Question

A. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS

I. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

1. A. psychology	B. galaxy	C. system	D. mystery
2. A. breakdown	B. space	C. alien	D. measure
3. A. UK	B. UFO	C. universe	D. unidentified

II. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

1. A. temporary	B. technology	C. attendance	D. invention
2. A. provide	B. cover	C. create	D. advice

B. USE OF LANGUAGE

I. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1. A magnitude 8 earthquake started to shake his town while he ____________ lunch.

A. has                         B. had                         C. is having               D. was having

2. Using public transport is one of the effective ways to reduce our carbon ____________.

A. footprint               B. monoxide              C. mark                      D. assumption

3. My mother is very good at _______, so she can purchase goods at cheaper prices.

A. to bargain             B. bargaining             C. bargain                  D. bargains

4. Monica ____________ food and drink in the supermarket. She prefers to buy them at the open-air market.

A. doesn’t buy often                                                B. often doesn’t buy           

C. not often buy                                                        D. doesn’t often buy

5. One of the most outstanding features of Zoom Meeting is ____________ rooms which allow small split groups of students to discuss a particular subject.

A. breakout               B. breakthrough        C. break-up               D. break-in

6. Henry’s mother opposed him becoming an astronomer because she didn’t think this job would ____________ him.

A. go with                  B. suit                         C. match                     D. fit

7. The famous sports programme was ____________ live over the Internet.

A. permitted              B. admitted                C. transmitted                       D. predicted

8. My flat started trembling ____________ I was watching TV with my son.

A. since                      B. when                      C. while                      D. by

9. I will submit my assignment on the future role of teacher robots ______ Friday.

A. of                           B. for                          C. in                            D. by

10. ____________ I have enough money, I will buy a new smartphone.

A. Although               B. As soon as                        C. While                     D. Therefore

II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

1. Selena’s extremely keen on shopping and (spend) _______ a lot of time on this expensive hobby.

2. When Linh goes to the supermarket, she usually avoids (buy) __________ single-use products such as plastic containers.

3. The speciality shop is famous for its scented candles, so many foreign tourists often (drop) ________ by there to get some.

4. While my father (grow) _________ vegetables in the back garden, I am preparing for the meal.

5. My brother never (throw) ________ away rubbish in public.

6. Jim told me his club (hold) __________ many meaningful activities to celebrate Earth Day every year.

7. She often (sell) _______ home-grown vegetables online when they are excessive.

8. The locals ran quickly to the safe places when they saw ash and gas begin (erupt) _______________ from the crater.