I. Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each line. 1. A. trouble B. come C. lock D. once 2. A. graduate B. redundant C. educate D. soldier 3. A. most B. cosmic C. dust D. display 4. A. school B. chaos C. echo D. machine 5. A. suitable B. biscuit C. guilty D. building II. Circle the best answer. 1. Give me a ring as ___ as you come to my city. (when / soon / until / after) 2. Don t shout until the game ___. (finish / finished / finishing / finishes)’ 3. Let s meet ___ the cinema. (out / outside of / outside in / outside)’ 4. ___, we won the game. (Lucky / Unlucky / Luckily / Luck) 5. What do you know ___ that game? (with / at / about / of) 6. ___ a beautiful day! (How / When / Where / What) 7. ___ is my hobby. (Swim / Swimmer / Swimming / Swims) 8. Wait ___ the traffic lights are green. (when / after / until / before) 9. Each of us ___ a new bag. (have / having / are having / has) 10. We ve thought of going there ___. (ourselves / myself / by myself / themselves)’ 11. When did you ___ that photo? (do / make / take / bring) 12. These trousers are my size, they perfectly ___ me. (match / correspond / suit / fit) 13. The train now ___ at the platform 6 is the 10.45 for London. (remaining / standing / waiting / sitting) 14. My mother quickly ___ to his new job at the bank. (adapted / adopted / integrated / mixed) 15. I thought she might faint when her face became so ___. (pale / blue / white / green) 16. At the show, we saw many different schools of ___. (birds / cattle / fish / beads) 17. Glenn is so ___. He always helps out the poor in our community. (creative / reticent / sociable / generous) 18. It s two weeks since I ___ the car. (have washed / washed / washing / wash)’ 19. They are selling their house, ___? (will they / have they / aren t they / haven t they)’ ’ 20. Our English teacher always pronounces words clearly ___. (so that we can recognize them / in order that we can recognize them / in order to have us recognize them / all are correct) III. Circle the most suitable word among A/B/C or D to fill each numbered space in the following passage. Air pollution is a (1)___ of ill health in human beings. In a lot of countries, there are laws (2)___ the amount of smoke that factories can produce. (3)___ there is not enough information on the effects of smoke (4)___ the atmosphere, doctors have proved that air pollution causes lung diseases. The gases from the (5)___ of cars have also increased air pollution in most cities. The lead from petrol (6)___ a poisonous gas that often collects in busy streets surrounded by high buildings. Children (7)___ live in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere can not think as quickly (8)___ other children, and are clumsy when they use their hands. There are long - term effects of pollution. If the gases in the atmosphere (9)___ to increase, the Earth s climate may’ become warmer. A lot of the ice near the Poles may (10)___ and cause serious floods. 1. A. cause B. role C. part D. matter 2. A. limit B. to limit C. limited D. limiting 3. A. Because B. Despite C. Although D. However 4. A. in B. on C. at D. from 5. A. breath B. exhausts C. vomits D. pulse 6. A. does B. shows C. indicates D. produces 7. A. who B. whom C. which D. whose 8. A. more B. as C. than D. less 9. A. continue B. keep C. go D. put 10. A. smell B. flow C. melt D. float IV. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the original sentence. 1. It is sometimes difficult for me to fall asleep at night.I sometimes ___ 2. I think that the president will arrive soon.The president ___ 3. Everyone heard about the accident before I did.I was the ___ 4. I do physical training because I want to keep fit. I do physical training in ___ 5. A car crash damaged Ellen Paton s memory.’ Ellen Paton s ___’ 6. Will you have a drink? Joan said to Tommy.“ ” Joan offered ___ 7. He played the guitar better than his brother.He was a ___ 8. I don t intend to tell you my plan.’ I have no ___ 9. Their baby is nine months old.They have ___ 10. Pronouncing French words is difficult for her.She finds ___ It is ___ She has ___ V. Complete the sentences with the suitable form of the words. 1. To the child s ____________________, he received a toy car from Santa Claus. (EXCITE)’ 2. Lan is asked to write a ____________________ of Tet holidays in 200 words. (DESCRIBE) 3. This magazine only aims at ____________________. (TEEN) 4. My brother is a stamp ____________________. (COLLECT) 5. For many people UFOs only exist in films for ____________________. (ENTERTAIN) VI. Follow the outline and write a biography of a famous person you admire. Outline Answer Name Date and place of birth Family history Educational background Career Important achievements and difficulties experienced Influence on the present day Date and place of death . . . . . . . . . . . . VII. Read the following passage carefully, then make questions from the suggestions and answer them. We can develop alternative sources of energy, and unless we try we ll never succeed. Instead of burning fossil fuels we’ should be concentrating on more economic uses of electricity, because electricity can be produced from any sources of energy. If we didn t waste so much energy, our resources would last longer. We can save more energy by conservation than we’ can produce for the same money. Unless we do research on solar energy, wind power, tidal power, hydroelectric plants . our fossil fuels will run out and we ll all freeze or starve to death.’ Many countries are spending much more time and money on research because the energy from the sun, the waves and the winds last forever. We really won t survive unless we start working on cleaner and safer sources of energy.’ 1. What / electricity / produce?// 2. What / happen / if / we / not waste / so much / energy?// 3. What / happen / unless / we / do research / solar energy / other alternative sources / energy?// . . 4. Why / countries / spend / much more / time / money / do research / energy / sun / waves / winds?// . . 5. What / happen / unless / we / start / work / cleaner / safer / sources / energy?// . . VIII. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. 1. I haven t seen’ my grandparents since a quarter of a year. A B C D 2. The problems of pollution are too difficult for us to solve. A B C D 3. Daisy was the only one among those girls that get the scholarship. A B C D 4. A new shop was opening on Main Street last week. A B C D 5. His teacher encouraged him taking part in the competition. A B C D IX. Put in the correct prepositions. 1. Have you ever heard _________ UFOs? 3. Lang Son is ______ the Ky Cung River. 2. Some people believe that UFO is a spacecraft _______ another planet. 4. Hurricane Andrew swept ______ southern Florida _____ August 1992. 5. I think we should put different kinds _____ waste _____ different places. 6. If we go on wasting water, there will be a shortage _____fresh water _____a few decades. 7. This label tells the consumers how much energy efficiency each model has, compared _____ other appliances ______ the same category. 8. It is possible to store solar energy ______ a number _____ days. 9. He didn t trust me. He was suspicious ______ my intentions.’ 10. I had never seen so many people before. I was astonished ______ the crowds. The end . live in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere can not think as quickly (8)_ __ other children, and are clumsy when they use their hands. There. (match / correspond / suit / fit) 13. The train now ___ at the platform 6 is the 10. 45 for London. (remaining / standing / waiting / sitting) 14. My mother quickly