TEST 2

1. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. grade B. great C.sneaky D. embrace
2. A. money B. notice C. glance D. ankle
3. A. imagine B. glance C. geography D. religion
4. A. looked B. noticed C. turned D. helped
5. A. change B. English C. single D. anger
II. Underline the correct verb. If either is possible, underlined both them.
1. She offered/ suggested to wait for the children to get ready.
2. Terry wanted/ suggested that I should stand in the student elections.
3. She refused/ requested that her brother should be invited too.
4. She said/ offered that she would call me back.
5. He expected/ advised to leave at 5.30 in the morning.
III. Complete each of these sentences with a suitable preposition.
1. He pointed__________the dog when it ran them
2. Are you interested__________practicing speaking English?
3. You should have more confidence__________your own abilities.
4. The fire started in the kitchen because she forgot to turn the light__________.
5. My parents gave me a bicycle__________my birthday.
IV. Put the words in brackets into the correct word form.
1. When growing up, you may want more (depend) __________and responsibility
2.1 wondered why to experience (emotion) __________changes at this age.
3. It is important for you to make (inform) __________decisions.
4. Nowadays it is easy to get to the (suburb) __________areas by tram.
5. There are the most (comfort) __________very shoes that I ever worn. I like them much.
V. Choose the best answer.
1. She such a/ an__________girl. She usually thinks too much about others’ opinions about her.
A. aggressive B. obedient C. sensitive D. innocent
2. The roads are very__________in rush hours so you should drive carefully.
A. busy B. noisy C. funny D. crazy
3. There is no__________ in my neighborhood so it’s hard for me to buy books.
A. bookshelf B. bookcase C. bookstore D. bookmark
4. Liz was unhappy because her father was__________busy__________her to the art exhibition.
A. so/ that takes B. too/ to take
C. so/ that not to take D. too/ not to take
5. Dan thinks it’s__________to make elevated walkways on busy roads to reduce accidents
A. dangerous B. essential C. uncomfortable D. fascinating
6. Houses in the past had a__________roof which was made of straw.
A. tiled B. wooden C. brick D. thatched
7. Our parents had to live in__________conditions without modern facilities for living.
A. lucky B. exciting C. spending D. cash
8. Thanks to the increase in__________their living condition becomes better.
A. income B. money C. poor D. frightening
9. Can you please tell me__________the TV with the remote control?
A. what to operate B. operating
C. how to operate D. which operates
10. Peter suggested__________a new computer but his father disapproved.
A. buy B. to buy C. buying D. bought
VI. Fill in the blank with the suitable word.
pressures graduate expect relaxed frustrated
delighted expectations degree disappoint put yourself

Nowadays, teenagers suffer from different kinds of (1)___________; however, part of them comes from
their parents. Particularly, several teenagers are trying their best to meet the (2) ___________of their
parents because they do not want to (3) ___________their parents. Meanwhile there are some parents
who do not (4) ___________their teenagers to do what they can hardly do. In my opinion, parents should
be the ones who make students feel (5) ___________. If they are (6) ___________or depressed with their
bad grades, please don’t get angry with them. Let’s (7) ___________in your children’s shoes to
understand how much stressful they are.
VII. Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each question.
Today, walking around Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City, you can easily see the image of a Vietnamese kid
eating KFC - styled chicken, drinking Coca Cola and watching Disney Channel. On Vietnamese,
channels premiere a lot of Korean, Chinese, American films. English songs appear in iPods or MP3
players of many teenagers. All shows the tremendous effects of globalization on Vietnamese life,
especially Vietnamese culture
Globalization does bring convenience and comfort to Vietnamese people. Now we can enjoy goods and
services with high quality and competitive prices as many foreign companies join our market. Advances
in communication help eradicate geographic borders among countries and therefore connect our world.
Especially globalization shortens the long - standing distance among different cultures. For example, right
here in Vietnam, we can watch latest movies made in Hollywood; we can read famous books written by
authors from US, UK, EU, Japan, China... We can see the appearance of restaurants serving Thai, Italian,
Japanese, American, Latin American food in big cities. Moreover, globalization is fast and useful ways to
present Vietnamese culture to the whole world.
However, that does not mean globalization does no harm to the culture of our country. One of the most
concerning problems caused by globalization is the dominance of foreign culture on Vietnamese life,
people lose their traditional value and begin to identify with the culture of dominant nations. Perhaps, the
most apparent and serious effect is language. Our Vietnamese language is facing “severe competition”
from other languages, especially English.
1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one effect of globalization on Vietnamese life?
A. Traditional cuisine B. Foreign movies
C. English songs D. Local crafts
2. The word “premiere” in the first paragraph probably means
A. appear on the screen B. be shown in an exhibition
C. become popular and accepted D. be made for somebody to see
3. The word “However” at the beginning of the last paragraph is used to___________.
A give an example of the judgment mentioned earlier
B. introduce a new but different idea
C. confirm what has been said above
D. present something urgent and significant
4. According to the writer, the problem that the Vietnamese language is facing is___________.
A. easily noticed B. hardly existing
C. simply linguistic D. rarely problematic
5. What might be the writers attitude in the passage?
A. Positive B. Negative
C. Both positive and negative D. Neither positive nor negative
VIII. Choose the best sentence that can be made from the cues given.
1. The repairs/ believe/ finish.
A. The repairs is believed to have been finished.
B. The repairs is believe to have been finished.
C. The repairs are believed to have been finished.
D. The repairs is believed to been finished.
2. My dad/ suggest/ I/ learn/ Spanish.
A. My dad suggest that I should learn Spanish.
B. My dad suggested that I should learn Spanish
C. My dad suggest that I learns Spanish.
D. My dad suggest that I’m learning Spanish.
IX. Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the first.
