PART A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlinedpart is pronounced differently from the others in each group. (1 point)
1. A. birthday B. author C. athletics D. together
2. A. absent B. comb C. crab D. bulb
3. A. physics B. useful C. disease D. rehearse
4. A. concert B. contestant C. compliment D. comic
5. A. area B. album C. pastime D. cavity
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in each group. (1 point)
1. A. arcade B. image C. defeat D. event
2. A. collector B. teenager C. orchestra D. moderate
3. A. souvenir B. overseas C. disappear D. uniform
4. A. lifeguard B. campaign C. harvest D. veteran
5. A. explore B. excited C. essay D. except
PART B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from the four choices (A or B,C,D) to complete each of the following sentences.(2 points)
1.Children are ____________of seeing the dentist.
A. afraid B. interested C. worried D. keen
2. Don’t buy plenty of ____________foods because they’re not ____________for you.
A. fatty/ good B. fatter/ better C. fat/ good D. fatty/ well
3. I divided the sweets ____________several children.
A. during B. between C. into D. among
4. ____________ people in our country earn enough for a comfortable life.
A. Most of B. The most C. Almost all the D. Mostly
5. “Was he disappointed?” – “Yes, he found the movie ____________.”
A. boring B. boringly C. bored D. bores
6. In Today’s newspaper there ____________a lot of news about the earthquake.
A. have B. has C. is D. are
7. Now Hoa is used ____________the busy roads in the city.
A. to cross B. crossing C. for crossing D. to crossing
8. No one can do it well and ____________.
A. so can she B. neither can she C. she can’t, too D. she can, either
9. This letter is ____________French and I cannot read a word of French.
A. in B. with C. by D. on
10. The doctor advised me ____________.
A. smoke B. not smoking C. not to smoke D. not to smoking
