Choose the word pronounced differently from the other words 

1. A. attraction B. artisan C. frame D. handicraft

2. A. drumhead B. uncle C. product D. business

3. A. conical B. knit C. artisan D. remind

4. A. folk B. stone C. iron D. gold

5. A. embroider B. preserve C. specific D. enjoyble

6. A. generation B. frame C. artisan D. famous

7. A. museum B. cultural C. drum D. sculpture

8. A. tablecloth B. authenticity C. through D. although

9. A. attraction B. traditional C. lacquerware D. handicraft

10. A. weave B. treat C. deal D. drumhead

11. A. sculpture B. lantern C. pottery D. treat

12. A. pottery B. product C. workshop D. conical

13. A. surface B. layer C. frame D. birthplace

14. A. carved B. impressed C. embroidered D. weaved

15. A. specific B. special C. pieces D. place

16. A. embroider B. region C. pottery D. lantern

17. A. marble B. artisan C. carve D. handicraft

18. A. villages B. pieces C. loses D. provides

19. A. layers B. bamboos C. crafts D. weaves

20. A. carves B. casts C. moulds D. embroiders

PART A: PHONETICS 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in the same line and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. B. hundred C. high C. needed 1. A. honest 2. A. polluted B. arrived D. visited 3 A birds C. frogs D. humor D. trucks B. drivers II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in the same line and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. 4. A. twenty B. morning C. careful 5. A declare B. extra C. local D. orphan Part B: GRAMMAR D. divide I-Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form/tense. 1. John and I ......... (be) pen-pals for nearly three years. 2. My sister (brush) her teeth twice a day. 3. Nam is living far from his home now . He wishes he.................visit.) his family. 4. To avoid (recognize), the film star wore dark glasses. 5. If I were .....(know) his address, I'd give it to you. II. Supply the correct form of the words in capital. 1. If we use much pesticide on vegetables, they will become (POISON) 2. The holiday was so. (DISAPPOINT) that they asked for their money back. 3. (MARRY) is a serious matter, and you have to think about it. . (SURPRISE) 4 Actually found Tony's book was interesting 5. The Internet (COMMUNICATE) throughout the world has been easier thanks to the . . . . I . Part C: MULTIPLE-CHOICE III-Choose the best option to complete the sentences below 1. Listen carefully. I'm going to give you .......... advice. B. some C. few D. little A. a few 2. She spoke quietly to him...........nobody else could hear a word.

1. Choose the correct word that has the different stress from the others. A. enjoy B. impress C. depend D. beauty 2. Choose the correct word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. A. beautify B. country C. friendly D. activity 3. I wish you ___________here with me now. A. are B. were C. was D. being 4. Tom wishes he _____________there someday. A. Will be B. should be C. would be D. must be 5. My sister had difficulty __________the English test last Monday. A. did B. doing C. was doing D. done 6. Mr. Nam used ____________on a farm in the countryside. A. lives B. living C. lived D. to live 7. The Singapore unit of _____________is dollar. A. time B. volume C. currency D. field 8. Islam is Malaysia’s official _____________. A. government B. religion C. region D. language 9. Maryam and Lan have ___________for five years. A. corresponding B. correspond C. corresponds D. corresponded 10.English and math are ____________subjects in our school. A. compulsory B. national C. additional D. traditional 11.Many tourists are really ____________by the beauty of Hanoi. A. impress B. impressive C. impression D. impressed 12.Mai’s religion is Buddhism, so she goes to _________every day. A. mosque B. pagoda C. church D. countryside 13.You are rather old, you should not depend too much _______your parents. A. on B. in C. of D. with 14.In some ways, Kuala Lumpur is not different ___________Hanoi. A. in B. on C. of D. from 15._______Mary learnt very hard, she passed the exam easily. A. and B. or C. because D. so 16.English is a /an ___________ language. It is spoken widely in the world. A. international B. national C. native D. nationwide 17.Miss White is very friendly, ___________everyone loves her. A. so B. because C. while D. when 18.Malaysia is divided ___________two regions. A. to B. in C. out of D. into 19.Almost all the tourists want to go back to Hanoi because of the people’s __________. A. friendship B. friendliness C. unfriendliness D. friendlessness 20.Although Nam lives far from his girlfriend, he tries to _______her. A. get touch on with B. keep in touch with C. keep on with D. keep away with 

