Mark the letter to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation
Mark the letter to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.
1. A. massive B. immersion C. establish D. rusty
2. A. laughs B. drops C. maintains D. imports
3. A. ranked B. gained C. prepared D. proved
4. A. accent B. dialect C. ability D. variety
Mark the letter to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress.
5. A. bilingual B. contribute C. guarantee D. admission
6. A. compound B. accent C. fluent D. translate
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
7. My friend from India speaks a __________ of English that I sometimes find it hard to understand.
A. language B. dialect C. jargon D. bilingual
8. It is not easy to __________ a foreign language without communicating with the native speakers regularly.
A. translate B. simplify C. master D. challenge
9. Reading helps you learn vocabulary easily as you will ____ new words without even realizing it when you read.
A. pick up B. give up C. face up D. look up
10. Try to__________ the meaning of words rather than going to straight for your dictionary.
A. judge B. guess C. decide D. expect
11. Mike come from a city __________ is located in the southern part of England.
A. where B. who C. when D. that
12. They could understand our conversation if they ________ some English.
A. knew B. would know C. will know D. know
13. She is the woman __________ sister looks after the baby for us.
A. who B. whom C. that D. whose
14. Computers offer a much greater degree of _________ in the way work can be organised.
A. flexible B. flexibility C.flexibly D.inflexible
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
15. Mike: “How about a game of chess?” -John: “__________”
A. I agree B. I don’t mind C. Why not? D. That’s right
16. Nga: “__________” - Nam: “ It’s doesn’t matter.”
A. Sorry, I’m late. B. What a pity! C. It’s very nice. D. Can I help you?
Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting in each of the following sentences:
17. If you left the milk out of the fridge in this weather, it’ll go off.
A B C D
18. Mr. Brown, that teaches me English, is coming today.
A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s).
19. She left school and immediately started to make her own way without help from her family.
A. find her living B. try her living C. hold her living D. earn her living
20. Yes, we went away on holiday last week and it rained once in a blue moon.
A. every day B. occasionally C. often D. usually
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
21. Education is free, but some people pay to send their children to private schools.
A. expensive B. popular C. public D. high
22. Primary education in the United States is compulsory.
A. selective B. optional C. required D. free of charge.
Read the passage and choose the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
I started (23)_____ English when I was 14 years old after five years of studying Russian. In the beginning I encountered some difficulties learning the language, but I tried my (24)_____ to overcome them. Firstly, my English pronunciation was (25)____ by the way I spoke Russian. To solve this problem, I practised by listening to tapes in English every day. I played the tape, stopped after each sentence, and repeated the sentence several times. At school, I joined an English speaking club (26)____ was organised by a teacher from Britain. She understood my difficulty and helped me very much in improving my pronunciation. Secondly, I found it really hard to learn English vocabulary. In Russian, the way you write the word is the way you pronounce it. However, English spelling is often (27) ____ from its pronunciation. To get over this difficulty I started using the dictionary. Whenever I learnt a new word, I looked it up carefully in the dictionary. Then I tried to remember the way to read and write the word. After that, I wrote the word down several ways in a notebook. Gradually, I got used to the spelling system of the language. Now I'm confident that my English has become much better.
23. A. getting B. learning C. writing D. reading
24. A. most B. self C. best D. hard
25.A. effected B. given C. affected D. reflected
26. A. which B. who C. whose D. when
27. A. different B. the same C. far D. differ
Read the passage and mark the letter to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman 5 invasion of 1030. Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and missionary work. 10 Thus, small enclaves of English speakers became established and grew in various parts of the world. As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking, and diplomacy.
Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English. Two-thirds of the world's science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, 20 and over half of these are nonnative speakers, constituting the largest number of nonnative users than any other language in the world.
28. What is the main topic of this language?
A. the French influence on the English language B. the history of the English language
C. the expansion of English as an international language D. the use of English for science and technology
29. Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England?
A. in 1066 B. around 1350 C. before 1600 D. after 1600
30. According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world except___
A. the slave trade B. the Norman invasion C. missionaries D. colonization
31. The underlined word “proliferated” in the passage is closest in meaning to:
A. prospered B. organized C. disbanded D. expanded
32. It can be inferred from the passage that:
A. English first appeared more than a thousand years ago
B. England colonized different parts of the world in early 2nd millennium
C. English is taught in primary schools all over the world
D. English is not the language with the largest native speakers in the world.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning.
33. I’m not good at cooking, so I can’t become a chef.
A. If I were good at cooking, I can become a chef. B. If I were good at cooking, I could became a chef.
C. If I weren’t good at cooking, I can become a chef. D. If I were good at cooking, I could become a chef.
34. She learned a few words of German last month.
A. She picked up a few words of German last month. B. She picked on a few words of German last month.
C. She pick up a few words of German last month. D. She picked up a few words of German since last month.
35. I lent him a book. It was written by Daniel Defoe.
A. The book whose I lent him was written by Daniel Defoe.
B. I lent him a book which it was written by Daniel Defoe.
C. The book that I lent him was written by Daniel Defoe.
D. The book whom I lent him was written by Daniel Defoe.
36. A nutritionist is an expert. A nutritionist studies the relationship between foods and health.
A. A nutritionist is an expert who/that studies the relationship between foods and health.
B. A nutritionist is an expert whom studies the relationship between foods and health.
C. A nutritionist is an expert which studies the relationship between foods and health.
D. A nutritionist is a expert who studies the relationship between foods and health.
37. Do you remember the day? I first met you on that day.
A. Do you remember the day where I first met you? B. Do you remember the day when I first met you?
C. Do you remember the day on which I first met you? D. B and C are correct.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that uses the words given.
38. The English couple / live / next / us / fluent / Vietnamese.
A. The English couple who live next to us are fluent in Vietnamese.
B. The English couple who lives next to us is fluent in Vietnamese.
C. The English couple who live next to us are fluent at Vietnamese.
D. The English couple who lives next to us is fluent at Vietnamese.
39. I / move / new school / English / taught / native teachers.
A. I moved to a new school which English is taught by native teachers.
B. I moved to a new school which English is taught with native teachers.
C. I moved to a new school where English is taught by native teachers.
D. I moved to a new school where English is taught with native teachers.
40. There / a shop / my house / sell / cheap DVDs.
A. There is a shop near my house where sells cheap DVDs.
B. There is a shop near my house which sells cheap DVDs.
C. There is a shop near my house which it sells cheap DVDs.
D. There is a shop near my house where they sell cheap DVDs there.