Secondary school entrance exam - 039

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 
A. passed	B. watched	C. played	D. washed 
A. proud	B. about	C. around	D. would
A. entrance	B. paddy	C. bamboo	D. banyan
Choose the word whose stress is placed differently from that of the others. 
A. suggested	B. remember	C. restaurant	D. increase
A. population	B. government	C. understand	D. scientific
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. 
My house _________in 1986. 
 	A. is built	B. was building	C. was built	D. has been built
The doctor _________me not to stay up too late at night. 
 	A. advised	B. suggested	C. insisted	D. forced	
Tomorrow we'll go to Noi Bai Airport to meet Maryam, _________comes from Malaysia. 
 	A. who	B. whom	C. whose	D. that
His house looks very large and beautiful. It is _________house. 
 	A. a seven-room	B. a seven-rooms	C. seven room	D. seven rooms
If you get up early, you _________late. 
 	A. weren't	B. wouldn't be	C. aren't	D. won't be 
It's very hot today. I wish I _________on the beach now. 
	A. am	B. was	C. were	D. had been
When he lived in the city, he _________to the theater twice a week. 
 	A. uses to go	B. has gone	C. used to go	D. was going
My father asked us _________too much time playing computer games. 
 	A. not to spending	B. did not spend	C. not to spend	D. to not spent
Hoai cannot remember the name of the restaurant _________she ate her favorite roasted duck. 
 	A. which	B. whose	C. whom	D. where 
If I were a flower, I _________a sunflower. 
 	A. was 	B. were	C. will be	D. would be 
Nobody went to the party, _________?
 	A. does he	B. do they	C. didn’t they	D. did they
It is nearly 3 months _________he visited his parents. 
 	A. while	B. during	C. since	D. when
_________population is another unpleasant result we have to solve. 
 	A. Increased 	B. Increasing	C. The increase	D. To increase
If we _________enough time, we’ll study this exercise more carefully. 
 	A. will have	B. have	C. had	D. would have
What would you do, if you _________a UFO?
 	A. see	B. saw	C. would see	D. had seen
Identify the underlined part that needs correction. 
The picture was painting by Michael last year. 
	A	B	C	D
There’s the woman she sold me the handbag. 
	A	B	C	D
Mr. Smith is going to buy a new Japanese car, doesn’t he?
	A	B	C	D
I met a lot of interesting people while I was studying at Ho Chi Minh City. 
	A	B	C	D
If I were you, I didn’t buy that expensive car. 
	A	B	C	D
Read the following passage, then choose the correct option for each blank. 
Singapore is an island city of about three million people. It’s a beautiful city with lots of parks and open spaces. It’s also a very (26)______ city. 
Most of the people (27)______ in high-rise flats in different parts of the island. The business district is very modern with (28)______ of high new office buildings. Singapore also has some nice older sections. In Chinatown, there (29)______ rows of old shop houses. The government buildings in Singapore are very beautiful and date from the colonial days. 
Singapore is famous (30)______ its shops and restaurants. There are many good shopping centers. Most of the goods are duty free. Singapore’s restaurants sell Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and the prices are quite reasonable. 
A. large	B. dirty	C. small	D. clean
A. live	B. lives	C. are living	D. lived
A. lot	B. lots	C. many	D. much
A. is 	B. will be	C. were	D. are
A. in	B. on	C. at	D. for
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. 
People say that they bought this shop last year. 	
	@ It is	
"How much do you think it will cost?" he said to me. 
	@ He asked me 	
Mr. Brown's team has lost the game. He looks very sad. 
	@ Mr. Brown whose 	
Do you know the man who sat next to me at Nam’s birthday party last night?
	@ You know 	
It takes Minh 2 hours to do his homework every day. 
	@ Minh spends 	
We were late for school because of the heavy rain. 
	@ Because it 	
My mother used to make us clean the house. 
	@ We used 	
"I'm working in a restaurant, and don't care much for it.” She said 
	@ She said 	
It’s two years since I last spoke to her. 
	@ I haven’t 	
Going swimming in the river in the summer is interesting. 
	@ It 	
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