II. Each sentence has ONE mistake. Find and correct it.

1. Why do you have to take all of responsibilities for this project? You should share it with others.

__

2. There is not excuse for the mistake he made yesterday.

__

3. Neither students should play violent games.

__

4. None of the professor in this university is under 30.

__

5. There are only 30 volunteers planting trees here. The other are helping the local clean their neighborhood.

__

III. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1.5 pts)

Good evening. Welcome to our Science for Fun Program. This week we’ve received a lot of questions asking about life on the moon. We’ve talked to some experts and this is what we’ve (17) __ out. There is no water or air on the moon. It is all silent (18) __ there is no air. Of course there will be no music, no sounds. There are no rivers and no lakes. At night it is very cold. The (19) __ goes down to 151°C below zero, but during the day the temperature rises to 100°C above zero.

There are great round holes on the moon. They look like big lakes. They are called craters. There are more than 30,000 craters on the moon. There are also high mountains. The (20) __ mountains on the moon are about 26,000 feet or 8,000 meters high.

And here is something very interesting to (21) __: on the moon you weigh one sixth of what you weigh on earth. If you weigh 50 kilos, on the moon you weigh only a little more than 8 kilos. You will be able to jump very high, (22) __ higher than an Olympic Champion. You can take very long steps as well. And … maybe you won’t sleep very well because one day on the moon lasts for two weeks.

So, is there life on the moon? I’ll leave the question for you to answer yourself. 

17. A. found

B. known

C. brought

D. learned

18. A. but

B. because

C. though

D. while

19. A. temperature  

B. climate

C. weather

D. heat

20. A. strongest

B. deepest

C. highest

D. tallest

21. A. knowing

B. known

C. know

D. to know

22. A. more

B. only

C. even

D. very

IV. Read the following passage. decide whether the statements from 23 to 26 are True or False and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the statements in the questions 27 and 28. 

(Từ câu 23 đến câu 26, thí sinh viết đầy đủ từ True hoặc False vào ô trả lời. Mọi cách viết khác đều không được chấm điểm. Đối với câu 27 và 28, thí sinh chỉ viết mẫu tự (A, B, C hoặc D) đại diện cho câu trả lời đúng vào phần ANSWERS.)

Of all the holidays, I think the best is Mother's Day. It is very special to a rather big family like mine. | realize how much Mother has done for years, and all the wonderful things she has done for her children. So this year Father, my two sisters and I, the only boy in the family, decided to make Mother's Day a special occasion for our Mother. Father took a holiday from his office; my sisters and | came home from school after lunch. We planned to make it a day just like Christmas. We decorated the house with colorful flowers, candles and a small greeting over the fireplace. Mother usually did so at Christmas by herself. My sisters dressed themselves in their best. Father wore the new tie that Mother had bought for him on his birthday. | was so excited with the idea that | was the person who bought Mother a new silk hat from the money Father had secretly given to me before. We wanted to give Mother a big surprise. We hired a motor car which would take us all for a beautiful drive into the country nearby. Mother rarely had a treat like that. She is busy cooking and cleaning almost all the time. And of course, the country would be so lovely, the driving over miles of greenery in the country would be specially exciting to Mother. Mother deserved them all.

23. This is a family with five members.

24. The children stayed at home from school all day to celebrate Mother's Day.

25. The children always helped their Mother to decorate the house for Christmas.

26. The boy in the family was responsible for buying Mother a silk hat as a gift.

27. The passage is about __

   A. how the family prepared a Mother's Day

   B. what holiday is the best for the family

   C. how exciting a drive to the country was

   D. when people celebrate Mother's Day

28. The Mother in the story __

   A. took a holiday from the office

   B. was dressed in her best on Mother's Day

   C. is very often busy with housework

   D. enjoys driving her children to the country

V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. (1.5 pts)

(Từ câu 29 đến câu 34, thí sinh viết câu trả lời vào Phần ANSWERS.)

29. Al like ChatGPT is believed to be __ in the search of information.

(benefit)

30. Minh Thu, the youngest __, won the special prize for “Promising Voice”.

(contest)

31. The earthquake in Turkey destroyed several villages and many people became __.

(home)

32. __ all buildings in Sweden have been heated by solar energy.

(near)

33. In __, we really need to do something about our neighborhood.

(conclude)

34. I spent some time __ because I just didn't know which website was useful for me.

(surf)

ANSWERS

29. _

30. _

31. _

32. _

33. _

34. _

VI. Rearrange the groups of words in a correct order to make complete sentences. (0.5 pt)

(Từ câu 35 đến câu 36, thí sinh viết câu trả lời vào Phần ANSWERS.)

35. Nuclear power / to our environment / but also dangerous / is not only expensive/. //

36. The host band / a mashup of their hit songs / started off the concert / by presenting /. //

____

VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it. (1.0 pt)

(Từ câu 37 đến câu 40, thí sinh viết câu trả lời vào Phần ANSWERS.)

37. Change the way you learn vocabulary, and you can improve your English.

=> If you __

38. “Why don't we collect those empty bottles for recycling?” said Robert.

=> Robert suggested that those __

39. Because Tom is very lazy, he can't get good marks at school.

=> Tom is very lazy, __

40. Michael loves to play football after school. 

=> Michael is fond _

THE END OF THE TEST