Part I. PHONETICS
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from eachother
1. A.may B. day C. sad D. say
2. A.here B. heart C. hour D. hat
3. A.deny B. physics C. supply D. typhoon
4. A.watching B. teacher C. chemist D. changing
5. A.head B. heavy C. bread D. weak
6. A.maps B. books C. forks D. boys
PART II. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
I. Choose the best answer
1. I wish we ______ shopping together.
A. will go B. would go C. go D. to go
2. The book____ consists of four parts has been translated into French.
A. which B. what C. who D. whose
3. The national ______ of Malaysia is Malay.
A. language B. currency C. religion D. climate
4. Your mother can speak French fluently, _______?
A. is she B. can she C. can’t she D. doesn’t she
5. I was born ______ September 10th, 1996.
A. in B. on C. at D. from
6. Travelling by air is not cheap and it isn’t interesting ______.
A. either B. neither C. too D. also
7. Young people enjoy ______ computer games.
A. playing B. play C. played D. to play
8. This monument ______ in the 17th century.
A. has been built B. was built C. has built D. is built
9. My sister studied hard, ______ she completed her exam successfully.
A. although B. so C. because D. since
10. I have a pen pal in Singapore. We ______ to each other at least once a month.
A. Comprise B. divided C. consist of D. write
11. She advised me ______after dark.
A. not go out B. don’t go out C. didn’t go out D. not to go out
12. He spends a lot of time ______ the web every day.
A. responding B. looking C. walking D. surfing
13. Students have to go to school _____time.
A. at B. on C. into D. by
14. When his parents died, his grandmother ______him.
A. looked after B. turned on C. looked into D. took care
15. Would you mind if I took a photo? – “______.”
A. Please go ahead B. Thank you C. Yes, I would D. Congratulations
II. Put the correct form of the verb in brackets
1. I sometimes (get) __________________________ up late in the morning.
2. Jennifer and her sister (study) _____________ in their room at the moment.
3. David (not/ hand) __________________________ in his assignment yet.
4. It started raining when we (play) __________________________ in the garden.
5. What ___________ you (do) ____________ next weekend? - I am leaving for Hanoi.
III. Put the correct form of the word in brackets
1. The Internet is a wonderful ____________ of modern life. (invent)
2. It is ___________ that our environment is more and more polluted. (disappoint)
3. The price of ____________________ has gone up again. (electric)
4. ___________, the typhoon didn’t cause any damage to the village. (lucky)
5. There have been many reports on the ____________________ of UFOs. (appear)
PART III. READING
I. Read the passage and choose the best answer
Malaysia is a country (0) ______ South East Asia. It is a member of the ASEAN. Ii(1) ______ of the Malay Peninsula and Sarawak and Sabah on the Island Borneo. It is divided into regions, known as West Malaysia (2) ______ East Malaysia. It has a tropical (3) ______. It is the world’s biggest producer of palm oil, and it exports rubber, tin and gas. In addition to Islam, the country’s official (4)
______, there are Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity. Malaysian people speak Bahasa Malaysia as their mother tongue. It is the language of (5) _______ in all secondary schools. English, Chinese, and Tamil are also widely spoken in this country.
0. A. on B. at C. in D. of
1. A. consists B. has C. includes D. contains
2. A. or B. and C. but D. either
3. A. climate B. weather C. region D. territory
4. A. region B. religion C. population D. language
5. A. attraction B. association C. instruction D. production
II. Read
A young man from Germany named Levi Strauss arrived in California in 1850. He went there to sell things to the miners. He saw that the miners needed strong pants, so he began to make them. He used cloth that people make tents from. He put rivets on the pockets to make them strong because the man put rocks in their pockets. These pants were very strong and lasted a long time. The pants became very popular immediately.
Later Mr. Strauss started making jeans from cotton cloth from Nimes, France. People called this cloth denim. Christopher Columbus used denim for the sails of his ships. Sailors in Genoa, Italy, wore denim pants. The word “jeans” comes from the word “Genoa”. Mr. Strauss made the first jeans in the United States, but the idea and the kind of cloth came from Europe. The names came from France and Italy.
