,313 doctorate holders (3)__who__________ passed the royal examinations (4)_between__________ 1442 and 1780. The stone tablets, which bear the (5)_name______of Trang Nguyen, Bang Nhan, Tham Hoa, and Hoang Giap (the first, second, third, and fourth winning categories of the royal examinations), sit on the backs of stone turtles.
These stone tablets are different (6)______________those in other Asian countries, (7)_including___________China which has influenced Viet Nam feudal education. The decoration on Viet Nam’s stone tablets (8)were_________ more diverse.
By naming Viet Nam’s stone tablets as a Memory of the World, UNESCO acknowledges Viet Nam’s efforts to preserve (9)___and________promote heritages to international community. The recognition would (10)_also_______help to raise the awareness in heritage preservation.
SECTION E – WRITING (20 points)
I. Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, begin with the given words or phrases (5pts)
1.  The toothache prevented Hoa from enjoying the meal
   =>Hoa couldn’t………………………………………………………….
2. My friends visited Ho Chi Minh City two months ago.
  => My friends paid .………………………………………………….....
3. You should wear your coat when going out.
  =>You’d …………………………………………………………...........
4. Tam doesn’t remember her and neither do I
  =>Tam forgets ……………………………………………………........
5. My brother would rather stay at home than go out tonight.
=>My brother likes ……………………………………………..............
XV. Rewrite each of the following sentence, using the word given, keeping its meaning unchanged. (5 pts)
1. Tom passed the exam because he revised thoroughly for it. (because of)
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2. Nam likes playing football more than going to the zoo.                  (prefers)
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3. Can the little boy look after himself when his mother is away? (take)
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4. It is not necessary for you to finish your assignment this evening.(need)
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5. The water was so cold that the children couldn't swim in it.       (enough)
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