I. Choose the word that is stressed differently from that of the other words.
1. A. answer B. include C. prepare D. improve
2. A. beautiful B. lovely C. amazing D. awful
3. A. dislike B. cartoon C. audience D. contest
4. A. destination B. anniversary C. education D. direction
5. A. popular B. discovery C. skillful D. problem
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others
6. A. monument B. robbery C. minority D. gramophone
7. A. thirsty B. father C. thanks D. theater
8. A. except B. essay C. expensive D. event
9. A. suggestion B. nation C. invitation D. collection
10. A. government B. grain C. vegetarian D. garbage
III. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
11. South-East Asia has many tourist ________.
A. landmarks B. places C. spots D. attractions
12. It’s a very ________ story. I laugh from the beginning to the end.
A. interests B. amusing C. interested D. amused
13. You had a party last night, ________?
A. had not you B. didn’t you
C. had you D. did you
14. Who ________ the first typewriter?
A. invented B. did invent C. invents D. did he invent
15. Sugar adds taste ________ the food we eat
A. to B. in C. with D. for
16. He never likes durians and________.
A. I do too B. I didn’t either C. so do I D. neither do I
17. In a game of singles , two players play________ each other
A. for B. against C. opposite D. with
18. I often ________in winter.
A. play skiing B. go skiing C. go to ski D. go playing skiing
19. We shouldn’t cross the street outside the ________.
A. sidewalk B. zebra crossing C. pavement D. foot lane
20. There aren’t any good movies ________ at the moment.
A. being on B. showing C. going on D. performing
21. I bought this dress at the ________on Hang Bai street.
A. store of closes B. closing store C. clothes store D. clothes’store
22. Would you like to play basketball? - ________ . Good idea!
A. I want B. I’d love to C. I like D. I love it
23. The boss wants his ________ to type some letters.
A. secretary B. journalist C. novelist D. musician
24. Nobody ________ in the room when we came home.
A. isn't B. aren't C. is D. are
25. I have to write a ________ composition every other week.
A. two-thousands-word B. two-thousands-words
C. two-thousand-words D. two-thousand-word
IV. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find it.
26. My parents always think that I am not old enough to do what I wanted.
A B C D
27. My grandmother used to be telling us folktales when we were small
A B C D
28. Da Lat is known like a city of pines, waterfalls and flowers.
A B C D
29. The river bank was covered by weed.
A B C D
30. The harder he tried the worst he danced before the large audience.
A B C D
V. Give the correct form of the words in the brackets in each of the following sentences.
31. She was the only __________________ left in the town. (inhabit)
32. Conan Doyle was a ________________ famous for his detective stories. (novel)
33. He gets very angry if you ____________________ with his ideas. (agree)
34. There is saying “ _______________ is better than cure”. (prevent)
35. I had a ________________ evening. It made me forget all my sadness. (terrify)
36. I don’t like this chair. It’s _________________. (comfort)
37. Hoa is having a __________________ check-up. (medicine)
38. We must remember to eat _____________. (sense)
39. There are many badminton _______________ nowadays. (compete)
40. Mary looked _____________ because her mother died. (happy)
VI. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.
Kipling was the first writer (41)____________ expressed the faith and national pride. He was
(42)__________ in Bombay India (43)____________ 1865 and was taken (44)____________
England to (45)___________ educated at the (46)___________ of 6. But at the age of 17 he
returned (47)___________ India and became a journalist. (48)___________ this time he
(49)___________ a great amount of prose and poetry. After wards he returned to England and
travelled in Japan and America. He received the 1907 Nobel (50)___________ for literature and
died in 1936 while he was working on his autobiographical notes.
VII. Read the following text and choose the best answer for the questions below.
After inventing dynamite, Swedish- born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he
foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the
inventor of the dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a fund to be
used for awarding prizes to people who had made world while contribution to mankind.
Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine and peace. Economics
was added in 1968, just sixty- seven years after the first awards ceremony. Nobel’s original
legacy of nine million dollars was invested and the interest in this sum is used for the awards
which vary from $ 30,000 to $ 125,000. Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s
death, the awards are presented to the winners. Some politics plays an important role in the
judge’s decision. Americans have won numerous science awards but relatively few literature
prizes. No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some
people have won two prizes, but this is rare, others have shared their prizes.
51. The word “foresaw” in line 2 is nearest in meaning to ________.
A. prevailed B. prevented C. postponed D. predicted
52. All of the following statements are true except ________.
A. A few individuals have won two awards
B. ceremonies are held on December 10 to commemorate Nobel’s invention
C. politics plays an important role in selecting the winners.
D. awards vary in monetary value
53. The passage implies that Nobel’s profession was in ________.
A. economics B. science C. peace D. medicine
54. The word “world while” is closest in meaning to ________.
A. economic B. valuable C. prestigious D. trivial
55. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Alfred Nobel made lasting contribution to humanity.
B. Alfred Nobel created awards in six categories for contributions to humanity.
C. Alfred Nobel left all his money to science.
D. Alfred Nobel became very rich when he invented dynamite.
VIII. Choose the correct sentence (A, B, C or D) made from the suggested words.
56. doctor/ advise/ his health/ not/ eat/ meat/ much/ not good.
A. The doctor advised him not eating much meat because it was not good for his heath.
B. The doctor advices him not eat much meat because it is not good to his heath.
C. The doctor advised him not to eat much meat because it was not good for his heath.
D. The doctor advices him not to eat much meat so it is not good to his heath.
57. boy/ naughty /! /
A. Which boy is naughty? B. Who is that naughty boy?
C. What naughty boy he is! D. How naughty the boy is!
58. She/ get/ well/ most people.
A. She gets well with most people.
B. She gets on well to most people.
C. She gets a friendly well to most people.
D. She gets on well with most people.
59 they/ drink/ mineral water/ drink/ yesterday/ beer/ usually.
A. They drink mineral water and yesterday they drunk beer.
B. They are drinking mineral water and yesterday drinking beer.
C. They usually drink mineral water and yesterday they drank beer.
D. They usually drink mineral water but yesterday they drank beer.
60. wear/ you/ uniform/ school/ when/ be/ you/?
A. Do you wear uniform when you are at school?
B. When did you wear you school uniform be?
C. Did you wear a uniform when you were at school?
D. Did you wear a uniform when you were schoolboy?
IX. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one.
61. John smoked cigarettes when he was a young man.
John used___________________________________________________________
62. You will not be accepted if you don’t finish your home work
Unless______________________________________________________________
63. He speaks English very well. You would think it was his native language.
He speaks English so__________________________________________________
64. Nobody used this house last year.
This house___________________________________________________________
65. He’d rather play football than tennis.
He prefers___________________________________________________________
66. No one is more intelligent than her in our school.
She________________________________________________________________
67. Mai broke the cup because of her carelessness.
Because Mai_________________________________________________________
69. We find it difficult to understand this question.
This question_________________________________________________________
70. It’s nearly two years since we saw him.
We haven’t__________________________________________________________
X. Rearrange the following words and punctuation marks to complete the sentences.
71. to / tell / nearest / you / how / supermarket / me / get/ Could / the / to/ ?
____________________________________________________________________
72. to/ I/ apologized/ mistake/ When/ I/ wrong/ ,/ I/ them/ realized/ my/ was/ for/.
____________________________________________________________________
73. the/ continue/ earth’s/ the/ If/ gases/ in/ atmosphere/ become/ to/ ,/ the/ climate/ increase/
may/ warmer/.
____________________________________________________________________
74. the/ cause/ lot/ of/ ice/ the/ may/ may / serious/ melt/ Poles/ floods/ A/ and/ near/.
____________________________________________________________________
75. that/ world/ so/ have/ are/ down/ over/ many/ People/ there/ now/ areas/ of/ cut/ waste land/
trees/ all/ the / vast/.
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