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

1. A. bill                    B. lively                  C. since                  D. mineral

2. A. colour                B. hole                    C. go                      D. toe

3. A. so                      B. coat                    C. note                   D. bottom

4. A. pond                                                 B. post                   C. ghost   D. go.

5. A. compulsory       B. dull                    C. pull                    D. result

II. Pick out one word which has the stress on the first syllable.

6. A. ethnic                B. area                    C. comprise            D. Buddhist

7. A. federation          B. mausoleum         C. recognition         D. territory

8. A. impression         B. separate              C. officer                D. optional

9. A. notice                B. peaceful             C. region                D. divide

10. A. understand       B. engineer             C. benefit                D. Japanese

III. Choose the word or the phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished sentence or substitutes  the underlined word or phrase.

1. I........it 5 years ago.

A. have been              B. saw                  C. was seeing           D. am seeing

2. We........in Thong Nhat Park when it rained.

A. walked                  B. have walked     C. were walking        D. walk

3. I often play soccer........Sunday afternoon.

A. in                          B. at                     C. on                        D. after

4. My father was good at swimming. He is used to......swimming in summer.

A. go                         B. goes                 C. went                     D. going

5. Kate hates........to classical music.

A. listen                     B. listened            C. listens                  D. listening

6. I've lived in this house........1990

A. from                      B. since                              C.for           D. in

7. Mr. Smith........his car for 15 years, but it still looks very new.

A. has                        B. had                   C. have had              D. has had

8. We must be there.......7.30 and 8.25.

A. at                          B. before               C. between               D. after

9. I wish you........me with my work.

A. help                      B. will help           C. helped                  D. would help

10. My father started........in a small village 10 years ago.

A. teaching                B.teach                 C. taught                   D. teaches

11. Leave it.......it is.

A. that                       B. as                     C. like                      D. so.

12. She can't afford that book because she has.......money.

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

13. When was that book........?

A. made                     B. produced          C. published             D. created

14. She spoke quietly to him........nobody also could hear a word.

A. because                 B. if                      C. although               D. so that

15. He was.......ill that he couldn't get up.

A. such                      B. so                     C. much                    D. too.

16. We consider him.......

A. our father                B. is our father       C. be our father          D. to be our father.

17. I don't like the place........ he lives.

A. that                          B. which                 C. where                    D. what

18. That man is.....deaf to hear what we say.

A. so                             B. enough               C. too                 D. not

19. It's very crowded here. I wish.......

A. there were a few people.                            B. there is no one.

C. there weren't so many people.                     D. there was somebody here.

20. Ann's birthday is....... February 14^th.

A. in                          B. on                       C. for                      D. at

21. They.......in that house for several months.

A. live                       B. lived                   C. have lived          D. are living

22. My father...... teaching in a small village 10 years ago.

A. starts                     B. started                C. has started          D. is starting

23. We have lived in Hanoi....... 4 years.

A. in                          B. since                                        C. for                                 D. at

24. Lan and Maryam are penpals. They.... .each other twice a month.

A. writing                  B. write                                        C. has written   D. wrote

25. Lan enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere....... .Maryam was praying.

A. when                     B. during                 C. while                  D. where

26. She has taught English here.......10 years.

A. in                          B. for                      C. since                  D. at

27. He wishes he.......fly.

A. can                       B. will                     C. should                D. could

28. The Vietnamese language is different........English.

A. from                      B. on                       C. in                       D. from

29. A: Would you like to have lunch with us?   ~  B: ............

A. All right.                                              B. Yes, I would.

C. No, I wouldn't like.                               D. Yes, I'd love to.

30. A: Congratulations on your winning. ~  B: .............

A. You're welcome.                                  B. That's very kind of you.

C. No, thanks.                                          D. Yes, of course.

31. A: Shall I get a taxi for you?  ~  B: .............

A. Yes, I'd love to.                                    B. Oh, that would be nice.

C. Let's do.                                               D. Yes, why not?