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PRONUNCIATION Choose the word in which the underlined part is not pronounced the same as in the other word of the group: 1m 1.. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I/ Circle the best answer among A,

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A PRONUNCIATION

Choose the word in which the underlined part is not pronounced the same

as in the other word of the group: (1m)

1 A- other B- sunny C- shock D- nothing

3 A- ploughed B- laughed C-locked D- placed

4 A- senses B- houses C- places D- offices

5 A- great B- wheat C- complete D- magazine

B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I/ Circle the best answer among A, B, C, D of the following sentences

(2ms)

6 The doctor advised him to give smoking

7 This restaurant is famous Chinese dishes

A- in B- with C- at D- for

8 The salesman showed us the washing machine

A- for using B- the working C- how to use D- to work

9 Have you ever had to stay for a long time?

A- in the bed B- in bed C- on the bed D- on bed

10 It was very of you to break that coffee cup

A- careful B- carefully C- careless D- carelessly

11 Of my classmates and , Tom’s intelligent

A- I / more B- I / the mostC- me / more D- me / the most

12 Bats are fascinating . have many interesting and amazing qualities

A- animals / Therefore, they B- animals / However, they C- animals / They D- animals / Because they

13 It is believed causes sleeplessness

A- too much coffee B- that too much coffee

C- when too much coffee D- too much coffee that

14 The watt is named after James Watt, British engineer who developed steam engine in the 1760s

A- a/a B- a/ the C- the/a

D- the/the

15 It’s too late now He failed the test He should harder then A- study B- studiesC- be studying D- have studied

II/ Use the words in the brackets in their proper tenses: (1,4ms)

My elder sister always complains that I am the untidiest person she (16 ever, see) and that I seldom tidy my room I (17 really, have) a nice surprise when I got to my room yesterday because someone (18 tidy) my room carefully On the table (19 be) some flowers and a note which (20 say) “Hung, I (21 get) married in a few weeks’ time This is the first time I (22 do) it for you and I believe it is also the last time”

C READING

I/ Fill in each blank space with one most suitable word (1,6ms)

Last week, Minh invited me (23) his birthday party I spent a long time (24) what I should buy as a present for him Finally, I chose a small, blue alarm clock After (25) for it, I asked the salesgirl to (26) it up

On the day of the party, I arrived at Minh’s house punctually at seven o’clock Minh was very (27) to see me and (28) me for the present Many of our (29) had already arrived We talked about the soccer (30) the previous night between France and England

II/ Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow (1m)

Tim was ten years old He was not a very good pupil, and he did not like having to do homework, because he preferred doing other things in his free time Frequently he did not do his homework, and when he did it, he always made a lot of mistakes

Then one day, his mathematics teacher looked at Tim’s homework and saw that he had got all his sums right The teacher was very pleased and rather surprised He called him to his desk and said to him, “You got all your homework right this time, Tim What happened? Did your father help you?”

Usually Tim’s father helped him with homework, but the evening before this, he had not been able to, because he had not been at home, so Tim answered “No, sir He was busy last night, so I had to do it all myself.”

Questions:

31 What kind of homework did Tim’s teacher expect to see from him?

32 Why was one of his teachers surprised one day?

33 What did the teacher think had happened?

34 How was all of Tim’s homework when his father helped him with it?

35 What did Tim have to do when his father was away from home?

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D WRITING

I/ Complete each of the following unfinished sentences in such a way

that it means the same as the sentence printed before it (1,5 ms)

36 My brother is too young to go to school

My brother is not

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37 Without air, there would be no life on this planet

If there

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38 May I borrow your pen?

Would you mind

39 Michael laughed when I told him the joke

The joke

40 I am amazed by the mistakes he has made

What

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41 Wall Disney created the cartoon character Mickey Mouse.

The cartoon

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42 A man answered the phone He said Tom was out

The man who

43 My grandfather often went for a walk along that river bank

My grandfather used

44 In spite of heavy rain, my father went to work

Although

45 Eating too much sugar is bad for your teeth

It

II/ Composition:

Within 150 words, write about the advantages and disadvantages of having

a TV at home.(1,5 ms)

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