PART 1: PRONUNCIATION

Circle the word marked A, B, C, or D with a different stress pattern from the others.

PART 2: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. Choose the best answer to finish the sentence:

1. Noise pollution can lead to________loss.

A. looking                              B. hearing                              C. listening                D. reading

2. If I________a millionaire now, I________travel around the world. But in fact, I am very poor and have no money.

A. were/ would                     B. am/ will                             C. were/ will              D. am/ would

3. We should wear_______when you go to concerts or other loud events to reduce the effect of noise pollution.

A. earphones                         B. earrings                             C. earplugs                D. ear drops

4. What is the main_______of visual pollution?            -           Because there are too many advertising billboards.

A. effect                                 B. affect                                 C. result                     D. cause

5. Many animals eat the_______and become sick.

A. litter                                   B. energy                               C. aqua                       D. temperature

6. Ships spill oil in oceans and rivers. This results________the death of many aquatic animals and plants.

A. to                                        B. in                                        C. from                       D. at

7. The acid rain has caused____________to the trees in this area.

A. damage                              B. advantage                         C. pollutant               D. environment

8. Households________waste into the river so it is polluted.

A. damage                              B. lead                                    C. lose                        D. dump

9. We have to pay a huge amount of money - three million dong for electricity a month________we turn on the heater all the time.

A. because of                        B. due to                                C. although                D. since

10. Have you come_______solutions to this problem?

A. up to                                  B. up with                              C. to with                   D. on to

II. Give the correct form of the words given to complete to the sentences.         

III. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

1. The silver fern is a national ……………………. of New Zealand.

2. Mount Rushmore is a national ………………………. carved into a mountain in South Dakota, USA.

3. Trung speaks English like a …………………….. though he comes from Vietnam.

4. I sometimes thought John's ……………………. sounded English, sometimes American.

5. In Scotland, the word "……..........……." is used to describe any large, enclosed expanse of water.

6. It took six years to build the rabbit-proof ……………………. in Australia.

7. England is the original home of …….........……. because this sport was invented there.

8. Edinburgh, Scotland was the first city in the world to have his own fire ………………. in 1824.

9. Anna Creek Station in South Australia is the world's largest ……………………… station with an area of 24,000 km2.

10. An ……..........……. is a type of shelter built of snow by the Inuit, the Aboriginal peoples in Canada.

PART 3: READING

I. Choose an answer among A, B, C, or D to complete the passage.

English is the ………….. (1) language of the Philippines. English-medium education started in the Philippines in 1901 after the …………… (2) of some 540 US teachers. English was also chosen for newspapers and magazines, the media, and literary writing. The latest results from a recent survey suggest that     about  65% of the ………….. (3) of the Philippines has the ability to understand spoken and ……………….. (4) English with 48 person stating that they can write standard English.