Choose the word that is stressed differently from the rest.

1. A. economy  B.economics  C.technologically  D.institution 

2. A. university  B.international  C.agricultural  D.philosophy

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.

3.  A. achieved  B.advanced  C.required  D.replied

4.  A. explanation  B.experience  Cexistence  D.exciting

5. A. disaster  B.crisis  C.basic  D.handsome

Choose the best answer to complete the blank in each of the following sentences.

6.   Because ______ a lack ______ interest, tomorrow program has been called _____.

  A. to/in /out  B. of/of /off  C.in/to /in   D.of/of/away.

7.   She will never try _______ that again. It wassuch a nasty experience.

  A. to do  B. to be done  C. doing  D. do

8.   Let’s go to the airport to see her __________.

  A. through  B. back  C.off  D.to

9. Those ________ to go with me, please raise your hand.

  A. wanting  B. who wants  C. whowant  d. a & c are correct

10.   uld you like to go to the movies tomorrow? – Sure. By then I __________my exam.

  A. will finish  B. finished  C. will have finished   D.have finished

11.   __________the fifth largest among the nine planets that make up our solar system.

  A.The Earth is   B. the Earth being  C. that the Earth is  d. being the Earth

12.   At present Mary __________her clothes. She __________ the clothes on Sunday.

  A. is washing / often washes  B. has washed / is often washing

  C. was washing / has often washed  D. washes / often washed

13.   They ________ good preparations before they _______ their final examination yesterday.

  A. made / had taken    B. have made / take 

  C. had made / took    D. will have made / have taken

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

  A.postpone  B. arrange  C. start  D. decide

15.  German people always say Please when putting a plate in front of a guest ­­­­­_____ English people in that case would say Hope you enjoy it.

  A. despite  B. when  C.while  D. though

16.  They had a really good chance of winning the national __________.

  A. competitor  B.competition  C. compete  D. competitive

17.  Lan is very sick now since she hasn’t got used __________the cold weather __________the U.S.

  A. to / in  B. with / on  C. to / at  D. with / in

18.  Many women __________the countryside have to suffer __________domestic violence as they are not aware of their rights.

  A. at / from   B. to / at  C. from / with  D. in / from

19.  I like to __________shopping in the city.

   a. doing  B.do  C. making  D. make

20.  __________garden looks like a mess. Why don’t you cut __________grass?

  A. a /a   B. a / the   C. the / the   D. x / x

21.  __________friend of mine gave me __________conical hat as a souvenir.

  A. the / the    b. a / the   C. the / a  D. a /a

22.  Even though I kept apologizing, __________.

  A. my friend forgives me  B. my friend forgave me

  C. my friend does not forgive me  D. my friend did not forgive me

23.  Tom was still keen on his goal __________the fact that it was very hard to achieve.

  A. because  B. although  C. despite  D. in spite

24.  He __________for Canada two years ago and I __________him since then.

  A. left / did not see   B. has left / have not seen  C. left / do not see  D. left / have not seen

25.  The bedroom needs __________now.

  A. decorate  B. decorated  C.decorating  D. to decorate

26.  It is very kind of you __________me a hand.

  A. to give   B. given  C. giving  D. give

27.  The villagers in this commune continue to take part in many __________ceremonies.

  A. traditional  B. traditionally  C. untraditional  D. traditions

28.  “Oh, no. Did I do that? I’m sorry.” – “__________”

  A. Oh, that’s alright. It can happen to anyone.  B. Did i? I’m sorry.

  C. I’m worried about that.  D. No, of course not.

29.  “__________” – “Oh, thanks. I’m glad you like it.”

  A. What does your house cost?  B. I like your house. It has nice view.

  C. I don’t know how to get to your house.  D. Who designed this beautiful house?

30.  The air has become more and more polluted because of exhaust fumes from vehicles.

  A. preserved   B. wasted   C. contaminated   D. conserved

Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correction.

31.  Julie failed her driving test because she hasn’t practised enough.

  A  B  C  D

32.  I don’t mind a little inconvenient but this is impossible.

  A  B  C  D

33.  The doctor called this morning while you slept.

  A   B   C   D

34.  Someone would tell him the answer, so he guessed.

  A   B   C   D

35.  Unless you don’t know how to do this exercise, you can ask me.

  A   B   C   D

Choose the best answers to fill in the blanks:

Some people believe that soon schools will no longer be necessary. They say that (9) ______ the Internet and other new technologies, (10) _______ no longer any need for school buildings, formal class, or teachers. Perhaps this will be true one day, but this is hard to (11) _________ a world without schools. In fact, we need to look at how we can use new technology to make schools better, not (12) _______them. We should invent a new kind of school that is (13) ________to libraries, museums, science centers, laboratories, and even companies.

