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Luyen TN 80 Cau 2
Luyen TN 80 Cau 2
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PRACTICE
I. Find out the word which has the main stress in the second syllable.
1. A. refugee B. referee C. employee D. committee
2. A. follow B. fellow C. allow D. yellow
3. A. actually B. evening C. symbolic D. suddenly
4. A. educate B. actually C. contaminate D. organism
5. A. malice B. office C. police D. practice
II. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in
order to make the sentence correct.
6. One of (A) the best collection of (B) paintings can (C) be found in that famous
(D) museum of arts.
7. (A) The main (B) advertising media include direct mail, (C) radio, television,
magazines and (D) newspaper.
8. (A) Hot in the summer causes (B) a lot of problems for people who (C) live in
this part of (D) the country.
9. (A) Liquids take the shape of any container (B) which in they (C) are (D) placed.
10. The local (A) hot springs now (B) serve as a bathhouse for (C) them tranquil
(D) little town.
11. Weather is the expression of (A) climate that (B) can change (C) great from
day to day (D) or season to season.
12. Beethoven (A) wrote and (B) performance some of his greatest works (C)
while he was almost (D) totally deaf.
13. (A) Financial considerations (B) play an important (C) partly in the choice (D)
of a collage.
14. If (A) one is invite (B) out to a dinner, it is perfectly proper (C) to go either
with or without (D) no a gift.
15. (A) Smoker is (B) the number one (C) preventable cause (D) of death in the
world.
III. Choose A, B, C or D to fill in the gap.
Helen packed a small suitcase, said goodbye to her mother and hurried out of the
house to ... (16) ........ to the station. There was no one ... (17) ........ waiting at the
bus stop, so it looked as if a bus had just left. Helen looked at her watch anxiously;
it was already two o'clock. Her train left at two thirty, and since it would ...
(18) ........ at least twenty minutes to reach the station, she did not have much time
to ... (19) ........ , even if a bus came along at once.
Just then a taxi came slowly down the road. Helen knew that the ... (20) ........ to
the station was at least five dollars, which was more than she could ... (21) ........ ,
but she quickly made up her ... (22) ........ that it would be well ... (23) ........ the
extra expense in order to be sure of catching the train. So she stopped the taxi and
got in. She told the driver that she had to catch the train which left at half past
two. The man nodded and said that he would take a short ... (24) ........ to get her to
the station in good time.
All went well until, just as they were coming out of a side street into the ...
(25) ........ that lead to the station, the taxi ran ... (26) ........ a car. There was a loud
crash and Helen was thrown ... (27) ........ so violently that she hit her head on the
front seat. Both drivers got out and began ... (28) ........ each other. Helen got out
as ... (29) ........ to ask them to stop quarrelling, but ... (30) ........ took any notice of
her at all.
16. A. catch the bus B. drive taxi C. go on bus D. get the bus
17. A. person B. more C. else D. other
18. A. lose B. take C. be D. waste