Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
Question 1:
- a. exciting
- b. mind
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c. tourism
- d. worldwide
Question 2:
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a. gate
- b. banyan
- c. citadel
- d. area
Question 3:
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a. harbour
- b. our
- c. south
- d. sound
Question 4:
- a. colony
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b. dynamic
- c. industry
- d. tiny
Question 5:
- a. question
- b. culture
- c. picture
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d. international
Select the best option to complete the sentences:
Question 6: His house is ____ mine. They have the same size.
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a. as big as
- b. so big as
- c. bigger than
- d. the biggest
Question 7: Her watch Is ____ yours. Hers is 300 dollars and yours is 200 dollars only.
- a. cheaper than
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b. more expensive than
- c. as expensive as
- d. the cheapest
Question 8: The film is _____ the one I saw last Friday.
- a. so interesting as
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b. less interesting than
- c. fewer interesting than
- d. much interesting than
Question 9: Gas is _____ it was several years ago.
- a. as twice expensive as
- b. more expensive twice than
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c. twice as expensive as
- d. expensive more than twice
Question 10: That exam paper is ____ they expected.
- a. more easily than
- b. more easy than
- c. more easier than
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d. easier than
Question 11: Let’s go by bus. I think it’s ____.
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a. much cheaper
- b. more cheaper
- c. much cheaper than
- d. more cheaper than
Question 12: ____ they get, ____ they are.
- a. The older / the more happy
- b. The more old / the happier
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c. The older / the happier
- d. The more old / the more happy
Question 13: ____ money I earn, ___ I live.
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a. The more / the better
- b. The many / the better
- c. The more / the more good
- d. The many / the more good
Question 14: It he were ____, he’d marry that lady.
- a. more younger
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b. any younger
- c. much older than
- d. older than
Question 15: What was ___ vacation they've ever had?
- a. most enjoyable
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b. the most enjoyable
- c. the more enjoyable
- d. more enjoyable
Question 16: No new business can flourish in the present economic conditions.
- a. continue
- b. engrave
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c. grow well
- d. witness
Question 17: I more or less finish reading the book.
- a. can hardly
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b. almost
- c. nearly the most
- d. only
Question 18: The new dictionary gives us ____.
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a. more information than the old one
- b. more information than the old
- c. information more than the old one
- d. information much more than the old one
Question 19: I spend ____.
- a. time on homework less than you do
- b. time on homework less than you are
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c. less time on homework than you do
- d. less time on homework than you are
Question 20: ___ that Marie was able to retire at the age of 50.
- a. So successful her business was,
- b. So was her successful business,
- c. Successful was her business so
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d. So successful was her business,
Question 21: We became ___ by his selfish behavior.
- a. more irritated than
- b. much than irritated
- c. much and more irritated
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d. more and more irritated
Question 22: ____ by the flood, the bridge is being rebuilt now.
- a. Was destroyed
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b. Destroyed
- c. Destroying
- d. Be destroyed
Question 23: The little boy ____ by the dog held his mother’s arm tightly.
- a. frighten
- b. was frightened
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c. frightened
- d. frightening
Question 24: Among the students that Mr. Pike has ever taught, Peter is ____.
- a. better
- b. the better
- c. best
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d. the best
Question 25: After he has got his Bachelor Degree, he can earn ____ he used to.
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a. twice as much as
- b. twice as many as
- c. as much twice as
- d. as much as twice
Question 26: Your car is ___ mine.
- a. same with
- b. the same to
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c. the same as
- d. as same as
Question 27: Today, industry turns out ____ products at ____ speed and with ____ labor to meet the demands of the increasing population.
- a. more than / the greatest / least
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b. more / greater / less
- c. as much as / greatest / the less
- d. as many as / more greater / less
Question 28: I have never heard such an exciting story like this before.
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a. This is the most exciting story that I have ever heard.
- b. I have ever heard a lot of exciting story like this.
- c. It is the story that 1s more exciting than I have ever heard.
- d. The story is as exciting as the ones I have ever heard.
Question 29: His new digital camera is ___ that one.
- a. far expensive than
- b. many more expensive than
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c. far more expensive than
- d. much expensive more than
Question 30: I am not so good at Math ____ Mary.
- a. than
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b. as
- c. so as
- d. more than
Find the one mistake (a, b, c or d) in these sentences:
Question 31: The more difficult it is, more harder he tries.
- a. The more
- b. difficult
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c. more
- d. harder
Question 32: You’re the more infuriating person I’ve ever met.
- a. the
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b. more
- c. infuriating
- d. ever
Question 33: He’s a great deal the best boxer in the world.
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a. a great deal
- b. the best
- c. boxer
- d. in the world
Question 34: I would like to go to a school as the one my sister goes to.
- a. would like
- b. to go to
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c. as
- d. the one
Question 35: That garden is as beautiful like the one in the park.
