A.PHONETICS

I. Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined

1.     A. parade                    B. waste                      C. later                       D. gravy

2.     A. populated               B. loaded                     C. wanted                    D. lived

3.     A. ahead                      B. bread                      C. pleasant                  D. seatbelt

4.     A. energy                    B. flying                      C. chemistry               D. technology.

5.    A. naked                      B. cooked                    C. booked                    D. walked

B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

II. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. Circle the letter A, B, C or D

6. My favourite hobby is _______. I spend most of my free time making vases and bowls from clay.

    A. wood carving  B. pottery making                   C. model making        D. bird watching

7. To prevent ___________, you should eat a lot of garlic and keep your body warm.

    A. cold                             B. mumps                                C. flu                        D. headache

8.________ people usually live on the streets, under bridges, or in camps.

A. Sick                                 B. Homeless                            C. Elderly                D. Disabled

9. My sister __________ the guitar twice a week.

   A. practices                       B. practice                              C. practicing            D. to practice

10. My family has decided to use _________ electricity by using more solar energy instead.

    A. more                            B. fewer                                  C. much                   D. less

11. I think you should ________ jogging because it is very useful for your health.

   A. take                              B.to take                                 C. take up                 D. take in

12. Watching too much television is not good ____________ your eyes.

   A. for                                 B. at                                        C. with            D. to

13. I don’t know why girls collect things. It’s a piece of…………….

   A. gift                                             B. book                       C. sweet                     D. cake

   14. The play was so boring. ________, An saw it from beginning to end.

      A. Therefore                     B. Despite                               C.However      D. Although

   15. She’s sure that they will find the film_________.

      A. entertaining                  B. entertain                             C. entertainment D. entertained

II.     Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

16.    During the wars, both the gate and the bell tower ___were destroyed____(destroy).

17.    They ___have worked (work) at this company since 2008.

18.    In the UK, alcohol      ____isn't sold____(not sell) to anyone under 18. It’s against the law.

19.    Would you like ____to go___(go) to Huong Pagoda with me?

20.    Many young people enjoy ____watching_ (watch) Korean dramas.

C. READING

I.  Read and fill in the blanks with ONE word given in the box.  (1.5pt)

rubbish         families       volunteer      because      donate           community 

The first reason why many families do (21)…volunteer.. work is that they feel satisfied and proud. The feeling of fulfillment comes from helping the (22)  families… and other people. In addition, volunteering is a great way for (23)…community…. to have fun and closer. But many people say they don’t have time to volunteer (24)because… they have to work and take of their families. If that’s the case, try rethinking some of your free time as a family. You could select just one or two projects a year and make them a family tradition. For instance, your family can make and (25) donate….gift blankets to the old homeless people on holidays. Your family can also spend only one Saturday morning a month collecting (26)…rubbish… in your neighborhood.

II. Read the text again and answer the questions

27. Why don’t some people have time to volunteer?

Because they have to work and take of their families.

28. Is collecting rubbish in the neighborhood an example of volunteer work?

Yes, it is.

29. What can your family do for homeless people?

Your family can make and donategift blankets to the old homeless people.

D. WRITING

I. Rearrange the jumbled words to make meaningful sentences

30. taken / Have / ever /  part / in  / work/ ? / you/  volunteer/

=>Have you ever taken part in volunteer work.

31. raised / They/ homeless / street / for / last / children / and/ people/ weekend / money/.

=>…………………………………………………………………………………..

32. should / less / playing / You/ games /  time / computer / spend/.

=>………………………………………………………………………………….

33.  you / When   a /  should/  and / more/ temperature /, / you  / water/  rest  / have/ more / drink/ .

=>………………………………………………………………………………….

II. Make questions for underlined words

34. She often shares the hobby with her mother.

=>………………………………………………………………………………….

35. Ba collected cars when he was a child.

=>………………………………………………………………………………….

III. Rewrite the sentences, so that their meaning stays the same, using the beginning (1.0pt)

36. My father is interested in carving wood

→ My father likes…………………………………………………………

37. Because she worked very hard, she passed all her exams.

→  She ……………………………….., so …………………………………………

38. It’s boring to make pottery.

→ I find ……………………………………

39. They like playing board games because it is interesting

→They think……………………………………………….

40. People use the Internet all over the world.

→ The Internet ……………………………………………….