I. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. out B. round C. about D. would 2. A. chair B. check C. machine D. child 3. A. too B. soon C. good D. food 4. A. though B. enough C. cough D. rough 5. A. happy B. hour C. high D. hotel II. From each number, pick out one word which has the stress on the first syllable. 1. A. region B. comprise C. Malaysia D. compulsory 2. A. association B. Buddhism C. divide D. together 3. A. enjoy B. religion C. Hinduism D. population 4. A. Chinese B. although C. instruction D. currency 5. A. primary B. religion C. tropical D. friendliness III. Choose the word or the phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished sentence below or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase. 1. _________Kuala Lumpur, Ha Noi is a busy modern city A. As B. Such as C. Like D. Similar 2. The _________destroyed the Central Bank A. famine B. strike C. capitalism D. earthquake 3. I reserved a table for two, at eight o’clock. A. set B. bought C. booked D. put 4. Football, chess, and tennis are _________. A. matches B. games C. plays D. athletics 5. The manager _________ the man to return to work immediately. A. insisted B. suggested C. demanded D. ordered 6. I wish I ___________his name. A. knew B. know C. will know D. would know 7. If you have a map along, You ________ get lost. A. will B. will not C. wouldn’t D. would 8. I told her she could stay with us. That’s what I ___________. A. said to her B. said her C. told to her D. told 9. He told me he couldn’t go to sleep. That’s what he ________. A. said me B. talked to me C. told to me D. said to me 10. The English student acts as if he _________Vietnamese perfectly. A. knows B. knew C. had know D. will know 11. Over the next few days, the girls _______Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum. A. will visit B. visited C. are visiting D. visits 12. When did you _______see him? A. recently B. already C. last D. lately 13. The car went ________full speed. A. with B. for C. to D. at 14. Linguistics is the science of _________. A. medicine B. economics C. languages D. mathematics 15. Let’s have dinner, ________? A. will he B. shall we C. won’t we D. shan’t we 16. I came ________ an old friend on the street yesterday morning. A. over B. across C. down D. in 17. Will you see ______ Mr. Nam at Tan Son Nhat airport tomorrow morning? A. over B. down C. off D. in 18. Minh’s father often take him ______ the park every summer. A. on B. to C. in D. after 19. He _______his father in many ways. A. takes over B. takes down C. takes on D. takes after 20. I’ll pick you ________at your hotel next Monday. A. on B. off C. at D. up 21. Your hat doesn’t go ________your clothes. A. up B. with C. of D. down 22. The plane will ________ at 06.30 so you must be there at 06.00. A. take after B. take down C. take off D. take up 23. The thieves waited until it was dark enough to ___________his house yesterday. A. broke into B. broke out of C. broke away D. broke through 24. The bomb missed it mission then __________. A. went down B. went off C. went through D. went away 25. The earth is a(n) ___________. A. satellite B. state C. planet D. star 26. I borrowed this coat _________my father. A. from B. to C. at D. by 27. If you need an extra bed for your guest, you can use one of __________. A. our B. us C. ours D. we 28. We went by car but the children went _________foot. A. on B. by C. to D. with 29. Buddhism is an __________. A. group B. religion C. association D. imagination 30. Lan ________the peaceful atmosphere while Maryam was praying. A. enjoying B. has enjoyed C. enjoyed D. enjoy 31. I wish I ______ you some money for your rent, but I am broke myself A. can lend B. would lend C. could lend D. will lend 32. There are several books by Hemingway on this __________. A. shelf B. platform C. cupboard D. support 33. I was so tired that I ________asleep in the chair. A. got B. felt C. went D. fell 34. The players ________to be there at 3 o’clock. A. told B. were told C. have told D. tell 35. Do you ______me say this in class? A. let B. allow C. permit D. mind 36. He forced all his children ________hard till midnight. A. to study B. studied C. study D. studying 37. I am always _________for school. A. on time B. in time C. at time D. out of time 38. I was having a rest when the volcano_________. A. exhibited B. exhausted C. exhaled D. erupted 39. We _________ an English exercise. A. are doing B. did C. have done D. all are correct 40. He usually worn a pair of glasses. A. He no longer wears a pair of glasses. B. He used to wear a pair of glasses. C. He doesn’t wear a pair of glasses anymore D. All are correct 41. They wanted to know if the woman had died of the rare _________. A. illness B. pain C. ache D hurt. 42. “ I wish I _________stay longer,” Maryam said to Lan at the end of the week A. could B. can C. will D. may