I. PHONETICS: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (1,5pt)
1. A. camp B. plan C. plane D. badminton (a)
2. A. sky B. thirsty C. hungry D. finally (y)
3. A. ride B. night C. river D. tired (i)
4. A. window B. flow C. how D. know (ow)
5. A. engineer B. geography C. language D. great (g)
6. A. lettuce B. tube C. music D. use
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: (1m)
1. A. recycle B. sky C. why D. country
2. A.university B. unit C. discuss D. computer
3. A. emergency B. elevate C. pressure D. stretcher
4. A. wanted B. raised C. needed D. waited
I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. planet b. character c. happy d. classmate
2. a. letter b. twelve c. person d. sentence
3. a. humor b. music c. cucumber d. sun
4. a. enough b. young c. country d. mountain
5. a. sociable b. ocean c. receive d. special
I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. icon B. visual C. scenic D. disaster
2. A. litter B. victim C. fine D. volcanic
3. A. birth B. thermal C. earth D. further
4. A. poisoned B. died C. dumped D. caused
5. A. damage B. native C. accent D. aquatic
6. A. loch B. school C. cholera D. champion
7. A. bury B. dump C. erupt D. earplug
8. A. flood B. food C. typhoon D. noon
II. Choose the word that has different stress pattern.
1. A. chemical B. terrific C. volcanic D. historic
2. A. poetic B. athletic C. national D. dramatic
3. A. politic B. pollution C. logical D. illustrate
4. A. pollute B. damage C. effect D. attract
5. A. trainee B. degree C. provide D. coffee
6. A. refugee B. employee C. Taiwanese D. adoptee
7. A. scenery B. addressee C. kangaroo D. Vietnamese
8. A. official B. natural C. invention D. expensive
9. A. biology B. property C. apology D. ecology
10. A. scientific B. evacuee C. biography D. volunteer
11. A. illustrate B. tsunami C. invention D. tornado
12. A. volcano B. evacuate C. equipment D. medical
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest. Write A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.
1. A. learned B. dressed C. guided D. wanted
2. A. origami B. prize C. divide D. like
3. A. comedy B. leisure C. cinema D. celebration 4. A. adore B. fancy C. attract D. alive
5. A. worked B. looked C. naked D. cooked
6. A. change B. chocolate C. chip D. schedule
7. A. ethnic B. gather C. though D. clothing
8. A. ethnic B. unique C. basic D. diverse
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. decide b. bed c. get d. forget
2. a. army b. sky c. fly d. dry
3. a. creature b. future c. cure d. capture
4. a. chance b. chemist c. charge d. chair
A. LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Choose the best answer. (A, B, C or D). (5 points)
1. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
A.apricot B.president C. bread D. present
2. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others
A.needed B.wanted C. played D. added
3. Choose the word whose stress patter is different from the others.
A.paddy B.harvest C.country D. collect
4. The Viet (Kinh) people account ________________ 86% of the country's population
A.for B.up C.to D. on
5. Some farmers in my village stilluse wheel barrows to ________________ rice home.
A.harvest B.load C.dry D. transport
6. The boys often help their parents to ________________ water from the village well.
A. do B.collect C.give D. dry
7. The ________________ fields of Sa Pa have entered in Top 11 most beautiful terraces in the world according to Touropia.
A.terraced B.ethnic C.stilts D.musical
8. Duong and Nick are at the ________________ of Ethnology.
A.house B.fields C. groups D. museum
9. Phuc’s hobby is ________________crafts.
A.going B.making C.listening D. reading
10. My mother enjoys window _________________ with her friends.
A.shopped B.to shop C.shopping D. shop
11. Collecting honey from the ________________ requires a lot of skills.
A. beehive B. beenest C. beehouse D. beehome
12. The farmer rides the buffalo -________________carts loaded full of rice home.
A. draw B. drawing C. drew D. drawn
13. The chapi is a traditional ________________of the Raglai people.
A. music instrument B. musical instrument C. farming tool D. farming tools
14. “Do you love it?” can be abbreviated as ______________.
A. WBU B. J4F C. DYLI D. NUFF
15. ‘I have just taken an elephant ride in Buon Don.’ - ‘________ How interesting!’
A. Certainly. B. Really? C. Terrible. D. Exactly.
16. They enjoy________ on Sundays because they want to grow their own plants.
A. garden B. gardened C. gardening D. gardens
17. My dad loves ____________ my mom from work every day.
A. pick up B. picked up C. picking up D. picks up
18. Girls’ Generation is considered one of the ________ Asian girl groups in the 21st century.
A. successful B. more successful C. most successful D. the most successful
19. Sunny sings the song ________ than Jessie does.
A. more well B. better C. more good D. best
20. ________ do the cattle provide the nomads? – Dairy products, meat and clothing.
A. What B. Where C. When D. Why
21. The Earth orbits around ________ Sun.
A. a B. an C. the D. that
22. ________ is the most important festival in Vietnam?
