I. PRONUNCIATION : (10pts)
A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:
1. A. carol B. habit C. graze D. match
2. A. sound B. southern C. drought D. mountain
3. A. headache B. character C. stomach D. challenging
4. A. ploughs B. contacts C. stops D. talks
5. A. faced B. wicked C. fixed D. wrapped
B. Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from the others:
6. A. deposit B. festival C. institute D. resident
7. A. activity B. electricity C. simplicity D. pollution
8. A. achievement B. experiment C. explanation D. discovery
9. A. surprising B. astonishing C. amazing D. interesting
10. A. interview B. industry C. essential D. difficult
II. MULTIPLE CHOICE : (20pts)
Choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the blank spaces:
1. Milk bottles can be _____________________after being cleaned.
A. recycled B. reused C. broken D. reduced
2. It was raining heavily __________________we arrived home.
A. while B. until C. because D. when
3. She asked me ____________________I liked eating chocolates.
A. if B. and C. that D. but
4. You look _____________________than last year.
A. much tall B. more tall C. much taller D. more taller
5. What ____________________advice she gave us !
A. so good B. such good C. a good D. good
6. My dog as well as my cats ____________________twice a day.
A. eat B. eats C. has eaten D. have eaten
7. When I came into the class, I realized I knew ______________________.
A. them all B. all them C. they all D. all of they
8. Do it right now, ___________________ ?
A. do you B. aren’t you C. will you D. don’t you

1. It’s very difficult to find work _____________________the moment.
2. This service is free _____________________charge.
3. In many ways you take _____________________your mother.
4. This computer is still _____________________guarantee.
5. Money is not essential _____________________happiness.
6. She is ______________________far the best teacher I have ever had.
7. Parents are naturally anxious ______________________their children.
8. I’m sure you will succeed ______________________this entrance test.
9. We try to prevent people _____________________littering.
10. I’m going to complain to the principal ____________________this.
IV. WORD FORM: (10pts)
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word in parentheses:
1. He treated them with ______________________. (generous)
2. How many ________________________entered the race ? (compete)
3. If you are _______________________with our service, please write to the manager. (satisfy)
4. He drives so _______________________that he often has accidents. (care)
5. Flowers are often _______________________by bees as they gather nectar. (fertile)
6. I think these thin clothes are _______________________for cold weather. (suit)
7. The computer is one of the most marvelous _____________________in our modern age. (invent)
8. She is always worried about her children’s _____________________. (safe)
9. He was kept in the hospital overnight as a ____________________measure. (precaution)
10. Housework has _________________________been regarded as women’s work. (tradition)
V. ERROR IDENTIFICATION: (10pts)
Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting:
1. Would you like me helping you with your homework ?
A B C D
2. Meat must keep in a refrigerator or it will spoil.
A B C D
3. There is a cat sitting in the middle to the road.
A B C D

8. A. and B. but C. without D. not
9. A. to B. in C. of D. with
10. A. became B. becomes C. becoming D. become
VII. Complete the passage with ONE suitable word in each space : (10pts)
The first Olympic Games were in Greece in 776 BC. (1)___________________ was
only one event. People ran a race the length of the (2)__________________. The Games
(3)___________________one day.
Slowly people added more (4)____________________. The Games were only for
(5)___________________. And women could not even watch them. Only Greeks
(6)___________________. They came (7)____________________all parts of the Greek world.
The time of the Games was a time of peace, and the government
(8)__________________everyone travel safely. Kings competed (9)__________________
common people. The winners became (10)___________________heroes.
VIII. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION: (20pts)
Rewrite the sentences so that they mean almost the same as those printed before them:
1. She speaks English well.
She is a __________________________________________________________
2. I haven’t seen them for a long time.
It’s ______________________________________________________________
3. Mai is better at English than Lan.
Lan doesn’t _______________________________________________________
4. Why don’t you ask her yourself ?
I suggest _________________________________________________________
5. We left quietly so that we wouldn’t disturb the children.
So as_____________________________________________________________
6. What a pity I don’t have a laptop.
I wish ___________________________________________________________
7. You shouldn’t touch that switch.
If I ______________________________________________________________
8. The furniture was too old to keep.

1. C (to help) 6. A (said)
2. A (be kept) 7. C (plant)
3. D (of) 8. A (over)
4. B (forgetting) 9. A (repeatedly)
5. C (visiting) 10. C (from)
VI. GUIDED CLOZE TEST (10pts)
1. D. play 6. D. convenient
2. B. difficult 7. B. send
3. C. computers 8. C. without
4. A. information 9. A. to
5. B. stored 10. D. become
VII. OPEN CLOZE TEST (10pts)
1. There 2.stadium 3.lasted 4.events 5.men
6. competed 7.from 8.let 9.with 10.national
VIII. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20pts)
1. He is a good speaker of English.
2. It’s a long time since I saw them.
3. Lan doesn’t study English as/so well as Mai.
4. I suggest that you should ask her yourself.
5. So as not to disturb the children, we left quietly.
6. I wish I had a laptop.
7. If I were you, I wouldn’t touch that switch.
8. It was such old furniture that we couldn’t keep it.
9. Football is said to be the best game to play.
10. She asked/told me to do her a favor.