Part 2. PRACTICE
I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. culture B. castle C. future D. statue
2. A. waste B. contaminate C. celebrate C. tradition
3. A. icon B. Ireland C. Scottish D. symbolise
4. A. natural B. climate C. accent D. aquatic
5. A. kilt B. flight C. dioxide D. light
6. A. typhoon B. technology C. physics D. energy
7 A. played B. washed C. passed D. watched
8. A. market B. depart C. card D. scare
9. A. towel B. down C. window D. flower
10. A. food B. cook C. too D. pool
II.Choose the word with different stress pattern
. 1.A economy B. interviewee C. Australia D. America
2. A. seasonal B. national C. Vietnamese D. capital
3. A. attraction B. pollution C. reduction D. kangaroo
4. A. unlimited B. illogical C. conversation D. priority
5. A. technique B. treatment C. guidance D. plastic
III. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.
1. Lan wants to study overseas in an ___ country such as New Zealand, England, Australia, and the US.
A. English-spoken B. English-speaking C. speaking English D. spoken English
2. If the ozone layer is not protected, we ___ from excessive ultraviolet radiation.
A. would suffer B. would have suffered C. suffered D. will suffer
3. This river has been seriously ___.
A.pollution B. pollutant C. polluted D. unpolluted
4.The train that goes to Hornsby ___ in five minutes.
A. departs B. will be departed C. departed D. depart
5. English is spoken by far more people who use it as a foreign or ___ language than those who use it s a mother tongue.
A. native B. original C.first D.second
6.Alexander Graham Bell was a great ……… , who invented the telephone.
A. scientist B. conservationist C. explorer D. developer
7.. ……… is popularly used to enable people from different countries to have meetings. People can watch, and listen to each other through a screen.
A. Emailing B. Texting C. Video conferencing D. Chatting
8. Yuri Gagarin must have …… strong feelings when he completed one orbit around the Earth.
A. seen B. heard C. experienced D. believed
9. She said she chose ……. for one year before entering university.
A. had worked B. to work C. worked D. working
10.The teacher ……….. me that I had better devote more time to science subjects such as physics, chemistry, and biology
. A. said to B. talked to C. spoke to D. told to
11. He has carried out extensive research into …….. energy sources such as the water or wind energy
. A. renew B. renewing C. non-renewable D. renewable
12. He told his classmates that he ………….. a bicycle when he was ten years old.
. A. rode B. could ride C. would ride D. will ride
13. I hope you …………. when I arrive at 8 p.m. today
. A. don’t work B. didn’t work C. won’t be working D. haven’t worked
14.People from other planets may use ……. to communicate, which is not possible for human beings.
A. letters B. landlines C. telepathy D. chat rooms