1. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the meaningful sentence from the cues given. A: Phong/ walk/ fast/ it/ really/ hard/ keep up with/ him. Phong walks fast, and it’s really hard to keep up with him. B: Phong walks fast, so it was really hard for keeping up with him. C: Phong walks fast, so it was really hard to keep up with him. D: Phong walks fast, and it’s really hard for keep up with him. 2. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions: Vietnamese traditional is done with a simple hammer and chisel. A: sculptor B: sculpture pieces C: sculpture D: sculptured feature 3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. In order to make Dong Ho paintings, we need seashell powder paint, the poonah-paper and ________. A: water B: woodblocks C: markets D: proper colours 4. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions . A: manage B: pressure C: guidance D: convince 5. Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions. I was very tired after a long trip to Hue. I still went to visit Tay Ho conical hat making village right away. A: I was very tired after a long trip to Hue despite I went to visit Tay Ho conical hat making village right away. B: Despite I was very tired after a long trip to Hue, I went to visit Tay Ho conical hat making village right away. C: I was very tired after a long trip to Hue although I went to visit Tay Ho conical hat making village right away. D: Although I was very tired after a long trip to Hue, I went to visit Tay Ho conical hat making village right away. 6. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. A: environment B: adolescence C: communicate D: historical 7. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions: She presented me with a new blanket on which she ________ some beautiful flowers. A: embroidered B: carved C: knitted D: moulded 8. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions: She’s just received a large order from Japan, but she is afraid of not finishing her order on time _____________ her workshop lacks good artisans. A: although B: in order to C: so that D: because 9. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions: I’m decorating a picture with a pattern of stiches, using coloured threads. A: clothed B: clothing C: cloth D: clothes 10. We went to Doi Tam, a village famous ______ its drum making techniques, in Ha Nam Province last month. A: of B: with C: about D: for 11. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions . A:friendship B:encourage C:medicine D:graduate 12. People say that it ______ four workers three days to make a drum with a diameter of 1.5 metres. A: took B: has taken C: take D: takes 13. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. A: preserved B: embroidered C: wandered D: embarrassed 14. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the meaningful sentence from the cues given. In/ past/ most/ girls/ like/ knit/ sweaters/ themselves. A: In the past most girls like to knit sweaters for themselves. B: In the past most girls liked knitting sweaters for themselves. C: In the past most girls liked to knitting sweaters for themselves. D: In the past most girls like knitting sweaters for themselves. 15. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. A: tense B: stressed C: concentrate D: self-aware