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B. PHONETICS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Task 1. Find the word which has different sound in the underlined part in each line. 11. A. birth B. thermal C. earth D. further 12. A. wanted B. learned C. changed D. arrived Task 2. choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. 13. A. coffee B. Chinese C. payee D. trainee 14. A. tropical B. natural C. terrible D. destructive Task 3. Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in the following sentences 15. The train _____ at 4:30, so we still have a lot of time. A. leaves B. left C. to leave D. will leave 16. My mother likes __________ traditional food for our family, especially at Tet holiday. A. cook B. to cook C. cooking D. cooked 17. I and my pen friend _________ Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum last Sunday. A. visit B. visited C. visits D. visiting 18. If the temperature_____ rising, the polar ice caps will melt. A. kept B. keeps C. has kept D. will keep 19. At 10 o’clock tomorrow, the new bookshop in the corner _____. Let’s go and visit it. A. opened B. is open C. has opened D. opens 20. Shopping at a shopping centre is _____. It has almost everything you want there. A. convenient B. difficult C. cheap D. time- consuming 21. We can’t prevent natural disaster, but we can _____ some of them. A. damage B. destroy C. predict D. erupt 22. When I _____ school, I saw an old friend. A. went B. go C. to go D. was going 23. Online sellers often ask you to pay for the cost of _____ . A. shipping B. shipper C. ships D. shipped 24. _________ he heard the warning of the tornado, he went searching for his children. A. During B. As soon as C. While D. When 25. Water ___________ in the lake has made the fish die. A. pollution B. pollute C. polluted D. polluting 26. A: The earthquake yesterday destroyed their house. B.- __________________ A. Yes, I know it B. Yes, I don’t like it. C. That’s awful. D. They should stay inside Task 4. Choose one underlined part that is incorrect in each of the sentences. 27. At weekends we often go swimming and spending time at the park if it’s fine. A B C D 28. Look! It pouring with rain. A B C D 29. My sister is keen about making crafts. A B C D 30. What was you doing when the earthquake started? . A B C D C.READING
Task 1. Read the following passage carefully, then write True (T) or False (F) for each statement. The Hopi of Arizona The Hop! live in the northwestern part of Arizona in the United States. With modern things all around them, the Hopi keep their traditions. There are about ten thousand Hopi and they live in twelve villages in the desert. The weather is very hot in the summer, but in winter it freezes. The wind blows hard. Farming is difficult. Corn is the Hopi's main food, but they plant vegetables, too. They raise sheep, goats, and cattle. They also eat hamburgers, ice cream and drink soft drinks. They live in traditional stone houses, but many of them have telephones, radios, and television. They have horses, but they have trucks too. Kachinas are an important part of the Hopi religion. Kachinas are spirits of dead people, of rocks, plants, and animals, and of the stars. Men dress as kachinas and do religious dances. People also make wooden kachinas. No two wooden kachinas are ever alike. The children attend school, and they also learn the Hopi language, dances and stories. The Hopi want a comfortable, modern life, but they don’t want to lose their traditions. Decide True (T) / False (F) for each statement. No T F 31 Though surrounded with modern things, the Hopi keep their traditions. 32 The Hopi live in the mountainous areas. 33 The Hopi only eat corns. 34 They live in house made of stone 35 Most wooden kachinas are all similar to each other. Task 2. Read the following passage and answer the questions below. New Zealand is located in the south-west Pacific Ocean, 1,600 kilometres south-east of Australia. It consists of two main islands called the North Island and the South Island and a number of small islands. The Maori - Polynesian race - were the first people who settled in New Zealand before the year 750 A.D. The first European, a Dutch man called Abel Tasman arrived in New Zealand in 1642. Over a hundred year later, in 1769, Captain James Cook who belonged to the British Royal Navy discovered Fiordland in the South of New Zealand. Then came the navigators, sealers, whalers, explorers and miners. From 1840, New Zealand was a British Colony. It became an independent nation in 1947. New Zealand is as large as the United Kingdom or Japan, but it has a much smaller population, only about 4.9 million. Most people live on the North Island where there are two biggest cities: Wellington, the Capital City, and Auckland, the biggest City in terms of population. New Zealand is a beautiful country of snow-capped mountains, beaches and waterfalls. It's also famous for its large population of sheep. There are about 45 million sheep living in farms all over the country. New Zealand has many special birds. The best known is the kiwi. This lightless bird is the national emblem of New Zealand. New Zealanders call themselves "kiwis"; it's their nicknames! 36. Where's New Zealand? 37. Who were the first people to arrive in New Zealand? 38. When did Captain James Cook arrive in New Zealand? 39. How many people live in New Zealand? 40. What is the national icon of New Zealand? D.WRITING
Task 1. Make up sentences using the words and phrases given 41. every year/ students/ many/ countries/ learn/ English. __________________________________________________________________________ 42. How/ can/ you/ reduce/ waste/ home/? __________________________________________________________________________ 43. If /you /not /hurry, /you/ miss the bus. __________________________________________________________________________ 44. Be quiet! The baby/sleep/in / bedroom. ________________________ __________________________________________________ 45. Our classroom/ clean/ every day. __________________________________________________________________________ Task 2: Write a paragraph (80 - 100 words) about a natural disaster that often happens in Viet Nam( 1p). Use the following questions as cues: - What is the natural disaster? - How often does it happen? - When does it often happen? - What should we do before and after it happens? ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… E. SPEAKING (2pts) THE END