Part II: Choose the correct option A, B, C, or D for each gap in the following sentences.

6. Peter sent me to buy some pills ______ the chemist’s.

            A. on                           B. at                            C. with                                    D. by

7. That’s too ______ money for a book like that.

            A. some                       B. many                       C. any                          D. much

8. Tim wasn’t happy about the delay, ______.

            A. but I was neither    B. and I wasn’t either C. but either was I       D. and neither wasn’t I

9. Can you ______ that strange perfume she is wearing?

            A. see                          B. smell                       C. hear                         D. feel

10. Mary is ___________ of the two girls.

            A. taller                       B. tallest                      C. the taller                 D. the tallest

11. She wouldn’t pay cash if she ________ a credit card.

            A. had                                     B. would have             C. will have                 D. has

12. Jane: “Would you like an orange?”

      Jack: “________. I don’t like them much. I’d rather have an apple.”

            A. No, not much         B. No, certainly           C. No, thanks              D. No, please

13. Either she or her friends ____ responsible for this accident.

            A. is                             B. are                           C. was                         D. might

14. The policeman questioned the woman ________.

            A. that her handbag was stolen                      B. whose handbag was stolen

            C. her whom handbag was stolen                   D. who’s handbag was stolen

15. His classroom is __________ the third floor of this building.

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. from

16. The children went to school last Sunday, _________ they?

A. do

B. don’t

C. did

D. didn’t

11. Would you like _________ volleyball with us tomorrow?

A. play

B. to play

C. playing

D. played

17. Nam plays soccer very _______________.

A. skill

B. skillful

C. skillfully

D. skillless

18. Do you mind if I _________ beside you?

A. sit

B. sitting

C. to sit

D. sat

19. He is a/an __________. He designed my house last year.

A. worker

B. engineer

C. architect

D. builder

20. Who is _____________in class, Lan, Mai or An? 

    A. intelligent

B. more intelligent

C. most intelligent

D. the most intelligent

Part III: There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistake (A, B, C, or D).

21. Some students from your class have been absent from school two days ago.

       A                                                   B                     C                         D

22. Because of her bad behavior, she now has less friends than before.

          A                             B                     C      D

23. If the weather weren’t too bad tomorrow, we’ll play golf.

        A                    B             C                                 D

24. I went to bed   before nine since I was a child.

                  A           B               C                   D

25. The plane didn’t land yet so I  will wait until it  arrives.

                           A                B          C                         D

Part V. Fill in the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word from the box. Write your answers on the answer sheet. There is one extra words.

konw                how             simply                 yourself           magazine                   information                       

Learning a language is, in some way, like learning (26)________ to fly or play the piano. There are  important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It is this: learning how to do such things needs lots of  practice. It is never (27)______ to "know" something. You must be able to "do" things with what you (28) _____. For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on how to fly an aeroplane. A book can give you lots of (29)_________ about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to fly without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (30) ____________ .The same is true of  playing the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of practice first? “Practice makes perfect” is what every learner of a foreign language should know.

Part V: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each question.

Gravity is the force that pulls objects towards the earth. There is a story that Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity one day when he was sitting under a tree. An apple fell from the tree and hit Newton on the head. He realized gravity was the force that kept us on the ground. He also discovered it kept the moon close to the earth. The story of the apple is probably not true. However, it is a good example of how gravity affects things.

Newton was a genius. Unfortunately, people of his time were not ready for his ideas. They were critical of his discoveries. Newton was afraid to publish his findings. They sat on his shelf for over twenty years. Finally, in 1687, his first book was published. Today, it is considered one of the greatest works in the history of science.

31. The story of the falling apple describes how Newton might have discovered _________.

A. the moon                B. gravity                    C. apples                     D. the earth

32. Why does the author mention the story of the apple?

A. It describes Newton’s famous discovery.              B. To show how silly old stories are.

C. Without it, we wouldn’t understand gravity.        D. It is the only thing Newton ever published.

33. Based on the passage, it is likely that Newton’s ideas ________.

A. were very popular while he was alive                    B. have been proven wrong by today’s scientists

C. are believed more today than when he was alive   D. are all made-up stories

34. The word "realized" in paragraph 1 means ________.

A. listened carefully to something                              B. started to think something is true

C. became bruised                                                       D. completely forgot something

35. This passage is mainly about _________.

A. Sir Isaac Newton’s fame and riches during his life           B. how different scientists think of gravity

C. Sir Isaac Newton and his discovery of gravity      D. myths that people tell about scientific discoveries