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Practice Test for Graduating Exam
PRACTICE TEST 2
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. eradicated B. defended C. unnoticed D. extended
2. A. windsurfing B. wilderness C. rhino D. philosopher
3. A. mechanize B. champion C. character D. chemical
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
4. A. kangaroo B. involvement C. biologist D. accelerate
5. A. parrot B. reserve C. vertical D. master
6. A. traveller B. employment C. society D. successful
III. Choose the best option A, B. C or D to complete the sentence.
7. More and more trees in the area are found __________ from the effect of polluted air.
A. died B. to be dying C. having died D. to be dead
8. I get up early ____________ to go work on time.
A. in order to B. so as not to C. so that D. in order that
9. This book provides students ____________ useful tips that help them to pass the coming
exam.
A.
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B. about C. for D. with
10. I ___________ to the author if I thought he would publish the article.
A. write B. am writing C. would write D. had written
11. The children made ___________ a little poem and wrote it in the card.
A. up B. over C. for D. off
12. After Mary ___________ her degree, she intends to work in her father’s company.
A. will finish B. is finishing C. finishes D. will have finished
13. “Write to me when you get home”. “________________”
A. I must B. I should C. I will D. I can
14. You _____________ the look on his face when he won the prize.
A. would have seen B. can be seeing
C. must see D. should have seen

15. The water will be further polluted unless some measures ___________.
A. will be taken B. are taken
C. were taken D. had been taken
16. “What do you think of the book?”
“Oh, excellent. It’s worth ____________ a second time”.
A. to read B. to be read C. reading D. being read
17. I hurried ___________ I wouldn’t be late for class.
A. since B. so that C. as if D. unless
18. I _________ a novel ___________ by O.Henry at seven yesterday evening.
A. read, written B. would read, to write
C. was reading, written D. was to read, writing
19. He died ___________ pneumonia.
A. for B. by C. in D. of
20. What are the ____________ between women’s in old times and women in modern times?
A. differs B. different C. difference D. differences
21. In the past people believed that women’s ___________ roles were as mothers and wives.
A. nature B. natural C. naturism D. naturalist
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22. She told him __________ up hope.
A. not give B. do not give C. not to give D. to give not
23. He has arrived, but he talks as if he __________ all about that
A. know B. knows C. known D. knew
24. The Vietnamese boy was regarded as a hero __________ he gave his life to his country.
A. according to B. because of C. on account of D. because
25. He came home late, so I asked him where _____________ been.
A. he had B. has he C. he has D. had he
26. This novel is __________ than the one I read last week.
A. good B. as good C. more good D. better
27. An endangered species is a species ___________ population is so small that is in danger of

becoming extinct.
A. whose B. which C. what D. who
28. Joe seemed to be in a good mood, ____________ he snapped at me angrily when I asked him
to join us.
A. yet B. so C. for D. and
29. The 22
nd
Southeast Asia Games were ___________ in Vietnam in 2003.
A. built B. met C. taken D. held
30. _________ number of boys were swimming in the lake, but I didn’t know ______ exact
number of them.
A. A / the B. The / an C. The / the D. A / an
31. The master _________ satisfied with his students’ progress that he praised them in class.
A. was so B. was so that C. was such D. is such a
32. The book I bought yesterday is expensive. ____________, it is not very useful.
A. Still B. Besides C. Yet D. As a result
33. Come and sit down. Have a cup of tea, _______________?
A. wouldn’t you B. will you C. haven’t you D. do you
34. Vietnam’s women gymnast were jubilant and Friday afternoon after __________ bringing
home the gold medal in team competition.
A. expectantly B. unexpectedly C. unexpected D. expected
35. People say he won a lot of money on the lottery.
A. He is said that he won a lot of money on the lottery.
B. He won a lot of money on the lottery, it is said.
C. He is said to have won a lot of money on the lottery.
D. He was said to win a lot of money on the lottery.
IV. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
TEENAGERS AND SPORT
It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports. When you are young, you know how
important (81) __________ to do physical exercise if you want to be healthy and strong, and for

that reason you often concentrate on just one sport with so (82) _________ enthusiasm that in the
end you can’t live without it. The problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less
spare time. At your age you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to
university, with perhaps only one afternoon a week to do any sport. This happens just when you
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are at the best (83) _________ for many sports, such as gymnastics and swimming. By the time
you finish all your studies you will probably be too old to be really good at sports like those, but
if you spend enough time on (84) _________ while you are young, then one day you will find
that you are very good at your sport but too old to study, and you will find it (85) _________ to
get a good job. Somehow, it doesn’t seem fair.
36. A. this is B. you are C. it is D. things are
37. A. keen B. many C. great D. much
38. A. stage B. age C. period D. time
39. A. training B. practice C. exercise D. sporting
40. A. impractical B. unlikely C. improbable D. impossible
V. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to answer the question.
THE WILD LIFE
Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously threatened
almost everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of this century. But many
hundreds are now in danger. Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of
extinction.
Already many kinds of wild animals has been so reduced in number that their role in the
ecosystem is forgotten. Animals like the great apes, the whales, seals etc. thought to be in danger
of extinction.
But even more important, perhaps than individual kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are
in danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained, and the world forests, especially tropical
forests are being cut down to satisfy man’s needs of timber and paper.
What would our world be like if all the wild animals and wild plants vanished?- Would our life
still exist then?

41. What would happen to the human beings if the wild life vanished?
A. Many species would quickly become extinct.
B. The human life would be seriously threatened.
C. Species would go on dying out.
D. Tropical forests would be cut down.
42. What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?
A. the vanishing of whole habitats.
B. the extinction of many species.
C. the rapid advance of the process of extinction.
D. man’s need of timber and paper.
43. What does the writer caution us against?
A. cutting down the tropical forests.
B. hunting wild animals.
C. draining marshes.
D. destroying our environment.
44. What would happen if we cut down forests?
Cutting down forests would cause ……………
A. the changes of temperature. B. the flood
C. both A and B are correct. D. none are correct.
45. “To threaten” in the passage means …………
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A. to pollute B. to give fear to
C. to vanish D. to poison
VI. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.
46. The early we leave, the sooner we will arrive.
A B C D
47. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither.
A B C D
48. Tree squirrels are active, noisy, and lively animals that make its home in tree trunks.

A B C D
49. Daisy has such many things to do that she has no time to go out.
A B C D
50. My brother has always helped me in time of need, and I wish that he was here now.
A B C D
KEY
1A 11A 21B 31A 41
2C 12C 22C 32B 42A
3B 13C 23D 33B 43D
4A 14D 24D 34B 44C
5B 15B 25A 35C 45B
6A 16C 26D 36C 46A
7B 17B 27A 37D 47D
8A 18C 28A 38B 48D
9D 19D 29D 39A 49A
10C 20D 30A 40D 50D
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