I. Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each line.
1. A. trouble B. come C. lock D. once
2. A. graduate B. redundant C. educate D. soldier
3. A. most B. cosmic C. dust D. display
4. A. school B. chaos C. echo D. machine
5. A. suitable B. biscuit C. guilty D. building
II. Circle the best answer.
1. Give me a ring as ___ as you come to my city. (when / soon / until / after)
2. Don t shout until the game ___. (finish / finished / finishing / finishes)’
3. Let s meet ___ the cinema. (out / outside of / outside in / outside)’
4. ___, we won the game. (Lucky / Unlucky / Luckily / Luck)
5. What do you know ___ that game? (with / at / about / of)
6. ___ a beautiful day! (How / When / Where / What)
7. ___ is my hobby. (Swim / Swimmer / Swimming / Swims)
8. Wait ___ the traffic lights are green. (when / after / until / before)
9. Each of us ___ a new bag. (have / having / are having / has)
10. We ve thought of going there ___. (ourselves / myself / by myself / themselves)’
11. When did you ___ that photo? (do / make / take / bring)
12. These trousers are my size, they perfectly ___ me. (match / correspond / suit / fit)
13. The train now ___ at the platform 6 is the 10.45 for London. (remaining / standing / waiting / sitting)
14. My mother quickly ___ to his new job at the bank. (adapted / adopted / integrated / mixed)
15. I thought she might faint when her face became so ___. (pale / blue / white / green)
16. At the show, we saw many different schools of ___. (birds / cattle / fish / beads)
17. Glenn is so ___. He always helps out the poor in our community. (creative / reticent / sociable / generous)
18. It s two weeks since I ___ the car. (have washed / washed / washing / wash)’
19. They are selling their house, ___? (will they / have they / aren t they / haven t they)’ ’
20. Our English teacher always pronounces words clearly ___. (so that we can recognize them / in order that we can recognize
them / in order to have us recognize them / all are correct)
III. Circle the most suitable word among A/B/C or D to fill each numbered space in the following passage.
Air pollution is a (1)___ of ill health in human beings. In a lot of countries, there are laws (2)___ the amount of smoke that
factories can produce. (3)___ there is not enough information on the effects of smoke (4)___ the atmosphere, doctors have

V. Complete the sentences with the suitable form of the words.
1. To the child s ____________________, he received a toy car from Santa Claus. (EXCITE)’
2. Lan is asked to write a ____________________ of Tet holidays in 200 words. (DESCRIBE)
3. This magazine only aims at ____________________. (TEEN)
4. My brother is a stamp ____________________. (COLLECT)
5. For many people UFOs only exist in films for ____________________. (ENTERTAIN)
VI. Follow the outline and write a biography of a famous person you admire.
Outline Answer
 Name
 Date and place of birth
 Family history
 Educational background
 Career
 Important achievements
and difficulties experienced
 Influence on the present
day
 Date and place of death
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5. His teacher encouraged him taking part in the competition.
A B C D
IX. Put in the correct prepositions.
1. Have you ever heard _________ UFOs?
3. Lang Son is ______ the Ky Cung River.
2. Some people believe that UFO is a spacecraft _______ another planet.
4. Hurricane Andrew swept ______ southern Florida _____ August 1992.
5. I think we should put different kinds _____ waste _____ different places.
6. If we go on wasting water, there will be a shortage _____fresh water _____a few decades.
7. This label tells the consumers how much energy efficiency each model has, compared _____ other appliances ______ the
same category.
8. It is possible to store solar energy ______ a number _____ days.
9. He didn t trust me. He was suspicious ______ my intentions.’
10. I had never seen so many people before. I was astonished ______ the crowds.
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