Unit 8 : Life in the future : Test 3

Pick out the word whose stress is different from that of the other words.

1.       A. however       B. overcome        C. employment           D. important

2.       A. education          B. renovation       C. kindergarten         D. informality

3.       A. vacancy           B. physical       C. substantial    D. reference   

4.       A. majority          B. education        C. economy       D. American

5.       A. polite       B. apply    C. gesture          D. reform

6.         A. decision    B. reference     C. refusal        D. important

7.         A. intelligent   B. comfortable     C. necessary      D. secretary

8.         A. cooperate  B. permanent      C. recognize       D. industry

9.         A. birthday    B. happen  C. enjoy    D. pleasure

10.     A. expression   B. decisive  C. dependent     D. industry  

11.     A. majority   B. minority C. interviewer    D. enjoyable

12.     A. appearance  B. measurement   C. counterpart   D. cultural

13.     A. romantic  B. following C. summary   D. physical

14.     A. determine  B. appearance  C. develop D. different

15.     A. contractual  B. significant C. participate  D. economics

16.     A. answer   B. begin   C. refuse     D. complain

17.     A. mischievous   B. family     C. supportive     D. suitable

18.     A. bridegroom     B. maintain     C. wedding      D. survey

19.     A. September     B. October    C. computer      D. difference   

20.     A. authority   B. eliminate      C. education   D. eradicate

The recent achievements in the tourist industry have (36)........significant contributions to the renovationprocess of the country. (37)........, due to many constraints and difficulties, types of service and businessactivities are not (38)........diversified, the quality of tourist services (39) - low; its competitiveness in theinternational market is still weak. Moreover, we are short of skillful staff with high foreign language (40)........as well as strong and centralized material, technical base and infrastructure. Inappropriate management stillprevails, (41) , achievement is still limited. Further, the fierce (42)........ created t by forerunners in the tourism industry, complicated climate developmentsin the past few years and. the inactive tourist popularization and promotion, (43) …..... of tourists service qualityand diversification have slowed down the growth (44) ....... of visitors coming to Vietnam in 1996 and thebeginning of 1997 as compared with the previous years. This (45) …...... that the whole tourism sector shouldstrive hard to fulfill its target in the new period.
36. A. made B. taken C. had D. set
37. A. But B. However C. Therefore D. As a result 
38. A. already B. still C. yet D. ever
39. A. keeps B. remains C. are D. get
40. A. knowledge B. competence C. possibility D. understanding
41. A. therefore B. so C. actually D. really 
42. A. contest B. competition C. race D. challenge
43. A. lacking B. inadequate C. shortage D. running out
44. A. amount B. speed C. portion D. rate
45. A. says B. tells C. means D. is

Chọn từ có phần gạch dưới phát âm khác với các từ trong nhóm

1: A: traffic B: write C: arrive D: drive

2: A: load B: road C: slow D: copy

3: A: turn B: truck C: bus D: run

4: A: end B: help C:read D: ahead

5: A: slow B: close C: down D: go