KEY

I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Write A,B,C or D on the right (2pts)
1. A. note B. come C. phone D. stone 1…B………
2. A. seat B. leave C. deaf D. meat 2…C……….
3. A. invite B. pastime C. musical D. provide 3…
C………
4. A. packet B. practice C. catch D. swap 4…D……….
5. A. door B. shoot C. hoop D. food 5…A……….
6. A. chemistry B. Christmas C. character D. chore 6…D………
7. A. stamps B. schools C. books D. dates 7…B………
8. A. hour B. honest C. history D. honor 8…C………
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Write A,B,C or D on the right (3pts )
1. Jane is a university student but she has a ____ job in a restaurant.
A. full-time B. part-time C. whole-time D. all- time 1…
B………
2. There is always ____ traffic in the city center at rush-hour.
A. strong B. many C. heavy D. full 2…C………
3. When there is less work, he takes a day _____ and goes to the city center.
A. on B. in C. out D. off 3…D………
4. I think Vietnamese students have ____ vacations than American students.
A. few B. fewer C. little D. less 4…B………
5. Jack collects stamps. He has a beautiful stamp ____ .
A. collecting B. collected C. collection D. collector 5…C…..….
6. I’d like to help old people ____ their shopping and cleaning.
A. for B. with C. of D. to 6…B………
7. I’m learning Chinese. Now I can speak ____ Chinese.
A. few B. a few C. little D. a little 7…D……….
8. A doctor is a person who _____ of sick people.
A. takes B. takes care C. looks D. looks after 8…B………
9. Please don’t tell ____ about this. It’s a secret.
A. anybody B. somebody C. nobody D. none 9…A………
10. By the way, _____ is it by bus? – I’m not sure, but it’s very cheap.
A. how B. how far c. how long D. how much 10…D……..
11. I think I’ll go by bus. Where’s the nearest bus stop?
A. At ten past nine B. It’s ten minutes by bus
C. Cross the road and turn left D. It’s our bus stop 11…C……..
12. Would you mind opening the window?
A. Yes, please. B. No, thank you. C. No, I am not. D. Not at all. 12…D……..
III. Supply the correct tense-form of the verbs in parentheses (2pts)
1 .I would like (1. ask) you some questions. I need some more information.
2. Children should (2. spend) their time (3. play) sports when they are free.
3. It’s 7.00 o’clock. Hurry up or you (4. be) late for school.
4. I’m tired of (5. watch) TV. Let’s do something different.
5. My mother cannot answer the phone because she (6. wash) her hair now.
6. My brother usually (7. not have) breakfast but he often (8.eat) a sandwich at 9.00 am.
1. to ask 3. playing 5. watching 7. doesn’t have
2. spend 4. will be 6. is washing 8. eats
IV. Supply the appropriate form of the word given in parentheses (2pts)
1. We booked a (fly) to Nha Trang yesterday. 1. …flight………..
2. I understand (clear) what you are saying. 2. …clearly…….
3. Teddy is the (bad) player in the team. 3……worse……
4. We are waiting for the (arrive) of the plane. 4……arrival……
5. Riding a motorbike without a helmet is very (danger). 5……dangerous…
6. What is the (long) of our street? 6……length…….
7. My mother works (many) hours than my father. 7……more……..
8. There’s some new (equip) in our room. 8. … equipment.
V. Fill in each numbered gap with ONE appropriate word (2pts)
Jack Sandy is a Geography teacher in a secondary school. He is living ..(1) a flat in Seattle. Every
day, he gets up at six o’clock and ..(2) a cup of coffee. He can eat anything ..(3) breakfast. He has his
lecture at seven o’clock. He goes ..(4) at 5.00 pm, but sometimes he has some beer with his friends or
goes for a short ..(5) in the park. In the ..(6) he usually eats in a restaurant ..(7) he doesn’t like cooking.
Then he goes to the cinema or ..(8) a funny story at home. He goes to bed at
11.00 pm.
1. in 3. for 5. walk 7. because
2. drinks/has 4. home 6. evening 8. reads
VI. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown (4pts)
1. The blue dress is more expensive than the white one.
The white dress is cheaper than the blue one/not as expensive as the blue one.
2. No school in Ha Noi is as big and beautiful as Hanoi-Amsterdam School.
Hanoi-Amsterdam school is the biggest and the most beautiful school in Ha Noi
3. My uncle is a fast and careless driver.
My uncle drives fast and carelessly.
4. Next month we will have a vacation that lasts for five days.
Next month we will have a five-day vacation.
5. What an expensive car they have!
How expensive the car they have/ their car is!
6. Jane is the youngest of the four sisters in her family.
Jane has three elder sisters.
7. Let’s play basketball at recess!
How about playing basketball at recess?
8. It is a three-hour drive from Ha Noi to Lang Son.
It takes three hours to drive from Ha Noi to Lang Son.
VII. Arrange the following sets of words to make meaningful sentences (3pts)
1. time/ sister/ piano/ does/ day/ how/ practicing/ spend/ much/ the/ every/ your/ ? (12 words)
How much time does your sister spend practicing the piano every day?
2. having/ Japanese/ are/ center/ lunch/ city/ restaurant/ of/ in/ we/ the/ a/ the/ in/. (14 words)
We are having lunch in a Japanese restaurant in the center of the city.
3. and/ in/ is/ most/ this/ the/ beautiful/ the/ bridge/ city/ bridge/ our/ longest/ . (13 words)
This bridge is the longest and the most beautiful bridge in our city.
4. enjoy/ because/ present/ in/ past/ we/ study/ country/ can/ our/ we/ and/ history/ events/. (14)
We enjoy history because we can study past and present events in our country.
5. the/ medicines/ going/ drugstore/ buy/ we/ some/ to/ to/ are/. (10 words)
We are going to the drugstore to buy some medicines.
6. the/ often/ and/ members/ club/ their/ together/ about/ talk/ stamp/ of/ stamps/ collector’s/ get/. (14)
Members of the stamp collector’s club often get together and talk about their stamps.
VIII. Reorder the following sentences to make a meaningful dialogue. (2pt)
1. What do American students often do at recess, Tim?
2. What about other students?
3. Well, they usually have portable CD players with small earphones.
4. Do they have enough time?
5. Oh. What an exciting recess!
6. They read, study, eat or drink, talk with friends and listen to music.
7. They often take part in different activities. Some energetic students play basketball.
8. Listen to music? How can they do?
9. No, they never have time to play the whole game. They just practice
scoring goals.
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