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

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. (1.5p)

1. A. boat               B. snow                  C. crowded             D. postcard

2. A. house             B. so                      C. town                  D. mountain

3. A. fold                B. hold                   C. love                   D. show

II. Find one odd word A, B, C or D: (1.5p)

4. A. Australia        B. Africa                C. Rome                           D. America

5. A. mine              B. her                     C. our                               D. your

6. A. played            B. watched             C. visited                          D. went

III. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences. ( 4.5p)

7. Ho Chi Minh City is very ______.

A. exciting              B. long                   C. boring                          D. friendly

8. The weather in Da Lat is very ______ in winter.

A. hot                     B. long                   C. cold                             D. quiet

9. The ______here are friendly and kind.

A. people                          B. street                  C. city                              D. food

10. This is my house and that is _________.

A. Lan                    B. Lan’s                 C. Lan house                              D. house’s Lan

11. Minh _______ a good movie last night.

A. watches             B. watched             C. will watch                              D. is watching

12. This is Mai’s umbrella. _______ umbrella is blue.

A. Her                    B. Hers                   C. Mai                              D. You

13. What ____ they _____ yesterday morning?

A. do/ do                B. will/ do              C. did/ do                         D. did/ did

14. Minh studied very hard, _________ he passed the final exam.

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

15. This dictionary is ________than the one I have.

A. more expensive            B. most expensive   C. expensive           D. the most expensive

IV. Write the following sentences as suggested: (2.5p)

16. My car is here and her car is over there. (hers)

- My car………………………………………………………………………………………….

17. You (meet) Hoang and Phuong two days ago? (Give the correct tense of the verb in bracket)

- ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

18. Can you help me with the housework, please? (Imperative)

- Please…………………………………………………………………………………………

19. They played the game very well. They didn’t win the game. (but)

- They…. ……………………………………………………………………………………….

20. Life in the city is more exciting than in the country. (peaceful)

- Life in the country …………………………………………………………………………….

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

❶ PHONETICS I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. 1. A. horror                        B. hour                         C. here                         D. hard 2. A. action                        B. fiction                        C. suggestion                   D. animation 3. A. birthday                     B. three                         C. theater                         D. there 4. A. terrible                        B. comedy                        C. president                    D. general 5. A. movie                         B. notice                        C. close                          D. show 6. A. teacher                        B. great                         C. leader                         D. beat 7. A. invaders                        B. queens                        C. events                        D. kings 8. A. actions                        B. blanks                        C. soldiers                        D. reviews 9. A. changes                        B. battles                        C. armies                        D. movies 10. A. swapped                 B. liked                        C. watched                        D. animated II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group. 1. A. action                        B. drama                        C. horror                        D. arrive 2. A. awful                        B. boring                        C. become                        D. funny 3. A. exciting                        B. terrible                        C. fantastic                        D. historical 4. A. Vietnamese                B. general                        C. president                        D. character 5. A. leadership                B. animated                        C. comedy                        D. invader II. Match the words with the descriptions. sad horror general comedy science fiction exciting soldiers 1. This kind of movie is very scary.                                                _______________ 2. When you watch this kind of movie, you will laugh a lot.                _______________ 3. This is a movie about life in the future.                                        _______________ 4. When people feel like this, they may cry.                                _______________ 5. This word means very, very interesting.                                        _______________ 6. An army is a large group of these people.                                _______________ 7. This person is the leader of an army.                                        __

