PART A: PHONETICSI.    
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others by circling the corresponding letter A or B, C, D:
1.                   A. clean           B. heavy          C. reader          D. mean
2.                   A. curly           B. shy C. fly   D. sky
3.                   A. food            B. foot             C. wood           D. good
4.                   A. children       B. chicken       C. chair            D. character
5.                   A. blouses        B. dishes          C. sizes            D. stores
II.  Choose the word whose main stress is different from the others in the group.
1.                   A. apartment    B. family         C. expensive    D. eleven
2.                   A. different      B. unhappy      C. address        D. apartment
3.                   A. number       B. student        C. parents        D. complain PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D: 
1. How are you getting on at school, Mai? A. You’re welcome           B. Very well, thanks    C. That’s all right D. OK, I do.
2. Is there any interesting………….. in the newspaper today?
        A. new                              B. news                             C. pieces of news             D. many news
3. – Why are you turning on the television so loudly? _ Oh, I…………. watch the news.
        A. will                               B. am going to                  C. like  D. can 
4. What is the name of the girl……….. jeans and sweater?
    A. on                                 B. with                              C. for                  D. in    
5. Everyday he…………. the bus to work.
A. catches                        B. gets                               C. comes               D. goes
        
6. Please let Tom……………..with you.
A. go                                 B. to go                             C. goes                  D. going
        
7. When I am ill, my mother always looks…………….. me very well.
  A. for                                B. forward                        C. to                    D. after
8. Are you hungry? Would you like ……………. else?
A. anything                       B. nothing                         C. everything      D. something 
9. It often …………… me 15 minutes to go to school by bike.        A. gets                              B. gives                             C. takes      D. has 
10. I’ll try my best ………… my English.           A improving                     B. improve                        C.improves            D.to improve 
  11. We know that the food we eat affects our ……………life.  
 A. whole                            B. all                                 C. most        D. during
       
 
    
12. I don’t like brown rice. Haven’t you got……………?
     A. no white                         B. white ones      C. any white                        D. a white                   
 13. I divided the sweets …………… several parts. 
    A. during                             B. between                       C. into                                D. among
14. "Look at that schoolbag", she says to Nam. "Isn't it one of ……………?"
     A. ours'                                B. ours                             C. our's                 D. our    
15. Do you have any toothpaste? I want a large …………………
          
     A. tin                                   B. box                             C. bar            D. tube
16. There are ………… eggs in the supermarket.
         
     A. hundred              B. hundred of                 C. hundreds of 17. No one can do it well and …………….
          D. of hundred
       A. so can Hoa                    B. neither can Hoa           C. Hoa can’t, too 18. This book is ……………English and I cannot read a word of English.
          D. Hoa can, either
       A. in                                  B. with                             C. by              D. on   
19. Always ……………careful in whatever you do.
        A. to be                              B. be                               C. are               D. being        
20. The doctor tells me ……………morning exercises everyday.
      A. do                                  B. not doing                     C. not to do                        D. to do
     
