I. PRONUNCIATION: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. character B. charity C. chiefly D. chill 2. A. peace B. please C. meal D. weather 3. A. leader B. instead C. deafness D. headache 4. A. wife B. who C. two D. power 5. A. champion B. scholar C. mechanize D. chemistry II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: *Choose the best answer: 11. Those foreign tourists are looking forward to enjoying Vietnamese Tet holidays with___. A. excite B. excited C. exciting D. excitement 12. The Tet holiday is often well__________ by most Vietnamese people. A. prepare B. prepared C. preparation D. preparative 13. The _______ of football spreads not only throughout England but also all over the world. A. popular B. popularize C. popularly D. popularity 14. There is ________outside the house. A. one B. someone C. anyone D. anybody 15. I haven’t spoken to ___________all day because I have a sore throat. A. someone B. nobody C. anybody D. ones 16. People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will _______ their luck during the whole year. A. control B. influence C. exchange D. result 17. ________told me she was ill so I didn’t visit her. A. Everyone B. Someone C. Anyone D. No one 18. I need _______reliable to look after the baby while I am at work. A. anyone B. someone C. everybody D. none 19. That resort is popular ________young people, especially on Tet holidays. A. for B. to C. with D. in 20. The whole family usually try to get together at Christmas. A. contact B. gather C. relate D. communicate 21. Tet is a ______occasion for all members of families to gather. A. special B. specially C. specialize D. specializing 22. Banh chung and Mut are ______food on Tet holidays. A. exciting B. popular C. ripe D. colored 23. When people ________, they speak to God to give thanks or to ask for help. A. believe B. try C. entertain D. pray 24. Lunar New Year, or Tet, is the Vietnamese’s main holiday. A. important B. serious C. excited D. short 25. Tet is a grand and important occasion in the year. A. excited B. colored C. great D. necessary
I,
1. A
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. A
II,
11. D
12. B
13. D
14. B
15. C
16. B
17. B
18. B
19. C
20. B
21. A
22. B
23. D
24. A
25. C