ENGLISH PRACTICE 46

PART I: PHONETICS
I. Choose one word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others by
circling A, B, C, or D: (5 ¿ 0,2=1,0 pt)
11. A. ancient B. delicious C. participate D. special
12. A. worked B. helped C. watched D. naked
13. A. position B. bottle C. product D. opposite
14. A. tidy B. prize C. written D. final
15. A. event B. end C. market D. festival
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others (5 ¿ 0,2=1,0 pt)
16. A. decorate B. prepare C. however D. tradition
17. A. collect B. festival C. explain D. design
18. A. participate B. unsuitable C. competition D. activity
19. A. wonderful B. traditional C. arrangement D. attractive
20. A. harvest B. perform C. council D. ancient

PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: (15 ¿ 0,2=3,0 pts)
21. Last summer we went on a three-………….tour including San Francisco, Los Angles and Las Vegas.

A. centers B. cities C. towns D. center

22. Why did you lend him that book? I …………………….it.

A. am still reading B. was still reading

C. still read D. still reading
23. On the island of Alcatraz, there is a famous ………………….., where criminals are kept.

A. house B. flat C. accommodation D. prison

24. When you have a blister, prick it with a very clean ……..……and then put a plaster on it.

A. needle B. scissors C. stick D. knife

25. Trucks and trains are used to carry farm ……………..to the city.

A. products B. production C. work D. cottage

26.Most of the goods …………………….in this factory are exported.

A. make B. making C. made D. to make

27. Some of the new horror movies are …………………because they are so realistic.

A. frightening B. frighten C. frightened D. being frightened

28. When I arrived, there was a big red car ……………….outside the house.
 A. park B. parked C. parking D. parks

29. A numbers of questions were ………………..in the discussion..

A. raised B. made C. done D. found

30. Soft ducks feathers ………………..to make pillows.

A. will be used B. are used

C.are going to be used D. are using

31. We spent a week ……………………..our house.

A. repaint B. to repaint C. repainted D. repainting

32. After………….……. the conditions I decided………………for the competition.

A. hearing/not B. hear / not enter C. to hear/ not to D. hearing/ not to
entering enter enter

33. The only man-made ……………..…..can be seen from the Moon is the Great Wall of China.

A. house B. building C. structure D. sky scraper

34. The teacher was very strict. Nobody dared …………….during his lesson.

A. talk B. to talk C. talking D. talked

35. Harry said to Mary, “Do you have time to help me?”

Harry asked Mary …………………………..time to help him.

A. does she have B. if she has C. did she have D. if she had

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions: (7 ¿ 0,2=1,4 pts)

36. He went to England …in……..order to learn English.

37. Thank you ……for……….your letter of invitation.

38. When I don’t know the meaning of a word I look it …up………in the dictionary.

39. Life in the countryside is always a struggle …up…………nature.

40. You have to keep all dangerous objects……at……….children’s reach.

41. The headmaster was ill so David went …in…………his place.

42. This text is too long I can’t learn it ………by…..heart.

III. Write the correct form of the words given in capital letters: (7 ¿ 0,2=1,4 pts)

43. I think ………outdoor………….games are good for our health. (DOOR)

44. Pedestrians should walk on the ……sidewalk…………, not in the street. (WALK)

45. Tam and I played for the school football team. We were ………teammates…………. (TEAM)

46. Our school has been making ……preparations…………….for the upcoming sports contests. (PREPARE)

47. A special chemical is used to ………whiten………..the wood pulp. (WHITE)

48. To play computer games all day is an ……unhealthy……….…….habit. (HEALTH)

49. Can you see any ……differences……………between these two calculators? (DIFFERENT)

IV. Supply the correct form of the verbs in the brackets: (6 ¿ 0,2=1,2 pts)

50. The river Nile (flow).......flows...................into the Mediterranean sea.

51. The river (flow) ........is flowing......................very fast today, much faster than usual.

52. Can you help (do) ………doing…………the washing up?- I hate it.

53. The gate (lock)………is locked…………….at 6.30 pm every day.

54. When we met Binh and Huong yesterday, we (walk) .....................were walking...............through the park.

55. Your poem should (write)………be written………….in English.

PART II: READING

I. Read and circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage: (10 ¿ 0,2=2,0 pts)
Are you “green” enough?

Thanks (56)…………….the Internet,we are now living in a global village. We have more information about
other countries (57) ……………….ever before. We know as much about the situation in Africa (58)
………………….in the USA, pollution which (59)……………….in one country will affect other countries, too.

