Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words?. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.. Pick out the word whose und
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Ex1 Match the sentences Use relative pronouns: Who, which
1 He’s the man He painted my house
2 What is the name of the boy? He phoned you
3 What’s happened to the money? It was on my desk
4 They’re the people They offered Sue a job
5 The car has now been found It was stolen
6 She’s the person She gives me a lift to work
7 The lock has now been repaired It was broken
8 Most of the people are nice They work in my office
9 This is the sweater I bought it on Sunday
10 The people have moved They used to live in that house
11 That’s the man His car is a Ferrari
12 The team will be awarded tomorrow Their reports are pretty good
13 The man is a director His dog is sick
14 I don't remember the woman You said you met her at the park last week
15 My dad wants you to come to dinner You were speaking to my dad
16 I don’t remember the boy You said you met him at the schoolyard yesterday
17 I texted to my friend You met my friend last night
18 The child is playing in the yard We see him often
19 He was Jack I met him at the bar yesterday
20 This is the house General Giap lived here
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21 She opened the cupboard She kept her best glasses in there.
22 The children often hang out on Sundays They have much free time then
Ex2 Complete each sentence using who/whom/which/where.
1 We will soon gather at the village the festival is taking place
2 Do you know the name of the tourist came and talked about New Year in
Canada?
3 I’m looking for a book tells about traditional festivals of Asian people
4 I couldn’t go to the show was held in Hoi An last summer
5 This is the photo of the hero our teacher talked about in the lecture
6 My brother has told me about the festival is held in Hue City every two years
7 I recently visited the school .I used to study five years ago
8 I couldn’t understand the dance I saw at the festival last spring
9 I’m really interested in the present you gave me on my birthday
10 Have you seen the photos I took at the camp last week?
Ex3 Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words.
1 a chemical b cshristmas c check d chemistry
2 a egg b notice c cement d receive
3 a occur b furcoat c future d furnish
4 a money b monument c Monday d monkey
5 a realize b devise c surprise d promise
6 a decorate b family c cake d celebrate
7 a Christmas b birthday c festival d sticky
Ex4 Choose the best answer.
