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*****A. PHONETICS. I. Choose the words that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others (5p) : 1. A. about B. south C. count D. young 2. A. scholarship B. chair C. chess D. teacher 3. A. continent B. depend C. send D. pretend 4. A. laughed B. hoped C. closed D. placed 5. A. roofs B. tickets C. tops D. waves II. Choose the words that have different stress from the others (5p): 1. A. comment B. endurance C. decorate D. incidence 2. A. explanation B. experiment C. accomplishment D. discovery 3. A. birthday B. cowboy C. enjoy D. pleasure 4. A. generation B. American C. preparation D. independent 5. A. majority B.minority C. partnership D. enjoyable B. Vocabulary and grammar. I. Choose the words or phrase that best complete each sentence (10p): 1. Books in our school library are………………..for us to use. A. available B. willing C. suitable D. worth 2. He was a strict ………………..,he asked me a lot of questions. A. examine B. examining C. examination D. examiner 3. Unless you hurry, we…………………catch the bus. A. can B. can’t C. must D. mustn’t 4. He………………arrive at the office on time. A. used always to B. used to C. always used to D. used to always 5. Mr John feels tired because he………………….hard all day. A. works B. worked C. has worked D. had worked 6. We started walking to the village. The………to the village was tiring but was very interesting. A. voyage B. travel C. going D. journey 7. If only he…………….me the truth, I didn’t treat her badly. A. told B. had told C. tells D. would tell 8. Hurry up! It’s time we………………..for home. A. leave B. to leave C. leaving D. left 9. No one phoned while I was out, ……………..? A. did they B. didn’t they C. did he D. didn’t he 10. Try …………………it. It isn’t worth………………about. A. to forget/ to worry C. to forget/worrying B. forgetting/worrying D. forgetting/to worry II. Provide the correct form of the words in brackets (10p): 1. Have you seen the new …………………for Double Rich shampoo? (ADVERTISE) 2. You are ……………..…………to choose how to spend the evening. (FREEDOM) 3. This road is much ……………………………than I thought. (LENGTH)

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4. Lon Don is …………………………. for fog. (FAME) 5. He didn’t go to school because of his . .................................... (SICK) 6. They live in a............ …………… area in the north-east of the country. (MOUNTAIN) 7. It’s....................................... of you to cheat in the exam. (HONEST) 8. The police are looking for a dangerous.................................................. (CRIME) 9.I had my trousers ............................because they were too short. (LONG) 10. There are............ …………………. about wearing uniforms at school. (ARGUE) III. Each of the following sentences has one mistake. Identify and correct the mistake.(10p): 1. John tries to use chopsticks but he can’t. He isn’t used to use them. A B C D 2. The fruit was so rotten that it had to throw away. A B C D 3. The film we saw last night was so bad that we wish we didn’t go to see it. A B C D 4. The teacher ordered us not open our book until she told us to do so. A B C D 5. Neither of the boys had ever been out of town before, so they were really exciting.

A B C D 6. Mary was upset last night because she had to do too many homework. A B C D 7. The mouse avoided to be caught by coming out only when the two cats were outside. A B C D 8. Jane looked sadly and worried this morning. I wonder what happened to her. A B C D 9. Will you like to come with us? There is plenty of room in the car. A B C D 10. Nam seldom pays his bills on time, and his brother does too.

A B C D C. Reading. I. Read the passage and choose the best answer. (5p): 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 …