PRACTICE TEST 60

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. cooked                B. played                C. seemed                D. opened

2. A. hour                B. humorous                C. hold                        D. had

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

3. A. abstract                B. announce                C. donate                D. instruct

4. A. motherhood        B. understand                C. engineer                D. volunteer

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.

5. Domestic robots may not be enough creative to do the chores, garden and so on.

A. Domestic robots         B. be                        C. enough creative         D. so on

6. These interested books were donated to the library by the state governor 30 years ago.

A. interested                B. were donated         C. by                        D. ago

7. The manager was neither friendly or professional in welcoming us.

A. The manager        B. was                        C. or                        D. in

8. The teacher ordered us not opening our books until he told us to do so.

A. teacher                B. not opening                C. until                        D. us to do so

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

9. The noise of the car stopped the baby from ____________ to sleep.

A. falling                B. starting                C. coming                D. going

10. “Would you like to have ____________ orange juice?”

A. an amount of        B. a lot                        C. some                D. little

11. The problems are ____________ complicated that they cannot be solved without help from the police.

A. so                        B. such                        C. too                        D. more

12. - “Must I take the city map ?” - “No, you ____________. We have a tour guide.”

A. needn’t                B. don’t                C. mustn’t                D. haven’t

13. If my grandfather ____________ 10 years younger, I’m sure he would play badminton with me.

A. were                B. has been                C. would be                D. is

14. “I don’t believe in the widespread use of flying cars in the future.” - “____________”

A. Neither do I.         B. I do so too.                C. Oh, why so?                D. So can I.

15. We ____________ visit our grandparents in the countryside in summer.

A. use                        B. are used                C. used to                D. are used to

16. During the last hundred years, human ____________ much damage to their environment for their own benefits.

A. did                        B. have done                C. were doing                D. would do

17. She had to take care of her baby without help from others , ____________ she?

A. didn’t                B. hadn’t                C. doesn’t                D. hasn’t

18. Her father was very worried ____________ she came home late that night.

A. so that                B. so                        C. because                D. however

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. - “Congratulations!” - “____________”

A. You are a good friend.                        B. You are welcome.

C. Thank you.                                        D. I’m very happy.

20. - “Bye. See you again.” - “”

A. I hope so.                B. We will                C. Take care. Bye.         D. I’m very sad.

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

21. Has he found out how much this coat is going to cost? Is it expensive?

A. got information about                        B. found by chance

C. talked to someone about                        D. met someone and asked

22. Her mother is happy that her daughter is getting on very well in her new job.

A. making progress                                B. avoiding punishment

C. feeling surprised                                D. learning new things

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.

23. Sandra is considerably fatter than she was when I knew her.

A. greatly                B. a lot                        C. very little                D. similarly

24. John is one of the most discourteous bosses I have ever worked with.

A. impolite                B. polite                C. pleasant                D. obedient

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.

My name’s Hannah and I’m twenty years old. I’ve got a daughter (25) ____________ Nicole. She’s three now. I live in a small flat in the city center. It isn’t a nice place (26) ____________. It’s very noisy and dirty and there is no place for Nicole to play.

I want to move out (27) ____________ the city and live in the countryside. But it’s very expensive to live there. I will need to earn enough money to buy a house. There aren’t any flats for sale in (28)small villages near here. I will need to buy a car to go to work.

That’s why I study at college. I’m studying Business. (29)  ____________ I am at college, my mum looks after Nicole. My mum really likes spending time with her. In the evening, I work as (30) ____________ cleaner. I clean people’s houses. Nicole comes with me. She plays with her toys while I work.

25. A. name                B. naming                C. named                D. to name

26. A. live                B. living                C. lived                        D. to live

27. A. to                B. for                        C. of                        D. on

28. A. the                B. a                        C. an                        D. x

29. A. Who                B. Why                        C. When                D. Therefore

30. A. an                B. a                        C. the                        D. x

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.

Tiger Woods started playing golf when two years old. Now he is one of the most famous professional golfers in the world. Tiger is from the United States. His father is African-American and his mother is Thai. His real name is Eldrick, but everyone knows him as Tiger, the nickname his father gave him.

He started playing golf professionally in 1996, and won all four of the World Golf Championships before he turned 25. He holds the record as the youngest player ever to win all four of these championships. Although he has played on many great golf courses, one of Tiger’s favorite places to play is Pebble Beach.

Tiger became a role model at an early age. People look up to him, so he is very grateful. Because many people helped Tiger as a child, he wants to lend a hand to others now. Some people cannot play golf because of their ethnicity, while others do not have enough money. Occasionally, Tiger himself was prevented from playing golf. Because of this, he created the Tiger Woods Foundation to help make golf open to everyone.

He likes to see diversity on the golf course, and he wants all children to play golf if they want to. Tiger is happy that many children now want to play golf because of him.

31. Tiger Woods has been playing golf since he was ____________.

A. three                B. two                         C. four                         D. five

32. Tiger is his ____________.

A. real name                B. surname                 C. nickname                 D. last name

33. Which sentence is NOT true?

A. Tiger won all four of the World Golf Championships by the age of 25.

B. Tiger is known as the youngest player ever to win all four of these championships.

C. Pebble Beach is the name of a club.

D. Tiger wants to lend a hand to others now.

34. What did he do to help make golf open to everyone?

A. He created the Tiger Woods Foundation.        

B. He plays golf with anyone.

C. He joined all the competitions.                

D. He donated a lot of money.

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. We have never stayed at a better hotel than this.

A. This is the good hotel that I have ever stayed at.

B. This hotel is as good as the other ones.

C. This is best hotel that I have ever stayed at.

D. This is the best hotel that I have ever stayed at.

36. I think Da Nang is not so exciting as Ha Noi.

A. I think Ha Noi is exciting than Da Nang.

B. I think Ha Noi is as exciting as Da Nang.

C. I think Ha Noi is more exciting than Da Nang.

D. I think Ha Noi is more exciting Da Nang.

37. Hoa doesn’t prepare for the test carefully, so she gets bad marks.

A. If Hoa prepare for the test carefully, she wouldn’t get bad marks.

B. If Hoa prepare for the test carefully, she would get bad marks.

C. If Hoa prepared for the test carefully, she wouldn’t get bad marks.

D. If Hoa prepared for the test carefully, she would get bad marks.

38. Our city has five big supermarkets.