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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
3 A talked B watched C lived D stopped
Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B,C, or D) to complete each sentence
6 Lan wishes she _a long vacation
7 He saw that film _7.00 p.m _Sunday
8 You like watching sports, _, Peter?
A do you B aren’t you C don’t you D doesn’t he
9 You shouldn’t eat _ It’s not good for your health
A quick B quickly C fastly D slow
10 Minh got wet _he forgot his umbrella
11 The girl _is standing near the window is my sister
12 We _Nam since he left school
13 Do you mind _me home?
A taking B take C took D to take
14 This building _in 1980
A built B builds C was built D is built
15 She asked me _ at English
A if I was good B if was I good C if I good D if I am good
16 If you _your passport, you will be in trouble
A lost B lose C would lose D losing
17 What’s the name of the man _gave us a gift?
18 The librarian asked us _so much noise
A not to make B no make C not making D don’t make
Trang 219 We have lived in this flat _five years
20 I really enjoyed the disco It was great, _?
A isn’t it B is it C wasn’t it D weren’t it
Choose the underlined part (marked A, B, C or D) that needs correction
21 I look forward to have the resolution to the problem I have mentioned
A B C D
22 They have moved nothing in your room while they sent you to the hospital
A B C D
23 Aren’t you afraid that they will sack you if you didn’t start coming to work on time?
24 I had to drive to the factory to pick up my brother, who’s car wouldn’t start
25 It was not easy for us getting tickets for the concert
A B C D
Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26- 30
The invention of the phonograph happened quite by accident Thomas Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersy in 1876, where he established an industrial research laboratory There, Edison was working on a carbon telephone transmitter to improve the existing Bell telephone system
In that laboratory a year later, Edison invented the phonograph while he was trying to improve a telegraph repeater He attached a telephone diaphragm to the needle in the telegraph repeater; in this way, he was able to reproduce a recording that could be played back After he made some improvements to the machine, he tested it He recited “Mary Had a Little Lamb” into the machine and played his voice back to a very surprised audience
26 What is the best title for the passage?
A Thomas Edison’s many inventions B Improvements in telephone and telegraph
C The History of Menlo Park D An accidental invention
27 In what year did the invention of phonograph occur?
A 1876 B 1877 C 1878 D the article does not say
28 What was Edison working on when he created the phonograph?
A A telegraph repeater B A telegraph diaphragm
C A telephone repeater D A telephone diaphragm
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Singapore is an island city of about three million people It’s a beautiful city with lots of parks and open spaces It’s also a very (31) city
Most of the people (32) in high-rise flats in different parts of the island The business district
is very modern with (33) of high new office buildings Singapore also has some nice older sections
In Chinatown, there (34) rows of old shop houses The government buildings in Singapore are very beautiful and date from the colonial days
Singapore is famous (35) its shops and restaurants There are many good shopping centers Most of the goods are duty free Singapore’s restaurants sell Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and the prices are quite reasonable
32 A live B lives C are living D lived
Choose the correct answer (marked A, B, C or D) to each of the following questions
36 _with you again next summer
A I look forward to staying B She look forward to staying
C I look forward to stay D She looks forward to stay
37 “What are you doing now?”, the teacher asked Tom - The teacher asked Tom _
A what he was doing now B what was he doing then
C what he was doing then D what was I doing then
38 Mary spent _ the countryside last week
A 2 hours travel to B 2 hour to travel C 2 hours travel D 2 hours traveling to
39 I like playing badminton in summer ~ _
A So am I B I do, too C I do so D I like, either
40 Do you mind _?
A if I borrow your car B borrowing your car C to borrow your car D if I borrowed your car
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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1 A thank
2 D pens
3 C lived
4 B leather
5 D recipe
Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence
6 B had
7 D at-on
8 C don’t you
9 B quickly
10 B because
11 A who
12 D haven’t met
13 A taking
14 C was built
15 A if I was good
16 B lose
17 C who
18 A not to make
19 B for
20 C wasn’t it
Choose the underlined part (marked A, B, C or D) that needs correction
21 have => having
22 while => since
23 didn’t => don’t
24 who’s => whose
25 getting => to get
Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26- 30
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32 A live
33 B lots
34 D are
35 D for
Choose the correct answer (marked A, B, C or D) to each of the following questions
36 A I look forward to staying
37 C what he was doing then
38 D 2 hours traveling to
39 B I do, too
40 A if I borrow your car