I.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part
different from others.
1. A. aquatic              B. cause                     C. effect                      D. race
2. A. earplug             B. hear                        C. pear                       D. clear
3. A. radioactive        B. pollution                 C. contaminate           D. convey
4. A. official               B. cattle                       C. icon                       D. Scottish
5. A. explain             B. press                      C. metal                     D. intend

II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.

1. A table with four chairs are __________ of the dining room.
   A. in  B. the middle C. in the middle    D. about
2. You __________ brush your teeth twice a day.
   A. should      B. can  C. will        D. have
3. Tim did very well in the first semester. His mother is __________ him.
   A. sorry for       B. sad C. proud of        D. displeased
4. The new hotel __________ next year.
   A. is opened  B. will be opened  C. is opening   D. opens
5. Would you mind __________ on the light?
   A. turn         B. to turn   C. turned       D. turning
6. – Where is the fridge? – It’s __________ the corner of the kitchen.
   A. in       B. at C. to      D. above
7. Did the children enjoy __________ when they were on holiday?
   A. themselves      B. herself    C. himself        D. itself
8. Carmen didn’t use to eat fish, but now she __________.
   A. used to       B. do C. does        D. doesn’t
9. I __________ to Australia so far.
   A. went         B. have been C. will go      D. haven’t been
10. I’m __________. Let’s do something. How about going to a movie?
   A. boring      B. bore C. bored        D. being bored
11. I’m hungry __________ is for dinner this evening?
   A. Why      B. When  C. How      D. What
12. The doctors are trying their best to __________ the victim’s pain.
   A. relieve       B. increase  C. reuse        D. imagine
III. Give the correct form of the verbs in the blanket
1. We (have) _______________ dinner when he knocked at the door.
2. Would you like (come) _______________ and have dinner with us?
3. Her family (go) _______________ camping tomorrow.
4. Tom usually (wash) ___________ the dishes.

C. READING
Read the following passage and answer the questions
   In the country of China, there is a wall that is 1,500 miles long. It is called the
Great Wall of China. It winds uphill and down, through valleys and mountains.
Every inch of this 1,500- mile wall was made by hand. The Great Wall of China is
made many, many years ago. The people of China made it to keep out their
enemies. There are watch towers all along the way. The Wall is made of brick and
earth. It is high and wide on top. People can walk along the top as if it were a road.
It is said that it took ten years to build one part of this wall. No other defense line
has ever been made as long as the Great Wall of China.
1. How long is the Great Wall of China?
___________________________________________________
2. Was the Great Wall made by hand?
___________________________________________________
3. What is the Wall made of?
___________________________________________________
4. How long did it take to build one part of this wall?

V. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank
space in the following passage.
Have a walk on a beach, listen to the sound of the sea waves, (21)_______
suddenly you see a lot of rubbish on the beach. Pollution takes away all the beauty
of our beaches. I feel really very annoyed (22) _________I see plastic bags lying
on the sand, cigarette ends buried in the sand, and soda cans floating in the sea.
There (23)___________ a lot of things that we can do. If we see rubbish, we
should do our part in the protecting the land (24)_________ picking it up and
throwing it in dust bins. Moreover, we can form some kind of organization that
helps (25) _________the beaches. If everyone does their part, the beaches will be a
wonderful and beautiful place. We need to start now before the beaches are
damaged beyond repair.
1. A. but                    B. so               
C. and             D. or
2. A. before               B. after             C. when           D. while
3. A. is                       B. are               C. will be         D. were
4. A. by                     B. with              C. of                D. in
5. A. clean up            B. cleaning up C. cleaned up  D. to cleaning up
D. WRITING
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first
1. Do you mind if I go out with my friends at night?
Would you mind if __________________________.
2. “Is Ha Long Bay a wonder of the world?” Ann said to me.
Ann asked_________________________________.
3. They decorated their house for the Tet holiday last weekend.
Their house________________________________.
4. Let’s go shopping.
Why don’t we ______________________________?
5.There are asthma, allergies and other respiratory illnesses when air pollution
happens. (leads to)
...............................................................................................
6. Water pollution gets more serious in the future. It affects the development of
economy and society. (If)
...............................................................................................
7. Volunteers have given out food and blankets to homeless people. (been)
...............................................................................................
8. Our plane landed. We waited an hour for our luggage. (After)
.........................................................................................

LISTENING
Question I. Listen to the passage and choose the correct answers: (1point) 
1. What percentage of Britain’s population dream of living in the country?
A. 80 B. 18 C. 20
2. English village communities are often small and
…………………………………………….
A. close B. poor C. unknown
3. People in English villages use private transport
…………………………………………….
A. a little B. less C. more
4. The environment of English villages is ………………………………………………
A. spoil B. not spoilt much C. not safe
Question II. Listen to the passage again and complete the sentences. (1 point)
Life in the English countryside
According to a recent survey by Country Life magazine, about 80 percent of Britain’s (1)
……………........... dream of living in the countryside. In fact the countryside of England
today shows the wealth of landowners and those who can afford to escape the busy
and (2) …………………. city life.
English village communities are often small and close. They are warm and usually
welcoming. Maggie, who lives in North Yorkshire, says: “Village life is (3) ………………
and safe for the kids. There is a great sense of community here. It is more relaxing and
you can’t tell who has money and who doesn’t”. People in the English (4)
…………………. use private transport more, and the environment hasn’t been spoilt
much.