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I. Find the word which has a different position of the main stress (1.0pt)

1. A. average                                 B. aquatic

    C. athletic                                  D. available

2. A. schedule                               B. report

   C. promise                                 D. orbit

3. A. potential                               B. delicate

   C. apprentice                            D. astonished

4. A. signature                             B. scholarship

   C. terminus                               D. transaction

5. A. technique                            B. treatment

   C. guidance                               D. plastic

Answer: 

• 1A    2B    3B   4D   5A

II. Name the pictures (1.0pt)

Answer:

• 1. John Fitch - Steamboat inventor (John Fitch - Nhà phát minh tàu hơi nước)
• 2. Cooperation (Hợp tác)
• 3. Key to success (Chìa khóa thành công)
• 4. Aliens (Người ngoài hành tinh)
• 5. Jupiter (Sao Mộc)
• 6. Mars (Sao Hỏa)

III. Complete the sentences using the words in the box (1.0 pts)

1. Richard is a careful student. He learns ……………

2. Hien is a …………... Typist. She often makes many spelling mistakes.

3. My brother likes reading ……….. stories.

4. Jennifer is a good cook. She can cook …………..

5. My husband likes watching …………… movies.

6. Sue runs very ………. . She will compete in the care.

7. The lesson is ………… important.

8. Would you like to read this ………….. newspaper?

9. I can see people with a …………… smile in the picture.

10. The man ……………. walked to the station.

Answer: 

• 1. carefully           2. careless     3. detective 
• 4. well                 5. horror        6. fast
• 7. extremely     8. weekly      9. happy   
• 10. hurriedly 

IV. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. (1.0pts)

1. Interviewing applicants for an important job can be very time ………… process but it’s worth it in the end.

A. lasting                             B. developing

C. consuming                     D. taking

2. Before you start applying for any job, you must be absolutely sure you have the right paper ………………..

A. qualities                         B. qualifiers

C. qualifying                       D. qualifications

3. His invention showed that he understood what was going to happen in the future and proved he was ……………. of his time.

A. in front                           B. before

C. ahead                             D. forward

4. You have a ticket to the game, ………..?

A. do you                            B. haven’t you

C. don’t you                        D. have you

5. Kumar asked me a question but I don’t know what ……………

A. is the answer                B. was the answer

C. the answer is                D. the answer was

Answer: 

• 1C    2D    3C   4C   5D

V. Read the following paragraph and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gaps. (1.0pt)

Speech is one of the most important (1) …………….. of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to (2) …………….. by other people we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combination of (3) …………… that everyone agree stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language.

Learning a language properly is very (4) ……………… The basic (5) …………… of English is not very large, and only about 2,000 words are need to speak it quite (6) ……………. But the more words you know, the more ideas you can (7) ……………. and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning.

Words are the (8) ………………. Things we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we (9) …………….. the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and (10) ………………. Whether we are please or angry, for instance.

1. A. ways                             B. reasons

     C. rules                            D. test

2. A. be examined              B. be talked

    C. be understood            D. be spoken

3. A. sounds                         B. languages

    C. systems                        D. talks

4. A. important                     B. expensive 

    C. simple                           D. easy

5. A. word                              B. vocabulary

    C. grammar                       D. structure

6. A. good     B. fluent     C. well    D. perfect

7. A. grow     B. need      C. pass    D. express

8. A. most     B. main      C. certain    D. full

9. A. tell        B. talk         C. say           D. pass

10. A. asks                              B. understands

     C. knows                            D. shows

Answer: 

• 1A     2C  3A    4A   5B
• 6C   7D   8B   9C   10D

VI. Read the passage and answer the questions below (2.0pt)

Lightning

Every second of every day, all over the world there are more than 100 lightning bolts. That’s about ten million lightning bolts in one day! Lightning amazes us, but it can also frighten us. We have good reason to be afraid of lightning. Every year, about 100 people in the United States and Canada die from lightning and another 300 are injured. It is strange that of all the people who die from lightning, 84 percent are men. Lightning is the main cause of forest fires; it starts more than 9,000 fires each year.

