I. Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern from the others

1. A. breakthrough B. design C. reference D. nature

2. A. mineral B. production C. recipe D. politics

3. A. monastery B. situation C. manufacture D. disadvantage

4. A. department B. appearace C. determine D. conqueror

5. A. conscientious B. racialism C. problematic D. recreation

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

6. After several years, the group was ………………………Each one has particular activities

A. disbanded B. disappeared C. abandonded D. disapproved

7. Employees can not be discriminated ………………….race

A. on grounds of B. for reason of C. with good cause D. a matter of

8. Give him time. He is sure to ………………..our way of thinking in the end

A. come against B. come in for C. come round to D. come up with

9. Have you thought what the ………………might be if you did not win your case in court?

A. implications B. connotations C. results D. application

10. When my children ……………….their toys, I donated them to a charity

A. outlasted B. outnumbered C. outgrew D. outwore

11. To …………….our check- in, we decided to not carry any hand luggage

A. rush B. expedite C. increase D. speed

12. Thanks to the Internet, we can communicate with foreigners ……………..

A. effortlessly B. consistently C. unnecessarily D. continuously

13. Those who don not take any exercise at all are ………….to falling ill

A. prepared B. ready C. waiting D. prone

14. The girl was very …………..to follow the stranger to his house when he told her that her mother was waiting for her

A. easy B. gullible C. childlike D. immature

15. She screamed and ran away when she saw the mad dog ……………..her

A. coming to B. coming up C. coming at D. coming into

16. The new film ………………the latest in animation techniques

A. exposes B. features C. displays D. performs

17. “…………………. Is it your student card?” - “Let me see. Yes, it is mine”

A. Excuse me B. Pardon C. Hello D. Oh

18. “Do you know Linh, a fair-haired girl in class 9A?” – “Yes, she is my ……………neighbor. What’s up?”

A. indoor B. inside C. next-door D. front-door

19. “Do you know anything about the Earth, Lan?” – “Yes, the Earth ………….around the Sun at about 67,000 miles per hour (about 107,000 kilometers per hour)

A. travels B. travelling C. is travelling D. to travel

20. “Why don’t you …………..the French Club?” – “ I am not confident in my French”

A. be B. join C. take D. participate

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II. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.

1. A. bamboo B. pottery C. workshop D. famous

2. A. business B. fabulous C. lantern D. experience

3. A. communicate B. museum C. authenticity D. environment

4. A. handicraft B. department C. embroider D. opinion

5. A. transfer B. accept C. publish D. remind

6. A. department B. historical C. technique D. pottery

8. A. balloon B. conical C. cultural D. local

9. A. sculpture B. temperate C. delighted D. culture

II.  Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.

1.   A. surface                    B. attraction                C. bamboo                   D. technique

2.   A. transfer                   B. publish                    C. accept                     D. remind

3.   A. handicraft               B. cultural                   C. museum                  D. sculpture

4.   A. opinion                   B. embroider               C. department             D. drumhead

5.   A. workshop               B. authenticity            C. grandparent            D. village

I. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern from the others.

1. A. deposit B. festival C. institute D. resident

2. A. surprising B. astonishing C. amazing D. interesting

3. A. interview B. industry C. essential D difficult)

4. A. extreme B. generous C. lonely D. clothing

5. A. friendly B. extra C. along D. orphanage

V. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences.

31. I don’t see any _________ in arriving early at the theater if the show doesn’t start until 9 o’clock.

A. cause B. reason c. aim D. point

32. The new manager's office has __________ new equipment.

A. many B. a lot of c. some of D. a few

33. I don't __________ to change mv job because I like it.

A. risk B. intend c. persist D. insist

34. You thought I did wrong but the result _____ my action.

A. agreed B. approved c. proved D. justified

35. Careless driving also accounts _______ the increasing number of traffic accidents.

A. on B. into c. for D. with

36. The new manager is ______ easy-going. He is always very serious about the work.

A. by no means B. by means of

c. by all means D. in the mean time

37. I' d rather ______ to the party with my parents because there was nothinginteresting there.

A. haven't been invitẹd B. hadn’t been invited

c. not be invited D. not have been invited

38. She ______ him of having lied to her.

A. threatened B. blamed c. criticized D. accused

39. We have bought extra food _______ our friends,stay to have dinner.

A. in case B. if c. provided D. as long as

40. Cut this cake into six ______ pieces.

A. same B. alike c. like D. equal

VI. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning

Example: 0. Successful

BECOMING A TOP ATHLETE

To be (0) successful (SUCESS) in a sport requires a number of things including ambition and (41) dedication ( DEDICATE) Without these qualities, it is very difficult  to compete at a high level. Most of the famous sportspeople we knowtoday began training during their (42) childhood (CHILD) in order to reach theirpeak while still comparatively young. 

Athletes should pay careful (43) attention (ATTEND) to their diet, because (44) nourishing  (NOURISH) food is essential for maintaining a strong body which is less liable to suffer injury. Diet is also important because it must beadequate to support such (45) energetic (ENERGY) activity.

