I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions:

1. A. rest                               B. help                            C. answer                      D. plenty

2. A. kitchen                         B. chemistry                  C. children                    D. charity

3. A. collect                          B. clean                          C. city                            D. calories

4  A. flu                                 B. uncle                          C. sunburn                     D. much

5. A. sick                               B. swimming                 C. itchy                          D. riding

II. Mark 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:

6. A. headache                      B. healthy                      C. enough                      D. cycling

7. A. football                         B. disease                      C. happy                        D. suffer

8. A. toothache                     B. provide                     C. include                      D. prevent

9. A. obesity                          B. community               C. activity                      D. television

10. A. offer                            B. homeless                   C. recycle                      D. labour

1 d 2b 3c 4d 5a 

6a 7b 8b 9c 10a

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1. A. rest                               B. help                            C. answer                      D. plenty

2. A. kitchen                         B. chemistry                  C. children                    D. charity

3. A. collect                          B. clean                          C. city                            D. calories

4  A. flu                                 B. uncle                          C. sunburn                     D. much

5. A. sick                               B. swimming                 C. itchy                          D. riding

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

1.  A. metropolitan              B. fossil                         C. horror                        D. offering

2.  A. concentrate                B. confident                   C. contestant                  D. consequent

Mark 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.

3.  A. violent                       B. cultural                      C. assistant                     D. compliment

4.  A. community                B. desirable                    C. electrical                    D. habitable

Find mistakes and correct them

5. Their free trip, which they won on a television game-show, include four days in London and a week in Paris. => includes

6. The young are thought being the future leaders of the country, and it is essential that they understand their responsibilities. => to be

7. If there will be too much exhaust fume in the air, our breathing will be badly affected. => is

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

1.  A. metropolitan              B. fossil                         C. horror                        D. offering

2.  A. concentrate                B. confident                   C. contestant                  D. consequent

Mark 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.

3.  A. violent                       B. cultural                      C. assistant                     D. compliment

4.  A. community                B. desirable                    C. electrical                    D. habitable

Find mistakes and correct them

5. Their free trip, which they won on a television game-show, include four days in London and a week in Paris.

=> includes

6. The young are thought being the future leaders of the country, and it is essential that they understand their responsibilities.

=> Câu này bị lỗi

7. If there will be too much exhaust fume in the air, our breathing will be badly affected.

=> is

1 B

2 C

3 B

4 A

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

1.  A. comment                  B. equipment                 C. compartment              D. document

2.  A. edition                       B. device                       C. celebrate                    D. replace

Mark 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.

3.  A. sector                        B. mission                      C. limit                           D. affect

4.  A. pagoda                      B. continent                   C. disaster                      D. consumption

Tìm lỗi sai và sửa lại

5.  Laser discs provide images of best quality than those of either television signals or video tapes. => better

6.  His teacher encouraged him taking part in the competition. => to take

7.  Ozone is an unstable, faintly bluish gas that is the most chemical active form of oxygen. => chemically

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

8.  She would like to go for a picnic with us_______ she is busy.

     A. even if                       B. because                     C. so that                        D. but

9.  Don't forget your appointment. You'd better put it in your_______.

     A. agenda                      B. diary                          C. calendar D. directory

10. It's an awful_______ Jane couldn't come. I was looking forward to meeting her.

     A. harm                         B. sorrow                       C. shame                        D. shock

11. The water clock was_______ by the Chinese in the 11^th century.

     A. built                          B. kept                           C. examined                   D. made

12. It’s nice I am now in London again. This is the second time I_______ there.

     A. will be                       B. would be                    C. was                            D. have been

13. _______to an accident in High Street, traffic is moving very slowly on the London road.

     A. Through                    B. Owing                        C. Because                     D. Since

14. There are a lot of people who_______ work in remote and mountainous areas nowadays.

     A. volunteer                   B. voluntarily                 C. volunteers                  D. voluntary

15. People often_______ the candles after singing “Happy Birthday”.

     A. blow out                    B. light up                      C. put on                        D. turn off

16. He has a very_______ temper and often says things he regrets later.

     A. angry                         B. quick                         C. warm                         D. fast

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

17. - “What about some soya milk? They are full of protein.” - “_______”

     A. Yes, I’d love to.                                               B. No, thank you.

     C. I want to get vitamins. D. It's terrible enough.

18. - “Would you mind if I turned up the TV?” - “_______”

     A. No, no. Please do it.   B. No, I don't do it.

     C. Yes, I would.                                                   D. What a question!

1.Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

1.  A. failure                       B. injure                         C. sculpture                    D. measure

2.  A. telescope                   B. folk                           C. nomad                       D. companion

Mark 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.

3.  A. solar                          B. career                        C. complex                    D. fiction

4.  A. orphanage                 B. versatile                     C. abundant                    D. discipline

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

5.  Neptune is________ any planet except Pluto.

     A. to be far from the Sun B. far from the Sun being

     C. farther than the Sun is D. farther from the Sun than

6.  I didn't really want to play football on Saturday, but since there was no one else to take my place I couldn't really________ it.

