40 câu hỏi
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
typhoon
goose
blood
stool
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
approaches
sprinkles
garnishes
refuses
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
money
machine
history
mother
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
elephant
sympathy
solution
animal
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Our form teacher couldn't come to the party’, _______was a pity.
that
which
what
this
After two years’ hard work, she ___ in finding a job.
managed
succeeded
was able
achieved
He is one of the most ____ people I have ever met. He never says anything interesting.
bore
bores
bored
boring
I have got two sisters, _____of whom is married.
both
all
neither
none
- “Shall I put the books on the floor?”
- “No, I want to keep _______
tidy the room
the room tidily
the room is tid
the room tidy
There’s somebody behind us. I think we______________ .
are following
follow
have followed
are being followed
I __________ when he came last night.
have read
am reading
read
was reading
A lot needs______ to the house before anyone can move in.
doing
be done
to do
done
She was_________ she could not say anything.
too surprised at the news that
such surprised at the news
very surprised at the news
so surprised at the news that
It rained ___________ three days without stopping.
during
for
since
while
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
- Peter:“ Thank you very much for all that you’ve done!”
- Nick: “______. ”
No matter
Yes, I’m proud of it
It’s not worth it
Don’t mention it
- Mai:“ Shall we go to the Ethnology Museum this weekend?’
- Susan:“______. ”
Nothing more to say
Yeah. It sounds interesting
Why ask that question?
No. You must be kidding
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s)in each of the following questions.
Before our modern age, people had a more physical and active lifestyle.
clever
moving
bright
smart
All teachers should be aware of the real challenges that visually handicapped pupils have to face.
images
tasks
positions
difficulties
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)in each of the following questions.
We still remember looking at the brilliant stars in the clear night sky
dim
moving
bright
smart
The boy on the soccer team were hungry after the game , so they went o eat pizza
bumpy
happy
starving
full
It is usually very hard to become familiar (21)______ the culture of a foreign country.
with
about
for
on
Books are often of little use (22)______they concentrate on differences between your own culture and that of the foreign country.
instead
but
despite
because
It is even difficult for us to become (23)______ of the culture of our own country.
interested
amazed
aware
famous
A recent (24)______ showed that British people did not know what was really typical of their country!
novel
survey
cartoon
interview
They listed stereotypes when they were asked to (25)______ the things they thought were typical of Britain.
inform
draw
describe
assist
From the passage we know that ________
Francis Bacon was the most important philosopher of England.
Francis Bacon had good education.
Francis Bacon worked for a French ambassador at the age of 15.
Francis Bacon stayed in France until he was 23.
It can be known that Francis Bacon was famous for _______.
Francis Bacon was the most important philosopher of England.
Francis Bacon had good education.
Francis Bacon worked for a French ambassador at the age of 15.
Francis Bacon stayed in France until he was 23.
His essays gave many useful lessons on all of the following EXCEPT_______.
studying
conversation
friends and healthy living
fighting
The phrase “ inductive reasoning” in the last paragraph means _______.
to discover general laws from particular facts or examples.
to reach a conclusion by reasoning from general laws to a particular case.
to study things as they used to be.
to study things in a particular way.
Which of the following is NOT true?
Bacon was a learned man.
Bacon did a lot of philosophy.
The inductive reasoning was used in Bacon’s time.
Bacon gave scientists a lot of useful advice.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correcting in each of the following questions.
I was tired after walking so far, so I stopped taking a rest.
was
walking
so
taking
He put on his coat and leaves in a hurry.
put
his
leaves
hurry
Only seventeen on one hundred business calls get through to the correct person on the first attempt
on
business
get through
correct
New universities are being establish at a slower rate nowadays due to the lack of funds.
estabish
slower rate
due to
of funds
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.
“Would you like to come to my party?” said Frankie.
Frankie invited me to his party.
I invited Frankie to my party
Frankie asked me to my party.
Frankie said I could come to his party
People rumoured that her husband had died in the battle.
Her husband is rumoured to die in the battle.
Her husband died in the battle, and it is the truth.
People knew that her husband died in the battle.
Her husband was rumoured to have died in the battle.
I found it difficult to communicate in English.
I didn’t like to communicate in English.
I was not used to communicating in English.
Communicating in English was no difficulty for me.
I preferred communicating in English.
She worked very hard. She could not please her step mother.
She worked very hard in order to please her step mother.
Although she worked hard, she could not please her step mother.
She worked very hard, so that she could please her step mother.
Unless she worked very hard, she could please her step mother.
Juniper was kayaking in the ocean. He saw a humpback whale at that time.
Juniper saw a humpback whale which was kayaking in the ocean.
Juniper was kayaking in the ocean when he saw a humpback whale.
Before kayaking in the ocean, Juniper saw a humpback whale.
Without kayaking in the ocean Juniper saw a humpback whale.
The bridge was very low. The ship couldn’t go under it.
It was a very low bridge, and big ships could go under it
The bridge wasn’t low enough for the ship to go under it.
It was a low bridge because the ship couldn’t go under it
The bridge was so low that the ship couldn’t go under it.
