Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
Question 1:
- a. events
- b. spirit
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c. Asian
- d. silver
Question 2:
- a. gold
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b. region
- c. organize
- d. game
Question 3:
- a. trained
- b. proved
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c. impressed
- d. performed
Question 4:
- a. competitor
- b. medal
- c. level
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d. development
Question 5:
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a. honor
- b. high
- c. host
- d. hold
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
Question 6: Vietnam was host country of the 22nd SEA Games.
- a. a
- b. an
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c. the
- d. Ø
Question 7: The 22nd SEA Games Mascot is Golden Buffalo.
- a. a
- b. an
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c. the
- d. Ø
Question 8: To prepare for the 22nd SEA Games, Vietnam carried out _____ intensive program for the athletes.
- a. a
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b. an
- c. the
- d. Ø
Question 9: How many ______ took part in the 22nd SEA Games?
- a. compete
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b. competitors
- c. competition
- d. competitor
Question 10: The second part of the program in the 22" SEA Games opening ceremony was named “ _____ for Peace”.
- a. Cooperate
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b. Cooperation
- c. Cooperative
- d. Cooperatively
Question 11: The ______ wanted to reduce the breadth of the games, with many events currently having small fields and weak competition.
- a. organize
- b. organization
- c. organizable
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d. organizers
Question 12: In 2006, Viet Nam made a deep impression _____ other countries in the region by successfully hosting the Southeast Asian Student Sport Festival.
- a. with
- b. for
- c. in
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d. on
Question 13: The Southeast Asian Student Sport Festival is the biggest sport event ______ the youths in the region.
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a. for
- b. on
- c. in
- d. of
Question 14: At his last attempt the athlete was successful _____ passing the bar.
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a. in
- b. for
- c. with
- d. on
Question 15: The number of Vietnamese sport officials and referees of international standard taking part in regional tournaments has increased rapidly.
- a. hosting
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b. participating
- c. achieving
- d. succeeding
Question 16: At the 23rd SEA Games, Viet Nam proved its position in the region by ______ third behind the host - the Philippines and second-ranked Thailand.
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a. finishing
- b. playing
- c. preparing
- d. performing
Question 17: In the 22nd SEA Games in 2008, the country _______ the competition with 340 medals, including 156 golds, 91 silvers and 93 bronzes.
- a. defended
- b. cost
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c. topped
- d. ranked
Question 18. To improve its athletes’ ____ Viet Nam has regularly exchanged delegation of sport officials, coaches, referees and athletes with other countries.
- a. team
- b. competitor
- c. appearance
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d. performance
Question 19: ______ is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger.
- a. Wrestling
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b. Bodybuilding
- c. Weightlifting
- d. Badminton
Question 20: He is a great sports ______. He rarely misses any sport games although he was busy.
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a. enthusiast
- b. player
- c. energy
- d. programmer
Question 21: As she did so, her parents became ______.
- a. the angriest
- b. the most angry
- c. the more angry
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d. angrier and angrier
Question 22: People should eat _____ and do ________ to reduce the risk of heart disease.
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a. less fat / more exercise
- b. less and less fat / the more exercise
- c. the less fat / the more exercise
- d. fatter / more exercise
Question 23: He spent a year in India and loves spicy food. _____ the food is, _____ he likes it.
- a. The hotter / the more and more
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b. The hotter / the more
- c. The more and more hot / the more
- d. The hottest / the most
Question 24: Of course you can come to the party. _____.
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a. The more the merrier
- b. The more and the merrier
- c. The more and merrier
- d. The more and more merrier
Question 25: I feel _____ I did yesterday.
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a. much more tired than
- b. many more tired than
- c. as many tired as
- d. as more tired as
Question 26: She is ____ a spectator.
- a. more an athlete than
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b. more of an athlete than
- c. an athlete more than
- d. an athlete of more than
Question 27: His house is _____ mine.
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a. twice as big as
- b. as twice big as
- c. as two times big as
- d. as big as twice
Question 28: _____ live in Ho Chi Minh City than in the whole of the rest of the country.
- a. As much as people
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b. More people
- c. Asmany as people
- d. People more
Question 29: It gets ______ to understand what the professor has explained.
- a. the more difficult
- b. more difficult than
- c. difficult more and more
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d. more and more difficult
Question 30: You must drive slower in built up areas. ______ you drive in the city, it is ______ that you will have an accident.
- a. The faster and faster / the more probable
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b. The faster / the more probable
- c. The more and more fast / the more and more probable
- d. The more fastly / the probable
Error Identification.
Question 31: The Southeast Asian Games, also knowing as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current eleven countries of Southeast Asia.
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a. knowing
- b. biennial
- c. involving
- d. of Southeast Asia
Question 32: The SEA Games are under regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supervision by the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia.
