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I/Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. laughed B. sacred C. naked D. wicked
2. A. grew B. threw C. knew D. flew
3. A. leaf B. knife C. café D. of
4. A. alone B. own C. post D. cost
5. A. college B. colleague C. luggage D. huge
Question II. Choose the words that has different stress pattern from the others (5p):
1. A. accomplish B. examine C. imagine D. chemistry
2. A. desire B. mountain C. plateau D. constant
3. A. industry B. interest C. suburb D. equality
4. A. medicine B. decide C. distance D. patient
5.A arrangement B. relationship C. scientist D. improve
III. Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D that fits each blank.
1. She never let you cook the meals, .........?
A. didn't she B. doesn't she C. did she D. does she
2. If you had taken my advice, you ............ in this mess now.
A. wouldn’t be B. won’t be C. aren’t D. wouldn’t have been
3. It’s no use ......... a language if you don’t try to use it.
A. to learn B. learned C. learning D. learn
4. She drove so .......... that she had an accident.
A. careful B. carefully C. careless D. carelessly
5. She doesn’t allow anyone ......... in her room.
A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked
6. He ......... to anyone suspicious when the class was over.
A. was not seen to talk B. was not seen talking
C. was not being seen walking D. had not seen to talk
7. We took part in a sponsored walk ……… to support the poor.
A. organized B. organizing C. that organized D. had organized
8. It’s very ……… of you to offer me your seat, but really I’m quite happy to stand.
A. sympathetic B. considerate C. grateful D. appreciative
9. You can stay here ……… you don’t make a loud noise.
A. as much as B. as long as C. as soon as D. as far as
10. ……… interested in that subject, I would try to learn more about it.
A. Should I B. I was C. If I am D. Were I
11. Are you interested______ pop music?
A. on B. in C. of D. with
12. The music at the party yesterday was very loud and______ from far away.
A. could hear B. can be heard C. could be heard D. can hear
13. If only I______ how to operate a computer as you do!
A. would know B. knew C. known D. should know
14. His parents wouldn't let him marry anyone______ family was poor.
A. of whom B. of whose C. whom D. whose
15. Jeff wanted to know______.
A. why were his friends laughing B. that why were his friends laughing
C. why his friends were laughing D. the reason why his friends laughing
IV. Each of the following sentences has a mistake. Find it.
1. Just look at Mary. She looks so beautifully today.
A B C D
2. It seems difficult for us having a trip abroad at the moment.
A B C D
3. We have to save energy because save energy is very necessary.
A B C D
4. Thanks for TV, people can enjoy interesting programs in an inexpensive and convenient way.
A B C D
5. Japan is the country where occurs the most earthquakes in the world.
A B C D
6. There is still evidence for people to believe in the exist of UFOs.
A B C D
7. Fountain pens first became commercial available about a hundred years ago.
A B C D
8. I like to go to the countryside and my little sister does, either.
A B C D
9. We are confident that we will be ability to persuade our friends to keep the school clean.
A B C D
10. The town we visited was a four-days journey from our hotel, so we took the train instead of the
bus. A B C D
V. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best fits the blank in the following passage.
SCHOOL LUNCH
Research has said that over half the children in Britain who take their own lunches to school do
not eat (1) ......... in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to (2) ......... meals at lunchtime.
Children can (3) ......... to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.
One shocking finding of this research is that school meals are (4) ......... healthier than lunches
prepared by parents. There are strict standards for the preparation of school meals, which have to
include one portion of fruit and one of vegetables, as well as meat, a dairy item and starchy food like
bread or pasta. Lunchboxes (5) ......... by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps and chocolate bars.
Children consume twice as much sugar (6) ......... they should at lunchtime.
The research will provide a better understanding of why the percentage of overweight students in
Britain has (7) ....... in the last decade. Unfortunately, the government cannot criticise parents, but it
can remind them of the (8) ....... value of milk, fruit and vegetables. Small changes in their children’s
diet can (9) ...... their future health. Children can easily develop bad eating (10) ...... at this age, and
parents are the only ones who can prevent it.