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

UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL 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 2. A. says B. prays C. plays D. days 3. A. climate B. pride C. quit D. primary 4. A. may B. can C. stay D. say 5. A. boxes B. washes C. watches D. goes II. From each number, pick out one word which has the stress on the first syllable. 1. A. scientist B. alive C. industrial D. advice 2. A. individual B. reputation C. experience D. scientific 3. A. television B. decoration C. introduction D. expectation 4. A. achievement B. pesticide C. minimize D. dynamite 5. A. prevent B. protect C. pollute D. purpose III. 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 a 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 IV. Each line has a mistake find and correct it 1.How about go for a walk on Sunday? 2.We are having a birthday party on Saturday evening next weekend. 3.She would like going out with her Mom. 4.Let's me help you do home work. – No, thanks. I can manage. 5.Bell started experimented with rays of transmitting speech. 6. Everybody in my neighborhood are happy about new changes 7. This test is more easy than that one. 8. We've learnt to play the piano for 2005. 9. I used to working for this company when I graduated. 10. We have the same idea with your Dad in the discussion. V. Read the following passage and choose the best answers. Tet is a national and .................... (1) festival in Vietnam . It is occasion for every Vietnamese to be reunited to think .................(2) their past activities and hope for good luck in the new year. Before Tet all houses .................. (3) whitewashed and ...................... (4) with colourful lights . Everybody is looking ......................... (5) to a better life. In the new year's eve, children are smartly dressed . ......................... (6) are hoping to receive money put in small red envelopes as they are wishing longevity to ................... (7) grandparents and parents. Wrong doings should ...................... (8) avoided on these days . 1. A. traditional B. modern C. compulsory D. convenient. 2. A. about B. with C. after D. for 3. A. was B. were C. are D. is 4. A. decorate B. decorating C. to decorate D. decorated 5. A. for B. forward C. after D. at 6. A. them B. who C. these D. they 7. A. his B. her C. my D. their 8. A. take B. not C. we D. be VI. Give the correct form of word. 1- To Huu is a famous______________ (poetry). 2- His ________________ are interesting.(poet) 3- The internet has ________________ (surprise) developed in Vietnam. 4- I like watching the news best because it is very ________________ (inform) . 5- They have________________ the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it. (modern) 6- Liz likes the________________ and the beauty of Ba's village. (peaceful) 7- You must be __________ when you open that door . (care) 8- We can see many __________ on TV everyday . (advertise) 9- I watch the news everyday because it very __________ . (inform) 10- He didn't feel happy because he worked __________ . (success) 11- Our school has a lot of __________ teacher (qualify) 12- She received a lot of __________ from her mother . (encourage) 13- He was very __________ of the work he had done . (pride) 14- Do you have a __________ costume in your country . (nation) 15- The children are more __________ in cartoons . (interest) 16- Every student was very __________ about the holiday . (excite) VII. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets Maryam and Lan (1. be) __________ pen pals for over two years. Last week they (2. have) __________the first meeting. Lan (3. take) __________ Maryam to Hoan Kiem Lake. They (4. visit) __________ Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the History Museum and Van Mieu, as well as many other beautiful parks and lakes in Hanoi. Lan (5. remember) __________ there (6. be) __________ a mosque on Hang Luoc Street because she (7. use to) __________ walk past it on her way to primary school. Lan (8. accompany) __________ Maryam to the mosque. She (9. enjoy) __________ the peaceful atmosphere while her pen pal (10. pray) __________. VII. Finish the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the given words or phrases 1. Mary always went swimming after school last year Mary used to _________________________________ 2. Maryam was impressed by Hanoi people Hanoi people made ____________________________ 3. Bahasa Malaysia is widely spoken in Malaysia Malaysian people ______________________________

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. 

1.   A. chocolate                      B. classmate                C. potato                     D. toothpaste

2.   A. police                           B. accident                  C. ocean                      D. citadel

3.   A. opposite                        B. foodstall                 C. desert                      D. sometimes

4.   A. hotel                             B. weekend                 C. correct                    D. destroy

5.   A. gymnast                        B. finger                      C. vegetable                D. dangerous

II. Choose the best answer from the four options (A or B, C, D) to complete each of the following sentences.

1. I feel tired. I'd like __________.                           

    A. to sit down                     B. to run                      C. some noodles             D. some fish

2. __________her lips full or thin?

    A. Do                                  B. Does                       C. Are             D. Is

3. This sign says “Stop!”. We __________go straight ahead.

     A. can                                 B. should                     C. must                        D. mustn’t

4. Mr. Nam gets up at 7.00 and eats __________.

     A. a big breakfast   B. big breakfast           C. the big breakfast D. a breakfast big

5. Mr. Quang and the farmer are loading the truck __________vegetables.

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

6. The weather is __________today than yesterday.

     A. so better                        B. very better              C. too better                   D. much better

7. __________?      ~ We play badminton and swim.

