A. LISTENING Listen and complete the sentences (1m) 1. The wedding day is carefully chosen by the______________. 2. The gifts are wrapped in___________________. 3. The wedding ceremony starts in front of the ______________. 4. Food and drinks are served ___________________________. 5. The guests give the newly wedded couples envelopes containing____________ and ___________. B. PHONETICS (1m) I.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others 1. A. started B. mended C. rained D. arrested 2. A.missed B. arrived C. phoned D. explained 3. A.engine B.energy C. enlarge D. gentle Date: Form: Name: 45-minute Test A II.Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others 4. A. attract B. believe C. confide D. differ 5. A. idea B. Asia C. about D.event C.READING I. Read the following passage and answer the questions Partnership of equal : The majority of Asian students reject the American view that marriage is a partnership of equals, demanding no more or no less from each other. A majority of the Indian students agreed that “ a woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man “. Trust built on love : Significantly, more Asian students than American students agreed that “ a husband is obliged to tell his wife where he has been if he comes home late”. The Asian wife can demand a record of her husband’s activities. The American wife, for example, trusts her husband to “do the right thing “loves her” not because “he has to”. By any measurement of the four values of romanticism : physical attractiveness before and after marriage, confiding, equal partnership and trust built on love, young Asian are far from being as romantic as their American counterparts, even today. 1. What were the Indian students’ attitudes on partnership of equals? __________________________________________________________ __ 2. Why does the American wife trust her husband to do the right thing ? ____________________________________________________________ 3. What is the main finding of the survey ? __________________________________________________________ ___ II. Read the following passage and the choose the best option to fit each space Most people feel that when they dream,they are (1)___off to another world. On the (2)____, dreams are often conncected to our daily lives. When our whole (3)____is filled with something, when we are either very upset (4)___ when we are in good spirit, a dream will represent this reality in symbols. It is often (5)___that we benefit from dreams because they help the spirit to heal itself, when things (6)___wrong. Dreams are therefore a kind of escape, almost a holiday from (7)___life, with its fears and responsibilities. It is, however, a strange kind of holiday because whether we have a wonderful time or whether it turns (8)____to be a nightmare, we quickly forget it. Most dreams disappear forever, (9)____ you are one of those people disciplined enough to write them down as soon as you (10)____ . 1. A. carried B. brought C. taken D. guided 2. A. opposite B. contrast C. contrary D. other side 3. A. mind B. spirit C.brain D. soul 4. A. or else B. or C. but also D. unless 5. A. spoken B. declared C. said D. started 6. A. go B. turn C. become D. get 7.A. genuine B. real C. actual D. factual 8.A. off B. up C. down D. out 9.A. unless B. except that C. therefore D. thus 10. A. raise B.get up C. wake up D. take up D. LANGUAGUE Choose the best answer (3ms) 1. 1.The more we work together, the____we understand each other. A. lot B. better C.likely D. more interesting 2. The man asked his wife to bring a warm jacket______it might get cold at night. A. but B. so as C. in case D. except 3. This room must be 30 square meters in_________. A. length B. area C. width D. depth 4. While I______this morning, I met Jane. A. shop B. shopping C. was shopping D. am shopping 5. _______I picked up the phone, I could hear terrible voices. A. When B. Why C. What D. How 6. Henry said that he______depressed. A. is feeling B. feels C. was being D.was feeling 7. The government is discussing the problem of housing for the_______. A. unemploy B. employed C. employ D.unemployed 8. We haven’t really ______the cost of the activities yet. A. calculating B. calculation C.calculated D. calculate 9. The baby doesn’t cryso much now but she _____cry every night. A. use to B. used to C. used D. use 10. Let me_____to you some of the difficulties we are facing. A. demonstrate B. demonstrated C. demonstrating D. demonstration 11. He became_____after a car accident. A. able B. disabling C. disable D. disabled 12. He_____to keep a part time job while studying at the university. A. managed B. management C. managing D. manage 13. They decided to go for a picnic______ the cold weather. A. because of B. because C. inspite of D. and 14. Her children all have been_____in their chosen careers. A. succeeded B.succesful C. succeed D. success 15. 6_____from 9 is 3. A. subtracting B.subtracts C. subtraction D. sutracted D. WRITING Write a passage of 150 words about the conical leaf hat of Vietnam, using the suggested information below : - symbol of Vietnamese women - special kind of bamboo leaves - diameter: 45-50 cm ; 25-30 cm high - shape 16-18 ribs into conical form - covering the form with leaves - protecting people from sun/rain . below : - symbol of Vietnamese women - special kind of bamboo leaves - diameter: 4 5-5 0 cm ; 2 5-3 0 cm high - shape 1 6-1 8 ribs into conical form - covering the form with leaves - protecting. C. phoned D. explained 3. A.engine B.energy C. enlarge D. gentle Date: Form: Name: 4 5- minute Test A II.Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others 4. A demonstration 11. He became_____after a car accident. A. able B. disabling C. disable D. disabled 12. He_____to keep a part time job while studying at the university. A. managed B. management