UNIT 1 Part I. PHONETICS Exercise 1. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. 1. A. interest B. finish C. climate D. panic 2. A. pedal B. satisfied C. land D. plan 3. A. seaside B. realized C. scream D. seat 4. A. children B. chemistry C. kitchen D. chat 5. A. beginning B. passenger C. biology D. technology Exercise 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. 6. A. routine B. physics C. minute D. danger 7. A. breakfast B. purchase C. peasant D. begin 8. A. passenger B. interested C. frightening D. contented 9. A. education B. geography C. occupation D. information 10. A. relative B. cinema C. continue D. suddenly Part II. READING PASSAGE 1. For questions 11 - 15, read the passage and decide whether the statements 11 - 15 are true (T) or false (F). Put a tick () in the appropriate box. Some years ago I worked as a shift worker for a company 30 miles from our house. My shift was from 3 to 11 p.m. At that time we lived out in the countryside, so I had to drive to work on a bumpy road and cross a river on a very old bridge. One afternoon when I left for work, it was raining heavily. It often rained very hard during summer in that area, so I didn’t pay any attention. I finished work that night and started the journey home. Everything was as usual until I left the highway, got back on the road, and came to the bridge. It was foggy and dark out there, and it was impossible to see anything. 4 I was crying because the water had risen up to my knees. I knew that there was a house very near to the river and I needed someone to help. Suddenly, I could feel something moving from behind. I began screaming in panic since I realized that it was nothing but a snake creeping into my car. T F 11. It was raining hard when the writer started going to work. 12. Summer was the dry season in the area where the writer lived. 13. The writer could hardly see anything. 14. The writer saw someone from the house near the river. 15. A snake was moving from behind into the car. PASSAGE 2. Read the following passage and answer questions 16 - 25. MY DAILY RO UTINE My life is always full of activities, so I never have much time for myself. During the week it's the worst. I usually have to get up at half past six even though I would really prefer to sleep much later. I don’t usually have time for breakfast because I have to catch a bus to school at seven o'clock. The bus is usually packed with many people. Classes at school start at a quarter to eight except on Tuesdays when they start at seven. Each lesson is forty-five minutes long with ten minutes break in between. After school I go shopping or just walk around the town for a while. Getting home, I listen to the radio, watch television and maybe get a snack. Then I start doing my homework or help my mom with some housework. Before I know it, the afternoon is gone and it is evening. In my family, we usually eat dinner at about seven o'clock. At dinner we discuss what happened during the day and catch up with each others' lives. Then I have some time to watch the TV news. Sometimes it is an interesting film or a video. On the weekend it is a different story. I sleep late and do whatever I wish with my free time. I can go for a trip with friends, visit relatives or devote more time to my hobbies. I think everyone will agree that weekends are much better than weekdays. 5 Questions 16 – 23 each is followed by four options marked A, B, C, and D. Choose one correct answer to each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. 16. The writer doesn’t have breakfast because_________ A. He doesn’t have time for himself. B. He gets up late. C. He wants to sleep more. D. He has to catch a bus. 17. The word “packed” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _________ A. dirty B. clean C. crowded D. busy 18. Apart from Tuesdays, the writer’s classes start at_________ A. 6:30 B. 7:00 C. 7:45 D. 8:15 19. “Snack” in paragraph 2 means _________ A. a short rest B. a short sleep C. a light meal D. a big meal 20. Where in the passage does the writer mention his “watching TV”? A. paragraph 1 B. paragraph 2 C. paragraph 3 D. paragraph 2 & 3 21. Which of the following activities is NOT done by the writer in the evening? A. have dinner B. talk to others C. listen to music D. watch TV 22. “devote” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ________ A. spend B. take C. begin D. get 23. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Weekends are better than weekdays. B. Weekdays are worse than weekends. C. The writer can sleep late on the weekends. D. The writer usually sleeps late on weekdays. For questions 24 - 25, answer the following questions. 24. How long does each lesson last? _________________________________ 25. What does the writer do to help his mother? ________________________ 6 Part III. USE OF ENGLISH I. VOCABULA RY Exercise 1. Circle the word that does not belong to each group below in terms of meaning. 26. A. Biology B. Literature C. Maths D. Education 27. A. breakfast B. kitchen C. dinner D. lunch 28. A. cyclo B. passenger C. plane D. boat 29. A. peasant B. pilot C. occupation D. air-hostess 30. A. comfortable B. frightening C. wonderful D. contented Exercise 2. Sentences 31 - 45 are incomplete questions. