Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group. 1. a. mammal b. material c. saddle d. manage 2. a. table b. lady c. labour d. captain 3. a. cost b. most c. host d. post 4. a. there b. chair c. clear d. hair 5. a. dear b. beard c. beer d. heard Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words. 6. a. computer b. museum c. important d. visitor 7. a. calculator b. intelligent c. impossible d. American 8. a. compare b. compose c. company d. consist 9. a. artificial b. aristocrat c. arithmetic d. argument 10. a. maintain b. entertain c. fountain d. retain Choose the most appropriate answer from a, b, c or d. 11. The scientific study of the life and structure of plants and animals is called ______. a. biology b. philosophy c. geography d. physic 12. The process of finding somebody / something, or learning about something that was not known about before is called a /an ______. a. finding b. experiment c. discovery d. development 13. The science of numbers and shapes is called ______. a. physics b. mathematics c. biology d. politics 14. When you ______food, you chance it into substances that your body can use. a. cure b. digest c. invent d. fee 15. A force of attraction that causes objects to move towards each other is called ______. a. electricity b. Evolution c. gravitation d. invention 16. Christopher Columbus ______ the New Continent quite by chance. a. invented c. experimented b. discovered d. developed 17. The telephone was ______ by Graham Bell. a. discovered b. cured c. appointed d. invented 18. Issac Newton had to do many ______ before he could produce an electric lamp. a. discoveries b. inventions c. experiments d. developments 19. Most of the experiments are carried out in ______ . a. laboratories b. farms c. fields d. schools 20. Charles Darwin was the father of the ______ of evolution. a. practice b. project c. theory d. problem Read the passage and then decide which word (a, b, c or d) best fits each space. It is estimated (the (21) ______ number is not known that worldwide some 60,000 newspapers exists, with a (22) ______ circulation of nearly 500 million. However, the number of readers is (23) ______ greater-as many as three times the circulation figure. This is because newspapers are shared, some are posted, and (24) ______ placed in libraries and other (25) ______ places. Worldwide, about 8,000 of these newspapers are dailies. About a third of all newspapers are published in North America, (26) ______ third in Europe, and the (27) ______ third in the rest of the world. Countries with the highest newspaper (28) ______ are Britain, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, and the United States. Europe has nearly half of the world's total newspaper circulation, North America about a quarter, and the rest of the world another quarter. Taking the world (29) ______ , the average circulation of dailies per 1,000 persons is about 100, but there are many parts of the world where the modern newspaper is (30) ______ ever seen. 21. a. correct b. exact c. right d. precise 22. a. combined b. connected c. linked d. mixed 23. a. even b. more c. far d. very 24. a. the rest b. another c. the others d. others 25. a. public b. common c. open d. shared 26. a. the next b. the other c. another d. the last 27. a. spare b. extra c. left d. remaining 28. a. readers b. readership c. buyers d. subscribers 29. a. as a whole b. in all c. generally d. on general 30. a. not b. almost c. scarcely d. seldom Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 31. It's quite a long way, isn't it? We ______ about five miles by the time we get back, I'd say. a. have walked c. will have walked b. had walked d. would have walked 32. You can apply for a better job when you ______ more experience a. have b. had c. have had d. had had 33. ______ I leave home ______ the journey is because the buses aren't so crowded. a. The earlier the easier c. The earlier the easy b. The early the more easy d. The early the most easy 34. We ______ that game when we were younger. a. use to play c. used to play b. used playing d. use to play 35. If Mathew ______ his alarm clock, he wouldn't have overslept. a. have set b. set c. had set d. was setting 36. I decided to stay at home last night. I would have gone out if I ______ so tired. a. wasn't b. weren't c. wouldn’t have been d. hadn’t been 37. Why did you stay at a hotel when you went to New York? You with ______ Barbara. a. can stay c. could have stayed b. could stay d. have stayed 38. Linda has lost her passport again. It's the second time this ______. a. has happened c. happened b. happens d. to happen 39. She tried to be serious but she couldn't help ______. a. laughing c. that she laughed b. to laugh d. laugh 40. 'Do you know where ______?' 