1. A. appropriately B. properly C. probably D. possibly
2. A. give B. provide C. make D. do
3. A. prefer B. manage C. want D. choose
4. A. many B. much C. more D. less
5. A. examined B. found C. taken D. investigated
6. A. so B. than C. as D. such
7. A. increased B. expanded C. extended D. added
8. A. positive B. healthy C. nutritional D. good
9. A. damage B. predict C. destroy D. affect
10. A. behaviours B. styles C. attitudes D. habits
VI. Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real
than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to
language. Human beings have been writing (as far as we can tell from surviving evidence) for at least
5,000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human
beings.
 When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly.
Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well
before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will
learn to talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a
special effort to learn to write. In the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not
acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read
or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly.
To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disparage the latter. One
advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any
civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.
1. The author of the passage argues that .........
A. writing has become too important in today’s society
B. speech is more basic to language than writing
C. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write
D. all languages should have a written form
2. Normal human beings .........
A. learn to write before learning to talk B. learn to talk before learning to write
C. learn to talk after learning to write D. learn to write and to talk at the same time
3. According to the passage, writing .........
A. is imperfect, but less so than speech B. represents speech, but not perfectly
C. developed from imperfect speech D. is represented perfectly by speech
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Writing has become so important in our culture.
B. It is easy to acquire the writing skill.
C. Writing represents speech, but not perfectly.
D. Speech is essential but writing has important benefits.
5. The word “advantage” in the last paragraph most closely means .........
A. benefit B. rudiments C. domination D. skill
VII/ Choose the best answer.
1. Steve said to Mike, “Don’t touch the electric wires”.
A. Steve warned Mike not to touch the electric wires.
B. Steve warned Mike to touching the electric wires.
C. Steve warned Mike not to touching the electric wires.
D. Steve warned Mike don’t touch the electric wires
2. He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport.
A. He regretted not say goodbye to her at the airport.
B. He regretted not to say goodbye to her at the airport.
C. He regretted not saying goodbye to her at the airport.
D. He regretted saying goodbye to her at the airport.
3. He looks older when he wears glasses.
A. Glasses make him looks older.
B. Glasses make him look older.
C. Glasses make to him look older.
D. Glasses make him to look older.
4. I don’t find it difficult to get up early in the morning.
 A. I am used to getting up early in the morning.
B. I used to get up early in the morning.
C. I am use to getting up early in the morning.
D. I amnot used to getting up early in the morning.
5. Sue is excited about going to Spain on holiday.
A. Sue looks forward to going to Spain on holiday.
B. Sue is looking forward going to Spain on holiday.
C. Sue is looking forward to go to Spain on holiday.
D. Sue is looking forward to going to Spain on holiday.
6. “Why didn’t you go to school yesterday, John?” the teacher asked.
A. The teacher asked John why he hadn't gone to school yesterday.
B.The teacher asked to John why he hadn't gone to school yesterday.
C.The teacher asked John why he hadn't gone to school the day before.
D.The teacher asked to John why he hadn't gone to school the day before.
7. It is expected that the US President will lose the election.
A. The US President is expected to lose the election.
B. The US President is expected tobe lose the election.
C. The US President is expected tobe losen the election.
D.The US President is expected will be lose the election.
8. We didn’t eat at home. We went to a restaurant instead.
A. Instead to eating at home, we went to a restaurant.
B. Instead of eating at home, we went to eat at a restaurant.
C. Instead of eating at home, we went to a restaurant.
D. Instead of eating at home, we go to a restaurant.
9. My lawyer said I shouldn’t say anything to the police
A. My lawyer said me not to say anything to the police.
B. My lawyer said me to say anything to the police.
C. My lawyer advised me not to say anything to the police.
D. My lawyer advised me not say anything to the police.
10. We need to wash the car.
A. The car needs wash.
B. The car needs washing.
C. The car needs to washing.
D. The car needed washing.

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KEY.
