TESTYOURSELF5 Question I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C or D: 2.B. accident B. jazz C. stamp D. watch 3. A. death B. health C. disease D. spread 4. A. ocean B. process C. solar D. tomb 5. A. abroad B. coat C. float D. road 6. A. accompany B. occur C. accident D. occasionally 7. A. chemistry B. mechanic C. character D. parachute 8. A. emperor B. biologist C. professor D. evolution 9. A. prepare B. engine C. invention D. electricity 10. A. gravity B. cabin C. planet D. spaceship 11.A. chemistry B. mechanic C. character D. parachute 12. A. weather B. threaten C. earth D. spread 13. A. name B. flame C. man D. fame 14. A. count B. sound C. should D. found 15. A. noon B. blood C. spoon D. tool 16. A. digestion B. develop C. experiment D. invent 17. A. mechanic B. appoint C. carry D. battle 18. A. philosophy B. clockmaker C. biology D. discovery Question II. Choose the best answer by circling the letter A,B,C or D: 19. Chris is a good friend of _______ A. me B. my C. mine D. I 20. If you _______ more slowly, he would have understood you. A. spoke B. would spoke C. spoken D. had spoken 21. If Nam attended the class regularly, he_______ the exams. A. would pass B. passed C. would have passed D. will pass 22. We have not had_______ interesting talk to each other for a long time. A. such B. so C. such an D. so an 23. How many pencils_______ to draw these pictures? A. use B. used C. were used D. were using 24. Some pupils are bored_______ the same activities in English at school. A. to do B. with doing C. at doing D. to doing 25. We have known a person ______ home village is famous for grapefruits. A. who B. that C. whose D. whom 26. White sharks are in_______ of extinction. Their number is decreasing rapidly. A. time B. situation C. circumstance D. danger 27. It is the English pronunciation_______ causes them a lot of difficulties. A. that B. who C. what D. whom 28. The motorbike was________ expensive that I didn’t buy it. A. too B. very C. such D. so 29. My little girl was born _______ January 21 st ,2004. A. in B. on C. at D. into 30. The scientist________ discovered a new planet has won the Nobel Prize. A. what B. who C. which D. whom 31. Gases from cars and factories are extremely_________ . A. harm B. harmful C. harmlessly D. harming 32. The water in this well is ________ . You can’t drink it. 1 A. polluted B. polluting C. pollution D. pollute 33. His lights are out. Perhaps, he_______ to sleep. A. went B. has gone C. goes D. is going 34. Take Hoa’s address with you _______ you have time to see her when you are in Haiphong. A. if B. when C. in case D. as 35. The father a star is from us,________ it seems to us. A. smaller B. much smaller C. the smallest D. the smaller 36. If I had known English was so difficult, I_______ never ______it up. A. would / taken B. will / take C. would / take D. would / have taken 37. Luckily we still have_________ water in the house. A. little B. a little C. few D. a few 38. Our lake can be _________ with chemicals. A. poisoned B. contaminated C. flooded D. pollutioned 39. The village would have_______ a new school if they had had enough money. A. builded B. built C. build D. building 40. We decided to drive back through a new road________ was much longer but safer. A. what B. where C. which D. how 41. John and I decided to go______ a walk. A. by B. for C. on D. in 42. Last night, the storm swept_______ the northern part of the country. A. in B. out C. over D. through 43. The farmer were prepared_______ due to the government’s policy. A. to leaving B. to leave C. leaving D. leave 44. I told him ______ to the hospital and have his lungs checked, but he didn’t want to. A. go B. goes C. to go D. going 45. Heart disease is as dangerous as cancer _______ A. is B. are C. do D. does 46. If I were five years younger, I would _______ that job. A. apply to B. apply for C. apply into D. apply in 47. My father has tried to get rid of_______ , but he hasn’t succeeded. A. smoking B. smoke C. to smoke D. smokes 48. The doctors haven’t found_______ any efficient medicine for SARS. A. in B. on C. up D. out 49. Finally, they succeeded _______ finding a cure for that strange disease. A. with B. on C. to D. in 50. “ Do you understand?” she asked. A. She asked whether I understand B. She asked if I understood. C. She asked do I understand D. She asked if I understand 51. My uncle was not very interested in politics_______ he grew older. A. although B. because C. unless D. until 52. Mr Smith is very ________ to other people’s feelings. A. sensitive B. senseless C. sensual D. sensible 53. Farmers is growing rice in the field. Rice . A. are growing in the field by farmers B. is grown in the field by farmers C. are grown in the field by farmers D. is being grown in the field by farmers 54. This is the 1st time we __________a computer. 