SECTION B: PHONETICS

Part 1. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
others (0,5 pt).
1. A. natural B. nature C. native D. nation
2. A. southern B. northern C. mouth D. month
3. A. both B. cloth C. ghost D. sold
4. A. examine B. determine C. famine D. dine
5. A. sacred B. decided C. contaminated D. watered
Part 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others (0,5 point).
1. A. appliance B. activity C. adventure D. average
2. A. dormitory B. category C. priority D. ordinary
3. A. compliment B. effective C. charity D. extreme
4. A. advertise B. advertisement C. teenager D. surrounding
5. A. national B. newspaper C. dormitory D. biology
SECTION C: GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
Part 1: Choose the answer A, B, C or D which best fits the space in each of the following
sentences.2pts
1. _________ saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listening.
A. What the woman was B. That the woman was
C. The woman was D. When was the woman
2. -“Do you mind if I take a seat?” - “________.”
A. Yes, I don’t mind B. No, do as you please
C. No I mind D. Yes, do as you please
3. As the two teams left the football ground, the 100,000 ________ gave them a standing
ovation.
A. bystanders B. spectators C. viewers D. audiences
4. My parents lent me the money. ________, I couldn’t have afforded the trip.
A. However B. Therefore C. Only if D. Otherwise
5. It is interesting to take ________ a new hobby such as collecting stamps or going fishing.
A. over B. on C. in D. up
6. Jack made me ________ him next week.
A. promise calling B. to promise calling C. to promise to call D. promise to call
7. “I passed the TOEFL test, Mom.” - “________.”
A. All right B. Thank you C. Well done D. Good luck
8. The bad weather caused serious damage to the crop. If only it ________ warmer.
A. was B. were C. has been D. had been
9. - “Eric is really upset about losing his job.” - “ Well, ________ once myself, I can
understand.”
A. Having been fired B. Fired C. Having fired D. Being fired
10. ________ you, I’d think twice about that decision. I could be a bad move.
A. Were I B. Should I be C. If I am D. If I had been
11. The teacher asked a difficult question, but finally Ted ________ a good answer.
 A. put up with B. keep pace with C. made way for D. came up with
12. Not only ________ to speak to him, but she also vowed never to see him again.
A. she refused B. did she refuse C. she did refuse D. when she
refused
13. The judge ________ the pedestrian for the accident.
A. accused B. charged C. caught D. blamed
14. She had to borrow her sister’s car because hers was ________.
A. out of work B. out of order C. on duty D. off work
15. We should participate in the movement ________ to conserve the natural
environment.
A. to organize B. organizing C. which organized D. organized
16. His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else’s point of view. He is very ________.
A. open-minded  B. kind-hearted C. narrow-minded D. absent-minded
17. There is ________ in my bedroom.
A. a square wooden old table B. an old square wooden table
C. a wooden old square table D. an old wooden square table
18. “I am sorry. I broke the vase”. - “________.”
A. OK. Go ahead B. Yes, certainly
C. Don’t worry. Things break D. I’d rather not.
19. One’s fingerprints are ________ other person.
A. different from B. different from any
C. differ from any D. different from those of any
20. He is very happy because he passed his exam with ________ colors.
A. flying B. failing C. imagining D. changing
Part 2. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in the blanks (1 pt):

1. I couldn’t resist (laugh) …laughing...… at the way he answered my question.

2. He refused (join) ….................to join......… us on the trip to the mountains.

3. It is raining. We can’t do anything until it (stop) …............… stops

4. He’s used to (ask) …ask… what to do at home.

5. Everyone (hope) …hopes… that I will pass the entrance exam to Doan Hung gifted
secondary school.
6. You’d better have your hair (cut) …cut…

7. Much progress (make) …has been made… in study in this class this term.

8. I think your garden needs (weed) …weeding…, and you had better (have) …have… it
done tomorrow.
9. Nigel felt sick from (eat) …eating… too many cakes.
Part 3. Fill in each space in the following sentences with the most suitable prepositions.
1pt

