TEST 27

TEST 27

I- Phonetics (p)

a) Choose the word that has the bold part pronounced differently (p)
1- A-butter B-gum C-summer D-butcher
2- A-limitation B-income C-interactive D-bill
3- A-surf B-shut C-cut D-Dutch
4- A-opinion B-provide C-pollution D-popular

b) Choose the word that has different stress pattern (p)
1- A-renewable B-athletics C-accompany D-understand
2- A-fantastic B-national C-primary D-secondary
3- A-guarantee B-scoreboard C-complicate D-wholesaler
4- A-decide B-complete C-vacation D-almost
5- A-interview B-shoratge C-applicant D-supportive
6- A-reliable B-actual C-novelist D-physical

II- Choose the best answers (p)

1- His family wanted to buy _________ to live in
A-an apartment B-a dormitory C-a bank D-a house
2- The woman felt a little _________ when going to the bank
A-tense B-diapponited C-lucky D-furious
3- How could you have __________ him for your brother?
A-considered B- mistaken C-thought D-confused
4- It is vital that we bring __________ a change in people’s attitudes
A-back B-down C-about D-in
5- We think that Mother’s Day should be celebrated __________
A-nationwide B-national C-natively D-native
6- In the past, teacher _________ students sit for hours
A-caused B-made C-created D-forced

III- The following passage contains 11 errors. Underline and correct it (p)

Tet holiday is celebrating on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Some weeks after the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the wallls. New clothes are buyed for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make rice cakes, who is the traditional cake, and others goodies. On the New Year’s Eve, the whole family gets together for a reunion dinner. Every members of the family should be present during the dinner which much differnet kinds of dishes is served. On the New Year morning, the young members of the family pay them respects to the elders. In return they receive lucky money wrapping in red tiny envelops. Then people go to visit their neighborhoods, friends and relatives

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IV- Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete these sentences (p)

S______________ he had no money for a bus, he had to walk all the way home
Pleases don’t come too N________________ the edge of the cliff
Mr. Black sounded unhappy this morning. He H______________ his car stolen
My children enjoy being allowed to S________________ up late when there is something special on TV
Could you turn on the radio, please? I want to W_________________ the news
Stand still. I want to T________________ a photo
If you aren’t watching TV, could you S_________________ it off, please?
He asked me whether I was going to California the F_________________ week
Is there a meeting B________________ 8 am and 9 am?
You are A________________ forgetting your homework and it is really bad
They took their kids on a T________________ to Disneyland
Flowers and trees are often P_______________ in spring
The clown made us L_______________ a lot
If I W_______________ you, I would learn harder
He is thin B_______________ he is not weak
We deide to T________________ a taxi instead of a bus
Air planes T________________ are expensive so I won’t fly to Italy
Who puts the salt in my C________________ of coffee?
Someone B________________ the window yesterday so I had to repair it
The Malaysian unit of C________________ is the ringgit, consiting of 100 sen

V- Read this passage. For each of the following dictionary definitions, write down the correct word (printed in bold type in the passage) (p)

The world’s oceans are so vast that they can cope with the present levels of pollution. However, little is known about the long-term effects of such slow poisoning. The most serious problem of modern time is that man is destroying the Earth’s natural resources and transforming huge areas into wasteland. As a result, it is becoming extremely difficult to grow enough to feed the world’s rapidly increasing population. A way of protecting all the wildlife on the Earth must also be found as many species are in danger of disappearing completely from the