PRACTICE TEST 19

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

1. A. lived                B. looked                C. missed                D. watched

2. A. south                B. bought                C. found                D. about

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

3. A. entrance                B. destroy                C. enjoy                D. prevent

4. A. cinema                B. position                C. family                D. scientist

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

5. I wish I have enough money to buy a new dictionary.

A. a                        B. have                        C. wish                        D. to buy

6. Most children remain dependent on his parents while at university.

A. at                        B. his                        C. on                        D. Most

7. I don’t know what happened because I didn’t read today’s newspaper yet.

A. don’t know                B. what                C. because                D. didn’t read

8. All people in this town should joins hands to protect the environment.

A. All                        B. in                        C. joins                        D. to protect

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

9. He advised me _____________ all the facts before doing the project.

A. considered                B. considering                C. consider                D. to consider

10. Can you speak _____________ other languages?

A. few                        B. much                C. some                D. any

11. Peter is the _____________ student in the class. He learns almost all subjects well.

A. more intelligent         B. as intelligent        C. most intelligent        D. intelligently

12. Nam is not very good _____________ English.

A. in                        B. at                        C. with                        D. to

13. Alexander Fleming, _____________ discovered penicillin, received the Nobel Prize in 1945.

A. that                        B. which                C. who                        D. whom

14. You need good shoes to go biking in the mountains _____________ the ground is rough and hard.

A. even though        B. before                C. so that                D. because

15. If I _____________ you, I would take part in that English course.

A. will be                B. were                C. have been                D. am

16. He was offered the job thanks to his _____________ performance during his job interview.

A. impressive                B. impression                C. impress                D. impressively

17. Those fashionable jeans were expensive, _____________?

A. were they                B. was it                C. weren’t they        D. wasn’t it

18. The students told their teacher that they _____________ their best to do the test.

A. try                        B. are trying                C. would try                D. will try

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

19. It was rude of him not to say “Thank you” when he was given a gift from his friend.

A. polite                B. impolite                C. nice                        D. gentle

20. I’ve heard an interesting story about life in Viet Nam after the war.

A. uninteresting        B. boring                C. tired                        D. gripping

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

21. I’ve become completely reliant on our parents since I lost my job.

A. independent        B. dependent                C. lazy                        D. counting

22. Tom became a wealthy man after winning a lottery.

A. rich                        B. well-off                C. needy                D. prosperous

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct response to each of the following exchanges.

23. - Peter: “Would you mind if I used your phone?” - Mary: “_____________.”

A. Of course not         B. No, thank you         C. No, I can’t                D. Yes, I do

24. - Jane: “I have known that you won the 100-meter race this morning. Congratulations!” 

- Henry: “_____________”

A. Thank you                B. No, don’t say so         C. Just lucky                D. No, no. I ran slowly

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Every one of us produces garbage of one kind or another. Some of the garbage is thrown into the sea. Some is burnt or buried under the ground. Every year we need to find about 800.000 cubic meters of empty land just to bury the garbage.

This is the same as filling one football stadium with garbage up to 20 meters high! This garbage damages the environment. Although a lot of garbage is buried in the ground, some of it gets blown about in the wind. Also, when garbage is burnt, poisonous gases are given off into the air. The garbage thrown into the sea will pollute the water.

What can we do about these problems? One very easy answer is to produce less garbage. We can recycle things made from glass and paper as well as tin cans. People can refuse to take the plastic bags from the shops and supermarkets by bringing with them their own bags or baskets when they go shopping.

The government should tell people about the dangers of garbage pollution. Education is perhaps the most important factor for keeping our environment healthy for the future.

25. According to paragraph 2, poisonous gases are given off when we _____________.

A. throw the garbage into the sea                B. recycle the garbage

C. bum the garbage                                D. blow the garbage about

26. According to paragraph 3, when we go shopping, we should _____________.

A. use our own baskets or bags                B. tell other people about recycling

C. buy less food                                D. ask for more plastic bags

27. All of these can be recycled EXCEPT _____________.

A. glass                B. paper                C. tin cans                D. poisonous gases

28. The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to _____________.

A. environment        B. garbage                C. stadium                D. ground

29. The word “poisonous” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____________.

A. toxic                B. clean                C. healthy                D. pleasant

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Millions of Irish people travel to foreign countries on holiday each year. Many people go on package holidays with travel companies (30) _____________ they can arrange everything for you. The company (31) _____________ your train, plane or bus tickets and finds you a hotel or a flat. In summer, many people go to places (32) _____________ the weather is warmer than in Ireland. They go to the beach and swim or sunbathe.

Skiing holidays are very popular in winter. Many people travel to countries such as Austria, France, Switzerland, Sweden and Canada to go skiing and snowboarding. Many people also go on more (33) _____________ holidays, like wildlife safaris in Africa. Irish people usually have holidays and in winter in Ireland there are a lot of TV programs about holidays, Irish people also have holidays in Ireland. They go to the seaside to swim and sunbathe, or go hiking (34) _____________ the country.

30. A. because of         B. although                 C. because                 D. despite

31. A. buys                 B. sets                 C. calls                         D. books

32. A. which                 B. what                 C. where                 D. that

33. A. adventures         B. adventurer                 C. adventured                 D. adventurous

34. A. at                 B. from                 C. on                         D. in

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.

35. “Would you like to come out to dinner with me tonight, Jenny?” Paul said.

A. Paul suggested that Jenny go out to dinner with him that night.

B. Paul insisted on Jenny going out to dinner with him that night.

C. Paul invited Jenny to go out to dinner with him that night.

D. Pau offered Jenny to go out to dinner with him that night

36. I last met my grandparents five years ago.

A. I haven’t met my grandparents for five years.

B. I have met my grandparents for five years.

C. I often met my grandparents five years ago.

D. I didn’t meet my grandparents five years ago.

37. Jupiter is bigger than any other planet in the solar system.

A. Jupiter is the bigger of all the other planets in the solar system.

B. All other planets in the solar system are as big as Jupiter.

C. Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system.

D. All other planets in the solar system are not so big than Jupiter.

38. The food was so salty that we couldn’t eat it.

A. The food was too salty for us to eat.

B. The food was not salty enough for us to eat.

C. The food was salty enough for us to eat.