Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

 Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.

Part 1: CIRCLE the word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the sentences. (2,0pts)

1. I’ll give you the phone number of my hotel, so that you can reach me if anything happens. ______ anything happen, I want you to look after my children.

2. I suppose you’re not serious, ______?

3. Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is a 19-year-old Vietnamese woman who is the fastest swimmer in Southeast Asia in ______ races.

4. _____ are still ending up in prison – over 700 in 1972 – merely for using cannabis.

5. A strong westerly ______ flattened the standing corn though it brought no rain.

6. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of _______ to entertain her nieces.

7. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.

At that time Herschel was a professional musician and only an amateur astronomer, one who had a knack for building telescopes.

8. If it wasn’t an accident, he ______ it on purpose.

9. They played a great game and brought our local basketball teams to their ______.

10. Every large city has its shifting population of vagrants. But in most cases these are men, usually with an unhealthy appetite ______ alcohol.

11. Teachers like students to be _____ and listen to what they are saying.

12. Helen: “This is your first trip abroad, isn’t it?” – Peter: “______.”

13. Senior officials from ASEAN and other Pacific, _____ countries met in Canberra, Australia, in November 1989 to inaugurate APEC.

14. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.

The study also notes a steady decline in the number of college students taking science courses.

15. ______ is medical technology that allows the prolongation of life artificially while the world is already over-populated?

16. Honour still ______, they got back into their lorries and were off again, this time trying to edge each other into a deep ravine that fell away at one side of the road.

17. I have lived near the railway for so long now that I’ve grown _____ to the noise of the trains.

18. We are short of clean safe drinking water, which is found to be the ______ in many third world countries.

19. It is said that many children of high intelligence do not allow themselves to be “discovered” – for fear of becoming an _____.

20. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable ______ the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.

Choose the best answers to completes each sentence.

1. I am afraid that these regulations have to be __________ with.

2. His business is growing so fast that he must take __________ more workers.

3. The police must now __________ the escaped convict in the surrounding countries.

4. You are late again, please try to be __________ in the future.

5. Edward has found a bigger flat and is __________ move into it.

6. All the applicants for the post are thoroughly __________ for their suitability.

7. __________ every part of the world has experienced an earthquake in recent years.

8. He didn’t know anyone at the wedding __________ than the bridge and groom.

9. When Bill saw my new car, he was __________ with envy.

10. He was holding a tiny bird in the __________ of his hand.

In many countries in the process of industrialize, overcrowed cities present a major problem. The underpopulation of towns is mainly caused by the drift of great numbers of people in the rural areas. The only long-term solution is make life in the areas more attractively, which would encourage people to stay here. This could be achieved by providing incentives to people to go and work in the villages. Moreover, facilities in the rural areas, so as transportation, health and educational services should be improved.

Your answers:

1, Choose the best option.

1, Oh , my tooth ….

2, Their new apartment is …the other side of Ha Noi

3, Who ….the first typewriter?

4, How heavy are you?

A-How much weight do you have? B-How many kilos are you heavy?

C-How much do you weigh? D- What is the heaviness?

5, One way to stop tooth decay is …… less sugar.

6,……….in town , mine is the largest

7, Sugar adds taste …..the food we eat

8, He never likes durians and…….

9,What would you like, coke or milk?

10, She loves her job because she meets a lot of …….

A-people very interesting B-the very interesting people

C- very interesting peoples D- very ineteresting people

11, In a game of singles , two players play….each other

12, With scuba-diving , we can take a …look at marine life

13, His parents are very strict …him

14, Playing chess after dinner sounds …to me

15, Excuse me. ….I see your student card?

16, I am very surprised….passing the driving test

17, I’m sorry you can’t see Mai. She’s…at the moment

18, I’m so hungry, Is there …….to eat?

19, The supermarket is very far from my house. I don’t think I can ….in 15 minutes.