1 Last night we came to the show late the traffic was terrible
A although B despite C and D because
2 I lived in Dalat, is one of the most beautiful cities of Vietnam
A who B which C whom D whose
3 The picture I bought was very valuable
A which B who C whom D whose
4 Auld Lang Syne is a song is sung on New Year’s Eve
A whom B which C who D whose
5 I saw the girl helped us last week
A which B whose C who D whom
6 I’m very of my father
A pride B proud C proudly D prouding
7 We often go to the town house
Trang 3A cultural B culture C culturally D culturist
8 She has been as the president of our company
A nominate B nomination C nominated D nominative
9 He often takes part many different charity activities
A on B of C to D in
10 He wants to his room
A decoration B decorate C decorative D decorator
11 People like to play on each other on April Fool’s Day
12 Can you tell me the reason for the Mother’s Day?
A celebrate B celebration C celebrating D celebrated
13 We think that Mother's Day should be celebrated
A nation B nationhood C nationality D nationwide 14 Passover is celebrated in Israel and by all people A Jewish B English C Vietnamese D Japanese 15 he likes chocolate, he tries not to eat it A As B Though C Since D Despite 16 Do you know the man you met yesterday? A whom B who C which D whose 17 Family presents are usually under the tree A to put B putting C put D to be putting 18 Many tourists enjoy festivals in Viet Nam they don’t speak Vietnamese A if B when C though D because 19 I’d like to go to the beach with you I have to finish my housework now A but B because C and D for 20 At Passover, Jewish families eat a special called the Seder A celebration B festival C party D meal 21 If Ba here tomorrow, I will phone you A come B will come C came D comes 22 Mrs Thoa is generous to the poor she is not rich A although B but C however D so Ex5 Use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks ( pray - important - decorated - weeks - hung - custom- banned -
festival ) The Chinese consider the first day of their New Year to be a very (1)
day They celebrate the day irrespective of whether they are rich or poor The Chinese call every year by a new name The Chinese New Year celebration is the most important (2) of the Chinese Usually preparation for the celebration of the new year is made
(3) ahead Cakes of various kinds are made, the houses are cleaned and
(4) A kind of red cloth bearing the words “ prosperity” and Happiness” is (5)
on the walls The children wear new dresses as part of the (6)
Trang 4On the New Year’s day , the members of the family get up early and (7) to Gods for the prosperity and happiness of the family Red packets or “ Li Xi” containing money are given to the youngsters Crackers firing to scare away the evil spirits is part of the celebration but it is (8) by the Government now
Vocabulary:
- irrespective : bất kể - prosperity : sự thịnh vượng
- custom : phong tục
- banned : bị cấm - scare : làm sọ hãi
Ex6 Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
1 Tet is the most important for Vietnamese people (celebrate)
2 During Tet people enjoy special food such as rice cakes (stick)
3 Easter is a festival in many countries (joy)
4 There have been two this week: flower-arranging and rice –cooking (compete)
5 My mother cooked a dish last night (taste)
6 My father is a man who is loved by everyone (consider)
7 Mary is always of her parents (pride)
8 Thu Ha is not satisfied with her for Tet (Prepare)
9 Our team played ……… We lost (success)
10 This man in writing (success) Ex7 Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.
1 A computer B obvious C dependent D acquaintance
3 A plentiful B adequate C relative D electric
4 A promotion B opinion C entertain D distinguish
10 A instead B conserve C innovation D ultimately
Ex8 Finish the second sentences so that it has the same meaning with the first one:
1 Although it rained heavily, we went to Hoa’s birthday party
In spite
2 The owners of the restaurants are usually very rich
The people who
3 Despite his intelligence, he doesn’t study well at school
Even
4 Their wedding was held in a very lovely church
The church in which
5 It was such a cold day that we stayed indoors
The day
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1 Match the sentences Use relative pronouns ( who, whom, that, which, whose )
1 The man turned out to be my friend’s father He sat next to me on the bus
………
2 Don’t open the door There is a red sign of “ Danger” on it
………
3 The young man came to see me about the job His father used to be my neighbor
………
4 That’s the girl Fred and Tom were talking about her
………
5 It was the best movie I’ve seen it this year
………
6 Is this the letter? You wanted me to mail it
………
7 The woman was wearing a green hat I was sitting behind her
………
8 My brother Jack plays the piano very beautifully He has just come back from Australia ………
9 Is that the girl? Her horse won the Derby last week
………
10 The book was too expensive I wanted to buy it
………
2 Complete each sentence using who/whom/which/that.
1 The thought of going home to his family was all ……… kept him happy while
he was working abroad
2 She was probably the hardest working student ………I’ve ever taught
3 Lewis, the man ……… Johnson beat in the last world Championships, has broken the World record
4 Lighting bonfires at this time of the year is a tradition … goes back to the 17th century
5 Ha said something ………I couldn’t hear clearly
6 There was little ……… we could do to help her
7 The Royal Floridian is an express train ………runs between New York and Miami
8 The machine ……….I have to use in my job cost over a million pounds
9 I have a friend ……… ran in the New York Marathon last year
10.The diary Ron kept when he was in prison was sold for 50,000 dollars
3 Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words.
1 A snowstorm B knowledge C show D know
2 A volcano B evolve C solve D love
3 A earthquake B quality C quantity D qualify
4 A book B cook C typhoon D wood
5 A casual B task C forecast D mask
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7 A earth B bean C reach D mean
