Question

[Chương Phan]

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D  to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 1.     A. beard                     B. rehearse                  C. hearsay                  D. endearment

Question 2.     A. confusion               B. television                C. dimension               D. precision

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.

Question 3.     A. mechanical             B. confidence              C. biography               D. eradicate

Question 4.     A. competent              B. implicate                 C. advertise                 D. reconstruct

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D  to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 5. If the business was bad, we would have to_____________some of our staff.

A. put down                         B. lay off                           C. take on                         D. hang up

Question 6. The government have tried to_____________the price of petro, but they failed.

A. bring down                      B. bring on                        C. put in                            D. get over

Question 7. She came_____a photo of her husband and a strange woman when she was cleaning the house.

A. across                              B. by                                 C. with                              D. in

Question 8. Students can____a lot of information just by attending class and taking good notes of the lectures.

A. absorb                              B. provide                         C. read                              D. transmit

Question 9. _____________flowers are usually made of plastic or silk.               

A. Unreal                             B. False                             C. Artificial                       D. Untrue

Question 10. Let's go swimming, _____________?    

A. shall we                           B. shall I                            C. will you                        D. don't you

Question 11. I'll give you another hour to_____________up your mind.             

A. give                                 B. go                                 C. make                             D. take

Question 12. The film was so_____________that many viewers cried.                

A. moody                             B. touching                       C. touchy                          D. moved

Question 13. _____________the company, I'd like to thank you for your help.

A. According to                   B. On behalf of                 C. In addition to               D. Thanks to

Question 14. _____________at the party, we saw Jenifer standing alone.

A. Arriving                           B. We arrived                    C. Arrived                         D. We were arriving

Question 15. Her talent and experience_____________her to the respect of her colleagues.

A. permitted                         B. qualified                       C. deserved                       D. entitled

Question 16. They were working overtime to cope with a sudden_____________in demand.

A. surge                                B. boost                             C. impetus                         D. thrust

Question 17. It can be difficult to teach young children because of their short attention_____________.

A. limit                                 B. span                              C. duration                        D. time

Question 18. He objected to_____________.

A. his mistakes being laughed at                                   B. laughing his mistakes at

C. his mistakes laughing at                                            D. his mistakes at laughing

Question 19. ____________summer I spent in_____________USA was one of  _____________best in my life.

A. At/a/the                           B. The/the/a                       C. The/-/ the                      D. The/the/the

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D  to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 20. She drives me to the edge because she never stops talking in class.

A. worries me                       B. irritates me                    C. pleases me                    D. frightens me

Question 21. Because the jury had reached a deadlock, the judge called for a retrial.

A. reduction                         B. disagreement                C. impasse                         D. verdict

Answer 1

[Thu Hồng]

Question 1.     A. beard                     B. rehearse                  C. hearsay                  D. endearment

Question 2.     A. confusion               B. television                C. dimension               D. precision

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.

Question 3.     A. mechanical             B. confidence              C. biography               D. eradicate

Question 4.     A. competent              B. implicate                 C. advertise                 D. reconstruct

Answer 2

[Thu Hồng]

Question 5. If the business was bad, we would have to_____________some of our staff.

A. put down                         B. lay off   (sa thải)                        C. take on                         D. hang up

Question 6. The government have tried to_____________the price of petro, but they failed.

A. bring down   (hạ giá)                   B. bring on                        C. put in                            D. get over

Question 7. She came_____a photo of her husband and a strange woman when she was cleaning the house.

A. across                              B. by                                 C. with                              D. in

Question 8. Students can____a lot of information just by attending class and taking good notes of the lectures.

A. absorb                              B. provide                         C. read                              D. transmit

Question 9. _____________flowers are usually made of plastic or silk.               

A. Unreal                             B. False                             C. Artificial                       D. Untrue

Question 10. Let's go swimming, _____________?    

A. shall we                           B. shall I                            C. will you                        D. don't you

Question 11. I'll give you another hour to_____________up your mind.             

A. give                                 B. go                                 C. make                             D. take

Question 12. The film was so_____________that many viewers cried.                

A. moody                             B. touching                       C. touchy                          D. moved

Question 13. _____________the company, I'd like to thank you for your help.

A. According to                   B. On behalf of                 C. In addition to               D. Thanks to

Question 14. _____________at the party, we saw Jenifer standing alone.

A. Arriving                           B. We arrived                    C. Arrived                         D. We were arriving

Question 15. Her talent and experience_____________her to the respect of her colleagues.

A. permitted                         B. qualified                       C. deserved                       D. entitled

Question 16. They were working overtime to cope with a sudden_____________in demand.

A. surge                                B. boost                             C. impetus                         D. thrust

Question 17. It can be difficult to teach young children because of their short attention_____________.

A. limit                                 B. span                              C. duration                        D. time

Question 18. He objected to_____________.

A. his mistakes being laughed at                                   B. laughing his mistakes at

C. his mistakes laughing at                                            D. his mistakes at laughing

Question 19. ____________summer I spent in_____________USA was one of  _____________best in my life.

A. At/a/the                           B. The/the/a                       C. The/-/ the                      D. The/the/the

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D  to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 20. She drives me to the edge because she never stops talking in class.

A. worries me                       B. irritates me (làm tôi phát điên)                    C. pleases me                    D. frightens me

Question 21. Because the jury had reached a deadlock, the judge called for a retrial.

A. reduction                         B. disagreement                C. impasse (bế tắc)                        D. verdict