Full name ................................................. THE ENGLISHTEST - No. 007
I/ Choose the word in each group that has different stress pattern:
1. A. immense B. guidance C. anthem D. birthmark
2. A. anchor B. adverb C. disposal D. welfare
3. A. impudence B. supervisor C. solidity D. perversity
4. A. sulphuric B. logical C. applicant D. odourless
5. A. decree B. eardrum C. abound D. account
II/ Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
6. A. certain B. drainage C. reclaim D. paint
7. A. honour B. pour C. odour D. vapour
8. A. position B. preserve C. resource D. conserve
9. A. lemon B. son C. bacon D. iron
10. A. horrible B. reasonable C. occupied D. tolerant
III/ Choose the best answer:
11. I usually wear skirts but today I ............. trousers.
A. am wearing B. wearing C. wear D. wears
12. He made too ............... mistakes in his writing
A. few B. much C. little D. many
13. We avoid ............. our environment
A. pollute B. polluting C. to pollute D. polluted
14. They were ............ when they read the result
A. disappointment B. disappoint C. disappointing D. disappointed
15. .........books on this shelf were written by Charles Dickens
A. The all B. All the C. All D. Every
16. I worked ...............hard that I felt very tired
A. enough B. so C. too D. such
17. There is always .........traffic in the city centre in the rush-hour
A. full B. heavy C. strong D. big
18. Vehicles also account ............ air pollution in the city
A. on B. to C. for D. with
19. Preserving natural resources ............of great importance
A. are B. is C. are being D. have been
20. This flat is too small for my family.
A. This flat is not rather big for my family. B. This flat is not very big for my family.
C. This flat is not enough big for my family. D. This flat is not big enough for my family.
21. She hasn't written to me..............we met last time
A. ago B. since C. before D. for
22. Getting a good job doesn't interest him.
A. He isn't interested in getting a good job B. He is only interested in getting a good job.
C. He isn't good at getting a good job D. He is good at getting a good job
23. He said he ...........for five hours
A. has worked B. worked C. has been working D. had been working
24. This question is .............difficult for me
A. to B. too C. such D. enough
25. It has been a long time since they met.
A. They haven't met since a long time B. They haven't met for a long time
C. They didn't meet for a long time D. They didn't meet a long time ago
26. The factory has a .............to choose young, qualified people for the job
A. preference B. trend C. privilege D. tendency
27. He is bored ............ doing the same thing every day
A. of B. with C. for D. too
28. I am very ............. in the news.
A. interesting B. interest C. interested D. exciting
29. The student were slow to catch ..............., but gradually they began to understand.
A. in B. out C. on D. up
30. Can you ........ the papers with you when you come to see me, please?
A. collect B. bring C. get D. take
IV. Choose a word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting
31. Our teacher told us that we had done our homeworks very carefully.
A B C D
32. The boy whom I spoke to on the phone last night is very interested on Mathematics.
A B C D
33. Because of the light, the town seemed differently from the way I had remembered it.
A B C D
34. James which has just received a promotion is the best worker of our company.
A B C D
35. Every year Bob and Alice spend a few day at the same hotel by the sea.
A B C D
36. When we arrived at the store to purchase the dishwasher advertise in the newspaper, we learned that all the
A B C
dishwashers had been sold.
D
37. Mr. Harris will be divided the biology class into two sections to prevent overcrowding in his classroom.
A B C D
38. Hundreds of houses and other buildings were destroying by the raging tropical storm which later developed into a
A B C D
Hurricane.
39. Mary asked me how did I go to school every day.
A B C D
40. The English course will start in May 29
th
and finish in August
A B C D
41. How much time have you known her? - I've known her for about a year.
A B C D
42. It was not until he had left the army which Elvis Presley's popularity really came to its height.
A B C D
43. He usually pays me on Friday, but last week it was not when the following Monday that he gave me the money.
A B C D
44. The music to that he was listening last night was composed by Trinh Cong Son.
A B C D
45. Sandra has not rarely missed a play or concert since she was 17 years old .
A B C D
46. The governor has not decided how to deal with the new problems already.
A B C D
47. Harvey seldom pays his bills on time, and his brother does too.
A B C D
48. Peter has passed his examination, that is good news.
A B C D
49. There is some scissors in the desk drawer in the bed room if you need them
A B C D
50. The price of crude oil used to be a great deal lower than now, wasn’t it?
A B C D
51. I haven’t visited Mr. Ba when he moved to his new house.
A B C D
V/ Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:
Every year students from many countries learn English. Some of these students are young children. Others are
teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the
language in films. on television, in the office or among their friends. But not many are lucky enough to do that. Most people
must work hard to learn another language.
Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girl learns
English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and mathematics ....... and English. In
England or America, or Australia many boys and girls study their own language, which is English, and Mathematics .... and
another language, perhaps French, or German, or Spanish.
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies
because some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read
newspapers or magazines in English.
52. According to the writer,………………. .
A. Only adults learn English. B. English is useful only to teenagers.
C. No children like learning English. D. English is popular in much of the world.
53. In America or in Australia, many schoolchildren study ………. .
A. English and Mathematics only. B. such foreign languages as French, German and Spanish.
C. their own language and no foreign language. D. English as a foreign language
54. Many people learn English by.............. .
A. hearing the language in the office B. talking with the film stars.
C. watch video only D. working hard on their lessons.
55. Many adults learn English because ……… .
A. it helps them in their work. B. Most of their books are in English.
C. their work is useful. D. they want to go abroad
56. Many boys and girls learn English because
A. their parents make them. B. they have to study their own language.
C. it is included in their courses. D. English can give them a job.
VI. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:
Like other folk arts, folk music has been passed on primarily by word of mouth. Because it is not fixed in writing, folk
music is free to change as it travels from person to person, generation and even country to country.
A folk-music tradition is the characteristic expression of a group or community of people. Folk-music traditions tend
to have long histories, even though new songs and tunes are always being added and old ones dropped. Folk music thus has
the unique quality of being both old and new at the same time.
57. Folk music has been kept alive in many cultures ………… .
A. with the help of other folk arts. B. through oral transmission
C. because of its long history D. for various reasons
58. One particular characteristic of folk music is that…………….
A. changes make it worse B. it is often forgotten C. its popularity is limited. D. it keeps growing
59. According to the passage, folk music traditions ………………………….
A. will soon be replaced or dropped B. are popular with ordinary people in society
C. can be different from one community to another D. only existed in ancient times.
60. The word quality in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ……………
A. tradition B. condition C. characteristic D. property
III. READING. There is now increasing concern about the world's energy resources, particularly about those involving fossil
..... (11) ..... .In less than s hundred years we shall probably ..... (12) ..... all the present ..... (13) ..... of oil and gas. The
world's coal ..... (14) ..... should last longer but, once used, there can not be ..... (15) .....
It is important, therefore, that we should develop such ..... (16) ..... sources of energy as solar energy and nuclear energy as
well as water and wind ..... (17) ..... (class as ..... (18) ..... energy). Until these energy ..... (19) ..... are widely used, it is
important for the developed countries to reduce energy ..... (20) ..... as much as possible.
11. A. forms B. energies C. powers D. fuels 12. A. exhaust B. total C. end D. complete
13. A. sources B. amounts C. productions D. findings 14. A. stores B. contents C. mines D. reserves
15. A. produced B. updated C. renewed D. repeated 16. A. surprising B. alternative C. traditional D.
revolutionary
17. A. power B. strength C. motion D. force 18. A. continuous B. renewable C. continual D. repeatable
19. A. goods B. materials C. provisions D. supplies 20. A. exhaustion B. waste C. destruction D. consumption