1. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the meaningful sentence from the cues given.
A: Phong/ walk/ fast/ it/ really/ hard/ keep up with/ him.
Phong walks fast, and it’s really hard to keep up with him.
B: Phong walks fast, so it was really hard for keeping up with him.
C: Phong walks fast, so it was really hard to keep up with him.
D: Phong walks fast, and it’s really hard for keep up with him.
2. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions:
Vietnamese traditional is done with a simple hammer and chisel.
A: sculptor
B: sculpture pieces
C: sculpture
D: sculptured feature
3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
In order to make Dong Ho paintings, we need seashell powder paint, the poonah-paper and ________.
A: water
B: woodblocks
C: markets
D: proper colours
4. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions .
A: manage
B: pressure
C: guidance
D: convince
5. Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.
I was very tired after a long trip to Hue. I still went to visit Tay Ho conical hat making village right away.
A: I was very tired after a long trip to Hue despite I went to visit Tay Ho conical hat making village right away.
B: Despite I was very tired after a long trip to Hue, I went to visit Tay Ho conical hat making village right away.
C: I was very tired after a long trip to Hue although I went to visit Tay Ho conical hat making village right away.
D: Although I was very tired after a long trip to Hue, I went to visit Tay Ho conical hat making village right away.
6. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A: environment
B: adolescence
C: communicate
D: historical
7. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions:
She presented me with a new blanket on which she ________ some beautiful flowers.
A: embroidered
B: carved
C: knitted
D: moulded
8. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions:
She’s just received a large order from Japan, but she is afraid of not finishing her order on time _____________ her workshop lacks good artisans.
A: although
B: in order to
C: so that
D: because
9. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions:
I’m decorating a picture with a pattern of stiches, using coloured threads.
A: clothed
B: clothing
C: cloth
D: clothes
10. We went to Doi Tam, a village famous ______ its drum making techniques, in Ha Nam Province last month.
A: of
B: with
C: about
D: for
11. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions .
A:friendship
B:encourage
C:medicine
D:graduate
12. People say that it ______ four workers three days to make a drum with a diameter of 1.5 metres.
A: took
B: has taken
C: take
D: takes
13. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
A: preserved
B: embroidered
C: wandered
D: embarrassed
14. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the meaningful sentence from the cues given.
In/ past/ most/ girls/ like/ knit/ sweaters/ themselves.
A: In the past most girls like to knit sweaters for themselves.
B: In the past most girls liked knitting sweaters for themselves.
C: In the past most girls liked to knitting sweaters for themselves.
D: In the past most girls like knitting sweaters for themselves.
15. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
A: tense
B: stressed
C: concentrate
D: self-aware
