III.  Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

Minh's hobby is singing. She (1)                singing very much. When her brother (2)                a karaoke set last month, Minh was so glad that she could (3)         every day after dinner. She likes to sing only English songs. In fact, she has already sung all the songs found (4) the karaoke discs. Minh is singing in the karaoke (5)               organized by the RC Center this Saturday. Her family is going there to support her.

B. Read the passage carefully then choose the correct answers(2 pt)

OAK CITY

Oak city is a great city. There is so much to do! There are cinemas, parks and discos. It is got some great clothes and music shops (1)…… Oak City is very modern and beautiful. There aren’t any (2)………..buildings and there is some beautiful (3)………….around city. Is there any pollution in the Oak City? There isn’t much pollution (4)……….there isn’t much traffic. Everyone travels (5)………… bike and walks, so there aren’t many accidents. No one works, so everyone has got a lot of free time. Are there any unfriendly people in Oak City? No – so come and spend a little time here!

1. A. neither                            B. either                                   C. too             

2. A. beautiful                          B. ugly                                     C. pretty         

3. A. scenery                           B. scene                                  C. view           

4. A. so                                    B. because                              C. although     

5. A. on                                   B. in                                         C. by

II. LANGUAGE FOCUS:(2,5 POINTS)

A. Choose the best option (A, B or C) to complete these sentences.

1. Minh ________ in a house in the countryside.

         A. live                              B. lives                                    C. living

2. Look! The boys________ football in the schoolyard.

         A. is playing                     B. play                                    C. are playing            

3. My best friend, Hanh is ________  She talks all the time.

         A. talkative                      B. kind                                    C. confident               

4. Hoa wants to study in a / an________ school because she wants to learn English with English speaking teachers there.

         A. national                       B. international                       C. boarding

5. Are there three any ________ in the living room?

         A. lamp                            B. a lamp                                C. lamps                             

6. The sink is next________ the fridge.

         A. to                                 B. on                                       C. in                           

7. My new house is ________  than the old one.

         A. convenient                  B. more convenient                C. most convenient

8. The Sahara is the ________  desert in the world.

         A. hot                               B. hotter                                  C. hottest                   

B. Find the word whose the underlined part is pronounced differently from the other

s. 9. A. new     B. help C. lesson                                

10. A. cups                               B. desks                                 C. rulers        

I live in a house near the sea. It is ____________ (1) old house, about 100 years old and ____________ (2) very small. There are two bedrooms upstairs____________ (3) no bathroom. The bathroom is down stairs ____________  (4) the kitchen. There is a living room where there is a lovely old fire place. There is a garden____________ (5) the house. The garden____________ (6) down to the beach and in Spring and Summer ____________ (7) flowers everywhere. I like sitting alone ____________ (8) my dog, Rack, but we have a lot of visitors. My city friends often stay with ____________ (9) I love my house for ____________ (10) reasons: the garden, the flowers in Summer, the fire in winter, but the best thing is the view from my bedroom window.

G. Fill in the blanks with is, are, isn't, aren't, do, does, where.

1. We ___________ staying at my cousin’s house in Vung Tau.

2. ___________ they have the right things for the kitchen?

3. Where___________ you live, Phong?

4. ___________ does your uncle live?

5. How many rooms___________ there in the hotel?

6. There___________ any chairs in the kitchen. We need five chairs.

7. Which house___________ you want to live in? A town house or a country house?

8. There___________ any furniture in my bedroom. I need many things.

9. In my house, there ___________ four bedrooms.

10. What____________ Mrs. Brown need for the living room?

II.       Using the word given and other words, complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first. Do not change the word given.

1.   I find collecting glass bottles interesting.               HOBBY

2.  My sister enjoys arranging flowers.                        FINDS

3.  What hobby do you like best, Elina?                      FAVOURITE

4.   Linh finds playing board games boring. .               LIKE

5.   I find watching film interesting.                             ENJOY

Almost everybody has some kinds (1)               hobby. My hobbies (2)                listening to music and watching television.

I am very fond (3)               music. When I am free, I often listen to (4)               favourite songs from an old cassette recorder. (5)               weekends, I usually go to music shops in the downtown areas (6)_            

 buy good CDs. Of the famous pop singers, I prefer Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Madonna and Paul McCartney.

I also (7)               an hour after dinner watching news and documentary programmes. I particularly enjoy the programme "The World Here and There" (8)                          it broadens my knowledge of nature and human civilizations.

I think that my hobbies are (9)               useful. They widen my knowledge, relax my mind, and make me (10)               better about myself.