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PRACTICE TEST 1
I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose stress pattern is different from the others'.
1. A. recognise

B. appearance

C. disclaimer

D. successful

2. A. appreciate

B. associate

C. authority

D. necessary

3. A. recorder

B. nominate

C. addition

D. important

4. A. oversea

B. volunteer

C. discover

D. engineer

5. A. invasion

B. foundation

C. government

D. investment

II. Choose the word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
6. At school Jane had a good academic record, and also……………at sports.
A. excelled

B. surpassed

C. achieved

D. fulfilled

7. The criminal was sentenced to death because of……………of his crime.
A. the severity

B. the complexity

C. a punishment

D. the importance

8. The state laws limit the speed……………motorists are permitted to drive.
A. which

B. at which

C. that

D. where

9. Stricter anti-pollution laws can……………higher prices for consumers.
A. make

B. result from

C. be due to

D. lead to

C. was going

D. were taking

10. Three quarters of the day……………in idleness.
A. was spent

B. were spent

11. Only when you become a parent……………what true responsibility is.
A. you will understand
C. you understand

B. will you understand Giaoandet hitie nganh.info
D. don't you understand

12. When the police investigate a crime, they……………evidence such as fingerprints, hair, or clothing.
A. look after

B. look for

C. look up for

D. look into

13. Prices are rising quickly everywhere. The……………seems to go up every day.
A. standard of living

B. quality of life

C. annual income

14. A person of……………age may suffer from defects of vision.

D. cost of living

A. every

B. certain

C. some

D. any

15. Put all the toys away……………someone slips and falls on them.
A. provided that

B. unless

C. in case

D. so long as

16 ……………on the bus the other day, I bumped into Alice.
A. Travelling

B. Having travelled

C. I was travelling

D. When I fravelled

17. “Do you……………your new roommate, or do you two argue?
A. get used to

B. on good terms with

C. keep in touch with

D. get along with

18. Children must be taught to……………between right and wrong.
A. distinguishable

B. distinguishing

C. distinguished

D. distinguish

C. should have been

D. had been

19. Tom had a lucky escape. He……………killed.
A. could have been

B.must have been

20. I'd rather you……………too much time surfing the Internet.
A. not spend

B. not to spend

C. didn't spend

D. don't spend

21 .Don't……………to conclusions; we don't yet know all the relevant facts.
A. run

B. jump

C. rush

D. hurry

22. Tom……………things round the house, which is annoying.
A. is always leaving

B. has always left

C. is leaving

D. always leaves

23. Only three of the students in my class are girls;……………are all boys.
A. others

B. other students

C. the others

D. the other

24. ……………your motorbike broke down in the desert, would you be able to mend it yourself?
A. Provided that

B. Supposing

C. In case

D. Given

25. If Lucy's car……………down, she would be here by now.
A. didn't break

B. hadn't broken

C. wouldn't have broken

D. doesn't break

26. Neither Jim nor his brothers……………to school. Their father teaches them at home.
A. have never been

B. has ever been

C. have ever been

D. ever go

27. It's too late now that the holiday's over, but I wish we……………somewhere else.
A. went

B. have gone

C. were going

D. had gone

28. “It's so noisy here. Let's go somewhere else,……………?”
A. will we

C. aren't we

B. shall we

D. do we

29. Is English the most popular language……………in the world?
A. be spoken

B. to speak

C. to be spoken

D. speaking

30. “Will you……………on my dog while I go to the canteen?”
A. give

B. keep an eye

C. watch

D. take care

III. Choose the underlined word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs to be corrected.
31. After he had researched his paper and wrote it, he found some additional data that he should have
included.
A
B
C
D
32. Because of the light, the city looked differently from the way that I had remembered it.
A

B

C

D

33. While the wife tasted all of the main courses, her husband started to prepare the desserts.
A

B

C

D

34. Tom likes to gossip about other people, so he doesn't like them to gossip about him.
A

B

C

D

35. Have a headache, an upset stomach, and a bad case of sunburn did not put me in a good mood for the
evening. A
B
C
D
36. Most young people prefer the city, as there wasn't many to do in the country.
A

B

C

D

37. In order to do a profit the new leisure centre needs at least 2.000 visitors a month.
A

B

C

D

38. 'Would you rather came in the morning or the afternoon?'
A

B

C

D

39. Everyone ought to know the basic steps that follow in case of an emergency.
A

B

C

D

40. It announced today that an enquiry would be held into the collapse of a high-rise apartment block in
A

B

Kuala Lumpur last week. Giaoande thi tienganh.info

C

D

41. Some of the earth's most valuable resources are found in only few places.
A
42.

B

B

B

D

C

D

A number of tourists is going to return the evaluation form distributed by the fravel agent.
A

45.

