I. LANGUAGE

Circle the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1.

A. perform                             

B. portrait                              

C. pork                                  

D. favorite

2.

A. flooded                             

B. developed                         

C. looked                              

D. laughed

Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.

3. He goes _____ with his friend every morning.

A. playing                              

B. jogging                              

C. making                              

D. collecting

4. Van Cao was a great Vietnamese _____.

A. singer                                

B. scientist                             

C. composer                          

D. doctor

5. The eel soup that your mother has just cooked tastes very _____.

A. delicious                           

B. best                                   

C. healthy                              

D. well

6. My mother enjoys _____ yoga every day to keep fit.

A. doing                                

B. to do                                 

C. did                                    

D. does

7. My uncle usually _____ a lot of beautiful photos.

A. take                                   

B. takes                                 

C. to take                               

D. taking

8. We _____ vegetables to a nursery school last winter.

A. donate                              

B. was donate                       

C. did donate                        

D. donated

9. Her new house is not _____ her old one.

A. as big as                            

B. biger than                         

C. as big than                        

D. bigger as

10. Minh is very busy. He has _____ homework.

A. some                                 

B. a lot of                              

C. any                                    

D. a lot

II. READING (

Read the text and fill in the blank with suitable words from the box.

I’m sure that you have heard the name Trinh Cong Son many times. He was one of the most famous (11) _____ and songwriters of Viet Nam in the 20^th century. He was born in 1939 in Dak Lak Province. As a child, he (12) _____ up in Hue. Later he (13) _____ to Sai Gon to study. He began to write songs and became well-known in 1958. He continued to (14) _____ music all his life. He wrote about 600 songs in all. Among his best songs are Noi vong tay lon (Circle of Unity), Ha Trang (White Summer) and Cat Bui (Dust). His (15) _____ are mostly about love, human condition, and nature. He died in Ho Chi Minh City in 2001. His songs remain popular among the Vietnamese and all over the world today. Many have been translated into English, French, Japanese, and other languages.

Read the passage and decide if the statements are True (T) or False (F).

Model making is a wonderful way of spending time alone or even with your family. You can make models of many things in the world. But the most popular models are models of people, aircraft, and war machines like tanks or ships. Another very popular type of model making is architectural. It means that people make models of buildings and even groups of buildings. The first thing to do is to identify the item you like the most. It should be practical and affordable. For example, once you have decided that you would like to make a model plane, you could go to a hobby store in your neighbourhood and check out the different model planes available there. If you are new to this hobby, you should choose something simple to start with.

16. You have to work with other people when you make models.

17. People can make models of almost anything.

18. It’s unusual for people to make architectural models.

19. You can find various models in the hobby store near your house.

20. People are advised to make simple models when they begin this hobby.

III. WRITING

Choose the underlined part which is not correct in standard English.

21.  

A. ago                                    

B. see                                     

C. on                                     

D. parents

22. A vacation on the beach is different as a vacation in a big city.

A. on the beach                     

B. is                                       

C. different                           

D. as

Rewrite the sentences so as its meaning keeps unchanged.

23. Her favourite movies are not like mine. (from)

=> Her favourite movies _________________________________.

24. What is the price of the bicycle?

=> How much _________________________________?

25. She is interested in making models.

=> Her hobby is _________________________________.

26. We are running to keep fit. We are exercising to keep fit.

=> We are _________________________________.

Write complete sentences from the words given.

27. He / sometimes / go / camping / his family.

____________________________________________________________.

28. My brother / like / garden / because / I / love / plants / flowers.

____________________________________________________________.

29. People / Tokyo / eat / lot / fresh fish.

____________________________________________________________.

30. We / join / community activities / help / street children / last summer.

____________________________________________________________.

IV. LISTENING

Listen to the passage about eating habits and choose True or False.

31. People in Minh’s area often have three meals a day.

32. Most of them go out for lunch.

33. Dinner is the main meal of the day.

34. They rarely have rice with a lot of fresh vegetables and seafood or meat for dinner.

35. They have some fruit and green tea after dinner.

Listen to the text about street paintings and circle the best answer A, B, C or D.

36. Street painting began _____.

A. in the 16th century           

B. in the 6th century              

C. in 1994                             

D. in the 26th century

37. At a street painting event, you can _____.

A. buy a painting                   

B. become an artist               

C. talk to artists                     

D. become a musician

38. The Lake Worth Street Painting Festival is the largest events in _____.

A. Australia                           

B. England                            

C. the United States              

D. Vietnam

39. The Lake Worth Street Painting Festival happens in _____ every year.

A. only sometimes                

B. every month                      

C. every January                   

D. every February

40. About 100,000 visitors come to_____ it.

A. enjoy                                 

B. paint                                  

C. draw                                 

D. see

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