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David will return to school on: (4) ___________ afternoon 
 at (5)____________ p.m 
Your answers 
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 
B. PHONETIC 
Part 1: Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 
1. A. action B. national C. partial D. question 
2. A. pleased B. erased C. increased D. amused 
3. A. learned B. preferred C. listened D. enjoyed 
4. A. soft B. fork C. pot D. rod 
5. A. ahead B. break C. great D. steak 
Your answers 
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 
Part 2: Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others. 
1. A. medical B. restaurant C. remember D. government 
2. A. household B. homework C. garbage D. throughout 
3. A. aquatic B. historic C. physic D. bonical 
4. A. radiation B. political C. historical D. contaminant 
5. A. cholera B. pollutant C. permanent D. groundwater 
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Your answers 
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 
C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR 
Part 1: Circle best option A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences 
1. It’s recommended that we become more concerned ________ the environment around us. 
 A. of B. to C. with D. about 
2. Air _________, together littering, is cause many problems in our cities today. 
 A. pollute B. pollution C. polluted D. polluting 
3. On Christmas Eve, most big cities, especially London are ________with coloured lights across the 
streets and enormous Christmas trees. 
 A. decorated B. hang C. put D. made 
4. In the United, there are 50 __________and six different time zones across the country. 
 A. states B. nations C. towns D. show 
5. Nowadays you still see the _________men wear kits (skirts) to wedding or other formal occasions. 
 A. Scot B. Scotland C. Scots D. Scottish. 
6. What _________we do to prevent these natural disasters? 
 A. may B. ought C. should D. be able 
7. _________at someone is usually considered rude. 
 A. Point B. To point C. To pointing D. Pointing 
8. My fat...Most young people want to _________ more about environmental problems. 
 A.look after B.find out C.look for D.make out 
18. ___________always gives me real pleasure. 
A. I arrange flowers B. The flowers are arranged 
C. Arranging flowers D. While arranging flowers. 
19. Nga had difficulties in bringing the heavy box and Mai, her friend, offered to help. 
Mai : “Need a hand with your heavy box, Nga ?” -Nga : “_________” 
 A. I don’t need B. Not at all C. That’s very kind of you D. No, thanks 
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20. Peter: “ _________?” Mary: “ Well , I’d like to see that dress” 
 A. Do you want anything B. May I help you 
 C. What would you like D. What do you want to do 
Your answers 
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 
16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 
Part 2: Give the correct form of the words in CAPITAL to complete the sentences 
1. ___________ are trying to find out new stars SCIENCE 
2. He was turned down for the job because he wasn’t _________ QUALIFY 
3. My colleagues are very pleasant but the manager is a little _________ FRIEND 
4. Teenagers are now __________ dressed FASHION 
5. Some people claim to be able to ___________ the future TELL 
6. It’s hard to _________ a large family FOOD 
7. Hoan Kiem Lake is a ___________ place in Hanoi HISTORY 
8. We’re very __________ to you for all your help GRATE 
9. Guests are supposed to show their cards at the _______ ENTER 
10. What’s the __________ of the runway at this airport? LONG 
Your answers 
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 
Part 3: There are 10 mistakes in the following passage. Underline them and correct them. The 
first is done as an example. 
MTV stands for music television. It’s a television channel 
dedicating to pop music. It was born on 1st August 1981 
in the United States. Because of MTV’s instant succeed in 
the US, the company expanded into other areas. MTV 
Europe began operating on 1st.......... 
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D. READING 
Part 1: Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage. 
 People in the country enjoy some advantages that peope in the city can not. The (1)__________ 
has space for people to do things. They have space to (2) __________ flowers and space to keep (3) 
__________. It is easy for them to get fresh (4) ___________, fresh fruit and frest milk at low 
(5)____________. They are in close contact with nature. They (6) __________ friends with trees and 
soil, cows and dogs. They (7) __________ fresh air. They enjoy gentle breezes. They get a lot of (8) 
____________ when they work on the land. They can listen to the(9) _________ of birds while 
cooking. This contact with nature is(10) __________ for health. 
Your answers 
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 
Part 2: Read the following text then choose from the list A-F the best sentence to fill each of the 
spaces. There is one extra sentence which you do not need. (5 pts) 
I have recently become very worried about my 15-year-old son, Nick. Although he was never 
brilliant at school, he used to get reasonable good marks. (1) ______. 
 He used to be such a good swimmer that he won several prizes. But now he has given up 
training. And instead of neat clothes he used to wear, all he ever puts on is the same pair of shabby of 
old jeans and a dirty sweatshirt. 
 (2) ______. Nick was in the kitchen. The radio was so loud that he didn’t hear me come behind 
him. My handbag was on the table. (3) ______. 
 We had a terrible row. Finally, he broke down and confessed everything. He has been going 
every day to a big amusement arcade near his school and playing electronics games with nick names 
like Space Warrior and Alien Invaders. I had always thought they were harmless. (4) ______. 
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