I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined of the following words
1. A. harvest B. vast C. cart D. nomadic
2. A. although B. laugh C. paragraph D. enough
II. Find the word which has a different stress from the others
3. A. exciting B. interesting C. blackberry D. colourful
4. A. medical B. mountain C. remote D. generous
III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences
5. Life in the countryside is ___________________________________________ than that in the city.
A. more quiet B. as quiet C. most quiet D. quiet
6. If you have to do home improvements, ____________________________________ is the good way to save money.
A. eating out B. walking C. camping D. doing DIY
7. In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the ____________________________ house.
A. communal B. communication C. community D. commune
8. Don’t worry. It is ________________________________________________ to travel to that village even at night.
A. difficult B. inconvenient C. safe D. unsafe
9. The boys help load the rice ______________________________________________ buffalo – drawn carts.
A. to B. onto C. into D. on
10. The Viet people have many __________________________________________ customs and crafts.
A. traditional B. tradition C. culture D. customary
11. We help the farmers ________________________________________________ water into the field.
A. to pump B. pump C. pumping D. Both A and B
12. Viet has been a kind of addicted ______________________________________________ the net.
A. to B. from C. to D. at
IV. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets
13. My daughter and a group of her friends use _________________________________ media and text messaging to share scriptures with each other. (socialize)
14. The ____________________________ have a very hard life. They can’t live permanently in one place. (nomadic)
15. What do you spend the __________________________________ of your time doing? (major)
16. Some of my ____________________________________ live in the countryside. (relate)
V. Rewrite these sentences using the given words
17. Mai’s singing is more beautiful than Mi’s.
Mai sings ______________________________________________________________________________________
18. It is not a good idea to spend too much time on computer games.
It’s better to avoid _______________________________________________________________________________
19. Vinh really loves to hang out with friends.
Vinh really enjoys _______________________________________________________________________________
20. Playing beach games is very interesting.
It is ___________________________________________________________________________________________
VI. Use the given words to make sentences
21. In / country / life / slower / more / peaceful.
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22. Listen / music / in / free / time / is / my / hobby.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
23. Minh / think / skating / more / interesting / playing / board games.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
24. I / love / be / outdoor, / but / today / I / prefer / stay / home.
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VII. Read the passage
1. The NET Generation
2. Phuc is playing football and he has just scored a goal; Phuc is so happy now. At the same time, Mai is taking
3. care of her cute cat. She always remembers when to take her pet out for a walk or when to feed it. Sounds
4. fantastic, doesn’t it? But they both spend most of their free time playing football or looking after pets
5. ONLINE!
6. Nowadays, teenagers heavily rely on technology and many of them find it hard to live without mobiles,
7. computers and the Internet. Adoring the virtual world can be harmful to both teens’ bodies and minds.
8. Instead of joining outdoor activities like football, skating or biking, many boys and girls enjoy sitting in front
9. of computers or TVs. Others are addicted to using their mobiles for texting, chatting and checking updates
10. on Facebook all the time. They prefer these activities perhaps because they don’t have to think or imagine
11. much. Teens now have less time to read books, take exercise or hang out with family and friends because
12. they fancy the unreal world.
13. Although Phuc and Mai are quick at using computers and they seem to remember quite a lot of English
14. vocabulary in the games, their parents are considering banning them from using computers. Phuc and
15. Mai’s parents want them to spend more leisure time outdoors playing sports, socializing with others or
16. taking up a new hobby.
Find in the text words / phrases with similar meanings
25. go out _____________________________
26. like something better _____________________________
27. enjoy _____________________________
28. depend on _____________________________
Answer the questions
29. Does the text mainly discuss how teens spend their leisure time or how teens play games online?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
30. What are the disadvantages of using technology that the text mentions?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
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31. What are the advantages of using technology that the text mentions?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
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32. Do Phuc and Mai spend most their free time doing outdoor activities?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
VIII. Listen and write the name of the following people with their favorite activities
Lizzie Sarah Tomas Julita Sarah and all her friends
33. Sarah likes going bowling.
34. Sarah and all her friends like going to the cinema.
35. Julita does not like table tennis very much.
36. Tomas likes watching football the best.
IX. Listen again and decide if each statement is True (T) or False (F)
37. Sarah and her friends have completed deciding what they want to do at the weekend. (F)
38. Sarah doesn’t like soccer. (T)
39. Sarah’s friends like going to see a movie. (T)
40. Lizzie likes playing table tennis this weekend. (F)
