Ôn 1

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 in each of the following questions.

• slide

• side

• knit

• five

Tom’s jokes are inappropriate but we have to put up with it just because he’s the boss.

• inappropriate

• it

• because

• the

What I told her a few days ago is not the solution to most of her problems.

• What I told her

• is

• to

• most of

Mark is set in his ways, but John has a more _________ attitude to life.

• flexible

• flexibly

• flexibility

• flexify

I was late for work because my alarm clock did not _______ .

• turn off

• put off

• send off

• go off

Marie didn’t turn up at John’s birthday party. I feel so sorry for that.

• If only Marie turn up at John’s birthday party.

• I wish Marie had turned up at Johns birthday party.

• I wished Marie wouldn’t turn up at John’s birthday party.

• It’s a shame Marie had turned up at John’s birthday party.

It’s very likely that the company will accept his application.

• The company needs accept his application.

• The company might accept his application.

• The company must accept his application.

• The company should accept his application.

She began to play the piano three years ago.

• She has played the piano since three years.

• She has played the piano for three years

• She doesn’t play the piano now. 

• She stops playing the piano now.

Estimates suggest that 40% of the world's urban expansion is taking place in slums, exacerbating socio-economic disparities and creating unsanitary conditions that facilitate the spread of disease.

1.      The word “that" in paragraph 4 refers to __________.

• urban expansion

• socio-economic disparities

• disease

• unsanitary conditions

I'm sure Luisa was very disappointed when she failed the exam.

• Luisa should be very disappointed when she failed the exam.

• Luisa must have been very disappointed when she failed the exam.

• Luisa may be very disappointed when she failed the exam.

• Luisa could have been very disappointed when she failed the exam.