FINAL EXAM REVISION ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011 - PRACTICE TEST: 01 ppsx

FINAL EXAM REVISION – ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011
PRACTICE TEST: 01
Time allowed: 60 minutes; 50 questions (03 pages)

Full name: ………………………………… Class: ………………… Date: ………………….

Questions 1-5. Circle the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the others.
1. A. believed B. followed C. rained D. stopped
2. A. civilization B. intellectual C. epidemic D. discrimination
3. A. crops B. farmers C. vehicles D. fields
4. A. rubbish B. struggle C. tsunami D. sculpture
5. A. park B. yard C. card D. carry

Questions 6-30. Circle the option (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.
6. She is famous _______ her beautiful face and sweet voice.
A. for B. about C. as D. with
7. If you had told me earlier, I _______ it to you.
A. would give B. will give C. would have given D. gave
8. Bill promised _______ to see me the next Sunday.
A. come B. to come C. coming D. came
9. Mary: ‘Excuse me! Where’s the nearest post office?’
Susan: ‘_______.’
A. Never mind B. I’m afraid not. C. How are you? D. It’s just behind you.
10. We’ll let you know as soon as we _______ our decision.
A. made B. are making C. had made D. have made
11. This kind of flowers grows _______ in areas where there is much sunlight.
A. beautiful B. beautifully C. beauty D. beautify
12. It was midnight, _______ they closed the restaurant and went home.
A. but B. therefore C. yet D. so
13. How _______ since we left college?

A. have you been B. were you C. are you D. you have been
14. He said he _______ to work in HCMC the next July.
A. is going B. will go C. was going D. goes
15. Kate: ‘Would you mind if I opened the windows?’
Peter: ‘_______.’
A. You’re welcome B. OK, I will C. No, thank you D. Please go ahead
16. A new supermarket is _______ in the neighborhood.
A. build B. to build C. building D. being built
17. I don’t know _______ told you that, but they were wrong.
A. which B. whom C. that D. who
18. _______ we don’t hurry, we’ll miss the train.
A. Unless B. Or C. If D. Provided
19. We _______ to Hanoi ten years ago.
A. move B. moved C. to move D. moving
20. Look at the man _______ in the classroom.
A. teaching B. who teaching C. is teaching D. who teaches
21. Don’t make too much noise. You _______ wake the baby up.
A. might B. must C. need D. should
22. David learned to play _______ violin when he was at _______ university.
A. Ø __ the B. the __ Ø C. a __ an D. the __ a
23. The bookshop is _______ the chemist’s and the butcher’s.
A. among B. from C. between D. next
24. Lore: ‘Whose book bag is this?’
Jimmy: ‘_______.’
A. It’s Mary B. It’s over there C. It’s mine D. It’s my
25. It was _______ cold that we couldn’t go out.
A. such B. very C. too D. so
26. _______ of the earth’s surface is water.
A. Three- four B. Three- fourth C. Third- fourths D. Three- fourths
27. _______ Jimmy nor Carol has got a car.

A. Either B. Both C. Neither D. Not only
28. Although my dad is busy with his work, he is willing to _______ a hand with the housework.
A. give B. help C. take D. pass
29. A _______ studies living things and works with plants and animals.
A. biology B. biologist C. biological D. biography
30. We are trying our best to study _______ our parents’ wishes.
A. in order meet B. to meet C. so as meet D. so that

Questions 31-35. Read and circle the correct answer (A, B, C or D) to best complete the following
passage.
My name is Catherine Parr. I am the sixth wife of King Henry the Eighth. A month (31) _______ I was the
Queen of English, the wife of King Henry the Eighth. Henry died and we buried him last week in St
George’s Church, Windsor. Two days ago, (32) _______ 16
th
February 1547, I went back to the Palace of
Whitehall because I wanted to take my letters and books and bring them (33) _______. The Palace of
Whitehall was once my home. Margaret, my new maid, came to the Palace with me. She’s very young and
doesn’t know a lot about the world. She came up to London from her home in Somerset two weeks ago.
Perhaps I was like her (34) _______ I was twelve. I, too, always asked questions and wanted answers
immediately.
When I arrived at the Palace, it was cold and dark. We (35) _______ into Henry’s room. I sat down in one of
Henry’s large chairs in front of his wooden writing desk and looked at the pictures around the room.
31. A. ago B. after C. since D. before
32. A. by B. at C. in D. on
33. A. back to my house B. to my house back C. to back my house D. back my house to
34. A. while B. when C. since D. during
35. A. walk B. would walk C. walked D. was walking

Questions 36-40. Read the following passage and circle the correct answers (A, B, C or D).
In the United States and Canada, it is very important to look a person in the eyes when you are having a

conversation with him or her. If you look down or to the side when the other person is talking, that person
will think that you are not interested in what he or she is saying. This of course, is not polite. If you look
down or to the side when you are talking, you may appear hiding something, that is, it might seem that you
are not honest.
However, people who are speaking will sometimes look away for a few seconds when they are thinking or
trying to find the right word. But they always turn immediately back to look the listener in the eye. These
social rules are the same for two women, two men, a woman and a man, or an adult and a child.
36. When you are talking to an American or Canadian, you should _____.
A. look down B. look directly at him/her
C. avoid looking directly at him/her D. look to the side
37. It is very _______ of you not to look in the eyes of the listener while talking.
A. polite B. honest C. dishonest D. impolite
38. Looking down or to the side when you are spoken to means_________.
A. you feel bored with his/her words B. you are paying attention to her/him
C. you respect of him/her D. you are afraid of him/her
39. People can look away for a few seconds while speaking
A. to hide their feelings B. to find the correct word
C. to find something D. to hide something
40. These social rules are user for ______.
A. everybody B. two men C. a man and a woman D. two women

Questions 41-45. In these sentences, each one has an error. Circle it.
41. The coat is too small for him to wear it.
A B C D
42. Jack is a student, doesn’t he?
A B C D
43. I’ve just spoken to Sally, whom sends you her love.
A B C D
44. I didn’t meet nobody there.
A B C D

45. They were discussing about the game when we got there.
A B C D

Questions 46-50. Circle the correct answers (A, B, C or D) to best complete the sentences.
46. Do you know the girl _______ at the party last Sunday?
A. about her we talked B. we talked about her
C. we talked about D. whom we talked about her
47. My kitchen is _______.
A. smaller than you B. smaller than yours
C. as small as you D. so small as yours
48. They are living in a house ______.
A. that was built in 1930 B. that built in 1930
C. in 1930 that was built D. that was building in 1930
49. I haven’t got ______ that English book.
A. much money of buying B. some money to buy
C. no money to buy D. any money to buy
50. Taking exercise ______.
A. is good health for you B. is good for your healthy
C. is a good health for you D. is good for your health

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