'No, he didn't say.' a. Tom has gone c. has gone Tom b. has Tom gone d. Tom go 41. We gave ______ a meal. a. at the visitors c. the visitors b. for the visitors d. to the visitor 42. The ______ produced at our factory in Scotland. a. good are b. good is c. goods are d. goods is 43. Is that my key, or is it ______ ? a. the yours b. you c. have had d. yours 44. She doesn't live here ______. a. no longer b. some more c. no more d. any longer 45. The young man seems very ______. a. sensible b. sense c. sensibly d. senses 46. I'm not very good ______ repairing things. a. at b. for c. in d. with 47. My boys always postpone ______ things. a. done b. do c. to do d. doing 48. A friend of mine phoned ______ me to a party. a. for invite c. so that inviting b. to invite d. invited 49. He's lazy. He never does ______ work. a. some b. any c. no d. none 50. I'll be in London next week. I hope to see Tom ______ there. a. while I will be c. during I will be b. while I am d. during I am Choose the underlined part (a, b, c, or d) that is incorrect. 51. The rain came sudden and everybody got wet because nobody a b c had an umbrella. d 52. Children nowadays seem to be more intelligenter than their a b parents when they were at the same age. c d 53. When I came in, my father was talking to anyone so I went a b c out quietly. d 54. I want to try on the blue skirt over there. Can you showing me a b c d the changing room? 55. Can you make me a cup of coffee? No, there are no coffee left. a b c d 56. Ha Anh can now speak English more well than the last time I met him. a b c d 57. I am sorry that I could not go to your birthday party. Any a b c problems occurred and I could not go. d 58. There are many ways to do this exercise but mine is the best good one a b c d 59. She can sing very beautiful and dance very gracefully but she a b cannot do any difficult math exercise. c d 60. With this type of exercise, reads the questions first and then a b read the text to find the correct answer. c d Read the passage and choose the best answer. Our demand for water is constantly increasing. Every year there are more and more people in the world. Factories turn out more and more products and need more and more water. We live in a world of water. But almost all of it - about 97%-is in the oceans. This water is too salty to be used for drinking, farming, and manufacturing. Only about 3% of the world's water is fresh. Most of this water is not easily available to man because it is locked in glaciers and icecaps. There is as much water on earth today as there ever was or will ever be. Most of the water we use finds its way to the oceans. There, it is evaporated by the sun. It then falls back to the earth as rain. Water is used and reused over again. It is never used up. Although the world as a whole has plenty of fresh water, some regions have a water shortage. Rain does not fall evenly over the earth. Some regions are always too dry, and others too wet. A region that usually gets enough rain may suddenly have a serious dry spell and another region may be flooded with too much rain. 61. All of the following statements can be inferred from the text EXCEPT a. We need more and more water. b. The population of the world is increasing every year. c. Most of the world’s water is locked in glaciers and icecaps. d. Factories also need more water. 62. Which of the following is NOT true about the world’s water? a. The vast majority of the world’s water is ocean (or salty) water. b. Ocean water is salty enough to be used for drinking, farming, and manufacturing. c. Most fresh water is locked in glaciers and icecaps. d. The percentage of fresh water is very small. 63. What can be inferred about water? a. The amount of water on earth is always the same. b. Water will probably be exhausted. c. Water can be used once only. d. Most of the water we use is rain water. 64. It can be inferred from the text that ______ a. no region in the world suffers from a lack of fresh water. b. rain does not fall equally everywhere on earth. c. the world has plenty of fresh water in comparison with salty water. d. a region that usually gets enough rain hardly ever has a dry spell. 65. The phrasal verb “turn out” in the second line is closest in meaning to. a. sell b. prove to be c. switch off d. produce Choose the sentence (a, b, c or d) which has it similar meaning to the original sentence. 66. George is a better mechanic than Arthur. a. Arthur is not better than George at being a mechanic. b. Arthur is not such a good mechanic as George. c. Arthur is not better mechanic than George. d. Arthur is worse than George at being a mechanic. 67. “Please let me borrow your bike, “ he said to her. a. He asked her if she could let him borrow her bike. b. He asked her to borrow your bike. c. He asked her whether she would let him borrow her bike d. He asked her to let him borrow her bike. 68. I wish I had chosen English to study at school. a. The speaker studied English and now regrets doing so. b. The speaker is not studying English. c. The speaker regrets not choosing English to study at school. d. The speaker regrets having chosen English to study. 