Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the others:
Question 1:
- a. rough
- b. sum
- c. utter
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d. union
Question 2:
- a. noon
- b. tool
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c. blood
- d. spoon
Question 3:
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a. chemist
- b. chicken
- c. church
- d. century
Question 4:
- a. thought
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b. tough
- c. taught
- d. bought
Question 5:
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a. pleasure
- b. heat
- c. meat
- d. feed
Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others:
Question 6:
- a. understand
- b. engineer
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c. benefit
- d. Vietnamese
Question 7:
- a. applicant
- b. uniform
- c. yesterday
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d. employment
Question 8:
- a. dangerous
- b. parachute
- c. popular
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d. magazine
Question 9:
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a. comfortable
- b. employment
- c. important
- d. surprising
Question 10:
- a. elegant
- b. regional
- c. musical
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d. important
Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.
Question 11. We've corresponded with each other for years but I’ve never meet him.
- a. corresponded
- b. with each other
- c. years
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d. I've never meet
Question 12: The atmosphere over the party were warm and friendly.
- a. The atmosphere
- b. over
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c. were
- d. friendly
Question 13: When I was young, I often go fishing.
- a. When
- b. was young
- c. often
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d. go fishing
Question 14: The traffic used to get much worse now.
- a. The
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b. used to get
- c. much
- d. worse
Question 15: Tom wishes his neighbors don’t make so much noise.
- a. wishes
- b. his
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c. don't
- d. so much
Question 16: We had saw Rose in town a few days ago.
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a. had saw
- b. in town
- c. a few
- d. days
Question 17: The United States, unlike many another countries, receives a large number of immigrants yearly from all over the world.
- a. unlike
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b. another
- c. receives
- d. number
Question 18: It is used to be easy to park in the city center.
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a. is used to be
- b. park
- c. in
- d. city center
Question 19: A rise in the barometric pressure indicate a change of altitude or weather conditions.
- a. rise
- b. pressure
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c. indicate
- d. conditions
Question 20. People used not to the new system yet.
- a. People
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b. used not to
- c. the new
- d. yet
Find the one choice that best completes the sentence.
Question 21: Coffee will not grow ____ a cold climate.
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a. in
- b. on
- c. at
- d. with
Question 22: I know I can ____ on my friends to help me.
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a. depend
- b. divide
- c. carry
- d. call
Question 23: The book is _____ into ten chapters.
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a. divided
- b. formed
- c. changed
- d. shared
Question 24: He made a good ____ on his first day at work.
- a. impress
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b. impression
- c. impressive
- d. impressions
Question 25: I ____ that he was driving a new car.
- a. noted
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b. noticed
- c. notion
- d. noticeabir
Question 26: Cut the cake into eight _____ pieces.
- a. separated
- b. separation
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c. separate
- d. separately
Question 27: This island was once French ___.
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a. territory
- b. terrorist
- c. terrorism
- d. terror
Question 28: The house ____ three bedrooms, a kitchen and a living room.
- a. includes
- b. consists
- c. combines
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d. comprises
Question 29: The new country hopes to establish ___ relations with all its neighbors
- a. friend
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b. friendly
- c. friendliness
- d. friendship
Question 30: The ___ of a murdered dairymaid is said to walk the farmyard at night.
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a. ghost
- b. monster
- c. soul
- d. shade
Question 31: They ____ with leading European scholars.
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a. correspond
- b. correlate
- c. correct
- d. correspondence
Question 32: ‘Did you meet Ann here at the university?’
- ‘No, we when I started college.’
- a. have already met
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b. had already met
- c.. had already been meeting
- d. have already been meeting
Question 33. ‘Would you like to go to the band concert?’
-‘Thanks, but I ____ it already.’
- a. had seen
- b. have been seeing.
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c. have seen
- d. did see
Question 34: ‘What did you do last night?’
-‘I watched TV, practiced the violin, and ____ my homework.’
- a. made
- b. have made
- c. have done
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d. did
Question 35: ‘Why is Teddy so sad?’
‘Because his bird ____ away.’
- a. flown
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b. flew
- c. fly
- d. had flown
Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
An American professor who has studied the Mayas has come up (Question 36) ____ a new theory about the sudden end of their empire. According to Professor Richard Hansen, an archaeologist (Question 37) ___ the University of California; the collapse of the Mayan (Question 38)____ in Central America was (Question 39)_____ about by the Mayas (Question 40) _____.
Their object was to display their wealth and power by making their buildings and decoration as beautiful as (Question 41) ____ This involved using large quantities of lime, which they put (Question 42) ____ the walls to make them smooth. Unfortunately, the creation of lime is a process which requires intense heat, and they (Question 43) ____ had to cut down huge numbers (Question 44) __ trees. This affected the quality of the soil, and it (Question 45) ____ almost impossible to farm.
Question 36:
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a. with
- b. to
- c. for
- d. about
Question 37:
- a. in
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b. at
- c. on
- d. belongs to
Question 38:
- a. civil
- b. civilians
- c. civilize
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d. civilization
Question 39:
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a. brought
- b. turned
- c. came
- d. made
Question 40:
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a. themselves
- b. themself
- c. theirself
- d. theyselves
Question 41:
- a. popular
- b. suitable
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c. possible
- d. available
Question 42:
- a. in
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b. on
- c. for
- d. to
Question 43:
- a. however
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b. therefore
- c. moreover
- d. besides
Question 44:
- a. on
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b. of
- c. for
- d. Ø
Question 45:
- a. become
- b. becomes
- c. has become
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d. became
Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
Of all the natural wonders of the world, few are as spectacular as Niagara Falls. Located on the Niagara River along the border between the United States and Canada, Niagara Falls actually consists of two falls, the American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. The former is on the US side of the border, in the state of New York, while the latter is on the Canadian side. About 85% of the water in Niagara River flows over the Horseshoe Falls, which is the more impressive of the two falls.
About 10 million people visit the falls each year, most during the summer tourist season. Sightseers can ride steamers up close to the boiling water of the falls, or view them from parks on both sides of the river. Niagara Falls has long been a popular honeymoon destination for newlyweds.
Question 46: Which of the following is entirely on the US side of the border with Canada?
- a. Niagara River
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b. American Falls
- c. Niagara Falls
- d. Horseshoe Falls
Question 47: It can be inferred from the passage that Horseshoe Falls ____.
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a. is the larger of the two falls
- b. is the less impressive fall
- c. has 15% of the Niagara River flowing over its edge
- d. is in the state of New York
Question 48: According to the passage, people prefer to visit Niagara Falls in the _____.
- a. spring
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b. summer
- c. fall
- d. winter
Question 49: Which of the following is not true?
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a. According to the passage, Niagara Falls is the most spectacular wonder of the world.
- b. Niagara Falls is located on the Niagara River.
- c. The American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls compose the Niagara Falls.
- d. American Falls is the less impressive of the two falls.
Question 50. In the author judgement, _____.
- a. Niagara Falls is most beautiful during the summer tourist season.
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b. Niagara Falls is a very popular tourist attraction, especially with honeymooners.
- c. American Falls is more beautiful than Horseshoe Falls.
- d. The waters of the two falls is very hot.