Câu I.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. (5p)
1. A. daily B. maize C. dairy D. laid
2. A. character B. chemistry C. scholar D. chapter
3. A. bowls B. cups C. flats D. weeks
4. A. durian B. hurry C. during D. duty
5. A. brush B. push C. rush D. crush
6. A. dictation B. repetition C. station D. question
7. A. plays B. looks C. wants D. helps
8. A. languages B. goes C. watches D. dresses
9. A. sure B. saw C. send D. sit
10. A. practiced B. learned C. asked D. watched
Câu II.Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentences. (10p)
1. The Robinsons…………..to their new house last week.
A. transferred B. got C. removed D. moved
2. This dictionary is…………….cheaper than that one.
A. more B. much C. very D. so
3. The mailman often…………..letters to our house in the afternoon.
A. hands out B. delivers C. gives D. distributes
4. They had a big breakfast before……………the work.
A. continuing B. continue C. continued D. continues
5. My mother added a little salt to the soup, so it tasted very…………..
A. delicious B. deliciously C. well D. wonderfully
6. We can learn more about the undersea world thanks…………this invention.
A. on B. for C. of D. to
7. When there’s………………work, Mr Tuan takes a day off and goes to the city with his wife.
A. least B. fewer C. few D. less
8. My dad has a ……………summer vacation.
A. three weeks B. threeweek C. three week D. threeweeks
9. Where’s the nearest post office ?
A. It’s about two kilometers B. Turn left and then turn right
C. The nearest is two kilometers away D. It’s very far from here
10. His father is a very good friend of ......... .
A. them B. their C. theirs D. themselves
Câu III. Fill each blank with one suitable preposition. (5p)
1. Nam is not very good……………English.
2. In literature, I read a book and write…………what I read.
3. Schools in the USA are a little different……………..schools in Viet Nam.
4. Yesterday, my cousin took me …………..see Ngoc Son temple in Hanoi.
5. My group is rehearsing a play…………….the school anniversary celebration.
6. I’m tired……………..the noise next door.
7. Thanks very much…………..your birthday present.
8. After their visit………….the aquarium, the Robinsons went to a food stall for lunch.
9. I received a letter………….my uncle last Monday.
10. Your father talks a lot…………..you and hopes you’re well.
Câu IV. Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. (10p)
1. Your dad and I hope (visit) you in Ha Noi soon.
2. Look! There’s a lot of cloud in the sky. It (rain).
3. Miss Hoa spent the whole weekend (read) that novel.
4. He (phone) me as soon as he arrives in London.
5. Run faster or you (miss) the first bus.
6. We (not be) at his party yesterday evening.
7. Mr Pike bought Liz a cap and he (wear) it all day.
8. Mai is keen on (chat) with friends at recess.
9. My grandmother opened the window (let) fresh air in.
10. Hoa watched her neighbor, Miss Mai, (make) her dress and she thought sewing was a useful hobby.
Câu V. Each sentence has one mistake. Underline and correct it. (10p)
1. I often write for him once every two weeks.
2. My father has less days off than Tim’s father.
3. Nhung’s birthday is in the fifth of September.
4. People should stop smoking because smoking cigarettes are harmful to their health.
5. I will wait until you will finish your work.
6. My father is going to buy some new furnitures for our living room.
7. My father bought for me a new dictionary last week.
8. Between the three apartments, number 29 is the most suitable for you.
9. Mr Robinson used to be a good swimmer and so was Mr Brown.
10. People are living longer, so there are more and more many old people.
Câu VI. Give the correct forms of the words in brackets. (10p)
1. My father never touches………….food. (HEALTH)
2. ………………is better than cure. (PREVENT)
3. Lance Armstrong used to be a famous………………….. (CYCLE)
4. ………………….., many American teenagers said they liked table tennis. (SURPRISE)
5. Her father hopes to visit her in Hanoi soon,………………after the harvest. (PROBABLE)
6. Liz and I are the same…………….. (OLD)
7. I can’t go to the movies with you this evening because I have too many……………… (ASSIGN)
8. At present my group is rehearsing a play for the school anniversary……………… (CELEBRATE)
9. American students usually have ………………..CD players with small earphones. (PORT)
10. One of the world’s………………libraries is the United States’Library of Congress. (LARGE)
Câu VII. Fill each gap with one suitable words to complete the passage. (10p)
Alice is a new English friend of ……(1)… . She is very (2) to tell me about her new….. (3)…. . Her lessons begin at
nine each morning and ….(4)…. until half past ten. Then she has a …..(5) …..for a quarter of an hour. During this time
she usually talks to her friend about many things such (6) the last class or last night’s movie. She has five ……(7)…..
in the morning and three in the afternoon. Alice’s favorite ……(8)….. are English and Literature because she likes
reading books …..(9)….. English. The first term lasts four months from September to December. Alice tries her ……
(10)….. to become a good student in the class.