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others )

          1. A. supposedly            B. markedly          C. allegedly                    D. determinedly

          2. A. endure          B. feature             C. procedure                  D. measure

          3. A. complete                B. command          C. common           D. community

          4. A. comb            B. climb                C. debt                           D. cable

          5. A. neighbour              B. height               C. sleigh               D. weight

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others

          1. A. possibility              B. disappointed              C. manufacture               D. instrument

          2. A. environment B. mystery            C. contribute                  D. terrific

          3. A. deficiency               B. psychology                C. ecological                   D. competitor

          4. A. recommend            B. difficulty          C. admirable                   D. document

          5. A. encouragement       B. interviewer                C. acknowledge              D. miraculously

PART TWO: LEXICO-GRAMMAR 

I. Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences

1. Only after the atomic bomb ________ and development in the air travel _______,  ______ science fiction really become popular.

A. had created/ had taken off/ was                B. had been created/ had been taken off/ has

C. had been created/ had taken off/ did         D. had been created/ / had taken off/ had

2. We’ve bought some ________ chairs for the garden so that they are easy to store away.

A. adapting           B. adjusting          C. bending                      D. folding

3. I don’t think she can get her message _______ to the students. She seems too nervous.

A. across                        B. around                       C. out                   D. over

4.  _______, it is obvious that the whole thing was a waste of time and effort.

          A. None of us wanted to go in the first place

          B. Staff meetings are often boring and have no apparent point to them

          C. Since the results were far more satisfactory than anyone had expected

          D. Seeing that we couldn’t solve anything in the end

5. There are ______ words in English having more than one meaning. Pay close attention to this fact.

          A. a large many              B. quite many                 C. a great many              D. quite a lot

6. This car has many features including _________.

          A. stereo, safety devices, air condition, and it saves gas

          B. good music, safety devices, air conditioning, and gas

          C. stereo, safety devices, air conditioned, and good gas

          D. stereo, safety devices, air conditioning, and low gas mileage

7. Round and round ___________.

          A. the wheels of the engine went                           B. did the wheels of the engine go

          C. went the wheels of the engine                            D. going the wheels of the engine

8. The replacement of shops such as the groceries and chemists’ by the café _______ the housewives with insufficient facilities for shopping.

          A. leave                          B. have left                     C. has left                       D. to have left

9. Your argument _______  that  Britain is still a great power, but this is no longer the case.

          A. outlines                     B. presupposes               C. concerns                    D. presents

10. They are happily married although, of course, they argue _______.

          A. most times                  B. from day to day C. every now and then    D. on the occasion

11. He promised to mend the broken wheel soon without ___________ .

A. fail                   B. failure                        C. trouble                       D. mistake

12. One of the first exercises in math class is ______ measure the radius of a circle.

          A. to learn and       B. to learn how to  C. learning to                  D. learn to

13. We were shocked to hear the news of your ________.

          A. having fired               B. being fired         C. having been fired        D. to have been fired

14. I don’t know French, but I’ll ________.

          A. get Tom to translate it                             B. have it translate   

          C. have Tom to translate it                                     D. make it translate

15. _______ as taste is really a composite sense made up of  both taste and smell.

          A. That we refer to                                      B. What we refer to

          C. To which we refer                                             D. What do we refer to

16. _______ have settled, one of their first concerns has been to locate an adequate water supply.

          A. Wherever people                                              B. There are people who 

          C. Where people                                                   D. People

17. Politicians should never lose ______ of the needs of the people they represent.

          A. view                            B. sight                            C. regard                          D. prospect 

18. _______ team sports require cooperation.

