Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1. A. Monday        B. brother        C. other        D. closer
2. A. break        B. read            C. speak        D. teach
3. A. show        B. ago            C. go            D. wonderful
4. A. cheap        B. teacher        C. school        D. watching
5. A. nothing        B. among        C. potato        D. other
6. A. about        B. surround        C. country        D. counting
7. A. brother        B. come        C. someone        D. volleyball
8. A. student        B. judo        C. uniform        D. computer
9. A. day        B. plane        C. lake            D. tall
10. A. month        B. come        C. mother        D. open
II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences
11. The ________ of the Rio Carnival is the Samba Parade.
A. performance    B. importance        C. best        D. highlight
12. A lot of dancers go to Rio de Janeiro to ________ the Rio Carnival.
A. attend        B. play            C. follow    D. take
13. He forgot to give a ________ before he turned left and got a ticket.
A. signal        B. sign            C. hand    D. light
14. ________ do people do at Burning Festival?
A. How        B. What        C. Which    D. Why
15. Which do you think are ________ festivals?
A. music        B. season        C. artistic    D. harvester
16. I was ________ to learn that the director of that gripping film has won the first prize.
A. interest        B. interested        C. interests    D. interesting 
III. Use the correct form of the word in the brackets to complete the sentences
17. What forms of ________ do you participate in during the festival?       (entertain)
18. Vietnam’s New Year is ________ according to the Lunar calendar.  (celebrate)
19. Do you easily get ________?  (embarrass)
20. I don’t think it is good for young kids to see ________ on TV.   (violent)
21. Are you ________ in football?   (interest)
22. The Chinese New Year marks the  ________ of spring and the start of Lunar New Year. (begin)
23. There were lively New Year ________ all over the town.   (celebrate)
24. Her eyes were wide with ________ lights and red banners.  (excite)
25. Dracula is the best ________ film I’ve ever seen.   (impress)
26. It is ________ in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.  (tradition)
IV. Read the following text and choose the best answer for the questions below.
Vietnamese food culture varies by regions from the North to the South. In Northern Vietnam, food is characterized by light and balanced. Northern Vietnam is seen to be the cradle of Vietnamese cuisine with many notable dishes like Pho, Bun Rieu, Bun Thang, Bun Cha, Banh Cuon, etc. Then, food culture in Northern Vietnam became popular in Central and Southern Vietnam with suitable flavors in each regions. The regional cuisine of Central Vietnam is famous for its spicy food. Hue cuisine is typical Central Vietnam’s food culture. Food in the region is often used with chili peppers and shrimp sauces, namely, Bun Bo Hue, BanhKhoai, BanhBeo, etc. In Southern Vietnam, the warm weather and fertile soil create an ideal condition for planting a variety of fruit, vegetables and livestock. Thus, food in the region is often added with garlic, shallots and fresh herbs. Particularly, Southerners are favored of sugar; they add sugar in almost dishes. Some signature dishes from Southern Vietnam include BanhKhot and Bun Mam.
27. It is considered that Vietnamese cuisine ________.
A. always combines taste and colour             B. originated from the North
C. became more and more popular            D. can be found only in Northern Vietnam
28. What are the features of Northern Vietnamese food?
A. It’s sweet and sour.                B. It’s a bit fatty and salty.
C. It’s light and balanced.            D. It's delicious and healthy.
29. Hue cuisine is notable for its ________.
A. bitter taste        B. colorful food         C. light flavor            D. spicy taste
30. In Southern Vietnam, ________.
A. the warm weather makes it hard to plant fruit and vegetables     B. sugar is often added to dishes
C. people love sweet food                        D. fresh herbs are always used in cooking
V. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one
31.    He kept on working though he was ill.
    A. In spite of was ill, he kept on working.                    B. Although illness, he kept on working.
    C. Despite his illness, he kept on working.                   D. In spite of being illness, he kept on working.
32.    In spite of heavy rain, my brother went to work.
    A. In spite it rained heavily, my brother went to work.
    B. Although it rained heavily, my brother went to work.
    C. Although of heavy rain, my brother went to work.
    D. Despite it rained heavily, my brother went to work.
33.    He is very rich, but he isn’t very happy.
    A. Although he is very rich, he isn’t very happy.      B. Because he is very rich, but he isn’t very happy.
    C. Although he is very rich, but he isn’t very happy.D. Although he isn’t very rich, but he is very happy.
34.    That's the man. I told you about him yesterday.
    A. That's the man about that I told you yesterday.           C. That's the man I told you yesterday.
    B. That's the man about whom I told you yesterday.       D. That's the man whom I told you yesterday.
35.    The children laughed a lot because of the funny story.
A. The children laughed because of the story funny.      C. The children laughed because the story is funny.
    B. The children laughed because it was funny.            D. The children laughed because the story was funny.
36.    The people watched the game. None of them will ever forget it.
    A. Nobody who watched the game will forget it.
    B. None of the people that watched the game will ever forget it.
    C. Nobody that watched the game will ever forget it.
    D. The people watched the game none of whom will ever forget it.
37.    When I was a young girl, chocolate was one of my favourites.
    A. When very young, I like eating chocolate cakes.
    B. Being a little girl, I like chocolate.
    C. Chocolate used to be a favorite of mine when I was a young girl.
    D. My favourite was chocolate as was a little girl.
38.    Even though it was raining heavily, the explorers decided to continue their journey.
    A. If it had rained heavily, the explorers would not have continued their journey.
    B. The heavy rain could not prevent the explorers from continuing their journey.
    C. It rained so heavily that the explorers could not continue their journey.
    D. The explorers put off their journey due to the heavy rain.
39.    This year will be difficult for this organization because ________.
    A. it has less money and fewer volunteers than it had last year
    B. they have less money and volunteers than they had last year
    C. the last year it did not have as few and little volunteers and money
    D. there are fewer money and volunteers that in the last year there were
40.    The girl just said hello. She is Tom's youngest sister.
    A. The girl saying hello is Tom's youngest sister.
    B. The girl just said hello is Tom's youngest sister.
    C. The girl, who just said hello, is Tom's youngest sister.
    D. The girl who just said hello is Tom's youngest sister.