Exercise II. Choose the words which has a different stress pattern from the other three in each question.

1.A. exam          B. blanket          C. pillow            D. towel

2.A. borrow              B. agree              C. awake            D. prepare

3.A. paper          B. police            C. people           D. purpose

4.A. confident   B. talkative        C. humorous      D. creative

5.A. handsome  B. obese             C. chubby          D. moustache

6.A. teacher       B. student           C. lecture           D. enjoy

7. A. diploma     B. folder             C. backpack              D. sharpener

8.A. apartment   B. beautiful        C. difficult         D. bungalow

9.A. curly           B. ugly        C. pretty             D. rely

10.A. generous  B. attractive       C. confident              D. talkative

II. Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

      1.   A. listen                     B. travel                     C. borrow                   D. obey

      2.   A. traffic                    B. agree                      C. noisy                      D. student

      3.   A. festive                   B. famous                  C.  perform                D. copy      

      4.   A. pavement              B. review                   C. samba                    D. concert

      5.   A. manner                  B. tourist                    C. machine                D. action

III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.

   1.   Mai’s dad usually drives her to school …………. her school is very far from her house.

                  A. but                        B. though                 C. because                D. or

      2.   Traffic accidents can be prevented if people ………………. the rules         

                  A. remember            B. obey                     C. go after                 D. take care of

      3.   Hurry up, or we’ll ………………. the last bus.

                  A. lose                       B. avoid                   C. miss                      D. drop

      4.   Does your bike ever ………………. down on the way to school?

                  A. break                    B. take                     C. do                          D. turn

      5.   Give a ………………. before you turn left or right.

                  A. sign                       B. turn                      C. sound                    D. signal

      6.   Linda used to ………………. morning exercise when she got up early.

                  A. did                        B. does                     C. doing                     D. do

      7.  My father ………………. the bus to work every day, but I cycle.

                  A. catches                 B. drives                  C. goes                       D. runs

      8.   You should look right and left when you go ……………….the road.

                  A. down                    B. across                  C. up                           D. along

      9.   Bus is the main public ………………. in Viet Nam.

                  A. travel                    B. tricycle                C. transport               D. vehicle

      10. The play was so boring ………………., An saw it from beginning to end.

                 A. Therefore                    B. Despite                 C. However                D. Although

      11.  I ____________ a lot when I was younger.

          A. use to swim                             B. used to swim       

          C. used to swimming                  D. didn't used to swim

      12. ______ does it take you to ride to school? – About 30 minutes.

          A. How long                    B. How far                  C. How often           D. How much

      13. I got really ____________ when I saw the main character being killed.

          A. confused                      B. frightened             C. bored                     D. amused

      14. The film was so __________ that the two girls next to me couldn’t stop crying.

          A. moving             B. thrilling                 C. exciting                 D. fascinating

      15. Critics were ____________ at John Travolta in Pup Fiction. He was unexpectedly good.

          A. worried                        B. interested              C. disappointed        D. surprised

      16. We were _________ that we couldn’t get tickets to see the film.

          A. terrified                        B. satisfied                C. relaxed                  D. disappointed

II. Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. worry B. suggest C. finish D. realize
2. A. character B. audience C. invention D. comedy
3. A. buffalo B. violence C. passenger D. tomorrow
4. A. listen B. travel C. borrow D. obey
5. A. traffic B. agree C. noisy D. student
6. A. different B. wonderful C. interview D. interfere
7. A. pavement B. review C. samba D. concert
8. A. manner B. tourist C. machine D. action

II. Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

1. A. listen B. travel C. borrow D. obey

2. A. festival B. cultural C. traditional D. local

3. A. horror B. highlight C. perform D. seasonal

4. A. parade B. polite C. persuade D. present 

5. A. artist B. tourist C. machine D. action

6. A. contain B. achieve C. improve D. enter

7. A. suggest B. rely C. police D. empty

8. A. correct B. provide C. produce D. finish

9. A. accident B. dangerous C. holiday D. however

10. A. engineer B. national C. architect D. scientist 

 II  Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

      1.   A. companion              B. beautiful                 C. comedy                   D. festival

      2.   A. Persian                    B. fountain                  C. maintain                  D. avian

      3.   A. traditional               B. librarian                  C. comfortable            D. significant

      4.   A. opinion                   B. offering                  C. scenery                   D. carnival

      5.   A. invader                   B. procession               C. reliant                     D. celebrate

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. B. psychology B. passed II. Find the word whose stress is different from others. B. forget B. furniture 1. A. geology 2. A. talked C. classify C. dialed D. photography D. stopped 3. A. bamboo 4. A. endanger C. deserve C. determine D. channel D. departure III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 5. You should take A. off a sport and then you would get more exercise. C. down B. up D. in 6. you mind if I smoke? A. Could 7. My sister likes sweets A. making 8. I A don't use to 9. I hope the A. mechanic 10. B. Don't C. Do D. Would from chocolate. B. made C. to make D. make like golf, but now I really like it. B. don't used to C. didn't used to D. didn't use to can repair our car quickly. В. герorter fruit does your father produce? B. How many C. architect D. dentist A How much C. How long D. How often 11. The boy looks a little thin, A. and 12. The weather is A. much better 13. They inform that you are the first candidate. A. interview he is strong. D. yet В. for today than yesterday. B. very better C. or C. too better D. so better B. to interview C. to be interviewed D. interviewing Lisa who you met this moming as she has gone on business so far.. B. could be 14. It.. A must be C. mustn't have been D. can't have been 15. Can you tell me where A. she does 16. You have to work A. hardly 17. I saw her A. watering 18. They had their luggage А camy 19. She often spends her weekend A. travel IV. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find it. 20. Lan seemed happily when she received her aunt's letter. C. she is for the coming exam. C. more hard B. does she D. is she B. more hardly the flowers in the garden. D. hard B. watered C. be watered D. is watering by the porter. C. to carry through pleasant open countryside. C. to travel В. сaпymg D. carried B. traveling D. to traveling A 21. My brother didn't have money enough to buy the dictionary he liked A В C D 22. We should put the coffee table among the armchair and the couch B

II. Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others.

1. A. music                        B. historic                    C. atomic              D. iconic

2. A. medical                            B. national                    C. chemical             D. historical

3. A. geography                B. apology                         C. employee                D. artistic

4. A. Taiwanese               B. biology                           C. botanical                 D. photography

5. A. historical                 B. interviewee                     C. biography               D. psycholog

6. A. village                    B. prevent                    C earthquake            D. shelter

7. A. Chinese                           B. Japanese                   C. historic               D. biology

8. A. classic                    B. nature                       C. degree                 D. debris

VOCABURLARY AND GRAMMAR

I:  Choose the best answer. (A, B, C or D )

1. I like ______________ back my home village on holiday.

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

2. If the factory  _______dumping poison into the lake, all the fish and other aquatic animals will die.

A. continues                    B. to continue          C. continued                 D. will continue

3.The train________________ at 4 pm .

A. will leave                    B. leaves                   C. left                  D. will be leaving

4. If I were you, I  ______________ that car .

A. would buy                        B. buy                    C. bought                  D. buying

5. If we recycle more, we ________________ the Earth.

A. help                          B. would help              C. helping                   D. will help

6. This is one of the worst volcanic __________ in this year.

A. eruption                  B. erupt                       C. erupting                  D. eruptive

7. The roof of the building __________ in a storm a few days ago.

A. damaged                B. was damaged         C. has damaged          D. has been damaged

8. In some English speaking countries, turkey is __________food at Christmas.

A. national                  B. historical                 C. traditional               D. possible

9. Last night’s storm caused a lot of __________ to people in that area.

A. droughts                 B. forests                     C. damages                 D. volcanoes

10. Since 1965, the maple tree with red leaves _________ the most well-known Canadian symbol.

A. has become             B. become                   C. became                   D. becoming

11. The famous Sydney Opera House            as an arts center since 1973.

A. serves                B. served               C. have served                D. has served

12. If you           the president, what would you do to help the environment?

A. would be           B. are                    C. had been           D. were

13. Don’t drink that water. It’s           .

A. contaminated    B. pure                           C. damaged          D. dumped

14.  Linh: Mai has won the first prize.  - Ha:           !

A. That's awesome           B. Oh dear            C. How terrible     D. That's shocking

15. Have you come           solutions to this problem?

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

16. The roof of the building           in a storm a few days ago.

A. damaged                    B. was damaged    C. has damaged    D. has been damaged

17. A severe tropical          is called a typhoon.

A. drought                      B. rain                  C. flood                D. storm              

18. As soon as the floodwater           down, people           their houses.

A. went – cleaned                               B. had gone – cleaned

C. went - had cleaned                                  D. had gone – had cleaned

19. By the time we got to the cinema, the film _____.

A. started                        B. had started                 C. starting        D. was starting

20. This time next week we ............. an exam.

A. will have                             B. have                       C. will be having   D. is having

II. Supply the correct tense of the words given in each blanket.

1.     Four countries ______________ (visit) by John so far.

2.     London ______________ (have) a population of eight million people.

3.     The Statue of Liberty in New York is a monument which ______________ (symbolize) freedom.

4.     Vietnam’s Independence Day ________________ (celebrate) on September 09^th.

5.     We ______________ (visit) Sydney Opera House for several times.

6.     Some activities ______________ (prepare) to celebrate the lunar new year now.

C.READING

I. Read the passage  and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

          Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere (1) .  .  .  .  . comprises the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and many smaller islands  in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries (2) .  .  .  .  . Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea (3) .  .  .  .  . the north, the Solomon, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the Southeast. Australia (4) .  .  .  .  . six states, and two major mainland territories. The (5) .  .  .  .  . city of Australia is Canberra. With a population of over 380,000, it’s Australia’s largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall.

