I.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 1. A. grapes B. roofs C. hats D. chairs 2. A. forced B. caused C. stopped D. worked 3. A. divided B. called C. translated D. wanted 4. A. watched B. stopped C. hated D. laughed 5. A. wanted B. needed C. raged D. naked II. Choose the best answer. 6. Huong went to Hanoi last week. She ____________ there once a few years ago. A. was B. was being C. has been D. is 7.After _______ this article , you will give up ________. A. to read / smoking B. reading / smoking C. reading / to smoke D. to read / to smoke 8. Thank you . It was very kind ______ you to help me . A. of B.to C. for D. from 9. Atlanta is the city _________ the Olympic Games were held in 1996 . A . that B. when C. where D. which 10. The teacher spent an hour _________ the new lesson . A. explain B. explaining C. to explain D. explained 11. Your house needs _________ . A. redecorated B. redecorating C. to redecorate D. being redecorated 12. We are looking forward _____________ her again . A. to see B. to seeing C. at seeing D.for seeing 13. While my father _______ a film on TV , my mother was cooking dinner . A. watched B. was watching C. has watched D. had watched 14. The manager has just sacked three _______ . A. employ B. employment C. employers D. employees 15. She doesn’t tell the reason ______ she avoids meeting me . A. what B. which C. why D. who 16. The town ______ I grew up is small . A. who B. where C. why D. which 17. He was watching TV ______ the burglar alarm went off . A. when B. because C. until D. after 18. I don’t study hard enough for the examination. I wish I _______________ harder. A. Studied B. have studied C. study D. studies 19. I am a teacher, __________________? A. am not I B. am I C. aren’t I D. aren’t we 20. I remember ______ that man , but not exactly where . A. meet B. meeting C. to meet D. met 21. Would you mind ________ so much noise? I’m concentrating . A. not making B. not to make C. don’t make D. not make 22. I didn’t hear you _______ in . You must have been very quiet . A. come B. to come C. came D. when came 23. Everything is expensive here, _____? A. is it B. isn’t it C. are they D. aren’t they 24.Had they arrived at the fair early, they_________what they wanted A. found B. had found C. find D. would have found 25. We visited the church _____________ in the 18 th century. A. which built B. which was built C. was built D. building 26. We received her letter after she _________to a new house A. has moved B. had moved C. was moving D. would move 27. He is playing a piece of music ____________ by Mozart. A. composed B. which composed C. composing D. was composed 28. I don’t know the name of the woman______ I spoke on the phone . A. whom B. to whom C. who D. for whom 29. Please tell us what _______________. A. did you do yesterday B. did you work yesterday C. you did yesterday D. you had done yesterday 30. She tried to be serious, but she couldn’t help ________ . A. laughing B. laugh C. to laugh D. that she laughed IV. Identify the mistakes in each sentence below. 31/ She has breakfast at 8.30, then she go to work immediately. 32/ They speak English well because they practise speak it everyday. 33/ Although they are not young, they work very harly. 34/ I do not know what time does she gets up every morning. 35. After John is washing his clothes, he began to study. V. Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the given one. 41. "How long have you been learning English?" the examiner asked. A. The examiner asked me how long I have been learning English. B. The examiner asked me how long I had learnt English. C. The examiner asked her how long she has been learning English. D. The examiner asked how long I had been learning English. 42. He has never spoken to a foreigner before. A. This is the first time he speaks to a foreigner. B. This is the first time he has spoken to a foreigner. C. This is the first foreigner he has spoken. D. Before this foreigner, he has never spoken to anyone else. 43. We can't do anything to help him. A. Anything can't be done to help him. B. Nothing can be done to help him. C. Nothing can't be done to help him. D. He can't be done anything to help by us. 44. Sarah has never been to a circus before, and neither have I. A. Neither Sarah nor I has been to a circus before. B. Neither Sarah nor I have been to a circus before. C. Either Sarah or I have been to a circus before. D. None of us have been to a circus before. 45. People say that the price of gold is going up. A. The price of gold is said going up. B. It was said that the price of gold is going up. C. The price of gold is said to go up. D. The price of gold is said to be going up. III. Read the passage and choose the best answer Why do they drive on the left in Britain and on the right in other (46)……? The reason for this goes back to the days when people travelled by horse . Most people are right-handed , and thus the left is the natural side to ride on if you are on horseback and need your right hand to (47)…… a sword in case of trouble . So why didn’t the rest of the world do the same ? Because of Napoleon Bonaparte . He (48)…… that his armies marched on the right , and as he marched through Europe , he imposed this rule (49)…… he went . The question suggests that only the British drive on the left , but in fact , out of 178 countries in the world , there are about 50 that drive on the left , (50)…… Japan. However , most of them are former British colonies. 46/ A.cities B.countries C.towns D.areas 47/ A.hold B.take C.carry D.keep 48/ A.advised B.agreed C.invited D.insisted 49/ A.whenever B.wherever C.however D.whatever 50/ A.include B.consist C.including D.consisting . anything to help him. A. Anything can't be done to help him. B. Nothing can be done to help him. C. Nothing can't be done to help him. D. He can't be done anything to help by us. 44 natural side to ride on if you are on horseback and need your right hand to (47)…… a sword in case of trouble . So why didn’t the rest of the world do the same ? Because of Napoleon Bonaparte. _________ the new lesson . A. explain B. explaining C. to explain D. explained 11. Your house needs _________ . A. redecorated B. redecorating C. to redecorate D. being redecorated 12. We are