Secondary school entrance exam_019

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 
A. gather	B. there	C. ethnic	D. although
A. child	B. school	C. which	D. catch
A. covered	B. installed 	C. described	D. decorated
A. beach	B. lead	C. great	D. pleased
A. borrows	B. works	C. pockets	D. stops
Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence. 
We haven’t seen him _________we left school. 
	A. for	B. since	C. when	D. while
My bicycle_________since last night. 
	A. has been stolen	B. was stolen	C. stole	D. is stolen
I’m returning to England _________the end of this month. 
	A. on	B. in	C. at	D. for
If you _________more slowly, he might understand you. 
	A. speak	B. spoke	C. to speak	D. speaking
You gave him nothing, _________?
	A. don’t you	B. doesn’t you	C. did you	D. didn’t you 
My family live_________ and we always supportive of one another. 
	A. happy	B. happily	C. happyly	D. happiness
Hoa is bad at_________English, but she is good_________ writing it. 
	A. speak/at	B. speaking/at	C. speaking/in	D. speaking/on 
I don’t like people _________are never on time. 
	A. whom	B. who	C. whose	D. which
I managed to finish all the work _________I was very tired. 
	A. so	B. but	C. although	D. because
The supermarket _________was completely destroyed in the fire has now been rebuilt. 
	A. who	B. which	C. whom	D. whose
He refused _________with me, but I could at last persuade him to go with me. 
	A. go	B. to go	C. going	D. having gone
He told me _________him some money because he didn’t have enough money to buy a new hat.
	A. lend	B. lending	C. to lend	D. having lent
The old man went _________across the street. 
	A. slow	B. slowly	C. fast	D. hard
Let’s _________out tonight, shall we?
	A. eat	B. eating	C. ate	D. have eaten
He suggests that we _________early tomorrow morning. 
	A. started 	B. to start	C. starting	D. should start
Mary’s eyes are badly near-sighted. _________, she has to wear glasses. 
	A Therefore	B. Besides	C. However	D. Also
_________his old age, Mr. Brown goes jogging every day. 
	A. In spite	B. Although	C. However	D. Despite
One of the reasons _________I couldn’t go on holiday last year was that I was ill. 
	A. which	B. why 	C. when	D. where
He is the man _________novel was the best seller last year. 
	A. who	B. which	C. whose	D. that
My mother always picks me _________from school at 5 p. m. 
	A. up	B. out	C. off	D. in
Choose the words or phrases that needs correction. 
Tom asked me help him while he was doing his homework. 
 	A 	B 	C 	D 
I enjoy listening to music and go dancing with my friends. 
	A 	B 	C 	D 
She hated to be questioned by the police. 
	A 	B 	C 	D 
We can’t afford going to the cinema twice a week. 
	A 	B 	C 	D 
If you work hard, you could get a day off next week. 
	A 	 B 	C 	D 
Find the best choice to complete the passage below. 
Nowadays, it has been (31)________ that computers together with robots play (32)________ increasingly important part in our lives. Men will become lazy and the result that unemployment will make things (33)________ for us. However, many of us were obviously (34)________ by the prospect of new machines (35)________ would perform routine tasks such as household chores.
A. agree 	B. to agree	C. agreed 	D. agreeing 
A. a 	B. an 	C. the	D. no article 
A. difficult 	B. difficulty 	C. difficulties 	D. difficultly 
A. excite	B. exciting	C. excited	D. excitement
A. who 	B. whom 	C. whose 	D. which 
Use the given words to make sentences. 
what/ you/ like/ do/ your/ free/ time?/often/
what/ favorite/ TV/ programs?/be/
He/ much/ time/ TV programs/ spends/ every day.
There/ be/ thousands/ volcano/ all over/ world/. 
volcano/ be/ mountain/ that/ open/ at/ top. 
Complete the second sentences without changing the meaning of the first sentences. 
She said to me “I will go to China next week.” 
She doesn’t go to China with us. 	
I wish	
Someone has stolen my bike.	
My bike	
She is the woman. I met her last week.
She	
Money doesn’t grow on trees. We aren’t rich. 
If	
I last saw her ten years ago. 	
I haven’t	
Cars cause pollution. However, people still want them.
Although	
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