I. Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each line.
1. A. missed B. pleased C. stopped D. washed
2. A. adventure B. mature C. nature D. pleasure
3. A. great B. meat C. seat D. repeat
4. A. club B. habit C. plumber D. pub
5. A. control B. respond C. novel D. deposit
6. A. cement B. crazy C. climate D. costly
7. A. hug B. pollute C. funnel D. dump
8. A. regularly B. minority C. style D. scenery
9. A. climate B. comprise C. notice D. divide
10. rather B. ethnic C. although D. without
II. Circle the best answer.
1. Liz is interested ___ the beauty contest. (on, with, at, in)
2. They ___ in Nam Dinh for 15 years. (live, are living, lived, have lived)
3. The children ___ when the mailman came. (sleep, slept, were sleeping, have slept)
4. Would you mind ___ the window? (to open / open / opening / opened)
5. I d love to go to a football match with you, ___ I m too busy.(because, but, and, so)’ ’
6. The air in big cities is very dirty. It is ___ . (dusty, fresh, healthy, polluted)
7. My mother showed me how ___ clothes. (to make, making, make, made)
8. This book is ___ for you to read. (enough interesting, interesting enough, so interesting, too interesting)
9. Football ___ all over the world. (to play, plays, is playing, is played )
10. There are more and more people concerning about ___ pollution. (environment, environmental, environmentally,
environmentalist)
11. She arrived early ___ order to get a good seat. (on/in/out/at)
12. What time ___ Sally be here? (shall/could/will/may)
13. I am ___ that you broke the record. (delighting/delight/delightful/delighted)
14. The radio was ___ by Tim yesterday. (repaired/repairing/repair/repairs)
15. It s ___ to believe that he passed the exam. (hardly/hard/difficultly/difficulty)’
16. People in the countryside are ___. (friend/friendship/friendly/friendliest)
17. City dwellers are afraid ___ traffic jams. (of/off/at/in)
18. Would you ___ cleaning the floor for me? (like/please/mind/rather)

3. What are those children doing _____ the roof? Tell them to get _____ immediately.
4. A: Can I speak _____ Ms Tomlinson, please?
B: I m afraid she isn t _____. She went _____ half an hour ago.’ ’
5. They go _____ work _____ bus.
6. Sometimes we can t open the door, and then we have to climb _____ the window.’
7. My birthday is _____ May, and my wife s is _____ Christmas Day.’
8. Sara was born _____ 2 o clock _____ 17’
th
August.
9. Mr. Thanh isn t here _____ the moment. He ll be back _____ a few minutes.’ ’
10. We were _____ the seaside _____ two weeks.
11. I haven t seen Liz _____ Monday.’
12. Mrs. Huong has gone away. She s been away _____ Saturday.’
13. Where s Alice? She should be here _____ now.’ –
14. There are usually a lot of parties _____ New Year s Eve. ’
15. Can I meet you _____ 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.?
16. Her parents were very proud _____ her when she got the scholarship.
17. This suit is different _____ the one I saw yesterday.
18. The passage is written _____ English.
19. Vietnamese women usually wear the ao dai, sometimes _____ work, and especially _____ special occasions.
20. They named their daughter _____ their favourite singer.
VI. Complete the sentences with the suitable form of the words.
1. His son s _____________________ has not improved much. (BEHAVE)’
2. He draws cartoons for a _____________________ magazine. (HUMOR)
3. The gas from the chemical factory is extremely _____________________. (HARM)
4. Their _____________________ has lasted a lifetime. (FRIEND)
5. We are now fully aware of the _____________________ of natural resources. (CONSERVE)
VII. Use the following key words to write meaningful sentences.
1. you/take/medicine/yet?//____________________________________________________________________________
2. My uncle/aunt/move/Dalat/1989/and/live/there/then.//

A. someone takes them away. B. a storm covers them with dust.
C. rain and wind destroy them. D. they become rusty and break to pieces.
5. The next people who go to the moon most likely could _____.
A. find that the machines have disappeared. B. leave the first set of footprints on the moon.
C. find the places where Armstrong and Aldrin walked. D. find that dust had wiped off the two men s footprints.’
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