PART A: PHONETIC(1pt) I. Pick out the word which has different sound in the underlined part in each line. (0.5pt) 1. A. end B. pencil C. open D. bench 2. A. wanted B. washed C. watched D. stopped II. Pick out the word which has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.(0.5pt) 1. A .teacher B. doctor C. expect D. father 2. A enjoy B. listen C. adore D. detest PART B: LANGUAGE FOCUS (4.0pts) I. Write the words in the correct boxes. (1.0 pt) Climb blue class bread present brush president block Cluster Words /br/ /pr/ /bl/ /cl/ II. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.(2.0pts) 1. The farmer rides the buffalo -____________ carts loaded full of rice home. A. draw B. drawing C. drew D. drawn 2. My dad doesn’t mind…………… my mom from work every day. A. pick up B. picked up C. picking up D. picks up 3. Using computers too much may have harmful effects ________ your minds and bodies. A. on B. to C. with D. onto 4. People in the countryside live ___________ than those in the city. A. happier B. happily C. happy D. more happily 5. Does she fancy …………… a book to the younger children? A. reads B. reading C. to read D. read 6. I love the people in my village. They are so ________ and hospitable. A. friendly B. vast C. slow D. inconvenient 7. We help load the rice __________ carts on the first day of our trip to the countryside. A. addict B. addictive C. addicted D. addicting 8. I’ve been kind of _____________ to the net. A. in B. onto C. by D. on III. Supply the correct Tense or Form of the Verbs in parentheses : (1pt) 1. Tuan loves ____________ to music every day. (listen) 1/. …………………..… 2. ____________ you ever ___________ a buffalo ? (ride) 2/. …………………….. 3. The children used to ___________ a long way to school. (go) 3/. …………………….. 4. They hate ___________ their son texting his friends all day. (see) PART C: READING( 2.5pts) 4/. ………………..…… I. Fill the gaps with the words in the box. More than one word can be suitable for some gaps. (2.5pts) festivals celebrate lunar best great time most activity celebrated Spring is the time when there are many (1) _______ in our country. Among them, Hoa Ban festival is the (2)_______ beautiful and interesting, and it takes place in Lai Chau. It is typical of the cultural life of the Thai people. In the second (3) _______ month of the year, when it gets warmer and Hoa Ban – a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area - blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is (4) _______. This is a (5)………………… for everyone, especially for boys and girls. 1. ………… 2 ………… 3. ………… 4. ………… 5………….. D. WRITING (2.5pts) I. Use the adjectives in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences. (1,0pt) 1/ Some people think that country folk are ………than city people. ( friendly) 2/ Which one is ……………………..…, Red River or Mekong River? (long) II. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one(1.5 pt) 1. My house is taller than your house. F Your house .……….……….……….……….……….……………………… 2. I love listening to music. F I like …………….……….……….……….……….……….………….………. 3. The black dress is more expensive than the white one. F The white dress ….……….……….……….……….……….………….………. 4. We don’t use oil lamps any more. F We used ……….……….……….…………….……….……….……….………. 5. No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary. F Mary……….……….…….……….……….……….……….………….………. 6.He works much. He feels tired. F The more ………….……….……….……….……….……….………….……….