Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
Question 1:
- a. cup
- b. become
- c. consider
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d. city
Question 2:
- a. attract
- b. escape
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c. cancer
- d. victory
Question 3:
- a. again
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b. region
- c. governing
- d. group
Question 4:
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a. knock
- b. kick
- c. skin
- d. look
Question 5:
- a. guide
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b. gene
- c. going
- d. ago
Select the best option to complete the sentences:
Question 6: The train leaves at 8:58, so we ____ be in Scotland by lunchtime.
- a. can
- b. may
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c. will
- d. are going to
Question 7: _____ you read that sign from this distance?
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a. Can
- b. Could
- c. Will
- d. Would
Question 8: We thought they ___ have got home by five o'clock, but there was no reply when we phoned.
- a. could
- b. should
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c. would
- d. were going to
Question 9: Do we have enough paint _____, or should I get some more while I'm out?
- a. to go on with
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b. to be going on with
- c. to be going to go on with
- d. to be able to go on with
Question 10: I ____ have written to her but I haven't had time.
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a. should
- b. shall
- c. may
- d. might
Question 11: There ____ be other problems that we don't know about.
- a. could
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b. may
- c. ought to
- d. is going to
Question 12: I brought him some sandwiches because I thought he ____ be hungry.
- a. should
- b. could
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c. might
- d. would
Question 13: We asked if the computer ____ access the Internet.
- a. had to
- b. ought to
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c. could
- d. was going to
Question 14: I ____ say, you're looking extremely well.
- a. have to
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b. must
- c.may
- d. should
Question 15: I ____ go to Manchester tomorrow on business.
- a. would
- b. ought to
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c. have to
- d. might
Question 16: Football is popular ____ children as well as adults.
- a. to
- b. as
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c. among
- d. along
Question 17: The FIFA World Cup Trophy has been awarded ____ the world champions since 1974.
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a. to
- b. with
- c. against
- d. for
Question 18: My boyfriend intends to have a part time job. He ____ in a restaurant in the summer.
- a. will work
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b. is going to work
- c. works
- d. shall work
Question 19: Next week when there ___ a full moon, the ocean tides ____ higher.
- a. is going to be / are
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b. is / will be
- c. will be / are
- d. be / are going to be
Question 20: Tomorrow we ___ tennis instead of football. Would you like to join us?
- a. play
- b. shall play
- c. will play
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d. are going to play
Question 21: As soon as he ____, l ____ you a phone call.
- a. is going to come / give
- b. will come / am going to give
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c. comes / will give
- d. will come / will give
Question 22: Richard ____ to do many things in the summer and the most important thing to him is that he ____ a trip to Spain.
- a. will plan / makes
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b. has planned / is going to make
- c. is going to plan / will makes
- d. planned / is making
Question 23: If you try these cosmetics, you __ five years younger.
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a. will look
- b. is going to look
- c. are looking
- d. look
Question 24: Play football with us, ____?
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a. will you
- b. are you going to
- c. shall we
- d. do you
Question 25: 1872 is the year when the first international football match was played between Scotland and England.
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a. The first international football match was played in 1872 between Scotland and England.
- b. The first international football match was played between Scotland and England before the year 1872.
- c. It is the year 1872 that played the first international football match between Scotland and England.
- d. In the first international football match was played between Scotland and England that happened in 1872.
Question 26: In the 1950 World Cup, the host nation, ____ , was the runner-up.
- a. it was Brazil
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b. Brazil
- c. that was Brazil
- d. was Brazil
Question 27: _____, France became the champion in the 1998 World Cup.
- a. It was the final match between Brazil and France
- b. As the victory over Brazil in the final match
- c. Play against Brazil in the final match
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d. With the victory over Brazil in the final match
Question 28: By July 2010, the globe _____ 18 World Cup tournaments in all.
- a. is going to witness
- b. will witness
- c. have witnessed
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d. will have witnessed
Question 29: Little Johnny is fond of soccer and being trained to be a footballer. He always hopes that one day he _____ in the national team.
- a. is going to play
- b. plays
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c. will play
- d. will be playing
Question 30: Would you like a drink? — Oh, yes. I ____ a glass of orange juice.
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a. will have
- b. am going to have
- c. would have
- d. am having
Choose the best sentence that can be made from the cues given.
Question 31. School Football Club / announce / there / friendly match / our school team / Tran Hung Dao school team
- a. We, the School Football Club, would like to announce that it is going to be a friendly match between our school team and Tran Hung Dao school team.
- b. The School Football Club was announced that there will be a friendly match between our school team and Tran Hung Dao school team.
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c. The School Football Club would like to announce that there will be a friendly match between our school team and Tran Hung Dao school team.
- d. The School Football Club would like to announce that because there will be a friendly match between our school team and Tran Hung Dao school team.
Question 32. the match / take place / 3pm / Sunday, April 2 / school football field.
- a. The match that is going to take place at 3pm on Sunday, April 2, at the school football field.
- b. As the match is going to take place at 3pm on Sunday, April 2, at the school football field.
