I.

  PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from
the others.
1.     a. machine /ʃ /             b. change              c. teacher              d. choose
2.     a. condition   b. option ( sự lựa chọn)   c. suggestion  /dʒ /  d. relation /ʃ/ (sự
liên quan)
relax
* suggest + O + (should) + V1
* suggest + V_ing

3.     a. believe  /i/          b. readily /e/          c. friend   /e/          d. pleasure /e/

* ready (adj) : sẵn sàng
4.     a. good                  b. gossip               c. game                 d. geometry (toán
hình )
5.     a. trust                    b. mutual              c. number              d. uncertain
II.  LANGUAGE FOCUS
A.    Choose the one word or phrase – a, b, c, or d – that best completes the
sentences or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6.     It was so relaxing to be ________ old friends.
a. in                         b. between             c. among               d. around
* between: ở giữa ( and ) : ở giữa của 2 cái
* among: ở giữa nhiều cái
7.     She has made friends ________ a little girl who lives next door.
a. to                        b. of                      c. by                      d. with
* has/have +V3
* Make friend with + sb: làm bạn với
8.     The children seem to be totally capable ________ working by themselves.
a. on                               b. of                      c. in                       d. for
* be capable of + V_ing
* seem : dường như
9.     Your friendship should be based on ________ trust.
a. basic               b. fragile                    c. mutual              d. blind
* be based on: được dựa trên
10.  The company expects ________ from its employees.
a. constancy           b. quality                      c. interest               d. loyalty
* quality (n) : chất lượng
* high-quality (adj) : chất lượng cao
11.  I’ve got lots of ________, but only a few are really good friends
a. close friends       b. acquaintances   c. neighbors           d. partners
12.  Friendship is a two-sided ________, it lives by give-and-take.
a. affair                   b. event                 c. aspect                      d. feature
13.  Unselfishness is the very essence of friendship.
a. romantic part       b. important part   c. difficult part              d. interesting part
* essence (n): thành phần quan trọng
* romantic (adj ): lãng mạn
14.  They ________ a close friendship at university.
a. created                b. became             c. promoted           d. formed
* close: gần gũi , gắn kết
* become – became- become (v): trở thành
* form a friendship (v) : tạo thành tình bạn
15.  We stayed friends even after we ________ and left home.
a. brought up          b. turned up           c. grew up             d. took up
* stay friend: vẫn làm bạn
- grow – grew-grown: lớn lên => grow up
- bring-brought-brought: mang => bring sb out: nuôi ai đó
- turn on : bật lên => turn on the fan: bật quạt lên
- turn off : tắt => turn off the fan
- turn up: xuất hiện
- take – took – taken => take up: nhặt lên
B.    Choose the word or phrase -a, b, c, or d -that best completes the sentence.
16.  He finds it ________ lasting friendships.
a. difficult to make                b. difficulty in making
c. is difficult to make                     d. difficult making
17.  You ________ any friends if you ________ talking like that ( nói như thế )
a. will win/ carry on                        b. won’t win/ carry on
c. wouldn’t win/ carried on              d. would have won/ had carried on
* look like : nhìn giống
Ex: the boy looks like his father.
* carry on + V-ing: tiếp tục
18.  The aim of the culture festival is ________ friendship between the two
countries
a. promote              b. promoting          c. to promote        d. being promoted
* aim (n): mục đích/mục tiêu
* culture (n) : văn hoá => culrural (adj)
* promote (v): thúc đẩy/kích thích
19.  People he ________ turned out to be only fair-weather friends.
a. trusted                b. has trusted (x)               c. was trusting        d. had trusted
* turn out to be (v): hoá ra là
* fair-weather friend: bạn nửa mùa
20.  How can you let such a silly incident ________ your friendship?
a. wreck                 b. to wreck             c. wrecking            d. that wrecks
*wreck a friendship (v)
21.  It has become necessary (adj) ________ water in the metropolitan area
because of the severe drought ( hạn hán )
a. rationing              b. ration                 c. to ration            d. to have rationed
* ration (v): chia phần
* flood (n) : lũ lụt
* severe (adj ): nặng nề ( nghĩa tiêu cực )
* severe disease (n)
22.  All the passengers (hành khách) were made ________ their seat belts
( dây an toàn chỗ ghế ) during the turbulence.
a. buckle                 b. to buckle           c. buckling             d. for buckling.
23.  ________ good ice cream, you need to use a lot of cream.
a. Make                  b. Making              c. To make            d. For make
24.  I got my friend ________ her car for the weekend.
a. to let me to borrow                    b. to let me borrow
c. let me borrow                            d. let me to borrow
* get sb to+V
25.  They ________ good friends, but they’ve fallen out recently.
a. used to be          b. would be            c. were                  d. are
* fall out: xảy ra cãi vã , tranh cãi
* fall-fell-fallen
26.  Whatever happened, I didn’t want to lose friendship of => withVera. 
                             A                  B             C                      D
* want (v): muốn
(-) do not/ does not/ did not + want
27.  The basic aims of science and magic are very similar – to understand
                           A                                                       B                 C
      and to control nature. ( bỏ to)
                   D
* similar (adj): giống nhau