          A. Of all                         B. They are all                C. Why all are                D. All

19. Studies indicate _________ collecting art today than ever before.

          A. there are that more people                                  B. more people that are

          C. that there are more people                                   D. people there are more

20. Doctors advise people who are deficient __________ vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables.

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

21. Dick put ____  ball in ____ net in _____ second half but ____ goal was disallowed.

          A. a - a - a - a                                                B. the - the - the - the     

          C. the - the - a - a                                                    D. a - a - the - the

22.  There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened  _______ a sudden loud noise.

          A. being there                  B. should there be            C. there was                     D. there have been

23. The computer has dramatically affected  ______ photographic lenses are constructed.

          A. is the way                 B. that the way             C. which way do          D. the way

24. Six novels a year, you say? He’s certainly a __________ writer.

          A. fruitful                       B. fertile                         C. virile                          D. prolific

25.  The handwriting is completely ______ . This note must have been written a long time ago.

          A. inedible                      B. indelible           C. illegible                      D. unfeasible

II. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. 

a.  The children were frightened because the lights suddenly (1.go) ________ out and they (2.sit) ________ in the dark.

b. What tune (3. play) ________ when we (4. come) ________ in?

c. She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she (5. wear) ________ her seat belt, she (6. not hurt) ________ so badly.

d. It is vital that no one else (7. know) _______ about the secret government operation.

e. It seems strange to be standing here, (8. look) _______ out at SydneyHarbor.

f. Tom had a lucky escape. He (9. kill) ________ when a car crashed into the front of his house.

g. _____ (10. Rank) as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period in which it was created.

III. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. (1.5 pt)

      It seems that the mystery of why the Pyramids were built may have solved. Until quite recently people got used to think that they were just tombs for pharaohs. Instead, the connection with astronomy seems much more important. Egyptologists have often asked them how long it spent to build them and why people built them in first place. Experts came up with a suggestion that the Egyptians may have believed in the River Nile was the earthly equivalent of the Milky Way. Many agree that the sizes of the three Giza Pyramids are in promotion to the three stars of Orion. Nothing, then, was by the chance. Rather, the souls of dead pharaohs were deliberately being project through shafts to reach at their goal of the Orion constellation.

IV. Give the correct form of the word in each of the following brackets.(1.5 pt)

It was not so long ago that we dealt with colleagues through face-to-face (1. INTERACT) ______  and with counterparts and customers by phone or letter. But the world of communication has undergone a dramatic transformation, not for all the good. Email, while (2. DOUBT) _____  a swift means of communication providing your server is fully (3.FUNCTION) ______ and that the address you have contains no (4. ACCURATE) _____ has had a (5. SIGNIFY) _____ effect on certain people’s behaviour, both at home and business. For those people, the use of email has become irresistibly (6. ADDICT) _____  to the extent that it is (7. THREAT) _____ their mental and physical health. Addicts spend their day (8. COMPULSION) _____ checking for email and have a (9. TEND) ______ to panic if their server goes down. It is estimated that one in six people spend four hours a day sending and receiving messages, the equivalent to more than two working days a week. The negative effect on (10. PRODUCE) ________ is something employers are well aware of.

II.  Read the text below and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2.0 pts)

The British are widely (1) _____ to be a very polite nation, and in (2)______ respects this is true. An Italian journalist once commented of the British that they need (3) _____ fewer than four “thank you” merely to buy a bus ticket. The first, from the bus conductor means, “I’m here.” The second accompanies the handing over of the money. The third, again from the conductor, (4) ____ “Here is your ticket.”, and then the passenger utters a final one as he accepts the tickets. Such transactions in most (5) ____ parts of the world are usually conducted in total silence. In sharp contrast to this excessive politeness with strangers, the British are strangely lacking (6) _____ ritual phrases for social interaction. The exhortation “Good appetite”, uttered in so (7) ______ other languages to fellow-diners before a meal, does not exist in English. The nearest equivalent – Enjoy your dinner! – is said only by people who will not be partaking of the meal in question. What’s more, the British (8) ____ happiness to their friends or acquaintances only at the start of a new year and at (9)_____ such as birthdays, (10) _____ the Greeks routinely wish all and sundry a “good week” or a “good month”.

