I. Choose the word whose UNDERLINED part is pronounced differently from the others. (2 points)
1.
A. equipment
B. upset
C. end
D. help
2.
A. folk
B. hold
C. photo
D. neighbor
3.
A. fairy
B. train
C. afraid
D. wait
4.
A. excited
B. prince
C. once
D. escape
5.
A. how
B. now
C. know
D. cow
6.
A. what
B. where
C. when
D. who
7.
A. please
B. teach
C. head
D. meat
8.
A. talked
B. stopped
C. noted
D. laughed
9.
A. books
B. cats
C. stamps
D. weeds
10.
A. enough
B. young
C. cousin
D. mountain
II. Fill in the blank with the correct form of verbs. (2 points)
1.
Would you like (listen) to some music?
2.
Yesterday, Ba (go) to Da Nang by car.
3.
Nam enjoys (play) soccer after school.
4.
Lan asked me (go) to the supermarket.
5.
Mai is (buy) a new bicycle next week.
6.
I think you should (do) the morning exercise.
7.
They used (go) to work by train.
8.
Don’t let children (play) alone.
9.
You ought to (do) the homework yourself.
10.
My father stopped (smoke) .
III. Complete the sentences with right prepositions. (2 points)
1.
What did you do the ninth of April, 2002? (April 9th , 2002)
2.
Are you interested studying English?
3.
Does it rain spring?
4.
I am different my sister.
5.
I don’t know what he is doing the moment.
6.
That’s very kind you to help me.
7.
I’ll be home 7.00 because I want to see the seven o’clock news.
8.
I go to school Monday Saturday.
9.
We’ve not seen her 2006.
IV. Arrange these words to make sentences. (2 points)
1.
homework/ The/ to/ students/ ought/ their/ carefully/ do/ .
2.
has/ the/ chores/ to/ today/ Mai/ do/ herself/ .
3.
clean/ The/ teacher/ me/ told/ to/ blackboard/ the/ .
4.
She/ my class/ is/ enough/ old/ in/ not/ to be/ .
5.
how/ English/ to/ me/ tell/ study/ you/ Could/ ?
6.
them/ Their/ told/ last year/ lot of/ grandmother/ stories/ a/ .
7.
next week/ class/ going/ Our/ is/ zoo/ the/ to/ .
8.
I/ Nha Trang/ old/ ten/ been/ was/ since/ have/ years/ to/ I/ .
9.
some/ buy/ I/ to/ notebooks/ need/ .
10.
should/ My/ said/ teacher/ my/ I/ time/ English/ on/ spend/ more/ .
Va. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the gap to complete the passage. (1 point)
English is (1) ______ language all over the world. Many countries, such as: the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa use English as the first language, many others use it as the second language. If you speak (2) _____ well, you can talk with many people of different nationalities. Besides, a lot of the magazines and newspapers are published in English .Therefore, if you can read English, you can get useful knowledge of tradition, culture, custom of other countries.
In order to (3) _____ your English, you should make good preparation for the next lesson, and do all the exercises given by the teachers. In class, be ready to answer your (4) ______ and take important notes. You can also enrich your English vocabulary by reading English books, looking up any new words that you come across. Some beginners even write the words many times and try to learn them by heart. Whenever possible, you can speak English to the teachers, to friends or foreigners. Listening to the tapes is the good way to improve your English. And remember that revision is important. You should revise what you have learnt so as to practice the words or sentence structures well. Mastering the four language skills is not easy. An English proverb says: “Everything is difficult before it is easy”. Try your best so that English can become easy for you.
1.
A. more difficult
B. the most popular
C. the most interesting
D.more popular
2.
A. Japanese
B. French
C. English
D. Spanish
3.
A. understand
B. know
C. study
D. improve
4.
A. parents’questions
B. teacher’s questions
C. teacher’s answers
D. teacher’s lessons
Vb. Read the passage again and choose the right answer for each question below. (1 point)
1.
Is listening to the tapes is the good way to learn English?
A. Yes, he is.
B. No, there isn’t.
C. Yes, it is.
D. No,it isn’t.
2.
Name some countries use English as the first language.
A. England, Rusia, China
B. Viet Nam, India, Japanese
C. The USA, Australia, Canada
D. England, Laos, France
3.
Why can you get useful knowlegde of tradition, culture of other countries if you can read English?
A. Because a lot of the magazines and newspapers are published in English.
B. Because many countries speak English.
C. Because English is very popular.
D. Because English is very important.
4.
Who can a student speak English to?
A. He can speak English to his grandparents.
B.He can speak English to famers.
C. He can speak English to his English teachers or his friends.
D.He can speak English to his neighbors.
3. Do you have any English magazines and newspapers, madam ?
2. Good morning. Can i help you ?
6. Where can i find the English books, please ?
5. That's all right.
4. Yes. They're on the racks in the corner on the left. But you are only allowed to read them on the spot.
1. Good morning.
8. Thank you very much.
7. They're on the shelves on the right.
a. Do you have any English magazines and newspapers, madam ? 6
b. Good morning. Can i help you ? 1
c. Where can i find the English books, please ? 3
d. That's all right. 5
e. Yes. They're on the racks in the corner on the left. But you are only allowed to read them on the spot. 4
f. Good morning. 2
g. Thank you very much. 8
h. They're on the shelves on the right. 7