1.   Find the word which has a different sound in underlined parts.

1. A. fruit

B. building

C. juice

D. suitable

2. A. village

B. cottage

C. marriage

D. massage

3. A. about

B. today

C. apart

D. alive

4. A. although

B. plough

C. country

D. though

5. A. architect

B. change

C. children

D. watch

2.  Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose main stress is placed differently from the rest.

1. A. nomadic

B. idyllic

C. attractive

D. peaceful

2. A. experience

B. happiness

C. memory

D. childhood

3. A. privacy

B. pharmacy

C. vacation

D. grocery

4. A. interesting

B. idyllic

C. natural

D. beautiful

5. A. cultivate

B. develop

C. celebrate

D. decorate

6. A. civilization

B. cultivate

C. decorate

D. calibration

B.   VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1.   Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D in each line.

1.                 There are millions of stars              the sky at night in the countryside.

A. to                               B. from                              C. in                                   D. on

2.                 Children often                    a lot of noise, so adults often feel angry about that.

A. do                              B. make                             C. give                                D. work

3.                                    the bad weather, farmers still work on their fields.

A. In spite of                  B. Although                      C. Because of                     D. However

4.                 I am            on visiting my grandparents' on the weekend.

A. fond                           B. keen                              C. interested                       D. bored

5.                 Their farms produce rice, crops, and dairy           .

A. facilities                     B. comfort                         C. products                        D. cargo

6.                 Some large cities have to find measures to protect them from air            .

A. rubbish                       B. garbage                         C. wastes                            D. pollution

7.                 The streets in cities are                   than those in the countryside.

A. crowded                    B. more crowded              C. crowdeder                     D. less crowded

8.                 City drivers have to drive              than country ones.

A. more careful              B. more careless                C. more carefully               D. more carelessly

2. Give the correct forms of verbs in the brackets.

1.                 H5N1 virus (harm)             human body very quickly.

2.                 Vegetarians (live)               on vegetables, fruit and nuts.

3.                 Tina (sometimes, miss)                               the bus to school.

4.                 She (not like)                                  housework at weekends.

5.                 They (eat)               two eggs every day. That (not be)                  good for their health.

6.                 My mother and I usually (cook)                meals for my family but my father (seldom, cook)                .

7.                 Hoa and Ba sometimes (not water)                       the flowers in their garden.

8.                 My brother (spend)                        half an hour (do)                     his homework everyda

    3. Use the adjective in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences.

1.                 The buildings in cities are much                             houses in the countryside. (high)

2.                 There are                            trees in villages                        in cities. (many)

3.                 Of three cattle raised in my village, chickens are                         . (popular)

4.                 The life in cities is                          and                  than in the countryside. (fast, convenient)

5.                 A village with only 13000 people is not                            the city. (crowded)

6.                 Harvest time is often                      and                  for farmers. (busy, hard)

7.                 The city is              . The countryside, on the other hand, is                      . (noisy, quiet)

8.                 The air pollution in cities is                        in the countryside. (serious)
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