Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. enormous B. precise C. explore D. engine
2. A. studies B. programmes C. dates D. explores
3. A. grandma B. natural C. disaster D. damage
4. A. erupted B. refused C. intended D. evacuated
II. Choose the word whose stressed pattern is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. improve B. support C. educate D. invent
2. A. patient B. become C. quality D. science
3. A. unable B. impolite C. unhealthy D. imbalance
4. A. enormous B. discover C. benefit D. inventor
III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to
the underlined word(s) to each of the following questions.
1. Science and technology are changing our lives in many fields.
A. areas B. places C. jobs D. works
2. It’s too dangerous to climb up the mountain.
A. brave B. unusual C. risky D. normal
IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1. The famous inventor was not brought up in a well-off family.
A. rich B. kind C. wealthy D. poor
2. Science and technology will bring a lot of benefits to people.
A. encouragement B. drawbacks C. advantages D. supports
V. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.
1. Are all type of pollution harmful the health of humans and animals?
A. to B. of C. for D. with
2. Robots in our home will do all the housework for us, and we will become lazy and inactive.
A. therefore B. as C. because D. so
3. Water pollution in the lake has made the fish .
A. to die B. die C. died D. dying
4. He said he hadn’t finished the project .
A. yesterday B. last week C. previous week D. the previous week
5. Air pollution, together with littering has many problems in our big cities today.
A. caused B. affected C. bought D. made
6. Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is one of the greatest .
A. exploration B. explore C. exploring D. explorers
7. I warned him too close to the fire.
A. no going B. didn’t go C. not to go D. not go
8. When he was ten, he set up a small laboratory after he a book his mother showed him.
A. had read B. read C. reads D. has read
VI. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
1. Jenny: “Would you pick the kids up from school this afternoon?” Mark: “”
A. Sure B. I don’t think so. C. Really? D. No, I am afraid I can’t.
2. Frank: “No one was killed in the forest fire two days ago.” Milly: “”
A. How terrible! B. Oh dear. C. That’s a relief. D. That’s shocking!
VII. Choose the underlined part A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
1. Despite the increase in the air, most people still prefer travel by plane.
A. Despite B. in C. travel D. by
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A. plenty of B. to do C. where D. start
VIII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits blank.
Sa Pa’s love market has become unique in the culture of the Mong and Dao ethnic groups (1) a
long time. Due to the distance between the villages, the market meets once a week on Sunday.
On the Saturday night, guys and girls from villages come to Lao Cai (2) one another. They talk,
sing and (3) different games according to their ethnic groups’ tradition. After the night, many couples
become intimate and promise to see each other again on the following morning. Many of (4) become
husbands and wives in the spring. That is why the poets in Lao Cai called the market Sapa’s Love Market.
The most popular Love Market in Lao Cai is organized in nowhere else but Sa Pa, where it is gaining
more and more (5) of not only the ethnic people but also the travelers from many places in the world.
1. A. at B. of C. in D. for
2. A. meet B. to meeting C. meeting D. to meet
3. A. play B. get C. perform D. help
4. A. her B. his C. them D. us
5. A. attention B. attend C. attending D. attended