DE THI HOC CHON HOC SINH GIOI TRUONG

SECTION A - PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1. A. architect B. parachute C. headache D. psychology
2. A. dealt B. dreamt C. heal D. threaten
3. A. possession B. address C. guess D. mess
4. A. measure B. please C. bees D. physical
5. A. geology psychology C. classify D. photography
II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others:
6. A. writer B. carefully C. origin D. compete
7. A. director B. machinery C. excellent D. encourage
8. A. intelligent population C. opportunity D. economics
9. A. unspeakable B. accomplish C. emotional D. tendency
10. A. address B. millionaire C. believe D. mislead
SECTION B - VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D:
11. ………...of all of us who are here tonight, I would like to thank Mr. Jones for his talk.
A. On behalf B. On account C. In person D. Instead
12. When the teacher came in. they pretended ………….
A. to read B. reading C. being reading D. to be reading
13. He has just taken an examination…………chemistry.
A. on B. about C. for D. in
14. She is objecting to……….money on the project.
A. me invest B. my investing C. invest D. me invested
15. we insisted that a meeting………..as soon as possible.
A. be held B. is held C. were held D. will be held
16. He put a …………against the tree and climbed up to pick the apples.
A. scale B. staircase C. grade D. ladder
17. You’re looking very pale. Do you ………..sick?
A. fall B. faint C. feel D. become
18. You will become ill ………..you stop working so hard.
A. until B. when C. unless D. if
19. Could you lend me some money? I’m very ………..of cash at the moment.
A. down B. scarce C. low D. short
20. His parents never allowed him ………..
A. a smoking B. smoking C. to smoke D. some smoke
21. The station clock is not as ………..as it should be; it is usually between one and two minutes fast.
A. strict B. certain C. true D. accurate
22. “Why John’s mother upset with him?” - “He hasn’t done his homework, nor ………...to.”
A. he intends B. he does intend C. intends he D. does he intend
23. Be quiet! It’s rude to ………. People when they are speaking.
A. interfere B. interrupt C. prevent D. introduce
24. He ……….walking for several hours and was very tired.
A. is B. has been C. had been D. will be
25. I can’t help you, and he can’t help you,……….
A. neither B. too C. also D. either
26. You’ll ………..yourself a lot of time if you take a car.
A. spend B. make C. save D. spare
27. Mike was the ………..in his family; all his brothers were much taller.
A. shortest B. lowest C. slightest D. least
28. If you know what you want, you should have no difficulty ………..
A. to get B. getting C. at getting D. on getting
29. By the end of this year, we …………English for seven years.
A. will learn B. will have learnt C. will be learning D. are going to learn
30. No sooner …………the rain………..
A. had we started than …came B. we started when…came
C. did we start that…came D. we had started that….would come
II. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it.
31. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research paper this semester