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. laughed B. sacred C. naked D. wicked
2. A. grew B. threw C. knew D. flew
3. A. leaf B. knife C. café D. of
4. A. alone B. own C. post D. cost
5. A. collegeB. colleague C. luggage D. huge
II. Choose the words that has different stress pattern from the others (5p):
1. A. accomplish B. examine C. imagine D. chemistry
2. A. desire B. mountain C. plateau D. constant
3. A. industry B. interest C. suburb D. equality
4. A. medicine B. decide C. distance D. patient
5.A arrangement B. relationship C. scientist D. improve
III. Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D that fits each blank.
1. She never let you cook the meals, .........?
A. didn't she B. doesn't she C. did she D. does she
2. If you had taken my advice, you ............ in this mess now.
A. wouldn’t be B. won’t be C. aren’t D. wouldn’t have been
3. It’s no use ......... a language if you don’t try to use it.
A. to learn B. learned C. learning D. learn
4. She drove so .......... that she had an accident.
A. careful B. carefully C. careless D. carelessly
5. She doesn’t allow anyone ......... in her room.
A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked
6. He ......... to anyone suspicious when the class was over.
A. was not seen to talk B. was not seen talking
C. was not being seen walking D. had not seen to talk
7. We took part in a sponsored walk ……… to support the poor.
A. organized B. organizing C. that organized D. had organized
8. It’s very ……… of you to offer me your seat, but really I’m quite happy to stand.
A. sympathetic B. considerate C. grateful D. appreciative
9. You can stay here ……… you don’t make a loud noise.
A. as much as B. as long as C. as soon as D. as far as
10. ……… interested in that subject, I would try to learn more about it.
A. Should I B. I was C. If I am D. Were I
11. Are you interested______ pop music?
A. on B. in C. of D. with
12. The music at the party yesterday was very loud and______ from far away.
A. could hear B. can be heard C. could be heard D. can hear
13. If only I______ how to operate a computer as you do!
A. would know B. knew C. known D. should know
14. His parents wouldn't let him marry anyone______ family was poor.
A. of whom B. of whose C. whom D. whose
15. Jeff wanted to know______.
A. why were his friends laughing B. that why were his friends laughing
C. why his friends were laughing D. the reason why his friends laughing

IV. Each of the following sentences has a mistake. Find and correct it.
1. Just look at Mary. She looks so beautifully today
A B C D
2. It seems difficult for us having a trip abroad at the moment.
A B C D
3. We have to save energy because save energy is very necessary.
A B C D
4. Thanks for TV, people can enjoy interesting programs in an inexpensive and convenient way.
A B C D
5. Japan is the country where occurs the most earthquakes in the world.
A B C D
6. There is still evidence for people to believe in the exist of UFOs.
A B C D
7. Fountain pens first became commercial available about a hundred years ago.
A B C D
8. I like to go to the countryside and my little sister does, either.
A B C D
9. We are confident that we will be ability to persuade our friends to keep the school clean.
A B C D
10. The town we visited was a four-days journey from our hotel, so we took the train instead of the
bus. A B C D
V. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best fits the blank in the following passage.
SCHOOL LUNCH
Research has said that over half the children in Britain who take their own lunches to school do
not eat (1) ... properly. in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to (2) ... provide. meals at
lunchtime. Children can (3) .. choose.. to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.
One shocking finding of this research is that school meals are (4) .. much.. healthier than lunches
prepared by parents. There are strict standards for the preparation of school meals, which have to
include one portion of fruit and one of vegetables, as well as meat, a dairy item and starchy food like
bread or pasta. Lunchboxes (5) ... examined... by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps and
chocolate bars. Children consume twice as much sugar (6) as... they should at lunchtime.
The research will provide a better understanding of why the percentage of overweight students in
Britain has (7) .. increased.. in the last decade. Unfortunately, the government cannot criticise parents,
but it can remind them of the (8) . nutritional... value of milk, fruit and vegetables. Small changes in
their children’s diet can (9) . affect.. their future health. Children can easily develop bad eating (10) .
habits.. at this age, and parents are the only ones who can prevent it.