     A. go over                      B. get out of                   C. turn down                  D. take off

7. He retired early________ ill health.

     A. on behalf of               B. ahead of                     C. on account of             D. in front of

8. I had no________ that the unemployment rate was so high in this country.

     A. knowledge                 B. idea                           C. question                     D. understanding

9. He________ being given a receipt for the bill he had paid.

     A. asked to                     B. demanded                  C. insisted on                  D. required

10. Children with________ diseases should not be allowed to go to school.

     A. contacted                   B. infectious                  C. constant                     D. influential

11. Mr and Mrs Hudson       are always________ with each other about how to bring up their children.

     A. annoying                   B. arguing                      C. explaining                  D. shouting

12. He was very upset by the________ of his English examination.

     A. result                         B. outcome                    C. effect                         D. success

13. The noise of the traffic stopped me________ to sleep.

     A. falling                       B. starting                       C. coming                       D. going

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

14. - “I'm going to the beach with my parents this Saturday!”

     - “_______”

     A. It's quite normal.                                              B. Lucky you! I'm having a karate lesson,

     C. Good luck, and take care!                                 D. I'm waiting for your news.

15.- “Do you think I could borrow your dictionary ?”

     - “_______”

     A. Yes, you may borrow. B. Yes, come on.

     C. Yes, help yourself.                                           D. It doesn't matter!

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

     In England, there is a traditional belief that whoever first arrives at the threshold of the household will bring good luck to the family for the coming year. The tradition is (23) _______ ‘First Footing’. As part of ‘First Footing’ tradition, English people pray for a young, healthy, handsome, and dark-haired male to be their first footer of the New Year. A woman, a blonde, or a red-colored person is not welcome for the day, (24) _______they are considered to bring bad luck for the entire year.

     Moreover, if that person carries coal, money, bread, salt, or holy mistletoe with him, then it is considered to be a (25) _______ of good luck and prosperity for the rest of the year. Traditionally, the first footer is meant to follow certain customs and traditions. One of them is that the first footer (26) _______always enter the house from the front door, and exit from the back door. Also, the first footer should place the fuel (as carried along) on the fire, should place the loaf on the table, and should (27) _______water on the head of the householder. Tradition also calls for gifting of the mistletoe by the visitor to any household member.

23. A. called                       B. known                       C. thought                      D. believed

24. A. although                   B. yet                             C. whereas                     D. as

25. A. notice                       B. sign                           C. warning                     D. coming

26. A. may                          B. would                        C. should                       D. could

27. A. flow                         B. flood                         C. pour                           D. empty

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

1. Harry no longer smokes a lot. (used to)

à Harry used to smoke a lot

2. “I’ll call you as soon as I arrive at the airport,” he said to me. (to call)

à He promised to call me as he arrived at the airport

3. You should take regular exercises instead of sitting in front of the television all day. (taking)

à Taking regular exercises is better than sitting in front of the television all day.

4. He cannot afford a new computer. (so...that)

à A new computer is so expensive that he can't afford

Choose the correct sentence A, B, C, or D that is built from the words and phrases given.

1. world’s oceans/ vast/ cope/ present levels/ pollution

à The world's oceans are so vast that they can cope with the present levels of pollution

2. It/ better/ play safe/ exams/ give/ original answer

à It's often better playing safe in exams than giving an original answer.

3. She suggest/ take/ plane today/ or/ go/ train tomorrow

à She suggested taking the plane today or go by train tomorrow

4. robots/ use/ more/ free/ people/ do/ housework

à Robots should be used more to free people from doing housework

1-A

2-B

3-D

1-A

2-B

3-D

nha 

Mark the letter A, B, C or to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

1. A. washed              B. cooked                   C. clapped                  D. cleared

2. A. translated          B. succeeded              C. introduced             D. initiated

3. A. washes               B. teaches                   C. changes                  D. likes

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of main stress in each of the following questions.

4. A. linguistics          B. favorite                  C. demanding             D. geography 

5. A. university          B. examination          C. sociology                D. geographical

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct option to fill each of the following blanks.

6. He has not been offered the job because he cannot meet the _______ of the company.

A. requirements                           B. applicants              C. information                      D. education

7. A _______ is an official document that you receive when you have completed a course of study or training.

A. vocation                       B. subject                    C. certificate              D. grade

8. Many people have objected to the use of animals in _____ experiments.

A. science                                     B. scientist                  C. scientific                 D. scientifically

9. Students also have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of _______ courses in the university.

A. compulsory                  B. optional                  C. required                 D. limited

10. Higher education _______ have risen this year for the first time in more than a decade.

A. applies                                     B. applications           C. applicable              D. applicants

11.An _______ is a student at a university or college who is studying for his or her first degree.

A. undergraduate                         B. application                         C. insurance               D. exam

12.- Which subject do you _______ at university? - I major in Math.