9 A outside B ring C predict D scientist
10 A severe B selection C eruption D hundred
4 Read the article and choose the best answer Then answer the questions.
Almost a hundred thousand people ………(1) and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923 The earthquake began a minute before noon when the inhabitants of Tokyo ……….(2) their midday meals Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth ………(3) to shake As a result, small fires ………(4) everywhere and quickly spread The fire engines were prevented …………(5) to help because many of the roads ……….(6) to open It was impossible to use firefighting equipment as most of the water pipes …………(7) Consequently , over ninety per cent of the damage ………….(8) by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings Most of those
…………(9) were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the fires which followed If the earthquake had occurred at night while people were sleeping, far fewer would have died
1 A have been killed B were killed C had been killed D would be killed
2 A cooked B were cooking C would cook D had cooked
3 A began B was beginning C begin D used to begin
4 A were breaking down B would break down C have broken out D broke out
5 A from going B to go C for going D he went
6 A had cracked B cracking C crack D were cracking
7 A would burst B had burst C have burst D used to burst
8 A caused B was caused C causing D is caused
9 A who died B died C they died D dying
5 Supply the correct form of the words in brackets
1 We live in ……….London (centre)
2 It’s many years since Mount Vesuvisus last ……….( erupt)
3 A lot of people and buildings were carried along on the ……… wave (tidy)
4 I’m very ……… from my twin girl ( difference)
5 An active ………may erupt at any time (volcanic)
6 The ………….of earthquakes in the world occur around the “ Ring of Fire” ( major)
7 Vietnam is a country with a ………climate ( tropic)
8 Vietnam is rich in ……… resources ( nature)
9 I’m ………of going out alone at night ( scare)
10.The original disks are locked away ……… ( safe)
6 Choose the best answer.
1 Mount Pinatubo, ……….is a volcano in the Philippines , erupted in 1991
A which B who C whom D whose
2 Tornadoes are the funnel-shaped storms can suck up anything ……….is in their path
A who B whom C that D whose
3 We ………since we left school
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4 I’ll bring some raincoats just in case I hope my friend ………… laugh at me
A didn’t B won’t C don’t D haven’t
5 In 1995, a huge earthquake ……….the city of Kobe in Japan
A strike B struck C striking D striked
6 Ninety percent of ………occur around the Pacific Rim known as the “ Ring of Fire”
A earthquakes B typhoons C thunderstorms D tornadoes
7 A ………….is a tropical storm which reaches 120 kilometers per hour
A tsunami B typhoon C thunderstorm D tornado
8 That is the book ………he bought last night
A who B whom C that D whose
9 Easter is a festival ………occur in late March or early April
A which B who C whom D whose
10 Yesterday a hurricane hit the ……… of VungTau City
A coaster B coast C coasting D coastal
11 Nowadays , the ……… can know when a volcano will erupt
A science B scientific C scientists D scientifically
12 The Tsunami ……in December 2004 in south East Asia killed more than
160,000people
A disaster B disastrous C disastrously D disastering
13 Mr Brown is said to be the most famous doctor of the city , has received an award from the Government
14 The students enjoyed the excursion to the city Museum their classmates visited last month
15 The roof under the weight of snow last night
A collapse B collapsing C collapsed D collapses
16 He warned me of the in the forest
A dangers B dangerousness C dangerously D dangerous
17 Pompeii was completely in AD 79 by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius
A to destroy B destroy C destroyed D destroying
18 Many people become because of the natural disasters every year
A homeland B homesick C homeless D homework
19 The professor course I am talking is excellent
20 The day she left was rainy
7 Choose the word that is best fits each of the blank space:
collapsed – earthquake – hardly – disaster – city – inhabitants – above – completely –
under
Trang 8China said today that there was heavy loss of life in the (1) which struck Tangshan city yesterday Survivors said that Tangshan, an industrial (2) of one million people 160 km East of Peking, was (3) destroyed
Observers living in Beijing said it appeared that only a small part of the one million (4) escaped death or injury Many of the men of Tangshan were working in the mines deep (5) the earth’s surface when the (6) occurred Unfortunately, few of these miners have survived A lot of people were also working in the city’s offices Regrettably, most were killed under falling concrete when the building (7)
The Chinese authorities have not yet given any information about the actual number of casualties, but it is thought that tens of thousands of people have been killed (8) a house has been left standing
8 Finish the second sentence that has the same meaning as the root ones
1 Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car
->In spite
2 It may rain on your way home, so take a raincoat with you
->In case
3 That man used to work with me when I lived in New York
->That’s a man
4 The storm destroyed the town completely
->The town
5 Despite his age, Mr Thanh runs five kilometers every morning
->Even
6 You are advised to speak only English during the course
->We want
7 “Why don’t I get a computer?” thought the office manager
The office manager wondered
8 Could you turn the radio down, please?
Would you mind ?
