I. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. continent B. depend C. send D. pretend  (e)

2. A. says B. prays C. plays D. days    (ay)

3. A. climate B. pride C. quit D. primary     (i)

4. A. may B. can C. stay D. say      (a)

5. A. boxes B. washes C. watches D. goes     (e)

II. Choose the word or the phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished sentence below or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase. 

1. There used to  ________ a movie theatre here, but it closed a long time ago.

A. be            B. to be          C. being          D. been

2. The children are playing  ________in the schoolyard.

A. happy        B. happiness    C. happier      D. happily

3.  I wish they  ________here tomorrow.

A. will come  B. would come C. came D. to come

4. John  ________write the letter to me last year.

A. is used to B. was used to      C. used to      D. used

5. It is difficult  ________English in some weeks.

A. to  speak    B. speaking  C. speaks  D. speak

6. The capital of Malaysia is  ________.

A. Hanoi      B. Paris      C.  Kuala Lumpur D. Seoul

7. What is the traditional dress of Vietnamese women?  It’s  ________ .

A. the  suit    B. the  shirt    C. the Ao dai  D. the blouse                                          

8. Rice is  ________in tropical countries.

A. to grow B. grown      C. grow          D. grew

9. Two department stores   ________by them this year.

A. have been built B. have built    C.  has been built D. has built

10. Nga  is ________English for her work.

A. to study B. studied      C. studying  D. study     

11. He arrived in England ________Monday evening.

A. in B. at                C. of            D. on

12. An wishes that he ________his parents.

A. would visited B. can visit C. could visiting D. could visit

13. Let’s   ________ to the cinema.

A. going    B. to go          C. go          D. goes

14. I look forward to  ________you.

A. see B. to see          C. seeing        D. saw

15. Millions of Christmas cards  ________last month.

A. were sent B. sent        C. send        D. are sent

16. I  ________English here since I graduated from Qui Nhon University.

A. teach      B. taught          C. have taught D. am teaching

17. He  ______with his friends in an apartment in Ho Chi Minh City since last week.

A. living          B. has lived      C. lived        D. live

18. We come to USA  ________English.

A. study B. learning    C. to learn D. studying

19. She  ________try to learn English for her job.

A is                B. has          C. must        D. was

20. I wish you ________us someday.

A. visit          B. will visit  C. visited      D. would visit

21. I wish you  ________me with my work last Monday.

A. help          B. will help  C. had helped    D. would help

22. I remember ________her somewhere.

A. see      B. seeing        C. saw          D. to see

23. Excuse me. Can I  ________in this area?

A. smoke        B. smoking      C. smoked      D. to smoke

24. Can you turn ________the light?  It is too dark.

A. on              B. off              C. down          D. up

25. We have lived in Ha Noi________  4 years.

A. since          B. for C. on                D. till

26. We will go________a picnic next week.

A. in            B. at    C. on              D. to

27.  Are you a stamp ________?

A. collecting B. collector      C. collect      D. collection

28. I want everybody to listen ________.

A. care            B. careful        C. careless      D. carefully

29. Ann’s birthday is ________February 14th.

A. in    B. on      C. for      D. at 

30. This isn’t my first visit to London. ________here before.

A. I’m            B. I’m going to C. I’ve been D. I was 

31. It’s very crowded here. I wish ________.

A. there were a few people B. there weren’t so many people

C. there is no one D. there was somebody here 

32. I’ve known him ________I left school.

A. when    B. before      C. until    D. since 

33. Maria’s English is excellent. She speaks English ________.

A. very perfect    B. perfective    C. perfectively      D. perfectly 

34. Is he an actor________a singer?  An actor.

A, and B. or C. but D. so

35. Dickens is my ________English novelist.

A. preferable      B. favorable      C. favorite      D. likeable 

36. I’m looking ________to hearing from you.

A. at      B. after        C. over      D. forward

37. Please let Tim ________ with you.

A. go    B. going    C. to go      D. goes 

38. ________air is one of many problems we have to solve.

A. pure      B. polluted      C. dust    D. pleasant 

39. He ________to find a job but he had no luck. 

A. hardly tried      B. tried hardly    C. hard tried    D. tried hard 

40. Ba________  go to Dalat in summer when he was young.

A. use to B. used to C. is used to D. is used

41. He wishes he________  a pilot.

A. were B. is C. will be D. can be

42. He________ English for 4 years.

A. learns B. learnt C. has learnt D. will learn

43. Young people are fond of ________  Jeans.

A. to wear B. wearing C. wore D. worn

44. She sings very________.

A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautify D. beautifully

45. She asked me where I ________  from.

A. come B. came C. to come D. coming

46. Could you please stop________  so much noise?

A. make B. making C. made D. to make

47. Be________! He is looking at you.

A. care B. careful C. carefully D. carelessly

48. Remember to turn ________  the lights before going to bed.

A. of B. off C. on D. up

49.Maryam and Lan are pen pals, they ________ two times a week.

