I. Pronunciation:                                                                  * Stress:

1. affect         aquatic      contaminate     permanent               6.  Billboard         litter        pollution    visual

2. litter           official       visual               icon                         7.  Poison            thermal   effect          victim

3. sure            measure     pleasure          treasure                     8. Homeless       typhoon  volcanic     disaster

4. radiation   collapse     parade             volcano                     9. Untreated    channel    discover    parade 

5. legend       engine       language          underground                        10. Planet        fainted    outbreak     radiation

II. Circle  the best option:

1.The victims of the earthquake……...with food and water by the rescue team

A. provided     B. were provided        C. were providing       D. had provided

2. Something must  …..before it…….. too late

A. be done / get         B. be done / is getting       C. do / gets           D. be done  / will get

3. …..karaoke bars made so much noise, the residents complained to its owner.

A. Because of             B. Although                C. Since           D. Despite

4. The students in this class were made.....very hard.   A. learning   B. having learned     C. learn     D. to learn   

5. If I had time, I...........to the beach with you this weekend.  

 A. will go          B. will have gone      C. would have gone        D. would go

6. My uncle…. as a lawyer for 35 years before he retired.         

A. worked         B. has worked             B. was working          D. will have worked

7. The old man is said...................all his money to an old people’s home when he died.

  A. have left   B. to leave       C. to have                    D. to leaving

8. Neither you nor I..............responsible for the bad result. => A.  are          B. be    C. am   D. is

9. Wait here until I.....................you. =>    A. am going to call .        B. am calling        C. will call     D. call

10. “Would you mind turning the fan on?” ­­- “__________.”

    A. Yes, please         B. No, thank you        C. Not at all                D. No, I’m not

I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. A. icon           B. visual            C. scenic                D. disaster

2. A. litter                 B. victim               C. fine                D. volcanic

3. A. birth                 B. thermal               C. earth                  D. further

4. A. poisoned                 B. died             C. dumped            D. caused

5. A. damage            B. native             C. accent                D. aquatic

6. A. loch                   B. school              C. cholera              D. champion

7. A. bury                   B. dump                C. erupt                 D. earplug

8. A. flood                  B. food                 C. typhoon              D.  noon

II. Choose the word that has different stress pattern.

1. A. chemical             B. terrific              C. volcanic              D. historic

2. A. poetic                B. athletic             C. national               D. dramatic

3. A. politic               B. pollution            C. logical                 D. illustrate

4. A. pollute            B. damage               C. effect                   D. attract

5. A. trainee           B. degree                 C. provide                 D. coffee

6. A. refugee          B. employee            C. Taiwanese             D. adoptee

7. A. scenery          B. addressee           C. kangaroo         D. Vietnamese

8. A. official            B. natural                 C. invention            D. expensive

9. A. biology           B. property              C. apology              D. ecology

10. A. scientific       B. evacuee              C. biography            D. volunteer

11. A. illustrate        B. tsunami               C. invention              D. tornado

12. A. volcano          B. evacuate           C. equipment              D. medical

Exercise IV: Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position
of primary stress in each of the following questions.
1. A. doctor B. address C. thermal D. visual
2. A. wonderful B. permanent C. aquatic D. physicist
3. A. awesome B. precise C. forest D. accent
4. A. attractive B. balcony C. chocolate D. decorate
5. A. musical B. headmaster C. engineer D. humorous
6. A. quality B. messenger C. natural D. pagoda
7. A. practice B. starter C. afford D. vary
8. A. alternate B. cultural C. televise D. semester
9. A. welcome B. become C. canteen D. upstairs
10. A. afternoon B. universe C. estimate D. versatile
Exercise V: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary
stress in each of the following questions.
1. A. gallery B. adventure C. holiday D. lecturer
2. A. return B. market C. notebook D. google
3. A. wardrobe B. career C. begin D. explode
4. A. continent B. banana C. camera D. difficult
5. A. expensive B. forgotten C. retirement D. picturesque
6. A. relative B. character C. volcano D. educate
7. A. open B. college C. invite D. football
8. A. beautiful B. certainty C. factory D. departure
9. A. pioneer B. hospital C. sightseeing D. comedy
10. A. competition B. recognition C. manufacture D. ability
Exercise VI: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary
stress in each of the following questions.
1. A. water B. inspire C. figure D. wonder
2. A. sacrifice B. convenient C. element D. conical
3. A. measure B. regard C. approach D. maintain
4. A. material B. official C. pyramid D. survival
5. A. triangular B. variety C. simplicity D. interviewer
6. A. organic B. popular C. recognise D. breathtaking
7. A. activity B. biologist C. considerate D. distribution
8. A. appoint B. programme C. demand D. complaint
9. A. document B. atmosphere C. assignment D. heritage
10. A. adventurous B. accessible C. automatic D. inhabitant

Part 9: Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the

others in each group                   

1. A. poison           B. visual            C. measure             D. pleasure

2. A. thermal         B. litter              C. permanent          D. service

3. A. affect            B. cholera          C. pollutant            D. radiation

4. A. passed           B. watched        C. played                D. washed

I. Choose the words whose underlined past is pronounced differently from that of the others in each gro.

1. A. algal          B. aquatic                 C. contaminate             D. permanent 

2. A. thermal     B. thankful                 C. there                        D. thorough

3. A. pollution   B.earplug                   C. dump                       D. dust

4. A. untreated   B. measure             C. pleasure                   D. bread

5. A. physical     B. visual                   C. music                        D. because

6. A. icon           B. visual                   C. scenic                        D. disaster

7. A. territory     B. scottish                 C. often                          D. tornado

8. A. parade      B. rage                      C. earthquake                 D. climate

9. A. source       B. visit                     C. castle                           D. station

10. A. dead       B. health                   C. great                            D. heavy

1 fill the blank with one suitable word on the box

[ permanent - dumping - pressure - radiation - poisonous- radioactive- visual - thermal ]

1 . Noise pollution also results in high blood ___________ and headache

2. __________ pollution occurs since the temperature of natural water is changed

3. Be careful ! The ________ air can make you faint

4. The leakage of nuclear power plant has caused ______ pollution

5. _______ pollution is partly caused by poorly planned buildings

6. If the laboratory stopped ________ chamicals into the lake , all the aquatic animals will be alive

7. X-ray in medicine is a type of _________

8. Does the radiation make people suffer __________ defects ?