THE EXERCISES FOR EXERLLENT STUDENTS. TEST 18 I. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others. 1. a message b. furniture c. cousin d. invent 2. a. countless b. service c. transmit d. answer 3. a. invention b. agreement c. arrangement d. demonstrate 4. a. exhibition b. introduction c. emigration d. stationery 5. a. orphanage b. delivery c. experiment d. directory II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 6. Mary, you _____ the exam if you don’t work more. a. will fail b. are failing c. fail d. failed 7. I thought I heard a noise_______ . a upstair b. upstairs c. Ø d. b & c 8. I’ll ask my personal ______ to deal with this. a.ssist b. assistant c. assistance d. assisting 9. Look! The baby______ going to eat the dog’s food! . is b. was c. are d. were 10. Don’t come in. Please wait______ for a few minutes. . inside b. outside c. insides d. outsides 11. I’ll come _____ to pick her up. . in b. on . c. over d. up 12. There are many ways______doing it. . of b. for c. to d. about 13. They found some electrical _______ in the room. . devices b. device c. advices d. advice 14. The school decided to try an ________ in language teaching. a. experimented b. experiment c. experiments d. experimental 15. I tried to phone him countless times but he wasn’t there. . few . little . much d. many 20. He was born in Oxford, or somewhere near to here. A B C D IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. Dear Sir or Madam, I would like (21) _____ a single room at your hotel for the nights of 12, 13 and 14 April. Could I possibly have a (22) _____ room with a bath? I understand you have a restaurant. Could you (23) _____ me what time the (24) ____closes? Please let (25) _____ know if you (26) ____ a deposit or a credit card number.Thank you very much. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully, Peter West book (v) :đặt chỗ deposit (n) : tiền đặt cọc credit card number (n) : số thẻ tín dụng 21. a. book b. booking c. to book d. to booking 22. a. quiet b. quite c. big d. a & c 23. a. talk b. say c. speak d. tell 1 TRAN HUNG DAO ---- TRUONG THI CHINH. THE EXERCISES FOR EXERLLENT STUDENTS. 24. a. hotel b. restaurant c. shop d. room 25. a. I b. me c. my d. mine 26. a. needs b. need to c. are needing d. need V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it. Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an expert in phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages. As a boy, Bell became interested in sounds and speech. In 1870 the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander taught in a school for the deaf. There he began experimenting with a machine to help the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea. Why not use electricity to send the human voice from one place to another? Bell began work on a new invention. expert (n): chuyên gia 27. When was Alexander G. Bell born? a. In 1847 b. In 1870 c.In 1870s d.no information 28. He went to live _______ . a. in Scotland b. in America c. in Boston d. b & c are correct 29. What does the word ‘emigrate’ in line 4 mean? a. leave somebody’s country to live in another country b. to go to a place for a short time c. travel a long way from home to work every day d. get away from something dangerous 30. What does the word ‘they’ in line 4 refer to? a. sounds b. the Bells c. the American d.the deaf. 31. Which of the following is not true? a. Bell’s father was an expert in phonetics. b. Bell became interested in sounds and speech since he was a boy. c. Bell learned in a school for the deaf. d. He experimented a machine to help the deaf hear. TEST 19. I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 1. a. message b. arrange c. emigrate d. stationery 2. a. mobile b. telephone c. hold d. commerce 3. a. much b. club c. furniture d. introduction 4. a. countless b. cousin c. about d. outside 5. a. answer b. always c. wrong d. write II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 2 TRAN HUNG DAO ---- TRUONG THI CHINH. THE EXERCISES FOR EXERLLENT STUDENTS. 6. We are going to visit my American aunt_______ . a. next Wednesday b. last Wednesday c. at Wednesday d. in Wednesday 7. I went upstairs to bed. a. to or on a higher floor of a building b. to or on a lower floor of a building c. in or to the inside of something d. in or to a place that is not inside a building 8. Are Chris going to close his shop early ________? a. last night b. tonight c. last month d. yesterday 9. Let’s go to the theater this evening. a. Let me b. Let us c.You should d. Would you like 10. ____________ Rome next week? a. Will they visit b. Are they going to visit c. Are they visiting d. all the answes are correct 11. I can see something moving out_______ . a. here b. there c. near d. nearby 12. We all have our favorite _____ of doing certain things. a. roads b. paths c. ways d. streets 13. I can’t reach him by phone. a. arrive at b. achieve c. contact d. come to 14. She came _____ with a new idea for increasing sales. a. in b. on c.to d. up 15. He agreed_______ our suggestion. a. of b. to c. in d. for IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. Dear sir, I (21) ______ Alexandria with my brother from October 21st to 23rd. Have you got a double room with a shower for these dates? How (22) _______ is the room? We would like a (23) _______ facing the sea, if it is possible. (24)_______ there a restaurant in the hotel? We don’t eat meat (25) _______ ,we like all other kinds of food. We are arriving in Alexandria (26)______ about six o’clock on Friday (27) ________ . We plan to leave the hotel (28)_______ Sunday morning. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Yours faithfully, James Brown 21. a. visit b. visits c. am visiting d. visited 22. a. much b. many c. lot d. more 23. a. room b. hotel c. house d. flat 24. a. Are b. Is c. Have d. Do 25. a. because b. but c. however d. a & b are correct 26. a. in b. at c. on d. when 27. a. morning b. evening c. night d. a & b 28. a. in b. at c. on d. since V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it. You may use the telephone every day but how much do you know about it? The telephone 3 TRAN HUNG DAO ---- TRUONG THI CHINH. THE EXERCISES FOR EXERLLENT STUDENTS. was invented by Alexander Bell in 1876. Bell was born in Scotland in 1847. But later he went to live in the USA. Bell was always interested in sound. He wanted to be able to send sound through a wire.He had a workshop in his house in America and did many experiences there. One day, he was doing an experiment in his workshop. He was careless and spilt some burning liquid onto his clothes. Talking into his telephone, Bell said, ‘Mr. Watson, I want you to come over here immediately please.’ His assistant was in another room far away from the workshop. However, he heard Bell clearly on his own telephone. Quickly, he ran to Bell’s workshop. ‘Mr. Bell, I heard every word you said!’ Watson shouted excitedly. Bell succeeded. He invented the first telephone. Later, other inventors made better ones. liquid (n) : chất lỏng 29. We can replace the phrase ‘went to live in’ in line 3 with_______ . a. ‘came up with’ b. ‘emigrated to’ c. ‘led to’ d. ‘traveled all over’ 30. What does the word ‘assistant’ in line 10 mean? a. a person who helps b. a person who teaches c. a person who learns d. a person who works 31. Mr. Watson ________ . a. was Bell’s brother b. heard Bell clearly on his own telephone c. was careless d. was born in Scotland 32. What does the word ‘ones’ in line 15 refer to? a. rooms b. workshops c. telephones d. inventions 33. Which of the following is not true? a. Alexander G. Bell invented the telephone in 1876. b. Bell had a workshop in his house in America. c. Bell didn’t conduct many experiments. d. Bell was always interested in sound. 4 TRAN HUNG DAO ---- TRUONG THI CHINH. . unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 6. Mary, you _____ the exam if you don’t work more. a. will fail b. are failing. _____ me what time the (24) ____closes? Please let (25) _____ know if you ( 26) ____ a deposit or a credit card number.Thank you very much. I look forward