Question 1: Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. (1.0 pt)
1. A. leave B. break C. repeat D. peaceful
2. A. sure B. sink C. suburb D. special
3. A. desert B. celebrat C. forest D. expensive
4. A. holiday B. modern C. educate D. calendar
5. A. rooster B. festival C. talkative D. furniture
Answer:
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. D
Question 2: Fill each blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage below. (2.0 pts)
at wish will festivals rarely
if from last dress until
New Year is one of the four important traditional (1)______ in the United States. On New Year's Eve, most people go to parties. At twelve o'clock (2)______ night, everyone says "Happy NewYear!" and they (3) ______their friends and relatives good luck. New Year's parties usually (4) ______a long time. Some people don't go home (5) ______morning. Another holiday, Halloween, is mainly for children. On this holiday children (6) ______as witches, ghosts or other characters. Most of the children go (7)______ house to house and say 'Trick or Treat". (8)______ the people at the house do not give them candy, the children (9)______ play a trick on them. But this (10) happens. Most people give them candy or fruit.
Answer:
1. festival 2. at 3. wish 4. last 5. until
6. dress 7. from 8. if 9. will 10. rarely
Question 3: Choose the correct option in brackets to finish each of the following sentences. (1.0 pt)
1. At Tet, we (paint / decorate / celebrate) our homes with trees and flowers.
2. Trang An in Ninh Binh is a popular tourist (attraction / beauty / attention) of North Viet Nam.
3. (A sleeping bag / A compass / Suncream) is very useful when you go camping overnight.
4. Our teacher is a(n) (independent / curious / patient) person. She rarely gets angry with us.
5. The first person to visit our home at Tet is the (newcomer / first footer / neighbour).
Answer:
1. decorate 2. attraction 3. a sleeping bag
4. patient 5. first footer
Question 4: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D. " (1.0 pt)
NOISY NEIGHBOURS
Do you sometimes have problems with your neighbours such as noise or littering? Well, the people of Pilton in Somerset, England have such problems every summer. For three or four days every year, the village is full of people of all ages who come here for the annual Glastonbury pop music festival. They usually stay in tents, caravans and motorhomes. They leave drink cans and papers all over the streets. The music plays until the early hours of the morning, and you can hear people talking and singing all night. The quiet country village becomes a nightmare to live in and some villagers are even thinking of moving to another village. A villager said last year "I don't want to stop the Glastonbury Festival. I just want the fans to enjoy the festival without disturbing normal village life:'
1. What happens in Pilton, Somerset every summer?
A. The neighbours are noisy.
B. There are many villagers.
C. There is a pop music festival.
D. The villagers litter the streets.
2. Visitors litter the streets with
A. tents
B. caravans
C. motorhomes
D. cans and papers
3. How long is the pop music festival every year?
A. One night.
B. The whole summer.
C. Three or four days.
D. The whole year.
4. What is Pilton like during the rest of the year?
A. A noisy place.
B. A quiet village.
C. A nightmare.
D. A music concert.
5. The villagers just want to
A. have a normal life as usual
B. stop the fans enjoying the festival
C. move far away
D. put an end to the festival
Answer:
1. C 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. A
Question 5: Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences. (2.0 pts)
1. We need _____ to fix this vase.
A. some glue
B. some glues
C. a glue
D. many glues
2. If you read more, your vocabulary will get ______ every day.
A. good
B. well
C. better
D. best
3. It is wrong of you to do this. This _____ never happen again!
A. does
B. would
C. will
D. must
4. I don't know much about the world's geography, but Alice doesn't seem to know _______
A. many
B. any
C. some
D. much
5. ________ do you play table tennis?
- Once a week.
A How much
B. How long
C. How far
D. How often
6. Trung wants to become a musician. He thinks it is _____ than anything else.
A interesting
B. less interesting
C. as interesting
D. more interesting
7. There are _____ buildings in this city. There aren't enough parks for children.
A many
B. much
C. a
D. any
8. _________
First turn right, then turn left It's on your right.
A. I don't know any bakery near here.
B. Can you tell me the way to the nearest bakery?
C. Do you know there's a bakery near here?
D. I want to go to a bakery in your neighbourhood.
9. My parents always say that I take things without asking.
A. needn't
B. mayn't
C. shouldn't
D. won't
10. Duong _____ piano lessons every Saturday.
A. plays
B. has
C. studies
D. goes
Answer:
1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. D
6. D 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. B
Question 6: Read the following passage and put a word in each of the numbered blanks. (1.0 pt)
Fansipan is the highest peak of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia, so it's called the -Roof of Indochina" while the local (1) _______ call it Huasipan. Huasipan means large tottering rock. Fansipan is 3147 metres (2)_______ It is in Lao Cai province, nine kilometres southwest of Sa Pa town, (3) _______ Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Fansipan is now one of the very few ecotourist spots of Viet Nam, with about 2,024 varieties of plants and 327 types of animals and insects. Many tourists (4) _______ the mountain every year. If you climb the mountain from the end of February to March, you (5) _______ have a chance to admire the beautiful blooming flowers in many different colours.
Answer:
1. people 2. high 3. in 4. climb/ visit 5. will
Question 7: Find one mistake in each of the following sentences and correct it. (1.0 pt)
1. There are some orange juice and some milk to drink.
2.I would like to give you some advices on the famous places to visit in this city.
3. Tom does not never go fishing in the winter.
4. Students shouldn't to litter the schoolyard.
5. - "Is your grandparents' house at the country?" - "Yes, it is."
Answer:
1. There are —> There is
2. advices > advice
3. does not never go —> never goes / does not ever go
4. to litter —> litter
5. at —> in
Question 8: Finish each sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. (1.0 pt)
1. It is not good to stay up so late to listen to music.
You shouldn't ________________________
2. How many times a week do you go to your painting club?
How often ________________________
3. It is essential that you do your homework before going to school.
You must ________________________
4. My grandma is careful, but my mum is even more careful.
My mum is ________________________
5. Is there a computer in your room?
Do you ________________________
Answer:
1. You shouldn't stay up so late to listen to music.
2. How often do you go to your painting club?
3. You must do your homework before going to school.
4. My mum is more careful than my grandma.
5. Do you have a computer in your room?