20. It was _____ to rescue the drowning boy.
A. too late B. so late as C. much late D. not
enough
II. Choose the one marked A, B, C, or D whose underlined part pronounced
differently:
21. A. good B. book C. school D. football
22. A. one B. mother C. office D. love
23. A. traffic B. traveling C. language D. later
24. A. family B. father C. ask D. start
25. A. each B. weather C. headache D. heavy
III. Choose the one marked A, B, C, or D whose stress pattern is different:
26. A. following B. difficult C. rearrange D.
suitable
27. A. expect B. visit C. because D.
enjoy
28. A. Vietnamese B. capital C. attitude D.
interesting
29. A. conversation B. entertainment C. information D.
applicable
30. A. consider B. behaviour C. memory D.
appearance
IV. Read the text then choose A, B, C, or D to answer questions:
Rice is grown in more than 100 countries. It is very productive in tropical regions, but
it also grows successfully under different climate conditions. Depending on the rice
types and the climate, rice grains are ready for harvest in 3 or 6 months. To grow a
paddy rice crop, farmers usually follow these below activities:
1. Prepare the rice nursery: the soil of the nursery should be loose, fertile and
without weeds. It is also very important to select good rice seeds.
2. Prepare the rice field: farmers have to prepare the rice fields about one or two
months before the rice is transplanted. The fields are usually first flooded then
ploughed. Ploughing is often done by hand, by animals (like oxen and buffaloes)
or by tractors.
3. Transplant the seedlings: The seedlings should be transplanted into wet rice fields
about one month after sowing the nursery. In order for rice to grow healthily, farmers
have to water and fertilize rice fields. The is cut when the heads are yellow. Rice is
very useful because it can be used for many food and nonfood products such as
cooked rice, rice flour, beer, etc.
31. Rice field are ______ .
A. always ploughed by tractors before flooded
B. ploughed half a month before the rice is transplanted
C. flooded before ploughed
D. fertilized before farmers transplant the seedlings
32. Rice grows ________
A. only in tropical areas. B. under different climate conditions
C. only under mild climate D. only in some countries over the world
33. When the heads of the rice plants are yellow, it’s time for farmers to ______ .
A. water the rice field B. fertilize the rice field
C. harvest the rice cropD. use pesticides to kill weeds
34. When preparing the rice nursery, farmers have to _____ .
A. put rice seeds in water B. fertilize the soil