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II. USE OF ENGLISH: Write A, B, C or D which best completes the sentences: (1.5 pts)

1. They will visit the ________ of a Vietnamese hero.

A. house

B. mosque

C. place

D. shrine

2. He is now studying in the USA as an ___________ student.

A. changeably

B. changeable

C. exchange

D. change

3. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others

A. examiner

B. campus

C. dormitory

D. institute

4. They persuade her ____________ part in the speaking contest.

A. take

B. to take

C. taking
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D. taken

5. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other word.

A. relax

B. blanket

C. advance

D. pagoda

6. I can complete a ____________ English if you want.

A. speak

B. spoke

C. spoken

D. speaking

III. Supply the correct form of the words in parentheses: (1 pt)

1. My teacher is very young, but she is very. (experience)

2. You should after a hard working day. (relaxation)

3. Please give me some about this tour. (inform)

4. You should prepare carefully for your coming. (examine)

III. READING COMPREHENSION (2.5 pts)

Read the passage and decide whether the statements that follow are True or False: (1pt)

My best friend, Na learned English at school and university many years ago. She is now studying
English again in London because she’s forgotten a lot of it. Na really needs English for her job. She
works for an international bank in Hanoi. Her speaking and reading are excellent. She just wants to
improve her writing skill so that she can write normal letter in English. In Na’s opinion the aspect of
learning English she finds most difficult is listening. It’s her biggest problem. People speak very
quickly and she can’t understand them. Although she has difficulty in studying this language, she
likes it a lot. She said it was an interesting language and she could talk to people from all over the
world… and she could understand the words of her favorite song, too.

1. English is unnecessary for Na’s job.

2. Na can speak English very well.

3. People talk too quickly for Na to understand.

4. Na finds English very interesting because she has no difficulty in studying it.

Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space (1.5 pts)

farm being near play

to play chores nearby with

A Vietnamese girl named Hoa is living (1) _________ the Parker family in the American State of
Texas. Mr. Parker is a farmer and Mrs. Parker works part time at a grocery store in a (2) _________
town. They have two children, Tom and Mary. Hoa often does (3) ____________ after school.
Sometimes, she also helps on the (4) _________ The family relaxes on Sunday afternoons and
watches Tom (5)___________ baseball. Hoa likes the Parkers , and she enjoys (6)________ a
member of their family.

IV. Supply the correct Tense or Form of the Verbs in parentheses: (1 pt)

1. She told me that her mother (buy)_______ that house the following week.

2. The teacher asked Peter why he (not/ answer) ______ her question.

3. Are they used to (go) fishing on this weekend?

4. If the boy (get) _______ good marks next summer, he must study harder.

V. WRITING (2.5 pts)

Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence: (1.5 pts)

1. Because it was very cold, we turned off the air conditional.

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It was very cold_________________________ .

2. Ba asked his sister: “Will you meet our mother tomorrow?”

Ba asked his sister_____________________ .

3. Mary doesn’t know the way to her best friend’s house.

Mary wishes___________________________ .

Write sentences with the cues given to make meaningful sentences: (1 pt)

4. We/ enjoy/ learn/ English/ be able/ communicate/ the foreigners.

5. She/ usually/ practice/ listen/ English program/ TV.

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I. USE OF ENGLISH: Write A, B, C or D which best completes the sentences: (2 pts)

1. Susan __________________ a lot of photos to show the trip to her friends.

A. too

B. got

C. played

D. made

2. They sell a variety of food at this town _______________ store.

A. farm

B. grocery

C. field

D. park

3. After school, she works _____________ in the supermarket in the afternoon.

A. full-time

B. time-full

C. part-time

D. time-part

4. The interview asked her __________ her name __________.

A. what/was

B. if/was

C. what/is

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D. if/is

5. She asked me if I _________ any other languages.

A. speak

B. spoke

C. to speak

D. speaking

6. Could you please ________ me details of the program.

A. send

B. to send

C. sending

D. sends

7. My younger sister takes very good care _________ of her lovely cat.

A. for

B. in

C. at

D. of

8. His father grows maize ___________ his farm.

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. into
II. Supply the correct Tense or Form of the Verbs in parentheses: (1.5 pts)

