V. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in capitals (10 pts).

1. What is the correct  ……………………………..of this word. (pronounce)

2. My grand father can read ………………………… . (good)

3. Last week we had an   ……………………… summer holiday. (enjoy)

4. The  ……………………. of the project made me tense. (important).

5. You had better do some ………………….. for the final exams (revise)

6. We should save   ………………. …….resources. (nature)

7. People in the in the country are often more. ………… than people in the city. (friend)

8. Increased pollution is another ………………. …..result. (please)

9. The air is heavily ………………………with traffic fumes. (pollute)                       

10. …………………, her illness was more  serious than we thought.   (fortunate)

VI. Fill in each gap with a suitable word to complete the following passage (10 pts).

Rivers are on of the world’s most important natural resources. Many cities are on the large rivers, and (1)………….. every country has a least one river that (2)……….. an important part in the lives of its people. Besides transportation, rivers (3)………………..water for crops, water to drink , and recreation  for  people who live along their (4)………….. And in (5)………….to get water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam (6)…………a river and let water become a lake behind the dam. Then people can use their water not (7)……………..to irrigate fields but also to make electricity for homes and industries. (8)………….the water often becomes polluted when cities on river bank grow (9)…………….and the number of industries increases. We are learning that it is necessary to (10)…………rivers clean if we want to enjoy the benefits of the natural resources.

VII. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D to complete the passage (10 pts).

THE LANGUAGE OF CLOTHES

We don’t only choose clothes to make us look.........(1)......, we also use them to tell the world .........(2)...... our personality. The clothes we wear and our appearance......(3)...... a whole give other people useful information about what we think and.........(4)......  we feel. If we feel cheerful, we usually wear......(5)...... clothes and if we feel.........(6).....  we sometimes put on dark clothes. But why do teenagers wear black so.........(7)......? Is it because they feel miserable all.........(8)......? This is unlikely the case. It is probably just because it is.........(9)......  to wear black, and young people they are real fans.........(10)......  fashion.

1.  A. attract

2.  A. of

3.  A. on

4.  A. which

5.  A. colorful

6.  A. depress

7.  A. frequent

8.  A. the time

9.  A. fashion

10.  A. of

B. attractive

B. with

B. as

B. what

B. colors

B. depressed

B. frequency

B. the times

B. fashionable

B. in

C. attractively

C. by

C. for

C. how

C. colorfully

C. depressing

C. frequently

C. the week

C. fashioner

C. from

D. attraction

D. about

D. in

D. when

D. colorless

D. depression

D. infrequency

D. the month

D. fashioned

D.  with

VIII. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition to complete the following sentences (5 pts).

1. You can use dictionary to find ______ new words.

2. My younger brother is very good  ______ Math.

3. Nam should work harder  ______  his English pronunciation .

4. Do you believe  ______  ghost.

5. Do you like chocolate cakes? I am very fond  ______  them.

6. Are you laughing   ______  me?.

7. My uncle has been in hospital   ______  Monday.

8. This cake is made  ______  flour, eggs, milk, salt and butter. 

9. We thanked them ______ all their help.

10. Can you meet me _____________8 am and 9 am?

IX. Rewrite the following sentences with the beginning words, staying the same meaning

 with the old one. (10 pts)

1. Having a vacation in Da Lat is very interesting.

It…………………………….........................................................................................................

2. The water was so hot that I could not drink it.

The water was not........................................................................................... …………

3. She last ate this kind of food in January.

  She has not ................................................................................................... …………

4. I would like you to move this table

Do you mind………………………………………………………………………………….

5. She said to me “Don’t go out in the evening”. 

She ……………………………………………………………………………………………

6. The theater is near Hoa’s house   

 The theater is not………………………………………………………………………..

7. How about going to the movie tonight?

Let’s…………………………………………………………………………………..

8. Air travel is faster than any kind of transport.

Air travel is the…………………………………………………………………………………

9. Nobody has used this machine for years.

This machine………………………………………………………………………………..

10. Please don’t smoke in the kitchen.

 Would you mind ……………………………………………………………………

X. Use the words or phrases given to make complete sentences. You can add more words if necessary.(10 pts)

1. Learning / foreign language / necessary / us / get / job. //

…………………………………………………………………………………………

2. This film / interesting / I / see/  twice.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

3. My family / I / spend / two months /  make our plan / for summer holiday. //

…………………………………………………………………………………………

4. driver / stop / car / time / save / child / yesterday. //

…………………………………………………………………………………………

5. Boxing / too / dangerous / her / play //

…………………………………………………………………………………………

6. It / difficult/ learn English / without/ good dictionary.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

7. Of all / hotels in town / the Royal Hotel / comfortable. //

…………………………………………………………………………………………

8. He / try / stop / smoking / many times / but / he / never / succeed. //

…………………………………………………………………………………………

9. I / hope / my English / improve / by the end / course. //

…………………………………………………………………………………………

10. It / difficult / prevent / people / park here. //

…………………………………………………………………………………………

XI. Use the words to write the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the given words (5 pts).

1.     We went to Hai Phong two months ago. (been) 

We…………………………………………………………………………..

