School year: 2010 – 2011 PRACTICE TEST 2 pps

Hung Vuong High School School year: 2010 – 2011
PRACTICE TEST 2
DURATION : 60 minutes

1. Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
a/ Missed b/ washed c/ hoped d/ removed
2.Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
a/ Erode b/ cover c/ odour d/ disposal
3.Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
a/ Break b/ Great c/ speak d/ steak
4. Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
a/ private b/ child c/ provide d/ chill
5. Which word is stressed differently?
a/ Rely b/ reply c/ apply d/ study
6. Which word is stressed differently?
a/ obstacle b/ property c/ employment d/ tolerate
7. Which underlined part of the sentence is not correct?
I remember that I have something new to told you
a b c d
8. Which underlined part of the sentence is not correct?
Daisy was the only one of those girls that get the scholarship
a b c d
9. Which underlined part of the sentence is not correct?
Please give me a few sugar in my coffee I prefer it sweet
a b c d
10. Which underlined part of the sentence is not correct?
We admired his way of do things very much
a b c d
11. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
Englísh is spoken in many countries_____
a. in the world b.all over the world c. around the world d.all are correct

12. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
He is the good colleague_______
a.to work for us with b.to us for working with
c.for working with us d.for us to work with
13. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
The pilot managed to_____ the damage plane safely
a.take off b.take on c. launch d.land
14.Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
They are talking ___ one another___ their last trip
a. on /about b.with/on c.to/about d.about/to
15. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
People save money____
a.for future use b.to using in the future
c.to use in the future d.a and c are correct
16. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
Computers are____ used in schools and universities
a.widely b.wide c.width d.widen
17. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
Are you interested ____ learning English?
a.of b.with c.along d.in
18. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
Don’t drink ____ wine. It’s bad for your health
a. so much b. most of c. so many d. many
19. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
____ my students are familiar with this kind of the school activities
a. most b. most of c. a few d. few
20. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
He is very good ___ learning English.
a. for b. with c. at d. of
21. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:

Peter has sometimes been unsuccessful just because he is not ___ of other people’s opinions
a. tolerate b. tolerable c. tolerant d. tolerated
22. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
There is nothing preventing us from ____ the mystery of that place
a. discovering b. discovery c. discover d. discoveries
23. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence :
He is used to ____ early in the morning
a. get up b. gets up c. got up d. getting up
24. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
He used to ___ television every night
a. watch b. watches c. watched d. watching
25. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
Many people believe that natural resources will never be___
a. used out b. used up c. used off d. used away
26. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
Conservation is_____ safeguarding and preservation of natural resources
a. a b. an c. the d. no article
27. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
The____ development leads to our country’s prosperity
a. industry b. industries c. industrial d. industrialize
28. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
We___ waste paper to preserve wood
a. rebuiled b. recycle c. produce d. use up
29. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence :
The public begins to cooperate by recycling bottles and cans instead of ____
a. throwing them away b. discarding them c. using them d. a and b are correct
30. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
She was very angry ___ Tom
a. at b.about c. with d. in
31. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:

She looked at him with her ___ eyes
a. heartless b. jobless c. childless d. homeless
32. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
I will never forget the day ___ I was born
a. when b. which c. where d. in which
33. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
I recently went back to the village school ___I studied in my childhood
a. when b.which c. where d. why
34. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
John ____ to the store before he ____ home
a. had gone/went b. had gone/go c . went/ went d. goes / went
35. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
When he lived in Manchester, he ____ in a bank
a. was working b. works c. worked d. had worked
36. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
He was ___ right when he said that the man was guilty
a. reason b. reasonable c. reasonably d. unreasonable
37. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
Overeating is ___ to your health
a. harm b. harmful c. harmless d. harmfully
38. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
I had to ask the boys ___ ___
a. stop playing b. to stop playing c. stop play d. stopping playing
39. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
I regret ___ him some money. He never paid me back
a. lend b. lent c. lending d. to lend
40. Choose the the best option to complete the sentence:
We talked about ____ to Thailand for our vacation
a. go b. to go c. to going d. going
Read the passage and choose the best answer below(from 41 to 44)

Garbage is a serious problem in the United States . Every year, Americans produce 308 billion
pounds of garbage. A lot of the garbage goes into landfills. But many landfills do not have enough room
for all the garbage. One answer to the garbage problem is recycling. Half of all the garbage in the United
States can be recycled and used again. Recycling helps the landfill problem and saves enough energy,
too. When people recycle newspapers, they save trees. When they recycle glass, plastics or cans , they
save oil and electricity.
41. “But many landfills do not have enough room for on the garbage ”means…….
a. There are not enough in landfills to produce all the garbage
b. There are not enough places to put all the garbage
c. There are not enough people to collect all the garbage
d. There are not enough rooms for people live
42. About ……of all the garbage in the United States can be taken to factories and then used again
a. 70 % b. 100% c. 90% d. 50%
43. We save trees if we ………
a. use more plastics b. recycle newspapers
c. don’t use electricity d. recycle glass
44. If people recycle plastics or cans, they will save ……
a. trees b. water c. electricity d. soil
Choose the best word to fill in the blank
Environtmental pollution is a term that refers to all the…… (45) …… by which man pollutes his
surroundings. Man…… (46) ……the air with gases and smoke, contaminates the water… (47) ……
chemicals and other substances, and damages the soil with too many……(48) ……and pesticides. Man
also pollutes his surroundings with various other ways. For examples, people ruin……(49) …… beauty
by scattering junk and litter on the land and in the water. They operate machines and motor vehicles that
fill the air with……(50) …… noise
45. a. ways b. paths c. roads d. streets
46. a. fulls b. washes c. dirties d. cleans
47. a. by b. with c. for d. in
48. a. fertile b. fertilize c. fertilizers d. fertilization
49. a. nature b. natural c. naturally d. nation

50. a. disturbing b. interesting c. exciting d. thrilling

ANSWER
1.d 2.b 3.c 4.d 5.d 6.c 7.d 8.d 9.b 10.c
11.d 12.d 13.d 14.c 15.d 16.a 17.d 18.a 19.b 20.c
21.c 22.a 23.d 24.a 25.b 26.c 27.c 28.b 29.d 30.c
31.a 32.a 33.c 34.a 35.c 36.c 37.b 38.b 39.c 40.d
41.b 42.d 43.b 44.c 45.a 46.c 47.b 48.c 49.b 50.a