1. Why did Levi Strauss go to California?
…………………………………………………………………
2. What did the miners in California need?
………………………………………………………………
3. Where were the first jeans made by Mr. Strauss?
………………………………………………………
4. Rivets ______.
A. make good sails B. make tents strong
C. come from Genoa D. make the pockets of jeans strong
5. The word denim comes from the name of a city in ______.
A. France B. India C. Italy D. Germany
PART IV. WRITING
I. Rewrite these sentences without changing the meaning
0. Jane’s mobile phone isn’t the same as mine.
→ My mobile phone is different from Jane’s.
1. When he was young, he lived in Hanoi.
→ He used .............................................................................................................
2. What a pity I don’t have a laptop.
→ I wish ........................................................................................................................
3. “Why don’t we go to the countryside this weekend?”, said Scott.
→ Scott suggested ...............................................................................................................
4. In spite of taking a taxi, Tim still arrived late for the meeting.
→ Although Tim ..........................................................................................................
5. The river is too dirty for us to swim in.
→ The river is not ............................................................................................................
II. Rearrange these sentences below
0. friend/ is/ He/ a/ mine/ of.
→ He is a friend of mine.
1. cheap/ from/ Sun/ the/ clean/ and/ Energy/ is/ .
…………………………………………………………………………………
2. was/ of/ the/ one / Mark Twain/ writers/ famous/ America/ in/ most/.
….….……………………………………………………………………………………………
3.birthday/ have/ lost/ I/ novel/ the/ you/ that/ me/ gave/ my/ on/.
..…………………………………………………………………………………
4. writing/ I/ about/ to/ complain/ am/ shoes/ the/ bought/ I/ your/ at/ week/ shop/ last/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. spend/ Many/ time/ surfing/ the/ lots of/ internet/ children/ everyday/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
