Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. honest B. hour C. honor D. honey
2. A. beard B. search C. pearl D. heard
3. A. food B. poor C. shoot D. mood
4. A. pudding B. put C. pull D. puncture
5. A. close B. rose C. lose D. chose
II. Choose the words that has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. computer B. obvious C. dependent D. acquaintance
2. A. begin B. village C. column D. ancient
3. A. plentiful B. adequate C. relative D. electric
4. A. promotion B. opinion C. entertain D. distinguish
5. A. destroy B. pressure C. province D. rural
III. Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.
1. People like to play ______ on each other on April Fool's Day.
A. games B. treats C. tricks D. cards
3. The Chinese eat special ____ for the moon festival. They are sweet and are made with a lot of eggs.
A. candies B. sweets C. apple pies D. cakes
4. Janice and Mike are getting married soon. They plan to have a small ______with just a few family members.
A. marriage B. celebration C. anniversary D. wedding ceremony
5. Auld Lang Syne is a song _______is sung on New Year's eve.
A. whose B. who C. which D. whom
6. They must gather the crop before it rains ________September.
A. in B. on C. the D. at
7. ________in half an hour, I shall go alone.
A. If B. Unless C. Because D. When
8. Can you tell me the reason for_______the Mother's Day?
A. celebrating B. celebration C. celebrate D. celebrated
9. We think that Mother's Day should be celebrated_______
A. nation wide B. nationhood C. nationality D. nation
10. We are going to _______the anniversary of our 50 th wedding.
A. celebrate B. celebrated C. celebrating D. to celebrate
11. She cried with _______ when she heard the new. It was her _______ time.
A. joy /joyful B. joyful /joy C. joyfully/ joy D. joy/ joyfully
12. There used to be a military _______in Red Square on 1st May.
A. parade B. festival C. party D. celebration
13. What activities do you want to _______in at school and at the club?
A. take part B. taken part in C. take part in D. took part
14. The _______lady gave her new friend a hug before they said goodbye.
A. gentle B. gently C. gentled D. gentleness
15. He is a generous man. He is _______ known for his generosity.
A. well B. good C. better D. best
16. Its very nice _______ you to say so.
A. of B. on C. in D. at
17. Passover is celebrated in Israel and by all _______ people.
A. Jewish B. English C. Vietnamese D. Japanese
18. Auld Lang Syne is a song _______ is sung on New Year's Eve.
A. which B. whom C. whom D. when
19. Peter, _______, can compose many pieces of music, sings very well.
A. who B. which C. whom D. whose
20_______he likes chocolate, he tries not to eat it.
A. Though B. As C. Since D. Despite
21. Do you know the man _______ you met yesterday?
A. whom B. who C. which D. whose
22. The men and animals _______ you saw on TV were from China.
A. that B. whom C. which D. who
23. Tet is a festival _______ occurs in late January or earl, February.
A. which B. who C. whom D. when
24. They often decorate their houses _______ many beautiful flowers.
A. with B. in C. for D. from
25. Tet is the holiday _______ celebrated in Lunar New Year.
A. which is B. what is C. which was D. what was
26. Lunar New Year is the festival _______ popular in China, too.
A. which was B. which are C. in which D. which is
27. Christmas Day, 25th _______December is the biggest day of the holiday in many countries.
A. in B. on C. of D. at
VII. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following passage:
Christmas is a family (1).... and many of the customs center on children. When they go to bed on Christmas (2)......, children hang up a pillow case or a sack for their presents. (3)....., it should be a stocking, but a stocking wouldn't hold enough to (4).... today's kids.
While the children are (5)....., so the custom goes, Father Christmas or Santa Claus, comes (but (6)... to children who have been good). He travels (7)....the North Pole in a sleigh which is (8)....by reindeer. After landing on the roof, Santa Claus climbs down the (9)....and puts (10)........in the sacks that the children have left out.
1/ A. tradition B. nation C. internation D. celebration
2/ A. Eve B. evening C. morning D. afternoon
3/ A. Actually B. Traditionally C. Fortunately D. Usually
4/ A. become B. celebrate C. satisfy D. enjoy
5/ A. sleep B. asleep C. sleeping D. slept
6/ A. only B. so C. both D. also
7/ A. to B. for C. from D. in
8/ A. pull B. to pull C. pulling D. pulled
9/ A. tree B. chimney C. roof D. reindeer
10/ A. presents B. food C. drinks D. decoration