1.       A. who                 B. where               C. which               D. what

2.       A. include             B. contain             C. has                   D. conclude

3.       A. on                    B. to                     C. by                    D. at

4.       A. has                   B. takes                C. gets                  D. begins

5.       A. capital              B. urban               C. rural                 D. suburb

II)-Read the passage and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

The Kiwi

          The kiwi lives only in New Zealand. It is a very strange bird because it cannot fly. The kiwi is the same size as a chicken. It has no wings or tail. It does not have any feathers like other birds.

          A kiwi likes a lot of trees around it. It sleeps during the day because the sunlight hurts its eyes. It can smell things with its nose. It is the only bird in the world that can smell things. The kiwi’s eggs are very big.

          There are only a few kiwis in New Zealand now. New Zealanders want their kiwis to live. There is a picture of a kiwi on New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes called kiwis.

III. Read the passage and answer these questions below:

England is not a large country. No town in England is very far from the sea, and many English families spend their summer holidays at the seaside. There are no high mountains in England, no very long rivers and very large forests.

There are many towns in England. No town is very far from another. The English countryside between the towns is like a carpet of many colors. In spring and summer, the fields, meadows and forests are light green or dark green, and the gardens are green, red, blue, yellow and white with flowers.

Questions

1. Is England a large country?

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2. Where do many English families spend their summer holidays?

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3. Are there many towns in England?

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4. What is the English countryside like?

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WRITING:

I. Rewrite the following sentences so that their meaning stays the same, using the words given.

1. There was a loud noise next to my door last night, so I couldn’t sleep.

→ Because …………………………………………………………………

2. Tornadoes can move objects as big as a car.

→ Objects…………………………………………………………………..

3. Your parents are happy because you behave yourself well.

→  If ………………………………………………………………………..

4. They provided food then cleared up the debris.

→ After …………………………………………………………………….

5. I don’t know her number, so I don’t ring her up.

→ If …………………………………….....….…………………………….

6. The storm destroyed many houses in this village last week.

→ Many houses……………………………………………………………...

7. You should water these flowers regularly.

  ->These flowers should  ……………………………………………

8. If he doesn’t work hard, he will not pass his exam.

-> Unless ………………………………………………………………………………..

II. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences.

1. New York/ the/ but/ is/ city/ the USA/ the/ in/ not/ biggest/capital./

2. English/ an/language/ Malaysia/ India/ many/ is/ official/ in/ and/ other countries./

3. English speakers/ increasing/ the/ of/ number/ world/ is/ the/ in/ fast./

4. whereas/ capital/ of/ the/ London/ of/ Edinburgh/ capital/ England/ the/ is/ is/ Scotland./

