SECTION B: LANGUAGE
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
- A. played (The "-ed" is pronounced /d/.)
- A. seat (The "ea" is pronounced /iː/.)
- B. clothes (The "es" is pronounced /z/.)
- D. ice (The "i" is pronounced /aɪ/.)
II. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
- In summer, the weather A. very hotter than in Da Lat. (We need a word to modify the comparative "hotter", and "very" is not typically used this way. "Much" is the correct modifier.)
- My brother B. bought a new laptop last weekend.
- You mustn't throw rubbish B. on the river.
- There isn't A. some/any orange juice in the fridge. Do you want me to buy B. some/some? (In questions, we typically use "any" for non-count nouns. If the speaker expects a "yes" answer, "some" can be used. However, the first blank requires "any" because it's a negative statement.)
- If we C. wasted water, there will be a shortage soon. (This is a Type 2 conditional sentence, so we use the past simple in the "if" clause.)
- I B. am going to visit my uncle next weekend. (This indicates a planned future action.)
- They often help A. each other with homework after school.
- If you go C. the/x America, you should visit B. the/the Statue of Liberty. (We don't use "the" before the general name of a continent, but we do use "the" before the names of specific landmarks.)
- My little sister is very keen C. on cartoons.
- My dad brought along a A. red medium-sized new raincoat. (The correct order of adjectives is opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose.)
SECTION C: READING
I. Read the passage and choose the best word to fill each blank.
Last summer, I had a wonderful (23) trip to Da Nang with my family. We visited many (24) famous places, including My Khe Beach and Marble Mountains. We enjoyed swimming (25) over and taking part in exciting outdoor (26) activity. Before we left, we bought some souvenirs to remember our trip. Da Nang is really a (27) beautiful city with friendly people.