1. This school has excellent ___________ (repute)

2. We have well- ____________ teachers (qualify)

3. Because of his __________ behavior, I don’t like him (friend)

4. They are having a ____________ time on the beach (wonder)

5. Getting to the village is very ____________ journey (interest)

6. Their holiday was spent __________ on the mountain (enjoy)

III. Supply the correct Tense or Form of the Verbs in parentheses: (1 pt)

1.The excited children were looking forward __________ with the foreign teacher (speak)

2. I __________ on this project or an hour (work)

3. She wishes she _________ here next time (be)

4. He kept ________________ about you last night. (talk)

IV. READING COMPREHENSION (2.5 pts)

Read the passage and decide whether the statements that follow are True or False ( 1pt)

Marie was born in Poland in 1876. She learnt to read when she was 4 years old. She was intelligent
and hard an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was 15 years old. When she grew
up, Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and Chemistry at the University. She won the Nobel
Prize for Physics in 1903 and 8 years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Marie Curie
died in 1934.

1.She finished high school in 1891

2. She studied Mathematics and Chemistry at the University in Paris.

3. She won the Nobel Prize for Physics when she was 28.

4. Marie Curie died in 1943.

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Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passages: (1.5 pts)

ran (2) picking (3) wait (4) stopped (5) picked

collected (7) take (8) went (9) turning (10) dropped

At 6:30 in the morning, the bus (1) _________________ Ba and his family from their home. After (2)
_____________ everyone up, the bus continued north on Highway Number 1. It crossed the Dragon
Bridge and (3) ______________ at the gas station to get some more fuel. Then it left the highway and
turned left onto a smaller road westward. This road (4)___________ between green paddy fields, so
the people on the bus could see a lot of cows and buffaloes. The road ended before a big store beside
a pond. Instead of (5)___________________ left towards a small airport, the bus went in the opposite
direction. It didn’t stay on that road for very long, but turned left onto a rod which went through a
small bamboo forest. Finally, the bus (6)_______ everyone off at the parking lot ten meters from a big
old banyan tree. It parked there and waited for people to come back in the evening.

V. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence: (2 pts)

1. When did you first know this bamboo forest?

How long ________________________

2. I can’t have lunch with you now.

I wish ________________________

3. The teacher punished this pupil because he was very lazy.

This boy was very lazy so ________________________

4. She asked me, “ Why are you learning English?”

She asked me ________________________

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II. USE OF ENGLISH: Write A, B, C or D which best completes the sentences: (2 pts)

1.He usually catches the bus at 5 o’clock early __________ the morning.

A. on

B. in

C. to

D. at

2. Ba wishes he ______________ fly.

A. can

B. could

C. might

D. should

3. We went ________________ in the river and had a picnic on the river bank.

A. boating

B. skating

C. shopping

D. camping

4. There is a banyan at the ____________ to the village. 4

A. field

B. entrance

C. gate

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D. forest

5. They will visit the _______________ of a Vietnamese hero. 5

A. house

B. shrine

C. mosque

D. place

6. If you want to get good grade, you must ______________ hard 6

A. work

B. to work

C. working

D. worked

7. What ____________ of learning English do you find most difficult? 7.

A. side

B. detail

C. position

D. aspect

8. If we go there, we can live in a dormitory____________ campus.

A. and

B. or

C. of

D. with
III. Supply the correct form of the words in parentheses (1.5 pt)

1. The journey to the village is very__________________ (interest)

2. This stamp ____________ belongs to my cousin (collect)

3. Paola answered the questions __________________ (exact)

4. That university has very good _____________ (repute)

5. Look at the ___________ to choose the suitable language school (advertise)

6. If you want to study in this school, you must pass the examination ___________ (write)

IV. Supply the correct Tense or Form of the Verbs in parentheses: (1 pt)

1.Last year, I had a chance (travel)________________ abroad.

2. He (not, see) _____________ his classmate for years.

3.If he (go)______________ to the countryside, he can enjoy the fresh air.

4. I am look forward to (hear)_________________ from you.

V. READING COMPREHENSION (2.5 pts)

Read the passage and decide whether the statements that follow are True or False ( 1pt)

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and their children were going to begin their vacation one day, and they had to be
at the airport at 11:40 am. Mr. Wilson said that it would take them half an hour to get to the airport in
the taxi so they all had to be ready at 11 o’clock.

At 10 to 11 they were still all running around doing things, except Mrs. Wilson, who was sitting
quietly on a chair in the garden enjoying the sun.