It is also necessary to have the (46) determination (DETERMINE) to succeed. Athletes will often encounter temporary (47) failure (FAIL) on their road to eventual success, and they must mentally prepare themselves so that thistype of (48) encouragement (COURAGE) doesn't have too strong a negative effect on their future (49) performance (PERFORM) Even if a sufficiently talented athlete puts in the time and effort required, they will also need (50) patience (PATIENT) and  perhaps a little luck, in order to succeed.

I. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern from the others.

1. A. deposit B. festival C. institute D. resident

2. A. surprising B. astonishing C. amazing D. interesting

3. A. interview B. industry C. essential D difficult)

4. A. extreme B. generous C. lonely D. clothing

5. A. friendly B. extra C. along D. orphanage

II. Find the word that has different stress pattern in each line. 

 1. A. socialise B. nomadic C. scenery D. compliment

2. A. library B. librarian C. magician D. tradition

3. A. kangaroo B. Taiwanese C. guarantee D. symbolise

4. A. national B. chemical C. medical D. informal 

5 A. temporary B. geology C. emergency D. logography

6 A. ecology B. environment C. autography D. residential

7. A. quality B. additive C. decisive D. battery

8. A. repetitive B. electrical C. priority D. energetic

9. A. valueless B. resourceful C. essential D. surprising

10. A. unsuitable B. emotionless C. uneventful D. informative

11. A. density B. negative C. organize D. enormous

12. A. expressive B. colourful C. uncertain D. endanger

13. A. technique B. planet C. engine D. fearful

14. A. sensitive B. quality C. improper D. classify

15. A. technology B. biology C. adventurous D. multimedia

I. Choose the word A, B, c or D that has different stress pattern in each line.

1. A. effect B. language c. throughout D. pronounce

2. A. institute B. industrial c. extensive D. existence

3. A. pessimism B. biography c. ordinary D. supervisor

4. A. electronics B exceptional c. electrify D. democracy

5. A. archeology B. personality c. appreciative D. architectural

II. Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer for each question.

Noah Webster’s goal in life was to promote the adoption of an'American language. He wanted to free Americans from British English as they had freed themselves from the British crown. To this end he published a series of three textbooks: a speller in 1783, a grammar in 1784, and a reader in 1785. 

Webster objected to the way certain words had been borrowed from other languages, but had not been respelled. The result, he claimed, was a confusing mixture of letters, many of which were not pronounced the way they looked, and others of which were not pronounced at all.

Webster urged Americans to simplify their spelling. For example, he argued that “head” should be spelled “hed" and bread” should be spelled bred”. Most of Webster's suggestions did not catch on, but his textbooks sold millions of copies.

6. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Three books of Noah Webster

B. Noah Webster and the Adoption of an American Language

c. Simplification of Spelling

D. Noah Webster and the British Crown

7. According to Webster, Americans should .......

A. avoid reading his three books

B. be ruled from England

c. simplify their spelling

D. not borrow words from other languages

8. In the last paragraph, the phrase “did not catch on” means.......

A. were not appreciated B. did not please anyone

c. did not become popular D. were not intelligent

9. Webster’s books were very innovative, specially when we consider that they were written in the.......

A. late eighteenth century B. mid-seventeenth century

c. early eighteenth century D. late seventeenth century

10. The problems that Webster tried to solve did NOT include.......

A. unreliable spelling B. grammar errors

c. mispronounced words D. poor sales of his textbooks

I. Choose the word A, B, c or D that has different stress pattern in each line.

1. A. purchase B: canoe c. famine D. landscape

2. A. disbelief B. decisive c. artistic D. persistent

3. A: atmosphere B: hydrogen c. homonym D. represent

4. A. apartment B. harmonious c. symbolize D. apparent

5. A. managerial B. unproductive c. comparative D. occupation

Il. Complete the following text by using the correct form of the words given to fitin the spaces.

Every Time We Say Goodbye

According to research by (6. psychology) ...psychologists.. one can learn a great deal about the state of people's relationships by watching how they say goodbye at airports. However, it seems that it is not (7. necessary) ..necessarily... those in the strongest relationships who make the greatest display of (8. reluctant)...reluctance.. at parting. Such behaviour is more (9. character) ..characteristic... of couples who have been together for a relatively short period of time. There is less (10. likely) ..likelihood... of people in long-term relationships showing strong feelings of dependency. This may seerrr surprising but it is (11. presume) .presumably.... because the people have been successful in establishing stability in their relationship and are able tp see the separation as brief and of no great (12.signify) ..significance.....

The expression of emotion at these moments may often reflect (13. secure) ...insecurity... and also the feeling that the person leaving is not fully appreciative of just how important the relationship is to the person being left. The person leaving may also seem (14. aware) ...awared.. of how unsettling a separation can be for the person left behind, who may then experience a very real sense of (15. lonely) ..loneliness..... life