THE EXERCISES FOR EXERLLENT STUDENTS.

TEST 18
I. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. a message b. furniture c. cousin d. invent
2. a. countless b. service c. transmit d. answer
3. a. invention b. agreement c. arrangement d. demonstrate
4. a. exhibition b. introduction c. emigration d. stationery
5. a. orphanage b. delivery c. experiment d. directory
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or
substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. Mary, you _____ the exam if you don’t work more.
a. will fail b. are failing c. fail d. failed
7. I thought I heard a noise_______ .
a upstair b. upstairs c. Ø d. b & c
8. I’ll ask my personal ______ to deal with this.
a.ssist b. assistant c. assistance d. assisting
9. Look! The baby______ going to eat the dog’s food!
. is b. was c. are d. were
10. Don’t come in. Please wait______ for a few minutes.
. inside b. outside c. insides d. outsides
11. I’ll come _____ to pick her up.
. in b. on . c. over d. up
12. There are many ways______doing it.
. of b. for c. to d. about
13. They found some electrical _______ in the room.
. devices b. device c. advices d. advice
14. The school decided to try an ________ in language teaching.
a. experimented b. experiment c. experiments d. experimental
15. I tried to phone him countless times but he wasn’t there.
. few . little . much d. many

send the human voice from one place to another? Bell began work on a new invention.
expert (n): chuyên gia
27. When was Alexander G. Bell born?
a. In 1847 b. In 1870 c.In 1870s d.no information
28. He went to live _______ .
a. in Scotland b. in America c. in Boston d. b & c are
correct
29. What does the word ‘emigrate’ in line 4 mean?
a. leave somebody’s country to live in another country
b. to go to a place for a short time
c. travel a long way from home to work every day
d. get away from something dangerous
30. What does the word ‘they’ in line 4 refer to?
a. sounds b. the Bells c. the American d.the deaf.
31. Which of the following is not true?
a. Bell’s father was an expert in phonetics.
b. Bell became interested in sounds and speech since he was a boy.
c. Bell learned in a school for the deaf.
d. He experimented a machine to help the deaf hear.
TEST 19.
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
others.
1. a. message b. arrange c. emigrate d. stationery
2. a. mobile b. telephone c. hold d. commerce
3. a. much b. club c. furniture d. introduction
4. a. countless b. cousin c. about d. outside
5. a. answer b. always c. wrong d. write
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or
substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
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We would like a (23) _______ facing the sea, if it is possible. (24)_______ there a restaurant
in the hotel? We don’t eat meat (25) _______ ,we like all other kinds of food.
We are arriving in Alexandria (26)______ about six o’clock on Friday (27) ________ . We
plan to leave the hotel (28)_______ Sunday morning.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
James Brown
21. a. visit b. visits c. am visiting d. visited
22. a. much b. many c. lot d. more
23. a. room b. hotel c. house d. flat
24. a. Are b. Is c. Have d. Do
25. a. because b. but c. however d. a & b are correct
26. a. in b. at c. on d. when
27. a. morning b. evening c. night d. a & b
28. a. in b. at c. on d. since
V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each
of the questions about it.
You may use the telephone every day but how much do you know about it? The telephone
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TRAN HUNG DAO ---- TRUONG THI CHINH.
THE EXERCISES FOR EXERLLENT STUDENTS.
was invented by Alexander Bell in 1876. Bell was born in Scotland in 1847. But later he went
to live in the USA.
Bell was always interested in sound. He wanted to be able to send sound through a wire.He
had a workshop in his house in America and did many experiences there.
One day, he was doing an experiment in his workshop. He was careless and spilt some
burning liquid onto his clothes. Talking into his telephone, Bell said, ‘Mr. Watson, I want you
to come over here immediately please.’ His assistant was in another room far away from the
workshop. However, he heard Bell clearly on his own telephone. Quickly, he ran to Bell’s
workshop. ‘Mr. Bell, I heard every word you said!’ Watson shouted excitedly. Bell