36.  A. despite  B. because of  C. thought  D. because

37.  A. there are  B. they are  C. it is  D. there is

38.  A. know  B. realize  C. imagine  D. consider

39.  A. to eliminate  B. eliminative  C. eliminator  D. elimination 

40.  A. limited  B. linked  C. contributed  D. addressed

Read the passage and choose the best answers:

Before applying to a foreign university, one should consider the disadvantages of studying abroad. First, a student may feel lonely by being far home and friends. Also, difficulty in understanding a foreign language can be very disappointing and can affect the student’s grades. It can be very expensive to pay the costs of travel and housing in a different country. Finally, if there is an emergency at home, it will be hard to get home in a hurry.

However, studying in another country is advantageous in many ways. A student is exposed to a new culture. This culture teaches him or her about other people and other way of thinking, which can be promote friendships among countries. He can learn an new language which may be beneficial for keeping up with research after student has finished studying. He can learn experience not available in his country. The student may also get the opportunity to study at a university where leading expert in his field may be teaching. The leading expert can introduce the student to the most up-to-date finding of the tops researches in the field. Exposure to such available knowledge and insights into the field can aid the student in becoming an expert as well.

41.   _______________ to study abroad.

  A. There are only disadvantages.  B. There are only advantages.

  C. There are both advantages and disadvantages.  D. There are neither advantages nor advantages.

42.   When studying abroad, a student ____________.

  A. is homesick and feel lonely  B. spends a lot of money for accommodation and transportation

  C. cannot go home immediately in emergency. D. All are correct.

43.   When studying abroad,a student is exposed to a new culture that ________________

  A. has no advantage.  B. enriches his knowledge about people and other ways of thinking.

  C. has no effects  D. causes some troubles

44.   At a foreign university, a student ___________.

  A. can learn a foreign language.  B. cannot learn a foreign language

  C. has to learn his mother tongue  D. doesn’t have to learn a language

45.   At a foreign university, a student may ___________.

  A. meet his neighbor    B. travel a lot

  C. meet a leading expert in his field  D. All are correct

Choose the sentence that is closest in the meaning to the root one.

46.   “Would you like to stay for dinner?” she asked me.

  A. He asked me if I liked to stay for dinner.  B. She was very kind to offer me the dinner.

  C. He offered me a dinner.  D. She invited me to stay for dinner.

47.   “Whose car did you borrow last night?” I said to him.

   A. I said to him whose car did he borrow last night. B. I told him whose car had he borrowed the night before.

B. I ordered him whose car he had borrowed the night before. C. I asked him whose car he had borrowed the night before.

48.  if / I / have / money / I / buy / a new suit

  A. If I had enough money, I will buy a new suit.B. If I have enough money, I will buy a new suit.

  C. If I have enough money, I would buy a new suit.D. If I had enough money, I bought a new suit.

49.  “Do you enjoy living in the city?” asked the man.

  A. The man asked if I enjoy living in the city.B. The man wanted to know if I enjoy living in the city.

  C. The man said whether I enjoy living in the city.D. The man wanted to know whether I enjoyed living in the city.

50.  what / foreign / languages / taught / are / in / schools / your / country?

A. What foreign languages are taught in schools in your country?

B. What are foreign languages taught in schools in your country?

C. What languages foreign are taught in schools in your country?

D. What foreign languages are taught in your country in schools?

51. When did you first know him?

à How _{……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

52. Their trip lasted three day.

à They had _{……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

53. It may rain hard this afternoon, so take the rain coat with you.

à In case _{……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…………}

54. She had to do the washing up but she didn’t.

à She forgot_{……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

55. English id easy to learn.

à It _{………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………}

56. Don’t leave the lights on all night, you will waste electricity.

à If _{…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

57. The furniture was too old to keep.

à It was _{…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

58. Gary is the best guitarist in her class.

à No one else _{………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

59. Since the invention of computer, people have saved a lot of time.

à Since the computer was _{……………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

60. It’s necessary  for  everybody  to  clean  up  their neighborhood once a week.

à Everybody _{…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

------THE END------

Choose the word that is stressed differently from therest.

1. A. economy  B.economics  C.technologically  D.institution 

2. A. university  B.international  C.agricultural  D.philosophy

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.

