Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. solar                             B. perform                           C. enormous                      D. boring

2. A. reversed                      B. walked                             C. stopped                           D. obeyed

Choose 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. pumpkin                      B. parade                              C. gather                             D. traffic

4. A. believe                         B. hotel                                 C. prefer                              D. happen

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

5. Sunlight is converted _________ electricity by each solar cells in the panels.

A. in                                  B. with                                  C. into                                 D. to

6. Not many people went to see the film. _________ it received good reviews from critics.

A. However,                    B. Although                          C. Despite                           D. Because

7. A jet pack doesn’t ______ up a lot of space.

A. have                             B. bring                                C. take                                 D. occur

8. At this time next Tuesday, the children _________ “Tom and Jerry” on TV.

A. will watch                   B. will be watching            C. will not be watching    D. watch

9. He thinks elephants are _________ animals.  

A. fascinating                  B. fascinated                        C. fascinates                       D. fascinate

10. Lan ________ in Ha Noi when I was young, but now she doesn’t.

A. be used to living       B. used to live                     C. didn’t use to live          D. get used to living

11. A new hydropower station ______ in the North of the country next year.

A. was built                     B. were built                       C. will be built                   D. has been built

12. Energy can be ________ from wind, hydro and nuclear power.

A. invested                      B. installed                          C. replaced                         D. generated

13. “Should I use public transport or a bike to reduce carbon dioxide?” – “____________”

A. Of course. It helps to reduce your carbon footprint, you know.

B. Why not? It will harm the environment.

C. I won’t advise you to do so.

D. How about taking your car?