PRACTICE TEST 61

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D oil 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. though                B. thought                C. through                D. thorough

2. A. packs                B. thinks                C. stops                D. storms

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. weather                B. sentence                C. explain                D. chemist

4. A. celebration        B. considerate                C. disappointment        D. resolution

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. People are usually advised to cut down smoking because of its harm to their health.

A. are                        B. cut down                C. because of                D. their

6. I haven’t seen my grandparents when I moved to Ha Noi 2 years ago.

A. ago                        B. moved                C. haven’t seen        D. when

7. Although Linda worked very hard, but she failed the test last month.

A. Although                B. failed                C. hard                        D. worked

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

8. Why don’t we _____________ to buy some decorations for the party next week?

A. going                B. goes                        C. go                        D. to go

9. Ben is _____________ an excellent student that he can pass all the tests with good marks.

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

10. My foreign friends want to come back to Ha Noi, _____________ is one of the most beautiful cities in Viet Nam.

A. that                         B. which                 C. when                 D. where

11. Nobody likes Selena, _____________?

A. do they                B. don’t they                 C. does she                 D. doesn’t she

12. Vietnam’s rapid economic growth _____________ the 1990s greatly increased the incomes of Vietnamese households.

A. on                        B. of                        C. in                         D. at

13. My daughter finds solving Math problems _____________.

A. difficultly                B. difficult                C. difficulty                 D. difficulties

14. The boy denied _____________ the vase.

A. to break                B. broke                C. break                 D. breaking

15. When we came to the cinema, the movie _____________.

A. already began                                B. has already begun

C. had already begun                                D. was already beginning

16. What would happen if the Earth _____________ moving?

A. stopped                B. stops                C. would stop                D. will stop

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.

17. - Tom: “My computer has just broken.” - Mary: “_____________”

A. I’m fine.                B. Congratulations!        C. Good luck!                D. That’s a pity.

18. - A: “Do you mind if I borrow your dictionary?” - B: “_____________”

A. No. Here it is.         B. Why not?                C. Great!                D. Yes, let’s.

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.

19. Do you think that James will arrive in time?

A. set off                B. leave                C. turn up                D. show

20. Although they offered him a good salary, he turned down the job.

A. refused                B. accepted                C. got                        D. loved

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.

21. Remember to take off your shoes when you enter a Japanese house.

A. bring                B. put on                C. wear                D. use

22. Because the alarm clock didn’t go off, I was late for school this morning.

A. skipped                B. turned off                C. exploded                D. rang

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

Jeans are very popular with (23) _____________ people all over the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform” of youth. But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans (24) _____________ almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in Genoa was (25) _____________ “jeanos”. The pants were called “jeans”. In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (26) _____________ with gold miners, fanners and cowboys. Six years later Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory (27) _____________ in the US and Europe began wearing jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

23. A. rich                B. old                        C. poor                        D. young

24. A. started                B. starts                C. was starting                D. start

25. A. call                B. called                C. calling                D. calls

26. A. popular                B. famous                C. good                D. wonderful

27. A. cowboys        B. drivers                C. workers                D. fanners

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is best written from the words/ phrases given.

28. We / couldn’t drive / because / heavy fog.

A. We couldn’t drive because heavy fog.        

B. We couldn’t drive because the heavy fog.

C. We couldn’t drive because of the heavy fog.        

D. We couldn’t drive because the heavy of fog.

29. I / found / it / hard / concentrate / studying / such / loud / noise.

A. I found it hard concentrating on studying in such a loud noise.

B. I found it hard to concentrate studying on such a loud noise.

C. I found it was hard to concentrate on studying in such a loud noise.

D. I found it hard to concentrate on studying in such a loud noise.

30. My father / not / leave / car keys, / I / not / pick / up / the airport.

A. Because my father didn’t leave the car keys, I couldn’t pick him up at the airport.

B. Because my father didn’t leave the car keys, so I couldn’t pick him up at the airport.

C. Because of my father didn’t leave the car keys, I couldn’t pick him up at the airport.

D. Although my father didn’t leave the car keys, I couldn’t pick him up at the airport.

31. She / wish / she / lie / the beach / now.

A. She wishes she is lying on the beach now.

B. She wishes she were lying on the beach now.

C. She wishes she would lying on the beach now.

D. She wishes she can lie on the beach now.

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.

After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Nobel became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to humanity. Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace. Economics was added in 1968. Just sixty-seven years after the first awards ceremony.

Nobel’s original legacy of nine million dollars was invested, and the interest on this sum is used for the awards which vary from $$30,000 to $$125,000.

Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death, the awards (gold medal, illuminated diploma, and money) are presented to the winners. Sometimes politics plays an important role in the judges’ decisions. Americans have won numerous science awards, but relatively few literature prizes.

No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their prizes.

32. The Nobel prize was created in order to _____________.

A. honour the inventor of dynamite                        

B. resolve political differences

C. recognize worthwhile contributions to humanity

D. spend money

33. In which area have Americans received the most awards?

A. Literature                B. Science                C. Economics                D. Peace

34. How much money did Nobel leave for the prizes?

A. $$30,000                B. $$125,000                C. $$155,000                D. $$9,000,000

35. What is the opposite meaning of the underlined word “important”?

A. normal                B. trivial                C. vital                        D. impressive

36. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Alfred Nobel became very rich when he invented dynamite.

B. Alfred Nobel created awards in six categories for contributions to humanity.

C. Alfred Nobel left all of his money to science.

D. Alfred Nobel made a lasting contribution to humanity.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.

37. Linh doesn’t have a lot of money. She can’t go abroad.

A. If Linh has a lot of money, she will go abroad.

B. If Linh had a lot of money, she will go abroad.

C. If Linh had a lot of money, she could go abroad.