PRACTICE TEST 58

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

1. A. calls                B. laughs                C. maps                D. costs

2. A. stopped                B. worked                C. decided                D. finished

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

3. A. verbal                B. signal                C. social                D. attract

4. A. situation                B. communication        C. information                D. education

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

5. Lan ____________ go on a diet if she was fat, but she’s not.

A. will                        B. should                C. can                         D. would

6. Buy me some flowers on your way back, ____________?

A. do you                B. will you                C. have you                 D. don’t you

7. Of the two sisters, Mai is the ____________.

A. eldest                B. elder                 C. eldly                 D. most eldly

8. The more you practice your French, ____________

A. faster you learn                                C. the faster will you learn

B. you will learn faster                        D. the faster you will learn

9. If she ____________ a bike, she would go out in the evening.

A. have                B. has                        C. has had                D. had

10. According to FAO, Vietnam is second largest coffee producer in the world after Brazil.

A. a                        B. 0                        C. an                         D. the

11. We were made ____________ hard when we were at school.

A. to study                B. study                C. studying                 D. studied

12. There has been little rain in this area for months, ____________?

A. has it                B. has there                C. hasn’t it                 D. hasn’t there

13. Lan said Lan had come back ____________.

A. the previous day        B. the next day        C. the following day         D. the day after tomorrow

14. The woman ____________ designed the building is my girlfriend.

A. who                        B. whose                C. when                 D. what

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

15. I didn’t think his comments were very appropriate at the time.

A. correct                B. right                        C. exact                D. suitable

16. Hoa visits and gives me a hand with cooking.

A. help                        B. receive                C. prepare                D. give

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

17. It’s discourteous to ask Americans questions about their age, marriage or income.

A. impolite                B. rude                        C. unpolite                D. polite

18. The year-end party was out of this world. We had never tasted such delicious food.

A. big                        B. terrific                C. awful                D. delicious

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

19. Mai is talking to Minh in the resort.

- Minh: “Shall I help you with your suitcase?” - Mai: “____________”

A. What a pity!                                B. That’s very kind of you.

C. I couldn’t agree more.                        D. I don’t agree with you.

20. - A: “How do you do?” – B: “____________”

A. How do we do?         B. I’m very good.         C. It is OK!                D. I’m a doctor

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

On the fourth Thursday in November, in houses around the United States, families get together for a feast, or a large meal. Almost all families eat turkey and cranberry sauce for this meal, and have pumpkin pie for dessert. This feast is part of a very special day, the holiday of Thanksgiving.

In 1620 the Pilgrims made a difficult trip across the ocean from England. They landed in what is now Massachusetts. In England the Pilgrims had not been allowed to freely practice their religion. So they went to the New World in search of religious freedom.

The Pilgrims’ first winter was very hard. Almost half the group died of cold, hunger and disease. But the Indians of Massachusetts taught the Pilgrims to plant com, to hunt and to fish. When the next fall came, the Pilgrims had plenty of food. They were thankful to God and the Indians and had a feast to give thanks. They invited the Indians to join them. This was the first Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving became a national holiday many years later because of the effort of a woman named Sarah Hale. For forty years Sarah Hale wrote to each president and asked for a holiday of Thanksgiving. At last she was successful. In 1863 President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday.

How much is Thanksgiving today like the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving? In many ways they are different. For example, historians think that the Pilgrims ate deer, not turkey. The idea of Thanksgiving, though, is very much the same: Thanksgiving is a day on which we celebrate and give thanks.

21. When did the Pilgrims make a difficult trip across the ocean from England?

A. in 1866                B. in 1631                C. in 1630                D. in 1620

22. According to the passage, today’s Thanksgiving.

A. is only liked in Massachusetts

B. is a day on that the Pilgrims eat goat

C. is different from the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving in many ways

D. is just celebrated the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving

23. Which of the following is NOT true about Thanksgiving?

A. It became a national holiday thanks to President Lincoln’s 40-year efforts.

B. It is a day on which Americans celebrate and give thanks.

C. Americans usually have turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie for this occasion.

D. It is held on the fourth Thursday in November.

24. The word “they” in paragraph 3 refer to ____________.

A. com                        B. the Pilgrims                C. families                D. Americans

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

On my desk at home, I have a collection of souvenirs; objects that remind me of places I’ve visited and important events in my life. These objects include a model boat that I saw being carved from a piece of wood on a Caribbean island, a piece of lava that emerged hot from a volcano in the year I was born, and a shell (25) ____________ on my favorite childhood beach.

Unlike everything else, from which memory and detail fades, it is as if the longer you hold on to certain objects, the (26) ____________ their associations with the past become, and the sharper the recollections that gather around them. They are, (27) ____________, real souvenirs, encapsulations not only of the place, but of your time in the place. But these days, the term “real souvenirs” sounds like a contradiction in terms, and this is because the objects sold to tourists as souvenirs are often cheap mass-produced imports that have nothing to do with the place at all.

It’s often the (28) ____________ that the best souvenirs, like my shell, are found rather than purchased, but browsing for souvenirs can also be a fun holiday activity. But if you are buying souvenirs on holiday this summer, make sure they (29) ____________ the reality test. A good souvenir is not just made in the area where it is bought, it also says something about the culture of that area. It is something made by local people using sustainable local materials, and because you are effectively supporting the local economy, it shouldn’t (30) ____________ too cheap, either.

25. A. picked up         B. taken to                C. gone away                D. walked to

26. A. bigger                 B. greater                C. deeper                D. harder

27. A. for                 B. therefore                C. although                D. Despite

28. A. case                 B. true                        C. fact                        D. talk

29. A. give                 B. receive                C. pass                        D. take

30. A. change                 B. come                C. do                        D. make

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

31. Mr. Mai is very interested in working as a doctor because she love taking care of patients.

A. interested                 B. working as                C. love                         D. taking care of

32. The poster was drawing by Tom last year.

A. The                        B. was drawing        C. by                         D. last year

33. The man standing over there which sold Lan the pencil.

A. The man                B. over there                C. which                 D. Lan

34. There is only one Korean hotel in this city, isn’t it?

A. Korean                 B. is only                 C. in this city                 D. isn’t it

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. “Shall 1 help you make the cake, Mai?” said Hoa.

A. Hoa hope to help Mai with the cake.                B. Hoa said helping Mai make the cake.

C. Hoa offered Mai to help make the cake.                D. Hoa offered to help Mai make the cake.

36. The girl was too weak to lift the table.

A. The girl wasn’t able to lift the table, so she was very weak.

B. The girl, though weak, could lift the table.

C. So weak was the girl that she couldn’t lift the table.

D. The girl shouldn’t have lifted the table as she was weak.

37. He finds it useful to join the army.

A. Joining the army is not useful for him.                 B. It is useful for him to join the army.

C. He used to join the army.                                D. He never like joining the army.

38. Hoa hasn’t tried this kind of cake before.

A. It’s a long time since Hoa tried this kind of cake.