A. Which B. What C. When D. Where
23. Do you mind ________ off the air-conditioner? It is too cold.
A. turn B. turning C. to turn D. turned
24. Can you give me __________ apple in the fridge? I want to eat it.
A. a B. an C. the D. no article
25. Lan often gets up __________ at weekends than usual.
A. lately B. more lately C. later D. more later
I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. invent B. chemist C. patent D. technology
2. A. science B. scared C. Scottish D. screen
3. A. explore B. exchange C. experiment D. existence
4. A. nuclear B. future C. bulb D. mute
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently. 1. A. automation B. development C. experiment D. technology
2. A. impolite B. scientific C. technology D. economic
3. A. spaceship B. benefit C. technical D. reality
4. A. technique B. incurable C. programmer D. explorer
5. A. unemployment B. laboratory C. engineer D. conservationist
III. Choose the correct answer. 1. I__________ my friends for dinner after work tomorrow. A. meet B. will meet C. am meeting D. will be meeting
2. Hurry up! The conference__________ in twenty minutes. A. begins B. will be begun C. will begin D. will be beginning
3. In 30 years’ time we__________ in flying cars. A. are travelling B. will be travelling
C. are going to travel D. will be travelled
4. __________ longer in the future thanks to medical tech?
A. Will people live B. Do people live
C. Will people be living D. Are people living
5. Let’s meet at ten o’clock tomorrow. - Sorry, I__________ at ten o’clock. A. am working B. am going to work C. will work D. will be working
IV. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 1. Facebook was built on the _______________ of earlier social network sites like MySpace
and Bebo. A. succeed B. successful C. successfully D. success
2. It is thought that driverless cars will transform the way we move ________ cities in the
future. A. around B. away C. along D. ahead
3. Little Pascal ___________ a mechanical calculator which could do additions or
subtractions very quickly
A. discovered B. found C. found out D. invented
4. Robots save workers from ______________ dangerous tasks. A. making B. having C. performing D. carrying
5. Many people believe that robots have made workers jobless, __________ that is not
necessarily true
A. but B. and C. so D. or
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6. Recent________ developments have made robots more user-friendly, and intelligent. A. science B. scientist C. scientific D. scientifically
7. Teenagers spend most of their time playing computer game; ________, they lose their
interests in daily activities. A. moreover B so C. however D. as a result
8. Science and technology have _________ the life safe, secure and comfortable. A. transformed B. made C. done D. changed
9. Terrorists are using modern technology _________ their destructive work. A. about B. at C. for D. with
10. With the advance of the science and technology, our life changes greatly in various _________. A. scenes B. fields C. sights D. regions
V. Read the passage carefully, then do the tasks. SMARTPHONE REVOLUTION
It was just over a decade ago when cell phones were primarily used for calling and
sending texts. Today, the uses of cell phones run the gamut. Phones do everything from
taking high-resolution pictures to watching pixel-perfect videos, browsing the Internet to
playing graphic-intensive games to monitoring your movements in addition to fulfilling basic
communication needs. The advent of smartphones has greatly simplified our lives. People now connect with
their loved ones more frequently and easily through video calls and instant messaging
Services. Tasks, like creating slides, reading emails, and creating documents don’t require a PC anymore. Brieflỵ, smartphone and apps have changed the way we work, communicate
and play. While the smartphone revolution has made our lives easy, it has also made us lazy. Today, the whole world is at our fingertips, and thus we don’t have to work or move around
like we did previously to get things done. Our inactive lifestyle and lack of physical activities
can be partly attributed to the over-dependence on smartphones. This is especially true for
the younger generation, who are constantly glued to their cell phones. Cell phone addiction is
having a negative impact on our lives. Care needs to be taken to deal with this issue in an
effective way. A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). 1. In the past, mobile phones were used only for communication among people. 2. Modern cell phones are capable of much more than just making phone calls. 3. Smartphones make Communications with people quite easier. 4. Smartphone users, however, can’t send and recieve emails on their phones. 5. Despite all the positive benefits of smartphones, there are also negative side effects. 6. Today we don’t have to go to work because we have the whole world at our fingertips. 7. Only young people are now addicted to their mobile phones. B. Answer the questions. 1. What were cell phones mainly used for? ___________________________________________________________________
2. Are modern cell phones capable of internet access? ___________________________________________________________________
3. How has the smartphone revolution changed our lives? ___________________________________________________________________
4. Do smartphones make us lazy and inactive? ___________________________________________________________________
5. How often do teenagers look at their cell phones? ___________________________________________________________________ VI. Change the following sentences into reported speech
1. Nick:” I come from a small town in England. => Nick said that_________________________________________________
2. My friend: ‘Brazil will win the world cup.’ => My friend said that___________________________________________
3. Olive:’ Chau, I’m living VietNam tomorrow’
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=>Olive told that_______________________________________________
4. David: ‘ Catherine, I’m unable to read your writing’ => David told Catherine that_________________________________________________
5. Minh: ‘ I overslept this morning’ => Minh said that__________________________________________________________
6. ‘I didn’t say anything at the meeting last week’ He said. => He said that_____________________________________________________________
7. ‘ This letter has been opened.’ She told me. => She told me that__________________________________________________________
8. ‘ In 50 year’s time we will probably be living on Mars.’ Tom said => Tom said that_____________________________________________________________
9. ‘ I hope we will build a city out at sea’ Mi said => Mi said that______________________________________________________________
10. ‘ My wish is to become a very young inventor.’ Son told us. => Son told us________________________________________________________________
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. religious b. highlight c. firework d. lively
2. a. feast b. greasy c. great d. seasonal
3. a. chaos b. chance c. school d. Christmas
4. a. called b. gathered c. played d. watched
5. a. carnival b. fascinate c. celebrate d. exciting
I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. a. diverse b. crime c. disease d. violence
2. a. death b. peaceful c. wealthy d. spread
3. a. overcrowded b. populated c. polluted d. advantaged
4. a. city b. space c. spacious d. peaceful
5. a. homeless b. problem c. poverty d. solve
