Practice Test 28-1.Docx

PRACTICE TEST 1
Time allotted: 60 min.

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.
1. A. certain

B. maintain

C. mainly

D. mermaid

2. A. charity

B. checkup

C. chimpanzee

D. character

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
3. A. promote

B. confuse

C. rescue

D. compose

4. A. average

B. instruction

C. dominant

D. decorate

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
5. They ________ supper when the telephone rang.
A. had

B. have had

C. were having

D. have been having

6. You all know that you ________ leave the room before the end of the test.
A. don't have to

B. haven't to

C. needn't

D. mustn't

7. __________ , we would go swimming.
A. If today is Sunday

B. If today were Sunday

C. Unless today was Sunday

D. Unless today would be Sunday

8. Workers who do not obey the safety regulations will be ________.
A. refused

B. disagreed

C. disapproved

D. dismissed

9. The teacher didn't seem to be happy about our tasks, ________?
A. didn't they

B. did they

C. didn't he

D. did he

10. Have you ever considered ________ to another school?
A. moving

B. to move

C. to have moved

D. having been moving

11. The government has decided to send more ________ to the central provinces.
A. charity
B. aid
C. collections
D. donations
12. The coat I bought last week is too big for me. I'd like to change it for a ________ one.
A. cheaper
B. larger
C. smaller
D. nicer
13. The film gives us ________ insight into life in the Amazon jungles. It's worth seeing.
A. valuable
B. valueless
C. value
14. There were two small rooms in the beach house, ________.

D. evaluate


A. the smaller of which served as a kitchen
B. the smaller of them was served as a kitchen
C. the smallest of which served as a kitchen
D. smallest of that was served as a kitchen
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.
15. Mr. Brown's new garage was not wide enough for the camper van to fit in.
A. old enough

B. so big
C. very long
narrow
16. We got to the beach after 2 hours traveling by bus.
A. left

B. reached

C. welcomed

D.

too

D. swam

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.
17. Jane says she is going to get married to a wealthy businessman.
A. famous
B. poor
C. mean
18. Human beings have launched many man-made satellites into outer space.
A. special

B. enormous

C. natural

D. positive

D. expensive

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
19. - "How do you do?"
- “__________”
A. I'm fine. Thank you.
C. Not too bad. And you?
20. - "What's on the television tonight?"

B. Happy to see you here.
D. How do you do?

- “___________”
A. A football match after the news
C. The film is good

B. It's at half past nine
D. I will go to the cinema

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 21 to 25.
If you'd like to improve your English, one thing you can do is to build up your vocabulary.
In order to do this, you have to practice a lot. I'm afraid there is not a short cut for this. But there
are many effective ways. First of all, you should read a lot. You can read short stories, comics,
newspapers, magazines, etc. depending on your English level. As you read, you can try to guess


the meanings of unknown words from the context of the sentence. If you cannot, then look up the
definition in a dictionary. English to English dictionary should be your first choice and keep the

translator as last. Another way of building vocabulary is to watch movies in English which will
also help with pronunciation. Try to be involved with the language as much as you can. Keep a
vocabulary notebook and write down a few Words each day. Keep in mind that you have to
revise them regularly. In my opinion, to communicate with people all you need is words. Even if
you just say the words one after another, people most likely will understand what you mean
regardless of the order of the words and grammar.
( />21. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. What we can do to improve our English
B. The difficulties in learning English
C. Problems of learning a second language
D. The best way of communicating in English
22. The word "effective" in the passage is closest in meaning to.
A. expensive

B. careful

C. useful

D. funny

23. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. We should use a translator for all unknown words.
B. We should read a lot and see movies in English.
C. We should take notes when we learn new words.
D. We should practice speaking as much as we can.
24. The writer's advice for English learners is.
A. finding a short cut to practice English
B. using a dictionary for translation
C. avoiding English to English dictionary
D. writing down some words every day

25. What is the most important thing to communicate with people according to the writer?
A. Grammar

B. Vocabulary

C. Order of the words

D. Advanced English course

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that
best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
Halloween was first celebrated many centuries ago in Ireland and Scotland by Celtic


priests called Druids. They observed the end of autumn and the beginning of (26) _________.
The Druids thought that Halloween was the night when the witches came out. As they were
afraid (27) _________ witches, they put food and small gifts near the doors of their houses for
the witches.
It is considered that Halloween was (28 ) _________ to America by the immigrants from
Ireland and Scotland. In the 19th century they celebrated Halloween according to their old (29)
_________ (the integral part of the festival was a lantern made of a pumpkin with holes in the
forms of eyes, and nose and a mouth). Nowadays people hold parades on Halloween. On the 31 st
of October they (30) _________ as witches, demons, ghosts and the like, with large 'pumpkins'
in their hands, take part in the festival that lasts till early morning.
26. A. spring
27. A. for