Lightning is electricity inside a cloud. Scientists do not know exactly what makes this electricity. But they know that the electricity inside a cloud can be as much as 100 million volts. From this extremely strong electricity, a lightning bolt, like a streak of bright light, comes down from the sky. Its temperature can reach 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit within a few millionths of a second. That’s almost five times the temperature on the sun’s surface. The lightning bolt is very quick. It can move at a speed of 87,000 miles per second. A rocket traveling at his speed would reach the moon in 2,5 seconds. With the lightning bolt, we usually hear thunder, which the sound of hot air exploding.

Lightning and thunder happen at exactly the same time, but we see lightning first because light travels a million times faster than sound.

Lightning often strikes tall buildings. However, many buildings have lightning rods to protect them from lightning. When lightning strikes, the electricity goes safely down the metal rod to the ground. Benjamin Franklin, the American statesman, invented the lightning rod in 1760. That is why building like the Empire State Building in New York City are safe. Lightning may hit this building as many as twelve times in twenty minutes and as often as 500 times a year. Airplanes are not as easy to protect as building, and accidents do happen. In 1963, a Boeing 707 jet was hit by lightning and crashed. Eighty-one people died.

They say that lightning never hits the same place twice, but this is not true. One man, Roy Sullivan, was hit by lightning seven different times in his life. He was injured each time but did not die. He died in 1983, but not from lightning. He killed himself because he loved a woman, but she didn’t love him.

1. How does lightning and thunder happen?

2. Where does lightning strike?

3. How many people die from lightning in the United State and Canada every year?

4. Why do we see lightning before we hear thunder?

5. Why is it not a good idea to touch metal when there’s lightning?

Answer: 

• 1. Lightning and thunder happen at exactly the same time
• 2. Lightning often strikes tall buildings
• 3. 100 people in the United States and Canada die from lightning in the United States and Canada every year.
• 4. because light travels a million times faster than sound. 
• 5. Because metal attacks lighting

VII. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it (2.0pt)

1. You have to wear school uniform next Monday. Our former teacher said.

Our former teacher said ....................................

2. Do you review your lessons in the evening?” the teacher asked Tim.

The teacher wanted to know .............................

3. Their teacher is making students study hard in order to pass the exams.

The students are ................................................

4. It is interesting to go camping with friends in the summer.

Going .....................................................................

5. “I am working in a restaurant, and don’t care much for the news,” she said.

She said ................................................................

Answer: 

• 1. Our former teacher said that we had to wear school uniform the next Monday.
• 2. "Do you review your lessons in the evening?" the teacher asked Tim.
• 3. . Their teacher is making students study hard in order to pass the exams.
• 4. It is interesting to go camping with friends in the summer.
• 5. "I am working in a restaurant, and don't care much for the news,"

8. Make up meaningful sentences using the words and phrases given. (1.0 pt)

1. Life/ Viet Nam/ year/ 2035/ will/ be/ very/ different/ from/ what/ it/ now/.

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2. Participate/ athletics/ provide/ emotion/ and/ social/ benefits/ students.

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3. A/ lot/ energy/ resources/ can/ save/ recycling/.

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4. She/ tell/ us/ shut/ door/ but/ not/ look/ it/ because/ she/ will/ back/ soon/.

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5. We/ confident/ that/ future/ be/ our hands/,/ and/ it/ be/ our/ responsible/ contribute/ bettering/ our/ own/ lives/.

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Answer: 

• 1. Life in VietNam in the year 2035 will be very different from what it is now
• 2. Participation in athletics provides emotional and social benefits for students.
• 3. A lot of energy and resources can be saved by recycling.
• 4. She told us to shut the door but not to look it because she will be back soon.
• 5. We are confident that the future is in our hands, and it is our responsibility
• to contribute to bettering our own lives.