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. 31. We got on the plane and waited about 10 minutes before it ____________. A. take off B. land C. took off D. landed 32. We took a short ___________ for thirty minutes in the middle of the afternoon. A. talk B. meal C. rest D. time 33. Do you bring __________with you? No, we are going to sleep in a rented house. A. sleeping bags B. umbrellas C. drinks D. foods 34. Some animals are now ____________. We need to find ways to protect them. A. dangerous B. dangerously C. in danger D. danger 35. It was ____________of her to wear Jeans and T-shirt. A. comfortable B. interesting C. cheerful D. typical 36. In any case, you should not give up____________. A. hope B. worry C. death D. danger 37. Please call the ____________. The house is on fire. A. bodyguard B. security office C. fire brigade D. police station 38. The alarm goes ____________at 6 o’clock and Nam starts a new day. A. on B. off C. back D. to 39. ____________is the study of living things. A. Physics B. Chemistry C. Science D. Biology 7 40. The man asked us to ____________the belt as the bus was coming to a bend. A. loosen B. fasten C. loose D. fast 41. We arrived home safe and ____________. A. sound B. soundly C. warm D. warmly 42. ____________, we didn’t know what to do but then John proposed an idea. A. Firstly B. At first C. Lastly D. At last 43. The food smells____________. Nobody wants to try it. A. good B. well C. bad D. badly 44. In the last minute, David ____________the ball to George and they scored one goal. A. kick B. kicks C. was kicking D. kicked 45. The farmers were working when they realized there was a small ____________along the field. A. fall B. stream C. lake D. pond II. GRAM MA R Exercise 1. Use the verbs from the box to fill in the blanks. Make any changes to the verb tenses when necessary. There are TWO verbs that are used TWICE. do drink arrive (2) wear love (2) have live be like (not) listen to play go Hi everybody! I'm The Present Simple Girl. I like habits and routines. I always (46)__________ the same things at the same time. For example, I always (47)__________ two glasses of milk in the morning and I usually (48)__________ at school at twenty-five past eight. I often (49)__________ jeans and T-shirts. I (50)___________ pop music. I also (51)____________ animals and plants. I (52)____________ a beautiful garden. I (53)____________ with my parents and my brother. He (54)___________ very different from me. He never (55)____________on time for lunch. He (56)____________ new clothes and fashion, but he (57)____________ pop music. He (58)____________ hard rock in a group called "Metal Bananas". We are in an English club called The Happy Verby Gang. We (59)____________ to the club on Saturdays. 8 Exercise 2. Match the first half of the sentences from column A with the other half from column B. There are two extra options in column B. A B 60. Mrs Helena travels to work a. to get to the food stall. 61. They quickly put up the tent b. after the fire. 62. The staff started serving c. as soon as they arrived at the camping site. 63. Nobody was seriously hurt d. I have ever had during my life. 64. It was the most wonderful holiday e. when the hotel manager gave a signal. 65. It takes us twenty minutes f. when the plane took off. g. by motorbike. h. coming from the fire exits. III. ERRO R I D ENTI F I C AT I O N. There are 15 lines in the following passage. Put a tick () beside the line that has no mistake. If a line contains a mistake, underline it and write the correction in the space provided. Line 0 is given as an example. 0 In my country, more than 80% of the population are farmers. For that 0 __ 66 reason, farming is the most important occupations. Most of the 66 ___ farmers plant rice and raise cattle. Growing rice involves a lot of 67 ___ work such as pumping water, fertilizing, harrow and repairing the 68 ___ banks of the land. During the harvesting time, peasant have to go to 69 ___ 70 the field from early morning to late afternoon. They do not have 70 ___ many time to rest. Normally, each household has more than one 71 ___ plots of land. It usually takes them a week to gather the rice. 72 ___ Farming depends greatly on the weather. Two main crops are in 73 ___ summer and spring. In spring the weather sometime turns bad 74 ___ 75 with continual rain. Getting early and going to the field on rainy 75 ___ days will be hard work. Therefore, peasants always prefers sunny 76 ___ days. 77 ___ Nowadays, some peasants are also plant fruit trees and vegetables 78 ___ to earn more money. Some men even go to the city to be drivers cyclo 79 ___ 9 80 or work in factories to support his children in the countryside. 