C

There are less infectious diseases these days thanks to medical advances.
A

44.

D

Not until I was on my way to die airport that I realised I had left my passport at home.
A

43.

C

B

C

D

The film was a bit boring but at the end, the main characters had a happy ending.
A

B

C

D

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an
emnty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something
in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are children who
look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.
Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against
wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them
to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to' my mind what they meant.” Slowly,
she learned that they were house keys.
She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working
couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at
home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had
nightmares and were worried about their own safety.
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is, by hiding. They may hide in a
shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It's hard to get
statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their
children alone.
46. The phrase "an empty house” in the passage mostly means...................
A. a house with nothing inside
B. a house with no people inside
C. a house with too much space

D. a house with no furniture
47. One thing that the children in the passage share is that....................
A. they all watch TV Giaoande thitie nganh.info
B. they all wear jewelry
C. they spend part of each day alone
D. they are from single-parent families
48. The phrase “latchkey children" in the passage means children who....................
A. look after themselves while their parents are not at home
B. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves
C. are locked inside houses with latches and keys
D. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere
49. What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears?
A. Talking to the Longs
shower

B. Hiding somewhere

C. Lying under a TV

D. Having a

50. It's difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because....................
A. they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds
B. they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons
C. there are too many of them in the whole country
D. most parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone
V. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each numbered space.
SCHOOL LUNCH
Research has shown that over half the children in Britain who take their own lunches to school do not
eat (51) ....................in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to (52) ....................meals at lunchtime.
Children can (53) ....................to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.
One shocking (54) ....................of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches
prepared by parents. There are strict (55) ....................for the preparation of school meals, which have to
include one (56) ....................of fruit and one of vegetables, as well as meat, a daừy item and starchy food like
bread or pasta. Lunchboxes (57) ....................by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps and chocolate
bars. Children (58) ....................twice as much as they should at lunchtime.

The researcher will provide a better (59) .................... of why the percentage of overweight students in
Britain has (60) .................... in the last decade. Unfortunately, the government cannot (61)
....................parents, but it can remind them of the (62) ....................value of milk, fruit and vegetables. Small
changes in their children's diet can (63) ....................their future health. Children can easily develop bad
eating (64) ....................at this age, and parents are the only ones who can (65) ....................it.
51. A. appropriately

B. properly

C. probably

D. possibly

52. A. give

B. provide

C. make

D. do

53. A. prefer

B. manage

C. want

D.choose

54. A. finding

B. number

C. figure

D. factor

55. A. standards

B. procedures

C. conditions

D. ways

56. A. piece

B. portion

C. bowl

D. kilo

57. A. examined

B. found

C. taken

D. investigated

58. A. take

B. contain

C. consume

D. consist

59. A. understanding

B. knowledge

C. view

D. opinion

60. A. increased

B. expanded

C. extended

D. added

61. A. criticise

B. instruct

C. order

D. tell

62. A. nutritional

B. healthy

C. positive

D. good

63. A. damage

B. predict

C. destroy

D. affect

64. A. behaviours

B. styles

C. attitudes

D. habits

65. A. prevent

B. define

C. decide

D. delay

V. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
One of the most popular foods around the world today is pizza. Pizza restaurants are popular everywhere from
Beijing to Moscow to Rio, and even in the United States, the home of the hamburger, there are more pizza
restaurants than hamburger places. This worldwide love for pizza is a fairly recent phenomenon. Before the 1950s,
pizza was a purely Italian food, with a long history in southern Italy. The origins of pizza are somewhat uncertain,
though they may go back to the Greeks (pita bread) or even earlier. Under the Roman Empire, Italians often ate
flat cừcles of bread, which they may have flavored with olive oil, cheese, and herbs. By about the year 1000 A.D.
in the area around Naples, this bread had a name: picea. This early kind of pizza lacked one of the main
ingredients we associate with pizza: the tomato. In fact, tomatoes did not exist in Europe until the sixteenth
century, when Spanish explorers bought them back from South America. The Spanish showed little interest in
tomatoes, but southern Italians soon began to cultivate them and use them in cooking. At some point in the 1600s,
Neapolitan tomatoes were added to pizza, as it was known by then. Giaoande thitienga nh.info

66. The information that pizza restaurants can be found everywhere from Beijing to Moscow, to Rio and in the
United States is given in the passage to.....................
A. illustrate the popularity of pizza
B. show the limited market of pizza
C. emphasize the dominance of pizza over hamburgers
D. indicate that the hamburger market has been reduced
67. The author says that the love for pizza....................
A. just stalled a few decades ago
B. has a long history
C. is quite new
D. started first in Rome
68. The origin of pizza is.....................
A. confirmed
B. thought to begin in the 1950s
C. well-known
D. uncertain
69. The early version of pizza in Naples....................
A. did not have a name
B. had a Greek name
C. did not have tomato
D. lacked many main ingredients
70. The Spanish at first

.....................

