Question

[Đỗ Thảo Phương]

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from

that of the others. (2 points)

1. A. quite                  B. quiet                      C. equip                     D. diet

2. A. character          B. chemistry              C. scholar                  D. chapter

3. A. discuss              B. sugar                      C. share                      D. machine

4. A. tool                    B. coop                       C. took                       D. food

5. A. new                    B. sew                         C. few                         D. knew

6. A. cities                 B. satellites                C. series                     D. workers

7. A. head                  B. please                    C. heavy                     D. measure

8. A. check                B. chair                      C. change                   D. toothache

9. A. cat                      B. hat                          C. paddle                   D. grass

10. A. cost                 B. also                        C. only                       D. household

II. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences. (4 points)

1. Trung is doing his ………………

A. homework            B. homeworks           C. home  work           D. home^’s work

2. They always go to school………………..a bus.

A. by                           B. of                            C. on                           D. in 

3. Thanh wakes up …………………………………

A. early morning                                          B. early in the morning

C. in the morning early                                D. early in morning

4. There will be a farewell party for him ………….the twenty-eighth.

A. at                            B. on                           C. in                            D. for

5. When I am ill, my mother always looks ……….me very well.

A. for                          B. forward                 C. after                       D. in

6. This book doesn’t belong to me. It’s .................

A. him                      B. he                           C.  himself                D. his

7. He was only thirteen, but he ate ..............................his father did.

A. as more than       B. as many as            C. much than            D. as much as

8. She works very………………..

A. hardly                 B. lazy                       C. studiously            D. careful

9. I often ……………..in winter.

A. go playing             B. go to ski                C. play skiing            D. go skiing

10. These vegetables don’t taste ........................to us

A. fresh                     B. freshly                  C. well                     D. deliciously

11. Drivers should drive their cars as………….as possible.

A. care                        B. carefully               C. careful                   D. carefuly

12.  I am absolutely no good at all ……. any kind of sport.

A. at                            B. on                           C. with                        D. for

13. We mustn’t ………………. when the traffic light is red.

A. slow down         B. go straight ahead  C. stop                        D. go fast

14. There is a ………………. behind my house.

A. big beautiful flower garden             B. garden flower big beautiful        

C. beautiful big flower garden             D. big beautiful garden flower

15……..do you study in the library? Three times a week.

A. How usually                                             B. How many times

C. How much time                                        D. How often

16. My sister …………at this school from 1980 to 1986.

A. was studying        B. studied                  C. studies                   D. will study

17. When there is ……..work, Mr. Tuan takes a day off and goes to the city with his wife.

A. least                       B. fewer                     C. few                         D. less

18. Playing chess after dinner sounds ………..to me .

A. bored                     B. boringly                C. boring                    D. boredom

19. Tom: “………………………………….”~ Jake: “She is kind.”

A. What does your teacher like?          B. What would your teacher like?  

C. What does your teacher look like    D. What is your teacher like?  

20. To cross the road, we must .....................................the left and the right.

A. look                    B. look to              C. look at                      D. look for         

III. Supply the correct form of the verbs  in brackets (1 point).

1. What your future house (be)………..like?  will-/…be

2. The difficult life in this town makes me……………………….(leave). leave

3. Nam usually  (play)....................sports, but this afternoon he  (fly).............his kite. plays / is flying

4. Lan with Mai (play)………….. chess at the moment. is playing

IV. Write the correct form of the words  in brackets (2 points)

1. It is ....................that all students attend the meeting.	(IMPORTANCE)
2. All of us were……………that he was successful in the final exam.	(SURPRISE)
3. Towns which attract ………… are usually crowded in the summer.	(TOUR)
4. Ba was………………..ill right after eating those mushrooms.	(SERIOUS)
5. My sister speaks English………………..than I do. WORSE	(BAD)
6. Of the two girls, Hoa is the ................................	(TALL)
7. Exercises …………..............……….………your health.	(STRONG)
8. There are four............................in my house. BOOKSHELVES	(BOOKSHELF)
9. You mustn’t be.....................................when you cross the road.	(CARE)
10. What’s Maco’s ........................................? - She’s British.	NATION