Your answers:

1._____________   2._____________   3._____________    4._____________               5.____________

6._____________   7._____________   8._____________    9._____________    10.____________

III. Read the passage and choose the best option for each of the following blanks. (2.0 pts)

Media and advertising

          After more than fifty years of television, it might seem only obvious to conclude that it is here to (1) ______. There have been many objections to it during this time, of course, and (2) ______ a variety of grounds. Did it cause eye-strain? Was the (3) ______ bombarding us with radioactivity? Did the advertisements contain subliminal messages, persuading us to buy more? Did children turn to violence through watching it, either because so (4) ______ programmes taught them how to shoot, rob, and kill, or because they had to do something to counteract the hours they had spent glued to the tiny screen? Or did it simply create a vast passive (5) ______ drugged by glamorous serials and inane situation (6) ______ ? On the other hand did it increase anxiety by sensationalizing the news [or the news which was (7) ______  by suitable pictures] and filling our living rooms with war, famine and political unrest? (8) ______ in all, television proved to be the all-purpose scapegoat for the second half of the century, blamed for everything, but above all, eagerly watched. For no (9) ______ how much we despised it, feared it, were bored by it, or felt that it took us away from the old paradise of family conversation and hobbies such as collecting stamps, we never turned it off. We kept staring at the screen, aware that our own tiny (10) ______  was in if we looked carefully.

1. A. be                           B. stay                           C. exist                                     D. prolong

2. A. with              B. over                           C. by                              D. on

3. A. screen           B. danger              C. machine                     D. reason

4. A. that                        B. far                    C. many                         D. what

5. A. programme            B. personality                 C. audience                    D. tense

6. A. comedies                B. programmes               C. perhaps                      D. consequently

7. A. taken            B. presented          C. capable                      D. accompanied

8. A. Taken           B. All                    C. Somewhat                            D. Thus

9. A. one                         B. matter              C. difference                             D. reason

10. A. fault           B. reflection          C. situation                     D. consciousness

PART FOUR: WRITING (6.0 POINTS)

I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (2.0 pts)

1. If the work is finished by lunchtime, you can go home.

àGet____________________________________________________________________________

2. You haven’t done your work, have you?

àIt’s about_______________________________________________________________________

3. The fourth time he asked her to marry him, she accepted.

àOnly on his _____________________________________________________________________

4. He said that he had won as a result of good luck.

àHe attributed____________________________________________________________________

5. That reminds me of the time I climbed to the top of Mount Fuji.               

àThat takes me____________________________________________________________________

6. People rumour that he is rich but stingy.

àWhat___________________________________________________________________________

7. Such a ridiculous proposal isn’t worth serious consideration.

àThere is_________________________________________________________________________

8. Just thinking about his face at that moment makes me laugh.

àThe very_________________________________________________________________________

9.We cannot see animals in a vast area after the forest fire.                 

àThere is an_______________________________________________________________________

10.The staff hated Frank’s new policies so intensely that they went on strike.

àSo intense _______________________________________________________________________

II. Write a new sentence similar in meaning to the given one, using the word given in the brackets. Do not alter the word in any way. (2.0 pts)

1. I suddenly realized the meaning of a “freebie”.(dawned)

à_______________________________________________________________________________

2. After the scandal, he was asked to resign. (HAND)

à_______________________________________________________________________________

3.  Bruce said that the situation at work was like a family argument. (likened)

à_______________________________________________________________________________

4. My father is not feeling well these days. (weather)

à_______________________________________________________________________________

5. I don’t think this record will ever be popular. (catch)

à_______________________________________________________________________________

6. His arrival was completely unexpected. (took)

à_______________________________________________________________________________

7. The success of our local theater has made our city famous. (map)

à_______________________________________________________________________________

8. He is certainly not a reliable witness. (means)

à_______________________________________________________________________________

9. Our company is the only company allowed to import these chemicals. (monopoly)

à_______________________________________________________________________________

10. It’s uncertain whether the band’s tour will take place. (BALANCE)

à_______________________________________________________________________________

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in the same line.

1. A. marble B. particular C. participate D. spark

2. A. simplify B. envy C. lifestyle D. psychology

3. A. champagne B. change C. challenge D. teacher

4. A. bough B. freight C. weigh D. cough

5. A. imitate B. expectation C. fathom D. nature 

II. Choose the correct answer A, B, c, or D to complete each of the following sentences.

6 . ____ a wrong number, it is important to apologize before hanging up.

