Question

[Thắng Tran Duc]

I. Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the other.

1. A. lecture B. Cure C. furniture D. picture

2.A. pause B. cause C. laugh D. naughty

3. A. passage B. massage C. message D. village

4. A. heart B. wear. C. bur D. pear

5. A. check B. chair C. chalk D. character

II. Circle the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the underlined part that needs correcting in each of the following questions.

1. I haven't heard from Susan since 5 years.

-----------A----------B-------------C-------D

2. My sister enjoys read about wild animals and natural mysteries

---------------A------B--------------C-----------------D

3. They've got a twenty-minutes break in the morning.

------A---------B----C-------------------------D

4. He are a student at Nguyen Hue secondary school.

-------A-------B-----C------------------D

III. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1. I couldn't eat ______ I was very hungry.

A. Even though B. in spite C. Despite. D. in spite the fact that

2. In spite __________ , the baseball game was not cancelled .

A.The rain B. of the rain C. it was raining D. there was a rain

3. _________ he had enough money, he refused to buy a new car.

A. In spite B. in spite of C. despite D. although

4. __________ ,he walked to the station.

A. Despite being tired B. although to be tired

C. in spite being tired D. despite tired

5. The children slept well, despite __________ .

A. It was noise B. the noise C. of the noise D. noisy

6. ______________ her lack of hard work, she was promoted.

A. in spite B. even though C. in spite of D. despite of

7. We were the better team _____________ we lost the match.

A. so B. and C. but D. because

8. Keith decided to give up his job I advised him not to give up it

A. Because B. however C. although D. since

IV. Put each word in capital letters into the correct form so that it can fit the gap in each sentence below.

l. My sister is a.................. at a primary school in Ha Long.(TEACH)

2. The "ao dai" is the .................... dress of Vietnam women.(TRADITION)

3. You must read the instructions ......................... before using it.(CAREFUL)

4. We are really impressed by the ........................ of the people there.(FRIEND)

5. Trung's sense of humor ............................. him from students. (DISTINCT)

V. Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1-5

The large movement of earth under the water causes a very large and powerful tsunami. The tsunami was called the Asian Tsunami in most of the world. It was called the Boxing Day Tsunami in England, Australia, South Africa and Canada because it happened on the holiday they call Boxing Day. The tsunami caused a lot of damage to countries such as Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

Waves as high as 30m killed many people and damaged or destroyed a lot of buildings and other properties. Over 225,000 people died or were not found after the Tsunami, The wave traveled as far away as South Africa (8000km) where as many as 8 people died because of high water caused by the wave. Because of how much damage was caused and the number of people the earthquake affected, over 7 billion was donated to help the survivors and rebuild the areas damaged.

1. Why was the tsunami called the Boxing Day Tsunami in England?

A. Because it happened when people were boxing.

B. Because it happened when people were collecting boxes

C. Because it happened on Boxing Day

D. Because it destroyed a lot of boxes

2. How high were the waves?

A. Thirteen meters B. Eighteen meters

C. Thirty meters D. Two hundred and twenty-five meters

3. What were some people in South Africa killed by?

A. Earthquake B. High water C. High wind D. Property

4. What does the word "survivors' in line 11 mean?

A. houses that aren't destroyed

B. offices that are being built.

C. people that are dead

D. people that are left alive

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A nly

in Asia the tsunami was called Asian Tsunami.

B. The tsunami caused a lot of damage to Indonesia.

C. Many people died because of the high waves

D. A lot of money was raised to help people.

VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

1. They have just sold that old house.

That old house____________________________________________

2. In spite of the bad weather, they had a wonderful holiday.

Although __________________________________________

3.They will build a new mall here.

A new mall _________________________________

4. Unless he takes these pills, he won't be better.

If _______________________________________

Answer 1

[Lê Thị Ngọc Anh]

I. Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the other.

1. A. lecture B. cure C. furniture D. picture

2.A. pause B. cause C. laugh D. naughty

3. A. passage B. massage C. message D. village

4. A. heart B. wear. C. bur D. pear

5. A. check B. chair C. chalk D. charater.

II. Circle the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the underlined part that needs correcting in each of the following questions.

1. I haven't heard from Susan since 5 years.

-----------A----------B-------------C-------D

2. My sister enjoys read about wild animals andnatural mysteries

---------------A------B--------------C-----------------D

read thành reading.

3. They've got a twenty-minutes break in the morning.

------A---------B----C-------------------------D

twenty-minutes thành twenty-minute.

4. He are a student at Nguyen Hue secondary school.

-------A-------B-----C------------------D

are thành is.

Answer 2

[Lê Thị Ngọc Anh]

IV. Put each word in capital letters into the correct form so that it can fit the gap in each sentence below.

l. My sister is a...teacher..... at a primary school in Ha Long.(TEACH)

2. The "ao dai" is the ..traditional...... dress of Vietnam women.(TRADITION)

3. You must read the instructions .....carefully..before using it.(CAREFUL)

4. We are really impressed by the................... of the people there.(FRIEND)

5. Trung's sense of humor ....distinguishes......................... him fromstudents. (DISTINCT)