I.    PHONETICS
A.    Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
    1. A. dear    B. heart    C. hear    D. fear
    2. A. stupid    B. studio    C. study    D. student
    3. A  mother    B. thank    C. father    D. this
    4. A. cheer    B. parachute    C. champagne    D. machine
    5. A. doctor    B. hospital    C. pollution    D. tomorrow
            6. A. flood    B. typhoon    C. groom    D. balloon
          7. A. hobby    B. hour    C. humor    D. hole
          8. A. dynamite    B. terrify    C. deny    D. symbol
          9. A. thunder    B. earthquake    C. gather    D. healthy
          10. A dump    B. nuclear    C. bulb    D. plumber
B.  Find the word with different stress in each line.     
1. A. cinema    B. gallery    C. hospital             D. museum
2. A. afternoon    B. festival    C. Japanese             D. yesterday
3. A. tomato    B. lemonade    C. banana             D. performance
4. A. special       B. famous    C. royal    D. alone
5. A. committee       B. banyan    C. umbrella    D.pagoda
6. A. future       B. province    C. today    D. district
7. A. brilliant       B. beautiful    C. cultural    D. historic
8. A. damage       B. contain    C. surround    D. achieve
II.    VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1.    Mr Pike _______________ travel a lot in his job but now, he doesn't.
               A. used to             B. use to    C. was used to    D. is used to
           2. I love traveling by______ because I can see the whole city from above the sky.
                A. bus                 B. boat    C. train    D. airplane
           3. The story is interesting. I am really _______in it.
               A. interest                 B. interested    C. interesting        D. interestingly
           4. He was_______that Tom couldn’t come to his party.
                A. disappoint    B. disappointedly     C. disappointed    D. disappointing
           5. Solar energy, nuclear energy, air and water are_______.
              A. renewable    B. limited    C. restricted    D. narrow
          6. My brother spends_______ time on computer games than his brother.
             A. little    B. many    C. fewer    D. more
            7. My family is poor. My house has things_______ than her house.
      A. more    B. less    C. fewer    D. much
            8. Tom didn’t see her,             ?
    A. did Tom    B. did he    C. do Tom    D. does he
           9. Your grandfather was a millionaire,    ?
    A. was he    B. is he    C. wasn’t he    D. isn’t she
          10. Mary wasn’t angry,         ?
    A. was she    B. is she    C. wasn’t she    D. was Mary
           11. ............. books are here. ............. are there.
    A. Theirs – Ours    B. Their – Our    C. Theirs – Our    D. Their – Ours
          12. There will be a new cinema______ our village.
       A. on    B. for    C. at    D. in
III.    Find a mistake in each sentence below.
      1. I shouldn’t have lost my temple, shouldn’t I?
A       B     C                D
      2. There is a lot of pollution in Los Angeles.
A       B        C        D
      3. I don’t know what to use this map.
A                 B      C      D
4.    Traffic jam has the most serious problem, isn’t it?
A            B       C    D
5.    The city cannot build houses enough for all of its people.
  A        B             C             D
IV.    READING
A.    Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answers.
The streets are crowded with traffic. Taxis are bringing tired people from the airport and the railroad stations to the hotels. They hope to sleep a few hours before their busy day in the big city. Trucks are bringing fresh fruit and vegetables into the city. Ships loaded with food and fuel are tied up at the dock. Toward morning the streets are quieter. But they are never deserted in the big city.
Soon it’s morning in the big city. By eight o’clock the streets are filled again with people. Millions of people live in the big city. And millions of people who work in the big city live in the suburbs. The commuters, are hurrying out of railroad stations, subways, buses and apartment houses. Hurry, hurry, hurry. Everyone is in a hurry. Some stop only to drink a quick cup of coffee. There’s no time for breakfast. Others stop to buy the morning paper. They read the headlines before they hurry on to the tall office buildings where they work.
1.    The writer says that, in the big city, _______.
A.    trucks are being unloaded.
B.    the streets are always crowded.
C. the streets are deserted.
D. ships are being loaded with food and fuel.
2.     One of the most remarkable features of the big city is the_______of everything and everybody.
          A. quietness     B. heaviness     C. tiredness     D. rush
3.    The streets in the big city are quieter_______.
             A. toward morning     B. in the evening     C. at night    D. in the day time
4.    What brings fresh fruit and vegetables into the city?
          A. taxis    B. airplane    C. trucks    D. buses
5.    “suburb” in bold in paragraph 2 means_______.
           A. area            B. outskirt    C. city        D. beach
   B. Read the email. Choose the correct answers.
    Dear Peter,
    My name is Helen and I want to be (1)             pen-pal. I am seven years old and I am from England. My parents are doctors. I (2)         brothers. They are students at the University of London. Have (3)         got any brothers or sisters? In my free time, I go to the cinema with my brothers or hang out with my friends. My best friend (4)         Laura; (5)         mother is from Thailand and her father is from Australia. Please write soon and tell (6)         all about your family and friends.
    Best wishes,
    HELEN
    1.    A. you    B. your    C. yours    D. yourself
    2.    A. have got    B. do    C. be    D. can
    3.    A. your    B. yourself    C. yours    D. you
    4    A. am    B. are    C. is    D. were
    5.    A. Her    B. hers    C. herself    D. she
    6.    A. I    B. my    C. mine    D. me

V.    WRITING
1.    We will plant more trees along this street.
           More trees ………………………………………………………..
2.    New York has more billionaires than Tokyo.
    Tokyo …………………………………………………………
3.    Mr Lam lived in the country when he was a child.
     Mr Lam used ………………………………………………….
      4.    Although Tom was a poor student, he studied very well.
         In spite of ………………………………………………………
4.    We will reduce energy consumption as much as possible
       Energy consumption …………………………………………
    6.    Although the weather was bad, she went to school on time.
         Despite……………………………………………………………………….
    7.    My mother told me to go to school although I was sick.
         In spite of ………………………………………………………………..
    8.    She hasn’t written letters to her pen pal for 2 years.
     The last time ……………………………………………………………..
      9. My father gave up smoking three years ago.
                My father………………………………………………………………….
    10. It is not necessary to bring your umbrella because the weather is fine
             You ………………………………………………………………………..