Her husband and the children were very surprised that she was not in a hurry until the taxi arrived and
Mrs. Wilson said to them, “Well, I knew that this was going to happen, so before I went to bed last
night, I moved all our clocks and watches ahead twenty minutes. So now we can go to the airport
quietly without worry about being late”

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1.The Wilson were going to begin their vacation in one day.

2. It would be better for them to leave the house before 11 o’clock.

3. all the members in the Wilsons were in a hurry when it was about 11 am.

4. They were late because Mrs. Wilson moved all clocks and watches ahead about 20 minutes

Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space (1.5 pts)

do; having; information; of; much; important; how;

Learning a foreign language is, in more ways, like reading (1)___________ to fly. There are some
differences. But there is a very (2)_________________ similarity. It is this: learning how to do these
things needs a lot (3)__________________ practice. It never enough to read a book how to fly a plane.
A book can give you a lot of (4)_______________ about how to fly, but if you only read that book,
the try to fly without any practice, you will kill yourself. The same is true of learning a foreign
language. For example, can you speak English without (5)__________ lots of practice? “Practice
makes perfect” is what every learner of a foreign language should (6)____________.

VI. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence: (2 pts)

1. Because the weather was cold, we had to cancel our picnic.

___________________________________

2. Mary can’t sing well and she is not happy about that.

___________________________________

3. My father said “I have to leave now, Lan”

___________________________________

4. When did you stared joining this English speaking club?

___________________________________
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II. USE OF ENGLISH Write A.B.C. or. D which best completes the sentences: (2pts)

1. What aspect of _________ English do you find most difficult?

A. study

B. studied

C. learnt

D. learning

2. After school she works _________ in a supermarket in the afternoon.

A. full-time

B. time-full

C. part-time

D. time-part

3. The interviewer asked her _________ her name _________ .

A. what /was

B. if/was

C. what /is

D. if/is

4. There is a big banyan at the to the village.

A. field

B. entrance

C. gate

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D. forest

5. Hoang wishes he _________ those English songs.

A. could sing

B. can sing

C. might sing

D. sang

6. Could you please _________ me the way to the National library?

A. showed

B. to show

C. showing

D. show

7. He usually catches the bus at 5 o’clock early _________ the morning.

A. on

B. in

C. to

D. at

8. If we go there, we can live in a dormitory _________ campus

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. above
III. Supply the correct form of Words in parentheses: (1,5pts)

1. We are very _________ in the journey to the village, (interest)

2. Because of his _________ behavior, we don’t like him. (friend)

3. I am having a _________ time with my family on the beach, (wonder)

4. Their holiday was spent _________ on the mountain.(enjoy)

5. Our school has very good _________ . (repute)

6. Well - _________ teaching staff is one of the attractions of that language school.(qualify)

IV. Supply the correct Tense or Form of the Verbs in parentheses: (1pt)

1. The excited children were looking forward to _________ with the foreign teacher.(speak)

2. I _________ you for a long time, (not, see)

3. If she _________ here, I will call you. (come)

4. My sister wishes she _________ a new job next month.(find)

V. Reading Comprehension (2,5 pts)

Read the passage, and decide whether the statements that follow are True or False: (1 pt)

Marie was born in Poland in 1876. She learnt to read when she was 4 years old. She was intelligent
and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only 15 years old. When she
grew up, Marie went ạ Paris to study Mathematics, and Chemistry at the University. She won the
Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 and 8 years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Marie
Curie died in 1934.

1. She finished high school in 1891.

2. She studied Mathematics and Chemistry at the University in Paris.

3. She won the Nobel Prize for Physics when she was 28.

4. Marie Curie died in 1943.

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Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage: (1,5pts)

You - do - learning - information - without - much - important - yourself

Learning a foreign language is, in some ways, like learning how to fly. There are some differences.
But there is a very (1) _________ similarity. It is this: learning how to do these things needs a lot of
practice. It is never enough to read a book in how to fly a plane. A book can give you a lot of (2)
_________ about flow to fly, but if you only read that book, then try to fly without any practice, you
will kill (3) _________ . The same is true of (4) _________ a foreign language. For example, can you
speak English well (5) _________ having lots of practice? “Practice makes perfect” is what every
learner of a foreign language should (6)_________.

VI. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence (2pts) .

1. When did they start building this bridge?

How long ____________________

2. Thu doesn’t have enough time to do the test.

Thu wishes ____________________

3. My brother passed the exam because he did the test very well.

My brother ____________________

4. She asked me "What do you study English for?”

She asked me ____________________