SECTION B: PHONETICS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. (6ms)
I/ Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (0.5m)
1. A. ghost B. comic C. cotton D. logical
2. A. economic B. religion C. ringgit D. primary
3. A. suggest B. congratulate C. generous D. carriage
4. A. advices B. raises C. pratices D. houses
5. A. machine B. mechinery C. machanic D. machinist
II/ Choose the word that has the stress on a different syllable from the rest in each group. (0.5m)
1. A. number B. happy C. behind D. yellow
2. A. station B. hotel C. thousand D. village
3. A. income B. arrive C. depend D. police
4. A. Saturday B. favorite C. interested D. eleven
5. A. develop B. cinema C. movement D. history
III. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentences: (3ms)
1. - "Have a nice weekend!" - "______."
A. Do you have any plans? B. I'm going to take it easy.
C. Thanks. You too! D. Are you going anywhere?
2. Let's go somewhere else. There's ______ noise in this room.
A. too many B. too much C. many too D. much too
3. The shark ____________ him while he was padding on his surfboard
A. has attacked B. had attacked C. attacked D. was attacked
4. It's ______ far to the railway station from here.
A. too many B. too much C. many too D. much too
5. He is the first student ______ the scholarship this year
A. who win B. to win C. winning D. whose won
6. My house_________in 1986.
A. is built B. was building C. was built D. has been built
7. The doctor_________me not to stay up too late at night.
A. advised B. suggested C. insisted D. forced
8. Tomorrow we'll go to Noi Bai Airport to meet Maryam, _____comes from Malaysia.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that
9. His house looks very large and beautiful. It is _________house.
A. a seven-room B. a seven-rooms C. seven room D. seven rooms
10. If you get up early, you_________late.
A. weren't B. wouldn't be C. aren't D. won't be
11. It's very hot today. I wish I_________on the beach now.
A. am B. was C. were D. had been
12. When he lived in the city, he_________to the theater twice a week.
A. uses to go B. has gone C. used to go D. was going
13. My father asked us_________too much time playing computer games.
A. not to spending B. did not spend
C. not to spend D. to not spent
14. Hoai can't remember the restaurant _________ she ate her favorite roasted duck.
A. which B. whose C. whom D. where
15. If I were a flower, I_________a sunflower.
A. was B. were C. will be D. would be
16. Nobody went to the party, _________?
A. does he B. do they C. didn't they D. did they
17. It is nearly 3 months_________he visited his parents.
A. while B. during C. since D. when
18. _________population is another unpleasant result we have to solve.
A. Increased B. Increasing C. The increase D. To increase
19. Mai got up late she couldn't catch the first train .
A. because B. however C. so D. but
20. "Can I give you a little more coffee?" - " __________________ "
A. No, you're welcome. B. No. Thanks.
C. Yes, you're right. D. Yes, I'm OK.
21. Robert does not have ______________ Peter does.
A. money more than B. as many money as
C. more money as D. as much money as
22. It is __________ interesting movie that he has seen up to now.
A. such a B. such an C. so D. so a
23. Last night I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet. At last they killed _____.
A. together B. each other C. themselves D. them
24. We have many well- ___________ teachers here.
A. qualification B. quality C. qualify D. qualified
25."What does your father do, Ba ? Lan asked. ________________________
A. Lan asked Ba what did his father B. Lan asked Ba his father does
C. Lan asked Ba what his father did D. Lan asked Ba does his father.
26. It is getting cold. You'd better not ___________ without a coat.
A. go out B. to go out C. going out D. have gone out.
27. Nothing will prevent him _____________ succeeding.
A. in B. at C. from D. on
28. The teacher with __________ we studied last year no longer teaches in our school.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that
29. They made me __________ on the floor.
A. lie B. to lie C. lying D. lay
30. Did you like the book that I gave you? - _________ the novels that I've read, I enjoyed this one most.
A. for all B. all of C. of all D. from all
IV/ Use the word given in capital letters to form a word that fits in the space. (1m)
1. Vietnam is a socialist country following .......................... (SOCIETY)
2. When we arrived at the hotel, we were amazed at the ..................... hospitality of the fans. (COMPARE)
3. His health was seriously affected because he suffered from constant ................ (SLEEP)
4. The company is investing much money in modernizing and .............................. the factories. (INDUSTRY)
5. It's.............................. to have too much fat and sugar in your diet. (ADVICE)
6. We must use our natural resources ........................... (ECONOMY)
7. Life in big cities is very competitive. Its ............................. may sometimes make people stressful. (COMPETE)
8. He was too .................. to tell his teacher about the stupid mistake. (SHAME)
9. I don't find this book very ...................... . In fact, the plot is quite bad. (READ)
10. You must make a quick............................ about who wins the contest. (DECIDE)
V/ Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which not should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√); if a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space provided. The first two havew been done as an example. (1m)
WHY AM I LEARNING ENGLISH?
English is the most widely spoken language in the world 0...P...
Today. It is a quite amazing how the use of English has 00...a..
become so widespread. The English is not as easy as Esperato 1.........
which was especially written for to be as easy as possible 2..........
for people to learn, and yet the Esperato is spoken by very 3..........
few people around the world. For many people, English is not as 4..........
more beautiful a language as French but it seems too late for 5..........
French to cach up with English as an international language. 6.........
German is the a useful language if you are in business 7.........
in Europe but it is not half as easy to learn so as English, 8.........
and people say it doesn't sound as if pleasant as English. 9.........
English has become so important that it is becoming the more 10.........
and more essential to know it if you want to get a good job.
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