Ii. Reading TASK 1. Read The Passage. Circle The Best Answer A, B, or C To Each of The Questions

II.
READING
TASK 1. Read the passage. Circle the best answer A, B, or C to each of the questions.
Jenny and Sarah are practising singing a Vietnamese folk song to take part in a singing contest only for
foreign students who are studying in schools in Ho Chi Minh City. Their song is Hoa thom buom luon. It
has a beautiful melody, but they find it challenging because the lyrics are difficult for them to
pronounce. With the help of Miss Thanh, their Vietnamese tutor, their performance is improving
significantly. Besides singing, they also have to practise a traditional dance in order to impress the
judges and the audience. Although the dance is not as difficult as the song, they still rehearse very hard.
With a lot of efforts, both girls hope they will have a great performance and win the contest.
1. Who can compete in the singing contest?
A. Vietnamese students.
B. International students.
C. Vietnamese tutors.
2. What do Jenny and Sarah think about the song they chose?
A. The melody is challenging but the lyrics are easy.
B. The melody is hard but the lyrics are lovely.
C. The melody is beautiful but the lyrics are difficult.
3. What does the word their in line 6 mean?
A. Foreign students’. B. Miss Thanh’s. C. Jenny and Sarah’s.
4. Why do they practise a traditional dance?
A. To show off their dancing talent.
B. To make an impression on the judges and the audience.
C. To make their performance more beautifully.
5. How is the traditional dance when compared to the song?
A. It’s easier than the song.
B. It is not as easy as the song.
C. It’s more difficult than the song.
TASK 2. Complete the reading passage. Write ONE suitable word in each blank.
Nancy’s uncle works at a big art gallery in France. His main duty is to look (1) ___________ many
valuable paintings of famous artists, so he needs to be patient and careful all the time. Every day he
checks the maintenance of those (2) ___________ of art and writes a report to the manager. (3)
___________ he has a wide knowledge of both modern art and folk art, he can explain everything about
the paintings in the gallery to Nancy impressively. Each time Nancy visits the gallery, her uncle always
enthusiastically (4) ___________ her the new paintings that the owner of the gallery has bought. She
admires her uncle greatly, and those visits help develop her passion for art (5) ___________ by day.
III. WRITING
TASK 1. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1. music / school, / compulsory / English / and / In / are / subjects / Lan’s /.
2. mineral / drinks / Fruit / and / water / are / juice / healthy /.
3. one / to / traditional / My / food / prefers / foreign / sister /.
4. a / is / regularly / way / housework / good / to / exercise / Doing / also / .
5. modern / our / There / science / in / a / is / school / laboratory / .
TASK 2. Write a short paragraph of 80 words to describe an English speaking club and its activities.
IV. LANGUAGE FOCUS
TASK 1. Choose the word with a different way of pronunciation in the underlined part. Circle A, B, or
C.
1. A. spring roll B. originate C. composer
2. A. folk B. compose C. lemonade
3. A. homeless B. responsibility C. pop
4. A. fried B. talented C. gifted
5. A. cherry B. teacher C. chemistry
TASK 2. Fill each blank with the present simple, present continuous or past simple form of the verb in
brackets.
1. Instead of going to the gym, I often ___________ (do) yoga in the morning.
2. I prefer ___________ (play) the piano to drawing and painting in my spare time.
3. Eden: What are you doing?
Anna: I ___________ (collect) all my old clothes to donate to homeless people.
4. Yesterday, I___________ (watch) a show on TV. It was so amazing.
5. When I was younger, I ___________ (study) at this lower secondary school.
6. In order to pass the exams, Lia ___________ (study) very hard these days.
7. I’m sad I ___________ (not go) on our field trip last Sunday.
8. Patrick ___ (see) a lot of old photos of his school in the exhibition three days ago.
9. ___________ Ron often ___________ (listen) to music after school?
10. Our school ___________ (have) a big library and a swimming pool.
PART B. LANGUAGE (2,5 points)
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A.watched B. phoned C. preferred D. followed (B)
2. A. midterm B.pepper C. prefer D. preserve (B)
II. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the sentences.
1. Hoa looks red. She was outdoors yesterday. Perhaps she has ________. (H)
A. flu
B. sunburn
C. spots
D. stomachache
2. He is a great artist. He can _____________ in both _____________. (H)
A. carved – eggshell
B. plant – wood and eggshells
C. plant – stone and eggshells
D. carve – wood and eggshells
3. They are very _____________ about their volunteer program. (H)
A. excited
B. excite
C. exciting
D. excitement
4. My son usually _____________ his homework in the evenings. (H)
A. do
B. does
C. did
D. is doing
5. I have got _____________ apple in my bag. (B)
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. no article
6. What delicious food! _________ your mother _________ it? (H)
A. Does/cook
B. Will/cook
C. Did/cook
D. Is/ cooking
7. Your sister likes cooking, and I do,_____________. (B)
A. so
B. either
C. too
D. neither
8. Who _____________ the garden when you are away? (H)
A. looked after
B. will look at
C. looked at
D. will look after
PART C. READING COMPREHENSION (2,0 points)
I. Choose the correct word for each blank in the following passage.
A recent report showed which countries were the healthiest to live in. It included things like how long
people live and what kind (1)_____________ health problems they have. Some of the countries on the
list were Australia, Italy and France ; and Japan was at (2)_____________ top. In Japan, more people live
to be over eighty years old than in any other countries. Part of the reason is that people have a very
(3)_____________ diet. They eat a lot of fish and vegetables. They don’t eat much red meat and
cheese . We don’t all have to (4)_____________ in Japan to be healthier, but we should definitely all eat
more fish and do more exercise , too.
1. A. of B. with C. on D. from (B)
2. A. a B. an C. the D. no article (B)
3. A. healthy B. awful C. exciting D. bad (H)
4. A. living B. lived C. live D. to live (B)
II. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question.
October 27th, 2018
Dear Anna,
How are you? I'm fine. I am very busy with school and my hobbies. I have basketball practice twice a
week - every Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. I play basketball quite well. Each practice is two hours
and then I have to go home and do my homework. Every Friday we have a Maths quiz (a short exam). So
I have to work extra hard on school work after my basketball Thursday practice. I'm quite good at Maths.
Also, every Saturday morning I enjoy jogging around the park. I like taking my dog, Jimmy, with me. We
like running quickly together. ….
Yours,
Diana
1. Who writes the letter? (B)