1. I'm afraid Tom's …at… work. But Jack's in. Would you like to speak to him?

2. These fields have been…...under........… the plough for centuries.

3. At first I found the work very tiring, but …after… a few weeks I got used to it.
4. When I get home from work I like to relax….......................… the newspaper.
5. I saw Tom at the bus stop this morning but couldn't speak to him because we were
standing …in… a queue.
6. He is always in a hurry. He drives …at… a tremendous speed.
7. Write …by… ink and put your name on the top of the page.
8. Some styles never go…..........out of.............… fashion.
9. He sits at his desk all day with his head in his hands. It gets …on… my nerves.
10. The children hastily changed ….......................… bathing things and jumped into the river with
shouts of delight.
Part 4. Each of the following sentences has a mistake. Underline and correct it (2 pt):
Correct
1. My teacher makes me to do all these exercises. To
2. I teach English here since I graduated from university. Have taught
’
3. They are so naughty children that their mother can t stand them. Such
4. Jim said that he was playing the piano in the hall now. Then
5. My mother is cooking something in the kitchen now. It smells very well. Good
6. I met Lan, one of my classmates at high school on the street yesterday, so Stopped to
we stopped talking
7. I’m not used to drive in the left though I have been living in London Ago
for 10 years ago
8. He spoke a few English, so we were able to communicate with him. Little
9. I look forward to have the resolution to the problem I have mentioned. Having
10. They are going to get their house to redecorate for the Christmas. Redecorated
Part 5 : Give the correct form of the word in capital letters given to complete the
sentences (1 pt):
1. They are going to …beautify… the town with more trees and parks. BEAUTIFUL
2. My colleagues are very pleasant, but my boss is very …unfriendly… FRIEND
3. He would get very angry if you …disagree… with his ideas. AGREE
4. She often makes a …comparison… between English and French. COMPARE
5. The bad result makes his parents …bored… BORE
6. They tried to win but their efforts are …unsuccessful… SUCCESS
7. Everyone admires her …readiness… to help the poor READY
8. We must get rid of the poverty which slows our development POOR
 9 . He cycles …carelessly… and had an acccident CARE
10. The country is very …mountainous… so travelling by road is difficult. MOUNTAIN
SECTION D: READING.
Part 1. Read the passage then choose the correct word to fill in the blank. (1 pt)
For good or bad, computers are now part of our daily life. Experts predict that
before long all schools and busineses and most families in the rich part of the world will (1)
________ a computer of some kind. Among the general public, computer arouse strong
feelings – people either love them (2) ________hate them. The computer lovers talk about
how useful computers can be in business, in education and (3) ________the home. Apart
(4) ________all the games, you can do accounts on them, learn languages from them, write
letters on them, and in some places even (5) ________your shopping with them.
Computers they say, bring leisure, as many, as many (6) ________jobs are taken over by
computerized robots. The haters, on the other hand, argue that computers bring not
leisure but (7) ________They worry, too, that people (8) ________spend all the time
talking to computers may forget (9) ________to talk to each other. Their biggest fear is that
computers may eventually take (10) ________
from human beings altogether.
1. A. own B. do C. learn D. make
2. A. to B. but C. and D. or
3. A. at B. on C. in D. to
4. A. for B. from C. with D. to
5. A. do B. make C. have D. surf
6. A. interesting B. skillful C. pleasant D. unpleasant
7. A. unemployed B. employment C. unemployment D. employ
8. A. that B. on who C. who D. whom
9. A. why B. how C. what D. when
10. A. over B. in C. place D. Off
Part 2: Read the text below and fill in each space with ONE suitable word. 2pt
THE OLD WOMAN
There once was an old woman (1) ………………………….lived in a shoe. This must have been
very cramped and difficult (2) ………………………….living in a shoe is not very comfortable, I expect.
One day, she went out and there (3) ………………………….some children playing in the street nearby
where she lived. (4) ………………………….began shouting at her. "You silly old woman, why do you live
in a shoe?", they shouted, and other things like that. They were very insulting (5)
………………………….the old woman. I don't know why the old woman had to live in a shoe, but she
(6) …………………………. have been very poor, and it was not nice to (7)……………………….. fun of the
poor woman because she was so hard up that she had nowhere (8)………………………… to live.
But children can be very cruel sometimes (9) ………………………….this case wasn't an exception.
However, on this occasion the old woman didn't just think their insults meekly, but became
very angry and shouting "I will teach you a (10) ………………………….", she chased them with a cane.

Part 3. Read the passage and fill in the gaps. (1pt)

 Steve (1)grew up in a children's home in Scotland. Every week, the staff (2) took a
proportion of the children's pocket money to pay for holidays. Little Steve developed a
daring strategy to (3) hang on to what little money he had. He laughs about it now. "I used
to (4) swallow all my coins. That got
them really furious, so they'd put me in a room on my own as a punishment. After a few
minutes
in there, I'd hit (5) myself on the chest and (6) cough the money back up."
Since then, Steve has turned into Steve Starr, a professional regurgitator who does
(7) up to four shows a day, and can demand fees of$500-$2,000 a show. Everything Steve
swallows comes back dry, (8) except for the goldfish. They swim about in his stomach in
the water that he swallows for them first. After ten minutes they resume their normal lives
in a goldfish (9) bowl . "They never die", says Steve.
Medical experts might have a few worries about Steve. The sight and sound of him
swallowing and bringing back a snooker ball sometimes causes even normally calm people
to panic. He also smokes a cigarette, retains the smoke in his stomach, then swallows some
butane gas and (10) mixes the two. Next he swallows some Wl:lShing-up liquid, blows a
huge bubble, brings up
the smoke and gas (11) inside the bubble, cuts the bubble (12) off, gets someone to set
light to it, and bang!
Physically, Steve doesn't believe he is any different from the rest of the human race, who
use their stomachs simply to(13) digest food. "It's all done by muscle (14) control ", he
says. "I imagine a little pair of hands in there doing everything, controlled by my (15) brain.
I'm sure I could teach anyone to do what I do".
SECTION E: WRITING
Part 1. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it has the same meaning as the
original one. Use the words or phrases given (2 pts):
1. My mother bought me a present on my birthday.
🖎 It's my mother
2. There was such a frightening atmosphere in that house that we had to leave
immediately.
🖎 The atmosphere
3. He snatched up the fire extinguisher after he read the instruction.
🖎 Having
4. I did not realize what he had meant until I left home.
🖎 Not until
5. My parents never make me work hard.
🖎 I ’m
6. It was her lack of confidence that surprised me.
🖎 What I found
7. He is too inexperienced to undertake this demanding job.
🖎 He is not
8. Mrs Mai is very proud of her son’s intelligence.
🖎 Mrs Mai takes
9. You can try to get Hung to lend you his car but you won’t succeed.
🖎 There’s no point
10. It is the first time we have listened to this kind of music.
🖎 Never
Part 2: Write an essay about 180-200 words on the following topic: (3 pts)
"Parents are the best teachers". Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.