PRACTICE TEST 25

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. snow                B. now                        C. amount                D. sound

2. A. stages                B. finishes                C. resources                D. styles

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. racing                B. firework                C. under                D. prepare

4. A. climate                B. campus                C. control                D. capture

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

5. The teacher who sang beautiful in our last spring festival is from England.

A. who                        B. beautiful                C. in                        D. from

6. The discovery of gold on California in 1848 led to the Gold Rush.

A. on                        B. in                        C. led to                D. the

7. I love this small village which I used to live for six years in my childhood.

A. love                        B. which                C. used to                D. for

8. The fish in the lake in the city centre have died because the polluted water.

A. fish                         B. in the city                 C. have died                D. because

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

9. Mai is ____________ student in my class.

A. most intelligent                                 B. the most intelligent         

C. more intelligent                                 D. the more intelligent

10. Our house ____________ in 1986 by my grandfather.

A. built                        B. was building        C. was built                 D. has been built

11. It’s no use ____________ a language if you don’t try to use it.

A. learned                B. learn                C. to learn                 D. learning

12. I don't like doing the ____________, especially clearing the windows.

A. homework                B. housework                C. assignments         D. tasks

13. He will not be ____________ to vote in this year’s election.

A. old enough                B. enough old                C. as old enough         D. enough old as

14. They ____________ supper when the telephone rang.

A. had                        B. have had                C. were having         D. have been having

15. Doctors and scientists ____________ the benefit of fish in the diet recently.

A. have shown                B. will show                C. are showing         D. have been showing

16. If you ____________ in my position, what would you do?

A. are                        B. will be                C. were                 D. would be

17. That teacher taught you English last year, ____________?

A. didn’t she                B. did she                C. was she                 D. doesn’t she

18. He doesn’t have ____________  experience of working in an office.

A. some                 B. much                 C. an                         D. many

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. Jane says she is going to get married to a wealthy businessman.

A. famous                B. well-off                C. mean                D. poor

20. We arranged to meet at 7.30, but she never turned up.

A. moved                B. arrived                C. went                D. disappeared

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. He was far from his own neighborhood or anything that might have looked familiar.

A. friendly                B. near                        C. well-known                D. strange

22. My brother is fond of working with computers.

A. continues                B. admires                C. likes                        D. dislikes

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

23. - Bob: “Have a nice weekend!” - Nam: “____________”

A. I will have                B. I don’t know        C. I’m not sure                D. The same to you

24. - Thanh: “Thank you for your help.” - Giang: “____________”

A. You’re welcome        B. Never mind                C. I agree                D. You can say that again

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

Twitter is a social network that allows users to send and receive short messages, called tweets. Tweets can be up to 140 characters long. You can send tweets from your computer or even from your mobile phones. While some social networking services like Facebook or MySpace are more complicated, Twitter is fairly simple to use. To send or receive messages you just have to create an account on Twitter. You can only send texts to Twitter, images are not allowed. Your messages on Twitter can be private, meaning only your friends can read them or you could make them public, meaning they can be seen by everyone. Recently, Twitter has also been used in business. Companies use Twitter to inform people about new products or just to post something that is on sale. Twitter has become very popular. Since its birth in 2006 over one hundred million people around the world have been using it regularly.

25. This passage is about ____________.

A. a new product        B. a new company        C. an account                D. a social network

26. According to the passage, Twitter is ____________ to use.

A. expensive                 B. complicated        C. simple                        D. cheap

27. The word “regularly” is closest in meaning to ____________.

A. frequently                B. commonly                C. rarely                D. sometimes

28. You can do three following activities on Twitter EXCEPT ____________.

A. send messages         B. receive messages         C. send images        D. introduce new products

29. It can be inferred from the passage that Twitter has now ____________.

A. been only nation-wide popular                B. been world-wide popular

C. not been popular                                D. been only used in business

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.

30. “Can I borrow your car, Helen?” said Mary.

A. Mary asked Helen if she can borrow her car.

B. Mary asked Helen if she could borrow her car.

C. Mary asked Helen she can borrow her car.

D. Mary asked Helen she could borrow her car.

31. I last saw my aunt before the beginning of the Covid-19.

A. I haven’t seen my aunt since the Covid-19 began in 2019.

B. My aunt left the country after the Covid-19 so didn’t see her.

C. I haven’t seen my aunt for so many years because of the Covid-19.

D. My aunt didn’t come back until the start of the Covid-19 in 2019.

32. In spite of his poor health, he managed to finish his book before the deadline.

A. Although he was unwell, he managed to finish his book before the deadline.

B. Even though he managed to finish his book before the deadline, he was sick.

C. He was in poor health when he managed to finish his book before the deadline.

D. He managed to finish his book before the deadline, but he was very ill.

33. A human brain is more complex than a computer.

A. A computer is not as complex as a human brain.

B. A computer is as complex as a human brain.

C. Compared to a human brain, a computer is too complex.

D. A computer is much more complex than a human brain.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most meaningful sentence written from the given words.

34. I spoke slowly and clearly. I wanted the foreigner to understand me.

A. I spoke slowly and clearly so that the foreigner could understand me.

B. I spoke so slowly and clearly that I wanted the foreigner to understand me.

C. I spoke not only slowly but also clearly and the foreigner understood me.

D. The foreigner could understand me easily as I spoke slowly and clearly.

35. Unless / you / careful, / you / fall.

A. Unless you are careful, you will fall.        B. Unless you aren’t careful, you will fall.

C. If you aren’t careful, you won’t fall.        D. If you are careful, you will fall.