Class: 12…… THE 15 - MINUTE TEST Full name: ………………………………………… Date: …… / 9 / 2010 I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. resume B.statistics C. position D. designer 2. A. helps B. laughs C. likes D. arrives 3. A. filled B. missed C. laughed D. watched II.Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others. 4. A. teacher B. village C. police D. worker 5. A. discuss B. attract C. suppose D. visit III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D. 6. The conical leaf hat is made … a special kind …… bamboo and young and soft palm leaves. A. in / for B. of / of C. on / for D. from / of 7. Few Asian students agreed ……… the American students’s view that wives and husbands should share all thoughts. A. to B. on C. for D. with 8. The wedding day was ………. chosen by the parents of the groom. A. careless B. careful C. carelessly D. carefully 9. Peter usually helps his mother with ……………… . A. housework B. homework C. chores D. household 10. …………… someone is considered as rude. A. Looking at B. Waving C. Greeting D. Pointing at 11. He went to the cinema ……………… he had done his homework. A. before B. until C. by the time D. after 12. ……………. ten minutes earlier, you would have got a better seat. A. Had you arrived B. If you hadn’t arrived C. Were you arrived D. If you arrived 13. The conical leaf hat is one of the typical features of the Vietnamese ……………… . A. education B. culture C. society D. language 14. …………… I moved in my new apartment, my neighbours have come to my house twice. A. Because B. Since C. When D. After 15. To Americans, it is impolite to ask someone about age, …………. and salary. A. marry B. married C. marriage D. marrying 16. The …………. way to apologize is to say “I’m sorry”. A. most simple B. simplest C. more simple D. simpler 17. A: “Would you like to go to the cinema with me tonight?” B: “Let me ask my parents for …………… permission?” A. a B. an C. the D. no article 18. When we came to their house, they ………………… chess. A. were playing B. are playing C. played D. have been playing 19. Since I wanted to get the bill, I tried to attract the waiter’s ……………. . A. attention B. agreement C. assistance D. eyes 20. They are a close-knit family and very ……………… of one another. A. supportive B. support C. supported D. supporting The end . Class: 12…… THE 15 - MINUTE TEST Full name: ………………………………………… Date: …… / 9 / 2010 I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. resume. I wanted to get the bill, I tried to attract the waiter’s ……………. . A. attention B. agreement C. assistance D. eyes 20. They are a close-knit family and very ……………… of one another. A. supportive. B. on C. for D. with 8. The wedding day was ………. chosen by the parents of the groom. A. careless B. careful C. carelessly D. carefully 9. Peter usually helps his mother with ……………… . A. housework