Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

1. A. space                           B. gather                              C. grade                               D. saving

2. A. culture                         B. sight                                C. vitamin                            D. tourism

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

3. A. reverse                        B. perform                           C. prefer                               D. visit

4. A. deliciously                  B. traditional                       C. mausoleum                      D. development

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

5. Doctors and scientists _________ recently the benefit of fish in the diet.

A. have shown                                                             B. will show

C. are showing                                                            D. have been showing

6. If you _________ in my position, what would you do?

A. are                              B. will be                             C. were                                D. would be

7. The teacher had to leave early, _________ she?

A. didn't                          B. mustn't                            C. hasn't                               D. shouldn't

8. Alex _________ out because the door is locked outside.

A. can be                         B. must be                            C. can't be                            D. mustn't be

9. He doesn't have _________ experience of working in an office.

A. some                           B. much                               C. an                                    D. a

10. The _________ is showing them his plans of the new building.

A. artist                           B. dancer                             C. engineer                          D. architect

11. Children should be _________ to realize their full potential.

A. encouraging               B. discouraging                   C. encouraged                      D. discouraged

12. They would like to live in a country _________ there is a lot of sunshine.

A. which                          B. where                              C. that                                  D. when

13. We have decided to _________ money for a local secondary school in the flood- affected area in Quang Tri.

A. beg                              B. gather                              C. raise                                 D. rise

14. By tracking the eye of a hurricane, forecasters can determine the speed _________.

A. which is a storm moving                                         B. at which a moving storm

C. which is moving a storm                                         D. at which a storm is moving

Mark the letter A, B, c or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

15. They all turned up at the meeting, with the exception of the monitor, who was ill.

A. left                              B. talked                              C. spoke                               D. came

16. Advances in medical science will help people live longer in the future.

A. Progresses                  B. Medicines                       C. Assistances                      D. Chemicals

Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

17. My granddad reads newspapers every day to remain mentally active after retirement.

A. spiritually                   B. physically                        C. emotionally                     D. orally

18. Suddenly I got very afraid and I felt the presence of evil around me, like something trying to hurt me.

A. existence                     B. attendance                       C. absence                            D. change

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.

19. - "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to upset you."

A. No, I don't mind it                                                   B. Oh, that's all right

C. Yes, you are so unkind                                            D. Oh! You don't have to say sorry

20. - "Nam has been awarded a scholarship to study in Australia."

-"Oh, really?___________ .!"

A. How lucky he is                                                      B. You must be kidding

C. What lucky news                                                     D. Lucky as he is