I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. chooses B. houses C. rises D. horses
2. A. busy B. noisy C.sugar D. present
3. A.days B.ways C.bays D.says
4. A.there B.healthy C.gather D. northern
5. A. walked B.sacred C.needed D. naked
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in each group.
1. A. tennis B. camera C. soccer D. unhappy
2. A. number B. thirteen C. expensive D. address
3. A. awful B.delicious C. favorite D.journalist
4. A.Geography B. Music C.Physics D.Literature
5. A.diver B. vessel C. affect D.chopstick
PART C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from the four choices (A or B, C, D) to complete each of the following sentences.
1. Although they sold the house_________$ 2 millions, they were not happy_________it.
A.for/ about B. x/ for C. at/ for D. about/ at
2. Like Bob, his wife prefers clothes made_________silk_________those of cotton.
A. in/ to B. from/ than C. of/ to D. from/ more
3. Our school will ______ the school festival next week.
A. organize B. take C. rehearse D. play
4. We are free now. Shall we go to our club’s party? - .........................
A. Yes, I shall B. Yes, we should C. Yes, we go D. Yes, let’s
5. I and my brother usually spend two hour .........................every evening.
A. do our homework B. to do our homework C. doing our homework D. to doing our homework
6. Of the two students , he is .........................
A. tall B. taller C. the taller D. the tallest
7. When I saw your teacher this morning, I found that he looked very .........................
A. happy B. happily C. to be happy D. being happy
7. Come here. We have .........................good news for you and your family.
A. a B. many C. a lot D. some
8. - “Would you like some corn?” - “______.”
A. No, thanks. I’m full B. Ok. I don’t like corn C. All right D. Yes, I would
9. The word “cook” in the sentence “My mother is a good cook” is ......
A. a verb B. an adjective C. a noun D. an adverb
10. Mary and her friends went ...... in the mountain last weekend.
A. to climb B. climbing C. climb D. climbs
II. There is a mistake in each line of the following passage. Find and correct it:
One of the first novel in the history of literature was written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born in London in the family of a rich man.When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After leave school, he worked in his father’s shop and wrote articles for newspapers. He visited many country and met many people. That helped much in his writing. In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which made his famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor on an island for four years. People liked the novel in English and in many other countries. Daniel Defoe write other books but his novel Robinson Crusoe is the most famous. Defoe was not a rich man when he died in 1731.
III. Complete the following passage with the new words formed from the ones in CAPITALS.
EAT MORE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
A recent report on the (0 -EAT) habits of children in Britain suggests that children from the age of three to sixteen show a strong (1-LIKE) _______________for vegetables and only eat sufficient amounts of fruit and vegetables at Christmas. One researcher says not eating (2-PROPER) _______________ may have serious consequences on a child’s (3-SPEAK) _______________ and physical development, resulting in poorer (4-PERFORM) _____ at school.One (5-SOLVE) _______________ is to give children extra iron and vitamins but in the long run it is more (6-EFFECT) _______________ if children get the right ingredients in their(7-DAY)_______________ diet.(8-FORTUNATE) _______________, parents choose food for their children that is quickand (9-CONVENIENCE) _______________ to prepare, rather than food which is fresh and (10-HEALTH)____________ . Consequently, it is difficult later to get children to change their habits II. Read the following passage and choose the best answers. My Television My television is an important (1) _____of furniture to me. I can’t get (2) ____ the house very often, but my TV brings the whole (3) ______to me. From the evening news and the “all-news” channels. I learn about events(4) ______ the outside world: politics, the environment, recent changes in technology and medicine, and (5) ______on. I like game shows and travel programs, (6) ______. And I love comedies: I think it’s important to be (7) _____to laugh. I can even watch shows (8) _____other languages and “go shopping” by TV. With the major national networks, I have a (9) ______of fifty different programs (10) ___the same time!
1. A. bit B. piece C. slice D. pair
2. A. out B. in C. out of D. in to
3. A. world B. places C. towns D. cities
4. A. on B. in C. out D. over
5. A. such B. this C. that D. so
6. A. too B. so C. either D. neither
7. A. ability B. enable C. able D. inability
8. A. of B. in C. at D. by
9. A. choose B. chose C. choice D. choosing
10.A. in B. at C. on D. of