69. The book interested me more than the film. a. I thought the book was more interesting than the film. b. I thought the book was more interested than the film. c. I thought the book was as interesting as the film. d. I thought the book was not as interesting as the film. 70. The teacher did not allow the class to leave before 4:30. a. The teacher made the class to stay until after 4:30. b. The teacher made the class not leave until after 4:30. c. The teacher made the class stay until after 4:30. d. The teacher made the class leave after 4:30. 71. You need to support your ideas with facts and __________. a) numbers b) figures c) informations d) material 72. By and __________, the pupils are well-behaved. a) by b) from c) forward d) large ‘By and large’ has a similar meaning to ‘in general’ 73. I’m sick and __________ of studying grammar! a) cross b) tired c) ill d) bored 74. I never read the instruction manual. I learned how to use the computer by trial and __________. a) error b) mistake c) test d) experiment 75. Yesterday the Prime Minister made an important speech on the subject of law and __________. a) rule b) legal c) punishment d) order 76. Let’s settle this argument once and for __________. a) ever b) all c) always d) once 77. When she died, she gave ________ all her money to a charity for cats. a. away b. out c. on d. off (a. away - If you give something away, you offer something without charging for it) 78. You boy! Don’t walk ________ when I’m speaking to you. a. on b. to c. away d. out (away - ‘Walk away’ from someone is the opposite of walk towards to someone. Ouch!) 79. He’s fallen ________ his motorbike and broken his shoulder. a. off b. away c. out of d. down (a. off - You get on a bike or a horse, so therefore you fall off. b. away - ‘Fallen away’ is not correct. c. out of - ‘Out of’ is the opposite of ‘in’ e.g. The baby fell out of the pram! d. down - Someone can fall down, but not fall down something) 80. Would you mind taking ________ your shoes when you come inside? a. away b. on c. off d. out (a. away - If you take something away, you move it to another place. b. on - You can put on your shoes, but what’s the opposite of put on? c. off – You take “off” what you put “on”. Correct d. out - If you take something out, you put it outside.) 81. I don’t feel like cooking, let’s order a take-________. (There are two possible answers for this question) a. out b. up c. in d. away (Two answers are possible for this question a. out - ‘Take out’ is correct, but is mainly used in American English – what do we say in British English? Correct b. up - ‘Take up’ is not correct. c. in - If you take something in, you understand it. E.g. I couldn’t take in the bit about computers – it was too complicated. d. away - Take-away is a verb but in this case a noun (it can also be an adjective – take-away food Correct) 82. Can you pick ________ a few things in the supermarket? We need milk, bread and loo rolls. a. off b. in c. up d. away (c. up - If you pick something up you buy, collect or get it. E.g. I’ll pick up the children from school.) whi ch ha ve to be f ill ed eit he r “ d o ” o r “ mak e ” f orms 83. - Have you made a decision to go with them ? - Not yet. I need time to think it over or I’ll make a mistake. 84. Today I’m very happy. I want to make some music now. 85. Is this yours ? It is made fashionably. - Wae! 86. Are you making trouble, class ? - Oh, no, we are 87. This man has to make a monthly report. 88. Do I have to do washing up and the ironing ? - No, never! 89. Do you like the way I’ve done your hair ? 90. - Hello Nam! Is your sister at home ? - Yes, she is. She is doing the cleaning. 91. - Where are your children, Mrs Young ? - They are in the kitchen, there are making cakes. 92. Mary always gets bored when doing homework. 93. There police are doing their business. There are sunning after the robber. 94. Mrs. Brown’s children are making too much noise outside the house. 95. Who made such a mess ? It must be done the tidying-up now. . seen. 21 . a. correct b. exact c. right d. precise 22 . a. combined b. connected c. linked d. mixed 23 . a. even b. more c. far d. very 24 . a. the rest b. another c. the others d. others 25 . a quarter, and the rest of the world another quarter. Taking the world (29 ) ______ , the average circulation of dailies per 1,000 persons is about 100, but there are many parts of the world where the modern. common c. open d. shared 26 . a. the next b. the other c. another d. the last 27 . a. spare b. extra c. left d. remaining 28 . a. readers b. readership c. buyers d. subscribers 29 . a. as a whole b.