10C8 Học kỳ 2 Lần 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.

• A.     Double

• A.     Enough

• A.     Southern

• A.     Drought

Answer explanation

/'dʌbl/

/i'nʌf/

/sʌðən/

/draut/

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.

• A.     longevity

• B.     immune

• C.     nutrition

• D.     prescription

Answer explanation

[lɔn'dʒeviti]

[i'mju:n]

[nju:'tri∫n]

[pris'krip∫n]

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 the main stress in each of the following questions.

• academic

• concentrate

• controversy

• educated

Answer explanation

[,ækə'demik]

['kɔnsntreit]

['kɔntrəvə:si]

['edju:keit]

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 the main stress in each of the following questions.

• elegant

• argument

• compassion

• comfortable

Answer explanation

['eligənt]

['ɑ:gjumənt]

[kəm'pæ∫n]

['kʌmfətəbl]

We _____ lunch at McDonald's but it was so crowded that we _____ to go to Pizza Hut instead.

• were to go have / were deciding

• were going to have / decided

• was to have had / deciding

• are to have gone to / will have to decide

Twenty people were injured in the accident and the tower was _____ demolished to prevent it from happening again.

• previously

• subsequently

• formerly

• preceding

Answer explanation

subsequently: after a particular thing has happened; afterward.

previously, formerly, preceding ~ before

A total _____ eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, completely obscuring the face of the sun.

• solar

• lunar

• meteoric

• stellar

Answer explanation

Nhật thực toàn phần xảy ra khi mặt trăng đi qua giữa mặt trời và Trái đất, che khuất hoàn toàn mặt trời.

Some forms of this disease are _____ and can last for five years or more.

• chronic

• acute

• moderate

• obese

Answer explanation

chronic disease: Bệnh mãn tính

acute disease: Bệnh cấp tính

The mother bird carries food back to the nest in its _____.

• feather

• wing

• beak

• paw

Answer explanation

_____ foods are freely available in supermarkets.

• extinct

• endangered

• ecological

• exotic

Answer explanation

exotic = foreign, non-native