I. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. happy B. hour C. high D. hotel
2. A. so B. coat C. note D. bottom
3. A. put B. luck C. lung D. drunk
4. A. bare B. car C. card D. farm
5. A. come B. love C. women D. some
6. A. many B. make C. fate D. pain
7. A. heat B. sweat C. threat D. thread
8. A. climb B. dictionary C. economic D. six
9. A. beg B. age C. gather D. guess
10. A. children B. choose C. child D. mechanic
II. From each number, pick out one word which has the stress on the first syllable.
1. A. garbage B. junkyard C. protect D. treasure
2. A. collected B. published C. protected D. provided
3. A. recycle B. refreshment C. creatures D. reuse
4. A. limitation B. intermediate C. desforestation D. disappointed
5. A. garbage B. problem C. solution D. sewage
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. _________ air is one of the many problems we have to solve.
A. Pure B. Polluted C. Dust D. Pleasant
2. I’ll be in trouble if I _________my passport.
A. lose B. will lose C. lost D. would lose
3. We can eat at home or, ________ you prefer, we can go to a restaurant.
A. when B. whether C. if D. which
4. If it is raining this evening, I_________.
A. will go out B. don’t go out C. go out D. won’t go out
5. Minh’s English is excellent. He speaks________.
A. perfectly English B. English perfectly
C. perfect English D.English perfect
6. I’m disappointed _________ people have spoiled this area.
A that B. when C. if D. how
7. He ________ to find a job but he had no luck.
A. hardly tried B. hard tried C. tried hardly D. tried hard
8. We couldn’t go on a picnic as planned __________ it was raining.
A. however B. but C. because D. so
9. If he ________ hard today, can he have a holiday tomorrow?
A. works B. will work C. worked D. would work
10. ________we were tired, we sat down beside the stream.
A. Because of B. If C. As D. And
11. He _________to find a job, but he had no luck.
A. tried hard B. hardly tried C. tried hardly D. try hardly
12. Solar energy doesn’t cause __________.
A. pollution B. polluted C. pollute D. pollutant
13. Are you looking forward ___________ my letter ?
A. to see B. to seeing C. saw D. seeing
14. “ ___________” means a piece of land full of rubbish.
A. junkyard B. treasure C. hedge D. stream
15. Dynamite _________ many years ago.
A. has invented B. invented C. was invented D. were invented
16. Mary said to me “ Can you speak English ?”
In reported speech the sentence will be
à She asked me _________
A. if I can speak English B. if I could speak English.
C. If can I speak English D. If I could speak English ?
17.I live very far from school. I wish________
A. I lived far from school. B. I lived close to school.
C. I live near the school now. D. I don’t live very far from school
18. If he __________ hard today, can he have a holiday tomorrow?
A. works B. will work C. worked D. would worked
19. Because there _________ no buses, we had to take a taxi.
A. are B. is C. was D. were
20. We plan to ________ this Saturday.
A. go hiked B. go hiking C. go to hike D. go hike
21. I’ll have to buy a map _________ I don’t know this area.
A. if B. because C. when D. because of
22. It is recommended that he __________ this course.
A. took B. take C. take D. taking
23. He’s running so fast. I __________ catch up with him.
A. cannot hardly B. can hardly
C. not hardly D. could hardly
24. It is important that he _________ take the final examination.
A. has to B. have to C. had to D. having to
25. I will be __________if she manages to sell that motorbike at a high price.
A. surprised B. surprise C. surprising. D. to surprise
26. Unless you understand. I __________.explain it again to you
A. am B. was C. will. D. would
27. If you know where she lives, please let me__________
A. know B. knew C. known D. to know'
28. If he ______ a student, he will get a discount.
A. were B. was C. were D. will be
29. ______ you are interested in this film, don't go to see it at any cost.
A. Unless B. If C. Because D. So
30. If you like that book. l will give it______you as my present.
A. to B. from C. at D. for
31. If you are busy, we ________ this by ourselves.
A. will do B. did C. would do D. doing
32.How about ______ dinner with us on Sunday ?
A.to have B.have C. have had D. having
33.My brother is very fond of ______ to pop and rock music .
A.listen B.to listen C. listening D. listens
34.Life today is very different ______ life 50 years ago .
A.to B.from C. with D. at
35.My uncle is a ______ .He often does research in his laboratory .
A.science B.scientist C. scientific D. scientists
36.My father arrives in Singapore ______Monday evening .
A.in B.at C. from D. on
37.John goes to his office every day except Sunday . ___ Sundays he stays at home .
A.On B.At C. In D. From
38.I hope the weather will be nice ______ the weekend .
A.in B.to C. at D. between
39.Would you like ______ to a party on Saturday ?
A.come B.coming C. to come D. will come
40.Helen is always in the kitchen . She enjoys ______.
A.cook B.to cook C. cooks D. cooking
41.People wanted to see the opening of the ceremony, _____they started leaving very early in the morning
A. because B. so C. but D. and
42.Vietnamese women prefer to wear modern clothing ______ work .
A. at B. in C. to D. with
43.He ______ with friends in an apartment in HCMC since last week .
A. living B. has lived C. lived D. live
44.My mother said she ______ busy then
A. was B. is C. is being D. being
45.My village lies near the ______ of the mountain and by the river .
A. leg B.foot C.feet D. legs
46.If you don’t study hard , you ______ the exam .
A. failed B.will fail C.fail D. have failed
47.It is Saturday , ______?
A. is it B. it isn’t C. isn’t it D.wasn’t it
48.She said that she ______ learning English with you .
A.like B.liked C.liking D.to like
49.They ______ their home village last Sunday .
A.visit B.visited C.was visiting D. were visiting
50.He was born ______ March 25 , 1992 .
A.at B.on C.in D.for
