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I. Listen to the tape twice. Then do the following tasks:(2.0pts)
A. True or False ? (1.0pts)
1. ______ Lan describes the condition of the first-aid course.
2. ______ A girl fell off her bike and hit her head on the road.
3. ______ Lan gives first-aid instructions.
4. ______ Nurse try to clean the bleeding.
B. Multiple choice : (1.0pts)
1. Please send an ______ to Quang Trung school.
A. emergency B. ambulance. C. animal D. address
2. A girl had a bad cut on her ______ .
A. arm B. head C. foot D. leg
3. A nurse use a towel or a ______ to cover the wound.
A. alcohol B. balm C. handkerchief D. A & B are correct.
4. The ambulance will be there in about ______ minutes.
A.20 B. 10 C. 12 D. all are correct
II. Listen
Part 1 : True or False:
1. A girl fell off her bike and hit her head on the road. --------
2. Nurse try to clean the bleeding. --------
3. A girl must fall asleep. --------
4. A girl is unconscious. --------
 Part 2 : Listen carefully and choose A or B:
1. A. This is an emergency.
B. This is an ambulance.
2. A. Lan had a bad cut on her head.
B. A girl had a bad cut on her head.
3. A. A nurse use a towel or a handkerchief.
B. A nurse use a bandage or a handkerchief.
4. A. The ambulance will be there in about 20 minutes.
B. The ambulance will be there in about 10 minutes

III. Listen to the tape twice. Then do the following tasks:(2.0pts)
C. True or False ? (1.0pts)
1.______ This is the first time Hoa has met Tim’s family.
2.______ Hoa wants Tim and Shannon to sit with Mr. Jones.
3.______ Hoa and Tim’s family are traveling from the airport in a taxi.
4.______ Sugar canes aren’t grown in Ha Noi.
D. Multiple choice : (1.0pts)
1.Hoa helps Mr. Jones with her ______ .
A. bags B. hats C. boxes D. family
2. It takes them ______ to drive from the airport to the city center.
A.14 minutes B. 40 minutes C. 24 minutes D. 20 minutes
3. Shannon has never seen ______ before.
A. sugar canes B. corn C. rice paddies D. pictures
4. Tim wants to take a______ on the way to Ha Noi.
A. look B. pictures C. photo D. water buffalo
IV. Listen to the tape twice. Then do the following tasks:(2.0pts)
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A. True or False ? (1.0pts)
1.______ Mrs. Quyen is calling Sandra from Ha Long City.
2.______ Mrs. Quyen will come to Sandra’s house for dinner with her husband.
3.______ Mrs. Quyen will be free on Wednesday evening.
4.______ Sandra will pick Mrs. Quyen up at the hotel at 7.00.
B. Multiple choice : (1.0pts)
1. Mrs. Quyen is coming to San Francisco on ______.
A. Monday B. Tuesday. C. Wednesday D. Thursday
2. Mrs. Quyen and her husband will only be in San Francisco for ______ days.
A. 3 B.13 C. 5 D. 7
3. Mrs. Quyen’s husband will have a business meeting on ______ evening.
A. Monday B. Tuesday. C. Wednesday D. Thursday
4. Mrs. Quyen will leave San Francisco on ______ evening .

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B. 26
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B. REWRITE
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
1. Mai went shopping so that she could buy herself a new radio
 Mai went shopping in order ____________________________
2. Hanh is studying very hard because she doesn’t want to fail in the exam.
 Hanh is studying very hard in order____________________________ .
3. He climbed the tree because he wanted to get a better view.
 He climbed the tree so as ____________________________ .
4. My mother went to the market so that she wanted to buy food.
 My mother went to the market in ____________________________ .
5. They are spending a lot of money because they are trying to please their friends.
 They are spending a lot of money in ____________________________ .
6. This factory makes hundreds of car tires every day.
 They are spending a lot of money in ____________________________ .
7. The milkman brings bottles of milk to houses.
 Bottles of ____________________________ .
8. People send the glass to the factories.  The glass ____________________________ .
9. Mrs Green teaches us math.  We ____________________________ .
10. People speak English all over the world. English ____________________________ .
11. My father waters the trees every morning.
 The trees ____________________________ .
12. The boy is living in Tran Hung Dao Street. He is my friend.

