ÔN LUYỆN THI TNPTTH_014

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1. a. merely b. access c. address d. respect
2. a. regard b. master c. trade d. particular
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
3. a. property b. instruction c. scholarship d. lecturer
4. a. interesting b. necessary c. involved d. language
5. a. automatic b. reasonable c. mathematics d. preservation
Make the correct choice :
6. The pronunciation _____ me a lot of difficulties.
a. provides b. causes c. makes d. allows
7. Malaysian lecturers use English when _____ their students in Kuala Lumpur.
a. speaking b. saying c. giving d. addressing
8. More than half of the _____ and research journals are in English.
a. scientific b. scientist c. science d. scientifically
9. Instead _____ studying, Margaret went to a ballgame with some of her friends.
a. of b. with c. along d. off
10. Mrs. Grant insisted _____ the whole truth.
a. in b. on c. up d. at
11. There are some differences _____ British and American English.
a. of b. about c. between d. with
12. I’m not going out yet. I’m waiting _____ the rain to stop.
a. in b. during c. on d. for
13. I wrote to the company asking them _____ more information about the job.
a. to b. about c. for d. with
14. I hope you succeed _____ finding the job you want.
a. in b. at c. of d. upon
15. Do you _____ smoke? There’s a fire down the road.
a. feel b. ever c. smell d. usually
16. Parks play an important _____ in helping to form the city’s character.
a. game b. thing c. roll d. part
17. It is _____ to regard any language as the possession of a particular nation.
a. reasoning b. reasonably c. unreasonable d. unreasonably
18. A Dane and a Dutch person _____ in Rome will almost automatically find themselves speaking to each other in English.
a. meeting b. met c. meet d. are meeting
19. People in _____ speak _____.
a. Portugal/Portugal b. Portuguese/Portugal
c. Portugal/Portuguese d. Portuguese/ Portuguese
20. English is easily _____ by Chinese.
a. outrun b. outnumbered c. outlived d. outweighed
21. You had _____ the bill before the fifth of the month.
a. to pay b. been paid c. to be paid d. to be paying
22. The tea was ______for her to drink.
a. so hot b. very hot c. too hot d. extremely hot
23. If it doesn’t rain, they _______for a picnic.
a. go b. would go c. have gone d. will go
24. The child will die if _____ sends for a doctor.
a. people b. anybody c. nobody d. police
25. Nobody believed _____ a crazy story.
a. such b. so c. that d. with

Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
26. She wanted to know how long it would take us getting there.
A B C D
27. The children were frightened with the noise.
A B C D
28. The crops are late this year because of the weather is cold.
A B C D
29. They didn’t go to the movies because the bad weather.
A B C D
30. He walked slower because of his injured legs.
A B C D
Read the following passage and make the correct choice:
A
lthough English is spoken in many countries, it is not (31) _____ an international language. This is because it gives an unfair advantage to countries, like the USA and Britain, which use English (32) _____ a first language. A truly international language would be one (33) _____ had to be learned as a second language