V.There is one mistake in each sentence.Find it and correct it. (1 point)

1. He is not interested at anything outside his work.                             

2. I speak to my friend in the phone every week.                                              

3. Eating well and to exercise regularly help prevent a cold.              

4. Mount Everest is about 3,448 meters height.                                                             

5. That’s my sister over there. She stands next to the window.                       

VI. Fill  each gap  in the passage with a suitable word . (2 points)

            Benefits of playing sports

Firstly, playing sports can give you a healthy life and a fit body to you. You will be more active and healthier (1) by playing sports. To illustrate, you can have a lower chance of getting a serious illness such as a (2) heart attack or high blood pressure.

In other words, it increases your resistance to illness. In leisure time, you can play sports (3) with your friends or your relatives, this not only helps you but (4) also motivates everyone around you to take part in sports and have good (5) health.

Furthermore, there are some (6) sports which you can play easily such as table tennis, tennis or football and after that, you feel completely relaxed or (7) even free from your stress. Moreover, you also need to allow (8) and encourage children to play sports, especially some outside activities such as football, basketball or volleyball to decrease the time that your children (9) spend sitting in front of computers or watching television. 

These sports can help them have endurance, quickness and even teach them how to improve team spirit and work in groups. These sports also teach them how to communicate with their teammates, and show them (10) how active and creative they are.

VII. Choose the best answer to complete the passage ( 2 points).

            Each (1) ……. has its own tradition when New Year comes. (2)……. Japan, at midnight (3) ………. December 31, all temples in the country ring their bell (4) …… times. They believe that the ringing bells can remove their (5) ……. actions from the previous year.

            In Thailand, the New Year is in April. It^’s the hottest time of the year. People often throw (6) ……. over the people. They believe that this activity will (7) …….. a lot of rain and wash away the bad things.

In Viet Nam, people clean and decorate their houses (8) ………. Tet. They (9) ……….. their houses to look more beautiful. The first footer is very important. They believe that  the first footer on the first New Year Day decides the family^’s (10) ….. for the whole year.

6. A. sand                   B. soil                         C. rock                       D. water

7. A. bring                  B. brings                    C. brought                  D. bringed

8. A. after                   B. during                    C. when                      D. before

9. A. dislike               B. hate                        C. would like             D. likes

10. A. luck                 B. unluck                   C. bad                         D. bads

VIII.Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means

 exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (3 points)

1. It is an eighty –minute test.

The test lasts .......................................................................................................

2. Our house is older than any other house in the living center.

Our house ...........................................................................................................

3. My mother never allows me to go out at night.

My mother never lets ........................................................................................

4. I advise you not to drink too much coffee.

You had ............................................................................................................

5. Miss Quynh wrote the letter in twenty minutes.

Miss Quynh spent ................................................................................................

6. It is not necessary for her to join the party.

She doesn’t .......................................................................................................

7. Nobody in the team runs as fast as Paul                                  

Paul is .................................................................................................................

8. Sarah’s not keen on team sports at all.                                    

Sarah doesn’t ........................................................................................................

9. These girls don’t have straight blonde hair.                                       

These girls’hair isn’t .........................................................................................

10. How deep is this lake?                                                                         

What is the .....................................................................................................

IX. Use the given words or phrases to  make the meaningful sentences. (3 points)

1. Far/ it/ from /earth/ moon?

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2. Children/ play/ football/ school yard/ moment.

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3. Would/like/play/ badminton/me?

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4. Can/ you/ show/ us/ way/ nearest/ bookshop?

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5. I/ go/ library/last night/ and/ probably/ go/ there/ tonight/ too.

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6. He / know / few / English words / brother.

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7. How / sugar / you need / make / cake?

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8. Hoa/ like/ eat/ noodles/ but/ mother/ always/ cook/ rice/ her.

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