I. Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each line.
1. A. shape B. planet C. crazy D. trace
2. A. mineral B. evidence C. terrify D. pesticide
3. A. recent B. ancient C. celebrate D. faucet
4. A. flow B. grow C. row D. cow
5. A. wrap B. warn C. water D. toward
II. Circle the best answer.
1. I m taller than you, ______? ’
A am I B isn t it’ C aren t you’ D aren t I’
2. Halong is one of the most famous tourist ______ in Vietnam.
A attractions B attract C attracted D attracting
3. My son has given a great deal of ______ to his future job.
A thoughtless B thoughtful C thought D think
4. I don't think I am _____ of doing it myself.
A capability B capabilities C capable D capacity
5. I ve always enjoyed traveling. My brother, ______, prefers to stay at home.’
A but B although C however D even
6. I usually get up late and _______ breakfast at 7.30 a.m.
A eat B have C take D get
7. It was ______ to listen to the story which the guide told.
A exciting B excited C excite D excitement
8. During the trip to Japan, we ______ a lot of pictures.
A took B did C made D got
9. He smokes a lot. He is a ______ smoker.
A heavy B hard C much D big
10. It was _____ to see my old friends after a long time.
A surprised B surprise C surprisingly D surprising
11. The ______ of Hanoi is about 5 million.
A populated B population C popular D populate
12. I like to go _____ in the summer.
A swim B swimming C swam D swimmer

2. In spite of not speaking Vietnamese, Mr. Anderson decided to settle in Hanoi.
Although ______
3. We don t see our parents very often because they live so far away.’
If ______
4. They will have to change the date of the meeting again.The date ______
5. It s a pity our teacher isn t here at the moment.’ ’ I wish ______
6. I last heard this song ten years ago.It is ______
7. It was a two-hour flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city.It took ______
8. It may rain on your way home, so take a raincoat with you. In case ______
9. Tom failed the exam because of his laziness.Because Tom ______
10. Do these clothes belong to you? said Liz to me.“ ” Liz asked me ______
V. Read the text carefully and then choose the best answer among A/B/C or D.
Earnest Hemingway (1899 – 1961)
Earnest Hemingway was born in Oakpark, a small town in the state of Illinois. As a boy, he was often taken on frequent
hunting and fishing trips by his father to Michigan, the locale of many of his stories. It was in Michigan that he soon got
acquainted with the life of the Indians and such virtues as courage and endurance, which were later revealed in his fiction.
After high school, Hemingway worked as a newspaper reporter and then joined a volunteer ambulance unit to take part in
World War I. After the war, he came home a hero. He lived in Paris for several years after that. He joined a group of American
writers who considered themselves a lost generation. In Paris, he published Three Stories and Ten Poems (1923) and In“ ” “
Our Time (1924) in which his own experiences of life are revealed and which brought him fame immediately.”
In 1926, the year he left Paris, he published The Sun Also Rises that reflects the bitter feelings and the disillusionment“ ”
of the so-called lost generation. The year 1929 was marked by the publishing of his famous novel A Farewell To Arms , an“ ”
anti-war novel. In 1954, Hemingway was awarded the Novel Prize for literature.
1. ___ provided the setting for many of Hemingway s stories.’
A. Illinois B. Florida C. Paris D. Michigan
2. Which qualities of the Indians were revealed in his novelists?
A. hunting and fishing ability B. writing ability C. courage and endurance D. heroism
3. Hemingway and many American writers thought of themselves as ___ after joining World War I.
A. a lost generation B. heroes C. newspaper reporters D. great writers
4. What is the main character of The Sun Also Rises ?“ ”

5. The class was _______ _______ two groups by the teacher.
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