I. Choose the word whose underlined and part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.(0.5 pt)
1. A. customer B. sociable C. grocery D. outgoing
2. A. laughs B. gets C. keeps D. listens
II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from that of the other words.(0.5pt)
3. A. local B. reserved C. orphan D. beautiful
4. A. difficult B. classroom C. library D. important .
III. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence.(2.5pts)
5.His parents are always proud him.
A. about B. of C. on D. with
6. Minh asked his father his bike yesterday.
A. repairing B. repair C. to repair D. repaired
7. My grandma looked us when my parents were away from home.
A. for B. after C. at D. up
8. When the prince saw Little Pea, he felt in love with her.
A. immediately B. often C. usually D. excitedly
9. He does morning exercises regularly ________improve his health.
A. on order for B. so as to C. so that D. in order that
10. His doctor said that he ________ in bed that week.
A. will stay B. has to stay C. can stay D. should stay
11. I know you worked really _______this semester.
A. hardly B. harder C. hardest D. hard
12. We will interview only three_________ for the job.
A. apply B. application C. applicants D. applicant
13. They collected over 1000 _______________ for the petition.
A. sign B. signs C. signatures D. signature
14. / “ Shall we hold a festival next month ? “ ”
A. No, Thanks B. of course not C. Good idea D. No, I don’t