I. Chọn từ có phần gạch chân được phát âm khác với các từ còn lại. (1.5 điểm)

1. A. drop       B. joke         C. top            D. confidence

2. A. ground   B. found       C. though     D. sound

3. A. normal  B. order        C. oven          D. origin

4. A. honesty  B. hair          C. honor        D. hour

5. A. sugar     B. steam       C. press         D. waste

6. A. myth       B. truth         C. both         D. northern

II. Chọn đáp án đúng nhất trong A, B, C hoặc D để điền vào chỗ trống. (2 điểm)

1. Hurry up, there’s ________ time left.

A. a little             B. a few          C. little         D. few

2. For lunch, you may have _________ fish or chicken.

A. both               B. neither       C. not only    D. either

3. We finally __________ our teacher to go on a camping trip with us.

A. persuaded    B. argued        C. pleased     D. liked

4. Who’s responsible for __________ ink over my book.

A. putting           B. spreading   C. spilling     D. pouring

5. Linda was the last person ____________ the classroom yesterday.

A. leave               B. to leave    C. left             D. leaves

6. The clerk said she was tired __________ hearing complaints day after day.

A. with                 B. of              C. about         D. for

7. Peter will only pass his exams if there is a/ an __________ in his class work.

A. progressive      B. increase     C. rise             D. improvement

8. The noise _________ from the boat engine might disturb sea animals.

A. comes              B. coming     C. came           D. has come

9. He spent all the money he had won ___________ new clothes.

A. on                    B. for              C. with            D. from

10. It is getting cold. You'd better not ___________ without a coat.

A. go out              B. to go out    C. going out   D. have gone out

IV. Chia dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc. (2 điểm)

1.Not long ago, I was introduced to a famous ______artist_____ (ART)

2.Nothing is more precious than ______independence_____ (DEPEND)

3.She is one of the top _____scientists______working in our space project. (SCIENCE)

4.Your rice field is more ______productive_____than ours. (PRODUCT)

5.In order to ______widen_____the road, they have to limit the pavement. (WIDE)

6.Some people still think that it is ______impolite_____for men not to stand up when a woman comes into the room. (POLITE)

7.The representatives joining the festival were of different _____nationalities______ (NATIONAL)

8.Nancy won the first prize in the drawing _____competition______ (COMPETE)

I

1 B joke

2 C though

3 C oven

4 B hair

5 A sugar

6 D northern

II

1 C little

2 D either

3 A persuaded

4 C spilling

5 B to leave

6 B of

7 D improvement

8 B coming

9 A on

10 A go out

IV

1 artist

2 independence

3 scientists

4 productive

5 widen

6 impolite

7 nationalities

8 competition