A. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS ⇱
I. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
II. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
B. USE OF LANGUAGE ⇱
I. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The new instructor at the gym is excellent. He is very ____________ with us.
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
III. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
IV. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
V. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
VI. Give the correct word form of these words in brackets.
VII. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
John : “________________”
Mandy: “________________”
C. READING ⇱
I. Read the following passage and fill in each gap with one word from the box.
The Amazon rainforest, also known as the Amazon Jungle, is a vast tropical rainforest lying next to the Amazon River (34) ___________ Brazil and the neighbouring countries. It is one of the natural (35) ___________ of the world, and the largest rainforest. If you want to go to a place which has the (36) ___________ kinds of plants and animals on Earth, you should go to the Amazon Jungle. It contains an amazing number of plants and (37) ___________. The region is home to about 2.5 million insect species, tens of thousands of plants, and some 2,000 birds and mammals. Many useful plants (38) ___________ in the Amazon rainforest. They provide food, building materials, rubber, medicines, and other products.
II. Read the following passage and then answer the questions.
- Many countries all over the world celebrate the New Year holiday. In China it is a very happy time. There are parades in the streets, and families gather for big dinners. At these dinners, children get “lucky money” in red envelopes. Before the New Year, the Chinese people always clean their houses to clean out bad luck. Everything must be fresh and clean. People also make sure they have paid all their bills. It is important to start the New Year without owing anyone money.
- A lot of countries have holidays to bring good luck. In Thailand, people hold “Water Festival”. The festival takes place everywhere in Thailand, but is especially popular in the north. Water Festival takes place in the middle of April. It is part of the Thai New Year. People throw buckets of water on each other. There are even parades where people throw water. It is especially important to throw water on older people. It shows respect to them.
D. WRITING: Do as directed. ⇱
43. (Make a question for the underlined part.)
It’s cool and nice in the fall in my country.
44. (Rewrite the sentence without changing its meaning.)
The square in Hoi An is smaller than the square in Ha Noi.
45. (Rewrite the sentence without changing its meaning.)
It is wrong of us to write on the walls or tables in our classroom.
46. (Rewrite the sentence without changing its meaning.)
Taking a boat trip around the islands in Phu Quoc island is the most important thing of the trip. (should)
47. (Put the word in the correct order to make a meaningful sentence.)
Many / go / family. / have / people / in / to / for / year / pagoda / a / happy / to / their / order
48. (Put the word in the correct order to make a meaningful sentence.)
the / Exhibition, / Could / please? / way / show / you / me / the / City’s / to
(Complete the sentence with the words or phrases given.)
There / be / many / new / shop / near / here, / so / streets / busy / day./