A. added tomatoes to pizza in the 1600s
B. knew tomatoes from Europe
C. grew tomatoes in farms
D. were not much keen on tomatoes
VII. Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) which is closest in meaning to the sentence given.

71. He survived the operation thanks to the skilful surgeon.
A. He survived because he was a skilful surgeon.
B. There was no skilful surgeon, so he died.
C. He wouldn't have survived the operation without the skilful surgeon.
D. Though the surgeon was skilful, he couldn't survive the operation.
72. “You should have finished the report by now, ” John told his secretary.
A. John reproached his secretary for not having finished the report.
B. John said that his secretary had not finished the report.
C. John reminded his secretary of finishing the report on time.
D. John scolded his secretary for not having finished the report.
73. The film didn't come up to my expectations.
A. I expected the film to end more abruptly.
B. I expected the film to be more boring.
C. The film was as good as I expected.
D. The film fell short of my expectations.
74. Unless someone has a key, we cannot get into the house.
A. We could not get into the house if someone had a key.
B. If someone does not have a key, we can only get into the house,
C. We can only get into the house if someone has a key.
D. If someone did not have a key, we could not get into the house.
75. There 's no point in persuading Jane to change her mind.
A. Jane will change her mind though she doesn't want to.
B. It's useless to persuade Jane to change her mind.
C. It's possible for US to persuade Jane to change her mind.
D. No one wants Jane to change her mind because it's pointless.
76. She knows a lot more about it than I do.
A. I know as much about it as she does.

B. I do not know as much about it as she does.
C. She does not know so much about it as I do.
D. I know much more about it than she does.
77. He last had his eyes tested ten months ago.
A. He had tested his eyes ten months before.
B. He had not tested his eyes for ten months then.
C. He hasn't had his eyes tested for ten months.
D. He didn't have any test on his eyes in ten months.
78. No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.
A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.
B. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back,
C. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss ringing back.
D. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.
79. David drove so fast; it was very dangerous.
A. David drove so fast, which was very dangerous.
B. David drove so fast, then was very dangerous.
C. David drove so fast that was very dangerous.
D. David drove so fast and was very dangerous.
80. We 've run out of tea.
A. We didn't have any tea.
B. We have to run out to buy some tea.
C. There's not much more tea left.
D. There's no tea left.
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PRACTICE 2
I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others'.

l. A. reasonable

B. responsible

C. thousand

D. because

2. A. typical

B. systematic

C. psychology

D. mystery

3. A. abundant

B. overhand

C. attendance

D. voluntary

4. A.energy

B. strongest

C. garbage

D. guidance

5. A. discovery

B. government

C. brotherly

D. location

II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose stress pattern is different from the others'.
6. A. colour

