A.

PHONETICS
I. Find the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently rom the others.
1. A. grammar B. damage C. drama D. mammal
2. A. operate B. personal C. interact D. receiver
3. A. foot B. moon C. food D. pool
4. A. protection B. education C. exception D. question
5. A endanger B. condition C. handkerchief D. dangerous
II. Find the word whose stressed pattern is different from the others in each group.
1. A. afternoon B. tomorrow C. banana D. umbrella
2. A. sorrow B. passion C. native D. complaint
3. A. brilliant B. harbour C. mature D. difficult
4. A. government B. disappoint C. audience D. talented
5. A. important B. experience C. different D. continue
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence.
1. Never ____ off till tomorrow what you can do today.
A. put B. set C. do D. turn
2. Do you need some more paper? – No, thanks. I ____.
A. have still a piece left B. have a piece still left
C. still have a piece left D. have left a piece still
3. Not until he came into light ____ him.
A. I only recognized B. did I recognized C. did I recognize D. I didn't recognize
4. I was very tired; ____, I determined to walk on to the next village.
A. therefore B. however C. and D. for
5. ____ Mary, give her my love.
A. If you saw B. Should you see C. Do you see D. By seeing
6. ____ more carefully, he wouldn't have been in the hospital now.
A. Had he driven B. If he drove C. If he drives D. If he hadn't driven
7. More than 50 films ____ in Hanoi since June.
A. have been shown B. were shown C. show D. has been shown
8. You must lend me the money for the trip. ____, I won't be able to go.
A. Consequently B. Nevertheless C. Otherwise D. Although
9. - When can I take my holiday? – ____.
A. It's for you. B. How you like. C. After your wish. D. It's up to you
10. I shall do the job to the best of my ____.
A. capacity B. knowledge C. talent D. ability
II. In this letter there are 10 words which should not be there. Write your answers on the numbered blanks.
Example: 0 → enjoying
Dear Roberto, 0. enjoying
Thank you for your letter. I am glad to hear you are enjoying 1. __________________________________
well. When I will have some free time, perhaps I'll come to 2. __________________________________
London to see you, and then we can go out for a meal together 3. __________________________________
somewhere. I've just got come back from a trip to Lisbon. My 4. __________________________________
father has just been opened a big new factory in Portugal, and 5. __________________________________
he had wanted me to help him with marketing. Lisbon is said to 6. __________________________________
be a very pretty beautiful city, but I didn't have the chance to 7. __________________________________
see much of it! 8. __________________________________
Dad always makes me work hard! We had went to lots of 9. __________________________________
business meetings, and I met all the staff. I would have been 10. _________________________________
some more useful if I had learned Portuguese instead of French
at school! But luckily they are all speak very good English. In
fact, Dad's partner was invited me to lunch, and promised to
teach me Portuguese, so maybe I'll be accept his offer next time.
On my way home, the plane was delayed for four hours because
of fog. I think Samantha was waiting at the airport all that time
for me. It must be true love!
Keep in touch,
Best wishes,
Thomas
III. Give the correct form of the words in CAPITAL to complete the sentences.
1. There is too much _____________________________ in this movie. VIOLENT
2. Dolphins sometimes are killed when they are _____________________ ACCIDENT
entrapped in fishing nets.
3. It is a good book because it is very _____________________________. INFORM
4. Third time lucky! After two ___________________________ attempts, SUCCEED
Mark's finally passed his driving test.
5. He's so nice. It's a _____________________________ working for him. PLEASE
6. One disadvantage of the Internet is that it takes time away from ACT
________________________________ such as watching TV and reading.
7. He is behaving in a very __________________________________ way. MYSTERY
8. My teacher is very _____________________________ about the history KNOW
of Vietnam.
9. Don't eat that fruit. It is ______________________________________. POISON
10. Tim is one of the ___________________________________________ PARTICIPATE
on a boat trip on Lake Michigan.
C. READING
I. Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word.
Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals (1) _________________________ live in water. Dolphins
are (2) _______________________ the most intelligent animals on earth. Although they can be found in (3)
______________________ oceans in the world, dolphins prefer coastal waters and bays. The size of dolphins can
vary greatly. The smallest dolphin is just about 50 kg in (4) ______________________ and 1.2 metres in length while
(5) _____________________________ largest one can weigh up to 8,200 kg and is 100 metres (6)
_________________________. Dolphins eat (7) _______________________________ fish. A female dolphin gives
birth (8) __________________________ one calf every two years after a (9) _______________________
period of eleven or twelve months. A dolphin can normally live from twenty-five to sixty-five years and some species
of dolphins can even live longer. Dolphin populations are at risk (10) ____________________________ to the
pollution of their habitat and accidental entrapment in fishing nets.
II. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each sentence.
The last two decades have seen enormous changes in the way people's (1) ____ are affected by IT. Twenty
years ago, few people had access to a computer while today (2) ____ people use them at work, home or school and
use of e-mail and the Internet is an every day event.
These developments have brought many (3) ____ to our lives. E-mail makes communication much easier and
more immediate. This has numerous benefits for business, commerce, and education. The World Wide Web means
that information on every conceivable subject is now (4) ____ to us. Clearly, for many people this has made life much
easier and more convenient.
However, not all the effects of the new technology have been beneficial. Many people feel that the (5)__ use
of e-mail is destroying traditional forms of communication such as letter writing, telephone and face-to-face
conversation. With ever increasing use of information technology these (6) _elements are likely to increase in the
future.
In addition, the huge size of the Web means it is almost (7) ____ to control and regulate. This has led to many
concerns regarding children (8) ____ unsuitable websites. Yet perhaps the biggest threat to IT in years to come will be
the computer (9) ____ -more sophisticated or more destructive strains are almost inevitable.
In conclusion, developments in IT have brought many benefits, (10) ____ I believe developments relating to
new technology in the future are likely to produce many negative effects that will need to be addressed very carefully.
1. A. live B. lives C. living D. life
2. A. most B. most of C. most of the D. almost
3. A. services B. uses C. benefits D. effects
4. A. free B. convenient C. unused D. available
5. A. widespread B. immediate C. particular D. continued
6. A. positive B. negative C. careless D. trivial
7. A. possible B. impractical C. likely D. impossible
8. A. accessing B. approaching C. entering D. getting
9. A. disease B. program C. virus D. software
10. A. so B. moreover C. therefore D. yet
III. Read the passage below and choose the correct option marked A, B, C or D to answer the questions.
I left school at fifteen. I was an academically bright lad who was urged by some of his teachers not to leave,
but I wanted out to see life, and I didn't want to reach beyond the expectation of the friends who left school with me. I
worked for a year in a laundry, as a van-boy delivering dry cleaning,
On turning sixteen I applied to be, and eventually began working as a trainee heating engineer with a medium-
sized company in East Belfast. The first months were boring. The work was not demanding but I found the
environment of the factory annoying. I remember my first week. I left the factory to meet up with a friend and I
realized that I had forgotten to collect my wages. My friend thought I was an idiot. After many months working in the
factory, I was sent off to college to study for my Certificate in Heating Engineering. I found the classroom routine
unpleasant and I remember feeling a sense of limitation. Five years of this- to end up as a heating engineer and
continue with that for the foreseeable future was not an exciting thought.
Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers I had, without telling anyone, tried to continue
my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a boring walk from one end of the city to another and to sit amongst
adults was confusing. I was the youngest in the class, so the companionship I knew at school was absent. I put up with
it for a short period. It was too long a walk on cold winter's nights and it was hard to concentrate on Shakespeare with
wet shoes and soaking trousers. So I carried on reading books and started writing poetry at home.
By chance, I won some prizes and literary awards in national competitions. A young woman from a TV
company came to the college one day. She told me in the quiet of the corridor that I had won a national poetry award.
I stared at her in astonishment and disbelief. She wanted to make a short film about me, to which I said: 'No, I
couldn't do that? Not that I had any real excuse. I was just frightened. She eventually persuaded me that I should do it
the following day.
1. One reason why the writer left school at the age of fifteen was that he ____.
A. thought he would get a good job B. didn't get on well with his teachers
C. had no other choice D. didn't want to be different from his friends
What did the writer feel while he was training to be a heating engineer?
A. He was capable of doing something better. B. He preferred the college to the factory.
C. He didn't receive enough money. D. He might fail to qualify as a heating engineer.
3. What did the writer find when he attended the evening classes?
A. The behavior of the other students annoyed him. B. He was out of place among the other students.
C. The studies were less interesting than he expected. D. He learned more when he studied at home.
4. What does "it" in 'I put up with it for a short period.’ refer to?
A. literature B. the walk C. the evening class D. companionship
5. Why at first did the writer refuse to appear in the film?
A. He thought someone else should be in it. B. He wanted more time to think about it.
C. He felt he didn't deserve it. D. He was taken by surprise.
D. WRITING
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Using the word given in block
letters and this word MUST NOT be changed in any way.
1. It was easy for us to get tickets for the concert. (NO)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
2. They think the burglar got in through the bathroom. (THOUGHT)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Jim does not intend to give up his hobby. (INTENTION)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Scarcely had the man left when the bomb exploded. (NO SOONER)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Most people regard him as being the best man for the job. (WIDELY)
__________________________________________________________________________________________