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.

Question 9.  A.honey               B.gold                  C. almost    D. cold

Question 10.  A. appeared      B. decorated         C. entertained       D. destroyed

Mark the letter A, B, C or Don your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to

the underlined word in each of the following questions.

Question 11. I love going to this place as it has the most beautiful scenery in the city.

A. SO                             B.because   C. when      D. so that

Question 12. I am very much interested in learning more about ecotourism and its benefits.

A. disadvantages B. dangers  C. problems         D. advantages

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.

Question 9.  A.honey               B.gold                  C. almost    D. cold

Question 10.  A. appeared      B. decorated         C. entertained       D. destroyed

Mark the letter A, B, C or Don your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to

the underlined word in each of the following questions.

Question 11. I love going to this place as it has the most beautiful scenery in the city.

A. SO                             B.because   C. when      D. so that

Question 12. I am very much interested in learning more about ecotourism and its benefits.

A. disadvantages B. dangers  C. problems         D. advantages

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

Question 1. A. watches                     B. advises                   C. roses                       D. programmes

Question 2. A. advised                      B. washed                   C. looked                    D. danced

Question 3. A. inflation                    B. inhabitant              C. standard                 D. agriculture

Question 4. A. economy                   B. industry                  C. qualify                   D. priority     

Question 5. A. domestic                    B. initiated                  C. situation                  D. priority

II. Choose the one answer A,B,C or D which best completes the sentence or has the same meaning as the underlined word(s).

Question 6. Economic reforms are often carried ______ to promote the developing of a country.

            A. out                          B. on                           C. for                                      D. in

Question 7. Being aware ______ the importance of economic reforms, the Vietnamese Communist Party initiated an overall economic reform policy.

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

Question 8. For more than ten years, we have seen the significant ______ in the economy of our country.

            A. develop                  B. developments        C. developers                         D. developed

Question 9. Considering peasants make up nearly 80% of Vietnam’s population.

            A. specialists              B. economists             C. professors                          D. farmers

Question 10. In the future many large corporation will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost.

            A. companies             B. services                  C. supermarkets                     D. farms

Question 11. Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the inventions of labor-saving devices.

            A. Official                  B. Household              C. Schooling                           D. Foreign

Question 12. In spite ______, the baseball game was not cancelled.

            A. the rain                  B. of the rain              C. it was raining              D. there was a rain

Question 13. ______ he had enough money, he refused to buy a new car.

            A. In spite                   B. In spite of              C. Despite                              D. Although

Question 14. The children slept well, despite ______ .

            A. it was noise                       B. the noise                C. of the noise            D. noisy

Question 15. ______ they are brothers, they do not look like.

            A. Although                B. Even                       C. Despite                              D. In spite of

Question 16. She left him ______ she still loved him.

            A. in spite                   B. even though           C. in spite of                           D. despite

Question 17. The doctor advised him __________  up smoking.

            A. giving                     B. to give                    C. gave                       D. give

Question 18. “Would you like a chocolate?”  _ “_________”

A. No, please.                  B. I like.                     C. I want.          D. No, thanks. I am on a diet.

Question 19. “Let’s go to the movie now”. “Oh! _________”

A. Good idea!                  B.I don’t.                    C. Why’s that?                       D. I need it.

Question 20. We _________ dinner when they _________.

       A. just finished/ had come                                      B. had just finished/ came

       C. was just finishing/ come                                    D. has just finished/ came

Question 21. She _________ the piano since she was ten.

       A. has played                   B. has been played        C. plays                      D. is playing

Question 22. It took my father two days _________ the table.

            A. to make                  B. making                        C. to be made            D. is being made

Question 23. These new economic reforms has allowed for international ______ and development in the country.

            A. pay                         B. renovation             C. investment                         D. opportunity

Question 24. There was a shortage of schools and hospitals.

A. not tall enough                  B. small number        C. plenty                     D. lack

Question 25. Since Doi Moi period, our country has undergone substantial changes.

            A. developed              B. experienced                       C. determined                        D. worked

Question 26. He refused to give up work, _________ he’s won a million pounds.

            A. despite                   B. however                 C. even though                       D. as though

Question 27. She used to ________ in the countryside.

A. living                     B. lives                                   C. lived                       D. live

Question 28. I will see him when he________ here tomorrow.

A. comes                     B. will come                           C. has come                D. come

Question 29. The light________ out while we were having tea.

A. was going              B. had gone                            C. has gone                 D. went

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 others in each of the following questions.

A. autumn

B. summer 

C. public

D. struggle

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 others in each of the following questions.

A. succeed 

B. accept 

C. account 

D. accident

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 others in each of the following questions

A. preface

B. gazelle

C. surface

D. flamingo