MOCK TEST 3 (BASIC)

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 1 : A. texts B. helps C. reads D. works
Question 2 : A. write B. wear C. while D. west
Question 3 :A. visited B. decided C. invited D. arrived
Question 4 : A. decrease B. instead C. feature D. increase
Question 5 :A. helicopter B. hospital C. exhibition D. holiday

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions. 
Question 6 : This is the first time I ______ to Rex Hotel.
A. have been B. go C. am going D. went
Question 7 :When you come out of the lift, you will see two doors, a red one and a blue one. My door is
_______ blue.
A. an B. the C. ø D. a
Question 8 : Everyone likes ______ when they have got some success.
A. to congratulate B. to be congratulating C. to be congratulate D. being congratulated
Question 9 : A _________ organization cooperated with Spring school to help disadvantaged children.
A. voluntarily B. voluntary C. volunteers D. volunteering
Question 10 :At Tet, many people go to pagoda to pray _______ a happy new year.
A. of B. about C. for D. on
Question 11: Air pollution, the greenhouse effect and global warming _______ a negative impact on the
environment .
A. have B. make C. do D. take
Question 12: When I ______ to the cinema last night, the film ______ a quarter before.
A. came/began B. had come/began C. come/has begun D. came/had begun
Question 13 :______ in some developing countries may be the cause of poverty and hunger.
A. Modernization      B. Literacy         C. Pollution         D. Overpopulation
Question 14 : I _______ an old friend of mine in the street this morning. We haven't seen each other for ages.
A. ran into B. ran out C.came over D.came round
Question 15 : Ann hoped ______ to join the private club. She could make important business contact there.
A. being invited B. inviting C. to be invited D. to invite
Question 16 : I looked everywhere but I couldn’t find ______ at all.
A. somebody B. no one C. anyone D. someone
Question 17 : It is raining outside, and Tom brought his umbrella with him _______ he wouldn’t get wet.
A. so as to B. in order C. so that D. in order to
Question 18 :Tom apologized to his teacher for________ his Math exercises .
A. not do B. not doing C. not to do D. not done
Question 19 : I will come and see you _______
A. when I was finishing my homework B. as soon as I have finished my homework
C. until I finished my homework D. after I had finished my homework
Question 20 : After convincing myself that the result didn't matter, I felt oddly _______ when we lost.
A. encouraged B. stimulated C. disadvantaged D. disappointed
Question 21 :_______ the address, I would have gone there.
A.If I knew B.If did I know C.If had I known D. Had I known

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Question 22 : I retired when I was sixty and now I’m living on my ________ .
A. pension B. pay C. salary D. wages
Question 23 : A number of students ______ in intensive language programs abroad nowadays.
A. participated B. has participated C. have participated D. is participating

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
part in each of the following questions. 
Question 24 :I didn’t go to work this morning . I stayed at home because of the morning rain.
A. thanks to B. on account of C. in spite of D. in addition to
Question 25 : She lost her temper with a customer and shouted at him.
A. had a temperature B. kept her temper C. became very angry D. felt worried

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.
Question 26 : The first thing you should remember when writing a CV is to keep it simple in terms of
design.
A.easy B. complicated C. ordinary D. basic
Question 27 :They are happily married although, of course, they argue from time to time.
A. sometimes B. from day to day C. regularly D. most times

