Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Đáp án C
Kiến thức về trọng âm
A. ferocious /fəˈroʊʃəs/: từ này trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai. Vì theo quy tắc các từ có hậu tố là -ious thì trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết liền trước.
B. adventure /ədˈventʃər/: từ này trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai. Vì theo quy tắc trọng âm không rơi vào nguyên âm /ə/.
C. history /ˈhɪstri/: từ này trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ nhất. Vì theo quy tắc nếu tất cả các âm mà ngắn hết thì trọng âm rơi vào âm thứ nhất.
D. achievement /əˈtʃiːvmənt/: từ này trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai. Vì theo quy tắc hậu tố - ment không ảnh hưởng đến trọng âm của từ và trọng âm không rơi vào âm /ə/.
=> Phương án C trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ nhất, các phương án còn lại trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai.If Tom ____________ a bit more ambitious, he would have found himself a better job years ago.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 19. I can’t get on well with my boss because of his authoritative manner that at times is almost arrogant.
We have to work against the clock so as to meet the deadline of the clients tomorrow.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 5. She was not ___________little girl he had known, but she was not yet ________woman either.
Although her boss gives quite obvious a hint of dismissing Nancy for her incompetence, she is still __________ignorant of the fact that she is about to face up to a gloomy scenario of unemployment.
It was reported that three top athletes have been ________from the championship after positive drug tests.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 49. The burglar was trying to break into the shop. He was caught by the night guard when doing so.
He never stops smoking; one cigarette after another. I’m afraid he’s become a __________smoker.
His poor standard of play fully justifies his __________from the team for the next match.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 21. The schoolboy’s excuse wasn’t credible at all. Nobody in the classroom believed in the far-fetched story he told.
Julian dropped out of college after his first year. Now he regrets it.
Claudia is being interviewed by the manager of the company she's applied for
- Manager: “_________”
- Claudia: "I work hard and I enjoy working with other people."
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.