A. PHONETICS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR.
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
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1.
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A. switch
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B. stomach
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C. match
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D. catch
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2.
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A. laughs
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B. cars
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C. stops
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D. works
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3
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A. chalk
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B. ship
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C. machine
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D. champagne
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4
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A. honest
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B. honor
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C. hour
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D. homework
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5.
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A. watched
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B. reduced
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C. coughed
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D. raised
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6
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A. host
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B. cold
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C. short
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D. close
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7
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A. sound
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B. suggestion
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C. island
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D. selection
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8
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A. thirsty
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B. guitar
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C. dirty
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D. listen
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9
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A. debt
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B. public
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C. climber
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D. thumb
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10
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A. effective
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B. of
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C. deaf
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D. favorite
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II. Choose the most suitable word or phrase.
1. The window ____________ last night has been repaired.
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A. break
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B. broke
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C. broken
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D. breaking
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2. It took him ages to ____________ living in the new town.
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A. get use to
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B. will use to
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C. will used to
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D. be used to
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3. My parents make me ____________ for my exam.
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A. to study
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B. study
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C. studying
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D. studied
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4. I would rather you ____________ me the story.
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A. tell
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B. told
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C. to tell
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D. telling
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5. That’s a ____________ building.
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A. five- floor
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B. five- floors
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C. five- floor’s
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D. five- floors’
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6. She helped me ____________ the house..
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A. to clean
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B. cleaning
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C. clean
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D. A & C
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7. You have to work ____________ for the coming exam.
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A. hardly
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B. more hardly
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C. more hard
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D. hard
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8. I had two copies of it originally, but I can’t find ____________ one now.
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A. another
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B. the other
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C. the others
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D. other
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9. Neither the boy’s parents nor I ___________________satisfied with his progress.
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A. are
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B. am
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C. have
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D. has
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10. I remember ___________ him somewhere, but I can’t tell where it was.
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A. to see
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B. seeing
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C. to be seeing
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D. be seen
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11. She is wearing a ________________.
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A. short nice nylon skirt
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B. nice short nylon skirt
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C. nylon short nice skirt
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D. nylon nice short skirt
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12. My brother feels ___________ again after his operation.
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A. strong
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B. strongly
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C. strength
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D. enough strong
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13. “Would you like to go to the movies tonight ?”.
- “I’m sorry. I can’t. I ___________ my homework this evening”.
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A. do
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B. will do
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C. doing
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D. am doing
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14. He does morning exercise regularly __________ improve his health.
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A. in order for
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B. so as to
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C. so that
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D. B & C
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15. We must be quick. There is ___________ time left.
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A. little
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B. few
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C. much
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D.many
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16. “ May I help you?” – “___________”
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A. What can I do for you?
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C. How can I help you?
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B. I’m afraid I’m busy now
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D. Yes. That is very kind of you.
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17. I saw him ___________ the flowers in the garden.
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A. watering
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B. watered
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C. be watered
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D. be watering
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18. Ninety kilometers ___________ a long distance to drive a car.
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A. is
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B. are
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C. be
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D. to be
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19. I remember ___________ her a five thousand dong coin yesterday.
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A. to give
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B. gave
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C. giving
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D. given
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20. We had better use public buses to work __________ motorbikes.
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A. on behalf of
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B. instead of
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C. thanks to
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D. because of
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III. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets.
The Cotswolds is an area of great (beautiful) … (1) ... in England. It has a number of (delight) …(2)…… villages and small towns with (love) …(3)….. old building that have remained unchanged since the area was the major (commerce) ……(4)…… center several centuries ago. The countryside in the area is (charm) …(5)…. and most of the buildings there are made from an (attract) ……(6)…. type of light stone that is particular to the Cotswolds.
In the summer, the Cotswolds can get rather (crowd) ……(7)…. but it is always possible to find pretty places that do not have the (famous) .
…(8)…. of the more well – known villages and town. There is no shortage of pleasant hotels and (tradition) ……(9)…. inns for visitors to stay in and the Cotswolds area is an excellent place for an (enjoy) ……(10)…….weekend or long trip.
Your answers:
IV. Find a mistake in the following sentences and correct it.
Eg: We is interested in listening to Rock music. => A -> are
A B C D
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People think computers never do any mistakes, but in fact, they do.
A B C D
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2.
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The youth nowadays prefer pop music than traditional music.
A B C D
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3.
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Hanh hated to be laughed at when he was a child.
A B C D
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4.
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After said goodbye to my parents, I went to school with my close friends.
A B C D
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5.
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The harder you learn, the most knowledge you get.
A B C D
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6.
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Susan was very pleasing with the birthday present her father gave her.
A B C D
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7.
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I’m glad that you’ve done lots of progress this semester.
A B C D
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8.
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It’s kind for you to help me with my study
A B C D
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9.
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Every Sunday, the Petersons eat bacon and eggs of breakfast.
A B C D
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10.
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Fortunate, Nga still had enough time to finish her test.
A B C D
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V. Put the correct tense or form of the verbs in the parentheses.
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- “Would you like me (go) ___(1)___ with you” I said to her
- “I’d rather (go) ___(2)___ alone.” He answer
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2.
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I (not see) ___(3)_ my cousin for a month. He (not go) ___(4)___ out since he (buy) ___(5)___ a new color TV.
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You should practice (speak) ___(6)___ English every day
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4.
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Look at those black clouds. It (rain) ___(7)___ .
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5.
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A letter (send) ___(8)___ to my friend in London last week ?
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6.
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Do you understand what we (talk) ___(9)___ about?.
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7.
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The flight A30 to Da Nang City (take off) ___(10)___ at 17.00 tomorrow afternoon
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Your answers:
VI. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition.
1. We are traveling to railway station _______ his car.
2. She is tired _______ living in the city.
3. My new house is different _______ my old house.
4. This restaurant is famous _______ Chinese food.
5. I’m always busy. I must work _______ early morning until night.
6. Bobby started school _______ the age of five.
7. This apartment is suitable_______ my family.
8. The ambulance will be there _______ about 5 minutes.
9. Don`t use that dictionary. It is _______ date. Find one that is up to date..
10. Na got up late this morning because her alarm clock didn’t go _______ .
Even though I have been learning English since I was 6 years old, I still cannot speak English fluently.
Even though I have been learning English since I was 6, but I still cannot speak English fluently