I. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently from the others’ in each line.

1. A. display                B. unusual                   C. occasion                  D. measure

2. A. robot                   B. photo                       C. object                      D. postcard

3. A. exciting   B. fragile                      C. twice                       D. continent

4. A. fever                   B. of                            C. soft              D. chef

5. A. itchy                    B. stomach                   C. charity                     D. match

IV. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each question.

A hobby can be almost anything that a person likes to do in his/her free time. Hobbyists raise pets, watch birds or hunt animals. They also climb the mountains, go fishing, go skating, or go swimming. They also paint pictures, attend concerts and play musical instruments. They collect everything from books to butterflies and from shells to stamps.

People have hobbies because these activities bring enjoyment, friendship, knowledge and relaxation. Sometimes, they can bring financial profits. Hobbies also bring interesting activities for people who have retired. People, rich or poor, old or young, sick or well, can follow a satisfying hobby regardless of their age, position, or income.

Hobbies can help a person’s mental and physical health. Doctors have found that hobbies are useful in helping patients who suffer from physical or mental illness. Hobbies give these patients activities to do, and provide interests that prevent them from thinking about themselves.

1. According to the passage, a hobby is what a person likes to do when …………………..

A. he/she is not occupied                                 C. he/she is at home

B. he/she is at work                             D. he/she is busy

2. The underlined word they in the passage refers to …………………..

A. people                     B. hobbies                   C. activities                  D. profits

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an advantage of having hobbies?

A. enjoyment   B. relaxation    C. knowledge   D. freedom

4. In which paragraph does the writer mention different activities taken by hobbyists?

A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4

5. According to doctors, hobbies are helpful to …………………..

A. people who have retired                              B. people who are joyful

C. patients’ physical and mental health            D. patients’ interests and thinking

VI. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that they mean the same as the original sentences.

1. It’s a good idea to eat a lot of fruit and vegetables every day.

We should _

Keep on cleaning the streets because of the heavy rain.

Because it____.

3. The garden party won’t take place if the weather doesn’t improve.

Unless ___.

4. Both students and teachers can borrow books from the library.

The library lends _____.

5. Nobody plays this piece of music as beautifully as he does.

He plays this_______.

II. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently in each line.

1.   A. weather                    B. brother                            C. breathe                           D. cloth

2.   A. tooth                         B. maths                              C. father                              D. thing

3.   A. theatre                      B. thunder                          C. those                               D. thick

4.   A. both                          B. teeth                                C. smooth                           D. fourth

5.   A. weather                    B. wealthy                          C. clothing                          D. bathing

6.   A. though                     B. thank                               C. throw                              D. thin

7.   A. thin                           B. that                                  C. the                                   D. they

8.   A. birthday                   B. month                             C. both                                D. them

9.   A. anything                  B. them                                C. neither                            D. weather

10. A. think                         B. than                                 C. Thursday                       D. third

11. A. father                        B. they                                 C. the                                   D. thick

12. A. then                          B. though                            C. bath                                 D. mother

13. A. southern                  B. neither                            C. thus                                 D. third

14. A. author                      B. those                               C. width                              D. think

15. A. there                         B. theater                            C. earth                               D. anything

Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently in each line.

1.   A. weather                    B. brother                           C. breathe                           D. cloth

2.   A. tooth                         B. maths                              C. father                              D. thing

3.   A. celebrate                  B. decorate                         C. gathering                        D. relative

4.   A. family                       B. ago                                  C. again                               D. afford

5.   A. weekend                  B. exercise                          C. exhaust                           D. contest

6.   A. how                           B. powder                           C. crowd                             D. know

7.   A. hour                          B. sour                                 C. colour                             D. our

8.         A. orange       B. open           C. home          D. phone

II. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently in each line.