1. Tom has an extended family and Sarah wants to have one like him.
A. Tom wishes he had an extended family like Sarah.
B. Sarah wishes he had an extended family like Tom.
C. Sarah and Tom wish they had an extended family.
2. Lucy said: “Let us travel to the breathtaking Trang An Landscape Complex.”
A. Lucy suggested travelling to the breathtaking Trang An Landscape Complex.
B. Lucy said she was travelling to the breathtaking Trang An Landscape Complex
C. Lets travel to the breathtaking Trang An Landscape Complex.
3. John asked: “Why don’t we book rooms in a hotel with a romantic setting?”
A. John wondered why we shall book rooms in a hotel with a romantic setting.
B. John asked us to book rooms in a hotel with a romantic setting.
C. John suggested we should book rooms in a hotel with a romantic setting
LISTENING
Part I. Listen to an interview with Grace about her “Text a friend” service. Are the sentences true
(T) or false (F)? TRACK 33
T F
1. The “Text a friend” service is for students who are having a
hard time at school.
2. One of Grace’s problems was her bad grades.
3. Grace dealt with her problems alone.
4. Grace started the “Text a friend” service because she wanted
students to know they are not alone.
5. The “Text a friend” service is only for students who are new
to the school.
Part II. Listen to the passage and fill in the blank missing words. TRACK 34
Located between the Lake of the Restored Sword, the Long Bien Bridge, a former city rampart, and a
citadel wall, the Old Quarter started as a snake and alligator- infested swamp. It later evolved into a
cluster of villages made up of houses on stilts, before (1)__________. Hanoi’s Old Quarter came into
being at the time King Ly Thai To selected Thang Long as the country’s (2) __________in 1010.
What makes the streets unique is that many of them remain in their very ancient I architecture of the (3)
__________. Up to now, it has been the oldest continuously developed area of Vietnam.
Due to their long - lasting age, they are called “Old Quarter” or “36 Old Streets” (as consisting of 36
member streets). “Hanoi’s 36 districts” is Vietnam’s version of the guild concept. In the past, as artisans
moved to the capital city to do business, they gathered together in this area to share the resources. As a (4)
__________, many of the streets were named (5) __________the crafts sold at that individual street.
 KEY
TEST 2
I.
1. C 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A
II.
1. offered 2. suggested 3. requested
4. said 5. expected
III.
1. to – behind 2. in 3. in
4. off 5. On
IV.
1. independence 2. emotional 3. informed
4. suburban 5. comfortable
V.
l. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B
6. B 7. C 8. A 9.C 10. C
VI.
1. pressure 2. expectations 3. disappoint 4. expect
5. relaxed 6. frustrated 7. put yourself
VII.
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. C
VIII.
1. C 2. B
IX.
l. B 2. A 3. C
LISTENING
Part I.
l. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F
Part II.
1. being unified 2. capital 3. 15th century
4. result 5. after
 TAPESCRIPTS
Part I. Listen to an interview with Grace about her “Text a friend” service. Are the sentences true
(T) or false (F)? TRACK 33
Interviewer: So can you tell us a little bit about the “Text a friend” service?
Grace: Yes. It’s a special text help service for students who are having a hard time. School can be
very difficult sometimes and it’s hard to know who to talk to and where to go for help. So I
started the “Text a friend” idea for students with problems like these.
Interviewer: Why did you start the service?
Grace: Well, a year ago I was having a really hard time at school. I was having a lot of problems
and I wasn’t finding them very easy to deal with. Falling out with my best friend, getting
bad grades in all my tests. I just didn’t know what to do.
Interviewer: Can anyone use this service?
Grace: Yes, absolutely anyone. Students of all ages can have problems. It doesn’t matter if you’re
new to a school or if you’ve been there for years; people can have problems at any time.
Part II. Listen to the passage and fill in the blank missing words. TRACK 34
Located between the Lake of the Restored Sword, the Long Bien Bridge, a former city rampart, and a
citadel wall, the Old Quarter started as a snake and alligator- infested swamp. It later evolved into a
cluster of villages made up of houses on stilts, before being unified. Hanoi’s Old Quarter came into being
at the time King Ly Thai selected Thang Long as the country’s capital in 1010. What makes the streets
unique is that many of them remain in their very ancient architecture of the 15th century, up to now, it has
been the oldest continuously developed area of Vietnam.
Due to their long - lasting age, they are called “Old Quarter” or “36 Old Streets” (as consisting of 36
member streets). “Hanoi’s 36 districts” is Vietnams version of the guild concept. In the past, as artisans
moved to the capital city to do business, they gathered together in this area to share the resources. As a
result, many of the streets were named after the crafts sold at that individual street.