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

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
4. Tom is always forget his keys and that really annoys me.

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.
It was ____________________________________________________________
9. People say football is the best game to play.
Football __________________________________________________________
10. “Can you do me a favor ?” she said to me.
She ______________________________________________________________

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.
She asked/told me to do her a favor.