2.     Whose book is this? (belong)

Who………………………………………………………………………

3.     My aunt ran a small company in the city but she doesn’t do any more. (used)

 My aunt…………………………………………………………………………

4.     English eight has sixteen units. (are)

 There……………………………………………………………………………

5.     “You should not lend him your car”, Nam said to me. (advised)  

 Nam ………………………………………………………………………………

Question 1: Choose the best answers (20 pts)
1. Don’t be silly! That ...................................possibly be Rivaldo!
  a. mustn’t                    b . shouldn’t                            c. won’t                d. can’t
2. No sooner had we started the game, .........................it began to rain.
  a. than                          b. then                            c. that                             d. and
3. I ..................................be interested in playing badminton as a child.
  a. could                        b. ought to                     c. might                d. used to
4. They’ve told you time and time ............................. not to go out at night.
  a. to                             b. over                           c. again                 d. before
5. Sorry I’m late, but I..............................feed my little son before leaving home.
  a. needed                      b. must                           c. had to               d. was to    
6. Smith writes very quickly. He’s .........................finished his essay.
  a. already                     b. been                           c. for                     d. yet
7. What are you going to do? - I don’t know. I haven’t made................my mind yet.
  a. on                                      b. at                               c. in                      d. up
8. I’ve ..............................to Paris. I went there in March.
  a. been                         b. gone                           c. just                             d. yet
9. This is the first ..................... I’ve ever lived far from home.
  a. already                     b. since                           c. that                             d. time
10. What did the girl say ........................?
  a. at          you                       b. for you                       c. you                             d. to you?
11. Phong rang his friend in Nha Trang yesterday, and he said it ..............raining there.
  a. was                          b. is                                c. should be          d. to be
12. The last time I saw Khang, he looked very relaxed. He explained that he’d been on holiday the ........................week.
  a. earlier                       b. following                    c. next                  d. previous
13. We wonder ........................the tickets are on sales yet.
  a. what                         b. when                          c. whether            d. where
14. When I rang Oanh some time last week, she said she was busy.................day.
  a. this                           b. that                                      c. then                  d. the
15. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others?
  a. just                           b. sun                                      c. put                    d. bucket
16. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others?
  a. instead                     b. head                           c. heap                  d. dead
17. Which word has a different stress in the group?
  a. amount                     b. inventor                     c. garbage             d. resource
18. This film must be new. We’ve ........................ seen it before.
  a. ever                          b. never                          c. since                 d. yet
19. He hates.......................................to do something by others.
  a. to be asked               b. asking                        c. being asked       d. to ask
20. Let’s go camping in the mountain, ........................?
  a. do we                       b. can we                        c. will we              d. shall we

Question 2: Supply the correct forms of the word in parentheses. (20 pts)
1. Phuong Linh arranged flowers the most .......................(attract) in the contest.
2. It is a contest in which ....................(participate) have to read two poems in English.
3. .......................(environment) are concerned about the use of dynamite to catch fish.
4. Years later, she passed me in the street without even a small sign of .......(recognize).
5. Nam put ................(press) on that towel to stop the bleeding.
6. After many years of ............(fail), Edison finally succeeded in inventing the light bulb.
7. We use first-aid in order to ease the victim’s pain and ......................(anxious).
8. She felt ....................(relief) after she passed the exam.
9. You’ll meet the tour guide on your ..................(arrive) at the hotel.
10. We can take buses or trains to Northern ......................(destine) of Nha Trang.
11. Sapa is considered the most beautiful .......(mountain) resort in the north of Viet Nam.
12. It’s now high time you knew how to dress and ....................(dress) yourself.
13. We are having a good time here. People on the island are very friendly and ...........(hospitality).
14. The police are interested in the sudden ............(appear) of the valuable painting.
15. I wrote .............(end) letters of application but I got no reply.
16. A fairy appeared and ...................................... ( MAGIC )changed her old clothes   
17. The tiger wanted to see the farmer’s .................................. ( WISE )
18. In that story, the prince got ........................( MARRY )to a poor girl       
19.  Let me get an .................................... ( APPLY ) form and I can fill out     
20. He was ............................... ( FOOL ) to say that English is helpless       ​