     A. What sports do you and your brother like?   B. Which sports do you and your brother play?

     C. When do you and your brother play sports?   D. What are you and your brother doing?

8. There is __________rice in the jar. We can’t cook rice now.

     A. a little                            B. little                        C. a few                       D. few

9. Would you like __________noodles? ~ I’m full. I don’t want __________more.

     A. any/ any            B. some/ some C. any/ some   D. some/ any

10. I’m going to the __________now. I want to buy some bread.

     A. post office                     B. drugstore                C. bakery                    D. toystore

11. These are my notebooks, and those are __________.

     A. yours                             B. you             C. your                        D. your’s

12. Listen! __________your sister?

      A. Who is going to talk with                    B. Who talks to

      C. Who does talk with                              D. Who is talking to

13. They __________go out at weekend. They stay at home.

      A. always              B. usually                    C. sometimes D. never

14. The room of my parents is small. “The room of my parents” means __________.

      A. my room’s parents                                           B. my parents’s room   

      C. my parents’ room                                 D. my room’parent

15. Tam: __________is behind your house? Nam: There is a big rice paddy.

      A. What                             B. Which                     C. When                      D. Where

III. Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences below.

1.  Look! She (1. come) ­­­­­­­­­­­­________________to our classroom.

2.  He (2. not go) ______________ to the movies on Sunday nights.

3.  Where is your mother?     ~ She (3. be) __________  in the bathroom. She (4. brush)___________her teeth.

4.  I'd like (5. buy)____________ some oranges.

IV. Read the passage and choose the correct answer (A or B, C, D to fill in the gap.

I don’t usually eat breakfast. I only have (1) ________of coffee. I don’t eat (2) __________until about eleven. Then I have a biscuit and a glass of (3) __________. For lunch I usually have a salad. That’s (4) __________about two o’clock. I have (5) __________ at half past six in the afternoon. I’m a vegetarian, so I don’t eat (6) __________ or fish. I eat cheese and eggs and things like that. I have a glass of water or fruit (7) __________with my meal. On the weekend I go to a (8) __________in the evening. You can (9) __________vegetarian meals in a (10) __________restaurants now.

1.  A. a packet                         B. a cup                       C. a can                                D. a bar

2.  A. something                      B. some                       C. any                          D. anything

3.  A. peas                               B. rice                         C. milk                                 D. chocolate

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

5.  A. breakfast                       B. dinner                     C. lunch                               D. supper

6.  A. rice                                B. vegetables               C. noodles                            D. meat

7.  A. water                             B. lemonade                C. juice                                D. soda           

8.  A. restaurant                      B. store                        C. apartment               D. shop

9.  A. get                                 B. getting                    C. to get                               D. gets

10.A. many                             B. much                       C. lot of                                D. lots of

V. Read the following passage and answer the questions.

Miss. Lan lives in Ha Noi. She teaches Literature at a school in Ha Noi. She goes to work by bus every morning. She has two days off a week: Saturday and Sunday. She has a bicycle but she never cycles to work because it’s too far from her house to her school. Her work starts at 8.00 am and finishes at 4.00 pm. After work, she usually goes swimming in the swimming pool or plays badminton. She comes back home at 7.00 pm and has dinner. After dinner, she is always busy marking her students’ papers. Sometimes she watches TV. She feels happy with her job.

1. Where does Miss Lan work?                                                                                                         

2. How many days a week does she go to work?                                                                  

3. Why doesn’t she ride her bike to work?                                                                            

4. Is she free after dinner?                                                                                                     

5. How does she feel with her job?                                                                                       

VI. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the original one.

1.  How many students does your class have?

Ò How many students                                                                                                                      

2.  I like beef and vegetables.

Ò Beef                                                                                                                                               

3.  Do you and your friends walk to school every day?

Ò Do you and your friends go                                                                                                          

4.  We have English class at 7.15.

Ò Our English class                                                                                                              

5.  Why don’t we go to the movies tonight? 

Ò What about                                                                                                                        

VII. Use the words or phrases to make meaningful sentences.                                     

1.  there/ police station/ your street?                          