A. correspond B. write letter C. meet D. phone each other

50. Ha Noi is a ________  city.

A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. friendly

I. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. continent B. depend C. send D. pretend ( e cuối)

2. A. says B. prays C. plays D. days ( ay)

3. A. climate B. pride C. quit D. primary (i)

4. A. invite B. pick C. ticket D. kitchen (i)

5. A. lock B. shock C. block D. program (o)

6. A. bad B. sad C. day D. catch (a)

7. A. greet B. teeth C. deer D. knee (ee)

8. A. sign B. high C. sit D. mind (i)

9. A. enough B. laugh C. cough D. plough (gh)

10. A. champagne B. check C. cheese D. choose ( ch

I. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1.         A. out                          B. round                      C. about                      D. would

2.         A. chair                       B. check                      C. machine                  D. child

3.         A. too                          B. soon                        C. good                       D. food

4.         A. though                    B. enough                   C. cough                     D. rough

5.         A. happy                     B. hour                        C. high                        D. hotel

II. From each number, pick out one word which has the stress on the first syllable.

1.         A. region                     B. comprise                 C. Malaysia                 D. compulsory

2.         A. association             B. Buddhism               C. divide                     D. together

3.         A. enjoy                      B. religion                   C. Hinduism                D. population

4.         A. Chinese                  B. although                 C. instruction             D. currency

5.         A. primary                   B. religion                   C. tropical                   D. friendliness

I. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1.         A. out                          B. round                      C. about                      D. would

2.         A. chair                       B. check                      C. machine                  D. child

3.         A. too                          B. soon                        C. good                       D. food

4.         A. though                    B. enough                   C. cough                     D. rough

5.         A. happy                     B. hour                        C. high                        D. hotel

From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1.         A. out                         B. round                     C. about                     D. would

2.         A. too                         B. soon                       C. good                       D. food

3.         A. though                   B. enough                  C. cough                    D. rough

4.         A. happy                    B. hour                       C. high                        D. hotel

5.         A. equal                     B. fashion                  C. champagne           D. match

6.         A. only                       B. cotton                    C. cross                      D. economic

7.         A. baggy                     B. minority                C. style                       D. symbol

8.         A. design                   B. ghost                      C. clothing                 D. strong

9.         A. casual                    B. sale                        C. sleeveless             D. slit

10.       A. baggy                    B. fashion                  C. label                      D. casual

11.       A. economy               B. occasion                C. freedom                 D. logical

12.       A. encourage             B. young                    C. proud                     D. enough

13.       A. rivalry                   B. economic              C. symbolic               D. comic

14.       A. fade                       B. fashion                  C. label                      D. plain

15.       A. champagne           B. check                     C. cheese                   D. choose

16        A. boxes                     B. wasches                 C. watches                 D. goes

17.       A. tent                        B. rely                        C. tend                        D. send

I. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the

1. A. forest                  B. pollute                    C. foreign                    D. honest

2. A. pretty                  B. setting                    C. petty                       D. well

3. A. stone                  B. zone                        C. none                       D. phone

4. A. switch                B. catch                       C. match                     D. stomach

5. A. occupy                B. puppy                      C. study                       D. ready

From each number, pick out one word which has the stress on the first syllable.

1. A. inspiration          B. collection               C. reputation               D. limitation

2. A. letter                   B. happy                      C. today                      D. lovely

Choose the word or the phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished sentence below or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted

1. If people drive their cars _______, they  won’t  get hurt themselves  and others.

A. careful                    B. carefully                 C. careless.

2. She _______ won the scholarship to study abroad.

A. success                   B. successful   C.  successfully.

3. If the weather gets worse , the children _______ school for some days

A. don’t have  B. won’t have             C. wouldn’t have .

4. If she _______  enough money, she will  buy her son a motor bike.

A. earn                        B. will earn                 C.  earns .

5. If everybody_______  all the trash in the trash can ,  the beach will not be so dirty like this .

A. put                          B. puts                         C. will put.

6. If she _______ the airport, I’ll let you  know.

A. arrives                    B. arrive                      C. will arrive .

7. If people solve the problems of the smoke from vehicles and factories, the air _______ pure and fresh.

A.  is                           B. will be                    C. would .

8. There is more pollution in the city _______  there is more traffic in the streets.

A. and                         B. because                   C.  but

9. The kids didn’t go to the movie last night _______   it rain so heavily

A. and             B. but                          C. as

10.  The bus didn’t stop _______  it was   full of passengers.

A.  since                      B. but                          C. and

11.  He hit the wall _______ he rode carelessly.

A. because                  B. but                          C. and 

12. Children  should drink milk _______  it’s good for  their  health .

A. and             B. as                            C. but

13. People find the water dirty_______  there are some water waste chemicals in it.

A. and                         B. but                          C. as

14. The air is polluted _______  the factories produce a lot of smoke.

A. and                         B.  since                      C. but.

15. The children stopped fighting _______ their parents came back home.

A. and                         B. when                       C. but

16. _______ it got dark,  the students couldn’t  find the ways  out of the forest.

