1. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. . count
b. should
c. round
d. ground
2. I ___________ to get up early when I lived in London.
a. didn't use
b. wasn't used
c. used not
d. a and c
3. The book is _____________ interesting ___________ informative.
a. no word / and
b. not only / but also
c. both / and
d. all are correct
4. The _____________ acted promptly and the operation was successful.
a. physicist
b. chemist
c. surgeon
d. worker
5. Don't be _____________ Everything will be OK.
a. overanxious
b. overeating
c. over weight
d. overnight
6. Mary is used to asking her mother to ___________ her son when she is on
business.
a. make allowance for
b. catch sight of
c. make use of

d. at / on
13. Up to now, we ____________ the pollution problems yet.
a. haven?t solved
b. are not solving
c. hadn?t solved
d. will not have solved
14. He pulled the telephone to pieces. He __________.
a. broke the telephone up into parts.
b. dropped the telephone.
c. threw the telephone away.
d. put the telephone aside.
15. Everybody admires their _____________.
a. friend
b. friendly
c. friendships
d. friendless
16. I haven't seen him _________ 1990.
a. for
b. since
c. in
d. from
17. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. . adult
b. sun
c. summer
d. sure
18. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. rock

24. The teacher was explaining the lesson slowly and clearly __________.
a. . to make his students to understand it.
b. in order that his students can understand it.
c. so as to that his students could understand it.
d. so that his students could understand it.
25. Automobile's exhaust system gave off foul smelling fumes.
a. erected
b. blew
c. emitted
d. emote
26. The environmental ___________ is doing harm on us.
a. destroy
b. destructible
c. destruction
d. destructive
27. Some workers are so poor that they don?t want to quit their job __________ they
are ill-treated.
a. as though
b. although
c. since
d. if
28. I can't speak Chinese, ________.
a. So can't Peter.
b. Peter can't, too
c. Either can't Peter
d. Neither can Peter
29. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. . amount
b. about

c. Flying always makes me to be nervous.
d. Being nervous I travel by plane.
36. Shaking hands is a _____________ greeting.
a. formal
b. conventional
c. extraordinary
d. unusual
37. We were confused __________ the cross word puzzles.
a. on
b. with
c. of
d. for
38. Thank you for the __________ gift.
a. unexpect
b. unexpected
c. unexpectedly
d. unexpectedness
39. At last I had to force him away. I couldn't tolerate him.
a. put aside
b. put up with
c. keep up with
d. be fed up with
40. The situation is ___________ e can't do anything to improve it.
a. useless
b. childless
c. hopeless
d. careless
41. He was sacked because he had worked _________.
a. irresponsible
b. irresponsibly

a. function
b. fuss
c. fuel
d. fun
48. In the US, most women do not __________ their maiden name when they get
married.
a. retain
b. maintain
c. entertain
d. restrain
49. Thanks to the efforts of the environmentalists, bear is no longer in danger of
becoming an __________ species.
a. rarely
b. precious
c. special
d. extinct
50. Nguyen Du devoted all his lifetime _____________ writing.
a. for
b. from
c. in
d. to
51. To trust a good friend is to ___________ him.
a. rely on
b. count on
c. believe
d. all are correct
52. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. . champagne
b. check

c. how
d. which
59. By the time the ambulance approached, the old man __________.
a. dies
b. died
c. had died
d. would die
60. Of the five students, Mary is __________.
a. more intelligent.
b. the more intelligent.
c. most intelligent.
d. . the most intelligent.
61. Everything is available ________ the operation.
a. of
b. for
c. on
d. from
62. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. . coughs
b. sings
c. stops
d. sleeps
63. __________, my friend came.
a. On my leaving home
b. When leaving home
c. Leaving home
d. As I has just left home
64. He said he was __________ employee of __________ gas company and he came
to get ___________ bill.

c. understood
d. undercharged
70. Laser can kill cancer _________ and leave healthy neighbours unharmed.
a. pulps
b. cents
c. blood
d. cells
71. At 10 o?clock tomorrow morning, we ___________ our final test.
a. will take
b. will be taking
c. . has been taking
d. would be taking
72. All the hard work is _____________ him.
a. accounting for
b. telling on
c. regarding as
d. depending on
73. I __________ in the waiting room when I heard someone __________ me.
a. am sitting/to call
b. was sitting/call
c. was sitting/called
d. have sat/called
74. Because of her _____________ interest in fashion, she has spent a lot of money
on clothes and make up.
a. keen
b. afraid
c. favour
d. abnormal
75. ?It was thought that the building had been destroyed.? means _________
a. The building was thought had been destroyed.

b. as loo
c. so too
d. well
82. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. . man
b. fame
c. flame
d. name
83. _____________ youngest boy has just started __________ school.
a. a / the
b. the / the
c. a / no article
d. the / no article
84. When water freezes, it becomes ___________.
a. solid
b. solidity
c. solidness
d. solidify
85. If you ___________ drinking so much, you'll get a stomachache.
a. go over
b. go out
c. go after
d. go on
86. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. . collected
b. earned
c. needed
d. visited

92. Holiday makers often litter the park.
a. throw gabage away
b. give gabage away
c. put gabage aside
d. go gabage over
93. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. . push
b. pull
c. rush
d. butcher
94. Vietnam is an _________ country.
a. agriculture
b. agricultural
c. agriculturally
d. agriculturist
95. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. honour
b. hour
c. exhaust
d. host
96. Frequent practice ________ you to get achievement.
a. able
b. unable
c. enables
d. disables
97. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
a. peptic