TÀI LIỆU ÔN TẬP - PRACTICE TEST 2 pot

TÀI LIỆU ÔN TẬP - PRACTICE TEST 2
I- Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
1. A. protected B. destroyed C. included
D. needed
2. A. live B. highway C. ideal D.
environment
3. A. minerals B. plants C. things D.
regions
4. A. music B. busy C. noisy D. Western
5. A. energy B. quality C. healthy
D. apply
II- Multiple choice:
6. The two sets of figures are not…………different
A. sign B. significantly C. significant
D. signal
7. Both method rely on the accurate ……………of the pressure of the gas.
A. determine B. determination C. determined D.
determining
8. I……………Texas state University now.
A. am attending B. attend C.was attending D. attended
9. In the nursing professor, women are in the ……… (major).
A. majority B. major C. majorial
D. majorly
10. The father used to be the………of the household in Vietnam.
A. head B. leader C. president D. boss
11. Someone who is _______ is hopeful about the future or the success of something in particular.
A. powerful B. optimistic C. stagnant
D. pessimistic
12 .We want the kids to have the best……….education.
A. probable B. possible C. possibly
D. probably

13. An economic _______ is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of
unemployment and poverty.
A. improvement B. depression C. development D. mission
14. The college……… specialist language courses.
A. runs B. provides C. manages
D. A and B
15. He decided to………a course in art and design.
A. sit B. take C. do
D. B and C
16. The train …………half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving B. left C. has left
D. had left
17. Jack…….the door.
A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D.
painting
18. My sister ………for you since yesterday.
A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D.
looked
19. “What did you do last night?” “ I watched TV, practiced the piano and ……….my homework”
A. made B. do C. done D. did
20. I ……………to the same barber since last year.
A. am going B. have been going C. go
D. had going
21. All plans…………….….before departure
A. will checked B. will has checked C. will be checked D. will been
checked
22. I wanted…………by the head of the company, but it was impossible.
A. to see B. to be seen C. seeing D. being
to see
23. After a decade of economic liberalization, Vietnam has seen a dramatic rise in living ___ in urban

areas.
A. surface B. standards C. levels
D. backgrounds
24. If they had enough time , they ………head south.
A. did B. may C. would
D. do
25. If you had the change,…………you go fishing?.
A. have B. would C. have had D.will
have
26. If the doctor had arrived sooner, the boy …………
A. might be saved B. have been saved C. was saved D. might
have been saved
27. Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the inventions of laborsaving devices.
A. Official B. Household C. Schooling
D. Foreign
28. …………………that we were late, we began to run.
A. Knowing B. To know C. We knew D. As
knowing
29. I hate _______ personal questions by newly-acquainted friends.
A. to be asking B. to be ask C. being asked D. of asking
30. “ Did you go to Hawaii for vacation?” “ I…………to go, but I got sick at the last minute.”
A. was planned B. had planned C. had been planning D. have planned
31. He ………confidence when he went to college.
A. got B. maintained C. gained
D. obtained
32. Julie failed the exam _______ of working very hard.
A. despite B. in spite C. even if
D. though
33. There has been a shift of……… from manufacturing to service industries.
A. change B. alteration C. emphasis

D. movement
34. _______ her lack of hard work, she was promoted.
A. In spite B. Even though C. In spite of D.
Despite of
35. “ Would you like to go to the pop concert?” “ Thanks, but I ………… it already”
A. had seen B. have been seen C. have seen
D. did see
III- Read the passage and choose the best answer:
At the age of 65, Laura Ingallls Wilder began writing a series of novels for young people based on her
early experiences on the American frontier. Born in a state of Wisconsin in 1867 , she and her family were
rugged pioneers. Seeking better farm land , they went by covered wagon to Missouri in 1869, then on to
Kansas the next year, returning to Wisconsin in 1871, and travelling on to Minnesota and Iowa before
settling permanently in South Dakota in 1789. Because of this constant moving. Wider’s early education
took place sporadically in a succession of one-room school. From age 13 to 16 ,she attended school more
regularly, although she never graduated.
At the age of 18, she married Almanzo James Wilder. They bought a small farm in the Ozarks, where
they remained for the rest of their lives. Their only daughter, Rose, who had become nationally known
journalist, encouraged her mother to write. Serving as agent and editor, Rose negotiated with Harper’s to
publish her mother’s first book, Little House in the Big Woods. Seven more books followed, each
chronicling her early life on the plains. Written from the perspective of a child, they have remained popular
with young readers from many series, Little House on the Prairie, was introduced ,based on the stories from
Wider’s books.
36- What is the main topic of the passage?
A. A weekly television series B. Wilder’s career
C. American pioneer life D. Children’s literature
37- She began writing novels
A. When a child in the frontier B. rough after she moved to the Ozarks
C. when she was a young mother D. After her sixty- fifth birthday
38- The author mentioned all of the following in Laura Ingallls Wilder’s life except
A. she married Almanzo Wilder B. she had one daughter

C. she went west by covered wagon D. she graduated from one-room school
39- The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to
A. more books B. the plains C. many nations D. young readers
40- It can be inferred from the passage that
A. the Wilder were not happy living in Ozarks
B. Wilder’s daughter was not successful writer
C. Laura Ingallls Wilder wrote scripts for the television series
D. Wilder’s books have a universal appeal.
V. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A. B, C or D) that needs correcting:
41. Oxford University is the older university in England.
A B C D
42. The children are very boring and they don't know what to do.
A B C D
43. It spent me 30 minutes to clean the door.
A B C D
44. I know that "Romeo and Juliet" is a play writing by Shakespeare.
A B C D
45. Which city is larger, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City?
A B C D
IV. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
Nonverbal communication, or "body language", is communication by facial expressions, head or eyes
movements, hand signals, and body postures. It can be just as important to understand (46) words
are. Misunderstandings- often amusing (47) sometimes serious- can arise between people from
different cultures if they misinterpret nonverbal signals. For example, take the differences in meaning of a
gesture (48) is very common in the United States: a circle made with the thumb and index finger.
To an American, it means that everything (49) OK. To Japanese, it means that you are talking
(50) money. In France, it means that something is worthless. Meanwhile in Greece, it is an obscene
gesture. Therefore, an American could unknowingly offend a Greek by using that particular hand signal.
46. A. more B. less C. as D. than

47. A. although B. but C. unless
D. in order to
48. A. who B. where C. why
D. that
49. A. were B. was C. is D. are
50. A. around B. about C. among D. ahead