Many teenagers start to have emotional feelings for (12) ........... boy or girl, or feel the need to be loved. If a teen fails to get love from the one he/she likes or loves, they may find it is hard to get over the painful experience.

Pressures to do well academically can be a source of stress. If teens are academically strong, they can perform well. If not, they suffer from endless stress.

As teens reach adolescence, they have more friends and come in contact (11)............. many more people. They now have to learn to interact socially and they may find it is not easy to adjust in the complicated world or to gain social acceptance.

Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

TEENS' SOURCES OF STRESS

In adolescence, teens experience so many physical and psychological changes that they may not know how to (9)............. Many boys feel obsessed with their voice or (10)............... Girls feel annoyed with unwanted spots on their faces.

As teens reach adolescence, they have more friends and come in contact (11)............. many more people. They now have to learn to interact socially and they may find it is not easy to adjust in the complicated world or to gain social acceptance.

Many teenagers start to have emotional feelings for (12) ........... boy or girl, or feel the need to be loved. If a teen fails to get love from the one he/she likes or loves, they may find it is hard to get over the painful experience.

Pressures to do well academically can be a source of stress. If teens are academically strong, they can perform well. If not, they suffer from endless stress.

Being under pressures of a number of things, teenagers become constantly (13) ...... If they are unlucky to fail in anything, they may fall into the feeling of self-doubt and low self-esteem.

Mark the letter A, B C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Most of Vietnamese people were illiterate in the early 20^th century.

Mark the letter A, B C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Only wealthy people used to have TV sets in 1990s.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheer to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

We had better treat our man-made and natural wonders culturally.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheer to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: (8 points)

 Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

II. Write a short paragraph (about 80 words) about a famous place in Viet Nam you would like to visit.

You should base on some suggestions below.

- What place is it?

- Where is it located?

- What are the main features of the place?

- Why would you like to visit it?

“I will have a class meeting next week”. Nga said.

=> Nga said …………………………………………..

Life in the countryside is more comfortable than that in the city.

=> Life in the city ……………………………………

People grow rice in tropical countries.

=> Rice ........................................................................

My grandparents often told me the folk tales when I was a small child.

=> My grandparents used …………………………..

D. WRITING

I. Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

 She can't speak English as fluently as her brother.

How was the trip?

II. Read the following letter and choose the correct answers.

Dear Shirley.

You won't believe what Jack and I did last weekend! We went to Cancun! We got there early Friday moming, checked in, and went straight to the beach. We went scuba diving all morning, and we relaxed on the beach and swam all afternoon. On Saturday, we went to Tulum, the Mayan ruins about two hours south of Cancun. On Sunday, we rented a sailboat and went then we went parasailing on the beach. It was a lot of fun! As soon as I came down from parasailing, we had to run to the hotel, check out, and get to the airport. We slept all the way home, but what wonderful three days!

Love,

Beth

His short story "The celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was an immediate (5) __________ and his new career began.

C. READING

I. Choose the correct answers to complete the passage.

No writer in American literature is (1) __________ or more loved than Samuel Longhorn Clements. Born in Missouri in 1835, he grew (2) __________ on the bank of the Mississippi river and later adopted the pen name Mark Twain. The (3) __________ environment inspired the two novels which made him famous, "Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" and "Life on the Mississippi", told of his adventures on the river boats of that period.
Mark Twain's life as a writer started during the Civil War. At that time he (4) __________ as a newspaper man in Nevada and California. His short story "The celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was an immediate (5) __________ and his new career began.

II. Choose the best option to complete the following sentences by circling A, B, C or D.

Your friend doesn't like taking part in outdoor activities, ______?

Find the word which the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

You spend time/ other members/ have close relationship/.

II. Use the words and phrases given to complete the sentences. (0.5pt)