II/ Section two: reading comprehension
Question 1: Read these passages and match the each passage to its title. There is ONE title you needn’t use(10 pts) A. How I began                                      D. My most frightening experience
B. The worst aspect of my hobby           E. Why I like my hobby C. My hopes for the future                     F. When and where I do it
     1. __________ For me, every weekday begins the same: I get up at 7.00. I have breakfast, I take the bus to school, I go to lessons ... I don’t hate this daily routine, but it isn’t very thrilling. In the evenings, however, I drive Formula 1 cars, build enormous cities and defend my planet against aliens. In short, I play computer games. It’s like entering a different world. That’s why I love playing them so much.
     2. __________My interest in computer games has taught me a lot about computer graphics. I want to study computing at college, and learn how to design and program games. Eventually, I’d like to start my own software company, creating and testing new games. That way, I could spend all day doing what I love most.
     3. ____________Computer games are interesting because they often contain stories and characters. The games are getting better all the time, but they are also getting more expensive. The only thing I don’t like about my hobby is the cost! New games are often about $50.
    4. ____________ Some of my friends from school are interested in computer games too. We normally meet at my house in the evenings and play for a few hours. We sometimes play at weekends, but if the weather’s good I prefer to go cycling or play basketball instead.
    5. ____________ I first became interested in computer games about four years ago. I was staying with my cousin for the weekend. He had some games and he taught me how to play them. I became hooked immediately! When I got home, I decided to save all my money for buying games. Now I’ve got about twenty different games.
Question 2: Read the text and choose the best answer to fill in each gap.(10 pts)      Have you ever followed instructions for knitting something or have you read a piece of music? If you have, you have behaved in a similar way(1)................ a computer. A computer obeys a program to carry out  a particular task. Just (2)................. a  knitting pattern is expressed in numbers and piece of music in lines and dots, so a computer program is (3)................. in the form of programming language. Like the English language (or any other language), there are (4).................... of grammar, and  a program must be correct in every way.
     There are hundreds of programming language, but only (5)............. are well-known and widely used. The most popular language which is used in offices(6)................Cobol. This language is used for printing payrolls and keeping records of goods. Engineers and scientists use Fortran (7)......................carry out calculations. (8)......................... neither of these two programs is very popular with people working on home computers. Basis is the most popular language for home computers, chiefly (9)..............it is easy to learn and use.
   (10).......... these languages are useful for many purposes, it is time that a new simple program was devised. Such a program ought to be not only easy to use but also completely reliable.
1.       A. to                    B. as                     C. so                     D. from
2.       A. like                            B. by                    C. too                             D. as
3.       A. expensive                  B. expresses                   C. expressed                  D. expressing
4.       A. rules                B. laws                 C. regulations                D. principles
5.       A. a little              B. a few                C. much                D. a lot of
6.       A. called               B. calling              C. is called            D. is calling
7.       A. so as for          B. in order that     C. so as that                   D. in order to
8.       A. In addition                B. Therefore                   C. Consequently   D. However
9.       A. because            B. if                      C. because of                 D. unless
10.     A. Even                B. Despite            C. Although                   D. In spite

Question 3: Find and correct one mistake in each line of the passage below.(10 pts)
Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer holiday. He traveled with him classmates to a mountainous
area in Hoa Binh province. They gone there to help make a
road through a forest among two villages. “It was very difficult because there had no water to drink and no shops where we could bought food,” said Nam. “It was also cold and wet
in the mountains. It is one of the wetter place in the country.” Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard
work, but he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He is hoping to return next year to do any more work there.
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2........................................
3........................................
4........................................
5........................................
6........................................
7........................................
8........................................
9........................................
10........................................

III/ section three: writing
Question 1: Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences.(15 pts)
1. exported / many / last year / rice / how / to/ Japan / tons / were / of / ?
2. trees / planting / on / the boys / the hill / group / are / the / in / volunteer / .
3. rain / heavy / from / prevented / the / playing / us / soccer.
4. if / he / me / some / asked / I / money / could / then / lend / him /
5. design / to send / friends / someone / greetings / Englishman / a card / Christmas / to / an / his / had /.
6. Le Lai Street / are/ living / they / in / at / An Giang / their / with /children / 186.
7. uncle / spent / most / their /of /the /violin / practicing / his time / in / room /music /the/.
Question 2: Rewrite sentences as directed so that it has the same meaning as the sentence given.(15pts)
1. Thinking of making toys from used paper was his interesting idea.
It’s interesting that..............................................................................................................
2. He hasn’t come back to his home village for over 20 years now.
It’s........................................................................................................................................
3. That’s the strangest film I’ve ever seen.
I have never.......................................................................................................................
4. Please don’t interrupt me while I am speaking.
I’d rather.............................................................................................................................
5. Get up now or you’ll be late for school.
If.........................................................................................................................................
6. The last time we met each other was ten years ago.
We haven’t..........................................................................................................................
7. Finding accommodation at busy time in Da Lat is difficult .
It’s.....................................................................................................................................
8. Originally, tennis was an indoor game.
Tennis used.....................................................................................................................       
 
Question 3. Write an essay about the benefit of the life in the city (150 – 180 words)(20pts)
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