I)-Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. 1. A. therapy 2. A. almond 3. A. allergy II)-Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. 4. A. alternative B. acupuncture C. original D. respiratory 5. A. stimulate B. skeleton C. pyramid D. digestive III)-Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 6. Fish, poultry, beans, or nuts ______ half of the dinner plate. A. make B. make out C. make up D. make of 7. Ailments are caused by a(n) ______ of yin and yang. A. imbalance B. unequal C. abnormal D. ineffectiveness 8. In some remote parts of the world, herbs may be the only treatment ______ to the majority of people. B. respiratory B. sesame B. imagine C. medical C. avocado C. sugar D. vessel D. massage D. oxygen A. leading B. available C. easy 9. There are foods that can help you fall asleep or keep you______. A. wake B. waking C. waking up 10. Liver is a large organ in the body which ______ the blood. D. access D. awake D. is cleaning up A. cleans B. cleans up C. is cleaning 11.The Healthy Eating Pyramid reminds us to ______ our intake of salt and added sugar. A. limit B. stop C. avoid D. remove 12. When acupuncture correctly, it is very safe for patients. A. performs B. will be performed C. is performed D. will have performed 13. You should see a doctor if your nosebleed ______ by an injury, such as a punch. A. caused B. were causing C. was caused D. will be caused 14. If your retina records the image well, your brain ________ the image, and you ______ image clearly. A. will interpret- will see B. interpret- See C. is going to interpret-are going to see D. is interpreting-are seeing 15. At your eye exam, you ________to read from an eye chart. A. will probably ask B. are going to ask C. will probably be asked D. are asking IV)-Rewrite the following sentences using the passive. 16. The acupuncturist will ask the patient to lie down. ______________________________________________________________________ 17. The acupuncturist should use single-use disposable sterile needles. ______________________________________________________________________ 18. As the acupuncturist inserts each needle the patient will fl dhem. but iniialy without pain. ______________________________________________________________________ 19. Sometimes people heat the needles or stimulate them with electricity after insertion. ______________________________________________________________________ 20. People keep the needles in acupoints for about twenty minutes. ______________________________________________________________________ V)-Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Benefits of spiritual healing Spiritual healing can be very effectively used to solve numerous physical, mental and emotional problems. Spiritual healing can help eliminate physical and mental problems and give great health benefits. Spiritual healing is often confused with (21) ______ healing, Although many techniques in spiritual healing encourage believing in a greater power and positive universal forces, it does not force any particular faith or religious belief. Spiritual curing has been around in all (22)______. The most obvious health benefits of spiritual healing can be seen on the (23)______ level. People with high blood pressure, cholesterol, body pains, migraines, back aches etc. have cured their (24) ______ by means of spiritual healing techniques. One can see considerable (25)______ of blood pressure and cholesterol, better sleep patterns, less worrying, and healing of aches and pains of the body after using spiritual healing techniques. The mind and body are interconnected, involved elements and the well-being of one can have a great (26)______ on the other. Therefore, a healthy mind is resided in a healthy body and a healthy body is a (27) _______ of a healthy mind. Once a person eliminates the worrying a bit and incorporates positive thinking, the mind can do (28)______. It can help you imagine and create wonderful things, (29) ______ goals and achieve them. This process of focusing (30)______ the positive to improve the mental health can boost your creativity. 21. A.faith 22. A.land 23. A.mental 24. A.feelings 25. A.stopping 26. A.result 27. A.cause 28. A.wonders 29. A.score 30. A.On B. faithful B. heritage B. physical B. viruses B. lowering B. affect B. result B. wonderful B. make B. in C. belief C. cultures C. exercising C. therapies C. cutting C. impression C. effect C. awesome C. set C. at D. believable D. nation D. medicine D. ailments D. controlling D. effect D. action D. progress D. reach D. Ø VI)-Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question. Teenagers and Sleep Sleep is food for the brain. During sleep, important body functions and brain activity occur. Skipping sleep can be harmful, even deadly, particularly if you are behind the wheel. You can look bad, you may feel moody, and you perform poorly. Sleepiness can make it hard to get along with your family and friends and hurt your scores on school exams. Sleepiness can lead to aggressive or inappropriate behavior such as yelling at your friends or being impatient with your teachers or family members. Sleep is vital to your well-being, as important as the air you breathe, the water you drink and the food you eat. It can even help you to eat better and manage the stress of being teenager Teenagers need about 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night to function best. Most teen do not get enough sleep: one study found that only 15% reported sleeping 8 hours and a half on school nights. Not getting enough sleep or having sleep difficulties can limit your ability to learn, listen, concentrate and solve problems. Teens tend to have irregular sleep patterns across the week - they typically stay up late and sleep in late on the weekends, which can affect their biological clocks and hurt the quality of their sleep. Consuming caffeine close to bedtime can hurt your sleep, so avoid coffee, tea, soda and chocolate late in the day, and you can get to sleep at night. Nicotine and alcohol will also interfere with your sleep. A consistent sleep schedule will help you feel less tired since it allows your body to get in synchronization with its natural patterns. You will find that it's easier to fall asleep at bedtime with this type of routine. 31. Sleepiness is harmful because ______. A. our scores at school may be low and the relationship with others becomes worse B. important body functions and brain activity occur during sleep C. you can look bad behind the wheel D. can lead to appropriate behaviors or being patient with your teachers or family members 32. In order to function best, teenagers need ______. A. at least 10 hours of sleep each night B. over about 10 hours of sleep each night C. about 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night D. 8 hours and a half on school nights 33. All of the following are bad sleeping habits EXCEPT ______. A. having coffee or tea close to bedtime B. staying up very late on the weekends C. having nicotine and alcohol D. having the same sleep pattern 34. A consistent sleep schedule is very important because ______. A. it will helps you feel less tired during daytime B. you have less difficulty in falling asleep at bedtime C. nicotine and alcohol will not interfere with your sleep D. it is easier for you to fall asleep at any time 35. The word "consistent" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ______. A. not changing B. agreeing C. similar D. changeable

Question II. Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others.

1.A. silent                      B. noisy                C. pretty               D. polite

2. A. station                            B. season              C. sandal              D. police

3.A. agree                      B. hurry               C. enter                D. visit

4.A. describe                  B. fasten               C. listen                D. hover

5.A. degree                     B. student             C. funny               D. widen

6.A. traffic                     B. dancer              C. cycling             D. balloon

7. A. central                             B. gripping           C. complete          D. boring

8.A. answer                             B. listen                C. enter                D. obey

9.A. station                             B. healthy             C. safety               D. alone

10.A. tidy                      B. complete          C. extend              D. mistake