80 ___ 10 IV. WRITI N G. Rewrite the following sentences using the word given so that the rewritten sentence has the same meaning as the original one. 81. My uncle decided to stop smoking local tobacco two years ago. (GIVE) _____________________________________________________________ 82. The teacher is satisfied with our results in Civic Education. (CONTENTED) _____________________________________________________________ 83. I have the habit of getting up late on the weekends. (ALWAYS) _____________________________________________________________ 84. Some of my classmates cycle to school every morning. (RIDE) _____________________________________________________________ 85. No one in the class got a higher mark in English than Tom. (HIGHEST) _____________________________________________________________ 86. During the break, the school canteen is full of students. (CROWDED) _____________________________________________________________ 87. They have to pay $50 for traveling every month. (SPEND) _____________________________________________________________ 88. Martina loves studying Information Technology the most of all subjects. (FAVOURITE) _____________________________________________________________ 89. After getting off the plane, I took a taxi to Sunrise Hotel at once. (IMMEDIATELY) _____________________________________________________________ 90. I think fishing for long hours is a waste of time. (INTERESTED) _____________________________________________________________ 11 UNIT 2 Part I. phonetics Exercise 1. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. 1. A. mother B. love C. office D. one 2. A. family B. start C. ask D. father 3. A. school B. good C. book D. football 4. A. heavy B. headache C. weather D. each 5. A. travelling B. later C. language D. traffic Exercise 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. 6. A. rearrange B. following C. difficult D. suitable 7. A. capital B. Vietnamese C. attitude D. interesting 8. A. applicable B. conversation C. entertainment D. information 9. A. enjoy B. visit C. expect D. because 10. A. appearance B. behaviour C. consider D. memory Part II. READING Exercise 1. Read the following passage then answer questions 11 - 15. After each question there are four possible answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the correct answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. 1 5 All students here come from very difficult backgrounds; there are street children, orphans, children of war-invalids, hearing-impaired students and young people from very poor families. This School provides us with free training in one of these areas: Vietnamese and Asian cooking, French and European cooking, French baking and pastry, restaurant and catering services, domestic service, sewing and embroidery. After one year of training at the school, full-time 12 10 15 jobs are found for us and we could be working in any number of hotels, restaurants, private houses, Embassies or companies throughout Vietnam. To cover all the training costs, our school runs four businesses: a restaurant, a bakery, a catering service and a sewing & embroidery shop. These income-generating businesses also provide an excellent opportunity for us to gain valuable practical experiences. If you ever come to Vietnam, don’t miss the chance to taste delicious Vietnamese and French dishes at our restaurant. 11. Which of the statements is NOT true according to the text? A. The School accepts students who are in difficult situation. B. The students have to pay for their training. C. After the training, the School finds jobs for the students. D. The School sets up businesses in order to pay for its operation. 12. Which of the following businesses is NOT done by the School? A. sewing and embroidery B. catering service C. bakery D. tourism 13. Which of the following word has the closest meaning to “homeless children”? A. street children B. orphans C. children of war-invalids D. hearing-impaired students 14. The word “us” in lines 4, 8, and 13 refer to ___________ A. tourists B. the school authorities C. the students D. the school teachers 15. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To give information about the life of students from difficult circumstances. B. To point out the difficulties that the School is facing. C. To prove how successful the School becomes. D. To advertise the School. Exercise 2. Read the following passage then answer questions 16 - 25. My most favourite subject is English, which is today one of the most important languages in the world. (16) _______. 13 [...]... the questions A following B as follow C as followed D as following 55 Good preparation can help you the exams A to pass B pass C passing D A and B 56 It took me two hours this homework A to finish B finish C finishing D to finishing 57 Don’t worry too much about your failure You have to let it A go B going C to go D A and B 58 Would you like _ to the movie with... than I at first A am thinkingB was thinking C think 48 You the train if you came earlier A will catch 49 D thought B would catchC are catching D caught I them when they were doing their homework A don’t disturb B wouldn’t disturb 50 C wasn’t disturbing D didn’t disturb When I first to this village, it a quiet place A came – was B had come – was 51 C came – had been D had came . to the radio, watch television and maybe get a snack. Then I start doing my homework or help my mom with some housework. Before I know it, the afternoon. B. pass C. passing D. A and B 56. It took me two hours ______________ this homework. A. to finish B. finish C. finishing D. to finishing 57. Don’t worry