UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL I. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. continent B. depend C. send D. pretend 2. A. says B. prays C. plays D. days 3. A. climate B. pride C. quit D. primary 4. A. may B. can C. stay D. say 5. A. boxes B. washes C. watches D. goes II. From each number, pick out one word which has the stress on the first syllable. 1. A. scientist B. alive C. industrial D. advice 2. A. individual B. reputation C. experience D. scientific 3. A. television B. decoration C. introduction D. expectation 4. A. achievement B. pesticide C. minimize D. dynamite 5. A. prevent B. protect C. pollute D. purpose III. Choose the word or the phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished sentence below or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase. 1. There used to ________ a movie theatre here, but it closed a long time ago. A. be B. to be C. being D. been 2. The children are playing ________in the schoolyard. A. happy B. happiness C. happier D. happily 3. I wish they ________here tomorrow. A. will come B. would come C. came D. to come 4. John ________write the letter to me last year. A. is used to B. was used to C. used to D. used 5. It is difficult ________English in some weeks. A. to speak B. speaking C. speaks D. speak 6. The capital of Malaysia is ________. A. Hanoi B. Paris C. Kuala Lumpur D. Seoul 7. What is the traditional dress of Vietnamese women? It's ________ . A. the suit B. the shirt C. the Ao dai D. the blouse 8. Rice is ________in tropical countries. A. to grow B. grown C. grow D. grew 9. Two department stores ________.by them this year A. have been built B. have built C. has been built D. has built 10. Nga is ________English for her work. A. to study B. studied C. studying D. study 11. He arrived in England ________Monday evening. A. in B. at C. of D. on 12. An wishes that he ________his parents. A. would visited B. can visit C. could visiting D. could visit 13. Let's ________ to the cinema. A. going B. to go C. go D. goes 14. I look forward to ________you. A. see B. to see C. seeing D. saw 15. Millions of Christmas cards ________last month. A. were sent B. sent C. send D. are sent 16. I ________English here since I graduated from Qui Nhon University. A. teach B. taught C. have taught D. am teaching 17. He ______with his friends in an apartment in Ho Chi Minh City since last week. A. living B. has lived C. lived D. live 18. We come to USA ________English. A. study B. learning C. to learn D. studying 19. She ________try to learn English for her job. A is B. has C. must D. was 20. I wish you ________us someday. A. visit B. will visit C. visited D. would visit 21. I wish you ________me with my work last Monday. A. help B. will help C. had helped D. would help 22. I remember ________her somewhere. A. see B. seeing C. saw D. to see 23. Excuse me. Can I ________in this a area? A. smoke B. smoking C. smoked D. to smoke 24. Can you turn ________the light? It is too dark. A. on B. off C. down D. up 25. We have lived in Ha Noi________ 4 years. A. since B. for C. on D. till 26. We will go________a picnic next week. A. in B. at C. on D. to 27. Are you a stamp ________? A. collecting B. collector C. collect D. collection 28. I want everybody to listen ________. A. care B. careful C. careless D. carefully 29. Ann's birthday is ________February 14th. A. in B. on C. for D. at 30. This isn't my first visit to London ________here before. A. I'm B. I'm going to C. I've been D. I was 31. It's very crowded here. I wish ________. A. there were a few people B. there weren't so many people C. there is no one D. there was somebody here 32. I've known him ________I left school. A. when B. before C. until D. since 33. Maria's English is excellent. She speaks English ________. A. very perfect B. perfective C. perfectively D. perfectly 34. Is he an actor________a singer? An actor. A. and B. or C. but D. so 35. Dickens is my ________English novelist A. preferable B. favorable C. favorite D. likeable 36. I'm looking ________to hearing from you. A. at B. after C. over D. forward 37. Please let Tim ________ with you. A. go B. going C. to go D. goes 38. ________air is one of many problems we have to solve. A. pure B. polluted C. dust D. pleasant 39. He ________to find a job but he had no luck. A. hardly tried B. tried hardly C. hard tried D. tried hard 40. Ba________ go to Dalat in summer when he was young. A. use to B. used to C. is used to D. is used 41. He wishes he________ a pilot. A. were B. is C. will be D. can be 42. He________ English for 4 