Ò                                                                                                                                                       

2. Toan/ listen/ teacher/ class/ now.                                       

Ò                                                                                                                                                       

3. Ba/ usually/ play volleyball/ fall/ but/sometimes/ go/ sailing.      

Ò                                                                                                                                                       

4. We/ going/ wait/ you/ near/ school/ this week.                 

Ò                                                                                                                                           

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: 1. A. seat B. meat C. head D. heat 2. A. multiply B. subtract C. instruction D. country 3. A. soup B. route C. group D. could 4. A. tooth B. foot C. school D. food 5. A. put B. pull C. burn D. push 6. A. good B. cool C. look D. wool 7. A. chilren B. machine C. kitchen D. change 8. A. show B. harrow C. narrow D. allow 9. A. food B. school C. foot D. tooth 10. A. device B. service C. divide D. decide II. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern differently from that of other words . 1. A. perform B. relax C. manage D. receive 2. A. program B. service C. language D. display 3. A. even B. unit C. invention D. typewriter 4. A. subtract B. divide C. multiply D. compute 5. A. beautiful B. mysterious C. capable D. interesting III. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 1. In large classes; children feel that they cannot ...................with the teacher. a. contact b. interact c. transmit d. relax 2. computer is a ......................... typewriter. a. convenient b. magical c. appropriate d. informative The port is capable................ handing 10 million tons of coal a year. a. in b. on c. of d. for We were really impressed by the scenic splendors of the Rocky Mountains. a. in a strange or mysterious way b. having beautiful natural scenery c. very impressive and good d. new and interesting New telephone lines allow faster data....................... by fax or modern. a. calculation b. transmission c. entertainment d. development This door should only be used in an emergency. a. a serious problem b. an annoying situation c. a serious situation d. a happy event What makes computer a miraculous device? a. strange b. powerful c. magical d. excellent The encyclopedia is now available on ................. a. computer screen b. CD-ROM c. keyboard d printer Please .............. your phone card in the slot before pressing the number you require. a. insert b. operate c. plug d. adjust .............. is used for making exact copies of documents. a. Computer b. Printer c. Photocopier d. Camcorder IV. Below you have some of the amazing achievements of modern technology. Match the names in column A with the definitions in column B. A B 1. video recorder A. a kind of sophisticated typewriter using a computer 2. photocopier B. a machine which records and plays back sound 3. fax machine C. a machine which records and plays back sound and pictures 4. tape recorder D. a camera which records moving pictures and sound 5. modem E. a machine for chopping up, slicing, mashing, blending, ect 6. camcorder F. a machine which makes copies of documents 7. word processor G. a machine which makes copies of documents and sends them down telephone lines to another place 8. food processor H. a piece of equipment allowing you to send information from one computer down telephone lines to another computer. V. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words in the box. laptops hard downloaded virus Internet scanner websites floppy surfing software chat forum 1. It’s so easy to use a ___________ when you want to send photographs to friends by e-mail. It’s just like using a photocopier. 2. I’ve lost a lot of data. I wonder if my computer has a __________. 3. I’m always impressed by people who carry their __________ on aeroplanes and work on them during the flight. 4. Those __________ disks don’t store nearly enough information. You really need to use your __________ disk for all the data you want to store. 5. If you want some photos of the USA, you could just try __________ the Web. You’ll be amazed how many you can find. 6. I belong to a great __________. There are about ten people who are all interested in 1960s music. We e-mail one another almost every day, and can talk live to one another. 7. I __________ a good program from the Internet the other day. Would you like a copy ? 8. Do you ever visit any __________ for pop stars or film stars ? Some of them have photos and music too. 9. __________ is the programs that you put into a computer to make it run. 10. Students should be encouraged to use the __________ as a resource.

I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. rope                       B. household                C. also                           D. history

2. A. computer               B. some                        C. Geography                D. other

3. A. study                      B. music                       C. fun                            D. subject

4. A. open                        B. close                             C. come                            D. old

5. A. clock                       B. city                                C. class                             D. come

6. A. waste                       B. stand                             C. bag                               D. that

7. A. ready                       B. teacher                          C. bed                               D. head

8. A. these                        B. brother                          C. thank                            D. that

9. A. canoe B. water C. sugar D. island

10. A. resort B. hotel C. except D. rescue

11. A. sight B. tribe C. seaside     D. magnificent

12. A. railway B. daily C. airport D. train

13. A. island B. florist C. stream D. sight

14. A. mineral B. sight C. tidal D. light

15. A. elevate            B. inject C. stretch         D. bleed