I.Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. face B. nature C. tragedy D. tasty
2. A. drought B. discount C. sound D. bought
3. A. memory B. spell C. plentiful D. escape
4. A. flood B. shoot C. food D. typhoon
5. A. prefer B. experiment C. serve D. permernently
Section 2. Choose the word A, B, C or D whose the main stress pattern is not the same
1. A. facility B. permanently C. accessible D. traditional
2. A. tragedy B. plentiful C. adequate D. selection
3. A. prefer B. struggle C. migrate D. produce
4. A. nature B. market C. typhoon D. migrant
5. A. upset B. rural C. tasty D. urban
III. Choose the best answer: A, B, C or D
1. He is looking forward……………………a chance to travel a lot in foreign country.
a. having b. to have c. to having d. have
2. People in my hometown are more……………………than people in this city.
a. friendship b. friendliness c. friends d. friendly
3. Minh didn’t study as…………………as I thought.
a. hard b. hardly c. harder d. hardest
4. “Could I speak to Nga, please ?” - ……………………
A. I’m sorry b. Thank you c. I’m fine d. Hold on a minute
5. What beautiful eyes………………………..!.
a. does she have b. she has c. has she d. she doesn’t have
6. I’m 14 years old and she is 14 years old. She is the same …………………as I am.
a. year b. age c. years d. ages
7. Can you repeat that word…………………?.
a. careful b. careless c. slow d. slowly
8. I’m Vietnamese. What …………………are you ?
a. nation b. country c. population d. nationality
9. The students should review these lessons……………………..
a. every two day b. every two days c. two every days d. at two days
10. They plan to build a new…………………in the middle of the town. It is convenient to go shopping there.
a. restaurant b. hotel c. hospital d. mall
11. Cool the burns immediately so as to…………………….tissue damage.
a. maximize b. ease c. minimize d. relieve
12. …………………using plastic bags, we shouldn’t use them at all.
a. In order of b. Because of c. Instead of d. In spite of
13. Milk bottle can be ………………….after being cleaned.
a. broken b. recycled c. soaked d. reused
14. We are……………………that you passed your English exam.
a. delighted b. interesting c. boring d. exciting
15. This project will be carried…………………..next month.
a. with b. off c. over d. out
16. Farmers use animal dung for……………………their fields.
a. making b. developing c. fertilizing d. improving
17. Compost is made from………………………and garden waste.
a. family b. home c. house d. household
18. How about…………………….? Are there any hotels or guest houses ?
a. dormitory b. shelter c. accomodation d. residence
19.We’ll have to get the car………………….before Tuesday.
a. repair b. repairing c. repaired d. to repair
20. ……………….upon a time,there was a large dinosaur called Daniel.
a. One b. Once c. Ones d. When
IV. Find the mistake and correct it.
1. I had my sister to help all the housework.
2. My uncle suggested that I to get a job in a bank.
3. How do you manage to speak to her with so great patience ?
4. Let’s have dinner together sometimes next week.
5. I had any ideas. My head was completely empty.
6. By next spring, I will be living here for six years.
7. Everybody wanted Doris being the manager.
8. I’d rather you go home now.
9. The house by itself is beautiful, but the surroundings are rather unpleasant.
10. I can’t afford that thing as it costs me amrs and a leg.
V. Use the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.
1. They tried………………….it. ( do )
2. The tourists ……………………….by the beauty of Ha Long Bay. ( impress )
3. Their parents wanted them to buy some good books……………………..( read )
4. She wishes she……………………………on the moon. ( be )
5. My mother often ………………………her free time ……………………….volunteer work at an orphanage ( spend / do )
6. That house…………………………….three years ago. ( buy )
7. This boy is not old enough……………………..in our class. ( be )
8. I’ll come and see them before I……………………..here. ( leave )
9. What time…………………your train…………………tomorrow ? ( leave )
10. I………………………………….all the work given by the time you come next week.
( complete )
VI. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning.
1. You aren’t allowed to open this envelope
=> You……….................................................................................................
2. Perhaps Jane has gone out.
=> Jane may…………………...................................................................................
3. Tom wrote the poem which won the competition.
=> The poem……….............................................................................................
4. Eric doesn’t like people pointing at him.
=> Eric……….........................................................................................................
5. It’s possible that they left early this morning.
=> They could.........................................................................................................
6. It isn’t necessary for you to work late tonight.
=> You……………………...........................................................................................
7. She covered the cake with icing.
=> The cake…………..............................................................................................
8. People say that he has won a lot of money.
=> It…………………...................................................................................................
9. He was bored by the film and fell asleep.
=> He found............................................................................................
10. Telling lies is very bad.
=> It................ …………………………………………………………………….
VII. fill in the blank with a suitable word.
Many people want to visit the city of Hue in the (1)…………………….of Vietnam, (2)……………………….attracts visitors because it has an interesting history and beautiful (3)………………………. In the late 14th (4)……………………….a king of Champa Kingdom married a Vietnamese princess (5)……………………………Huyen Tran and gave the area to Vietnam (6)……………………..a wedding present. After 1802 Hue became the (7)……………………of the Nguyen dynasty. The name Hue may be a French misrepresentation of the word Hoa from Thuan Hoa, the name of the area at that time.
Many historical (8)……………………..are located in Hue. Inside the city are the Royal Citadel, the Flag Tower and the Royal (10)……………………..Hue’s Forbidden Purple City was once reserved for the royal family. (11)………………………the city we can visit the site known (12)…………………Nam Giao Hill or Heaven’s Altar and Royal Tombs. Hue is (13)……………………..an important center of Buddism, where we still see tens of pagodas (14)………………..than 300 years old and a hundred of temples and pagodas (15)……………………..in 20th century. (16)………………………., Hue is a place (17)………………………for the royal music and a place (18)……………………..traditional delicious dishes and nice handicraft. Hue has (19)……………………a big and valuable museum of the (20)…………………………..capital. In December 1993 Hue was (21)……………………..as a World Cultural Heritage Site by (22)……………………..
