I. Which word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently? 1. A woke B worry C wrote D won't 2. A head B bed C pretty D better 3. A natural B nature C native D nation 4. A describe B title C licence D little 5. A learn B heart C earth D search II. Which word in each group that has the different stress? 6. A. solidify B. surgery C. military D. deafness 7. A stagnant B wholesale C submit D labour 8. A renovate B committee C tomorrow D proposal 9. A apologise B photography C inhabitant D optimistic 10. A multiply B inflation C argument D intimate III. Choose the best answer : 11. He has progressed _____ in learning English that I can hardly keep up with him. a. so rapid b. so rapidly c. very rapidly d. too rapidly 12. Were you pleased with the translation?” – “Yes, the job was ______.” a.amazing satisfactory b.amazing satisfactorily c.amazingly satisfactory d.amazingly satisfactorily 13. To be a scientist, you shoud have a ______ about scientific subjects. a.curiosity b.knowledge c.discovery d.lecture 14. _____ Bill _____ Mary is going to the play tonight. a. Neither / nor b. Both / and c. Either / nor d. Neither / or 15. Were I to have a vacuum cleaner, I ___________so slow. A won’t be B wouldn’t be C wouldn’t have been D hadn’t been 16. His shoes need . A. repaired B. to be repaired C. repairing D. A or C 17. He couldn't answer my questions, . made me disappointed A. which B. what C. that D. this 18. At Trang Tien Plaza not many people take the staircases, but the lifts are in constant ________. A. usage B. purpose C. need D. use 19. His passion is reading books. He loves all kinds of books, science fiction in ________. A. depth B. particular C. fact D. short 20. Never .……… too much wine. A.drink B. have drunk C. to drink D. drinking 21. She's a law student and she_______ for four years now. A. studies B. is studying C. has been studying D. studied 22. . Look! The yard is wet. It last night. A. must rain B. couldn't have rained C. must have rained D. should have rained 23. He needed $ 800 but as his capital was ___________up in shares he borrowed it from his bank. A tied B bond C knotted D locked 24. She opened the packet and emptied the ___________into a saucepan. A fullness B insides C contents D refills 25. Tell your brothers to come ___________, because it is going to rain in a minute. A indoors B outdoors C within D inwards 26. The girl’s father ___________to buy her car if she passed her examination A admitted B accepted C agreed D approved 27. The girl in the shop was ___________how to use a new kind of electric cooker A proving B establishing C exposing D demonstrating 28. In China an ancient medical treatment ___________as acupuncture is sometimes used during surgery. A know B known C knowing D knows 29. “ Sandra is a miserable person” – “ of course she is. She is jealous ___________everyone A about B with C to D of 30. It's the English grammar puzzles me most. A. which B. that C. whom D. what 31. Would you mind . me how to work the lift ? A. show B. to show C. showing D. shown 32. Please have the watchman this conference hall. A swept B. sweep C. sweeping D. to sweep 33. He got an excellent grade in his examination the fact that he had not worked particularly hard . A on account of B. Because C. In spite of D. Although. 34. “I understand you don’t like opera.” “… , I go at least once a month.” a. On the contrast b. In contrary c. On the contrary d. In the contrast 35. “Who did you invite to dinner?” “No one ………than Frank and his family.” a. rather b. except c. besides d. other 36. We intend to …… with the old system as soon as we have developed a better one. a. do up b. do away c. do down d. do in 37. ………….the phone rang later that night did Anna remember the appointment. a. no sooner b. only c. not until d. just before 38. “This traffic is terrible!” “You’re right. People should ……” a. less use their cars b. use less their cars c. use their cars less d. their cars use less 39. When he was running across the field, he ___________a log A fell down B fell over C fell off D fell into 40. I saw him ___________dead by the soldier. A shooting B shoot C to shoot D shot IV.Mistake recognition : 41.She is indeed (A) grateful (B) for (C) you for (D) your help 42.According with (A) my professor, we must make (B) three book reports (C) before (D) the end of the semester. 43. Geologists (A) at the Hawaiilian Volcano Observatory rely(B) on a number (C) of instruments to studying (D) the volcanoes in Hawaii. 44. The (A) interested (B) lecture will be repeated (C) next week (D). 45. The most people (A)still believe that marriage (B) and family life (C) are (D) the basis of our society. 46. As many as (A)50 percent of the income from motion pictures produced(B) in the United States comes from (C) marketing the films abroad(D). 