Exercise 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1. A. washed B. parted C. passed D. barked
2. A. nowadays B. pesticides C. ruins D. stops
3. A. tested B. marked C. presented D. founded
4. A. dogsled B. domed C. post D. mould
5. A. facility B. illiterate C. occasion D. urban
6. A. helps B. laughs C. cooks D. finds
7. A. neighbors B. friends C. relatives D. photographs
8. A. used B. finished C. married D. rained
9. A. allowed B. dressed C. flashed D. mixed
10. A. recommended B. waited C. handed D. designed
11. | A. rickshaw | B. spectacular | C. matched | D. snack |
12. | A. noticeable | B. cooperative | C. counterpart | D. complex |
13. | A. hobbies | B. things | C. airports | D. calculators |
14. | A. enough | B. throughout | C. although | D. right |
15. | A. machine | B. child | C. cheap | D. teacher |
Exercise 2: Choose the word that is stressed differently from that of the other words.
16. | A. students | B. remind | C. happen | D. lucky |
17. | A. hobby | B. conflict | C. children | D. reduce |
18. | A. develop | B. understand | C. consider | D. imagine |
19. | A. communicate | B. illiterate | C. entertainment | D. traditional |
20. | A. buffalo | B. grandparent | C. importance | D. violence |
21. | A. heritage | B. government | C. recognise | D. position |
22. | A. suggest | B. connect | C. impress | D. measure |
23. | A. confident | B. paradise | C. interest | D. picturesque |
24. | A. preserve | B. rickshaw | C. structure | D. landscape |
25 | A. wonder | B. expect | C. enter | D. nature |
B- VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Exercise 3: Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
26. | Many children in our village are still ________. They can’t read or write. |
| | A. creative | B. illiterate | C. traditional | D. unhealthy |
27. | - “He had to work 12 hours every day.” - "________." |
| | A. I can’t imagine that. | B. Sure |
| | C. I wish I could go back to that time | D. How cool! |
28. | I ________ a toady bear, but I don’t have one now. |
| | A. was used to have B. used to have C. used to having | D. was use to having |
29. | They ________ go on holiday when they lived in the countryside. |
| | A. hadn’t used to | B. didn’t use to | C. not use to | D. weren’t use to |
30. | Does he tell you how he is getting ________ his new colleagues? |
| | A. away with | B. out of | C. on with | D. on of |
31. | The doctors say it’ll take him a long time to get ________ the shock. |
| | A. over | B. past | C. above | D. through |
32. | I wish you ________ stop interrupting me whenever I speak. |
| | A. will | B. might | C. would | D. could |
33. | The policeman is happy ________ the kids safe and sound now. |
| | A. have found | B. be found | C. to find | D. finding |
34. | I wish I ________ people with the same interests here. |
| | A. could meet | B. will meet | C. meet | D. can meet |
35. | My mother says that she used to ________ a diary when she was young. |
| | A. write | B. preserve | C. keep | D. use |
36. | Our teacher’s ________ is that we set up a project on preservation of our traditional games. |
| | A. order | B. scheme | C. offer | D. suggestion |
37. | It is reported that ________ come to enjoy beautiful view of Binh Dai Fortress every year. |
| | A. thousands of visitors | B. thousands visitors |
| | C. thousand of visitors | D. thousands of visitor |
38. | Perfume pagoda is a religious site ________ being a great sight-seeing spot in Viet Nam. |
| | A. and | B. as well as | C. the same as | D. such as |
39. | ________ that the temple was built on the current site of Thien Tru in the 15th century. |
| | A. It thought | B. It was thought | C. It is think | D. They was thought |
40. | Nowadays, Perfume pagoda ________ large numbers of pilgrims from all over Viet Nam. |
| | A. attracted | B. attracting | C. attracts | D. attract |
41. | The teacher suggested that the students ________ all their homework before going to bed. |
| | A. must finish | B. should finish | C. finished | D. finish |
42. | It is hoped that many defensive measures ________ to protect and preserve our man-made wonders. |
| | A. will be take | B. are taken | C. is taken | D. will take |
43. | Many valuable things ________ and destroyed from man-made wonders in the world. |
| | A. has been stolen | B. will be stolen | C. have been stolen | D. is stolen |
44. | It is said that Ha Long Bay is a magical place, attracting more tourists than ever since UNESCO's ________ of this beautiful spot. |
| | A. recognition | B. recognizing | C. recognize | D. recognizes |
45. | Many cities cannot easily create more parks because most land is already ________ for buildings, roads, parking lots, and other essential parts of the urban environment. |
| | A. getting used | B. use | C. being used | D. using |
46. | Because of population growth, the city has become _____ than it used to be. |
| | A. more crowdedly | B. more crowded | C. most crowded | D. as crowded |
47. | My mother is a strong person. She stays __________ even in the worst situations. A. calm | B. disappointed | C. tense | D. frustrated |
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48. | ________ that many of our man-made wonders have been damaged. |