For example, nuclear power is not dangerous only for one country (60)…………………is an international
problem. If we do not take action soon, the possibility of a nuclear (61) ………………….is very real. We
should all recycle our (62)……………….not hope “green” people will do it for us. Some people think (63)
………………..resouces will go on forever, but they (64)………………… . We all have an obligation (65)
…………………our environment.

56. A. to B. for C. of D. from

57. A. as B. than C. more D. all

58. A. than B. as well C. as D. more than

59. A. produces B. producing C. is produce D. is produced

60. A. but B. and C. or D. so

61. A. event B. happening C. disaster D. incident

 62. A. rubbish B. garbage C. waste D. all are correct

63. A. nature B. natural C. man-made D. artificial

64. A. will B. shan’t C. won’t D. may

65. A. to protect B. protect C. protecting D. protected

II. There is a mistake in each following sentence. Find and correct it:

(5 ¿ 0,2 = 1.0 pt)

Eg: 0. I haven’t saw my grandmother for two years. 0/ seen

66. The explanation that our teacher gave us was different than the

A B
66. -> from
one you gave us.

C D

67. Almost everyone has heard the more famous Olympic saying

A
67. -> the most
“Stronger, Higher, Faster”.

B C D

68. I strongly believe that friends plays a very important role in

A B C
68. -> play
our life.

69. It is a festival in which people have their bulls to fight against

A B C D 69. -> fight

each other.

70. If I am Trang, I would be very angry with you.

70. -> were
A B C D

III. Read the passage and fill the suitable words in the blank: (10 ¿ 0,2=2 pts)
As a student I have to learn a lot of subjects and English is one of them. We have English lessons (71)
………on…………Tuesday and Friday mornings. My English class (72)…………is……..very big with 50
students (73)……from………….different cities in Viet Nam. My teacher often gives us a lot of homework so
I try (74)…to do……………..it carefully before I go to class. In class, I listen to the teacher attentively,
answer the teacher’s (75)……question………………..in English and practise English (76)…with………………
my classmates. I think (77)………it………..isn’t easy to learn English because you speak it in one way and
write it in the (78)………another…………..way. That is why at first I found it difficult to learn English. But
day after day, thanks (79)……to…………..our teacher’s help and my great effort, I have made some progress
in my English now and I hope that one day I can read English books in the originals and communicate
(80) …………in…………English well.

PART FIVE: WRITING

I. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences: (5 ¿ 0,2 = 1.0 pt)
81. protect/can/the/fruit/life/and/vegetables/shelf/Packaging/of/some/.

……… Packaging can protect the shelf life of some fruit and vegetables..…………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………82.

be/for/drinks/bottles/and/shampoo/starting/used/plastic/is/for/a/to/range/of/Recycled/.

………… Recycled plastic is starting to be used for a range of bottles for drinks, milk and shampoo.

………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………83.

in/saves/Using/manufacture/of/material/energy/considerable/less/the/amounts/.

……… Using less material in the manufacture of cans saves considerable amounts of energy.

…………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

84. The/more/that/we/manufacturers/refills/will/more/likely/it/is/use/the/range/increase/the/.

……… The more we use refills the more likely it is that manufacturers will increase the range.

…………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………85.for/the/Recycling/materials/

natural/helps/important/raw/and/conserve/future/habitats/ protects/.

……… Recycling helps conserve important raw materials and protects natural habitats for

the future.…………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………II. Complete the second

sentence, using the word given in brackets so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

Do not change the words given in any way: (5 ¿ 0,4=2,0 p)

86. We had to wait two hours for Donald.

-> Donald kept…… us waiting for 2 hours ………………………………………..……

87. “Have you been out at all this evening, Mr. Johnson?” The detective asked.

-> The detective wanted to find out if Mr.Johnson had been out at all that evening
………………...............................................................…………………......................

88. Does he know enough French to work as a translator?

-> Is his…… knowledge of French good enough to work as a translator? ...................……………………….?

89. A Spanish architect designed our house.

-> Our house…was designed by a Spanish architect

…………………………… .................................................................................................................................................

90. This is my first visit to Hue, the ancient capital city in Viet Nam.

-> This is the first time…  I've visited the ancient capital city in Viet Nam in Hue.… ………………..
…………………….….................................................................…………………………..

III. Write a thank-you letter about 100 - 120 words to your friend. Invite your friend to go to
somewhere. Arrange to contact your friend:

(don’t show your name, your school or your village): (2.0pts)