I. Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently.(0.5p)
1. A. bracelet B. cake C. make D. hat
2. A. leisure B. eight C. celebrate D. penalty
II. Choose the word whose main STRESS is placed differently from the others. (0.5p)
1. A. customer B. delicious C. grocery D. resident
2. A. organize B. discussion C. restaurant D. neighbor
III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D. (1pt)
1. Don’t worry. It is ___________ to travel to that village even at night.
A. safe B. unsafe C. difficult D. inconvenient
2. Life in a small town is ________than that in a big city.
A. peaceful B. much peaceful C. less peaceful D. much more peaceful
3. She has read_________interesting book.
A. a B. an C. the D. Ø
4.__________ month is the Hoa Ban festival of the Thai people held in?
A. When B. Which C. How many D. How often
IV. Put the word into the correct form. (0,75pt)
1. People in my country are very warm and ____________________. (FRIEND)
2. She looks ____________________________________than her sister. (BEAUTY)
3. Dawali is a speacial lighting ____________________________in India. (FESTIVE)
PART C. READING
I. Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank. (1.25pt)
Ewan McGregor was born in Scotland in 1971. He decided to be an actor when he was only nine and he starred his first film in 1992. So far in his career he has appeared (1) _____ a lot of different types of films, including comedies, musical, dramas and the Star Wars movies. In his career Ewan has worked with (2) ____ like Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman, and his films have won (3) ____ of awards. He loves acting and when he finished (4) ____the musical, Moulin Rouge, he said, “I have never been happier to do anything in my life”.
1. A. so B. When C. because D. althought
2. at B. on C. with D. in
3. engineers B. farmers C. actresses D. teachers
4. A. alots B. lots C. much D. some
5. to film B. filmed D. film D. filming
II. Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow. (1.25pt)
Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before noon when the habitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire-fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings.
1. When did the Tokyo earthquake happen?
?__________________________________________________________________
2. How many people were killed in the earthquake?
?__________________________________________________________________
3. Why was the fire engines prevented from going to help?
?__________________________________________________________________
4. How many percents of the damage was caused by the collaspe of buildings?
?__________________________________________________________________
5. Which disaster is mentioned in the paragraph?
?__________________________________________________________________
PART D. WRITING
I. Rewrite the following sentences based on the given words. (1.25pt)
1. People don’t care much about environment, so they keep making it worse.
?If people ______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2. She suffered from a serious disease because of drinking contaminated water in a long time.
?Since _________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
3. The drainage system is damaged. There is not enough water for the crop.
? If the drainage system _________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
4. “Why don’t you turn off more lights in the house to reduce your eyestrain?”
? If I __________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
5. People will build a new hospital there next month.
?A new hospital _________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
II. Write full sentences using the suggested words and phrases given. (1.0 pt)
1. A lion / run / fast / than / horse.
?____________________________________________________________________
2. Which ethnic group / have / largest population / Vietnam?
?____________________________________________________________________
3. We / know / each other / since / we / be / ten years old.
?___________________________________________________________________
4. Reading /most / the/activities/among/teenagers/and/crafts/making/books /are /popular.
?__________________________________________________
I. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently.
1. a. confusion b. magician c. important d. otherwise
2. a. performance b. nevertheless c. however d. procession
3. a. preserve b. fortune c. ritual d. lantern
4. a. reunion b. bamboo c. festival d. display
5. a. participate b. politician c. communicate d. commemorate
II. Choose the underlined word or phrase A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
1. The ritual is made -> performed in order to thank the Sun Goddess for the rice harvest.
2. I found it very excited -> exciting to take part in the spring festival of Bai Dinh pagoda.
3. I like both the green or -> and the blue T-shirt, but I don't have enough money to buy two T-shirts.
4. Your marks in English are low although -> because you don't study hard enough.
5. Which festival do you like much -> more, Huowng Pagoda or Hung Temple?
6. We follow -> are following a custom to buy lanterns and moon cakes at Mid-Autumm Festival.
7. Before Tet, Vietnamese people are busy cleaning and decorating their houses and they cook -> cooking trditional foods
8. Until recently, people talk -> have talked to each other instead of relying on texting and e-mail to communicate with their peers.
9. She was offered the prestigious job, however -> but she turned it down because she did not want to move to Texas
10. It started to rain hardly while we were playing some folk games at the -> in the festival.