40 CÂU HỎI
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A. widespread
B. adore
C. parkland
D. service
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A. continent
B. position
C. continue
D. consumer
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
A. involved
B. explained
C. accepted
D. followed
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
A. sword
B. word
C. afford
D. absorb
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable answer to each of the following questions.
In my family, everybody has to do their ________________ of the housework.
A. responsibility
B. division
C. bit
D. share
She would risk losing her job if her boss ________________ that she weren't really ill.
A. find
B. found
C. will find
D. is finding
This time next year they won't be at work; they ________________ the peaceful atmosphere of the countryside.
A. will have enjoyed
B. will be enjoying
C. will enjoy
D. enjoying
________________ in the United States declined from nine million in the 1970s to under five million in 1981.
A. For a number of horses
B. When the number of horses
C. The number of horses
D. That the number of horses
He's the only child in his family and so he can hardly enjoy ________________.
A. brother
B. brothers
C. brotherly
D. brotherhood
Marie Curie was the first and only woman ________________ two Nobel Prizes.
A. who win
B. that wins
C. to have won
D. to be won
Drivers are advised to check road conditions before setting ________________ on journeys.
A. in
B. off
C. forth
D. up
This primary school was ________________ in 1930, originally as separate infant and junior schools.
A. founded
B. created
C. found
D. made
Scientists are now beginning to carry out experiments on ________________ trigger different sorts of health risk.
A. noise pollution can
B. that noise pollution
C. how noise pollution
D. how noise pollution can
Since I wanted to get the bill, I tried to attract the waiter's ________________.
A. attention
B. agreement
C. assistance
D. eyes
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
What a beautiful girl! She certainly takes after her mother.
A. likes
B. resembles
C. remembers
D. takes care of
Sugar is a sweetener. We put it in candy, desserts, and ice cream.
A. it makes something soft
B. it makes something fresh
C. it makes something sweet
D. it makes something better
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Helen was very pleased when she saw the gift.
A. miserable
B. afraid
C. surprised
D. cheerful
These figurines are very easily broken. Do be careful with them.
A. flexible
B. fragile
C. strong
D. expensive
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
- "Do you feel like going to the sports ground this afternoon?" - ”____________”
A. I don't agree, I'm afraid.
B. I feel very bored.
C. You're welcomed.
D. That would be great.
– “I’m having an English test tomorrow." – “____________”
A. Yes, of course.
B. Good luck
C. Poor you.
D. What a pity!
However, holidays in space will be very (21) ______________! About 90,000 dollars for three days!
A. unpleasant
B. horrible
C. luxurious
D. expensive
Other firms, in Japan and (22) ______________ USA, want to open hotels on the moon! Trips to the moon will be even more expensive!
A. an
B. a
C. the
D. û
The Japanese firm is quite serious; but they cannot yet start (23) ______________ their orbiting hotel
A. building
B. making
C. creating
D. producing
The old American shuttles, (24) ______________ Atlantis and Columbia, were very expensive to launch.
A. instead of
B. such as
C. so as
D. as such
They had to be launched into (25) ______________ with a big rocket which cannot be reused. Tomorrow's shuttles will take off and land on their own, probably like aeroplanes.
A. plane
B. orbit
C. sky
D. atmosphere
According to the passage, ice cream originated in ______________.
A. China
B. Italy
C. the Middle East
D. Great Britain
Arabic chemists discovered how to lower the freezing point of water by ______________.
A. adding salt to it
B. mixing it with fruit
C. sweetening it
D. adding ice to it
The story of Nero, the Roman Emperor, having snow brought to him from the mountains is.
A. a historical fact
B. a myth
C. well documented
D. mentioned in a book
Using cream instead of plain water in water ices ______________.
A. was a British idea
B. was an Italian recipe
C. came with the invention of the fridge
D. made ice cream more expensive
Before the invention of modern refrigeration techniques in the mid-19th century, ice cream was ______________.
A. kept in special buckets
B. only eaten by monarchs
C. a common dessert
D. a rare and expensive delicacy
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
His excellent physical health is the result of he swims two miles every day.
A. physical
B. result
C. he swims
D. every day
The window display for the new products have been designed by the merchandising staff.
A. for
B. have
C. by
D. merchandising
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.
Somebody has suggested pulling the old building down.
A. It has suggested pulling the old building down.
B. Somebody has ordered the pulling of the old building down.
C. The pulling of the old building down has been a must.
D. It has been suggested that the old building should be pulled down.
We didn't expect global warming to increase so fast.
A. Global warming used to increase faster but it is slower now.
B. Global warming is faster than we expected.
C. Global warming is to increase as we expected.
D. Global warming increasing fast was what we expected.
I can only see good things happening in the future.
A. I am an optimistic person.
B. Good things will happen to me from now on.
C. I will only do good things in my future.
D. I am pessimistic about things in the future.
"Would you please lend me a hand?" Jane said to me.
A. Jane wanted me to lend her some money.
B. Jane politely asked me to help her.
C. I said I would lend her a hand.
D. I would not please her by lending it to her.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is best written from the words/phrases given.
refuse/employ/poorly qualified/applicants
A. They refused to employ poorly qualified applicants.
B. They refused employing poorly qualified applicants.
C. Refusing to employ poorly qualified, they are applicants.
D. To refuse employing, they became poorly qualified applicants.
try/cooperate/each other/team/finish our project
A. Trying and cooperating with each other in the team to finish our project.
B. We tried to cooperate to each other in team to finish our project.
C. We tried to cooperate with each other in the team to finish our project.
D. Try to cooperate with each other for the team we finish our project.
decide/learn English/go/study/Australia
A. They decided learning English before going to study in Australia.
B. They decided and learned English before going to study in Australia.
C. They decided to learn English before go to study in Australia.
D. They decided to learn English before going to study in Australia.
Jack London / famous / American writer/write/The Call of the Wild
A. Jack London who is a famous American writer wrote The Call of the Wild.
B. Jack London, who is a famous American writer, wrote The Call of the Wild.
C. Jack London, to be a famous American writer, writes The Call of the Wild.
D. Jack London is a famous American writer wrote The Call of the Wild.