5. (Chọn từ có phần nhấn âm khác với từ còn lại)

A. community

B. arrangement

C. independent

D. obesity 

6. (Chọn từ có phần nhấn âm khác với từ còn lại)

A. calories

B. healthy

C. hobby

D. unusual 

7. (Chọn từ có phần nhấn âm khác với từ còn lại)

A. community

B. obesity

C. independent 

8. (Chọn từ có phần nhấn âm khác với từ còn lại)

A. unusual

B. healthy

C. hobby 

9. He is holding his neck. I think he has a _________.

A. headache B. allergy C. sore throat D. spot

10. Many people do volunteer work because it can make a ________ in their community. A. difference B. confident C. intelligent D. important

11. We should _________ money for street children

A. plant B. donate C. help D. collect

12. We often read the instructions carefully in order to make ..............of the things we like best.

A. meanings B. models C. copies D. uses

13. Hung loves ____ fast food because it’s not good for his health

A. eating B. to eating C. eat D. ate

14. We hate ………………films on TV. We love going to the cinema.

A. watch B. to watch C. watching D. watched

15. The doctor advised us to play more sports and …………. computer games.

A. more B. little C. less D. least

Exercise 3. PRONUNCIATION: Sentence stress

Look at the questions and sentences. Listen and repeat. Underline the stressed words.

(PHÁT ÂM: Trọng âm trong câu

Nhìn vào các câu hỏi và câu trần thuật. Nghe và lặp lại. Gạch dưới những từ được nhấn trọng âm.)

1. What do you think it is?

2. It looks like a camel.

3. It sounds like a cat.

4. Is it a dog?

5. Maybe it's a giraffe.

II. Chọn phương án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D) ứng với từ có trọng âm chính nhấn vào âm tiết có vị trí khác với ba từ còn lại trong câu.

6. A. specific                          B. achievement    C. alteration                  D. observe.

7. A. divide                            B. suspect            C. succeed                     D. multiply

8. A. director                          B. machinery       C. encourage                 D. excellent

9. A. perform                          B. reaction           C. critical                       D. solution

10. A. intelligent                    B. population       C. opportunity               D. economics

III. Chọn phương án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D) để hoàn thành mỗi câu.

 1. The other driver failed to signal his ..................  to turn right so I had  to brake suddenly.

            A. purpose             B. idea                 C. intention                   D. design

2. If ................  it would stop raining for a morning, we could grass.

            A. ever                   B. just                  C. even                          D. only

3. Do you know how many people there are in the ............... ?         

       A. cosmos              B. earth                C. world                        D. planet

4. The hen has just ....................  an egg.

A. lain                           B. laid                  C. lied                           D. lay

5. The person who would service your car is  .................

            A. a mechanic        B. an engineer      C. a technician              D. a driver

6. Composition is more frequently .............  in advanced classes.

       A. written              B. taught              C. study                        D. learn

7.  He was very upset by the............... of his English examination.

       A. result                 B. failure              C. effect                        D. success

8. We try to .....................to see our parents at least twice a month.

       A. call up               B. go up               C. come on                    D. drop in

9. I have often ..................... why so many people went to live abroad:

       A. wondered          B. surprised         C. thought                     D. puzzled about

10. The director retired early  ................... ill-health.

            A. on behalf of      B. ahead of          C. on account of           D. in front of

11. A large shop that sells all kinds of goods is called a.................   

            A. warehouse         B. storeroom

            C. department        D. department store.

12. ................... is called erosion

            A. The wearing away of land             B. When land wears away

            C. Land that wears away                   D. Wearing away land

13. Jane .................  that she wouldn't marry that rich man.

            A. told                   B. said her parentsC. told her parents                  D. is telling them

14. Only because she had to support her family ..................... to leave

            A. that Alice decides   B. did Alice decide   C. does Alice decide               D. Alice decided

15. ................pollution control measures are expensive, many countries hesitate to adopt them

            A. Although           B. However         C. Because                    D. On account of

16. The common garden pea, also called the English pea,  ............... its edible seeds.

            A. to grow for        B. is grown for    C. growing for              D. grown for

17.  ................ are a form of carbon has been known since the late 18^th century.

      A. Diamonds         B. Because diamonds        C. That diamonds      D. Diamonds, which

18. The teachers have had some problems ................ return papers to the students.
      A. to decide when to                         B. deciding when to       C. deciding   D. deciding when

19. Like you all, I dislike people.............their promise.

      A. who are not keeping     B. that doesn't keep       C. who don't keep  D. whom don't keep

20. Hurry up! We don't have .............. left.

      A. much time         B. many times      C. little time                  D. few time

21.His choice of words ……………very good.

