A. PHONETIC

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.

1) A. hand	B. bank	C. sand	D. band
2) A. money	B. month	C. monkey	D. monitor
3) A. change	B. hungry	C. stronger	D. single

II. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.

4) A. experience	B. embarrass	C. floppy	D. embrace
5) A. idol	B. video	C. birthday	D. imagine
6) A. cotton	B. happen	C. extreme	D. quickly

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

7) A person or thing that is loved and admired very much is the ..............

A. ideal

B. idea

C. idol

D. fan

8) A short part of a film or movie that is shown separately is called a ......

A. picture

B. clip

C. news

D. cartoon

9) She ..................... shyly at him and then lowered her eyes.

A. looked

B. stared

C. glanced

D. sighted

10) This ........................ girl was disliked by the rest of the class.

A. helpful

B. sneaky

C. unselfish

D. generous

11) He pulled a(n) ......................... of 10 pounds notes out of his pocket.

A. sum

B. amount

C. piece

D. wad

12) I’ve never fallen in such a(n) ............................ situation before.

A. embarrassed

B. embarrassing

C. confused

D. confusing

13) The children were ......................... about opening their presents.

A. interested

B. fond

C. keen

D. excited

14) I know from ............................ that he’ll arrive late.

A. knowledge

B. experience

C. understanding

D. reality

15) Andrew .................... the test before so he...................... it very easy.

A. did/ had found

B. had done/ found

C. was doing/ found

D. did/ was founding

16) You ...................... your new hat when I ...................... you yesterday.

A. were wearing/ had met

B. wore/ had met

C. wore/ was meeting

D. were wearing/ met

17) As I .................... the glass, it suddenly ...................... into two pieces.

A. cut/ broke

B. was cutting/ broke

C. cut/ was breaking

D. was cutting/ had broken

18) A burglar .................. into the house while we ................... television.

A. broke/ were watching

B. broke/ watched

C. had broken/ watched

D. broke/ had watched

19) When I ............................... home, I ........................... a phone call.

A. got/ received

B. was getting/ was receiving

C. got/ had received

D. had got/ had received

20) They ................. small cups of coffee after they ..................... dinner.

A. had drunk/ finished

B. drank/ finished

C. were drinking/ finished

D. drank/ had finished

21) It was midnight. Outside it ........................... very hard.

A. rains

B. rained

C. had rained

D. was raining

22) When he ....................... at the station, his train already.....................

A. arrived/ left

B. arrived/ had left

C. had arrived/ left

D. had arrived/ left

ĐÁP ÁN

A. PHONETIC

I. 1) B. bank; 2) D. monitor; 3) C. stronger;

II. 4) C. floppy; 5) D. imagine; 6) C. extreme;

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I.

7) C. idol; 8) B. clip; 9) C. glanced; 10) B. sneaky;

11) D. wad; 12) B. embarrassing; 13) D. excited; 14) B. experience;

15) B. had done/ found; 16) D. were wearing/ met;

17) B. was cutting/ broke; 18) A. broke/ were watching;

19) C. got/ had received; 20) D. drank/ had finished;

21) D. was raining; 22) B. arrived/ had left;

II.

23) A. was doing; 24) B. fuss; 25) B. celebrated;

26) A. had bought; 27) D.had been;

III.

28) had forgot(ten); 29) was watching/ was;

30) was driving; 31) got/ had gone;

32) had eaten/ knew; 33) was doing/ saw;

34) were... doing/ came; 35) missed/ had told;

C. READING

36) stopped

37) B. waiting

38) A. was living

39) B. memories

40) A. even

D. WRITING

41) He started to play the piano five years ago.

42) Tim was hungry because he had not eaten anything all day.

43) While I was opening the letter, the bell rang.

44) It snows quite much in Britain during the winter.

45) They are the poorest people I had ever seen.