Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the other.
Question 1:
- a. relax
- b. gather
- c. hamburger
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d. pagoda
Question 2:
- a. grocery
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b. crop
- c. hero
- d. flow
Question 3:
- a. blanket
- b. uncle
- c. drink
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d. shrine
Question 4:
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a. snack
- b. collection
- c. locate
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d. picnic
Question 5:
- a. symbol
- b. sightseer
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c. sure
- d. soil
Choose the word whose main stress is palced differently from the others:
Question 6:
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a. rescue
- b. request
- c. receive
- d. repeat
Question 7:
- a. hundred
- b. thousand
- c. relic
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d. relax
Question 8:
- a. approach
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b. method
- c. police
- d. reserve
Question 9:
- a. gallery
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b. museum
- c. tolerant
- d. industry
Question 10:
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a. picturesque
- b. company
- c. element
- d. beautiful
Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.
Question 11. I wish I could swim so I would feel safely in a boat.
- a. I wish
- b. could swim
- c. would feel
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d. safely
Question 12: Columbus made his first voyage from Europe till America in 1492.
- a. made
- b. first voyage
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c. from Europe till America
- d. in
Question 13: Our flight mas delayed, so we had decided to take a long walk around the terminal.
- a. was delayed
- b. so
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c. had decided
- d. around the terminal
Question 14: I'm busy just now but I'll be with you on a moment.
- a. I'm busy
- b. just now
- c. I'll be with
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d. on
Question 15: I wish you would stop fight and try to work things out.
- a. I wish
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b. would stop fight
- c. try to work
- d. things
Question 16: It’s more expensive to travel on Friday, then I'll leave on Thursday evening.
- a. more expensive
- b. on
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c. then
- d. I'll leave
Question 17: It was raining, so we didn’t go to a walk.
- a. was raining
- b. so
- c. didn't go
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d. to
Question 18: We’re full of admiration to all your hard work.
- a. full of
- b. admiration
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c. to
- d. hard work
Question 19: People refer to these different medical conditions collectively as heart diseases.
- a. refer to
- b. different medical conditions
- c. as
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d. heart diseases
Question 20: Researchers who read the report commented that they have many errors.
- a. who
- b. commented
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c. they have
- d. errors
Find the one choice that best complete the sentence.
Question 21: I will stay there till the beginning ____ May.
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a. of
- b. at
- c. to
- d. from
Question 22: There is a meeting ____ 9 A.M. and 2 P.M.
- a. on
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b. between
- c. till
- d. at
Question 23: He was born ____ 15th, January.
- a. in
- b. of
- c. at
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d. on
Question 24: She often plays the piano ____ noght.
- a, in
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b. at
- c. on
- d. to
Question 25: We have lived in Hanoi ___ 4 years.
- a. in
- b. since
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c. for
- d. at
Question 26: She has been here ___ yeaterday.
- a. in
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b. since
- c. for
- d. on
Question 27: No one passed comment _____ her new hairstyle.
- a. at
- b. in
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c. on
- d. for
Question 28: There was an angry ___ of letters between the two firms.
- a. exchanging
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b. exchange
- c. exchanged
- d. exchangeable
Question 29: As a student, she _____ the Grand Canyon trails.
- a. hike
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b. hiked
- c. was hiked
- d. had been hiking
Question 30: Bees ____ pollen from the wild flowers.
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a. were gathering
- b. has gathering
- c. gathers
- d. were gatherers
Question 31: The tourist office ____ in the city center.
- a. locate
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b. is located
- c. has location
- d. find location
Question 32: It’s a nice day - let’s go ____ a picnic.
- a. have
- b. has
- c. in
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d. for
Question 33: I like to ___ with a good book when I get home from work.
- a. relaxing
- b. relaxed
- c. relaxation
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d. relax
Question 34: You should go and get ____ rest before tonight’s performance.
- a. lot of
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b. some
- c. many
- d. few
Question 35: There are a lot of ____ at tourist attractions in Ho Chi Minh City.
- a. sightseer
- b. sighting
- c. sightseeing
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d. sightseers
Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Spectacular and (Question 36)___, Niagara Falls has always been especially popular with two kinds of visitors: thrill-seekers and honeymooners.
It's easy to see (Question 37)____ the thrill-seekers have visited Niagara. In 1859, Frenchman Jean Francois Gravelet, known (Question 38)_______ “the Great Blondin,” became the first person (Question 39)___ the falls on a tightrope. Not satisfied (Question 40) ___ this achievement, he made the trip again, this time with his manager on his back! In 1901, a school-teacher, Mrs. Annie Edson Taylor, became (Question 41)___ first person to cross over the falls in a barrel.
It’s less easy to see why so many newlyweds feel they have to begin married life (Question 42) ____ the falls. We do, however, know when and how this tradition got started: In 1803, Jerome Bonaparte, a nephew of Napoleon, visited Niagara Falls with his bride.
You don’t, of course, have to be a newlywed to visit Niagara (and you shouldn’t be a thrill-seeker, (Question 43)____ stunts are now illegal). Each year many people visit from either the American side (Question 44) __ the Canadian side. A boat (Question 45) ___ Maid of the Mist will take you right out to the falls!
Question 36:
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a. beautiful
- b. beauty
- c. beautifully
- d. beautify
Question 37:
- a. how
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b. why
- c. when
- d. what
Question 38:
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a. as
- b. like
- c. is
- d. was
Question 39:
- a. cross
- b. crossing
- c. crossed
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d. to cross
Question 40:
- a. about
- b. on
- c. at
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d. with
Question 41:
- a. a
- b. an
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c. the
- d. Ø
Question 42:
- a. in
- b. on
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c. at
- d. with
Question 43:
- a. so
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b. since
- c. when
- d. why
Question 44:
- a. nor
- b. as
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c. or
- d. like
Question 45:
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a. called
- b. name
- c. names
- d. is
Read the following passage and choose the ‘tem (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
A Maine vacation can be a seaside vacation along the state’s rocky and winding coast. Glaciers and the sea have carved so many inlets and harbors that the 228-mile-long coast would be 3,478 miles if it were stretched out straight! Thousands of islands lie off the coast of Maine. Most are uninhabited and are visited only by fishermen. Many have strange names — for example, Wreck Island, the Hypocrites, Junk of Pork, Pope’s Folly, and No Man’s Land.
If you want to explore the coast and islands, you can hire a boat and a captain.
One large and well-known island is Mount Desert Island. Here you'll find the town of Bar Harbor, a very popular summer resort. If you get tired of the shops and crowds, you can visit Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor, and Somesville, the island’s smaller towns. You can also go for a swim, although the water temperature is hardly ever over 55° F!
Question 46: What can be the best title of the passage?
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a. Vacation in Maine
- b. The Advisable Place to Explore the Coast
- c. A Seaside Vacation
- d. The Life on Island
Question 47: The length of the coast of Maine is ___.
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a. 228 miles
- b. 3,478 miles
- c. too long to be measured
- d. stretched out straight
Question 48: In the context of the last paragraph, the phrase “hardly ever over 55°F” means ____.
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a. very seldom over 55°F
- b. never over 55°F
- c. always over 55°F
- d. usually over 55°F
Question 49: The word “many” in the first paragraph refers to ___.
- a. fishermen
- b. inlets
- c. harbors
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d. islands
Question 50: According to the author, ____.
- a. the largest, most well-known island of Maine is Mount Desert
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b. most of the islands of Maine have no people living there
- c. there is hardly any way to explore the coast and islands
- d. many fishermen have strange names