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that need to be corrected in
each of the following questions. 
Question 28 :I gave him a couple of dollars, which were enough to buy something to eat.
A. gave B. dollars C. which D. were
Question 29 : It took him a long time to get used to drive on the left.
A. took B. to get C. used to D. drive
Question 30 : He didn’t get the job despite of his experience in this field.
A. didn’t get B. despite of C. experience D. field
Question 31. A person who stays at home all the time soon gets fed up of everything.
A. stays B. all C. soon D. of
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 .
Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is the country's
impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1966. In September
1966, Canada's population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this accelerating growth came from natural
increase. The depression of the 1930s and the war had held back marriages, and the catching-up process began
after 1945. The baby boom continued through the decade of the1950s, producing a population increase of nearly
fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. This rate of increase had been exceeded only once before in
Canada's history, in the decade before 1911 when the prairies were being settled. Undoubtedly, the good
economic conditions of the 1950s supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a
trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate
stood at 28 per thousand, one of the highest in the world.
After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued falling until in 1966
it stood at the lowest level in 25 years. Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during the depression
and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society. Young people were staying at school
longer; more women were working; young married couples were buying automobiles or houses before starting
families; rising living standards were cutting down the size of families.
It appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had
occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution. Although the growth in
Canada's population had slowed down by 1966 (the increase in the first half of the 1960's was only nine
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percent), another large population wave was coming over the horizon. It would be composed of the children
who were born during the period of the high birth rate before 1957.
Question 32 :What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Educational changes in Canadian society B.Canada during the Second World War
C. Population trends in postwar Canada D. Standards of living in Canada
Question 33 :When was the birth rate in Canada at its lowest postwar level?
A. 1957 B. 1966 C. 1951 D. 1956
Question 34 :It can be inferred from the passage that before the Industrial Revolution _________.
A.population statistics were unreliable B. the population grew steadily
C. families were larger D. economic conditions were bad
Question 35 :According to the passage, when did Canada's baby boom begin?
A. During the depression of the 1930s B. After 1945
C. In 1966 D. In the decade after 1911
Question 36 :The author suggests that in Canada during the1950s ________.
A.the urban population decreased rapidly B. economic conditions were poor
C.fewer people married D.the birth rate was very high
Question 37 :The word "five" in the first paragraph refers to________.
A.decades B. marriages C. years D.Canadians
Question 38 :The author mentions all of the following as causes of declines in population growth after 1957
EXCEPT _______
A.couples buying houses B. people being better educated
C.people getting married earlier D. better standards of living

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. 
Question 39:Two friends Linda and Peter are at a party.
- Linda: “Would you like some more sandwiches?”
- Peter: “ _______. I’m full.”
A. Yes, please B. Yes, I would C. No, I wouldn’t D. No, thanks
Question 40 : Mike and Lane are university students. They are talking about Lane’s upcoming high-school
reunion. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank.
Mike: "So, you have your fifth high-school reunion coming up?"
Lane:”_________________"
A. Oh, the school reunion was wonderful. B. No, you are in no mood for the event.
C. The food at the reunion was excellent. D. Yeah. I’m really looking forward to it.
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
A student learning English occasionally meets the following problems (41) _____ he listens to talks and
lectures. It is difficult to decide where one word finishes and the next one starts. In speech, many sounds
(42)_____a student difficulties and he fails to identify them. Some words in English, which occur very
commonly, have a weak form. An overseas student identifies them with difficulty. (43)______addition, many
students sometimes do not hear the unstressed syllable in a word. This problem never arises in print.
The lecturer (44)_______uses an informal style and who pronounces his vowels with a strong accent
will be difficult to follow. A student takes notes more (45)_______ when the lecturer speaks with a BBC accent.
Question 41: A. until B. and C. till D. when
Question 42: A. make B. cause C. do D. create
Question 43: A. In B. For C. On D. With
Question 44: A. which B. who C. whose D. when
Question 45: A. carefully B. easily C. terribly D. carelessly

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each
of the following questions. 
Question 46: “You broke my glasses”, said the woman to me.
A. The woman blamed me for breaking her glasses.
B. The woman told me to break her glasses.
C. The woman advised me to break her glasses.
D. The woman insisted on breaking her glasses.
Question 47:The last time when I saw her was three years ago.
A. I have often seen her for the last three years.
B. About three years ago, I used to meet her.
C. I have not seen her for three years.
D. I saw her three years ago and will never meet her again.
Question 48 :Peter used to work as a journalist for a local newspaper.
A. Peter enjoyed working as a journalist for a local newspaper.
B. Peter no longer likes the job as a journalist for a local newspaper.
C. Peter has stopped working as a journalist for a local newspaper.
D. Peter refused to work as a journalist for a local newspaper.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines of each pair of
sentences in the following questions.
Question 49 : He was suspected of having stolen credit cards. The police have investigated him for days.
A. Having suspected of having stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
B. Not being suspected of having stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
C. Having been suspected of having stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
D. Suspecting of having stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
Question 50 :The bag was heavy, so we could not take it with us.
A. If the bag had not been heavy, we would have taken it with us.
B. If had the bag not been heavy, we would have taken it with us.
C. Unless the bag had not been heavy, we would have taken it with us.
D. If the bag was not heavy, we would take it with us.

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