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I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. waited B. mended C. invited D. faced
2. A. traveled B. stared C. landed D. fastened
3. A. occupation B. college C. comfortable D. knowledge
4. A. determined B. researched C. obtained D. harboured
5. A. insect B. apes C. seal D. whales
II. Choose the word which has different stress from the others.
6. A. technical B. introduce C. villager D. family
7. A. technology B. important C. popularity D. impossible
8. A. result B. hardly C. method D. farmer
9. A. medical B. knowledge C. possible D. resurface
10. A. suggest B. manage C. visit D. listen
III. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences.
11. In Vietnam, at Tet holidays we often cook some_________ dishes, such as spring rolls, sticky rice cakes, ets.
A. special B. specially C. speciality D. specialistic
12. Babies have no other way of attracting their parents’ ______ than crying and shouting.
A. attention B. attentive C. attend D. attentively
13. John cannot make a ____________ to get married to Mary or stay single until he can afford a house and a car.
A. decide B. decision C. decisive D. decisively
14. Nam has lived with his grandparents since he _________ a little boy so he is quite obedient.
A. is B. was C. has been D. had been
15. _________ you were working hard for your exams last week, I was sitting on a plane bound for London.
A. Before B. When C. While D. since
16. Peter said that he _________ for the capital the following week.
A. leaves B. has left C. was leaving D. is leaving
17. He would understand it if you ___________ it to him more slowly.
A. explained B. would explain C. were explaining D. explains
18. If you _______ 5 minutes late, you won`t be able to get into the examination room.
A. will be B. were C. are D. would be
19. I _______ you a letter if I had known your address.
A. would have sent B. would send C. will send D. sent
20. He got good marks at his exams because all the lessons _____ carefully by him.
A. are revised B. had revised C. had been revised D. were revised
21. Nowadays, young people are free to choose their mates and they are encouraged____at least at the age of
A. marrying B. marry C. to marry D. married
22. He ............... to New York three times this year.
A. had been B. was C. is D. has been
23. Each of you ............ a share in the work.
have B. has C. having D. to have
24. .......................... all my warnings, he tried to fix the computer himself.
Instead of B. In spite of C. Although D. Because
25. Have you decided to apply .................... the job yet?
for B. to C. into D. off
26. We are very fond .......... folk music.
in B. at C. with D. of
27. The children, ............... parents work late, are taken home by bus.
A. that B. whom C. whose D. who
28. She doesn`t understand .................