A. PHONETICS

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.

1. A. relaxed               B. reached                   C. supposedly             D. crossed

2. A. machine              B. stomach                  C. architecture             D. chorus

3. A. mature                B. pasture                    C. gesture                    D. creature

4. A. individual           B. considerate                         C. education                D. procedure

5. A. laugh                  B. though                    C. tough                      D. enough

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.

1. A. politics                B. literature                 C. chemistry                D. statistics

2. A. likeable               B. oxygen                    C. museum                  D. energy

3. A. apology              B. stupidity                 C. generously              D. astronomy

4. A. television            B. distinguish              C. immediate               D. acquaintance

5. A. experience          B. introduce                C. determine               D. appliance

B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR

I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

1. She put ____ speaking to him as long as possible.

A. off                          B. over                        C. away                       D. back

2. She ____ her neighbour's children for the broken window.

A. accused                  B. complained             C. blamed                    D. denied

3. ____ Internet can be used as ____ means of education and communication.

A. An - a                     B. The - a                    C. The - the                 D. Ø - a

4. She is traveling to work by bus today because her car is being ____.

A. stopped                  B. broken                    C. serviced                  D. rented

5. Tony's boss doesn't want him to ____ a habit of using the office phone for his personal calls.

A. make                       B. do                           C. have                        D. increase

6. My parents were so disappointed when I ____ college.

A. got out of               B. fell out of               C. dropped out of       D. moved out of

7. The noisy children ____ my nerves. I wish they'd quiet down!

A. get out of               B. get in                      C. get into                   D. get on

8. On the table ____.

A. the disks lay           B. did the disks lie      C. lay the disks           D. lied the disks

9. She wondered ____ her father looked like now after so many years away.

A. how                                    B. whose                     C. that                         D. what

10. The company was finally safe ____ bankruptcy.

A. with                        B. by                           C. from                        D. in

11. All the boys are good at cooking, but ____ is as good as the girls.

A. either                      B. none                        C. neither                    D. every

12. The bank is reported in the local newspapers ____ in the broad daylight.

A. to be robbed           B. robbed                    C. to have been robbed           D. having been robbed

13. Clothing made of plastic fibers has certain advantages over ____ made of natural fibers like cotton, wool, or silk.

A. that                         B. the one                    C. what                       D. which

14. The government would be forced to use its emergency powers ____ further rioting to occur.

A. should                    B. did                          C. were                        D. had

15. _____we have finished the course, we shall start doing more revision work.

A. For now                  B. Now that                C. Ever since               D. By now

16. Go on. Tell me the gossips. I'm all ____.

A. full                          B. head                        C. eyes                         D. ears

17. If only motorists ____ drive more carefully.

A. might                      B. shall                        C. would                     D. should

18. He lost control of his temper and ____ his anger.

A. lost sight of                        B. took note of            C. made room for        D. gave way to

19. Mr. Nixon refused to answer the questions on the ____ that the matter was confidential.

A. reason                     B. excuses                   C. grounds                  D. foundations

20. ____ at his lessons, he couldn't catch up with his classmates.

A. Hardly as he worked          B. Hard as he worked                         C. Hard as he does      D. Hard as he was

21. ____ is more interested in rhythm than in melody is apparent from his compositions.

A. That Philip Glass    B. Philip Glass, who   C. Philip Glass D. Because Philip Glass

22. ____ invisible to the unaided eye, ultraviolet light can be detected in a number of ways.

A. Although is            B. Despite                   C. Even though it        D. Although

23. In fact, the criminals ____ in because the front door was wide open and they just walked in.

A. needn't have broken                                   B. shouldn't have break

C. didn't need to break                                   D. couldn't have broken

24. Nam: In my opinion, computer is one of the most wonderful inventions.

      Lan: ____.

A. There is no doubt about it.                         B. Yes. Congratulations!

C. You shouldn't have said that                     D. Pardon?

25. Nga: Would you mind if I closed the door? It's too cold outside.

      Lan: ____.

A. I'd rather you didn't. It's stuffy.    B. No, I don't like.      C. No, never mind.     D. Why not do it?

II. Supply the correct tense or form of the verb in each of the following brackets.

1. I'd rather you (not wear) _____didn’t wear______ jeans to the office.

2. The money (steal) ______stolen______ in the robbery was never found.

3. This building (finish) ____will have been finished______ by the end of 2018.

4. It was our fault to keep you waiting so long. We (inform) ____should have informed___ you in advance.

5. You look tired. _______Have_____________ you (work) ____been working____ hard?

6. A: “Was Carol at the party last night?”

    B: “Yes, she (wear) _____was wearing_______ a really nice dress.”

7. I remember (give) _____being given____ a toy drum on my fifth birthday.

8. It was urgent that she (leave) _____(should) leave_____ at once.

9. Minh (steal) ___couldn’t have stolen___ your money yesterday because we went out together all yesterday.

10. Jim hurt his arm while (play) _______playing_______- tennis.