Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
Part A. PRONUNCIATION AND VOCABULARY
I. Phonetics: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest (1point).
1. A explored
B. delighted
C. composed
D. fastened
2. A. emotions
B. fines
C. crops
D. features
3. A. serene
B. solemn
C. jellyfish
D. endanger
Pick out a word which is stressed on different position from the others.
4. A. powerful
B. comedy
C. variety
D. stimulate
5. A. ordinary
B. solemn
C. altitude
D. communicate
II. Vocabulary. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence: (1points).
6. Van Mieu was representative of Confucian ways of thought and behavior.
A. traditional
B. typical
C. memorial
D. cultural
7. The stone stelae were_______ with the name of the doctor laureates.
A. written
B. cut
C. designed
D. engraved
8. The collection has been sold to the British Museum where it will be_______ for the nation.
A. conserved
B. existed
C. preserved
D. impressed
9. She felt intense fear mingled_______ excitement.
A. in
B. to
C. of
D. with
10. Hoi An is famous tourist attraction with many_______ sites.
A. royal
B. natural
C. cultural
D. attractive
III/Complete the passage with appropriate words from the box. (1point).
short, short, comic, character, moustache, terrifying
Charlie Chaplin was an English film actor and director who did most of his work in the US. Most people consider him the greatest (11)_______ actor of the silent cinema. He appeared in many of his films as the best- known (12)_______ he created, a poor man with a small (13)_______ and trousers and shoes that are too big for him, causing him to walk in a funny way. He made many (14)_______ comedy films, such as The Kid ( 1921), and several longer
Films, such as City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936), which combined comedy with social and political comments. He was made a (15)_______ in 1975.