PHONETICS
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each question.
1. A. cure B. bulb C. underground D. cupboard
2. A. engine B. enormous C. explore D. precise
3. A. discover B. role C. other D. mother
Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the other three in each question.
4. A. patent B. quality C. become D. science
5. A. transform B. support C. improve D. benefit
VOCABULARY
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence below.
6. Technology can be used in various fields of __________
A. educate B. education C. educator D. educated
7. Space _________ plays an important role in the development of science.
A. exploration B. exploraty C. explorers D. explore
8. The ________ of steam engine has become a revolution in world’s transportation.
A. invent B. invention C. inventor D. invented
9. There are several aspects that need to be _________ in your project.
A. improvement B. improving C. improved D. improve
10. Our first try on the new medicine was ________, so we needed to make a lot of changes.
A. successful B. succeed C. unsuccessful D. unsucceed
11. A _______ is a scientist who studies the earth, including the origin and history of the rocks and soil of which the earth is made.
A. geology B. geologist C. geography D. geographic
12. We need ________ evidence to confirm the existence of aliens.
A. science B. scientist C. scientific D. sci-fi
13. The invention of the Internet ________ human’s life.
A. transform B. transformer C. transforming D. has transformed
14. She came to class late today. She __________.
A. oversleep B. sleepover C. overslept D. sleptover
15. She is going to receive a _________ for her new invention.
A. patent B. certificate C. degree D. lience
Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the part in each of the following sentences.
16. There is an enormous gap in technology between developing and developed countries.
A. huge B. small C. inconsiderable D. tiny
17. We are trying to work out the problem.
A. solve B. make up C. find out D. create
18. The precise instruction in the guidebook help us a lot in understanding the subject.
clear and accurate C. new and detail
unclear and inaccurate D. old and boring
Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the part in each of the following sentences.
19. Robot is able to do dangerous things that human can’t.
A. capable of doing C. have ability to do
B. incapable of doing D. ought to do
20. Technology can be very useful in classroom. It helps studying become more relaxing.
A. advantages B. useless C. suitable D. interesting
III. GRAMMAR
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence below.
21. She said to me that she _________ to me the previous Sunday.
A. wrote B. has written C. was writing D. had written
22. They said that they had driven through the desert _________.
A. the previous B. yesterday C. the last day D. the day previously
23. They told their parents that they _______ their best to do the test.
A. try B. will try C. are trying D. would trying
24. Fany asked me why I had not gone to New York the summer ________.
A. before B. ago C. last D. previous
25. Nam told the teacher that ________.
A. I must go now B. he must go then C. he had to go now D. he had to go then