9 How long is it since they bought the house?
When
10 Sitting in a same place so long is uncomfortable
It
9 Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern from those of the others.
4 A decorate B impressive C regular D thunderstorm
5 A battery B appliance C abruptly D behavior
7 A inject B victim C treatment D contact
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9 A minimize B organize C requirement D elevate
Extra-Exercises
I Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
1 "Mum I’ve got 6.00 on the TOEFL test" - "”
A Good way! B You are right C Oh, hard luck! D Good job!
2 Tom: “How did you get here?" - John: “………”
A I came here last night B I came here by train
C The train is so crowded D Is it far from here?
3 China is _ far the most populated country in the world
4 The hotel is beautifully _ in a quiet spot near the river
5 A _ is a cave that is big enough for humans to go inside
6 If I were a superman, I _
A flew B will fly C would fly D fly
7 _ this hand-embroidered picture was expensive, we bought it
8 The light went out while I dinner
A am having B was having C had D have had
9 My friend, _bicycle was stolen last week, has decided to buy a motorbike
10 Son Doong Cave is recognised as _ cave in the world by BCRA
A the larger than B the largest C the larger D the most large
11 I suggest _ some money for poor children
A to raise B raising C raised D raise
II Choose one word (A, B, C or D) whose stress pattern is different from the others
12 A adolescence B multicultural C metropolitan D limestone
III Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
14 A fabulous B administrative C paradise D urban
15 A bilingual B dialect C simmer D pile-up
IV Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that indicate the word/phrase which is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part
16 My father still hasn’t really recovered from the death of my mother.
A looked after B taken after C gone off D got over
17 As a government official, Benjamin Franklin often traveled abroad
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V Read the passage and do the exercises that follow by choosing the corresponding letter (A,B,C or D) of the correct answers.
Cigarettes contain toxic substances like tar and nicitine That is why we often hear people telling us that smoking is harmful to our bodies Smoking weakens our lungs as well as other parts of our body We will not be as active as before and will need more effort to move about
Smoking affects our environment too When we puff, we pollute the environment with smoke This makes our surroundings unpleasant and unclean Since Smoking does not
do any good to us, we should always say no to cigarettes We should advise our loved ones to take sweet instead whenever they feel like taking toxic puff
18 Which word in the passage means” harmful to our body”?
19 Smoking is harmful to us because………
A makes us more active B wastes our more
C weakens our body D makes us move about difficulty
20 Which of the following is a harmful effect of smoking?
C Loss of sense of smell D Lung cancer
21 Which of the following sentences is correct?
A Cigarettes contain a lot of smoke
B Smoking can kill us immediately
C We can help smokers quit smoking easily
D Smoking causes more harm than good to us
22 How can we help a smoker quit his bad habit?
A Give him more money
B Ask him to suck on sweets to replace smoking
C Hide away his cigarettes so that he cannot smoke
D Tell him to stop smoking every day
VI Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each gap in the passage
Homelessness is a problem in many big cities in the world It occurs when a part of
the population does not have any (23) place to call home Hundreds of millions of
people in the world spend at least some time of the year homeless This is an issue that the authorities are trying to (24) However, there are (25) things that each person can do to help those people One of the things that you can do to help the homeless
is to volunteer your time If you have a lot of free time, you might go on an extended trip to help (26) homes or improve an impoverished area Even with just a few hours a week, it is possible to make an impact in your own city You can also sign up to help at a (27) soup kitchen: most cities have a mission of some kind serving food to the homeless and offering temporary shelter
24 A deal with B get over C look through D find out