3. A. achieved  B.advanced  C.required  D.replied

4. A. explanation  B.experience  C.existence  D.exciting

5. A. disaster  B.crisis  C.basic  D.handsome

Choose the best answer to complete the blank in each of the following sentences.

6.   Because ______ a lack ______ interest,tomorrow program has been called _____.

 A. to/in /out  B. of/of /off  C.in/to /in   D.of/of/away.

7.   She will never try _______ that again. It was such a nasty experience.

A. to do  B. to be done  C. doing  D. do

8.   Let’s go to the airport to see her __________.

  A. through  B. back  C.off  D.to

9. Those ________ to go with me, please raise your hand.

  A. wanting  B. who wants  C. whowant  d. a & c are correct

10. Would you like togo to the movies tomorrow? – Sure. By then I __________my exam.

A. will finish  B. finished  C. will have finished   D.have finished

11. __________thefifth largest among the nine planets that make up our solar system.

  A.The Earth is B. the Earthbeing  C. thatthe Earth is  d.being the Earth

12. At present Mary __________herclothes. She __________ the clothes on Sunday.

A. is washing / often washes  B. haswashed / is often washing

C. was washing / has oftenwashed  D.washes / often washed

13. They ________ good preparations before they _______ their final examination yesterday.

A. made / had taken    B. havemade / take    C. had made / took    D.will have made / have taken

14. Let’s put off thatmeeting to next Monday.

A.postpone  B.arrange  C.start  D.decide

15. German people always say Please when putting a plate in front of a guest ­­­­­_____ English people in that case would say Hope you enjoy it.

A. despite  B. when  C.while  D.though

16. They had a really good chance of winning the national __________.

  A. competitor  B.competition  C.compete  D.competitive

17. Lan is very sick now since she hasn’t got used __________the cold weather __________the U.S.

A. to /in  B. with / on  C. to/ at  D.with / in

18.  Many women __________the countryside have to suffer __________domesticviolence as they are not aware of their rights.

  A. at / from   B. to / at  C.from / with  D.in / from

19. I like to __________shopping in the city.

 a. doing  B.do  C. making  D. make

20.  __________garden looks like a mess. Why don’t you cut __________grass?

A. a /a   B. a / the   C. the / the D. x/ x

21. __________friend of mine gave me __________conical hat as a souvenir.

  A. the / the    b. a / the   C.the / a  D.a /a

22. Even though I kept apologizing, __________.

 A. my friend forgives me  B. my friend forgave me  

C. my friend does not forgiveme  D. my friend did not forgive me

23. Tom was still keen on his goal __________the fact that it was very hard to achieve.

A. because  B. although  C. despite  D. inspite

24. He __________for Canada two years ago and I __________him since then.

A. left / did not see   B. has left / have not seen  C. left / do not see  D. left / have not seen

25.  The bedroom needs __________now.

A. decorate  B. decorated  C.decorating  D.to decorate

26. It is very kind of you __________me a hand.

A. togive   B. given  C.giving  D.give

27. The villagers in this commune continue to take part in many __________ceremonies.

  A. traditional  B. traditionally  C. untraditional  D. traditions

28. “Oh, no. Did I do that? I’m sorry.” – “__________”

  A. Oh, that’salright. It can happen to anyone.  B.Did i? I’m sorry.

C. I’m worried about that.  D. No, of course not.

29. “__________” – “Oh, thanks. I’m glad you like it.”

A. What does your house cost?  B.I like your house. It has nice view.

C. I don’t know how to get to your house.  D Who designed this beautiful house?

30.  The air has become more and more polluted becauseof exhaust fumes from vehicles.

  A. preserved   B. wasted   C. contaminated D. conserved

Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correction.

31. Julie failed her driving test becauseshe hasn’t practised enough.

  A  B  C  D

32. I don’t mind a little inconvenient butthis is impossible.

  A  B  C  D

33. The doctor called this morning whileyou slept.

AB   C   D

34. Someone would tell him the answer, sohe guessed.

  A  B   C   D

35. Unless you don’t know how to do this exercise, you can ask me.

  A  B  C  D

Choose the bestanswers to fill in the blanks:

Some people believethat soon schools will no longer be necessary. They say that (9) ______ the Internet and other new technologies, (10) _______ no longer any need for schoolbuildings, formal class, or teachers. Perhaps this will be true one day, butthis is hard to (11) _________ a world without schools. In fact, we need tolook at how we can use new technology to make schools better, not (12)_______them. We should invent a new kind of school that is (13) ________tolibraries, museums, science centers, laboratories, and even companies.

