. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. 1. A. solar B. old C. doctor D. most 2. A. city B. cake C. coat D. cook 3. A. stopped B. finished C. worked D. cleaned 4. A. breath B. tooth C. bath D. clothes 5. A. elementary B. engineer C. enable D. energy II. Find ONE mistake that need correcting in each sentence below 6. She asked me if I live in Hanoi. A B C D 7. If you work hard, you would get good marks. A B C D 8. A meeting will held next week by the committee. A B C D 9. Mrs. Lien, whom sings very well, is my teacher of English. A B C D 10. Mrs Thuong told us that she would come and see us tomorrow A B C D III. Circle the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 11. ___ the traffic was bad, we arrived on time.(Although/ In spite of/ Even/ Despite of) 12. I’ll show you around the city when you ___ .(come/ are coming/ will come/ came). 13. If energy ___ inexpensive and unlimited, many things in the world would be different. (is/ will be/ were/ would be). 14. ___ energy can be cheap and clean.(Sun/ Sunny/ Solar/ Solarize). 15. We should learn about keeping the environment ___ .(pollute/ polluting/ polluted/ unpolluted). 16. The pencil ___ I write is made in Japan.(who/ whom/ which/ where). 17. We don’t want ___ like that.(talking/ being talked/ talked/ to be talked). 18. Let’s go shopping, ___ ?(shall we/ can we/ do we/ should we). 19. I wish the sun_____ (is / are / were / would) shining now. 20. It takes_____ (one year / one month / one day / one week) for Earth to rotate on its axis. IV. Fill in the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word from the box. Write your answers on the answer sheet. There is one extra word. making over play use on more performed customers newspapers THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTERS Many of the things we do, depend (21) _______ receiving information from other people. Catching a train, (22) _______ a phone call or going to the cinema all involve information that is stored, processed and communicated. In the past, this information used to be kept on paper in the form of, for example, books, (23) _________ and timetables. Now (24)_________ and more information is put on computers.