Question

[Nguyễn Rosie]

I. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1 a. prepares
b. erupts
c. stops
d. photographs
2 a. typhoon
b. goose
c. food
d. flood
3 a. looked
b. suggested
c. minded
d. decided
4 a.
bought
b.
drought
c.
brought
d.
ought
5 a. ache
b. charity
c. archaeology
d. chaos
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
6 a. damage
b. collapse
c. erupt
d. affect
7 a. permanent
b. eruption
c. pollution
d. disaster
8 a. station
b. temperature
c. illustrate
d. volcano
9 a. tsunami
b. thunderstorm
c. typhoon
d. tornado
10 a. accommodation
b. evacuation
c. contribution
d. contamination
III. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
11 A table with four chairs is .................. of the dining room.
a. in
b. the middle
c. in the middle
d. about
12 You .................. brush your teeth twice a day.
a. should
b. can
c. will
d. have
13 Tim is a good student. He did very well in the first semester. His mother is .................. him.
a. sorry for
b. sad
c. proud of
d. displeased
14 The new hotel .................. next year.
a. is opened
b. will be opened
c. is opening
d. opens
15 Would you mind .................. on the light?
a. turn
b. to turn
c. turned
d. turning
16 Where is the fridge? - It’s .................. the corner of the kitchen.
a. in
b. at
c. to
d. above
17 Did the children enjoy .................. when they were on holiday?
a. themselves
b. themself
c. himself
d. itself
18 Carmen didn’t use to eat fish, but now she ..................
a. used to
b. do
c. does
d. doesn’t
19 I never go to Australia I .................. to Australia yet.
a. went
b. have been
c. will go
d. haven’t been
20 I’m .................. Let’s do something. How about going to a movie?
a. boring
b. bore
c. bored
d. being bored
21 I’m hungry. .................. is for dinner this evening?
a. Why
b. When
c. How
d. What
22 The old lady sat in a corner talking to ..................
a. himself
b. itself
c. herself
d. themselves
23 I .................. swimming very much.
a. wait
b. try
c. enjoy
d. finish
24 The teacher said, “Come at 8 o’clock”. The teacher told the students .................. at 8 o’clock.
a. not to come
b. to come
c. coming
d. came
25 Mary is watching a film. She really likes it. Mary is really ...................
a. to interest
b. interest
c. interested
d. interesting
26 .................. to do homework today?
a. Have you
b. Do you have
c. Must you
d. You must
27 She knows that he worked really .................. this semester.
a. good
b. hardly
c. better
d. hard
28 Stop, boys! It’s .................. near the streets.
a. dangerous for playing
b. dangerously to play
c. dangerous to playing
d. dangerous to play
29 It’s possible to supplement one’s .................. by taking a part-time job.
a. income
b. earning
c. gaining
d. attainment
30 Do you mind if I switch on the radio? - ..................
a. No, thank
b. Yes, go ahead
c. No, not at all
d. Yes, you can
IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting.
31 (A)What (B)is the (C)higher mountain (D)in the world?
a. What
b. is
c. higher
d. in
32 I (A)wish my mother (B)gives (C)me presents (D)more often.
a. wish
b. gives
c. me
d. more often
33 (A)The teacher (B)was (C)pleasing with the result (D)of your examination.
a. The
b. was
c. pleasing
d. of
34 (A)The little boy (B)didn’t know (C)how (D)lacing his shoes.
a. The little boy
b. didn’t
c. how
d. lacing
35 (A)To turn (B)on the light, I (C)was surprised (D)at what I saw.
a. To turn
b. on
c. was
d. at
36 I (A)would rather live (B)on a farm than (C)to live (D)in a city.
a. would rather live
b. on
c. to live
d. in
37 The school library (A)is free (B)and (C) open (D)with all the pupils and teaching staff.
a. is
b. and
c. open
d. with
38 (A)Why don’t you (B)borrow books (C)in the local (D)lending library?
a. Why don’t
b. borrow
c. in
d. lending library
39 He had to (A)admit that there (B)were something in (C)what mother kept (D)saying.
a. admit
b. were
c. what
d. saying
40 The earth is (A)the only planet with a large (B)number of (C)oxygen in (D)its atmosphere.
a. the
b. number
c. oxygen
d. its

Answer 1

[Minh Nhân]

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.C

Answer 2

[Minh Nhân]

21.D

22.C

23.C

24.B

25.C

26.B

27.D

28.D

29.A

30.C

31.C

32.B

33.C

34.D

35.A

36.C

37.D

38.D

39.B

40.B