20, Children should spend only a….of their time playing videos games

1choose a,B,C or D

2 Choose true, false

Terraced rice fields are located in the northern mountainous provinces. Local ethnic minority peoples can grow rice and establish terraced rice fields, one after another, from the foot to nearly top of mountains. In distance, the terraced rice fields look like a picture of nature with heart-catching beauty keeping tourists to stay for admiration for a while. This picture however has its colour changed seasonally. As usual in April and May, the local people water their fields at full to prepare for a new crop. At this time, the surface of terraced fields shines like a mirror. In June and July, the terraced rice fields with fully-grown paddy rice and forest trees spread the green out to the entire area. In September and October when autumn ends, the terraced rice fields look like golden silk scarves flying over in the wind above green mountain slopes. Famous terraced rice fields can be found in Yen Bai, Ha Giang. Especially, the fields in Sa Pa (Lao Cai Province) were voted as one of seven most beautiful and impressive terraced rice fields of Asia.

FURTHER PRACTICE 8

I. Choose the word underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:

II. Choose the best answer (A,B,C or D) to complete the sentences:

6. The final examination will be held ___ June 12th, 2007.

7. How many languages are there ___ the world?

8. Egypt is famous ___ ancient pyramid.

9. The boy looks very proud ___ his success at school.

10. When the trucks leave the police, the ground is covered ___ trash.

11. You have read this article on the website,________?

12. All the students are looking forward ___ their summer vacation in the countryside.

13. Did your children enjoy ___ in the sea?

14. "When is Mr Ba planning to retire?

- He ___ for the company for thirty years now".

15. Flowers should ___ in warm places.

16. They went on walking ___ it started to rain.

17. Study harder ___ the exam.

18. The girl wishes she ___ in Hue for the festival next week.

19. Miss Lan stopped ___ her letter because she had to leave for the hospital.

20. Do you know the man ___ car Jack is driving?

21. "I suggest going to Vung Tau on the weekend." - "___".

22. "___" - "Don't worry. I can fix it".

III .Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage:

New Year is one of the most important (23) ___ in the United States. On New Year's Eve, most people go to the parties. At twelve o'clock (24) ___ night, everyone says "Happy New Year" and they (25) ___ their friends and relatives good luck. New Year's Eve is usually a long night to this holiday children (26) ___ as witches, ghosts or others. Most children go from house to house asking for candy or fruit. (27) ___ the people at the house do not give (28) ___ candy, the children will (29) ___ a trick on them. But this (30) ___ ever happens. Many people give them candy or fruit.

IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting:

31. You're tired although you stayed up too late to watch TV last night.
A B C D

32. Tuan sighed sad when he heard that he failed the test.
A B C D

33. Don't speak English with him; he hardly not know any English.
A B C D

34. 90 percent of earthquakes occurs around the Pacific Rim.
A B C D

V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence:

35. Fuel ________ can be cut down by having fewer cars on the roads. (consume)

36. Many chemicals have a ________ effect on the environment. (disaster)

37. ________, the typhoon didn't cause any damage on the village. (lucky)

38. The next stage in the ________ of television is interactive TV. (develop)

VI. Read the passage and then write True or False in your answer sheet:

Daddy,

I am writing this to tell you how much you are missed and loved. I will always remember that day - my wedding day. You were standing there with tears in your eyes while I was walking towards my groom. You gave me a hug, and the feeling that you never wanted to let me go. But at last I had to leave you and start my new life... a moment in time that lasted forever. I now have children, Dad, but I will always be your little girl! Happy Father's Day.

39. This is a letter written by a daughter to her father.

40. The father in the letter is not loved much.

41. The man did not let his daughter go at last.

42. The writer of this letter hasn't got any children.

VII. Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them:

43. Ba said, "I am going to meet your sister in front of the station, Liz".
- Ba told Liz that …………………………………………………………………

44. The last time she went out with him was two years ago.
- She hasn't ………………………………………………………………………

45. She is not on board now, so she can't experience these marvelous things.
- If she ……………………………………………………………………………

46. The show was interesting to the boys.
- The boys felt ……………………………………………………………………

Bài 1. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.