I. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others (0.5 pts)
| 1. A. economic | B. disappointed | C. documentary | D. compulsory |
| 2. A. journalism | B. compulsory | C. environment | D. distinguish |
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from others (0.5 pts)
| 3. A. fashion | B. crack | C. advance | D. congratulation |
| 4. A. exhaust | B. explore | C. minority | D. communicate |
III. Read and choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence. (2.5 pts)
5. My mother usually listens to classical music for _______________.
| A. impression | B. inspiration | C. suggestion | D. relaxation |
6. My grandfather will _______________ me to Hoi An Town tomorrow.
| A. reach | B. pick up | C. take | D. get |
7. Ten percent of garbage is _______________, ten percent is burned, and the rests put in landfills.
| A. conserved | B. recycled | C. wasted | D. used |
8. I was very excited _______________ it was my first trip there.
| A. because | B. so | C. but | D. although |
9. Reading books, listening to radio or watching films are better ways to _______________ words.
| A. mentioned | B. improved | C. memorize | D. examine |
10. Tropical forests have provided us _______________ many kinds of food, medicine and industry.
| A. into | B. from | C. for | D. with |
11. Singapore is famous _______________ its shops and restaurants.
| A. for | B. with | C. in | D. from |
12. The teacher _______________ students to read all the questions carefully before doing them.
| A. hoped | B. advised | C. let | D. decided |
13. Her teacher was angry because her homework _______________.
| A. doesn’t finish | B. didn’t finished | C. isn’t finished | D. wasn’t finished |
14. The flowers _______________ in the yellow paper are five dollars.
| A. wrap | B. wrapping | C. wrapped | D. to wrap |
IV. CAUTION SIGNS – WARNINGS (0.5 pts)
| 15. The sign says: | |
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A. Urban area
B. Rural area C. Suburb D. Construction |
| 16. What does the sign say? | |
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A. Length limit
B. Speed limit C. Height limit D. Width limit |
V. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage (1.5 pts)
In my opinion reading is the perfect hobby and I am sure that a lot of people would (17)__________. There are a lot of wonderful reasons (18)__________ reading is important.
Here are a few reasons why you should consider reading a book:
To expose yourself to new thing: Through reading, you expose yourself to new things, new information, new ideas, new ways (19)__________ a problem, and new ways achieve a goal. Reading might help you discover hobbies or exploring things you didn’t know you like. Exploration begins from reading and understanding.
To improve oneself: Reading helps you understand the world more. Through it, you begin to have a better understanding on a topic that interests you. Self-improvement starts from reading, through reading you have a better understanding and better decisions to take (20)__________ the future.
To reduce stress: Studies show that reading reduces stress. The (21)__________ in this study only needed to read silently for a few minutes to slow down the heart and ease tension in the muscles.
To entertain oneself: Reading has an entertainment value. Reading is not only fun, (22)__________ it has all the added benefits that we discussed so far. A good book can help you entertained while developing life skills.
| 17. A. realize | B. explain | C. complain | D. agree |
| 18. A. what | B. why | C. where | D. how |
| 19. A. solve | B. solving | C. to solve | D. solved |
| 20. A. in | B. on | C. at | D. since |
| 21. A. activists | B. participants | C. scientists | D. conservationists |
| 22. A. because | B. although | C. but | D. so |
VI. Read the passage and do the tasks below (1.5 pts)
More than two hundred years ago, the term “environment pollution” was quite strange to people. They lied healthily, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually, it is man that is destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes. Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufactures know the wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on treating the wastes safely. Scattering garbage is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. It is worth talking a lot about pollution.
Answer: True or False?
23. In former days, people knew nothing about environmental pollution.
| A. True | B. False |
24. People nowadays still have no awareness of the danger of pollution.
| A. True | B. False |
25. Nowadays most industrial waste is treated safely.
| A. True | B. False |
26. Environmental pollution can have deadly effect on humans.
| A. True | B. False |
Choose the correct answers:
27. Everybody knows that cars emit dangerous gases _______________.
| A. but they still prefer traveling by car |
| B. so they do not travel by car any longer |
| C. they no longer use cars |
| D. so they prefer traveling by bicycles |
28. Factory owners _______________.
| A. have no awareness of pollution |
| B. know nothing about pollution |
| C. do not want to spend their money on treating the wastes safely |
| D. treat wastes from their factories safely |
VII. Word forms: Use the correct word forms (1.0 pt)
| 29. This type of jeans is __________________ very fashionable these days. (consideration) |
| 30. Her family welcomed me very __________________. (warmth) |
| 31. The __________________ of jeans seems unlikely to decline. (popular) |
| 32. Motorbikes and cars emit __________________ gases that cause poisonous air and cancer. (danger) |
| 33. In my opinion, the Internet is a very fast and convenient way for us to get __________________. (inform) |
| 34. Many people still believe that __________________ resources will never be used up. (nature) |
VIII. Sentence transformation: Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning (0.5 pts)
| 35. Tom said, “What can I do to help you with your assignment, Mary?”
→ Tom asked ____________________________________ |
| 36. He is accustomed to turning off the lights before leaving his room.
→ He gets ____________________________________ |
| 37. My brother told me that I could use his motorbike.
→ My father allowed ____________________________________ |
| 38. This boy cycled carelessly.
→ This boy was ____________________________________ |
IX. Rearrange these sentences (0.5 pts)
| 39. want us / unpolluted / What / about / do the conservationists / keeping the environment / to learn /? //
→ ____________________________________ |
| 40. tell / and their cultures / I like / different people / reading books / about / which /. //
→ ____________________________________ |
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