A. To dial B. Dialing C. If you dial D. If it is dialed

7. Paul Samuelson was the first American to win the Nobei Prize in ______.

A. economy B. economic C. economics D. economical

8. Pilots who prepare for military careers train on the ground ______ in the air.

A. good as B. well as C. as good as D. as well as

9. Beethoven's nephew became his pupil, but this relationship turned out _____.

A. bad B. badly c. worst  D. more badly

10. Dolphins and whales are mammals that ______ lives in water.

A. spend their entire B. their entire

C. spend there entirely D. spending their entire

11. He'll soon forget ______ in the accident.

A. having involved B. being involved C. to involve D. to be involved

12. There is ______habitable land than there used to be because of extensivedevelopment by humans.

A. fewer B: less C. more D. little

13. Thanks to the invention of labor-saving _____ , domestic chores are no longer a burden.

A. devices B. things C. equipments D. furnitures

14. We should take measures to protect the _____ species on this Red List.

A. last B. outstanding C. dying D. remaining

15._____ school leavers go to Vocational Schools than before.

A. Less B. Far more C. Many D. Lots more16. The President of the club is going to ______ a speech.

A. take B. talk C. deliver D. say

17 . ______ hard he tries, he never seems able to do the work satisfactorily.

A. Whatever B. Even though

C. Although very D. No matter how18. She eats too much and is now suffering from ______

A. weighty B. underweight C. overweight D. weightlessness

19. People with very _____ skin shouldn’t go sunbathing for long periods.

A. sensitive B. sensible C. senseless D. sensed

20. Anne was taken _______ when the doorbell rang, as she wasn’t expecting anyone.

A. by chance B. by accident C. by mistake D. by surprise

21. Alan won first ______ in the tennis tournament.

A. medal B. prize C. reward D. award

22 - "Have you written to John yet?"

- "No, I didn't know his address; ____ I would have written to him."

A. because B. otherwise C. consequently D. therefore

23. The Olympic Games are given ______ television coverage.

A. worldwide B. wide-world C. world widely D. world over

24. - “Alice, do you think I could use your calculator for some minutes?”

- "______"

A. No, you couldn’t B. Yes, I do

C. I hope not D. Please go ahead25. - “______” - “Well, yes. I’d like to buy a laptop."

A. Do you look for something?

B. Good morning. Can I help you?

C. Excuse me. Do you want to buy it?

D. Can you help me buy something?III. Fill each of the numbered blanks with the correct word from the list given.Almost     -    cracks       -      its         -        Suchthemselves      -       which       -       rise         -       repeatedspectacular           -            Most        -       them        -        violentA volcano is an opening in the earth’s surface through (26) ......... lava, hot gases, and rock fragments erupt. (27).......... an opening occurs when melted rock from deep within the earth blasts through the surface. (28) ........... volcanoes are atop mountains, particularly cone-shaped mountains. The mountains (29) ........... are also called volcanoes.

Eruptions of volcanic mountains are (30) ........... sights. In some eruptions, huge fiery clouds (31) .......... over the mountain, and glowing rivers of lava flow down (32) ......... sides. In other eruptions, red-hot ash and cinders shoot out the mountaintop, and large chunks of hot rock are blasted high into the air. A few eruptions are so (33) ...... that they blow the mountain apart.

Some eruptions occur on volcanic islands. Such islands are the top of volcanic mountains that have been built up from the ocean floor by (34) ........... eruptions. Other eruptions occur along narrow (35)...........in the ocean floor.

IV. Give the correct form of the words given to complete the following passage.Tornados are one of the most dangerous kinds of storm on Earth. Although they do not last long, they can strike with extreme (36. violent) ..................... travelling at speeds of up fifty miles per hour. The (37. wide) .................... of most tornados is about five hundred feet, but in (38. exception) .................... circumstances they can be up to a mile wide and travel huge distances, (39. possible) .................... hundreds of miles. The reasons why they spin remain (40. mystery) ................... but we know that tornados can form when columns of air below thunderclouds start rising. Their (41. strong) .................. is increased by (42. circle) .................... winds. In the Southern hemisphere, they always spin in a (43. clock) ....................direction, while in the North it is the opposite. At the centre of the tornado the air (44. press) ............. is extremely low, so the wind rushing in at hundreds of miles an hour has the effect of a(n) (45. credible) ................... powerful vacuum cleaner on dirt andsolid objects on the ground below.