A. do                                 B. make                      C. practice                  D. demonstrate

13. She has made an _______for the job as a nursery teacher because she likes children.

   A. apply                               B. applicant                C. appliance               D. application

14. Whenever something goes wrong, everyone _______ it on me.

   A. charges                           B. blames                   C. insists                     D. accuses

15. Ellen didn’t get _______very well _______the roommate.

   A. up/ with                          B. on/ to                      C. up/ to                      D. on/ with

16. Sarah was very excited _______going to college.

   A. on                                                B. with                                    C. about                      D. to

17. Alice was not used to _______different people every day at college.

   A. meet                                B. meeting                  C. met                         D. to meet

18. Did you see that fascinating wildlife program _______television last night?

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

19. Music is clearly different _______language.

   A. with                                 B. from                       C. in                            D. of

20. My school is _______the hospital and the post office.

   A. in                                     B. near                                    C. between                 D. behind

21. Quoc Tu Giam was_______to be the first university of Vietnam.

   A. considered                      B. founded                  C. noticed                   D. called

22. If I were you, I would advise her _______the new teaching method.

   A. try                                   B. trying                     C. tries                                    D. to try

23. Working for 12 hours a day _______her very tired.

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

24. Either you or I _______wrong.

   A. am                                   B. is                             C. were                       D. are

25. If I had known you were in hospital, I _______to see you.

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

26. If anyone _______me, tell him I’ll be back later, Mary.

   A. was calling                     B. calls                                    C. call                         D. called

27. If I _______ 10 years younger, I _______ the job.

A. am / will take                                      B. was / have taken

C. had been / will have taken                 D. were / would take

28. I would send her a fax if I _______ her number.

A. know                            B. knew                      C. had known                         D. could know

29. If I_______the chance, I would have been trained to be a doctor.

   A. have had                         B. had had                  C. would have                        D. would have had

30. If it _______ warm yesterday, we would have gone to the beach.

A. was                               B. were                       C. had been                D. could be

Mark the letter A, B, C or to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

1. A. washed              B. cooked                   C. clapped                  D. cleared

2. A. translated          B. succeeded              C. introduced             D. initiated

3. A. washes               B. teaches                   C. changes                  D. likes

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of main stress in each of the following questions.

4. A. linguistics          B. favorite                  C. demanding             D. geography 

5. A. university          B. examination          C. sociology                D. geographical

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct option to fill each of the following blanks.

6. He has not been offered the job because he cannot meet the _______ of the company.

A. requirements                           B. applicants              C. information                      D. education

7. A _______ is an official document that you receive when you have completed a course of study or training.

A. vocation                       B. subject                    C. certificate              D. grade

8. Many people have objected to the use of animals in _____ experiments.

A. science                                     B. scientist                  C. scientific                 D. scientifically

9. Students also have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of _______ courses in the university.

A. compulsory                  B. optional                  C. required                 D. limited

10. Higher education _______ have risen this year for the first time in more than a decade.

A. applies                                     B. applications           C. applicable              D. applicants

11.An _______ is a student at a university or college who is studying for his or her first degree.

A. undergraduate                         B. application                         C. insurance               D. exam

12.- Which subject do you _______ at university? - I major in Math.

A. do                                 B. make                      C. practice                  D. demonstrate

13. She has made an _______for the job as a nursery teacher because she likes children.

   A. apply                               B. applicant                C. appliance               D. application

14. Whenever something goes wrong, everyone _______ it on me.

   A. charges                           B. blames                   C. insists                     D. accuses

15. Ellen didn’t get _______very well _______the roommate.

   A. up/ with                          B. on/ to                      C. up/ to                      D. on/ with

16. Sarah was very excited _______going to college.

   A. on                                                B. with                                    C. about                      D. to

17. Alice was not used to _______different people every day at college.

   A. meet                                B. meeting                  C. met                         D. to meet

18. Did you see that fascinating wildlife program _______television last night?

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

19. Music is clearly different _______language.

   A. with                                 B. from                       C. in                            D. of

20. My school is _______the hospital and the post office.

   A. in                                     B. near                                    C. between                 D. behind

21. Quoc Tu Giam was_______to be the first university of Vietnam.

   A. considered                      B. founded                  C. noticed                   D. called

22. If I were you, I would advise her _______the new teaching method.

   A. try                                   B. trying                     C. tries                                    D. to try

23. Working for 12 hours a day _______her very tired.

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

24. Either you or I _______wrong.

   A. am                                   B. is                             C. were                       D. are

25. If I had known you were in hospital, I _______to see you.

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

26. If anyone _______me, tell him I’ll be back later, Mary.

   A. was calling                     B. calls                                    C. call                         D. called

27. If I _______ 10 years younger, I _______ the job.

A. am / will take                                      B. was / have taken

C. had been / will have taken                 D. were / would take

28. I would send her a fax if I _______ her number.

A. know                            B. knew                      C. had known                         D. could know

29. If I_______the chance, I would have been trained to be a doctor.

   A. have had                         B. had had                  C. would have                        D. would have had

30. If it _______ warm yesterday, we would have gone to the beach.

A. was                               B. were                       C. had been                D. could be

  Đáp án là D. Từ student có phần gạch chân được phát âm là /ju:/, các từ còn lại có phần gạch chân được phát âm là /A

2.        Đáp án là B. Theo quy tắc đọc đuôi -s/-es, từ decides có phần gạch chân được phát âm là /z/, các từ còn lại có phần gạch chân được phát âm là /s/