Choose the word whose main stress syllable is put differently.
A. average B. candidate C. severely D. applicant
A. insurance B. reference C. consider D. available
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
A. course B. courtesy C. source D. force
A. legal B. level C. league D. leader
A. choice B. charge C. chase D. chaos
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
What is minimum entrance _________for this course?
A. condition B. requirement C. certificate D. ability
The writer could not be at the ceremony, and his wife accepted the prize on his_________.
A. absence B. remembrance C. behalf D. reminder
When the post finally fell _________. They offered it to Brian.
A. vacant B. vacantly C. vacancy D. vacancies
Is English a compulsory subject or a(n) _________one at high school here?
A. obligatory B. mandatory C. obliging D. optional
If you understand a matter thoroughly, that means you understand it_________.
A. hardly B. hard C. completely D. scarcely
Had you told me that this was going to happen, I _________it.
A. would never have believed B. don`t believe
C. hadn`t believed D. can`t believe
_________anyone call, would you please ask them to call back later?
A. If B. Should C. When D. Unless
I wish I _________Bob the money; he spent it all gambling.
A. didn`t lend B. wouldn`t lend C. hadn`t lent D. weren`t lending
The plane would have landed easily _________the thick fog. [but for: except for/without]
A. unless B. but for C. because of D. due to
_________you known he was a liar, would you have agreed to support him?
A. If B. Since C. Had D. Did
Without the traffic jam on the high way this morning, I _________late for the meeting.
A. would be B. would have been C. hadn`t been D. wouldn`t have been
-"I have a headache." -" _________you take an aspirin?"
A. Why don`t B. Why should C. What should D. What must
Without _________it, he hindered us instead of _________us. [hinder: prevent]
A. realize - help B. realizing - helping C. to realize - to help D. realizing - to help
Having read the passage three times, _________.
A. it was difficult for me to understand B. I still couldn`t understand its main idea
C. the main idea of it was not clear to me D. it made me confused about its main idea
There was no one else at the post office. I_________in a queue.
A. didn`t need to wait B. mustn`t wait
C. needn`t have waited D. needn`t wait
If I _________my passport, I`ll be in trouble.
A. lose B. ’ll lose C. lost D. would lose
_________you pass the final examination, you`ll be given a holiday in Dalat. [as soon as]
A. Once [when] B. Since C. Though D. So
This shopping center gets_________crowded with shoppers at the weekend.
A. always more B. more and more C. from more to more D. crowded and more
He would still be alive today if he_________that drug.
A. wouldn`t take B. didn`t take C. weren`t taking D. hadn`t taken
-"Is your name Peter?" -"Yes, _________"
A. I am B. it`s me C. I do D. it is
He only read for short periods each day_________. [strain: injure or weaken]
A. in order not to strain his eyes B. so as to make his eyes more tired
C. so that he wouldn`t to strain his eyes D. in order won`t strain his eyes
She has been promoted three times_________she started working here.
A. when B. for C. as D. since
The resort was full of people. I wish it _________less crowded.
A. was B. were C. would be D. had been
Not only did he win the first