- a. as
- b. beautiful
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c. like
- d. in the park
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer:
Hung Kings' Temple is a complex of majestic buildings Jocated on Nghia Linh Mountain, Phong Chau District, in Phu Tho Province. It consists of Ha Temple and Pagoda, Gieng Temple, Trung and Thuong Temples, and Hung Kings’ Tomb. Two hundred and twenty five steps lie between Dai Mon Gate and Ha Temple, which was built in the 15th century.
According to a legend, Au Co gave birth to a pouch containing 100 eggs, which hatched to produce 100 children. Her husband, Lac Long Quan, led 50 children down to the coastal region to populate the land and propagate the race. Au Co brought 50 children up to the mountainous area. The eldest child, Hung Vuong, become King; he funded the capital in Phong Chau and named the country Van Lang. In front of the Ha temple, there is a 1,000-year-old tree. It is in this temple that President Ho Chi Minh had a talk with the soldiers on their way to Hanoi in 1954. He told them “The Hung Kings had the merit of founding the country. You and I must stick together to safeguard it.” Over 150 steps must be climbed to get to Trung Temple. According to legends, the Hung Kings built this temple as a place to rest and hold political meetings. It is also the place where Prince Lang Lieu presented sticky rice cakes to his father, the King, on the occasion of Tet Holiday. Continuing up the hill is Thuong Temple. It was built by King Hung VI to worship Thanh Giong, a legendary hero who defeated the An invaders of the ancient Chinese dynasty. At the foot of the hill is the well. Ngoc Hoa and Tien Dung, King Hung XVIII's daughters, have been worshipped at this temple. It is said that the two princesses used to comb their hair and look at themselves in the water of this well.
Question 36. Hung Kings’ Temple ____.
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a. is a complex of majestic buildings which consists of several temples
- b. was built in the 15th century
- c. includes forty smaller temples
- d. is a simple and small one
Question 37: Which sentence is NOT true?
- a. Uncle Ho used to visit Hung Kings’ Temple.
- b. King Hung I found the country Van Lang.
- c. According to a legend, Lac Long Quan and Au Co were the parents of King Hung I.
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d. King Hung I did not have any brothers and sisters.
Question 38: The word It refers to ____.
- a. Hung Kings’ Temple
- b. Ha Temple
- c. the tree
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d. an extra subject
Question 39: Thanh Giong, a legendary hero who defeated the An invaders, is worshiped in ____.
- a. Ha Temple
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b. Thuong Temple
- c. Trung Temple
- d. Gieng Temple
Question 40: Prince Lang Lieu presented sticky rice cakes to his father, the King Hung in ____.
- a. Ha Temple
- b. Thuong Temple
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c. Trung Temple
- d. Gieng Temple
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
For those who lived in the Cu Chi tunnels, the life in the tunnels was difficult. Air, food and water were (Question 41) ____ and the tunnels were infested with ants, poisonous centipedes, spiders and mosquitoes. Most of the time, the guerrillas (Question 42) ____ the day in the tunnels working or resting and come out only (Question 43) ___ night to scavenge supplies, tend their crops or engage the enemy in battle. Sometimes, during periods of heavy bombing or American troop movement, they would be forced to (Question 44) ____ underground for many days at a time. Sickness was rampant among the people living in the tunnels; (Question 45) ____ malaria, which accounted for the second largest cause of death next to battle wounds. (Question 46) ____ these hardships, the soldiers managed to wage successful campaigns against a conscripted army that was technologically far superior. The tunnels of Cu Chi allowed guerrilla fighters in their area of South Vietnam to (Question 47) ____ and help prolong the war and increase American costs and casualties until their eventual withdrawal. Nowadays, the tunnels at Cu Chi have been preserved by the government of Vietnam, and turned into a war memorial park. The tunnels are a popular tourist (Question 48) ____, and visitors are invited to crawl around in the safer parts of the tunnel system. Some places of the tunnels have been made larger to accommodate the western tourists, and lights have been installed in several of them to make travelling through them (Question 49) ____, and booby traps have been clearly marked. Underground conference rooms (Question 50) ___ several important campaigns were planned have been restored.
Question 41:
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a. scarce
- b. antique
- c. unique
- d. rare
Question 42:
- a. will spend
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b. would spend
- c. will be spending
- d. will have spent
Question 43:
- a. on
- b. in
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c. at
- d. for
Question 44:
- a. restore
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b. remain
- c. repair
- d. renew
Question 45:
- a. finally
- b. originally
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c. especially
- d. totally
Question 46:
- a. Because
- b. Despite the fact that
- c. Due to
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d. In spite of
Question 47:
- a. establish
- b. memorialize
- c. honor
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d. survive
Question 48:
- a. attract
- b. attractive
- c. attractively
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d. attraction
Question 49:
- a. ease
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b. easier
- c. the most easy
- d. easing
Question 50:
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a. where
- b. which
- c. that
- d. whom