I.Choose one word whose underline part is pronounced differently (1,5
A. stored B. ploughed C. laughed D. smiled
A. name B. natural C. native D. nation
A. blood B. food C. moon D. pool
A. candy B. sandy C. many D. handy
5. A. fly B. scenery C. slowly D. usually.
6. A. fee B. meet C. need D. pioneer.
II.Choose one word whose stress pattern is different (0,5 P)
7. A.family B. disaster C.buffalo D. several
8. A.country B. cousin C. polite D. borrow
III.Read the passage and choose the best answer (2 P).
An important part of world history is the story of communication. In prehistoric times, for example, people did not have books. They did not know much about geography. People were limited. They knew only about themselves and their environment (the land around their homes). Their knowledge of geographical things like mountains and rivers was limited. They did not travel very far. Sometimes they knew about nearby people and communicated with them. They sent messages in simple ways. Early signals for communication included smoke from fires and the sounds of drums.
Then peole formed towns, and then cities, as safe places to live. Soon they began to develop other ways to communicate, to spread information. People began to buy and sell things to one another. Because of their business, they developed writing systems to keep records and to send messages. Life was changing for many people.Business caused changes, and so did the invention of the printing press. Many more people learned to read then.
Suddenly communication and knowledge improved greatly. People sent letters and news by horse and carriage. Later the mail went by train and then by airplane. World communication was now a possibility.
Prehistory was ......................
200 years ago, when we had history books.
many years ago, before history books were written.
after the development of the printing press.
People live in their .........................
horse carriage
own environments.
Businesses.
Mountains and rivers are geographical things. So is .................
a. smoke b. a drum c. the ocean
Many more people learned to read ..............the invention of the printing press.
a. during b. before c. after
IV. Choose the correct word in A, B, C or D (2 P).
1. Do you enjoy ___ English ?
A. learn B. learning C. to learn D. learnt
2. You are very different ........................ your brother.
A. to B. for C. with D. from
3. Nam wishes he_________a new school bag last week.
A. has B. had C.would have D. had had
4. He often does his homework __________ the morning
A. on B.at C. in D. for
5. Our school has many well _____ teachers .
A.qualified B. qualify C. quality D. qualification
6. If you want to ______ your English, we can help you.
A. improve B. improving C. improved D. improvement
7. She asked me what my name ______.
A. am B. is C. are D. was
8. I saw your school’s _____ in today’s edition of the Viet Nam News.
A. advertiser B. advertisement C. advertising D. advertise
V.Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D ) for each space(3P)
Jeans are very popular with young people all… (1)...the world. Some people say that jeans are the "uniform" of… (2) ... But they haven`t always been popular. The story of jeans started…(3)...two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth… (4) ...in Genoa was called "jeanos". The pants were called "jeans". In 1850, a saleman…(5) ..California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. …(6) ....they were so strong, "