Part I. PHONETICS
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from eachother
1. A.may B. day C. sad D. say
2. A.here B. heart C. hour D. hat
3. A.deny B. physics C. supply D. typhoon
4. A.watching B. teacher C. chemist D. changing
5. A.head B. heavy C. bread D. weak
6. A.maps B. books C. forks D. boys
PART II. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
I. Choose the best answer
1. I wish we ______ shopping together.
A. will go B. would go C. go D. to go
2. The book____ consists of four parts has been translated into French.
A. which B. what C. who D. whose
3. The national ______ of Malaysia is Malay.
A. language B. currency C. religion D. climate
4. Your mother can speak French fluently, _______?
A. is she B. can she C. can’t she D. doesn’t she
5. I was born ______ September 10th, 1996.
A. in B. on C. at D. from
6. Travelling by air is not cheap and it isn’t interesting ______.
A. either B. neither C. too D. also
7. Young people enjoy ______ computer games.
A. playing B. play C. played D. to play
8. This monument ______ in the 17th century.
A. has been built B. was built C. has built D. is built
9. My sister studied hard, ______ she completed her exam successfully.
A. although B. so C. because D. since
10. I have a pen pal in Singapore. We ______ to each other at least once a month.
A. Comprise B. divided C. consist of D. write
11. She advised me ______after dark.
A. not go out B. don’t go out C. didn’t go out D. not to go out
12. He spends a lot of time ______ the web every day.
A. responding B. looking C. walking D. surfing
13. Students have to go to school _____time.
A. at B. on C. into D. by
14. When his parents died, his grandmother ______him.
A. looked after B. turned on C. looked into D. took care
15. Would you mind if I took a photo? – “______.”
A. Please go ahead B. Thank you C. Yes, I would D. Congratulations
II. Put the correct form of the verb in brackets
1. I sometimes (get) __________________________ up late in the morning.
2. Jennifer and her sister (study) _____________ in their room at the moment.
3. David (not/ hand) __________________________ in his assignment yet.
4. It started raining when we (play) __________________________ in the garden.
5. What ___________ you (do) ____________ next weekend? - I am leaving for Hanoi.
III. Put the correct form of the word in brackets
1. The Internet is a wonderful ____________ of modern life. (invent)
2. It is ___________ that our environment is more and more polluted. (disappoint)
3. The price of ____________________ has gone up again. (electric)
4. ___________, the typhoon didn’t cause any damage to the village. (lucky)
5. There have been many reports on the ____________________ of UFOs. (appear)
PART III. READING
I. Read the passage and choose the best answer
Malaysia is a country (0) ______ South East Asia. It is a member of the ASEAN. Ii(1) ______ of the Malay Peninsula and Sarawak and Sabah on the Island Borneo. It is divided into regions, known as West Malaysia (2) ______ East Malaysia. It has a tropical (3) ______. It is the world’s biggest producer of palm oil, and it exports rubber, tin and gas. In addition to Islam, the country’s official (4)
______, there are Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity. Malaysian people speak Bahasa Malaysia as their mother tongue. It is the language of (5) _______ in all secondary schools. English, Chinese, and Tamil are also widely spoken in this country.
0. A. on B. at C. in D. of
1. A. consists B. has C. includes D. contains
2. A. or B. and C. but D. either
3. A. climate B. weather C. region D. territory
4. A. region B. religion C. population D. language
5. A. attraction B. association C. instruction D. production
II. Read
A young man from Germany named Levi Strauss arrived in California in 1850. He went there to sell things to the miners. He saw that the miners needed strong pants, so he began to make them. He used cloth that people make tents from. He put rivets on the pockets to make them strong because the man put rocks in their pockets. These pants were very strong and lasted a long time. The pants became very popular immediately.
Later Mr. Strauss started making jeans from cotton cloth from Nimes, France. People called this cloth denim. Christopher Columbus used denim for the sails of his ships. Sailors in Genoa, Italy, wore denim pants. The word “jeans” comes from the word “Genoa”. Mr. Strauss made the first jeans in the United States, but the idea and the kind of cloth came from Europe. The names came from France and Italy.
1. Why did Levi Strauss go to California?
…………………………………………………………………
2. What did the miners in California need?
………………………………………………………………
3. Where were the first jeans made by Mr. Strauss?
………………………………………………………
4. Rivets ______.
A. make good sails B. make tents strong
C. come from Genoa D. make the pockets of jeans strong
5. The word denim comes from the name of a city in ______.
A. France B. India C. Italy D. Germany
PART IV. WRITING
I. Rewrite these sentences without changing the meaning
0. Jane’s mobile phone isn’t the same as mine.
→ My mobile phone is different from Jane’s.
1. When he was young, he lived in Hanoi.
→ He used .............................................................................................................
2. What a pity I don’t have a laptop.
→ I wish ........................................................................................................................
3. “Why don’t we go to the countryside this weekend?”, said Scott.
→ Scott suggested ...............................................................................................................
4. In spite of taking a taxi, Tim still arrived late for the meeting.
→ Although Tim ..........................................................................................................
5. The river is too dirty for us to swim in.
→ The river is not ............................................................................................................
II. Rearrange these sentences below
0. friend/ is/ He/ a/ mine/ of.
→ He is a friend of mine.
1. cheap/ from/ Sun/ the/ clean/ and/ Energy/ is/ .
…………………………………………………………………………………
2. was/ of/ the/ one / Mark Twain/ writers/ famous/ America/ in/ most/.
….….……………………………………………………………………………………………
3.birthday/ have/ lost/ I/ novel/ the/ you/ that/ me/ gave/ my/ on/.
..…………………………………………………………………………………
4. writing/ I/ about/ to/ complain/ am/ shoes/ the/ bought/ I/ your/ at/ week/ shop/ last/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. spend/ Many/ time/ surfing/ the/ lots of/ internet/ children/ everyday/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………