| | A. It reported | B. They said | C. They reported | D. It is reported |
49. | Unfortunately the new system didn’t ________ our expectations. |
| | A. come up to | B. catch up with | C. bring about | D. come across |
50. I wish that Susan ________ harder for her examination.
A. will work | B. worked | C. has worked | D. works |
51. Protecting natural wonders brings both social and ________ benefits.
A. financial | B. finance | C. more financial | D. financially |
52. The Smiths ________ two days in Ha Noi before they ________ to Sa Pa last week.
A.spend/ travel | B. spent/ had travelled | C. had spent/travelled | D. had spent/ travel |
53. My sister asked me if I had gone out ____________.
A. yesterday | B. day before | C. the previous day | D. the day after |
54. She said that in her village marriage _________ be arranged by parents.
A. is used to | B. used to | C. was used to | D. used |
55. It's time to say goodbye, but I'm___________meeting you all again soon.
A. looking forward to | B. getting on with | C. keep up with | D. put up with |
56. We were having dinner ____________ the telephone rang.
A.while | B. when | C. until | D. since |
57. Villagers are more kind, friendly and warm-hearted than city ________________.
A. starters | B. dwellers | C. foreigners | D. beginners |
58. The weather was_______________in England than in Spain last week.
A. most warmer | B. by far warmer | C. more warmer | D. much warmer |
59. Tom told us that sometimes he had difficulty___________his feelings.
A. expressing | B. communicating | C. sending | D. talking |
60. ____________ are made by pouring molten metal into a mould and allowing it to solidify.
A. Carvings | B. Paintings | C. Knittings | D. Castings |
61. Her application for the job in the souvenir shop was _______ down because she was under age.
A. put | B. set | C. turned | D. taken |
62. She always gets up early every morning __________ she's not late for her work.
A.in order to | B. so as not to | C. so that | D. as soon as |
63. The old artisan passed down the craft to his descendants with the desire to_______ this ancient craft.
A. change | B. consider | C. preserve | D. reserve |
64. Bat Trang Ceramic Village _________ the lack of artisans because many artisans have given up
the job.
A. faces up to | B. takes up | C. turns down | D. turns up |
65. My mother often asked us _________ the stories when we were small.
A. act out | B. to act out | C. light | D. to light out |
66. It is considered that life in a city is wonderful and _____________.
A. funny | B. boring | C. enjoyable | D. helpful |
67. It is ____ that the best time to visit Ha Noi is September.
A . believed | B. worth | C. rumored | D. wondered |
68. This place is so _____ with the non-stop flow of customers to come and enjoy pho.
A. delicious | B. convenient | C. popular | D. exciting |
69. Ha Long Bay, literally means “Bay of Descending Dragons”, is considered the most ________ sight in Vietnam.
A. artistic | B. touristy | C. picturesque | D. colourful |
70. The Imperial ________ of Thang Long is an outstanding place of interest worldwide not only for the town people.
A. Citadel | B. Fortress | C. Cathedral | D. Pagoda |
71. It’s kind of you ___________ to her what happened to her son last night.
A. report | B. reporting | C. to report | D. reports |
72. I won the game because I ___________it a lot with my brother.
A. played | B. had playing | C. have played | D. had played |
73. The railroad track that runs overhead is known as _______________.
A. flyover | B. skytrain | C. underpass | D. tunnel |
74. The clanging sound of the Ha Noi ________in the 1970s has gone deep into people’s collective memory.
A. tram | B. skytrain | C. bus | D. tunnel |
75. It was generous__________ him to pay for both of us.
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1. ___________ from John, all the students said they would go.
A. Except
B. Only
C. Apart
D. Separate
2. If you work for us, you’ll get somewhere to live _____ free.
A. for
B. at
C. out
D. of
3. The new manager explained to the staff that she hoped to _____ new procedures to save
time and money.
A. manufacture
B. establish
C. control
D. restore
4. They took pride _______ being the best players of the school.
A. in
B. with
C. on
D. for