2 A. are using B. used C. use D. have used 55. All of us __________ already __________ what to do. A. has told B. have been told C. have told D. were .told 56. I __________ my English teacher for a week. A. has seen B. saw C. see D. have not see 57. My car is very dirty. I haven't cleaned it __________ ages. A. since B. for C. ago D. in 58. The picture, __________ my grandfather drew when he was young, is beautiful. A. who B. which C. it D. that 59. Nobody __________ what the cause of the explosion was. A. is knowing B. knows C. know D. have known 60. Although solar energy is cheaper than oil, __________ have advantages as well as disadvantages. A. both of them B. both however C. two D. so both Question IV: Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D:Choose the best reply from column B for each question in column A to make an appropriate dialogue:(2.0 pts) A B 1. Was there anything interesting on TV last night? 2. What was it called? 3. What was it about? 4. What was so special about it? 5. Really? What time was it on? 6. I'm sorry I missed it. I there going to be another chance to see it? a. It was so interesting and the photography was excellent. b. It was all about monkeys and the way they live. c. Yes, It's going to be repeated next Monday. d. Yes, there was a wildlife programme. e. " The intelligent animals". f. From half past eight to nine. Your answers: 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 ; 6 . Question IV: Find out one mistake in each of the following sentences by circling the letter A, B, C or D below the underlined words 1. Professor Authur, gave a lecture at our university last week, is a world famous physicist A B C D 2. Marilyn Monroe, who a famous actress, died of drug overdose. A B C D 3. Mary then realized that it is more and more difficult to get a job nowadays. A B C D 4. Dreams are commonly made up of either visual and verbal imagine. A B C D 5. The painting Sun flower, which painted by Van Gogh, was stolen many times. A B C D 6. When teacher at CFL, Jonathan developed an inter- university library system. A B C D 7. In the early days of their development, cars used great numbers of fuel. A B C D 8. Salt was once too scarce and precious that it was used as money. 3 A B C D 9. Joan received many lovely gifts for her birthday, probably more than it was good for her. A B C D 10. Since he buys a new car, he has driven to work every day. A B C D Question IV:Rewrite sentences: 1. " It took me half an hour to get to the station because the traffic was very heavy" She told me 2. " I didn't come yesterday because I had a lot of things to do". Mary said . 3. Because the sea was rough, the ferry couldn't sail. Because of . 4. Although she had a good salary, her life was unhappy. In spite of 5. Jane said, "I want a holiday by the sea. I like lying in the sun doing nothing. I'm terribly lazy". Jane said . 6. She felt better after she took a nap. How . 7. Unless we start very early we will miss the train. If . 8. Will they publish her new book next month? Will 9. " I like tennis, swimming and football," John replied. John said that . 10. Rita wanted to fly to Rome, but she wasn't able to. The airport was closed. If 11. On Sunday the guests had to have their lunch inside because it wasn't warm enough to have it outside. If . 12. "I'm very busy," John said to Ann. John told 13. " Please sit down," the teacher said to the students. The teacher asked . 14. The man said to the tourists, "Please don't take photographs here." The man asked . 15. They have found the stolen pictures in the man's car. The stolen picture 16. Jane can't get into the dress because it is very tight. The dress is too . 17. The car is cheap enough for him to buy. The car is so . 18. Did you sleep well last night? Did you have a . 19. " You can go by train," he said to me. He advised . 20. "You should take more exercise, Mr. Dean", the doctor said, " if you want to lose weitght." The doctor advised . 21. " When was your last class meeting held?" she asked him. 4 She asked him THE END 5 . TEST YOURSELF 5 Question I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently grown in the field by farmers 54 . This is the 1st time we __________a computer. 2 A. are using B. used C. use D. have used 55 . All of us __________ already