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I. Mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from

that of the others in each group

1. A. attraction

B. artisan

C. frame

D. handicraft

2. A. asked

B. embarrassed

C. developed

D. decided

II. Mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose main stress position is placed differently from

that of the others in each group

3. A. dominance

B. versatile

C. marinate

D. confusion

4. A. review

B. escape

C. prefer

D. lotion

III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word OPPOSTE in meaning to the underlined word in

the following question

5. Primary education in the United States is compulsory.

A. free of charge

B. selective

C. optional

D. required

6. Let’s put off that meeting to next Monday.

A. start

B. arrange

C. decide

D. postpone

IV. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in

the following question

7. They had to delay their trip because of the bad weather.

A. keep up with

B. get through

C. put off

D. go over

8. Phong Nha cave should be preserved for our descendants.

A. observed

B. destroyed

C. limited

D. conserved

V. Mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase to complete each of the following

sentences

9. Every time my father flies to America, he gets really bad __________.

A. jet lag

B. touchdown

C. journey

D. mix-up

10. There are now countless__________ orbiting the earth for telecommunications, and other purposes.

A. satellites

B. rockets

C. spacecrafts

D. telescopes

11. Vietnamese people’s quality of life has been _____ improved year by

year.

A. significance

B. significant

C. signify

D. significantly

12. Have you been to Antelope Canyon? That place is _________!

A. Out of this world

B. Over the moon

C. Once in a blue moon

D. Many moons ago

13. “I’ll make steak pie for dinner.” - “ _____”

A. I’d love to.

B. You’re right.

C. Please, do it.

D. Great! I can’t wait.

14. Jane: “We appreciate your contribution to the success of our project.”

- Jason: “_______”

A. It was my pleasure.

B. It pleased me.

C. That’s alright.

D. You can say that again.

15. ______ he likes chocolate, he tries not to eat it.

A. As

B. Though

C. Since

D. Despite

16. The pollution _____ they are talking about is getting worse.

A. whom

B. whose

C. which

D. where

17. It ______ that Po Nagar Cham Towers were built in the 8

th

century.