            A. are           B. be                    C. is                      D. being

22. Anybody who ……….     my keys will be given a reward.

           A. find          B. finds                C. are finding      D. found

23. Local news             …….on TV every afternoon at 5:50 pm.

          A. were               B. was                 C. is                      D. are

24. A number of sheep ……….               died from a strange disease.

         A. have               B. has                  C. is                      D. are

25. The number of students ……….        increasing now.

         A. are                   B. was                 C. were                D. is

26. Physics   …..                my favorite subject.

          A. are                  B. is                     C. was                  D. have been

27. The boy, with his two companions, ……….                 the cherry tree now.

          A. has split                                      B. have split          C. is splitting        D. are splitting

28. The writer and poet ………      going to preside over this meeting.

          A. are                  B. is                     C. have been going             D. is to

29.  Neither the mother nor the children …………                aware of the danger.

          A. were              B. was                 C. is                      D. has been

30. A few …………..      the test.

     A. have failed     B. has failed        C. is failing

31. The Browns……….                      here since 1950.

     A. are living            B. have lived       C. have been living            D. has been living

32. Not only John but his brothers …… also in debt.

     A. is                       B. have                  C. was                     D. were

33. The majority of the TOEFL tests ……….difficult..

          A. are                  B. is                     C. be                     D. being

34. Pollution together with water erosion …………  its toll on the building.

     A. are taking                                   B. is taking      C. have taking             D. have taken

35. Measles ........... proven to be caused by a kind of virus.

     A. is                              B. are                            C. have                          D. has

IV. Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D) cho mỗi chỗ trống.

 A post office is (1) _______ authorized by a postal system for the posting, receipt, sortation, handling, transmission or (2)______  of mail. Post offices offer mail-related services (3)_______ post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies. (4)_________  addition, some post offices offer (5)_________      postal services such as passport applications and other government forms, money orders, and banking services.

            Post offices also (6)________ post-office boxes to people and businesses (7) ________ prefer not to have mail delivered to their home or office, or who live or stay at addresses to (8)__________  mail delivery is not (9)_________ The back rooms of a post office are a place (10)________ mail is processed for delivery. Mail may also be processed in other post offices that are not open to the general public.

1.     a. services                b. equipment               c. sending                  d. mailing

2.     a. pass                      b. giving                      c. handle                    d. delivery

3.     a. so                         b. such                         c. such as                   d. so as to

4.     a. For                       b. In                             c. Of                          d. On

5.     a. non                       b. nor                           c. not                         d. no

6.     a. lend                      b. borrow                     c. rent                        d. employ

7.     a. who                      b. whom                      c. which                     d. that

8.     a. who                      b. which                      c. that                        d. where

9.     a. present                 b. free                          c. ready                      d. available

10.   a. where                   b. that                          c. which                     d. what

V. Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D) cho mỗi chỗ trống.

In early colonial times, correspondents depended on friends, merchants, and Native Americans to carry messages between the colonies. However, most correspondence ran between the colonists and England, their mother country. It was a very hard work to handle so many letters like that. In 1639, the first official notice of a postal service in the colonies appeared. The General Court of Massachusetts designated Richard Fairbanks' tavern in Boston _.as the official place of mail brought from or sent overseas, in line with the practice in England and other nations to use coffee houses and taverns as mail drops. Local authorities operated post routes within the colonies. Then, in 1673, a monthly post was set up between New York and Boston. The service was of short duration, but the post rider's trail became known as the Old Boston Post Road, part of today's U.S. Route 1. William Penn established the first post office in 1683. In the South, private messengers, usually slaves, connected the huge plantations.

After the Boston revolution in September 1774, the colonies began to separate from the mother country. A Continental Congress was organized at Philadelphia in May 1775 to establish an independent government. One of the first questions before the delegates was how to convey and deliver the mail.

1. In early colonial times,_________

        a. the English did not know how to write a mail

        b. merchants were not allowed to send letters

        c. the US was the mother country of many colonies

        d. England had many colonies

2. The first place which was used as a post office was _________

        a. a tavern                                                    b. a big house           

        c. an official place   d. a coffee house

3. In 1673, letters were sent from New York and Boston, and vice versa ______ a month.

        a. once                     b. twice                       c. three times             d. four times

4. The first post office was set up in _________

        a. 1639                     b. 1673                        c. 1683                       d 1774

5. According to the passage, _______ had to work as a mailman between the huge plantations.

        a. delegates              b. governors                c. messengers             d. slaves