years. A. learns B. learnt C. has learnt D. will learn 43. Young people are fond of ________ Jeans. A. to wear B. wearing C. wore D. worn 44. She sings very________ A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautify D. beautifully 45. She asked me where I ________ from. A. come B. came C. to come D. coming 46. Could you please stop________ so much noise? A. make B. making C. made D. to make 47. Be________! He is looking at you. A. care B. careful C. carefully D. carelessly 48. Remember to turn ________ the lights before going to bed. A. of B. off C. on D. up 49.Maryam and Lan are pen pals, they ________ two times a week. A. correspond B. write letter C. meet D. phone each other 50. Ha Noi is a ________ city. A. Beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. friendly IV. Each line has a mistake find and correct it 1.How about go for a walk on Sunday? 2.We are having a birthday party on Saturday evening next weekend. 3.She would like going out with her Mom. 4.Let's me help you do home work. – No, thanks. I can manage. 5.Bell started experimented with rays of transmitting speech. 6. Everybody in my neighborhood are happy about new changes 7. This test is more easy than that one. 8. We've learnt to play the piano for 2005. 9. I used to working for this company when I graduated. 10. We have the same idea with your Dad in the discussion. V. Read the following passage and choose the best answers. Tet is a national and .................... (1) festival in Vietnam . It is occasion for every Vietnamese to be reunited to think .................(2) their past activities and hope for good luck in the new year. Before Tet all houses .................. (3) whitewashed and ...................... (4) with colourful lights . Everybody is looking ......................... (5) to a better life. In the new year's eve, children are smartly dressed . ......................... (6) are hoping to receive money put in small red envelopes as they are wishing longevity to ................... (7) grandparents and parents. Wrong doings should ...................... (8) avoided on these days . 1. A. traditional B. modern C. compulsory D. convenient. 2. A. about B. with C. after D. for 3. A. was B. were C. are D. is 4. A. decorate B. decorating C. to decorate D. decorated 5. A. for B. forward C. after D. at 6. A. them B. who C. these D. they 7. A. his B. her C. my D. their 8. A. take B. not C. we D. be VI. Give the correct form of word. 1- To Huu is a famous______________ (poetry). 2- His ________________ are interesting.(poet) 3- The internet has ________________ (surprise) developed in Vietnam. 4- I like watching the news best because it is very ________________ (inform) . 5- They have________________ the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it. (modern) 6- Liz likes the________________ and the beauty of Ba's village. (peaceful) 7- You must be __________ when you open that door . (care) 8- We can see many __________ on TV everyday . (advertise) 9- I watch the news everyday because it very __________ . (inform) 10- He didn't feel happy because he worked __________ . (success) 11- Our school has a lot of __________ teacher (qualify) 12- She received a lot of __________ from her mother . (encourage) 13- He was very __________ of the work he had done . (pride) 14- Do you have a __________ costume in your country . (nation) 15- The children are more __________ in cartoons . (interest) 16- Every student was very __________ about the holiday . (excite) VII. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets Maryam and Lan (1. be) __________ pen pals for over two years. Last week they (2. have) __________the first meeting. Lan (3. take) __________ Maryam to Hoan Kiem Lake. They (4. visit) __________ Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the History Museum and Van Mieu, as well as many other beautiful parks and lakes in Hanoi. Lan (5. remember) __________ there (6. be) __________ a mosque on Hang Luoc Street because she (7. use to) __________ walk past it on her way to primary school. Lan (8. accompany) __________ Maryam to the mosque. She (9. enjoy) __________ the peaceful atmosphere while her pen pal (10. pray) __________. VII. Finish the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the given words or phrases 1. Mary always went swimming after school last year Mary used to _________________________________ 2. Maryam was impressed by Hanoi people Hanoi people made ____________________________ 3. Bahasa Malaysia is widely spoken in Malaysia Malaysian people ______________________________

I. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. continent B. depend C. send D. pretend  (e)

2. A. says B. prays C. plays D. days    (ay)

3. A. climate B. pride C. quit D. primary     (i)

4. A. may B. can C. stay D. say      (a)

5. A. boxes B. washes C. watches D. goes     (e)

II. Choose the word or the phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished sentence below or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase. 

1. There used to  ________ a movie theatre here, but it closed a long time ago.

A. be            B. to be          C. being          D. been

2. The children are playing  ________in the schoolyard.

A. happy        B. happiness    C. happier      D. happily

3.  I wish they  ________here tomorrow.

A. will come  B. would come C. came D. to come

4. John  ________write the letter to me last year.

A. is used to B. was used to      C. used to      D. used

5. It is difficult  ________English in some weeks.

A. to  speak    B. speaking  C. speaks  D. speak

6. The capital of Malaysia is  ________.

A. Hanoi      B. Paris      C.  Kuala Lumpur D. Seoul

7. What is the traditional dress of Vietnamese women?  It’s  ________ .

A. the  suit    B. the  shirt    C. the Ao dai  D. the blouse                                          

8. Rice is  ________in tropical countries.

A. to grow B. grown      C. grow          D. grew

9. Two department stores   ________by them this year.

A. have been built B. have built    C.  has been built D. has built

10. Nga  is ________English for her work.

A. to study B. studied      C. studying  D. study     

11. He arrived in England ________Monday evening.

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

12. An wishes that he ________his parents.

A. would visited B. can visit C. could visiting D. could visit

13. Let’s   ________ to the cinema.

A. going    B. to go          C. go          D. goes

14. I look forward to  ________you.

A. see B. to see          C. seeing        D. saw

15. Millions of Christmas cards  ________last month.

A. were sent B. sent        C. send        D. are sent

16. I  ________English here since I graduated from Qui Nhon University.

A. teach      B. taught          C. have taught D. am teaching

17. He  ______with his friends in an apartment in Ho Chi Minh City since last week.

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

18. We come to USA  ________English.

A. study B. learning    C. to learn D. studying

19. She  ________try to learn English for her job.

A is                B. has          C. must        D. was

20. I wish you ________us someday.

A. visit          B. will visit  C. visited      D. would visit

21. I wish you  ________me with my work last Monday.

A. help          B. will help  C. had helped    D. would help

22. I remember ________her somewhere.

A. see      B. seeing        C. saw          D. to see

23. Excuse me. Can I  ________in this area?

A. smoke        B. smoking      C. smoked      D. to smoke

24. Can you turn ________the light?  It is too dark.

A. on              B. off              C. down          D. up

25. We have lived in Ha Noi________  4 years.

A. since          B. for C. on                D. till

26. We will go________a picnic next week.

A. in            B. at    C. on              D. to

27.  Are you a stamp ________?

A. collecting B. collector      C. collect      D. collection

28. I want everybody to listen ________.

A. care            B. careful        C. careless      D. carefully

29. Ann’s birthday is ________February 14th.

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

30. This isn’t my first visit to London. ________here before.

A. I’m            B. I’m going to C. I’ve been D. I was 

31. It’s very crowded here. I wish ________.

A. there were a few people B. there weren’t so many people

C. there is no one D. there was somebody here 

32. I’ve known him ________I left school.

A. when    B. before      C. until    D. since 

33. Maria’s English is excellent. She speaks English ________.

A. very perfect    B. perfective    C. perfectively      D. perfectly 

34. Is he an actor________a singer?  An actor.

A, and B. or C. but D. so

35. Dickens is my ________English novelist.

A. preferable      B. favorable      C. favorite      D. likeable 

36. I’m looking ________to hearing from you.

A. at      B. after        C. over      D. forward

37. Please let Tim ________ with you.

A. go    B. going    C. to go      D. goes 

38. ________air is one of many problems we have to solve.

A. pure      B. polluted      C. dust    D. pleasant 

39. He ________to find a job but he had no luck. 

A. hardly tried      B. tried hardly    C. hard tried    D. tried hard 

40. Ba________  go to Dalat in summer when he was young.

A. use to B. used to C. is used to D. is used

41. He wishes he________  a pilot.

A. were B. is C. will be D. can be

42. He________ English for 4 years.

A. learns B. learnt C. has learnt D. will learn

43. Young people are fond of ________  Jeans.

A. to wear B. wearing C. wore D. worn

44. She sings very________.

A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautify D. beautifully

45. She asked me where I ________  from.

A. come B. came C. to come D. coming

46. Could you please stop________  so much noise?

A. make B. making C. made D. to make

47. Be________! He is looking at you.

A. care B. careful C. carefully D. carelessly

48. Remember to turn ________  the lights before going to bed.

A. of B. off C. on D. up

49.Maryam and Lan are pen pals, they ________ two times a week.

A. correspond B. write letter C. meet D. phone each other

50. Ha Noi is a ________  city.

A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. friendly

From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1.         A. out                         B. round                     C. about                     D. would

2.         A. too                         B. soon                       C. good                       D. food

3.         A. though                   B. enough                  C. cough                    D. rough

4.         A. happy                    B. hour                       C. high                        D. hotel

5.         A. equal                     B. fashion                  C. champagne           D. match

6.         A. only                       B. cotton                    C. cross                      D. economic

7.         A. baggy                     B. minority                C. style                       D. symbol

8.         A. design                   B. ghost                      C. clothing                 D. strong

9.         A. casual                    B. sale                        C. sleeveless             D. slit

10.       A. baggy                    B. fashion                  C. label                      D. casual

11.       A. economy               B. occasion                C. freedom                 D. logical

12.       A. encourage             B. young                    C. proud                     D. enough

13.       A. rivalry                   B. economic              C. symbolic               D. comic

14.       A. fade                       B. fashion                  C. label                      D. plain

15.       A. champagne           B. check                     C. cheese                   D. choose

16        A. boxes                     B. wasches                 C. watches                 D. goes

17.       A. tent                        B. rely                        C. tend                        D. send

I. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1.         A. out                          B. round                      C. about                      D. would

