I. Circle the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others (2 pts) ⇱
SECTION II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (6,4 pts) I. Choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D (2,4 pts) ⇱
II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in capital letters (2 pts) ⇱
III. Choose the underline word or phrase that is incorrect (2 pts) ⇱
SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION (5 pts) I. Read the letter and choose A, B, C or D to complete it (2 pts) ⇱
Dear Lan,
I'm writing to invite you to the party we (50) ________ at the flat next Friday, December 14th. As you know, (51) ________ Lien's 13th birthday next week and my birthday next month, (52) ________ we thought we'd celebrate together and have a joint party.
I can't remember if you know my address or not, but anyway, if you (53) ________ the directions below, you shouldn't get lost.
Take the Number 15 bus from the station and (54) ________ at the Star Hotel. Walk down Long Viet Road, past the Dan Chu Cinema, and then (55) ________ the first turning on the right. That's Le Loi Road. Turn left (56) ________ the first junction, and then go straight pass the church as far as the next crossroads. (57) ________ and our block of flats is the second on the right.
Do try and come. Of course you're (58) ________ to bring someone with you if you want to.
Look forward (59) ________ you then!
Love,
Mai
II. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word (2 pts) ⇱
Benefits of playing sports
Firstly, playing sports can give you a healthy life and a fit body to you. You will be more active and healthier (60) ______ playing sports. To illustrate, you can have a lower chance of getting a serious illness such as (61) ______ attack or high blood pressure.
In other words, it increases your resistance to illness. In leisure time, you can play sports (62) ______ your friends or your relatives, this not only helps you but (63) ______ motivates everyone around you to take part in sports and have good (64) ______.
Furthermore, there are some (65) ______ which you can play easily such as table tennis, tennis or football and after that, you feel completely relaxed or even free (66) ______ your stress.
Moreover, you also need to allow (67) ______ encourage children to play sports, especially some outside activities such as football, basketball or volleyball to decrease the time that your children (68) ______ sitting in front of computers or watching television.
These sports can help them have endurance, quickness and even teach them how to improve team spirit and work in groups. These sports also teach them how to communicate with their teammates, and show them (69) ______ active and creative they are.
III. Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct option marked A, B, C or D to complete the sentences (1 pt) ⇱
John Smith is a very busy man. He is 60 years old and he has a lot of jobs. He is a policeman, a fireman, a school bus driver, a postman, a taxi driver, a boatman, an ambulance man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, a barman and an undertaker. Also, he and his wife, Susan, have a shop and a small hotel.
John lives and works on the island of Gingham in the West of Scotland. Only one hundred and twenty people live there but in Summer this number will be doubled because of tourists who come by boat every day.
Every day John gets up at 6.00 and makes breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8.00, he drives the island's children to school. At 9.00, he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses on the island. He also delivers the beer to the island's only pub. Then he helps Susan in the shop.
He says, "Susan likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we hate watching television. In the evenings, Susan makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10.00, we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed. Perhaps our life isn't very exciting, but we like it".