I. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others:
| 1. A. decided | B. collected | C. watched | D. invited |
| 2. A. celebrate | B. capture | C. conserve | D. comprise |
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others:
| 3. A. typhoon | B. compose | C. joyful | D. occur |
| 4. A. forecast | B. temperature | C. thunderstorm | D. extensive |
III. Choose the word/ phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence. (2.5 pts)
5. Is she used _______________ in the countryside?
| A. to live | B. to living | C. living | D. lived |
6. Try your best to do this exercise! You should never _______________.
| A. keep on | B. give up | C. fall out | D. turn away |
7. Tom is very intelligent. _______________, he’s lazy.
| A. So | B. But | C. Therefore | D. However |
8. Nhieu Loc Canal was littered _______________ all kinds of trash some years ago.
| A. of | B. in | C. at | D. with |
9. We should _______________ lazy students from throwing trash on the school yard.
| A. prevent | B. provide | C. protect | D. persuade |
10. Although he loved his country, _______________ most of his life abroad.
| A. he is spending | B. but he spent | C. he spent | D. so he spends |
11. Never _______________ on the others. Do it by yourself.
| A. deny | B. depend | C. define | D. deliver |
12. Data of 50 million users of Facebook has _______________ recently.
| A. led | B. lose | C. been leaked | D. been fill |
13. Buy me a novel on your way back, ________________?
| A. didn’t I | B. don’t you | C. can I | D. will you |
14. Tai: “_______________.” – Kien: “Don’t worry. I can update it for you.”
| A. Are you worried? | B. My IPod is out of date again. | C. May I fix your TV? | D. I want to fix your TV. |
IV. Read the sign / text in the box and choose the correct meaning (A, B, C or D) (0.5 pts)
| 15. What does the sign say? | |
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A. Everyone can come in here.
B. You are allowed to play here. C. In this area, everyone mustn’t drop in. D. This is an entrance to children’s play area |
| 16. What does the sign want us to do? | |
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A. You shouldn’t talk with friends when driving.
B. You mustn’t use your phone when driving. C. You can’t play games when driving. D. You ought to drive and keep your phone in hand. |
V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence (1.5 pts)
| 17. She spent years touring Europe with her ____________ old camera. (trust) |
| 18. Nowadays women go out to work and become more ____________ than they used to. (depend) |
| 19. The people are ____________ dressed and wave cheerfully. (color) |
| 20. He ____________ in being an editor of Tuoi Tre Newspaper a year ago. (success) |
| 21. We decided to leave early to avoid the ____________ of traveling in the rush hour. (convenient) |
| 22. Some people have very firm ____________ in the existence of UFOs. (believe) |
VI. Read the following passage. Decide if the statements from 23 to 26 are True or False, and choose the correct answers (A, B, C or D) for the questions 27 and 28. (1.5 pts)
Every day on radio, on TV, and in the newspapers, we hear, see, or read about many problems in the world, for example, pollution problems. Air pollution is the first kind. It mostly comes from fumes released from motorbikes, cars, airplanes, trains, and poisonous gases emitted from factories. Also, waste is dumped anywhere, even in the city where many people are living. The second pollution problem is sea pollution. Many people earn their living from fishing in the sea, and the fish they catch feed many people. But the sea has become so polluted from oil spills and factory wastes that the fish are dying. This pollution is not only killing the fish, but is also affecting those people who eat fish. Seldom do you find a place nowadays that is not polluted. This problem is growing more difficult every day. We must find a good solution that makes the world a better place to live.
23. Environmental pollution is one of the world’s problems.
| A. True | B. False |
24. Vehicles and factories account for air pollution.
| A. True | B. False |
25. Waste is usually dumped only in the city where many people are living.
| A. True | B. False |
26. The sea water is heavily contaminated by oil spills and industrial sewage.
| A. True | B. False |
27. A lot of fish are dying because of _______________.
| A. soil pollution | B. air pollution | C. marine pollution | D. smoke from vehicles |
28. What must we do to make the world a better place to live?
| A. find a good solution |
| B. go on littering |
| C. throw trash everywhere |
| D. cut down trees |
VII. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage (1.5 pts).
Face-to-face conversation is a two-way process: You speak to me, I reply to you and so on. Two-way (29)__________ depends on having a coding system that is understood by both sender and (30)__________, and an agreed convention about signaling the beginning and end of the message. In speech, the coding system is the language like English or Spanish; the convention that one person speaks at a time may seem too obvious to mention. In fact, the signals (31)__________ in conversation and meetings are often (32)__________. For example, lowering the pitch of the voice may mean the end of a sentence, a sharp intake of breath may signal the desire to interrupt, catching the chairman’s eye may indicate the desire to speak (33)__________ a formal setting like a debate, a clenched fist may indicate anger. When (34)__________ visual signals are not possible, more formal signals may be needed.
| 29. A. exchange | B. interchange | C. communication | D. correspondence |
| 30. A. announcer | B. receiver | C. messenger | D. transmitter |
| 31. A. that people use | B. are used | C. using | D. being used |
| 32. A. informal | B. non-verbal | C. verbal | D. formal |
| 33. A. on | B. of | C. for | D. in |
| 34. A. their | B. these | C. this | D. That |
VIII. Use the given word or phrase to write to complete sentences (0.5 pts)
| 35. and playing / a 15-year-old / If you had / what would you do / games endlessly / boy staying up / too late /, / ?
→ If you had ________________________ |
| 36. carefully / revise / you / your lessons / before tests / always / happy that / I am /.
→ I am ________________________ |
IX. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it (1.0 pt)
| 37. All local residents must stay in as much as possible during the social distancing.
→ It is ________________________ |
| 38. I think that no city in Viet Nam is as attractive as Da Nang.
→ Da Nang is ________________________ |
| 39. A generous man gave the charity considerable money.
→ The man ________________________ |
| 40. “If you want to pass the exam, you should follow my instructions”, said her brother.
→ Lan’s brother told her ________________________ |
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