I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. baggy B. casual C. label D. fashion
2. A. city B. recycle C. center D. collect
3. A. tea B. listen C. sent D. tend
4. A. books B. cats C. maps D. dogs
II. Supply the correct word forms to complete the following sentences.
1. Getting to the village is a very ......................... Journey. (INTEREST)
2. My father is a careful driver. He drives ............................ . (CARE)
3. This ............................ has written many stories for children. (WRITE)
4. The newspaper is published ...................... You can get it everyday. (DAY)
III. Ch oose the best answers.
l. He used to collect stamps. He gave up ..................... stamps 5 years ago.
A. to collect B. collected C. collecting D. to have collected
2. I would have seen Ann if I ................... to the party last night.
A. went B. would go C. had gone D. have gone
3. Are these books used ........................... English in your country?
A. teach B. to teach C. teaching D. to teaching
4. Town ........................ used to go through city streets, shouting about the things they wanted to sell.
A. shouters B. criers C. singers D. dancers
5. Messages that a person receives or send on the computer are ......................... .
A. data B. information C. e-mails D. texts
6. Hoa Hoc Tro is one of the most ....................... magazines for teenagers.
A. like B. dislike C. know D. popular
7. Living in a far-away one of the most .................. to the Net easily.
A. access B. work C. connect D. relation
IV. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way.
1. He used to study the best in this class.
->No one ....................................................
2. "I'm worried about my father's sickness", Alice said.
->Alice said .....................................................................
3. Why don't you use energy-saving bulbs, Lan?
->If I ....................................................................................
4. She last saw her friend five years ago.
->Her friend has ...............................................................
5. You'd better not lend that man any more money, Mary" said John .
->John advised ...............................................................................
VI. Read the passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D.
Parents send their children to school to prepare for the time when they grow up Children learn their native language so that they will be able to communicate fluently with other people around them. Moreover, they can preserve the valuable culture and literature of their country. They learn foreign languages in order to benefit from other countries' heritage. The more foreign languages they learn, the more benefits they also learn math to calculate, geography to know about nature, and history to know about human beings and historical events. Nearly everything they s at school has some practical uses in their life.
1. Parents send their children to school to ............ .
A. play better B. learn English C. prepare for their future D. make them grow up
2. Why do children have to learn their native language?
A. To learn foreign languages. B. To communicate fluently with other people around them.
C. To benefit from foreign countries' heritage. D. To know about nature.
3. According to the passage, children learn history to know about .......................... .
A. people and historical events B. practical uses in life
D. the mankind C. events of the history
4. How many school subjects are mentioned in the passage?
A. Five. B. Seven C. Six.D. Four.
5. Most of the things children learn at school .
A. are useless B. have no use C. are not necessary D. have some practical uses
