Full name:……………………….
School:…………………………..
Class:……………………………
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SELECTION ENGLISH TEST 3
Time allowed: 90 minutes
Total: 120 points
A. PHONETICS
Question I: In three of these words the first syllable is stressed. In the fourth the second
syllable is stressed. Find the word in which the second syllable is stressed (2 points)
1/ A. person B. enough C. picture D. people
2/ A. poem B. father C. lucky D. designer
3/ A. modern B. novel C. musician D. lovely
4/ A. addition B. special C. curly D. frequent
5/. A. public B. occasion C. player D. problem
Question II: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
others in each group. (5 pts)
1. A. Tamil B. baggy C. casual D. article
2. A. cupboards B. cigarettes C. maps D. ghosts
3. A. great B. bread C. break D. steak
4. A. dropped B. looked C. laughed D. raised
5. A .cook B. flood C. book D. woman
B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Part 1: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D.(20 p)
1. His parents never allowed him .........
a. any smoking B. smoking C. to smoke D. some smoke
2. I hope he doesn’t keep us ..............
A. to wait B. waiting C. for waiting D. wait
3. The boy .............next to me is very good at English.
A. is sitting B. sitting C. sits D. sat
4. ............are easy to dissolve.

B. How about to spend your weekend in the countryside?
C. Will you spending your weekend in the countryside?
D. Have you planed on spending your weekend in the countryside?
2. Shall we take a trip to Da Nang and visit Hoi An town?
A. What about take a trip to Da Nang and visit Hoi an town?
B. What about taking a trip to Da Nang and visit Hoi an town?
C. What about taking a trip to Da Nang and visiting Hoi an town?
D. What about we take a trip to Da Nang and visit Hoi an town?
3. It is cheaper to go by train than by air.
A. going by air is cheaper than going by train.
B. going by air is as cheap as going by train.
C. going by train is cheaper than going by air.
D. going by train is not cheap.
4. Do you consider staying at home & playing cards tonight?
A. Let's staying at home & playing cards tonight.
B. Let's stay at home & play cards tonight.
C. Let's stay at home & playing cards tonight.
D. Let's staying at home & play cards tonight.
5. People say that playing football is the most interesting
A. The most important thing is playing football.
B. Playing football is said to be the most interesting.
C. It was said that playing football is the most interesting.
D. It is said that playing football was the most interesting
Part 3:(10 pts) Complete the sentences by giving the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. She sent her best wishes for my future………………….. HAPPY
2. It’s one of the most …………………..films I’ve ever seen. ENJOY
3. We should use paper as ………………………… as we can. ECONOMY
4. The old theater of our city is being enlarged and ………………… MODERN
5. The discussion made a deep ………………… upon the pupils. IMPRESS
6. Our house is ………………..by several burglar alarms. PROTECTION

2. A. damaged B. changed C. transferred D. affected
3. A. did B. had to C. used to D. want to
4. A. since B. if C. although D. because
5. A. nowadays B. lastly C. recently D. lately
6. A. like B. rather C. better D. prefer
7. A. to stay B. to live C. live D. stay
8. A. be B. being C. to be D. been
9. A. make B. ask C. advise D. force
10. A. unless B. however C. even if D. as
11. A. on B. for C. in D. to
12. A. In addition to B. Instead of C. In spite of D. In place of
13. A. ever before B. lately C. ever since D. never before
14. A. early B. ago C. from now D. ahead
15. A. very B. too C. as D. so
Part 2: Read the text carefully and fill in each gap with a suitable word.(15 p)
The need for money (1)………... from the fact that different people in society produce
different things. This (2)……………that people (3)……...on each other for goods
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and (4)…………….Let us take the (5)……………of a farmer who produces more food than he
requires and a carpenter who earns a (6)…………..by selling the tables and chairs that he has made.
It will be obvious that (7)……………some means of exchange is found, the farmer will not be able
to get (8)………..of his surplus food and the carpenter, having nothing to eat, will (9)………..to
death! Clearly, the possible means of exchange for them to use will be barter – in other (10)
…………to exchange a certain amount of one kind of goods ((11)………..say flour) for a certain
amount of another (tables or chairs, in this case).
Obviously, barter can (12)…………only in a very simple society. In an (13)……………
society one cannot go around carrying things in the (14)………that he can exchange them for the
right things he needs.
So, we need something that will stand for the goods and services that we want to exchange.
That (15)………….for the origin of money.

1 2 3 4 5
B D C A B
Part 2: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in
each group. (5 pts)
1 2 3 4 5
D A B D B
B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Part 1: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D.(20 p)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
C B B A C D B A D C B A A B A
Part 2: Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one?
1 2 3 4 5
D C C B B
Part 3:(10 pts) Complete the sentences by giving the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. happiness 2. enjoyable 3. Economically
4. modernized 5. impression 6. protected
7. entertainment 8. UNFORGETTABLE 9. well-behaved
10. hot-tempered 11. worsen 12. imprisoned
13. misunderstand 14. useless 15. surprising
C. READING COMPREHENSION
Part 1: Read the text carefully and fill in each gap with a suitable word.(15 p)
1. comes 2. means 3. depend
4. food 5. example 6. living
7. unless 8. rid 9. starve
10. words 11. let’s 12. work
13. advanced 14. hope 15. accounts
Part 2: Choose the world (a, b, c or d) that the best fits each of the blank spaces.(10 p)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
A D C B A B D C A C C C A B D
D. WRITING