I. PHONETICS

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each question.

1. A. thirsty                   B. thumb                       C. with                    D. thick

2. A. weather                 B. thorn                        C. then                   D. brother

3. A. breathe                  B. thorn                        C. athlete                 D. thank

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the other three in each question.

4. A. schedule                 B. stupid                     C. announce         D. reason

5. A. universe                 B. audience                 C. character          D. entertain

II. VOCABULARY

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence below.

6. The Voice is currently one of the most _____ programmes in Vietnam. It attracts a number of viewers.

A. popularity                  B. popular                C. unpopular             D. popularly

7. Sushi is a Japanese ____ which is famous all over the world.

A. special                       B. specially                 C. specialty          D. specialize

8. VTV2 is a channel which provides many _____ programmes for teenagers and children.

A. educational                B. educated                 C. education           D. educate

9. My brother is an ____ boy. He always longs to go trekking through African jungles.

A. adventure             B. adventurer             C. adventurous      D. adventuress

10. The ______of insulin was considered to be one of the most dramatic and important milestones in medicine.

A. discover                   B. discoverer               C. discoverable    D. discovery

11. _______ control is used to change the channel from a distance.

A. Distant                     B. Far                         C. Remote                  D. Rural 1

12. Today my friend and I are going to the skating _____ as we love ice-skating.

A. rink                         B. yard                            C. court                        D. field

13. My father likes watching daily _______ programmes to update current affairs.

A. game                       B. news                           C. talk                         D. new

14. Weather _______ is my favourite TV programme because it prepares me for the weather on the next day.

A. prediction                 B. foresee                  C. guess                  D. forecast

15. _______ shows document unscripted real-life situations, and often features an otherwise unknown cast of individuals.

A. Reality                     B. Talk                         C. Practice                    D. Music

16. A _________ is someone who reads out the reports on a television or radio news programme.

 A. master of ceremony                         B. newsreader        

C. journalist                                           D. reporter

Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.

17. The content of the movie I watched last night is really thrilling.

A. topic                 B. theme                 C. script                   D. plot

18. Hello Fatty! is a cartoon series about a clever fox and his clumsy human friend.

A. smart                B. skilful                 C. careful                 D. foxy

Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.

19. Thank God, you’re here is a very entertaining comedy programme based on an Australian TV show.

A. interesting                 B. unhappy                 C. sad                         D. boring

20. Can you please turn up the volume? I can't hear anything.

A. turn on                      B. turn off                  C. turn down                D. turn into

III. GRAMMAR

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence below.

21. These two novels are both very interesting.______ one should I buy?

A. What                        B. Which                  C. Where                      D. Who

22. _________ it rains a lot in winter, I still love walking the dog in the park in this season.

A. Because                    B. As                         C. Although                D. However

23. Excuse me, ______ is the staff room? I want to speak to Miss Lily.

A. When                       B. What                     C. Which                     D. Where

24. You'd better take an umbrella ________ it is going to rain.

A. so                             B. because.                 C. although                 D. and

25. ________ do you go to school? - Five days a week.

A. How often                B. How much             C. How many             D. How long  

26. George didn't want to get up late, ____ he set the alarm clock to go off at 6.30.

A. but                            B. and                         C. so                           D. for

27. __________ do you look like the most in your family?

A. Which                      B. Who                       C. What                      D. Where

28. I was crossing the road _________ the bus arrived at the station.

A. while                       B. because                 C. when                       D. as long as

29. ____ of your classmates are going camping with you?

A. How often               B. How much            C. How many              D. How old

30. The car is very old, __________ it is reliable

A. but                          B. and                         C. so                           D. because