- a. are
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b. under regulation
- c. with
- d. supervision
Question 33: The proposed rationale was that a regional sports event will help promote cooperative, understanding and relations among countries in the Southeast Asian region.
- a. was that
- b. will help
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c. cooperative
- d. among
Question 34: The first SEA Games were held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 12 to 17 December, 1959 comprising more and more 527 athletes and officials from Southeast countries participating in 12 sports competitions.
- a. were held
- b. from 12 to 17
- c. comprising
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d. more and more
Question 35: The next host for the SEA Games is Laos. It is Laos’ the first time as the host for the biannual games.
- a. The next
- b. It is
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c. the first
- d. the host
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
The 23rd Southeast Asian Games were held in the Philippines from November 27th to December 5th in 2005. The games were participated by the eleven nations of Southeast Asia. This was the first time that the opening and closing ceremonies were held in a large open field, despite the fact that Manila has many stadiums. The organization decided to hold the games at an open space to accommodate the large number of participants and spectators. As a result, the 2005 SEA Games ranked as having the largest audience - 200,000 people - during the opening and closing ceremonies. These games were also noted for having the most number of delegates in the history of the SEA Games. In the end, all participating countries received medals.
Events in men’s football actually started on November 20th, prior to the opening ceremony. Water polo events began on November 21st, women’s football on November 23rd, sailing on November 26th, and tennis on November 26th.
The first gold medal of the games was awarded to Singapore on November 25th when their water polo team came out undefeated during the round-robin tournament round. The Philippine team took the silver medal in that event, and Malaysia brought home the bronze.
The Games were also considered a valuable opportunity for athletes to gain competition experience and preparation for the upcoming Asian Games and. Olympic Games. It was purposely created to strengthen friendship, solidarity and understanding among neighboring countries in the region.
This was the third SEA Games to be hosted by the Philippines. The last two times the Philippines hosted the games were in 1981, and again in 1991. There were 1,461 medals awarded, 444 of which were gold, 434 were silver, and 583 were bronze.
Question 36: Up to now, the Philippines has hosted the SEA Games _____ times.
- a. 2
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b. 3
- c. 4
- d. 5
Question 37: According to the first paragraph, _____.
- a. the opening and closing ceremonies were hold in the stadiums of Manila
- b. only four of eleven participating countries got medals
- c. the 23rd SEA Games had been over by the end of November, 2005
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d. the number of audience in the 23rd SEA Games was about 200,000 people
Question 38: Which sport was first competed in the 23rd SEA Games?
- a. Water polo
- b. Tennis
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c. Men’s football
- d. Sailing
Question 39. Which was not mentioned in the 23rd SEA Games?
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a. Peace
- b. Friendship
- c. Solidarity
- d. Understanding
Question 40: Which country got the first gold medal in the 23rd SEA Games?
- a. Vietnam
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b. Singapore
- c. The Philippines
- d. Malaysia
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
That is a program of Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union to (Question 41) _____ individuals, domestic and foreign organizations buy and use bicycles during the time (Question 42) _____they enjoy the SEA Games 22 in Ho Chi Minh City then donate the bicycles to poor children.
Preparing (Question 43) _____ this program, the Organizing Committee has signed a (Question 44) _____ Ss with Martin — a bicycle-making firm — to purchase 1,000 bicycles, at prices from 850,000 to 1,000,000 VND per bicycle - 10% (Question 45) _____ than market prices, with nearly 20 different models. In the mid of November, The Organizing Committee will announce, promote, and (Question 46) _____ the program “SEA Games Iron Horses - For Poor Children” through (Question 47) _____ at airport, on buses, taxis, at information desks, posters, banners, newspapers, and websites of city Youth Union. Besides 1,200 volunteers (Question 48) ______ the SEA Games 22, the Organizing Committee also recruits 100 active volunteers for this program to handle the handover and receiving bikes, instructing participating tourists, giving (Question 49) ______ to questions through hot lines.
This program both conveys practical significance and helps international friends to understand further the nation and people of Viet Nam as well as strengthen the friendship and (Question 50) _____ among nations.
Question 41:
- a. require
- b. contribute
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c. encourage
- d. raise
Question 42:
- a. where
- b. which
- c. that
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d. when
Question 43:
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a. for
- b. on
- c. of
- d. about
Question 44:
- a. document
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b. contract
- c. letter
- d. report
Question 45:
- a. low
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b. lower
- c. the lower
- d. the lowest
Question 46:
- a. public
- b. publicly
- c. publicizing
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d. publicize
Question 47:
- a. book
- b. tickets
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c. leaflets
- d. sheets
Question 48:
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a. serving
- b. taking
- c. running
- d. hosting
Question 49:
- a. enquiries
- b. letters
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c. responses
- d. demands
Question 50:
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a. cooperation
- b. participation
- c. achievement
- d. success