A. Anna
B. Diana
C. both of them
D. none of them
2. What sports does Diana play twice a week? (B)
A. baseball
B. football
C. basketball
D. badminton
3. When does Diana play sports? (B)
A. Monday and Thursday

B. Sunday and Thursday
C. Wednesday and Thursday
D. Tuesday and Thursday
4. How does Diana study Maths? (H)
A. quite well
B. quite badly
C. quite quickly
D. quite slowly
PART D. WRITING (2,0 points)
I. Find out the mistake.
1. Did (A) you buy some (B) bottles of (C) water for a (D) picnic yesterday? (B)
2. Because (A)the (B)car was expensive, my (C) uncle bought it (D) yesterday. (H)
3. They didn’t go (A) fishing (B) two days (C) ago, and so did we. (B)
4. David’sparents (A) usually goes (B)for a walk in the park (C) near their (D) house. (H)
II. Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentence means exactly the same as the
sentence before it.
1. This film is different from the one I saw last night. (VD)
- This film is not _____________________________________________.
2. This exercise is more difficult than that one. (VD)
- That exercise is not __________________________________________.

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1. Who can compete in the singing contest?

A. The melody is challenging but the lyrics are easy.

B. The melody is hard but the lyrics are lovely.

C. The melody is beautiful but the lyrics are difficult.

3. What does the word their in line 6 mean?

A. Foreign students’. B. Miss Thanh’s. C. Jenny and Sarah’s.

4. Why do they practise a traditional dance?

A. To show off their dancing talent.

B. To make an impression on the judges and the audience.

C. To make their performance more beautifully.

5. How is the traditional dance when compared to the song?

A. It’s easier than the song.

B. It is not as easy as the song.

C. It’s more difficult than the song.

TASK 1. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. music / school, / compulsory / English / and / In / are / subjects / Lan’s /.

2. mineral / drinks / Fruit / and / water / are / juice / healthy /.

3. one / to / traditional / My / food / prefers / foreign / sister /.

4. a / is / regularly / way / housework / good / to / exercise / Doing / also / .

5. modern / our / There / science / in / a / is / school / laboratory / .

IV. LANGUAGE FOCUS

1. A. spring roll B. originate C. composer

2. A. folk B. compose C. lemonade

3. A. homeless B. responsibility C. pop

4. A. fried B. talented C. gifted

5. A. cherry B. teacher C. chemistry

3. Eden: What are you doing?

Anna: I ___________ (collect) all my old clothes to donate to homeless people.

4. Yesterday, I___________ (watch) a show on TV. It was so amazing.

5. When I was younger, I ___________ (study) at this lower secondary school.

1. A.watched B. phoned C. preferred D. followed (B)

2. A. midterm B.pepper C. prefer D. preserve (B)

II. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the sentences.

2. He is a great artist. He can _____________ in both _____________. (H)

3. They are very _____________ about their volunteer program. (H)

4. My son usually _____________ his homework in the evenings. (H)

5. I have got _____________ apple in my bag. (B)

6. What delicious food! _________ your mother _________ it? (H)

8. Who _____________ the garden when you are away? (H)

PART C. READING COMPREHENSION (2,0 points)

1. A. of B. with C. on D. from (B)

2. A. a B. an C. the D. no article (B)

3. A. healthy B. awful C. exciting D. bad (H)

4. A. living B. lived C. live D. to live (B)

October 27th, 2018

1. Who writes the letter? (B)

2. What sports does Diana play twice a week? (B)

3. When does Diana play sports? (B)

A. Monday and Thursday

4. How does Diana study Maths? (H)

PART D. WRITING (2,0 points)

I. Find out the mistake.

- This film is not _____________________________________________.

2. This exercise is more difficult than that one. (VD)

- That exercise is not __________________________________________.

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2. He is a great artist. He can _ in both _. (H)

6. What delicious food! _ your mother _ it? (H)