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. closed                 B. looked                    C. rained                     D. followed

2. A. ill                                    B. pick                         C. sight                                    D. inside

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. fashion               B. pattern                    C. symbol                    D. design

4. A. prisoner              B. disaster                   C. agency                    D. president

Mark the letter A, B, C orD to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

5. My father asked usnot to spend too much time to play computer games.

A. not to spend           B. much                       C. to play                    D. games

6. Thank you for inviting me to your party. I wish I can but I have to work tomorrow.

A. inviting                   B. your party               C. can                          D. have to

7. The woman who son is my friend has donated $ 1000 to the charity.

A. who                                    B. is                             C.has donated D. the

8. A new shopping mall built in my town now and it may becompleted next year.

A. built                                    B. and                         C. may be                    D. completed

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

9. The students laughed _____________ when they saw the monkeys eating bananas.

A. happy                     B. happily                    C.happiness                 D. unhappy

10. You don’t seem very in the movie. Don’t you like it?

A. interested               B. interesting               C. interest                    D. interestingly

11. If the weather _____________ worse, we won’t go to the beach.

A. gets                         B. will get                   C.got                           D. would get

12. Do you mind if I turn _____________ the TV? I want to watch the news.

A. off                          B. out                          C. down                      D. on

13. It’s very kind _____________ you to help me.

A. to                            B. of                            C. with                                    D. for

14. They _____________ each other since they were children.

A. has known              B. knew                       C. have known                        D. know

15. The interviewer asked me why I_____________ learning English.

A. like                         B. will like                   C. liked                                   D. would like

16. She wasthat she always came top of the class.

A. so clever                 B. too clever                C. such clever              D. clever enough

17. Of 4 kids, Julia is_____________ and best at English.

A. more hard-working                                                B. most hard-working

C. the most hard-working                               D. as hard-working as

18. The kids were still playing football_____________ the heavy rain.

A. despite                    B. in spite                    C. although                 D. because of

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.

19. They decided to postpone their journey till the end of the month because of the epidemic.

A. take up                   B. turn round              C. put off                    D. do with

20. My elder brother failed the exam, which depressed my parents.

A. satisfied                  B. encouraged             C.pleased                    D. disappointed

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

21. The Ao Dai is the traditional dress of Vietnamese women.

A. new                                    B. modern                   C.conventional            D. occasional

22. Mr. Brown is a very generous old man. He has given most of his salary to a charity organization.

A. hospitable               B. honest                     C. kind                                    D. mean

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

23. Jack: “Well done! That’s a very nice picture!”- Tom: “_____________”

A. Thanks. It’s nice of you to say so.             B. Wow. That’s incredible.

C.Yes. I think so too.                                      D. Right. I’ve painted anice picture.

24. - Mrs. White: “Thank you very much for helping the disadvantaged children here!”

- The volunteers: “_____________”

A. What a pity!                                               B. It’s our pleasure.    

C.Sorry, we don’t know.                                D. That’s nice of you.