B. summer
B. of

C. autumn
C. with

D. winter
D. about

28. A. brought
29. A. traditions

B. given
B. beliefs

C. returned
C. cultures

D. carried
D. methods

30. A. wear

B. show

C. dress

D. cover

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of
the following questions.
31. My brother now speaks English and French more fluent than he did last year.
A. speaks

B. and

C. more fluent

D. did

32. Are you sure that Neil Armstrong was the first person setting foot on the moon?
A. sure

B. was

C. setting

D. on the

33. In some countries, it has against the law to ride a motorcycle without a helmet.
A. has

B. the law

C. to ride

D. without

34. Paris has been well-known about its famous monuments, beautiful music, and wonderful
restaurants for over one hundred years.
A. about

B. beautiful

C. wonderful

D. over

35. The nitrogen makes up over 78 percent of the Earth's atmosphere, the gaseous mass
surrounding the planet.
A. The nitrogen

B. over

C. percent of

surrounding
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is best written from the
words/phrases given.

D.


36. he/improve/his spelling/he/not get/good grades
A. He improves his spelling, so he won't get good grades.
B. If he improves his spelling, he won't get good grades.
C. He improved his spelling because he doesn't get good grades.
D. Unless he improves his spelling, he won't get good grades.
37. My grandfather/recover/quickly/his serious illness
A. My grandfather was recovered very quickly from his serious illness.
B. My grandfather has recovered quickly from his serious illness.
C. My grandfather is recover quickly after his serious illness.
D. My grandfather recovered more quickly over his serious illness.

38. We/lost/so/stopped/ask/a policeman/direction
A. We were lost, so we stopped to ask a policeman for direction.
B. We lost, so we stopped and ask a policeman for direction.
C. We are lost, so we stopped asking a policeman about direction.
D. We were lost, so we stopped to asking a policeman for direction.
39. he/retire/eldest son/ take over/business
A. After he retired, his eldest son took over his business.
B. After he retired, his eldest son will take over his business.
C. After he retires, his eldest son will take over a business.
D. After he has retired, his eldest son took over a business.
40. Trung/often/go/village cultural house/always/open /public holidays
A. Trung often went to the village cultural house so it always opens on public holidays.
B. Trung often goes to the village cultural house when always opens on public holidays.
C. Trung often goes to the village cultural house which always opens on public holidays.
D. Trung will often go to the village cultural house always opening on public holidays.
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PRACTICE TEST 2
Time allotted: 60 min.
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.
1. A. space

B. gather

C. grade

D. saving

2. A. culture

B. sight

C. vitamin

D. tourism

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
3. A. reverse

B. perform

C. prefer

D. visit

4. A. deliciously
development

B. traditional

C. mausoleum

D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
5. Doctors and scientists _________ recently the benefit of fish in the diet.
A. have shown

B. will show

C. are showing
D. have been showing
6. If you _________ in my position, what would you do?
A. are

B. will be

C. were

D. would be

C. hasn't

D. shouldn't

7. The teacher had to leave early, _________ she?
A. didn't

B. mustn't

8. Alex _________ out because the door is locked outside.
A. can be

B. must be

C. can't be

D. mustn't be

9. He doesn't have _________ experience of working in an office.
A. some

B. much

C. an

D. a

10. The _________ is showing them his plans of the new building.
A. artist

B. dancer

C. engineer

D. architect

11. Children should be _________ to realize their full potential.
A. encouraging
discouraged

B. discouraging

C. encouraged

12. They would like to live in a country _________ there is a lot of sunshine.
A. which
B. where
C. that

D.

D. when

13. We have decided to _________ money for a local secondary school in the flood- affected
area in Quang Tri.
A. beg
B. gather
C. raise
D. rise


14. By tracking the eye of a hurricane, forecasters can determine the speed _________.
A. which is a storm moving

B. at which a moving storm

C. which is moving a storm

D. at which a storm is moving

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.
15. They all turned up at the meeting, with the exception of the monitor, who was ill.
A. left

B. talked

C. spoke

D. came

16. Advances in medical science will help people live longer in the future.
A. Progresses
Chemicals

B. Medicines

C. Assistances

D.

Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
17. My granddad reads newspapers every day to remain mentally active after retirement.
A. spiritually

B. physically

C. emotionally

D. orally

18. Suddenly I got very afraid and I felt the presence of evil around me, like something trying to
hurt me.
A. existence

B. attendance

C. absence

D. change

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
19. - "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to upset you."
A. No, I don't mind it

B. Oh, that's all right

C. Yes, you are so unkind

D. Oh! You don't have to say sorry

20. - "Nam has been awarded a scholarship to study in Australia."
-"Oh, really?____________.!"
A. How lucky he is

B. You must be kidding

C. What lucky news

D. Lucky as he is

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, orD to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 21 to 25.
Climate scientists from the University of Sydney in Australia say tourism causes over 8 per
cent of greenhouse gasses. They also say that this figure will continue to increase because the
tourism industry is growing. Their study looked at the carbon footprint of many different areas of
tourism. It studied the CO2 emissions from transport, events, hotels, restaurants and shopping. It


even researched the carbon emissions from producing souvenirs. The researchers spent 18
months conducting the research. They included the tourist activities of 189 countries. Researcher
Dr Arunima Malik said her team analysed the impact on the environment of over one million
businesses involved in tourism.
The researchers said domestic travel was a bigger cause of CO 2 emissions than
international or business travel. Air travel was the largest part of tourism's footprint. The
researchers said flying would continue to increase global emissions as more people in the world
become richer. The countries causing the most harm were the biggest and richest nations. The
USA, China, India and Germany had the largest tourism carbon footprints. Their carbon
emissions will continue to increase as more of their citizens travel. The researchers encouraged
holidaymakers and travelers to try and reduce their carbon footprint when on vacation so their
travel causes less harm to the planet.
(breakingnewsenglish.com/environment)
21. What is growing that will cause greenhouse gasses to increase?
A. tourism

B. the climate

C. travel to Australia

D. the size of airplanes

22. How long did the research take?
A. a year and 8 months

B. a year and a half

C. a year and 5 months

D. 1.8 years

23. The underlined word "They" in the first paragraph refers to.
A. emissions

B. souvenirs

C. researchers

D. months

24. What did researchers encourage people to do?
A. stay at home

B. travel by bicycle

C. go to poorer countries

D. reduce their carbon footprint

25. What do researchers want less harm done to?
A. the earth
research

B. airplanes

C. tourism

D.

their

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
One day there was an argument between the wind and the sun. Both said they were stronger
than the other. They saw a man (26) _________ on the road and decided to make a test to see
which was stronger and able to get the man's coat off.
The wind began to (27) _________ very hard. He nearly ripped the coat from the man's
back but the man grabbed the coat and wrapped it even more (28) _________ around himself and


kept going. The wind got tired because the man just kept his coat on.
Then the sun tried. He shone brightly and the clouds disappeared. Soon the air was warm
and dry and the sun (29) _________ shining. Soon the man had sweat running down his face. He
was so hot that he finally took off his coat and carried it, looking for a (30) _________ spot to
rest.
( />26. A. exploring

B. travelling

C. voyaging

D. picnicking

27. A. blow

B. beat

C. drive

D. strike

28. A. loosely
29. A. got up

B. softly
B. made for

C. severely
C. kept on

D. tightly
D. carried out

30. A. cloudy

B. shady

C. hot

D. cold

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of
the following questions.
31. National forests including land for animal grazing, as well as wilderness areas with scenic
mountains and lakes.
A. including

B. animal grazing

C. wilderness

D. scenic

32. The discover of gold in California in 1848 led to the Gold Rush of 1849.
A. discover

B. in

C. led to

D. of

33. If farmers keep using pesticides as much as they do now, they would destroy their own living
source soon.
A. using
source

B. as much as

C. would destroy

D. living

34. Mumps are a very common disease which usually affects children.
A. are

B. very common

C. which

D. affects

35. Rainwater carries unused chemicals from fields into streams or lakes, where various
compounds promote the rate grown of weeds.
A. unused chemicals

B. streams or lakes

C. various compounds

D. rate grown

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the
following questions.
36. It's possible that the exam result will be announced next week.
A. The exam result might be announced next week.

B. The exam result will surely be announced next week.
C. We may receive very good exam result next week.
D. They are going to give US exam result next week.
37. My headache kept getting worse, so I took an aspirin.
A. The more aspirins I took, the worse my headache kept getting.
B. My headache was getting worse and worse, so I took an aspirin,
C. I took an aspirin, so my headache was getting worse and worse.
D. My headache was getting from bad to worse as I took an aspirin.
38. She saw that he was so angry. She left the classroom.
A. She didn't want to make him angry, so she left the classroom.
B. She left the classroom when she saw he was so angry.
C. He was very angry when he saw her leaving the classroom.
D. Having been seen to be angry, she left the classroom.
39. How old do you think this beautiful city is?
A. When did you build this beautiful city?
B. How many beautiful cities did you built?
C. When was this beautiful city built?
D. How old were you when you built this city?
40. The thick fog made it impossible for the plane to land.
A. The plane could land as the fog was hardly thick.
B. The plane cannot land because the fog is thick.
C. It was possible for the plane to land although the fog was thick.
D. The plane was unable to land because of the thick fog.

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