         II. Complete the form of the verbs in parentheses:
1.  I (send)…..…him your message as soon as he ( return)……...
2.  When my sisters and I (have)……..freetime, we often spend several hours ( play)……..chess
3.  Would you please ( bring)…….us two cups of hot coffee?
4.  These kids ( cut)……..the flowers in the garden now.
5.  Where your family ( live)………at the present?
6.  You’d better (not/ talk)……… in the class.
7.  – Nam is back from his holiday.    _ Really? I ( meet)……….him right now. 8. Mai is busy ( cook)……….in the kitchen.
9.      I can’t ( go)………..out tonight. I don’t have free money.
10.  – Why do you buy this paint? _ I (paint)………my bedroom tomorrow.
11.He spends most of his free time (lie ).......... on the couch  and watching TV.
12.   Sad movies always  make me (cry )................
13.  Either Baker or his wife  (make )..............breakfast each morning.
14.   I can’t help (laugh )...............when I see that clown.
15.    I’ll remember  (send )................you a postcard when I reach London.
III. Find a mistake in each sentence and correct it
1. Shall us buy any more tickets? 2. Coffee isn’t good to growing children.
3.      I prefer orange juice than lemon juice. 
4.      I don’t like to eat meat and he does, either.
5.      I have a 12 pence stamp and two 8 pence one.
6.      She is the most beautiful of the twins.
7.      Ba is very keen about learning how to fix the light.
8.      Ha Long Bay is more famous for its beautiful scenery.
9.      John easily catching  cold in the cold days.
10.  They can’t make of their minds yet.
IV. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital:
1.      Do you have a great ………….of stamps?
2.      What’s the book’s………..?
3.      In electronics, students learn to repair…………appliances                
4.      We hate such a……..story !
5.      ……… makes the boy sick.
6.      My sister is a stamp………….                                
7.      She…...….from her sister in height
8.      I hate her because she is very………….
9.      There is a nice TV set in my ……………room.
10.  You must be ................when you open that door. 
COLLECT
THICK
HOUSE
COLOR
ACT
COLLECT
DIFFERENCE
TALK
LIVE
CARE
 11.  Is he sleeping ? – No, he is still ............................                                       
12.  You shouldn’t talk about her character  only  through her...............          
13.  He is a well- known ..........................                                                            
14.  What is the correct ............................of this word?                                        
15.  There are two ……………… in his office.                                                     
16.  It’s very…………….to in a damp room.                                                     
WAKE 
APPEAR 
PHOTO
PRONOUNCE
SECRETARY
HEALTH
PART C : READING
I. Fill in the blank with one suitable preposition: 
                                                SCHOOL UNIFORM     (1).….many school, children have to wear school uniform and some (2)…… them may  dislike it, but all teaches are keen (3)…….it. Teachers say that children (4)……..uniform look alike, otherwise children would compete (5)……..each other and the poorer children will be ashamed (6)…….the fact that they look straight (7)…….. how poor they are. However some schools give (8)……the idea of making children wear uniform. Funnily enough, children can wear whatever they want . (9)………my opinion, children should wear uniform (10)……school because school uniform makes them look not only serious, but also lovely. II. Choose the best answer to complete the passage: 
                                                                 FRIENDS     To many people, their (1)…… are the most important in their life. Really good friends always (2)……..joys and sorrows with you and never turn their (3)……..on you. Your (4)….. friend may be someone you have grown (5)…….with.
     There are all sorts of thing that can (6)……about this special relationship. It may be the (7)…….of enjoying the same activities and sharing experiences. Most of us have met someone that we have immediately felt relaxed with as if we had known them for ages.      
(8)…….., it really takes you years to get to know someone well (9)…….to consider your best friend.
     To the majority of us, this is someone we trust completely and ( 10)……..understands us better than anyone else. It’s the person you can tell him or her your most intimate secrets.
1. A. family
B. brothers and sister
C. relatives
D. friends
 2. A. have
B. give
C. share
D. spend
 3. A. faces
B. heads
C. backs
D. love
 4. A. best
B. worst
C. nearest
D. near
 5. A. in
B. up
C. on
D. through
 6. A. cause
B. bring
C. provide
D. give
 7. A. problem
C. cause
C. effect
D. result
 8. A. Because
B. However
C. So
D. But
 9. A. enough
B. too
C. such
D. so
 10. A. whose
B. whom
C. who
D. which
PART D : WRITINGI. Rewrite these sentences so that  has the same meaning as the first one: 
1.        Apples are usually cheaper than oranges.
    Oranges……………………………………………………………………………….
2.        My teacher always drives very carefully.
    How ………………………………………………………………………………….!
3.        Because he is tired, he can’t finish the work in time
    Because of………………………………………………………………………..….
4.        It takes six hours to drive from Edinburgh  to London.
   It is ………………………………………………………………………………..…
5.        Her book is different from mine
    Her book……………………………………………………………………………..
6.        He isn’t interested in getting a good job.
    Getting……………………………………………………………………………......
7.        My grandmother is too weak to stand up.
    My grandmother is not……………………………………………………………….
8.        The film is so boring that we leave the cinema soon.
    It’s ……………………………………………………………………………………
9.        They won’t be able to come on Sunday.
     It is……………………………………………………………………………………
10.    I don’t intend to go there.
   I have ………………………………………………………………………………..
11.    How heavy is your son ?
    What…………………………………………………………………………………..             
12.    You should eat too much candies.
    You’d ………………………………………………………………………………….
13.    playing to soccer is more interesting than watching it.
      I prefer……………………………………………………………………………….
14.    This bike is the most expensive in our shop.
      No bike………………………………………………………………………………..
15.    He drives more carelessly than I do.
    I don’t………………………………………………………………………………….
16.    It takes Nga and Hoa an hour to do my housework every day.
      Nga and Hoa spend…………………………………………………………………..
17.    The meeting is forty minutes long.
      It is …………………………………………………………………………………..
18.    Our meeting is tomorrow.
      We are………………………………………………………………………………..
19.    Mrs Binh can’t go to work because of his illness.   Because………………………………………………………………………………..
20.    What is the price of two books and three pens?    How…………………………………………………………………………………..
II. Write a short essay about 80 to 100 words to describe your school and express your feelings about it.