Chuyen TB 14-15

PART I: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (0.5pt.)
1. A. modal B. model C. modest D. modern
2. A.exaggerate                      B. complexion                C. anxiety               D. exist
3. A. salmon                       B. calm                   C. walk                       D. delta
4. A. anguish B. biscuit C. ruin D. guilty
5.A. pounder                   B. drought              C.couple                   D.account
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II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. (0.5pt.)
6. A. coffee B. degree C. trainee D. emcee
7. A. responsible B. congratulate C. compulsory D. residential
8. A. lunatic B. politics C. electric D. rhetoric
9. A. provide B. proverb C. problem D. process
10. A. economical B. environmental C. sociology D. possibility
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PART II: GRAMMAR AND LEXICO
I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentences. (1pt.)
11. It is essential that everybody ………… to protect their country.
A. join hands
B. joins hands
C. joins hand
D. join hand

12. In the Great Basin, what little water falls there as rain or snow, mostly in the winter months, ………… on the broad, flat desert floors.
A. evaporate
B. evaporates
C. evaporated
D. is evaporated

13. Claims for compensation could ………… run into billions of dollars.
A. far B. much C. well D. most
14. “What would you like for lunch?” - “ ………… I don’t mind.”
A. Nothing
B. Something
C. Anything
D. Everything

15. I’ll go to the ends of the ………… to apply for that scholarship.
A. world
B. corner
C. planet
 D. earth

16. ............other cells in the body, nerve cells are not healed or replaced when they are damaged or destroyed.
A. Different B. Unlike C. Like D. As
17. ………… less said about ………… whole thing, ………… happier I’ll be.
A. (/a/the B. The/the/the C. (/the/the D. The/(/the
18. We couldn`t stay long, so we only wished David many happy...............of his birthday and hurried to the airport.
A. days B. returns C. moments D. regards
19. He has always insisted on his ………….. Dr. Tomson instead of Mr. Tomson.
A. been calling B. called C. having called D. being called
20. They have submitted two reports, ………… of which contains any useful suggestions.
A. either B. both C. neither D. each
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II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (1 pt.)
Football, also (21. -call) association football or soccer, game in which two teams of 11 players, (22. – use) any part of their bodies except their hands and arms, (23. – try) to maneuver the ball into the opposing team’s goal. Only the goalkeeper (24. – be) permitted to handle the ball and may do so only within the penalty area (25. – surround) the goal. The team (26 – score) more goals wins.
Football is the world’s most popular ball game in numbers of participants and spectators. Simple in its principal rules and essential equipment, the sport can (27. – play) almost anywhere, from official football playing fields (pitches) to gymnasiums, streets, school playgrounds, parks, or beaches. Football’s (28. – govern) body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), estimated that at the turn of the 21st century there (29. – be) approximately 250 million football players and over 1.3 billion people “interested” in football; in 2010