A. PHONETICS I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest by writing your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box. 1. A. excursion B. fur C. hurt D. bury 2. A. seizure B. measure C. confusion D. tension 3. A. food B. mood C. foot D. shoot 4. A. thus B. thick C. thing D. thin 5. A. off B. of C. safe D. knife 6. A. daughter B. laughter C. taught D. caught 7. A. promise B. devise C. surprise D. realise B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box. 1. “ Who sings best in your school?” – “Mai ………..” A. sings B. is C. has D. does 2. “ Will you come to the party tomorrow?” – “ I will if I ……….. no visitors.” A. have B. will have C. had D. am having 3. Please, ask them ……….. in this area. A. don’t smoke B. not smoke C. to not smoke D. not to smoke 4. I think he ……….. better not encourage the students to take extra lessons. A. will B. should C. could D. had 5. Every body in both cars ……….. injured in the accident last night. A. is B. are C. was D. were 6. ……….. to have lunch with us today? A. Do you like B. Would you like C. Will you like D. Have you like 7. Let’s go out for a walk, ……….. ? A. do we B. don’t we C. won’t we D. shall we 8. Drinking and smoking will do great harm ……….. people’s health. A. to B. for C. with D. in 9. He always ……….. A. avoids to meet me B. avoiding to meet me C. avoids meeting me D. to avoid meeting me 10. My parents are going to take three days ……….. next month to help my brother move his house. A. at B. over C. off D. out 11. In my class, Trung was responsible ……….. the teacher ……….. keeping the class in order while she went out. A. to/ for B. to/ in C. with/ for D. for/ for 12. The scheme allows students from many countries to communicate ……….. A. with other B. themselves C. each other D. with one another 13. Have you ever read anything ……….. Earnest Hemmingway? A. by B. of C. from D. for 14. Not a good movie, ……….. ? A. did it B. didn’t it C. was it D. wasn’t it 15. Hurry up! They have only got ……….. seats left. A. a lot of B. a few C. a little D. plenty of II. There is one mistake in each sentence. Find and write your answers in the numbered box. (10 p) 1. Would you mind if I help her solve these mathematics problems? A B C D 2. Christmas songs are performed for people in towns and villages eight hundred years ago. A B C D 3. Do you remember to try this kind of food somewhere else before? A B C D 4. The police have not found the stealing jewels since last Monday. A B C D 5. There was no explaination for his absence from class yesterday. A B C D III. Supply the correct tense or form of the verb given in brackets. (10 p) 1. When Mary (arrive) ………….... here, you (show) ………….... her to her room? 2. The last time she (see) ………….... in public she (wear) ………….... a white blouse. 3. I (search) ………….... everywhere for the pen I (lose) ………….... yesterday. 4. He (have) ………….... a bad fall while he (repair) ………….... his roof. 5. Nam (sit) ………….... in a corner with a book. I told him that he (read) ………….... in very bad light. IV. Complete the sentences by filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets. (10 p) 1. The evening was ………….... spent playing cards and talking. (enjoy) 2. These shoes look quite smart but they’re terribly ………….... (comfort) 3. I doesn’t want my money back. He wants a ………….... (place) 4. Sorry about the mistakes, I ……… the instructions you gave me. (understand) 5. Ba and I played for our school team. We were ………….... (team) C. READING III. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. In the first year of lower secondary (1) _________, I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was (2) _________ . I did not know how to improve (3) _________. I didn’t want my father and mother to know about (4) _________. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher (5) _________ English told me to wait (6) _________ her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library and showed me tapes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to (7) _________ my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do” she said. I made (8) _________ progress and only one year later, I won the first (9) _________ in the English Speaking Contest (10) _________ for secondary school students in my home town. HELP ME !! THANKS !!