PART A: READING, VOCABULARY& GRAMMAR 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. 1: A. kissed B. helped C. forced D. raised 2: A. bomb B. thumb C. lamb D. blue 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. 3: A. extinction B. quality C. temperature D. energy 4: A. effect B. history C. preference D. culture Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that best completes or substitutes for the underlined word(s) in each sentence. 5: The boy ________ at the moment is one of my close friends in the language center. A. speaking to Ann B. whom speaks to Ann C. who Ann speaks to D. spoken to Ann 6: My uncle ________ better since he started living with my family members in the city center. A. had felt B. has felt C. was felt D. will feel 7: They expected ________ at the airport by the General Director and it would be their great honor. A. meeting B. to be met C. be met D. to meet 8: You dont think that she is suitable for this position, _______? A. is she B. isnt she C. do you D. dont you 9: To avoid unnecessary injury, the coach insisted that the players' tackling drills _______ on the proper way to fall down. A. focus B. focused C. were focus D.to focus 10: Lan: _______________________________________________ Peter: Theyre sometimes used for performing dangerous tasks. A. What are robots used for? B. What did robots use to do in the past? C. How are robots developed? D. Whats this robot used to? 11: _______ Johns being always late for work, he was dismissed. A. because B. because of C. despite D. although 12: The Staff in many post offices in our city are very ________ to the customers, so we like their service very much. A. impolite B. courteous C. professional D. good 13: Stark goes to the bank for a money change. - Stark: Do you have a change for a 100-dollar, please? - Bank clerk: _______ A. What kind of money do you want? B. How much money do you want? C. How do you want your money? D. How many notes do you want? 14: My aunt has been working very hard in a local company ________ chocolate cakes. A. to be made B. that makes C. whose makes D. where making 15: The teacher _______ an example of Tom to the class for cheating in the exam. A. set B. followed C. made D. gave Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that has the same meaning as the first one. 16: A new source of energy has been discovered. A. A new source of energy is being discovered. B. They have been discovering a new source of energy. C. They are discovering a new source of energy. D. They have discovered a new source of energy. 17: The boy said he hadnt taken the money. A. The boy agreed that he hadnt taken the money B. The boy refused to take the money with him. C. The boy admitted having taken the money. D. The boy denied having taken the money. 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. 18: We will have a competition to choose an official song to welcome the Asian Games. A. a strategy B. an examination C. a contest D. a game show Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. 29: Her living conditions were not good. However, she studied very well. A. Living in difficult conditions, she had no choice but to study well. B. Difficultly as her living conditions were, she studied very well. C. She studied very well just because she lived in difficult conditions. D. However difficult her living conditions were, she studied very well. 30: She decided to move to the city. She didnt bring any money with her. A. No money with her did she decide to move to the city. B. Not money did she bring with her, she decided to move to the city. C. Not a penny did she bring with her when she decided to move to the city. D. Not a penny she brought with her did she decide to move to the city.