1. A. appropriately B. properly C. probably D. possibly
2. A. give B. provide C. make D. do
3. A. prefer B. manage C. want D. choose
4. A. many B. much C. more D. less
5. A. examined B. found C. taken D. investigated
6. A. so B. than C. as D. such
7. A. increased B. expanded C. extended D. added
8. A. positive B. healthy C. nutritional D. good
9. A. damage B. predict C. destroy D. affect
10. A. behaviours B. styles C. attitudes D. habits
VI. Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real
than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to
language. Human beings have been writing (as far as we can tell from surviving evidence) for at least
5,000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human
beings.
When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly.
Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well
before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will
learn to talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a
special effort to learn to write. In the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not
acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read
or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly.
To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disparage the latter. One
advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any
civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.

1. The author of the passage argues that .........

A. writing has become too important in today’s society
B. speech is more basic to language than writing
C. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write
D. all languages should have a written form
2. Normal human beings .........
A. learn to write before learning to talk B. learn to talk before learning to write
C. learn to talk after learning to write D. learn to write and to talk at the same time
3. According to the passage, writing .........
A. is imperfect, but less so than speech B. represents speech, but not perfectly
C. developed from imperfect speech D. is represented perfectly by speech
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Writing has become so important in our culture.
B. It is easy to acquire the writing skill.
C. Writing represents speech, but not perfectly.
D. Speech is essential but writing has important benefits.
5. The word “advantage” in the last paragraph most closely means .........
A. benefit B. rudiments C. domination D. skill
VII. Choose the best answer.
1. Steve said to Mike, “Don’t touch the electric wires”.
A. Steve warned Mike not to touch the electric wires.
B. Steve warned Mike to touching the electric wires.
C. Steve warned Mike not to touching the electric wires.
D. Steve warned Mike don’t touch the electric wires
2. He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport.
A. He regretted not say goodbye to her at the airport.
B. He regretted not to say goodbye to her at the airport.
C. He regretted not saying goodbye to her at the airport.
D. He regretted saying goodbye to her at the airport.
3. He looks older when he wears glasses.
A. Glasses make him looks older.
B. Glasses make him look older.
C. Glasses make to him look older.
D. Glasses make him to look older.
4. I don’t find it difficult to get up early in the morning.
A. I am used to getting up early in the morning.
B. I used to get up early in the morning.
C. I am use to getting up early in the morning.
D. I amnot used to getting up early in the morning.
5. Sue is excited about going to Spain on holiday.
A. Sue looks forward to going to Spain on holiday.
B. Sue is looking forward going to Spain on holiday.
C. Sue is looking forward to go to Spain on holiday.
D. Sue is looking forward to going to Spain on holiday.
6. “Why didn’t you go to school yesterday, John?” the teacher asked.
A. The teacher asked John why he hadn't gone to school yesterday.
B.The teacher asked to John why he hadn't gone to school yesterday.
C.The teacher asked John why he hadn't gone to school the day before.
D.The teacher asked to John why he hadn't gone to school the day before.
7. It is expected that the US President will lose the election.
A. The US President is expected to lose the election.
B. The US President is expected tobe lose the election.
C. The US President is expected tobe losen the election.
D.The US President is expected will be lose the election.
8. We didn’t eat at home. We went to a restaurant instead.
o washing.A. Instead to eating at home, we went to a restaurant.
B. Instead of eating at home, we went to eat at a restaurant.
C. Instead of eating at home, we went to a restaurant.
D. Instead of eating at home, we go to a restaurant.
9. My lawyer said I shouldn’t say anything to the police
A. My lawyer said me not to say anything to the police.
B. My lawyer said me to say anything to the police.
C. My lawyer advised me not to say anything to the police.
D. My lawyer advised me not say anything to the police.
10. We need to wash the car.
A. The car needs wash.
B. The car needs washing.
C. The car needs to washing.
D. The car need t

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