I. Phonetics
1. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined, bold part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. gymnastic
B. glassware
C. generous
D. gentle
2. A. demonstrate
B. emigrate
C. festival
D. resource
3. A. traditional
B. coeducational
C. question
D. pronunciation
4. A. resident
B. sound
c. struggle
D. serve
5. A. seemed
B. recvcled
C. noticed
D. preterred
2. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
6. A. equipment
B. character
C. generous
D. orphanage
7. A. mobile
B. prefer
C. arrange
D. annoy
8. A. selection
B. commercial
C. tradition
D. volunteer
9. A. stationery
B. magically
C. behavior
D. permanently
10. A. tasty
B. upset
C. migrant
D. cruel
II. Vocabulary, grammar & structure
1. Choose the best answers.
11. You …… make noise in public.
A. haven't
B. shouldn't
C. don't have to
D. needn't
12. I …… in Hue City since I was a little girl.
A. lived
B. have lived
C. live
D. will live
13. We are waiting for the …… of his plane.
A. arrival
B. arrive
C. arriving
D. arrives
14. Would you like …… a cup of coffee with me?
A. have
B. having
C. had
D. to have
15. “Can you give Mary this novel?” Tom said.
A. Tom asked me to give Mary that novel.
B. Tom asked me to give Mary this novel.
C. Tom said me to give Mary that novel.
D. Tom told me give Mary this novel.
16. She is …… to reach the bookshelf.
A. enough tall
B. tall enough
C. so tall
D. too tall
17. John …… his job last month and since then he out of work.
A. lost / was
B. has lost / is
C. lost / has been
D. loses / has been
18. They have made a lot of progress …… the country became independent.
A. for
B. since
C. before
D. until
19. Their house is about three times …… ours.
A. so big as
B. as big than
C. as big as
D. bigger as
20. His doctor suggests that he …… a short leave of absence.
A. will take
B. should take
C. take
D. Both B & C are correct
2. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.
John arrived (21) …… London (22) …… May 10th at 8 o'clock (23) …… the evening. He decided to call on his uncle, who lived (24) …… Regent Street. He got (25) …… a bus. It was crowded with passengers, so he had to stand all the way. When John reached Regent Street, he got (26) …… the bus and got along distance (27) …… the apartment building (28) …… which his uncle lived.
He knocked (29) …… the door, and waited (30) …… a few minutes, but no one came to the door. He was disappointed to find no one at home.
3. Choose the correct letter to fill in each blank to complete the passage.
“(31) …… age to start learning the violin is between three and six,” said Margaret Porter, a violinist and music teacher. “It's the tỉme when you (32) …… about the world,” Margaret, who lives (33) …… London, preíer (34) …… . pupils at three and four, although she (35) …… lots of exceptions for keen five-year-olds.
When she (36) …… teaching the violin in 1972, her tirst class (37) …… of her children's five-year-old school triends.
Margareưs pupils have group (38) …… . Each group has about a dozen pupils and each lesson (39) …… an hour, once a fortnight. In addition, each pupil has one individual lesson a week with her. Parents also have to (40) …… the lessons. It is ỉmportant that the parents (41) …… an active interest (42) …… the lesson.
From the earliest lessons pupils learn to play (43) …… ear. They do not even try (44) …… music until they have been playing for several (45) …… , and for a long time there is a big difference (46) …… their playing and reading of music. Margaret says that her method is not (47) …… to produce great violinist, and always suggests that pupils who pertorm (48) …… well should leave and study the violin (49) more (50) methods.
31. A. Best
B. The best
C. The better
D. Better
32. A. learn
B. learnt
C. has learnt
D. are learning
33. A. at
B. in
C. on
D. to
34. A. to ta ke
B. taking
C. has taken
D. take
35. A. made
B. have made
C. has made
D. is making
36. A. starts
B. is starting
C. started
D. has started
37. A. consisting
B. consisted
C. is consisting
D. consists
38. A. lessons
B. experience
C. exercises
D. homework
39. A. last
B. is lasting
C. has lasted
D. lasts
40. A attending
B. attend
C. attended
D. have attended
41. A. take
B. make
C. do
D. get
42. A at
B. on
C. in
D. off
43. A. with
B. by
C. on
D. off
44. A. reading
B. read
C. to read
D. has read
45. A. years
B. year
C. yearly
D. yearlong
46. A. among
B. between
C. both
D. from
47. A. supposing
B. being supposed
C. Suppose
D. supposed
48. A. particular
B. particularly
C. particularity
D. particularities
49. A. use
B. used
C. is using
D. using
50. A. tradition
B. traditions
C. traditional
D. traditionally
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Answer key
l. B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.C
6.A 7.A 8.D 9.C 10.B
11.B 12.B 13.A 14.D 15.A
16.B 17.C 18.B 19.C 20.D
21. in 22. on 23. in 24. on 25. on
26. off 27. to 28. in 29. at (on) 30. for
31.B 32.D 33.B 34.A 35.C
36.C 37.B 38.A 39. D 40.B
41.A 42.C 43.B 44.C 45.A
46.B 47.D 48.B 49.D 50.C