A. And                        B.As                            C. But.

17.  The building was completely  collapsed _______  the  firefighter  came.

A. and             B. when                       C. but

19. If she _______  hard , she’ll break past  records and  set new one.

A. try                           B. tries                        C. will try .

20. _______  it’s rainy,   I walk home with umbrella.

A. When                      B. Though                   C. As

21. _______ you smoke too much, you’ll get  respiratory problems.

A. If                            B. though                    C. as

22. If her father doesn’t drink too much wine , he _______ so sick .

A. won’t be                 B. doesn’t get              C. isn’t.

23. This newspaper is _______  everyday. It’s a daily newspaper.

A. publishing             B. published    C         .  to publish   

24. He shouted and looked _______ At me and angry when I broke the vase.

A. angry                      B. angrier                    C. angrily 

25.  He is tired _______  he stay up late  watching TV.

A.  so               B. because                   C. but  

26.  we are talking about the preservation of _______  resources.

A. natural                    B. naturally.                C. nature 

27. Is he  really _______  that you can’t come there.

A.  disappoint             B. disappointed           C. disappointing 

28.   I think most  children  are creative enough to write_______  poems.

A. beauty                    B. beautiful                 C. beautifully  

29. It is your policy to _______  forest and increase forestation.

A. protect                    B. protecting  C. to protect 

30. Everyone must take part in _______  deforestation

A. prevent                   B. preventing  C. to prevent   

Read the text then choose the best option to complete the passage

LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE

Some people learn a second language (1) _________ . Other people have trouble learning a new language. How can you help (2) _________ learn a new language, such as English? There are several ways to make learning English a little (3) _________ and more interesting. The first step is to feel positive about learning English. If you believe that you can learn, you will learn. (4) _________ patient. You don’t to have to understand (5) _________ all at once. It’s natural to make mistakes when you learn something new. We can learn from our mistakes. The second step is to practice your English. For example, write in the journal, or diary, everyday. You will get used to (6) _________ in English and you will feel more comfortable expressing your ideas in English. After several weeks, you will see that your wrting is improving. (7) _________ you must speak English everyday. You can practice with your classmates (8) _________ class.

The third step is to keep a record of your language learning. You can write this in your journal. After (9) _________ class, think about what you did. Did you answer a question (10) _________ ? Did you understand something the teacher expalined? Perhaps the lesson was difficult, but you tried to understand it.

It is important to practice every day and make a record of your achivements.

1. A. ease                    B. easy                        C. easily                      D. All are corret

2. A. itself                   B. yourself                  C. himself                   D. herself

3. A. ease                    B. easy                        C. easily                      D. easier

4. A. Be                       B. Being                      C. To be                      D. Been

5. A. anything             B. nothing                   C. everything              D. something

6. A. write                   B. writing                    C. to write                   D. written

7. A. In addition          B. Addition                 C. Additional              D. By addition

8. A. of side                B. outside                    C. beside                     D. by side

9. A. some                   B. each                        C. all                           D. few

10.  A. correct             B. correction               C. correctly                 D. corrective

            Read the following passage and answer the questions

Everyday on radio, on TV, and in the newspaper, we hear, see or read about many problems in the world, for example, pollution problems.

Air  pollution is the first kind. It mostly comes from fumes released from motorbikes, cars, airplanes, trains and poisonous gases emitted from factories. Also, waste is dumped any where, even in the city where many people are living. The second pollution  problem is sea pollution. Many people earn their living from fishing in the sea, and the fish they catch feed many people. But the sea has become so polluted from oil spills and factory wastes that the fish are dying. This pollution is not only killing the fish, but is also affecting those people who eat fish.

Seldom do you find a place nowadays that is not polluted. This problem is growing more difficult everyday. We must find a good solution that makes the world a better place to live.

1. We hear, see and read about problems in the world  _________

A. once a week           B. every day                C. every week             D. every year

2. What   causes the air pollution ?

A. fumes from vehicles.                     B. poisonous gases from factories.

C. waste from everywhere                  D. all are correct

3. The sea has become polluted because of  _________

A. oil spills                                         B. factories wastes

C. smoke from factories                     D. a and b  are correct

4. In order to make the world a better place to live, we  _________

A. should not prevent pollution          B. should find a good solution.

C. should kill the fish.                        D. None is correct.

V. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. out B. round C. about D. would

2. A. chair B. check C. machine D. child

3. A. too B. soon C. good D. food

4. A. though B. enough C. cough D. rough

5. A. happy B. hour C. high D. hotel