I. LISTENING (8 questions x 0.25 = 2.0 points)

Fill in each blank with ONE WORD in the video to complete the following sentences.

1. There is a thick layer of _______________ over the city. 

2. Wang usually uses a protective face mask or an air purifier to _______________ clean air. 

3. Her daughter may have caught a _______________ for a long time. 

4. Air pollution is even worse in _______________ zones outside Beijing. 

Choose the best answer for the following questions.

5. How many people are there in Wang’s family?

A. Two

B. Three

C. Four

6. What is the serious issue in Beijing?

A. Bad weather

B. Air pollution

C. Traffic jams

7. What does Wang do first after she wakes up in the morning?

A. To make breakfast for the whole family.

B. To wash her face.

C. To check on her child to make sure she is breathing clean air.

8. What is causing her daughter’s chronic cough?

A. Unclean air

B. Cold weather

C. Cigarette smoke

Fill in each blank with ONE WORD in the video to complete the following sentences.

1. There is a thick layer of _______________ over the city. 

2. Wang usually uses a protective face mask or an air purifier to _______________ clean air. 

3. Her daughter may have caught a _______________ for a long time. 

4. Air pollution is even worse in _______________ zones outside Beijing. 

Choose the best answer for the following questions.

5. How many people are there in Wang’s family?

A. Two

B. Three

C. Four

6. What is the serious issue in Beijing?

A. Bad weather

B. Air pollution

C. Traffic jams

7. What does Wang do first after she wakes up in the morning?

A. To make breakfast for the whole family.

B. To wash her face.

C. To check on her child to make sure she is breathing clean air.

8. What is causing her daughter’s chronic cough?

A. Unclean air

B. Cold weather

C. Cigarette smoke

I. LISTENING (2,5 points)

A. Listen to a man talking about the Global Penguin Society and complete the following sentences. Write ONE WORD or A NUMBER for each blank.(1,25 pts)

1. There are _______________ kinds of penguins in the world.

2. The Global Penguin Society is a _______________.

3. It helps to protect penguins and other _______________.

4. Over _______________ school children visited and learned about groups of penguins.

5. They collect _______________ on their website.

B. Listen and decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F) .(1,25 pts)

6. There’s a bus station next to the library                                                  ________

7. The library is opposite the post office on Main Street                            ________

8. There’s a hospital between the police station and the post office                     ________     

9. The bus station is opposite the train station                                                        ________

10. There a train station on Green Street.                                                              ________

II. PRONUNCIATION (0.5 points)

A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.

1. A. stop                                B. castle                                 C. station                               D. stamp
2. A. recycle                          B. reusable                             C. article                                D. usually

3. A. listen                             B. costume                             C. pasta                                  D. plastic

B. Choose the word that has a different stressed syllable from the rest.

3. A. wildlife                         B. reuse                                  C. purpose                             D. useful

4. A. charity                           B. hospital                             C. library                               D. recycle

II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (2.5 points)

1.Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences.

1.    _______ in this lake. It’s very deep and dangerous.

       A. Swim                     B. Swimming              C. Don’t swim            D. You can swim

2.    I need to go to the _______ to send these letters to my grandparents.

       A. library                    B. police station          C. supermarket            D. post office

3. You should recycle empty cans and bottles. Don’t just _______.

       A. throw it                  B. reuse them              C. throw them away   D. donate it

4. We have to _______ wild animals, such as whales or tigers, or they will disappear.

       A. pick up                   B. take part in             C. look                        D. protect

5. A: I believe everyone can help save the environment.

      B: _________

       A. What’s wrong?      B. Yes, I’d love to.     C. Yes, I think.           D. I agree.

6. What does the sign mean?

2.Write the correct forms of the words in the brackets.

1. We can _______________ empty glass jars to store food, like jam and nuts. (USE)

2. Act Green Vietnam is an _______________ charity in Ho Chi Minh city. (ENVIRONMENT)

3. Choose the underlined part (marked A, B, C or D) that contains a mistake that needs to correct

1. Would you like an apples or any orange juice?

                        A           B     C           D

2. He isn’t a mechanic last Monday.

          A     B          C      D

V. READING (2 points)

Question I. Read the passage and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F)

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a very large charity in the world. They first started in 1961 in Switzerland. They work in six areas: food, climate, freshwater, wildlife, forests and oceans. The WWF has offices in more than 100 countries. To help the WWF, people can ‘adopt’ an animal. People can choose the animals they like, such as tigers, butterflies, bears, birds, etc and make a donation. The WWF will send them photographs, information and an adoption certificate. It’s a great way to learn more about animals. Or they can donate money by buying toy animals. The WWF-Vietnam started in 1985. They help to save wild animals, such as Saolas, rhinos, elephants, tortoises and turtles. They also make wildlife documentaries to teach young children to love wild animals and live in peace with nature.

1. WWF only work to protect wild animals.                                                                            

2. There are WWF offices in more than 100 countries.                                                           

3. To ‘adopt’ an animal in the WWF, you choose an animal and donate money.                   

4. The WWF-Vietnam teaches young children to make wildlife documentaries.                   

Question II. Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word or phrase from the box. There is ONE word/phrase that you don’t need.

reuse      electricity       water       plastic      free       picking up

Our planet is in big trouble – animals are disappearing, the sea and the air are dirty. But there are many different things we can do to protect the environment. First, recycle everything you can. Don’t throw away plastic bottles, glass jars, cardboard boxes or cans. We can (1) _______ them to store food, toys or grow flowers. Second, why not walk or cycle to school or work? It’s (2) _______, good exercise and good for the environment. Third, don’t waste (3) _______. Switch the lights off when you leave the room. And keep the city clean by (4) _______ litter off the streets. When you go shopping, bring your own bags instead of taking (5) _______ bags. Together we can make a big difference and help save the planet.

