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MINI MOCKTEST
Ngày: 9/9/16
I.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER TO FILL IN THE BLANK.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

3.

1. Question 1: Her awful singing is a ___ joke at school.
A. dirty
B. sick
C. standing

D. practical

2. Question 2: The telephone rang and cut my ____ of thought.
A. train
B. chain
C. series

D. circle

Question 3: I don’t know what was wrong with her this afternoon. She is quite
____.
A. pleased
B. glad
C. cheerful
D. satisfied

4. Question 4: The train ticket is ___ for three months.
A. valuable
B. valid
C. serviceable
D. functional
5. Question 5: A survey presents a useful _____of statistical data.
A. break down
B. break up

C. break away
D. break through

6. Question 6: He may be shy now, but he will come out of his ___ when he
meets the right girl.
A. shoe
B. shell
C. shed
D. hole
7.

Question 7: It’s true, I tell you! I got it from the ___. My sister works at the Town
hall. She is the one who made the decision.
A. Nag’s head
B. Cat’s whisker

C. Horse’s mouth
D. Lion’s den

8. Question 8: Just look at the way he goes round giving people orders. He‘s
getting a bit too big for his __ if you ask me.

A. boots
B. braces
C. trousers
D. brains

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Question 9: I’m afraid you’ve caught me on the __. I wasn’t expecting you until
this afternoon.
A. stove

B. grapevin
C. spot
e
D. hop
10. Question 10: There was a dramatic ____ of policy which nobody had
predicted.
A. change
B. turn
C. switch
D. swing
11. Question 11: With a new technology you can take picture under weather
___color.
A. within

B. for
C. in
D. by
12. Question 12:____ the fifth largest among the nine planets that make up
our solar system.
A. The earth is
C. That the earth is
B. The earth being
D. Being the earth
13. Question 13: In math, the variable is the symbol ____some elements of a
set.
A. And representing
C. that represents
B. represents
D. represents that

AI.

14.

Question 14: Tuna, ___, may weigh up to 1000 pounds.
A. Is the sea giant
C. One of the sea giants
B. Can be giant of the sea
D. The sea of giant

15.

Question 15: All his plans for his business fell ___.
A. through

B. in
C. up

D. down

CLOZE TEST
i.

GUIDED CLOZE TEST

Choose a word or phrase that best fits each space in the following passage:

Architecture
Architecture is a three-dimensional form. It utilizes space, mass, texture, line, light,
and color. To be architecture, a building must achieve a working harmony with a
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variety of elements. Humans instinctively (1)_____ structures that will shelter and
(2)_____ their way of life. It is the work of architects to create buildings that are
not simply (3)_____ but also offer (4)_____ and delight. Buildings contribute to
human life when they provide shelter enrich space, complement their site, suit the
climate, and are economically feasible. The client who pays for the building and
defines its function is an important (5)_____ of the architectural team. The
mediocre design of many contemporary buildings can be traced to both clients and
architects.

1. A. seek

B. seeking

C. build

D. building

2. A. match

B. enhance

C. change

D. protect

3. A. construct

B. constructive

C. constructed

D. constructions

4. A. satisfaction

B. enjoyment

C. imagination

D. inspiration

5. A. member

B. factor

C. element

D. key

ii.

OPEN CLOZE TEST

Supply each blank with one suitable word.

Epic poems are long stories, told in (1)_____ verses, which usually tell of a war or
the adventures of a great hero. They were one of the (2)_____ forms of literature
in the ancient world. In fact, epic poems probably predate writing, because they
were originally recited (3)_____, and only written down much later. The oldest
(4)_____ epic poems is the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. As with many epics, its
author is unknown because it was (5)_____ down orally for generations before it
was written down. Therefore, epic poems are often best viewed as the work of a
culture rather than of a single author.

III. READING
Read the text below and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

Long ago prehistoric man began to domesticate a number of wild plants and
animals for his own use. This not only provided more abundant food but also

allowed more people to live on smaller plot of ground. We tend to forget that all of
our present-day pets, livestock and food plants were taken from the wild and
developed into the forms we know today.

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As centuries passed and human cultures evolved and blossomed, humans began to
organize their knowledge of nature into the broad field of natural history. One
aspect of early natural history concerned the use of plants for drugs and medicine.
The early herbalists sometimes overworked their imaginations in this respect. For
instance, it was widely believed that a plant or a part of a plant that resembled an
internal organ would cure ailments of that organ. Thus, an extract made from a
heart-shaped leaf might be prescribed for a person suffering from heart problems.
Nevertheless, the overall contributions of these early observers provided the
rudiments of our present knowledge of drugs and their uses.
What does this passage mainly discuss?
A. Cures from plants.
B. The beginning of natural history.
C. Prehistoric man.
D. Early plants and animals.
According to the passage, domestication of plants and animals
probably occurred because of____.
A. Need for more readily available food.
B. Lack of wild animals and plants.
C. Early man’s power as a hunter.

D. The desire of historic man to be nomadic.
3. The word “this” refers to____.
A. Providing food for man.
B. Man’s domestication of plants and animals.
C. Man’s ability to live on a smaller plot of land.
D. The earliest condition of prehistoric.
4. The word “blossomed” is closest in meaning to___.
A. Produced flowers.
B. Changed.
C. Learned.
D. Flourished.
5. It can be inferred from the passage that an herbalist is which of the
following?
A. A dreamer
B. An early historian
C. Someone who used plants in medicine.
D. A farmer.
1.

2.

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The phrase in this respect refers to___.
A. The development of human culture.

B. The development of the field of natural history.
C. The use of plants for drugs and medicine.
D. The origin of knowledge of nature.
7. The word “extract” is closest in meaning to___.
A. Design
B. Substance
C. Fungus D.
Ailment.
8. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the
passage?
A. The shape of a plant is indicative to cure ailments of a similar shaped organ.
B. Early herbalists were unimaginative.
C. The work of early herbalists has nothing to do with present day medicine.
D. There is little relation between a cure for illness and the physical shape of a
plant.
9. The word “rudiments” is closest in meaning to ___.
A. Beginnings
B. History
C. Requirements
D. Protocol
10. This passage would be most likely lead to a more specific
discussion in the field of___.
A. Zoology
B. Biology
C. Anatomy
D. Astrology
6.

IV.

WORD FORMATION
Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms from the words given.

1. Nga’s parents ___ her to apply for the job last year.
2. His long and boring ___ makes us feel asleep.
3. In ___, it is comfortable to wear casual clothes.
4. You can never be sure what he is going to do. He is so ___.
5. She has ___ provided a picnic lunch for us.

COURAGE
SPEAK
CONCLUDE
PREDICT
KIND

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SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
Rewrite the following sentences using the words given.

1. Harry Potter is completely banned in many countries.
➔ Completely . 2. Harvard is one of the best universities in the world.
➔ One
3. I can’t come to her wedding next Saturday night.

.

➔ In no way
.
4. I had just climbed to the first branch of the tree before I fell down.

VI.

➔ Hardly
5. It rained cats and dogs as soon as I had just left home.

.

➔ No sooner

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ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.

1. Only by cooperating people will be able to reduce poverty problems,
A B C which are haunting all over Africa.

D
2. Not since did the team win the gold medal 50 years ago has it won it
A

B C again.

D
3. Hardly had their son got the university entrance exam result than they
A B C held a big party to celebrate it.

D

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4. Only when new kinds of machine are invented we can hope to reduce
A B C D labor jobs.

5. Among the candidates for this post are fresh graduate from Harvard

ABCD

University.

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