? Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence
1. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
A. personal
B. penalty
C. defensive
D. vertical
2. The first water polo rules was set _______ by William Wilson in 1876.
A. in
B. up
C. of
D. out
3. How many players are there in _______ water polo team?
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. Ø
4. They are going to _______ the pool to 1.8 meter.
A. deep
B. depth
C. deepen
D. deeply
5. _______ defense, the players work to regain possession of the ball and prevent a goal.
A. About
B. Over
C. Without
D. On
6. The more goals the players _______, the more exciting the match became.
A. marked
B. made
C. scored
D. sprinted
7. _______ is a sport in which people or teams race against each other in boats with oars.
A. Rowing
B. Windsurfing
C. Swimming
D. Water polo
8. New Zealand _______ 1,000 miles southeast of Australia.
A. lies about
B. is lain
C. is lying
D. is laid about
9. Choose the part that needs correcting.
Windsurfing, which (A) is a water sport combining (B) elements of surfing and sailing first developed (C) in the United States in 1968 and also called (D) boardsailing.
A
B
C
D
10. Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the given one.
He could escape from hurt because he was wearing protective clothes.
A. Thanks to his protective clothes, he could escape from hurt.
B. His protective clothes made him hurt.
C. Due to his protective clothes, he was hurt.
D. His being hurt made his unable to wear protective clothes.
11. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
A. enthusiast
B. successfully
C. competitor
D. participation
12. In _______ 22nd SEA Games, Vietnam won 158 _______ gold medals.
A. Ø / the
B. the / Ø
C. a / the
D. the / the
13. The host country, Laos, is expected to announce official sports for 25th SEA Games _______ November 2008.
A. on
B. in
C. during
D. from
14. Johnny used to be one of the most _______ athletes in my country.
A. succeed
B. success
C. successful
D. successfully
15. The ASEAN Para-Games is a biannual multi-sport _______ held after every Southeast Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities.
A. games
B. event
C. work
D. situation
16. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
A. events
B. spirit
C. Asian
D. silver
17. _______ you study for these exams, _______ you will do.
A. The harder / the better
B. The more / the much
C. The hardest / the best
D. The more hard / the more good
18. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become _______.
A. more and more good
B. better and better
C. the more and more good
D. gooder and gooder
19. Choose the part that needs correcting.
The Southeast Asian Games, also knowing (A) as the SEA Games, is a biennial (B) multi-sport eventinvolving (C) participants from the current eleven countries of Southeast Asia (D).
A
B
C
D
20. Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the given one.
As I get older, I want to travel less.
A. I`m getting older and older, so I don`t want to travel more.
B. The more I get old, the less I want to travel
C. I don`t want to travel because of my old age.
D. The older I get, the less I want to travel.
21. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
A. civilian
B. official
C. temporary
D. tsunami
22. The International Red Cross helps people in need without