VI. WRITING (1.5 points)

A. Put the words in the correct order to make correct sentences.

45. environment/ help/ Trees/ the/ clean/ green/ to/ and/ keep/./

→                                                                                                                               

46. You/ old/ can/ charity/ clothes/ give/ local/ the/ to/./

→                                                                                                                               

B. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning.

47. The police station is to the left of the movie theater and the post office is to the right of the movie theater.

→   The movie theater _______________________________________________

48. Keep our community clean by picking up trash.

→   Pick __________________________________________________________

C. Use the given words to make complete sentences.

49. cinema/ Miller Street,/ opposite/ arcade/.

→                                                                                                                               

50. There/ shopping mall/ next/ train station.

→                                                                                                                             

The end

X. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2.0 points)

The country is (1).............beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country (2) .......... the summer holiday though they can't live (3) ............. all the year round. Some have cottage built in a village (4) .......... that they can go there whenever they (5) ..........find  the time.

   English villages are not alike, but (6)............. some ways they are not very different from (7) ...................other. Almost every village (8) ...........a church, the round or square tower of which can (9) ............seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, (10).......... people are buried.

Write your answer here

II. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the following passage.

MY HOME TOWN

I was born in one of the most interesting cities in Malaysia. It has a rich, colourful history and many parts of the city have hardly changed at (1) .......................... during the last five centuries. However, nowadays, it is (2) ......................... longer the trade centre that it once (3) ....................... . It is difficult to imagine that at one time its harbour (4) ....................... to be visited by over 2,000 ships a week, and that the huge warehouses along the quayside would have (5) ......................... full of spices and silks, jewels and tea.

The old city centre is small, which (6) ......... it very easy to explore (7) ....................... foot. A river neatly divides the town, (8) ....................... only physically but in spirit, too. On one side, you find many grand houses, but on crossing the river, you find yourself in ancient Chinatown, where you really take a step back into the past.

It is great fun to wander through the colourful, noisy backstreets. As well as having shops that sell a wide range of clothes and shoes, some of these streets are also famous (9) ............................ high quality antiques. Unfortunately, most of the bargains disappeared many years ago. However, (10) ........................ you look around carefully, you can still come across an interesting souvenvir.

VIII. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2.0 points) My name is Lisa. I am 12 years old and I am in class 6 at Kingston junior high (1) _______________. It is a big and beautiful school. The school has a very tall gate with the (2) ___________________"Kingston junior high school". Behind the gate, there is a big (3) _________________with many trees. Students love (4) ___________________books, playing or chatting under the trees during recess. There is also a big playground with many wings (5) ___________________to 5 school yard. Many students can play on the wings during recess. There are 20 classrooms in my school. Each (6) __________________ has 30 desks, 6 lights, a black board, a teacher's table and a clock. All of us try to (7) ________________ our classrooms clean. Each class has from 25 to 30 students. Students have right to choose their seats and I often (8) ___________________ on the first row because I can listen to the lesson (9) ___________________ clearly. I learn many interesting things at school, so I always want to go to school (10) ___________________day. I love my school very much.

VIII. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2.0 points)

My name is Lisa. I am 12 years old and I am in class 6 at Kingston junior high (1) ________. It is a big and beautiful school. The school has a very tall gate with the (2) ________"Kingston junior high school". Behind the gate, there is a big (3) ________with many trees. Students love (4) ________books, playing or chatting under the trees during recess. There is also a big playground with many wings (5) ________to school yard. Many students can play on the wings during recess. There are 20 classrooms in my school. Each (6) ________ has 30 desks, 6 lights, a black board, a teacher's table and a clock. All of us try to (7) ________ our classrooms clean. Each class has from 25 to 30 students. Students have right to choose their seats and I often (8) ________ on the first row because I can listen to the lesson (9) ________ clearly. I learn many interesting things at school, so I always want to go to school (10) ________day. I love my school very much.

Write your answers here.

1…………………   2…………………  3………………….  4………………….  5…………………

6…………………   7………………….  8………………….  9………………….. 10……………….

III. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. (2.0 points)
It is not easy for (1)………..……students of English to improve their accent. Unlike children, who are flexible, adults often find (2)…………..….hard to change the way they speak. This is (3)………………..even the top or smartest adult students have difficulty with pronunciation. There are several things that (4)……………..…..international student can do to improve his or her (5)………………..
One method is to sign up for a pronunciation class. Studying pronunciation can (6)……………….…students understand the rules of English, but in (7) ……………..…. to practice speaking, students often need to be opposed to English outside the classroom as well. This is why many students say that studying  in an English – speaking (8)………..………greatly affects their English. Living with native (9) …..………. can help students to learn new vocabulary as (10)……………….…as improve their accents. International students can also learn important cultural information. This can help to prevent misunderstandings  that can occur when people from different cultures live together.

Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the space provided. (2.0 points)                       

Computing is now at the (1) ___________ stage as printing was when the first printing presses were used. (2) ___________ printing presses were invented, only rich people like kings and dukes could afford to buy books. Often these (3) ___________ were unable to read and hadn’t got enough time to learn. In any case, the books were so big that it was difficult for anyone to relax with a book (4) ___________ we do today. They wanted books (5) ___________ they were expensive and there was something magical about them. Only a few people were able to (6) ___________, and it took an extremely long time to write a book. Monks and other people who could write said ordinary people could not learn to read.

The position with computers is very similar today. A few years (7) ___________, computers were very large and expensive. Business managers and rich people ordered them but (8) ___________ didn’t know how to (9) ___________ them. In many (10) ___________,  however, the situation has now completely changed. Lots of people not only own microcomputer but also know how to use them.