47. Sleep is controlled(A) by the brain (B)and associated by (C) characteristic breathing(D) rhythms 48. George Gershwin was an American composer whose (A) concert works joined (B) the sounds of Jazz with(C) them(D) of traditional orchestration. 49. As(A) secretary of transportation from 1975 to 1977, William Coleman worked to help (B)the bankrupt railroads in the northeastern United States solved(C) their financial (D) problems. 50. Talc, a(A) soft mineral with a variety(B) of uses, sold is (C)in slabs or in powdered form(D). V. Read the 3 following passages and circle the best answer A, B, C or D. A)To a European, money means power, the freedom to do as he likes, which also means that, consciously or unconsciously, he says: “I want to have as much money as possible myself and others to have as little money as possible.” In the United States, wealth was also acquired by stealing, but the real exploited victim was not a human being but poor Mother Earth and her creatures who were ruthlessly plundered. It is true that the Indians were expropriated or exterminated, but this was not, as it has always been in Europe, a matter of the conqueror seizing the wealth of the conquered, for the Indian had never realized the potential riches of his country. It is also true that, in the Southern states, men lived on the labor of slaves, but slave labor did not make them fortunes; what made slavery in the South all the more inexcusable was that, in addition to being morally wicked, it didn’t even pay off handsomely. Thanks to the natural resources of the country, every American, until quite recently, could reasonably look forward to making more money than his father, so that, if he made less, the fault must be his; he was either lazy or inefficient. What an American values, therefore, is not the possession of money as such, but his power to make it as proof of his manhood; once he has proved himself by making it, it has served its function and can be lost or given away. In no society in history have rich men given away so large a part of their fortunes. A poor American feels guilty at being poor, but less guilty than an American renter who had inherited wealth but is doing nothing to increase it; what can the latter do but take to drink and psychoanalysis? 1. Which of the following can be concluded from the first paragraph? A. Those who have a lot of money enjoy real freedom. B. Money is made either consciously or unconsciously. C. Some European acquire money and power without even being conscious of it. D. Some people not only want to get rich but wish others to be poor. 2. To an American, money means ………… A. The freedom to do whatever he likes B. proof of ability and manhood C. diligence and efficiency D. both B and C 3. The author seems to believe that the natural resources in the U.S. are ………… A. poor B. limited C. rich D. on the increase 4. In the passage, the word “fortunes” (Para.2 and 3) is used twice. What does it mean? A. luck B. good opportunities C. wealth D. power 5. In the author’s opinion, an American renter ………… A. should feel more guilty than a poor American B. should feel content with this inherited wealth C. is even lazier and more inefficient than a poor American D. will take to drink if he does nothing to increase his wealth B)English has for more than a century and a half (1) ________ called a world language. The number of people who speak it as their mother tongue, has been estimated at between three hundred million (2) ________ four hundred million. It is recognized as an (3) ________ language in countries (4) ________ 1.5 billion people live. In China, the importance (5) ________ to learning English is such that a televised teaching course drew audiences (6) ________ to 100 million. But this spread of English throughout the world is relatively recent. In the late sixteenth century English was spoken by just (7) ________ five million people. The arrival of English in North America was the key step in its (8) ________ expansion. The United States is a huge commercial market and this has tended to promote the English language in many (9) ________ nations. About eighty per cent of the data stored on the world ‘s computers is believed (10) ________ in English and nowadays insufficient knowledge of English can be a problem in businesses. 1 A being B been C is D be 2 A to B or C and D with 3 A official B office C original D main 4 A which B who C that D where 5 A attached B attaching C attach D which attach 6 A having B on C up D down 7 A below B beneath C less D under 8 A nation– wide B world – wide C country – wide D world– through 9 A others B another C other D various 10 A is B to be C being D that . hard . A on account of B. Because C. In spite of D. Although. 34. “I understand you don’t like opera.” “… , I go at least once a month.” a. On the contrast. lot of money enjoy real freedom. B. Money is made either consciously or unconsciously. C. Some European acquire money and power without even being conscious