Vocabulary

1. Choose the correct options.

(Chọn những đáp án đúng.)

1. We went on holiday to the countryside to enjoy the                       air.

A. peaceful                   

B. clean

C. quiet

D. calm                          

2. The building was shaking for 2 minutes during the ___ last night.

A. earthquake                

B. landslide

C. tsunami                   

D. storm

3. _______ need to be caring because they took after animals.

A. Road sweepers

B. Zookeepers

C. Forest firefighters

D. Landscape gardeners

4. People in big cities are often                      , so they don't have much time to relax.

A. crowded             

B. busy

C. friendly

D. modern                  

5. Did you see the car                          in Merritt Street this morning?

A flood C eruption

B disaster D crash

6. The ___ destroyed the village and covered everything in water.

A. flood               

B. eruption

C. landslide

D. volcano

7. There are a lot of ______ animals around the earth's ice caps.

A. polluted                    

B. endangered

C. eco-friendly            

D. illegal

8. John doesn't want to live in the city because there is heavy ______.

A. scenery                

B. entertainment

C. pollution     

D. traffic

9. We heard a loud                   coming from a building down the street.

A. fire                 

B. shipwreck

C. explosion     

D. plane crash

10. The wind was _________ hard during the storm and it damaged trees and buildings.

A. overflowing              

B. crashing

C. blowing                  

 D. erupting

Grammar

2. Choose the correct options.

(Chọn những đáp án đúng.)

1. They ______ to Việt Nam tomorrow.

A. travelled         

B. travel

C. were travelling             

D. are travelling

2. Do you like __________ in the city?

A. living        

B. to live

C. live        

D. are living

3. Lots of animals live in____ Sonoran Desert in___ Arizona, USA.

A. -, the               

B. -, -

C. the, -

D. the, the

4. They ___ when the volcano erupted.

A. didn't sleep

B. weren't sleeping

C. aren’t sleeping

D. don't sleep

5. We ___to the countryside for our holiday at the moment.

A. are going                

B. were going

C. go

D. went

6. The bus                    in front of my school at8:30 am. every day.

A. is stopping             

B. is going to stop

C. stops      

D. will stop

7. Trang would like ___the recycling club at school this year.

A. joining               

B. join

C. to join                    

D. joins

8. My brother ___ biology when he gets into university. He loves plants and animals.

A. is studying

B. is going to study

C. was studying

D. studied

9. George ___ his homework at4:00 p.m. yesterday.

A. is doing         

B. does   

C. did             

D. was doing

10. If the ice caps melt, a lot of animals                      their habitat.

A. will lose     

B. are losing

C. were losing  

D. lost

Pronunciation

3. Choose the word whose underlined parts pronounced differently from the others.

(Chọn từ có phần gạch chân được phát âm khác với những từ còn lại.)

1.

A. province           

B. problem

C. ignore            

D. shopping

2.

A cap                   

C plan

B many                

D carry

3.

A. air                     

B. entertain           

C. rain

D. afraid

Choose the word that has a stress pattern different from the others.

(Chọn từ có trọng âm khác với những từ còn lại.)

4.

A heavy             

B. traffic

C. earthquake             

D. protect

5.

A pollution           

B. rainforest        

C. tsunami

D. volcano

Listening

4. Listen to Brian telling Alice about his holiday. For questions (1-5), choose the correct options (A, B, C or D).

(Hãy nghe Brian kể cho Alice nghe về kỳ nghỉ của anh ấy. Đối với các câu hỏi (1-5), chọn các phương án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D).)

1. What did Brian do on his holiday?

A. volunteered with animals

B. saw a performance

C. visited museums

D. visited his grandparents

2. Where did he stay?

A. in a city in Brazil

B. in the countryside

C. in his grandparents’ house

D. in a rainforest

3. What destroyed the animals’ habitat?

A. a forest fire   

B. a storm

C. a flood          

D. tourists

4. What was his favourite part of the holiday?

A. building macaws’ nests

B. planting trees

C. cleaning up beaches

D. taking care of baby seals

5. Where did Alice go on her holiday?

A. to a big city

B. to Brazil

C. to the countryside

D. to a rainforest

Reading

5. Read the text and decide if the statements (1-5) are 7 (right), W (wrong) or DS (doesn't say).

(Đọc văn bản và quyết định xem các câu (1-5) là R (đúng), W (sai) hay DS (không nói).)

Hello readers! I just moved to a new city. I want to tell you all about it. I live in Toronto, Canada. It's a big city with lot of people. I like walking through the city and looking at the historic buildings. Not everything is old, though. There are lots of modem malls and shops, too. The busy streets and lifestyle make it a fun place to live. Why don't you leave a comment below about where you live? Bye for now!

Hi Jo, Brian here! Toronto sounds great. Let me tell you about where I live! I live in a small town, Nagara-on-the-Lake in Canada. We don’t have busy streets and there isn't much entertainment, but we have lots of historic buildings and modem shops. In fact, my town is very popular with tourists. They like the friendly local people and the beautiful scenery with full of trees and flowers.

1. Toronto is very crowded.

2. Jo likes looking at the historic buildings.

3. Jo often visits the malls.

4. Not many tourists visit Niagara-on-the-Lake.

5. The two places have historic buildings and modern shops.

Writing

6. Write a blog entry describing your city/town/village (about 80-100 words). Include its name, location, population, what to see and do and your comments.

(Viết một bài blog mô tả thành phố/thị trấn/làng của em (khoảng 80-100 từ). Bao gồm tên, vị trí, dân số, những gì để xem và làm và nhận xét của em.)