Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Teacher: “Who knows the answers, please ____________ your hand!” 
A. raise                
B. rise                
C.  lift               
D. increase

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
I think buying a new TV is not a problem with him but he should decide __________ it is necessary or not. 
A. whether              
B. when                 
C. if                
D. weather

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:
Ms Thuy doesn't mind taking care for disabled children.
A. doesn't mind
B. taking
C. for
D. disabled

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
about                        sound                       famous                         count
A. about                        
B. sound                       
C. famous                         
D. count

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
Although she is rich, she can t afford to buy the car.
A. She doesn’t have enough money to buy the car she likes.
B. Rich as she is, she can’t afford to buy the car.
C. The car is too expensive for her to buy.
D. She wants to buy the car but it costs a lot.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
basketball                 diploma                 champion                  evidence
A. basketball                
B.  diploma                 
C. champion                  
D. evidence

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 
bank                    romance                       fancy                      famous
A. bank                    
B. romance                       
C. fancy                      
D. famous

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
____________ is a kind of music, emerging in the early 1900s, usually with a strong beat and simple tunes, created with electrical or electronic equip¬ment and easy to listen to and remember.
 
A. Classical                  
B. Pop                  
C. Rock                
D. Rock-’n-’roll

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning to the root one:
Why don’t you go out for a picnic with him?
A. If I were you, I would go out for a picnic with him.
B. Do you want to go out for a picnic with him?
C. I want to ask you why you don’t want to go out for a picnic with him.
D. I’d like to know the reason why you don’t want go out for a picnic with him.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
record                      acute                       country                      participate
A. record                      
B. acute                       
C. country                      
D. participate