PRACTICE TEST 63

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. tropical                B. cross                C. modern                D. hero

2. A. examined        B. hatred                C. viewed                D. controlled

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. remote                B. garbage                C. limit                        D. sewage

4. A. refreshment        B. disaster                C. volunteer                D. reduction

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. She doesn’t mind to work hard to reach her career goals.

A. to reach                B. goals                C. to work                 D. doesn’t

6. I suggest donating some money for the poverty children.

A. for                        B. poverty                C. suggest                 D. donating

7. The exam was over because I’m relaxed now.

A. because                B. relaxed                C. was                         D. The

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

8. Traditionally, rural villages in Vietnam ____________ handicrafts when they were not busy with planting or harvesting crops.

A. produce                B. was produced        C. were producing        D. produced

9. The weather was in Sa Pa ____________ than in Ha Noi last week.

A. most colder                B.by colder                C. more colder                D. much colder

10. My uncles ____________ up their business when they were young, and they are quite successful now.

A. made                        B. set                        C. began                D. went

11. Nothing is worse than being stuck in a traffic jam during peak hour in big cities, ____________?

A. aren’t they                B. are they                C. isn’t it                D. is it

12. Friends and family have great influence ____________ students’ success at school.

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

13. Is India by far one of the most ____________ countries in the world?

A. populous                B. population                C. populate                D. populating

14. The author ____________ you criticized in your review hasn’t written a reply yet.

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

15. The artisan made this statue by ____________ hot liquid bronze into a mould.

A. poured                B. pouring                C. pour                        D. to pour

16. Mr. Gwen told me that he would pick me up the ____________ day.

A. previous                B. following                C. before                D. last

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. - Alex: “____________” - Kent: “Poor you.”

A. Where did you go last week?

B. I am having a good time with my friends.

C. I’ve just had an exciting trip to Huong Pagoda.

D. I have lost my keys.

18. - Luke: “I’ve passed the entrance exam.”-Alex: “____________”

A. Good luck!                B. Congratulations.        C. It’s nice of you to say so.        D. Are you alright?

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. In Africa, many children die from not having enough food.

A. poverty                B. starvation                C. drought                D. malnutrition

20. I’m interested in doing a nine-to-five job so I can stay at home in the evening.

A. tired of                B. bored with                C. fond of                D. scared of

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

21. She lost her temper with the driver and shouted at him.

A. stayed calm                                        B. lost her temperature

C. became very angry                                D. felt worried

22. He’s really over the moon at his success.

A. depressed                B. delighted                C. excited                D. tired

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.

Mercury is the smallest member of the Sun’s family which is only 3,100 miles across. It is also the Sun’s swiftest planet. Its yearly journey round the sun is only 85 days. Mercury always keeps one side (23) ____________ the sun. On this side it is always day, on the other side it is always night. We only see the lighted side. Mercury appears to US like a yellowish orange star. The nearest planet to the sun, it is always seen near the sun, either just before sunrise (24) ____________ soon after sunset. People sometimes call Mercury the morning star or evening star. Mercury is half the size of the earth. Because it is much lighter, it has much less gravity. If you can visit Mercury in a spaceship, you will find it a strange world. Its low gravity makes you (25) ____________ very light. If your weight on Earth is 100 pounds, your weight on Mercury is only 27 pounds. Looking at the Sun from Mercury, you can see that it’s much brighter than it is (26) ____________ from the earth. And the yellow centre of the sun appears three times bigger from Mercury. On the lighted side, Mercury’s temperature is about 300 degrees centigrade. But the dark side is extremely cold, 150 degrees below zero so Mercury is probably the coldest (27) ____________ the hottest of the planets.

23. A. from                B. towards                C. to                        D. for

24. A. so                B. and                        C. nor                        D. or

25. A. feel                B. to feel                C. feels                        D. feeling

26. A. seeing                B. saw                        C. seen                        D. see

27. A. as far as                B. as soon as                C. as well as                D. as long as

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

28. They / said / they / visit I their grandparents / following week.

A. They said that they would visited their grandparents the following week.

B. They said that they would visit their grandparents in the following week.

C. They said that they will visit their grandparents the following week.

D. They said that they would visit their grandparents the following week.

29. It / suggested / trip / be / cancel / due to / bad weather.

A. It suggested that the trip be cancelled due to the bad weather.

B. It is suggested that the trip will be cancelled due to the bad weather.

C. It is suggested that the trip be cancelled due to the bad weather.

D. It is suggested that the trip cancelling due to the bad weather.

30. Lan / just / buy / new bike / very modern.

A. Lan has just bought a new bike that is very modern.

B. Lan who has just bought a new bike is very modern.

C. Lan has just bought a new bike who is very modern.

D. Lan has just bought a new bike and is very modern.

31. The suitcase / too heavy / the girl / carry.

A. The suitcase is too heavy that the girl to carry.

B. The suitcase is too heavy for the girl to carry.

C. The suitcase is too heavy for the girl can carry.

D. The suitcase is too heavy for the girl to carry it.

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.

When your mobile phone runs out of battery power, all you have to do to get it working again is to charge it up. Imagine if you could do the same thing with your car. Researchers at car companies are developing cars that plug into electric sockets. These vehicles might become the cars of the future.

The cars are called plug-in hybrids and they get most of their power from electricity, just like other electrical devices like mobile phones and laptops. This technology would significantly reduce the amount of petrol that people use. For countries that depend on other oil producing countries for their petrol supply this could be a great advantage.

Presently, most cars use petrol. Unfortunately, burning fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide gas, and when a large amount of this gas and other greenhouse gases are trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere, they cause global warming. Hybrid vehicles have already been developed and are being driven. These cars get their power from both petrol and electricity; they are able to travel longer distances with less petrol. Plug-in hybrids will be even more advanced as they are designed to be powered mainly by electricity and use only a small amount of petrol. It might be some time before the cars will become available to the public but if they do, it will be a major breakthrough for transport.

32. According to the passage, researchers are developing ____________.

A. cars that do not need a battery        

B. electric car that don’t need to be charged

C. cars that never run out of battery power

D. electric cars whose battery can be recharged

33. According to the passage, this new technology would be a great advantage for ____________.

A. people who don’t use much petrol        B. countries which do not produce oil

C. oil producing countries                        D. companies which produce cars

34. According to the passage, hybrid cars ____________.

A. use a combination of electricity and petrol        

B. have not been developed

C. use more petrol than cars running on petrol        

D. get their energy only from electricity

35. The word “they” in line 13 refers to ____________.

A. greenhouse gases         B. fossil fuels                C. cars                        D. distances

36. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. How to develop hybrid cars.                B. Cars running on petrol.

C. I low to reduce gas.                                D. Cars of the future.

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. Be careful, or you will fall down.

A. If you don’t careful, you will fall down.