I. Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern from the others1. A. breakthrough B. design C. reference D. nature2. A. mineral B. production C. recipe D. politics3. A. monastery B. situation C. manufacture D. disadvantage4. A. department B. appearace C. determine D. conqueror5. A. conscientious B. racialism C. problematic D. recreationII. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences6. After several years, the group was ………………………Each one has particular activitiesA. disbanded B. disappeared C. abandonded D. disapproved7. Employees can not be discriminated ………………….raceA. on grounds of B. for reason of C. with good cause D. a matter of8. Give him time. He is sure to ………………..our way of thinking in the endA. come against B. come in for C. come round to D. come up with9. Have you thought what the ………………might be if you did not win your case in court?A. implications B. connotations C. results D. application10. When my children ……………….their toys, I donated them to a charityA. outlasted B. outnumbered C. outgrew D. outwore11. To …………….our check- in, we decided to not carry any hand luggageA. rush B. expedite C. increase D. speed12. Thanks to the Internet, we can communicate with foreigners ……………..A. effortlessly B. consistently C. unnecessarily D. continuously13. Those who don not take any exercise at all are ………….to falling illA. prepared B. ready C. waiting D. prone14. The girl was very …………..to follow the stranger to his house when he told her that her mother was waiting for herA. easy B. gullible C. childlike D. immature15. She screamed and ran away when she saw the mad dog ……………..herA. coming to B. coming up C. coming at D. coming into16. The new film ………………the latest in animation techniquesA. exposes B. features C. displays D. performs17. “…………………. Is it your student card?” - “Let me see. Yes, it is mine”A. Excuse me B. Pardon C. Hello D. Oh18. “Do you know Linh, a fair-haired girl in class 9A?” – “Yes, she is my ……………neighbor. What’s up?”A. indoor B. inside C. next-door D. front-door19. “Do you know anything about the Earth, Lan?” – “Yes, the Earth ………….around the Sun at about 67,000 miles per hour (about 107,000 kilometers per hour)A. travels B. travelling C. is travelling D. to travel20. “Why don’t you …………..the French Club?” – “ I am not confident in my French”A. be B. join C. take D. participate

I.    Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.

      1.   A. atmosphere             B. plentiful                  C. effective                 D. natural

      2.   A. unfortunate            B. continuous              C. renewable               D. artificial

      3.   A. recommend            B. abundant                C. solution                   D. increasing

      4.   A improvement           B. different                 C. develop                   D. enormous

      5.   A. seriously                 B. personally               C. carefully                 D. correctly

II.  Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.

      1.   A. hydroelectric          B. environment           C. solar                        D. biogas

      2.   A. pleasure                  B. feed                        C. heat                         D. meat

      3.   A. plentiful                  B. electric                    C. renewable               D. energy

      4.   A. few                         B. knew                       C. new                         D. sew

      5.   A. nuclear                    B. truck                       C. abundant                D. dump

1.    Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.

1.    A. surface                           B. attraction                      C. bamboo                         D. technique

2.    A. transfer                          B. publish                            C. accept                            D. remind

3.    A. handicraft                      B. cultural                           C. museum                         D. sculpture

4.    A. opinion                           B. embroider                     C. department                   D. drumhead

5.    A. workshop                      B. authenticity                   C. grandparent                  D. village

I. Choose the word A, B, c or D that has different stress pattern in each line.

1. A. effect B. language c. throughout D. pronounce

2. A. institute B. industrial c. extensive D. existence

3. A. pessimism B. biography c. ordinary D. supervisor

4. A. electronics B exceptional c. electrify D. democracy

5. A. archeology B. personality c. appreciative D. architectural

II. Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer for each question.

Noah Webster’s goal in life was to promote the adoption of an'American language. He wanted to free Americans from British English as they had freed themselves from the British crown. To this end he published a series of three textbooks: a speller in 1783, a grammar in 1784, and a reader in 1785. 

Webster objected to the way certain words had been borrowed from other languages, but had not been respelled. The result, he claimed, was a confusing mixture of letters, many of which were not pronounced the way they looked, and others of which were not pronounced at all.

Webster urged Americans to simplify their spelling. For example, he argued that “head” should be spelled “hed" and bread” should be spelled bred”. Most of Webster's suggestions did not catch on, but his textbooks sold millions of copies.

6. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Three books of Noah Webster

B. Noah Webster and the Adoption of an American Language

c. Simplification of Spelling

D. Noah Webster and the British Crown

7. According to Webster, Americans should .......

A. avoid reading his three books

B. be ruled from England

c. simplify their spelling

D. not borrow words from other languages

8. In the last paragraph, the phrase “did not catch on” means.......

A. were not appreciated B. did not please anyone

c. did not become popular D. were not intelligent

9. Webster’s books were very innovative, specially when we consider that they were written in the.......

A. late eighteenth century B. mid-seventeenth century

c. early eighteenth century D. late seventeenth century

10. The problems that Webster tried to solve did NOT include.......

A. unreliable spelling B. grammar errors

c. mispronounced words D. poor sales of his textbooks

III. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.

1.   A. alternative              B. academic                C. variety                    D. biologist

2.   A. architecture            B. development          C. vocational              D. compulsory

3.   A. injection                 B. professional           C. management           D. vocational

4.   A. researcher              B. leisure                    C. meaningful             D. colleague

5.   A. sympathetic           B. dynamic                 C. consider                  D. adaptable

II.  Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.

1.   A. surface                    B. attraction                C. bamboo                   D. technique

2.   A. transfer                   B. publish                    C. accept                     D. remind

3.   A. handicraft               B. cultural                   C. museum                  D. sculpture

4.   A. opinion                   B. embroider               C. department             D. drumhead

5.   A. workshop               B. authenticity            C. grandparent            D. village

III. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.

1.   A. bamboo                  B. village                     C. workshop                D. famous

2.   A. business                  B. chocolate                C. grandparent            D. experience

3.   A. communicate          B. generation               C. historical                 D. environment

4.   A. handicraft               B. department             C. embroider               D. opinion

5.   A. transfer                   B. accept                     C. publish                    D. remind

6.   A. department             B. historical                 C. technique                D. pottery

7.   A. prosperity               B. experience              C. complicated            D. cooperate

8.   A. balloon                   B. craftsmen                C. markets                   D. local

9.   A. sculpture                 B. temperate                C. repeat                      D. culture

10. A. embroidery             B. lantern                    C. formation                D. behavior