28.  It was a period of her life when she made some lifelong friendship =>
friendships
                        A                                       B                  C              D
* period (n): thời kì/ giai đoạn
29.  Simon finds it hard for making friends with other children. => to make
                    A       B            C                        D
30.  Not longer are contributions to the advancement of industry made (No
longer)
            A                      B                                C                                D
      primarily by individuals.
III.           READING
A.    Fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box.
         terms    words    came    pieces    touch     change
            last   experience    talk   accent   get   make
Meeting old school friends again can be a strange (31)  experience Some
have changed so much that you can hardly (hầu như không) recognise ( nhận
ra) them: they speak with a different (khác) (32) accent ( chất giọng/giọng
điệu) , are interested in different things and all you can do is make small
(33)  talk ( nói chuyện phím ) and hope they’ll go soon. Others, though
(mặc dù ) you might have been out of (34)_ touch ( ko giữ liên
lạc)__________ with them for years, are just (chỉ) the same as they always
(luôn luôn) were – it’s as if (như thể là ) you (35)  __last _ saw them yesterday.
Before you know it, you’re exchanging: trao đổi ( change: thay đổi) (36) __
words ____about your families and friends, and setting out the (37) ___ pieces   
_____for another game of chess. A few (ám chỉ friends ) change for the better.
There’s one person that I (38) _get________on with very well now, though we
weren’t on speaking (39)__terms_________for our last two years at school.
One day, we met at a party and made it up and (40)____   came   
_______ engaged the same evening.
B.    Read the passage carefully, then decide whether the following
statements are true (T) or false (F).
The proverb (tục ngữ)  ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed.’ ( bạn có mặt khi
gặp hoạn nạn mới thật là bạn.) means that we shall know who our real
friends are when we are in need (trong tình trạng cần giúp đỡ). Those who
desert us when we are in difficulty are just (chỉ là) unfaithful friends.
A true friend would remain with us whether we are rich or poor. Some people
be friend the rich, simply for the sake of (vì lơij ích) getting benefits from them.
It is useless to have insincere (không thành thật )friends because these friends
remain with us as long as we are rich or powerful (quyền lực ). It is better to
have one or two good friends rather than having hundreds of insincere ones.
A true friend will stand by us ( bên cạnh chúng ta) in our trials and
tribulations.(khó khăn và gian khổ) He will be a great source of consolation (sự
an ủi) and comfort in our troubles. So we must be careful in choosing our
friends. It is difficult to choose a sincere friend overnight; it takes years for
us to find a sincere friend.
  Desert (n): sa mạc
 Desert (v): rời bỏ ai đó
Điền true/false
41.  Real friends share everything we need.  T                                            
42.  Unfaithful friends stop being our friends when we are in trouble (gặp
rắc rối ).     T
* faithful (adj): chung thuỷ     
43.  A rich friend is always a true friend.      F                                             
44.  A true friend is always loyal to us and support us through our
difficulties.  T
45.  It’s not worth having a lot of friends. F
* it is not worth + V-ing: không đáng để làm gì                                                 
46.  It may take a lot of time to find a real friend.       T                               
IV. WRITING
From the four words or phrases – a, b, c or d, choose the one that best completes
the sentence.
47.  ________the promotion of health and to helping people avoid injury
and disease.
a. To commit the Red Cross                  b. The Red Cross to commit
c. Committed to the Red Cross is          d. The Red Cross is committed to
48.  It is possible ________ may assist some tree in saving water in the
winter.
a. the leaves are lost                            b. when leaves have lost
c. that the loss of leaves                      d. to lose leaves
49.  It can sometimes ________a home.
a. to take months to sell                       b. take several months to sell
c. selling takes several months             d. to sell taking several months
50.  Pioneer (người tiên phong ) men and women endured (chịu đựng )
terrible hardships, and ---------------.
a. so do their children X                          b. neither did the children
c. also the children X                               d. so did their children
II. Complete each of the sentences with the appropriate word from the box.
Make changes if necessary
Embarrass(v) personal idol excite
imagine (v) memory (n) embrace (v) sneak
fuss experience
1. A lot of teenagers make Bi Rain their -----idol -.
2. The task needs the skills of a suitably –experienced (adj) engineer (kĩ sư ).
3. She smiled (cười) to hide her slight embarassment (N).
4.I -----personally---- prefer Pizza to hamburgers.
5. The romantic evening cruise will be a memorial experience (trải nghiệm ).
6. They left quietly, without fuss
7. I have a -sneaking---suspicion (N) that she knows more than she's telling us.
8. They were locked in a passionate ---embrace----- on the station platform.
9. Don't get the children too excited (adj)
10. I haven't got a picture of this so you'll just have to use your --imagination--
* personal information ( n ): thông tin cá nhân
* excited (adj): kích thích
* excite (v): thích thú/kích thích
* embrace = hug (v): ôm
* task (n): công việc được giao
* hide (v): giấu, trốn
=> hide and seek (n): trốn tìm
* sneaky (adj): làm 1 điều mà bí mật => lén lút
* sneaking (adj): có linh cảm (feelings)