2.         A. chair                       B. check                      C. machine                  D. child

3.         A. too                          B. soon                        C. good                       D. food

4.         A. though                    B. enough                   C. cough                     D. rough

5.         A. happy                     B. hour                        C. high                        D. hotel

II. From each number, pick out one word which has the stress on the first syllable.

1.         A. region                     B. comprise                 C. Malaysia                 D. compulsory

2.         A. association             B. Buddhism               C. divide                     D. together

3.         A. enjoy                      B. religion                   C. Hinduism                D. population

4.         A. Chinese                  B. although                 C. instruction             D. currency

5.         A. primary                   B. religion                   C. tropical                   D. friendliness

I. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1.         A. out                          B. round                      C. about                      D. would

2.         A. chair                       B. check                      C. machine                  D. child

3.         A. too                          B. soon                        C. good                       D. food

4.         A. though                    B. enough                   C. cough                     D. rough

5.         A. happy                     B. hour                        C. high                        D. hotel

TEST FOR UNIT 3

I.             Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1.            a. treasure          b. pleasure         c. ensure             d. measure

2.            a. daughter         b. author             c. laundry            d. sausage

3.            a. dials                  b. calls                   c. says                   d. plays

4.            a. education       b. graduate         c. individual        d. confident

5.            a. embarrassed b. awareness     c. abandoned    d. captain

II.            Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others.

1.            a. frustrated                       b. confident       c. delighted        d. embarrassed

2.            a. assure                              b. pressure         c. figure                d. leisure

3.            a. concentration               b. favorable        c. adolescence  d. relaxation

4.            a. recognize                        b. concentrate  c. assignment    d. cognitive

5.            a. teenager                         b. vehicle             c. activate            d. nationwide

III.           Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

1.            Did you forget your purse ……..   purpose so you wouldn’t have to pay?

                a. on                      b. of                       c. in                        d. for

2.            He was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of drug …………….

                a. charging          b. stealing           c. trafficking       d. trading

3.            In recent years, there has been thousands of victims of sexual and physical………………..

                a. sentence        b. crime                c. abuse               d. conduct

4.            Harrison’s greatest attribute is his ability to work……………..pressure.

                a. within               b. under               c. in        d. on

5.            My parents always criticize me for not getting good grades at school. I wish they put themselves in my                     ………………….

                a. pants                 b. legs                   c. hands               d. shoes

6.            He wondered………………..to tell the news to his parents.

                a. why                   b. how                  c. what                 d. which

7.            He ………………a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems in 1951.

                a. forced              b. sent                  c. took                  d. gained

8.            “You must come to my party,” she told me.

                a. She told me I come to her party.           b. She told me to come her party.

                c. She told me I had to come to her party.             d. She told me I came to her party.

9.            “My life’s got stuck these days. I am so depressed and unable to think of anything.”

                “……………….”

                a. You will be tired.                                          b. Stay stuck there,

                c. Stay calm. Everything will be alright.    d. No, thanks.

10.          “Mom, I’ve got the first rank in class this semester!”  - “…………….”

                a.Well done!      b. Thank you!     c. Never mind!  d. Let’s go!

IV.          Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following sentences.

1.            At the moment, aid agencies are focusing their efforts of women and children.

                                                A            B                  C                                  D

2.            They said the support service will be set up the next month.

                                                A                             B             C             D

3.            Sarah wondered if to attend the life skills workshop that weekend.

                                                A             B                             C                             D

4.            Robert told me that his father had flown to Dallas last year.

                                                                A                 B         C                   D

5.            He always feels left off when his friends talk about sports.

                                      A         B                                         C                       D

6.            For more information, call our free-toll number and speak to a customer service representative.

                                                                                A                                             B      C                                                    D

7.            He asked his father where to cope with negative emotions.

                         A                           B                         C                              D

8.            Joan made the laundry, washing up, and housework holding her with one arm.

                A             B             C             D

V.            Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word in capital.

1.            He said he wouldn’t have enough time to finish the job. (WILL)

- …………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2.            When did your friends eat that chocolate cake? (WAS)

- …………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3.            “What are the skills you concern most?” my teacher asked. (I)

- …………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4.            I have never read such as interesting novel as The Little Prince. (MOST)

- …………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5.            Finish your homework or you can’t go out with your friend. (IF)

- …………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6.            They’re not sure how they should operate the new system. (TO)

- …………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

7.            It took me 4 hours to read the first chapter of the book. (SPENT)

- …………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

8.            Snowboarding is more dangerous than tennis. (AS)

- …………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………