 The boy living ____________________________ .
13. The book is lying on the bookshelf. It is about Geography.
 The book lying ____________________________ .
14. The vase was broken yesterday. It was my favorite one.
 The vase broken ____________________________ .
15. The boy was bitten by a dog. The boy is smart.
 The boy bitten ____________________________ .
16. Would you please give me a hand?
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 Do you mind ____________________________ ?
17. Please tell me the way to Long Truong market?
 Would you mind ____________________________ ?
18. Shall I sit here?  Would you mind ____________________________ ?
19. May ask you a question?  Would you mind ____________________________ ?
20. Jim was cooking. Tom was phoning a friend.
While Jim ____________________________ .
21. In the middle of my meal, the phone rang.
While I ____________________________ .
22. I came to see Jane yesterday. She was cooking dinner then.
When I ____________________________
23. This question is difficult to understand.  It’s ____________________________ .
24. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
 It’s ____________________________
25. The chair isn’t safe to stand on.  It’s ____________________________ .
C. Reading
I. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the
following passage
A. Nha Trang is a (1)______ city of south central Vietnam. Nha Trang beach is one of
the most beautiful (2)______ in the world. The beach is curved, 7km and suitable for
(3)______ along its length. White (4)______ lines of shady coconuts, blue sky and blue sea

(5)______ it attractive. People are safe to bathe (6)______ the shore. In the evening,
(7)______ by the coconut trees to look out to the sea, visitors are bewitched by the (8)______
of nature.
1. A. coastal B. seaside C. mountain D. flower
2. A. coastal B. water C. beaches D. stream
3. A. bathing B. taking C. making D. sitting
4. A. water B. land C. rock D. sand
5. A. keep B. make C. take D. do
6. A. near B. far C. between D. among
7. A. lie B. sleep C. sit D. sitting
8. A. beautiful B. magnificence C. wonderful D. magnificent
B. Ha Long – Bay of the Descending Dragon- is very (1)______with both Vietnamese and
(2)_______ tourists. One of the (3)_________of Ha Long is the Bay’s (4)_________water and
limestone mountains. The Bay’s water is clear(5)______ ___the spring and early summer. Upon
arriving(6)______ ___Ha Long city, visitors will go along to Chay Beach. From the beach, visitors
can hire (7)_________and go out to the Bay. It is here that visitors will find some of Southeast Asia’s
most(8)______ ___sites. Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful(9)______ ___at Ha Long. It was
the cave in which General Tran Hung Dao hid (10)_________stakes to beat the Mongols on Bach
Dang River in 1288.
1. a. popular b. famous c. familiarly d. friendly
2. a. nation b. national c. international d. nationality
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3. a. places b. attractions c. sites d. spaces
4. a. running b. going c. noisy d. calm
5. a. during b. when c. while d. as
6. a. on b. at c. in d. to
7. a. a ship b. a boat c. a yatch d. a ferry
8. a. beauty b. beautiness c.. beautifully d. beautiful
9. a. caves b. places c. areas d. regions
10. a. wood b. wooden c. wool d. woolen