1.   A. how                           B. powder                           C. crowd                             D. know

2.   A. hour                          B. sour                                 C. colour                             D. our

3.   A. orange                      B. open                                C. home                               D. phone

4.   A. house                        B. mouse                             C. shoulder                         D. south

5.   A. notice                       B. stone                               C. motor                              D. coward

6.   A. lot                             B. open                                C. clothes                            D. most

7.   A. south                        B. house                              C. soul                                 D. noun

8.   A. know                        B. cow                                 C. slow                                D. show

9.   A. how                           B. show                               C. follow                             D. pillow

10. A. close                         B. knot                                C. note                                 D. post

11. A. cold                          B. shop                                C. sold                                 D. photo

12. A. a cow                       B. now                                 C. down                               D. know

13. A. rose                          B. fond                                C. code                                D. stone

14. A. shoulder                  B. sound                              C. count                              D. around

15. A. tower                        B. owl                                  C. crown                             D. show

I. Fill in the b lank with the words from the box. Use each word only one

1.   In Tokyo, you can see both old and ________________ buildings.

2.   The ________________ season in Ho Chi Minh City normally starts in May.

3.   The people in our city are quite ________________ to strangers. It’s easy to have talk with them.

4.   My aunt makes really ________________ dish with chicken and rice.

5.   Las Vegas is a(n) ________________ city with an annual sunshine rate of 84.80%.

6.   His lateness was due to the very ________________ traffic on the motorway.

7.   We had a/ an ________________ trip to Africa Last month. I enjoyed it very much.

8.   Buses and trains in big cities are always ________________ with people.

9.   We cannot afford to live in such a/ an ________________ hotel in Paris.

10. Instead of going to a busy beach hotel, we decided to head to the mountains for a/ an ________________ vacation.

III. Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following questions.

1. We are having a good time in Ho Chi Minh city.

      A. great                         B. bad                                  C. boring                             D. quiet

2. Put the garbage in the garbage bins.

      A. thing                         B. toy                                   C. rubbish                           D. bag

3. Factories produce a lot of smoke, so the air in this area is polluted.

      A. pure                          B. dirty                                C. clean                               D. dry

4. New York is an exciting city with many skyscrapers.

      A. boring                       B. beautiful                        C. clean                               D. interesting

5. Big Ben is the most famous tower in England.

      A. well-known             B. big                                   C. fantastic                         D. wonderful

IV. Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following questions.

1. Pho is the most popular  food in Vietnam.

      A. wonderful                B. common                         C. delicious                        D. unpopular

2. Ho Chi Minh city is the largest city in Vietnam.

      A. small                         B. smallest                          C. big                                   D. biggest

3. The weather in Rio de Janeiro is hotter than in Sydney.

      A. hot                            B. cold                                 C. colder                             D. warmer

4. A lot of buildings in Hoi An are old.

      A. historic                     B.  new                                C. beautiful                        D. modern

5. Things in this shop are more expensive than things in the supermarket.

      A. dangerous                B. famous                           C. cheap                              D. cheaper

V. Each sentence below contains an error. Underline it and write the correct answer in the space provided.

1.   My sister’s pictures are exciting but she’s school marks are quite bad.      ______________

2.   Tom forgot his homework, but his brother didn’t forget him.                       F ______________

3.   In mine free time I play the piano with my mother.                                         ______________

4.   They have got a little dog but I don’t know it’s name.                                    ______________

5.   If you lend me your novel. I will lend you my.                                                ______________

PRACTICE TEST 4: MUSIC AND ARTS

I. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently in each line.

1. A. usual                   B. design                     C. version                    D. pleasure

2. A. musician             B. official                    C. ocean                      D. concerto

3. A. question              B. tradition                  C. exhibition               D. action

4. A. exposure             B. ensure                     C. treasure                   D. closure

5. A. machine              B. chef                                    C. chorus                     D. brochure

II. Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentence.

1. Trà Giang is one of the most famous …………………..of Vietnam. Many people love her. (ACT)

2. The …………………..she gave last night was marvelous. (PERFORM)

3. The Đan Bau is a Vietnamese traditional …………………..instrument. (MUSIC)

4. I don’t like pop music because it is not as …………………..as rock and roll. (EXCITE)

5. Mai wanted to share her …………………..with other people. (PLEASE)

6. Tran Van Can is my favorite …………………..He is famous for the painting “Little sister Thuy” (ART)

7. …………………..is the art of taking and processing photographs. (PHOTOGRAPH)

8. Water puppetry …………………..in the villages of the Red River Delta. (ORIGIN)

9. Peter has received a letter of …………………..to see a water puppet show this Sunday. (INVITE)

10. I think a good knowledge of arts and music is a …………………..for anyone. (NECESSARY)

III. Combine the sentences. Use the words in brackets.

1. Classical music is interesting. Folk music is interesting. (as…as)

            .