- c. Due to the fact that the match is going to take place at 3pm on Sunday, April 2, at the school football field.
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d. The match is going to take place at 3pm on Sunday, April 2, at the school football field.
Question 33: those / want / get tickets / contact / class monitors.
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a. Those who want to get tickets can contact with the class monitors.
- b. To any those who want to get tickets can contact with the class monitors.
- c. Those which want to get tickets can contact with the class monitors.
- d. So as to those who want to get tickets can contact with the class monitors.
Question 34: All / money / we / get / offer / the children / have to suffer / dioxin.
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a. All the money we get will be offered to the children who have to suffer from dioxin.
- b. With all the money we get will be offered to the children who have to suffer from dioxin.
- c. Thank to all the money we get will be offered to the children who have to suffer from dioxin.
- d. All the money we get will be offered to the children have to sufier from dioxin.
Question 35: We / hope / all of you / attend / match / enthusiasm supporters.
- a. We hope that all of you will attend the match and being enthusiasm supporters.
- b. We will hope all of you will attend the match and are enthusiasm supporters.
- c. We are going to hope all of you are going to attend the match and be enthusiasm supporters.
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d. We hope all of you will attend the match and be enthusiasm supporters.
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Ronaldo Luis Nazério de Lima was born on September 22, 1976 in Bento Ribeiro, Brazil. He, simply known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian professional footballer. He holds dual citizenship with Spain. Like many other footballers of his contemporaries, he began to play football in the streets of his neighbourhood. He plays as a striker for Brazil and the Real Madrid Club. Ronaldo’s footballing abilities were first recognised when he was 14. Ronaldo’s speed, dribbling ability and goalscoring instincts have made him into what many people believe to be one of the greatest footballers of all time. He was named by Pele as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. Ronaldo has enjoyed success at the international level, winning the 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cups with Brazil. The 2002 FIFA World Cup, in which he scored two goals against Germany in the final. Ronaldo was the top scorer of the 2002 World Cup with eight goals, helping Brazil win their fifth World Cup title. Later in 2002 he won the World Player of the Year award for the third time. On June 2, 2004, Ronaldo scored an unusual hat-trick for Brazil against Argentina in a qualifier for the 2006 World Cup, scoring all three of Brazil’s goals from the penalty spot. He also equaled Pelé’s Brazilian record of 12 World Cup goals, adding to the four he scored in the 1998 tournament. Ronaldo has won three FIFA World Player of the Year awards (1996, 1997, 2002). Ronaldo and former Real Madrid teammate Zinedine Zidane are the only two men to have won the award three times. Ronaldo became a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador in 2000. “No one should be doomed to a life of poverty, whether by birth or as a consequence of war,” Ronaldo said.
Question 36: Ronaldo ____.
- a. does not play for any other club outside Brazil
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b. has a Spanish citizenship
- c. began to play football in the Real Madrid Club
- d. plays in the position of defender
Question 37: According to the text, ____.
- a. Ronaldo is a amateur footballer
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b. Ronaldo is believed to be one of the greatest footballers of all time
- c. Ronaldo cannot run as fast as other players
- d. Pélé does not appreciate Ronaldo’s talent
Question 38: How many times has Ronaldo played in the World Cup tournaments?
- a. 2
- b. 3
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c. 4
- d. 5
Question 39: How many goals did Ronaldo score in the 2002 World Cup?
- a. 2
- b. 5
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c. 8
- d. 12
Question 40: Ronaldo’s recent FIFA World Player of the Year award was in ___.
- a. 1994
- b. 1996
- c. 1997
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d. 2002
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
Association football, soccer or simply football is a/an (Question 41) ____ sport played hetween two teams each (Question 42) ____ of 11 players and is widely considered to be the most (Question 43) _____ sporting game in the world. It is a ball game played on a rectangular grass field with a (Question 44) ____ at each end. The object of the game is to (Question 45) ____ by kicking or heading the ball into the opposing goal. Not (Question 46) ______ players may use their hands or arms to propel the ball in general play, but the goalkeepers can. The winner is the team that has scored (Question 47) ____ goals at the end of the match. The modern game developed in England (Question 48) _______ the formation of the Football Association, whose 1863 set of rules created the foundations for the (Question 49) ____ the sport is played today. Football is governed internationally by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The most prestigious international football competition is the World Cup, which is also the most widely-viewed sporting (Question 50) ___ in the world.
Question 41:
- a. individual
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b. team
- c. couple
- d. running
Question 42:
- a. competing
- b. including
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c. consisting
- d. eliminating
Question 43:
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a. popular
- b. popularly
- c. populous
- d. popularity
Question 44:
- a. pole
- b. gate
- c. net
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d. goal
Question 45:
- a. eliminate
- b. consider
- c. compete
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d. score
Question 46:
- a. some
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b. any
- c. many
- d. much
Question 47:
- a. more than
- b. less than
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c. more
- d. less
Question 48:
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a. following
- b. holding
- c. scoring
- d. defeating
Question 49:
- a. road
- b. path
- c. street
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d. way
Question 50:
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a. event
- b. trophy
- c. award
- d. penalty