36. A. despite  B.because of  C.thought  D.because

37. A. there are  B.they are  C.it is  D.there is

38. A. know  B.realize  C.imagine  D.consider

39.  A. to eliminate  B.eliminative  C.eliminator  D.elimination 

40.  A. limited  B.linked  C.contributed  D.addressed

Read the passage andchoose the best answers:

Before applying to aforeign university, one should consider the disadvantages of studying abroad.First, a student may feel lonely by being far home and friends. Also,difficulty in understanding a foreign language can be very disappointing andcan affect the student’s grades. It can be very expensive to pay the costs oftravel and housing in a different country. Finally, if there is an emergency athome, it will be hard to get home in a hurry.However, studying in

another country is advantageous in many ways. A student is exposed to a newculture. This culture teaches him or her about other people and other way ofthinking, which can be promote friendships among countries. He can learn an newlanguage which may be beneficial forkeeping up with research after student hasfinished studying. He can learn experience not available in his country. Thestudent may also get the opportunity to study at a university where leadingexpert in his field may be teaching. The leading expert can introduce thestudent to the most up-to-date finding of the tops researches in the field.Exposure to such available knowledge and insights into the field can aid thestudent in becoming an expert as well.

41. _______________ to study abroad.

A. There are onlydisadvantages.  B.There are only advantages.  C. There are

both advantages and disadvantages.  D. There are neitheradvantages nor advantages.

42. When studying abroad, a student ____________.

  A. is homesick and feel lonely  B. spends a lot of money for accommodationand transportation

  C. cannot go home immediately in emergency. D. All are correct.

43. When studying abroad,a student is exposed to a new culture that ________________

  A. has no advantage.  B. enricheshis knowledge about people and other ways of thinking.

C. has no effects  D. causes some troubles

44.  At a foreign university, a student ___________.

  A. can learn a foreign language.  B.cannot learn a foreign language

  C. has to learn his mother tongue  D.doesn’t have to learn a language

45.  At a foreign university, a student may ___________.

  A. meet his neighbor    B. travel a lot  C. meet a leading expert in hisfield  D.All are correct

Choose the sentence that is closest in the meaning to the root one.

46. “Would you like tostay for dinner?” she asked me.

  A. He asked me if I liked tostay for dinner.  B.She was very kind to offer me the dinner.

C. He offered me a dinner.  D. She invited me to stay for dinner.

47.  “Whose car did youborrow last night?” I said to him.

   A. I said to him whose car did he borrow lastnight. 

B. I told him whose car had he borrowed the night before.

C. I ordered him whosecar he had borrowed the night before.

D. I asked him whose car he had borrowed the night before.

48. if / I / have / money/ I / buy / a new suit

 A. If I had enough money, Iwill buy a new suit.B. If I have enough money, I will buy a new suit.

 C. If I have enough money, I would buy a new suit.

D. If I had enough money, I bought a new suit.

49. “Do you enjoy living in the city?” asked the man.

A. The man asked if I enjoyliving in the city.

B. The man wanted to know if I enjoy living in the city.

C. The man said whether I enjoy living in the city.

D. The man wanted to know whether I enjoyed living in the city.

50. what / foreign / languages / taught / are / in / schools/ your / country?

A. What foreign languages are taught in schools in your country?

B. What are foreign languages taught in schools in your country?

C. What languages foreign are taught inschools in your country?

D. What foreign languages are taught in your country in schools?

51. When did you first know him?

How _{……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

52. Their trip lasted three days

They had _{……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

53. It may rain hard this afternoon, so take the rain coat with you.

In case _{……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…………}

54. She had to do the washing up but she didn’t.

She forgot_{……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

55. English id easy to learn.

It _{………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………}

56. Don’t leave the lights on all night, you will waste electricity.

If _{…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

57. The furniture was too old to keep.

It was _{…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

58. Gary is the best guitarist in her class.

Since the computer was _{……………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

60. It’s necessary  for everybody  to  clean up  their neighborhood once aweek.

Everybody _{…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

------THE END------GOOD DAY! TMC

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58.No one else in Gary's class play guitar better than her.

59.Since the computer was invented, people have saved a lot of time.

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58. No one else in Gary's class play the guitar as well as her.

59. Since the computer was invented, people have saved a lot of time.

60. Everybody need clean up their neighborhood once a week.

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