PRACTICE TEST 71

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. books                B. roots                C. balls                        D. hopes

2. A. gossip                B. gently                C. garage                D. graduated

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. alive                B. ancient                C. attack                D. supply

4. A. deductive        B. considerate                C. experiment                D. relative

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. The food that my father is cooking in the kitchen smells deliciously.

A. deliciously                B. that                        C. smells                D. is cooking

6. It is such difficult a lesson that I can’t understand it.

A. is                        B. can’t                C. difficult a                D. it

7. Jessica’s father didn’t allow her going to the cinema with her friends yesterday.

A. going                B. with                        C. Jessica’s                D. didn’t

8. We are excited for the excursion to Nha Trang next Sunday.

A. next Sunday        B. to                        C. are                        D. for

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

9. I have had the roof of my house _____________.

A. to replace                B. replace                C. replaced                D. been replaced

10. Due to severe weather conditions, they had to wait long hours _____________ the airport.

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

11. What beautiful eyes _____________!

A. does she have        B. she has                C. has she                D. she doesn’t have

12. My mother is looking up the number in the telephone _____________.

A. directors                B. directly                C. direction                D. directory

13. I can’t find my wallet, Tom. - Don’t worry. I’ll help you to _____________ it.

A. look for                B. take care of                C. put on                D. turn off

14. I haven’t seen Tom _____________ he got married.

A. before                B. until                        C. since                D. although

15. If Jim _____________ the music so loud, the neighbours wouldn’t have called the police.

A. has played                B. didn’t play                C. was playing                D. hadn’t played

16. The children don’t like living in the countryside, _____________?

A. do the children        B. don’t they                C. don’t the children        D. do they

17. The man attempted to _____________ the painting from the gallery but he was caught.

A. rob                        B. steal                        C. burgle                D. kidnap

18. The girl walks.

A. slow                        B. slowed                C. slowly                D. slowlier

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

19. - Misa: ‘T have just got a job in an international bank in Ha Noi.” - Lizy: “_____________.”

A. You’ re welcome        B. Congratulations        C. That’s a good idea        D. Never mind

20. - Peter: Would you like some more tea? - Jackson: _____________.

A. Yes, please                B. Here you are        C. You are welcome        D. No, I don’t mind

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.

21. We still have an awful lot to learn.

A. A little bit                B. a great condition         C. a great mount         D. a great pleasure

22. Entertainment is available only in cities and towns, so we cannot easily get involved in the countryside.

A. visiting                        B. existing                C. safe                        D. helpful

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. Ignore something will not make it go disappear

A. pay attention to        B. looking closely at        C. study the cause of        D. feasible

24. When you put on clothing or make-up, you place it on your body so as to wear it.

A. take off                B. look after                C. wash up                D. get on

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.

Television first (25) _____________ some fifty years ago in the 1950s. Since then, it has been one of the most (26) _____________ sources of entertainment for both the old and the young. Television offers cartoons for children, world news, music and many other programs. If someone is interested in sports, for (27) _____________, he can just choose the right sports channel. There he can enjoy a broadcast of an international football match (28) _____________ it is actually happening. Television is also a very useful way for companies to advertise their products. It is not too hard for us to see why there (29) _____________ a TV set in almost every home today. And, engineers are developing interactive TV (30) _____________ allows communication between viewers and producers.

25. A. appeared        B. invented                C. came                D. happened

26. A cheap                B. expensive                C. popular                D. impressive

27. A. sure                B. certain                C. case                        D. example

28. A. as                B. so                        C. and                        D. or

29. A. is                B. are                        C. were                D. was

30. A. who                B. which                C. what                D. 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.

My village is generally called Langde which consists of Upper Langde and Lower Lane. My own village is Upper Langde, 32 kilometers away from Kaili city and 17 kilometers away from Leishan Country. My hometown is located at the foot of a scenic mountain with a murmuring crystal clear river in front. Groups of waterwheels by the riverside produce beautiful folk songs day and night.

My father said that this festival runs for three consecutive years. People do not kill fattened pigs during the first and second years but only in the final year. So, the most special year is the last one, namely the 13^th year. As you can imagine, it is not easy to see many in one lifetime. I can’t remember what the last one, 13 years ago, was like. Fortunately, my village held the festival from 22^nd February to 2^nd March this year (2004) and the one this year was very spectacular.

31. The writer’s village is.

A. in Lower Lane                                B. 32 km away from Leishan County

C. in Upper Langde                                D. 17km away from Kaili city planned

32. What is NOT mentioned in the description of the author’s hometown?

A. It produced beautiful folk songs.                B. It is near a river.

C. It is near a mountain.                        D. You can go there on foot.

33. When are the fattened pigs killed?

A. During the second year of the festival        B. In the final year of the festival.

C. Every thirteen years of the festival.        D. During the first year of the festival.

34. The word “namely” can be replaced by.

A. like                        B. such as                C. that is                D. for example

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. I regret that she didn’t give me a chance to tell her the truth.

A. I wish she gave me a chance to tell her the truth.

B. I wish she had given me a chance to tell her the truth.

C. I wish she didn’t give me a chance to tell her the truth.

D. I wish she hadn’t give me a chance to tell her the truth.

36. ‘I’ll ring you tomorrow.” Linda said to me.

A. Linda said to me that she would ring me the following day.

B. Linda said to me that she will ring me the following day.

C. Linda said to me that she would ring me tomorrow.

D. Linda says to me that she would ring me the following day.

37. Matt last wrote to his pen pal ten months ago.

A. Matt didn’t write to his pen pal for ten months.

B. Matt didn’t write to his pen pal since ten months.

C. Matt hasn’t written to his pen pal since ten months.

D. Matt hasn’t written to his pen pal for ten months.

38. If you work hard, you will find it easy to get good marks.

A. The hard you work, the easier you will find it to get good marks.

B. The hard you work, the easy you will find it to get good marks.

C. The harder you work, the easier you will find it to get good marks.

D. The harder you work, the easy you will find it to get good marks.

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