2. This picture is 800,000 VND. That picture is 600,000 VND. (price… different)

            .

3. Mr. Brown speaks English. Mrs. Kent speaks English. (same language)

            .

4. John didn’t go to the concert show last night. Nam didn’t go to the concert show last night. (either)

            .

5. Mr. Phong teaches history of arts. Mrs. Ha teaches history of music. (same subject)

            .

6. I like pop music. My brother likes pop music. (too)

            .

7. This painting is green. That painting is green. (colour…different)

            .

8. The new sculpture is 4 metres high. The old sculpture is 4.2 metres high. (as…as)

            .

9. Van Gogh is Dutch. Picasso is Spanish. (nationality…different)

            .

10. Hoa sings beautifully. Hoa’s sister sings more beautifully than her. (as…as)

IV. Find a mistake in the four underlined part of each sentence and correct it.

1. This movie is not more interesting as the one we saw last week.

   A                  B                                 C         D

2. My brother never enjoys classical music and I don’t too.

 A                    B         C             D

3. The author of this novel is the same like that one.

 A                    B                     C               D

4. The concert show was quite different than what I thought.

  A       B                           C                 D

5. Hoang is very interested in rock and roll and his classmates are either.

    A     B                                                   C                           D

V. Use the words given and other words to complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not change the word given.

1. I like pop music but my brother likes rock music. (different)

My taste in music………………………………………….....my brother.

2. Neither Mary nor  her sister studied arts at school. (either)

Mary never studied arts at school and …………………………………..

3. I think Vinh acted better than Quang in that play. (as)

I think Quang didn’t …………………………………...Vinh in that play.

4. Both Anna and her brother are fond of watching water puppet. (too)

Anna is fond of watching water puppet and ……………………………..

5. My hobby is drawing and John’s hobby is also drawing. (same)

My hobby …………………………………………………John’s hobby.

I.     Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently in each line.

Ex 1: Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently in each line.

          1. A. grades                    B. conserves                 C. admires                 D. finishes

          2. A. teaches                   B. lives                         C. washes                  D. misses

          3. A. books                     B. clubs                        C. hats                        D. stamps

          4. A. notebooks              B. rulers                        C. erasers                   D. pencils

          5. A. vases                      B. dishes                       C. tables                     D. fridges

          6. A. ears                        B. eyes                          C. arms                       D. lips

7. A. jeans                      B. styles              C. students                   D. labels

8. A. banks                       B. roofs              C. kids                            D. hats

9. A. watches               B. washes             C. oranges                      D. likes

10. A. books                 B. cats                 C. dogs                  D. maps

11. A. dolls                   B. rewards           C. sticks                 D. walls

12. A. books                 B. clubs               C. hats                     D. stamps

 13. A. solved                    B. compared                 C. happened                D. exhausted

 14. A. striped                   B. crowded                    C. expressed               D. booked

 15. A. talked                    B. watched                     C. lived                       D. stopped

16. A. needed                B. worked                     C. stopped                   D. booked

17. A. turned                 B. played                   C. needed                     D. lived

18. A. stopped         B. matched                C. worked                    D. provided

19. A. looked                B. moved              C. gained                D. prepared

20. A. jeans                    B. styles              C. students                   D. labels

21. A. banks                 B. roofs                  C. kids                          D. hats

22. A. watches             B. washes             C. oranges                    D. likes

23. A. books                 B. cats                 C. dogs                  D. maps

24. A. dolls                   B. rewards           C. sticks                 D. walls

25. A. books                 B. clubs                C. hats                 D. stamps

III. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently in each line.

1. A. talked       B. painted             C. asked                      D. liked

2. A. worked      B. stopped                      C. forced                     D. wanted

3. A. lays                                 B. says                                     C. stays                       D. plays

4. A. waited                            B. mended                              C. objected                  D. faced

5. A. roses                               B. villages                               C. apples                     D. matches

6. A. languages                       B. rabies                                  C. assumes                  D. consumes

7. A. markedly                                    B. allegedly                             C. needed                    D. walked

8. A. succeeds                         B. devotes                               C. prevents                  D. coughs

9. A. kissed                             B. helped                                 C. forced                     D. raised

10. A. sees                               B. sports                                  C. pools                       D. trains

I. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently in each line.