B. salvage

C. saloon

D. peasant

7. A. indistinct

B. indulgence

C. volunteer

D. inductee

8. A. elephant

B. donation

C. disorder

D. civilian

9. A. clerical

B. actually

C. belongings

D. Italy

10. A. isolation

B. escalate

C. parliament

D. runaway

III. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
One day in 1848 a carpenter called Marshall, who worked in a saw mill on the American River in
California, made a remarkable discovery. He noticed some bright yellow particles in the water, bent down to
pick them up and took them to his partner, Mr. Sutter. This was the beginning of the Californian Gold Rush.
Sutter was a Swiss who had come to America some years earlier to make his fortune. The Governor of
California had given him permission to found a settlement in the Sacramento Valley and his determination
and energy had made him rich. He had built the mill in partnership with Marshall in order to make use of the
abundant natural fresources of his land.
Sutter realized the importance of the discovery and decided to file a claim so that his right to the gold would be
established. So he sent a man named Bennet to San Francisco to see the Governor. He warned Bennet not to tell
anyone in case people came to the valley before his claim was recognised. Bennet could not keep secret but the
people of San Francisco did not believe him at first. Then the editor of a weekly newspaper there, Sam Brannan,
went to Sutter's mill to make a report. When he came back he ran through the streets of the town shouting 'Gold!
Gold!'Within a month almost the entire population, then only 800 people, had gone to look for the precious metal.
Soldiers deserted the army, sailors left their ships and men gave up their jobs so as not to miss the chance of
becoming rich. Giaoandethit ienga nh.info
The news spread across America to Europe and thousands of people joined in the search. Those who
went by ship had to sail round Cape Horn to reach California but some chose the overland route across
America and wagon trains were formed for travellers to make the journey. Even then there were some who
were prepared to cross the terrible desert of Death Valley in order to reach the gold a few days before the rest
The Gold Rush proved a disaster for Sutter himself. For years he tried to evict the prospectors from his
property so that his family might enjoy the wealth of his land, but his busmess was ruined. The prospectors

did a great deal of damage, and killed one of his sons, and at the end of his life he was a poor man who
continually stopped people in the street to tell them that Gold is the Devil.
11. The story took place.........................
A. in the 19th century

B. After World War I

C. during World War I

D. in the 18th century

12. Who was Marshall?
A. A Swiss

B. A carpenter

C. The Governor of California

D. A newspaper reporter

13. How did Marshall learn about the gold?
A. He found it in the water by accident.
B. His partner told him about it.
C. He found it when he was in Sacramento Valley to try his luck.
D. He got the information from a newspaper.
14. During the period of the Californian Gold Rush........................ .
A. Sutter went to California to make his fortune
B. Marshall built up a mill on the American River
C. Bennet was sent to San Francisco to see the Governor
D. Sam Brannan sent a reporter to Sacramento
15. Sutter became rich........................
A. when he found gold

B. before he found gold

C. before he came to California

D. in San Francisco

16. When Bennet told people there was gold in the Sacramento Valley, ........................
A. people rushed there immediately to look for gold
B. they did not believe him
C. Marshall was angry and fired him
D. he was punished for not keeping the secret
17. What was the population of San Francisco when the Gold Rush started?

A. 180 families

B. 200 families

C. 800 people

D. 1,800 people

18. How did people make the journey to California at that time?
A. They sailed round Cape Hom and then crossed the desert of Death Valley.
B. They crossed America by ưain.
C. They travelled across America on wagon trains.
D. All of the above.
19. Sutter didn't enjoy the wealth of his land because.........................
A. he failed to get helping hands
B. he was denied the right to the gold
C. all his sbns were killed
D. his business was ruined
20. What do you think the story told us?
A. How to make a fortune with this precious metal
B. How gold was discovered in California
C. Gold does not always lead to happiness
D. Why some people do not like gold

IV. Read tile following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each numbered space.
Without transportation, our modem society could not (21) ........................We would have no metal, no
coal and no oil, nor would we have any (22) ........................made from these materials. (23) ........................,
we would have to spend most of our time (24) ........................food and food would be (25) ........................to
the kinds that could grow in the climate and soil of our neighborhoods.
Transportation also (26) ........................our lives in other ways. Transportation can speed a doctor to
the (27) ........................of a sick person, even if the patient lives on an isolated farm. It can take police to the
(28) ........................of a crime within moments of being notified. Transportation (29) ........................ teams of
athletes to compete in national and international sports contests. In time of (30) ........................ transportation
can rush aid to persons in areas stricken by floods, famines and earthquakes.
21. A. exist

B. happen

C. take place

D. establish

22. A. production

B. products

C. productivity

D. producers

23. A. Even

B. However

C. Although

D. Besides

24. A. buying

B. taking

C. raising

D. paying

25. A. limited

B. related

C. focused

D. connected

26. A. makes

B. affects

C. influences

D. effects

27. A. part

B. way

C. body

D. side

28. A. scene

B. location

C. place

D. site

29. A. brings

B. gets

30. A. problems

B. wars

C. enables
C. accidents

D. fetches
D. disasters

V. Choose the word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
31. The price of petrol went up only a few days after the official denial that ...................an increase in the
price of petrol.
A. there would be

B. there would have

C. there is

D. had

32. Tom...................missed the train so as to go fishing on his own.
A. intensively

B. deliberately

C. decisively

D. objectively

33. Pride often makes us think and feel that we are....................
A. meticulous
34.

C. superior

D. inferior

You should not reveal something that has been told you...................

A. in tears
35.

B. applicable

B. in a word

C. in case

D. in secret

Paul sold everything he owned and went to live in Tahiti. Without warning, ...................