Câu VIII.Read the passage then answer the following questions. (5p)
Young people prefer the town to the country because they love the noise and busy life there. They also think that it is
easier to get money in the town than in the country. Therefore, more and more young people leave the country for the
town every year. Different from the young people , old people like living in the country because the country is not so
noisy and busy as the town. The air in the country is much fresher than the air in the town, too. Therefore, after
stopping working, many of the old people move to their home villages.
1. Why do young people prefer the town to the country?
2. What else do they think?
3. What happens every year?
4. Why do old people like living in the country?
5. What do many of the old people do after stopping working?
Câu IX. Choose the word (A,B, C, or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces. (10p)
Learning a foreign language is , in some way , like learning how to fly .There are some…( 1 )…, but there is a very
important similarity. It is : learning how …( 2 )…these things needs ...(3)...practice
It is never enough…( 4 )…a book on how to fly a plane .A book can give you a lot of…( 5 )… about how to fly, but if
you only read that book, then try to fly…( 6 )… any practice, you …(7 ).. yourself. The same is true of learning a
foreign language. For example, Can you …( 8 )… English well without having lots …( 9 )…practice? “Practice makes
perfect” is what every learner…( 10 )… a foreign language should know .
1. A .difference B . different C . differences D. differ
2 .A .do B . doing C . done D . to do
3. A . a few B . lot of C . a lot of D . lot
4.A . to read B . read C . reading D . reader
5.A . informative B . information C . informatic D . inform
6.A . without B . and C. for D . over
7.A . kill B . will kill C . killed D . would killed
8.A . speaks B . speaking C . speak D . spoke
9.A . in B . for C . of D . at
10. A .of B . at C . .for D . to
Câu X. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences. (5p)
1. room/ nurse/ back/ to/ go/ the/ told/ the/ to/ Hoa / waiting.
2. them/ dirt/on/ farm/ the/ from/ have/ often/ vegetables.
3. was/ selection/ stall/ meat/ the/ on/ there/ a/ good/ of.
4. popular/ baseball/ most/ activities/ the/ are/ basketball/ afterschool/ and.
5. fifty/ I/ phone/ need/ dong/ card/ thousand/ a.
Câu XI. Use the given words to make meaningful sentences. (10p)
1. Last year/ Dr Robert/ fill/ cavity/ Mary’s teeth.
2. I/ love/ collect/ stamps/ and / have/ hundreds/ stamps/ my collection.
3. Walking/ fun/ easy/ and inexpensive activity.
4. You/ better/ eat/ too/ candies/ because/ they/ not/ good/ your teeth.
5. Linh/ not go/ school/ last Monday/ because/ she/ have/ awful/ stomachache.
6. He/ walk/ school/ everyday/ instead/ go/ bike.
7. “balanced diet”/ mean/ you/ eat/ variety/ food/ without/ eat/ much/ anything.
8. I/ often/ help/ mother/ housework/ school.
9. I/ used/ live/ farm/ when/ I/ small boy.
10. How long/ it/ take/ you/ get/ Hanoi/ bus ?
Câu XII. Rewrite the following sentences. (10p)
1. This is a very beautiful building. What …………………………………………………………………………..!
2. Lan had a stomachache because she drank sour milk. Because of ………………………………………………..
3. Although he studied hard, he failed the exam. In spite ……………………………………………………………
4. Jack is 1.45 meters tall and so is Mary. Jack and Mary are ……………………………………………………….
5. It took him four hours to fly to America. It was ………………………………………………………………….
6. They came late. They left early. They not only ……………………………………………………………….......
7. Do you have a cheaper computer than this ? Is this ……………………………………………………...............?
8. Tom works harder than Peter. Peter …………………………………………………………………………….....
9. This novel has three hundred pages. It is a ……………………………………………………………………......
10. This cake is more delicious than that one. That cake ……………………………………