C. Da Lat lies on Lam Vien plateau, in the central Highland province of Lam Dong, 300
kilometers north of Ho Chi Minh City. Da Lat is a well-known city(1) ___all the people who have
been there once. Da Lat is known (2) ______a city of pine trees, waterfalls and flowers. Da Lat
is described as a forest of flowers with (3) ______colors and various species. Flowers can be
found (4) ______ and in any season. We can see flowers in Da Lat in the parks, (5) ___ ___of the
houses, in the garden etc. Da Lat has the widest range of orchid varieties in the country. Da Lat
has (6) ______rivers and canals but it has many picturesque waterfalls. It takes tourists several
days (7) ______all the waterfalls in the area. The famous Cam Ly falls is only 3 kilometers (8)
______the town center. The Prenn Falls is 10 kilometers in the south of Da Lat. The water (9)
______down like a white shade. Da Lat people are very (10) ______of it. They always boast to
tourists about it in the first place. Around the Prenn Falls is the valley of various flowers and pine
hills.
1. a. attracts b. attracting c. attracted d. attractive
2. a. as b. like c. same d. similar
3. a. different b. difficult c. differ d. difference
4. a. somewhere b. anywhere c. nowhere d. everywhere
5. a. behind b. next to c. opposite d. in front
6. a. few b. little c. much d. lots
7. a. visit b. visiting c. to visit d. visited
8. a. in b. at c. to d. from
9. a. falls b. goes c. pours d. walks
10. a. pride b. priding c. prided d. proud
D. Dear Mary,
We are having a wonderful time in Hoi An. The streets here are so(1) _______ that cars not allowed
to center of the (2) ______. Therefore we have to (3) ______. The houses here are very (4)
______but beautiful. However, I don’t like the way they (5) ______business. It seems that every
house has (6) ______ to sell souvenirs and other stuffs. The people are very (7) ______and helpful.
The food looks funny but it (8) ______quite nice. I haven’t (9) ______anything yet. But I will buy
you some little (10) ______lanterns.
See you soon

Love, Jill
1. a. narrow b. long c. big d. large
2. a. village b. town c. city d. capital
3. a. run b. travel c. walk d. move
4. a. modern b. new c. big d. old
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5. a. do b. make c. try d. get
6. a. a shop b. a store c. a mall d. both a and b
7. a. friend b. friendly c. friendly d. friendship
8. a. smells b. tries c. tastes d. seems
9. a. seen b. changed c. sold d. bought
10. a. colorful b. colorless c. colorfully d. color
E. The weather last winter (1) ______a lot of problems for everyone. First there was a long (2) ___
___of fine but cold weather. Which meant that the roads were often (3) ______. Then it got (4)
______, but we had a lot of rain. Two weeks later, the weather (5) ______cold again: an east wind
started (6) ______,and we had a lot of snow. Roads became (7) ______,trains stopped (8) ______, so
that many people either (9) ______ at home or had to (10) ______to work.
1. a. became b. caused c. was d. were
2. a. period b. times c. story d. way
3. a. ice b. iced c. icy d. ices
4. a. warm b. warmer c. warmest d. more warm
5. a. had b. happened c. were d. turned
6. a. to blow b. to send c. to give d. to take
7. a. block b. blocked c. blocking d. to block
8. a. to running b. run c. running d. to run
9. a. left b. took c. lived d. stayed
10. a. had to b. have to c. must d. should
F.
Yesterday, when I was (1) ______ along a busy street, I saw an accident. A woman was
knocked (2) ______when she crossed the street at a zebra crossing. Many people stopped to offer

their help. A policeman arrived and asked a young man to telephone for an ambulance. (3) ______
waiting for the (4) ______, the policeman and some people tried to stop the bleeding. They used a
handkerchief to cover the wound, then put pressure on it and held it (5) ______. They tried to talk to
her in (6) ______to keep her awake. After about ten minutes, the ambulance arrived and the woman
was (7) ______ to hospital.
1.a. ride b. to ride c. riding d. rode
2.a. at b. out c. up d. down
3.a. and b. while c. but d. or
4.a. doctor b. ambulance c. friends d. parents
5.a. for b. tight c. lose d. up
6. a. only b. one c. so d. order
7.a. to take b. take c. taken d. took
C. Read the passage then decide if the following sentences are True, False or not
mentioned:
When you see a person who is going to faint, you should come up to him/her quickly
and help him/her .First you leave the patient lying flat, don’t force him/her to sit or stand.
Then you elevate the patient’s feet or lower his/her head below the level of the heart. Don’t
let the patient get cold and make sure there isn’t much wind. When he/she revives you should
give him/her a cup of tea.
1. _____ A person who is going to faint needs help.