A. off the cuff

B. out of the blue

C. like a flash in the pan

D. once in a blue moon

36. It's your own fault. You..................them to go out on their own; they are still new here.
A. mustn't have allowed

B. can't allow

C. shouldn't allow

D. shouldn't have allowed

37. .................., the young woman was visibly very happy after the birth of her child.
A. Despite tired

B. Though tired

C. Tired although she was

D. She was tired

38. On a cold winter's evening, there's nothing nicer than to sit in front of a ..................fire.

A. roaring

B. sparkling

C. burning

D. glittering

39. The 15 banks were likely to..................about $530 million of the bad assets.
A. turn off

B. write off

C. take off

D. show off

40. ..................of the two restaurants provides facilities for the handicapped.
A. Both

B. None

C. Neither

D. Not either

VI. Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in each of the spaces in the following
passage.
A growing world population and the (41. DISCOVER) .................. of science may alter this pattern in
the future. As men slowly learn to master diseases, control floods, prevent famines, and stop wars, fewer
people die every year; and in (42. CONSEQUENTIALLY) ..................the population of the world is (43.
STEADY) .................. increasing. In 1925 there were about 2.000 million people in the world. By the end of
the century there may well be over 4.000 million.
When numbers rise the extra mouths must be fed. New lands must be brought under (44.
CULTIVATE) .................., or land already fanned made to yield larger crops. In some areas the (45.
ACCESS) .................. land is largely so (46. INTENSE) ..................cultivated that it will be difficult to make
it provide more food. In some areas the population is so dense that the land is parceled out in units too tiny to
allow for much (47. IMPROVE) ..................in farming methods. Were a large part of this (48. FARM)
.................. population drawn off into industrial (49. OCCUPY) .................., the land might be farmed much
more (50. PRODUCE) .................. by modem methods.
VII. Insert in each of the blanks with ONE suitable word to complete the following passage.
One of the worst journeys I have ever experienced occurred a few weeks ago. I had (51) .................. a
cheap flight to Switzerland so the ticket could not be changed in any way. If I (52) ..................the
flight, I would not be entitled to (53) ..................the ticket for any alternative journey.
(54) ..................I reached the railway station, I was told that unfortunately the ưains were running late;
this meant I would miss the connecting train for the airport. A loudspeaker announcement helpfully advised us
that an extra train would be provided, (55) ..................we need not worry. Nothing could have been further
from the truth. The extra train did not (56) ................... I inquired about buses, but the last (57) ..................for
the airport had left! There was only one solution; I decided to (58) ..................a taxi. Dragging my suitcases
behind me I hurried outside and found a taxi. 'It's a long way. It'll (59) ..................you a lot.' the taxi driver
warned me. I knew that, but the taxi (60) ..................would be cheaper having to buy another plane
ticket.
VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one, using the word
provided. You must use between TWO and FIVE words, including the word given. Do not change the
word given.

61. Michael laughed when I told him the joke.

I

The joke that ..........................................................................................................................made him laugh.
62. John could not find the right house.

FIND

John was..................................................................................................................................the right house.
63. I don't really want to see her in hospital.

HER

I'd rather ........................................................................................................................................in hospital.
64. Susan regretted buying the second-hand car.

BOUGHT

Susan wished ......................................................................................................................the second-hand car.
65. The judges had never seen a prettier flower display.

FLOWER

It was ....................................................................................................................that the judges had ever seen
66. Although he took a taxi, Peter still arrived late for the meeting.

TAXI

In spite..................................................................................................., Peter still arrived late for the meeting.
67. “ Why don't you open a bank account?”

SHOULD

My friend .........................................................................................................................open a bank account
68. How old do you think is this house?

WAS

When do you ........................................................................................................................................built?
69. My friend didn't leave the car keys, so I couldn't pick him up at the bus station.

LEFT

If my friend ..........................................................................., I could have picked him up at the bus station.
70. She didn't realize the man was her relative until she saw his photograph.

SAW

It was only when she......................................................................................she realized he was her relative.
IX. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it, beginning with the word(s) given.
71. "Why don't you put a better lock on the door, Barry?” said John.
John..................................................................................................................................................................
72. It is essential that Professor Van Helsing is met at the airport.
Professor Van Helsing.....................................................................................................................................
73. My French friend finds driving on the left difficult.

My French friend isn't.....................................................................................................................................
74. The shop repaired the refrigerator for my sister last week.
My sister..........................................................................................................................................................
75. He hasn't ridden a horse before.
It's..................................................