I. LANGUAGE

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others’.

1.

A. leave                                 

B. break                                 

C. repeat                                

D. peaceful

2.

A. cinema                              

B. city                                    

C. central                               

D. cathedral

3.

A. great                                 

B. clean                                 

C. treat                                  

D. beach

Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.

4. Whose calculator is this? – It’s ____________.

A. of Trung                           

B. Trung’s                             

C. Trungs’                             

D. Trung

5. ____________bored with English lessons.

A. I am never                        

B. I never am                         

C. Never I am                        

D. I never

6. She is a good student. She ____________ does her homework on time.

A. never                                 

B. rarely                                

C. usually                              

D. seldom

7. There are some pictures ____________ the wall in the living room of my house.

A. in                                      

B. at                                       

C. on                                     

D. under

8. Laura is very ____________. She always entertains us with jokes and stories.

A. confident                          

B. funny                                

C. caring                                

D. smart

9. It’s cold. Look! The students ____________ warm clothes.

A. wear                                  

B. wears                                

C. are wearing                       

D. are wear

10. Phuong is very good at English and history, but she ____________ maths much.

A. doesn’t like                       

B. not like                              

C. don’t like                          

D. does like

11. My friend Tania is very ____________. She is good at learning things.

A. creative                             

B. smart                                 

C. patient                              

D. funny

12. Look! The girls are ____________ rope in the playground.

A. dancing                             

B. playing                              

C. skipping                            

D. doing

13. What are you doing this weekend? – I ____________ my grandparents in the hometown.

A. am visiting                        

B. visits                                 

C. is visiting                          

D. am visit

14. We need ______________ to fix this vase.

A. many glues                       

B. some glues                        

C. a glue                                

D. some glue

15. I don’t know ______________ about the world’s geography.

A. some                                 

B. much                                 

C. many                                 

D. any

16. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.

The cold weather has made it necessary to protect the crops.

A. popular                             

B. essential                            

C. incredible                         

D. unbelievable

17. Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.

Food in this supermarket is very expensive.

A. fresh                                 

B. rare                                   

C. overpriced                        

D. cheap

II. LISTENING

Listen and choose True or False.

18. New York City is in the south of the USA.                 

19. The population is around 8.4 million people.

20. They built the city on three islands.

21. New York City gets very cold in the winter and warm in the summer.

22. More than ninety million people visit New York City every year.

III. READING

Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, or C or D.

NOISY NEIGHBOURS

Do you sometimes have problems with your neighbours such as noise or littering? Well, the people of Pilton in Somerset, England have such problems every summer. For three or four days every year, the village is full of people of all ages who come here for the annual Glastonbury pop music festival. They usually stay in tents, caravans and motorhomes. They leave drink cans and papers all over the streets. The music plays until the early hours of the morning, and you can hear people talking and singing all night. The quiet country village becomes a nightmare to live in and some villagers are even thinking of moving to another village. A villager said last year: “I don’t want to stop the Glastonbury Festival. I just want the fans to enjoy the festival without disturbing normal village life.”

23. What happens in Pilton, Somerset every summer?

A. The neighbours are noisy.                                               

B. There is a pop music festival.

C. The villagers litter the streets.                                         

D. There are many villagers.

24. Visitors litter the streets with ______________.

A. tents                                  

B. motorhomes                      

C. cans and papers                

D. caravans

25. How long is the pop music festival every year?

A. The whole year.                

B. One night                          

C. Three or four days.           

D. The whole summer.

26. What is Pilton like during the rest of the year?

A. A music concert.                                                              

B. A nightmare.                     

C. A noisy place.                                                                  

D. A quiet village.

27. The villagers just want to ______________.

A. have a normal life as usual                                              

B. stop the fans enjoying the festival

C. move far away                                                                 

D. put an end to the festival

Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, or C for each blank.

Trang An in Ninh Binh is a charming and (28) ____________ site in Viet Nam. The whole picture of Trang An has limestone mountains, forests and golden rice fields. The valleys here are amazingly beautiful like colourful carpets. There are (29) ____________ running along these valleys, reflecting the blue sky above. Making boat trips is a perfect way to fully enjoy the (30) ____________ here. There are also tens of wonderful natural caves that you should (31) ____________ on foot. Many world (32) ____________ call Trang An “Ha Long Bay on the land”.

28.

A. fantastic                            

B. active                                

C. smart

29.

A. lakes                                 

B. seas                                   

C. rivers

30.

A. scenery                             

B. surrounding                      

C. neighbourhood

31.

A. enjoy                                 

B. explore                              

C. look

32.

A. goers                                 

B. tours                                  

C. travellers

III. WRITING

Choose the most suitable sentence that can be made from the words given.

33. Mai / intelligent / Kien.

A. Mai is intelligenter than Kien.

B. Mai is more intelligent than Kien.

C. Mai is as intelligent than Kien.

D. Mai is more intelligent as Kien.

34. My brother / strong / my sister.

A. My brother is more strong than my sister.

B. My brother is stronger as my sister.

C. My brother is stronger than my sister.

D. My brother is as strong than my sister.

35. My school / big / my brother’s school.

A. My school is biger than my brother’s school.

B. My school is bigger than my brother’s school.

C. My school is as big than my brother’s school.

D. My school is bigger as my brother’s school.

36. Living in the city / exciting / living in the countryside.

A. Living in the city is more exciting than living in the countryside.

B. Living in the city is excitinger than living in the countryside.

C. Living in the city is more excitinger than living in the countryside.

D. Living in the city is as exciting than living in the countryside.

Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning.

37. It is necessary for us to be present at the class discussion on Saturday.

A. We can be present at the class discussion on Saturday.

B. We are present at the class discussion on Saturday.

C. We must be present at the class discussion on Saturday.

D. We mustn’t be present at the class discussion on Saturday.

38. There’s a post office on one side of my house and a café on the other.

A. There’s a post office next to my house.

B. There’s a café office next to my house.

C. There’s a post office and a café beside my house.

D. My house is between a post office and a café.

39. There are some chairs and a table in the kitchen.

A. We have some chairs and a table in the kitchen.

B. There have some chairs and a table in the kitchen.

C. There is some chairs and a table in the kitchen.

D. We have any chairs and a table in the kitchen.

40. It is wrong of us to throw rubbish.

A. We should throw rubbish.

B. We mustn’t throw rubbish.

C. We must throw rubbish.

D. We needn’t throw rubbish.

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