PRACTICE TEST 21

PART ONE: PHONOLOGY

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. seedbed B. feedback c. attendee D. committee
2. A carriages B. whistles c. costumes D. assures
3. A. poultry B. salmon c. shoulder D. calcium
4. A. enrich B. enlarge c. enlist D. enterprise
5. A. crooked B. sacred c. washed D. jagged
6. A. danger B. ransom c. ancient D. manger
7. A bargain B. gelatin c. fragile D. margarine
8. A. protect B. profess c. proverb D. profound
9. A. chauffeur B. brochure c. parachute D. charter
10.A. beard B. rehearse c. hearsay D. endearment
II. Choose the word whose main stress position is placed differently.
1. A. destroy B. involve c. distract D. comment
2. A. conquest B. canteen c. parade D. campaign
3. A. severe B. diverse c. fertile D. mature
4. A. overhear B. overcharge c. overcoat D. overact
5. A. prestigious B. ascertain c. construction D. substantial
6. A. intellectual B. stability c. geocentric D. interference
7. A. spontaneity B. centenarian c. argumentative D. metabolism
8. A. domineering B. interrupt c. reconcile D. picturesque
9. A. inoffensive B. disheartening c. uncritical D. implausible
10.A. archaeology B. continental c. photosynthesis D. entrepreneur
PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences.
1. There are no problems with Dan. He seems ___ after in a proper way.
A. to be looking B. to have looked c. to have been looked D. to look
2. In hot and sunny weather, man acclimatizes by eating less, drinking more liquids, and ___.
A. skin changes that darken B. experiencing a darkening of the skin
c. his skin may darken D. darkening their skin
ACCLIMATIZE
3. Trade ___ from bad to worse and staff ___ redundant now.
A. have gone - is made B. has gone - are being made
c. went - have made D. had gone - are made
4. Nancy: "Would you mind posting this letter for me on the way to the shopping mall, Betty?"
Betty: “ ___ "
A. No problem. Give it to me before I go. B. Yes, I post it for you.
c. Never mind. You don’t have to do it now. D. It is very kind of you to say so.
5. ___ snow that covers the top of the mountain is __ beautiful sight.
A. 0-a B. The-a C. 0-0 D. The-the
6. It is a federal law ___ vaccinated before entering the first grade.
A. for children be B. that children will be
c. that children be D. requires children to be
7. The campers were asked to throw all recyclable trash into .
A. the green big plastic bag B. the big plastic bag green
c. the green plastic bag D. the big green plastic bag
8. There was no one downstairs, so the woman turned off the lights and decided that she things.
A. must have imagined B. can't have imagined
c. should have imagined D. needn't have imagined
9. Of the two films we watched last night, “The Avengers" is ___.
A. more interesting B. as interesting
c. the more interesting D. the most interesting
10. If you need to ___ the teacher’s attention, just put your hand up.
A. pull B. obtain c. take D. attract
11. ___, ultraviolet light can be detected in a number of ways.
A. Although being invisible B. Even though it invisible
C. Despite invisible D. Although invisible
12. People tend to become less ___ to new ideas as they grow older.
A. receptive B. available c. attractive D. hospitable
13. The whereabouts of the exiled president remains a(n) ___ guarded secret.
A. closely B. deeply c. highly D. entirely
14. Extensive forests, abundant wildlife, and spectacular mountain ___ are among the attractions of Glacier
National Park.
A. scene B. scenery c. sights D. views
15. The two small companies are going to____ due to economic crisis.
A-mix B. meet c. merge D. blend
16. My sunburnt skin made me feel rather ___ for the first few days of the holiday.
A. self-confident B. self-centred c. self-conscious D. self-contained (independent)
17. The girl was over the___when she won a scholarship to study in the United States.
A. sky B. sun c. moon D. planet
18. This speech needs to be set___our country in the 1970s.
A. with regard to B. with a view to c. in consideration of D. in the context of
19. Daisy really liked the dress she found for her sister’s wedding. However, she decided to ___ for a better
deal.
A. sell out B. shop around c. ring up (nhập giá hàng hóa vào hệ thống) D. shell out/fork out
for sth= pay a lot of money for sth
20. The fumes were so thick that she was ___ for breath.
A. heart-to-heart B. body and soul=with all energy c. flesh and blood D. skin and bone
Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete each of the following sentences.
1. (EXPOSE) to direct sunlight for long periods of time is dangerous to our skin. EXPOSURE
2. A lack of fertilizer had (POOR) the soil. IMPOVERISHED
3. In critical situations, they often lose because they play so (PROFESSION). UNPROFESSIONALLY
4. The referee’s (PART) in the game was admirable. IMPARTIALITY
5. Our efforts to persuade her proved (FRUIT) - she accepted to come in the end! FRUITFUL
6. A crowd of (STAND) gathered at the scene of the crash, leading to a hold-up on the motorway.
BYSTANDERS
7. You don’t need to read the instruction manual since the use of the camera is (EXPLAIN). SELF-
EXPLANATORY
8. We (ESTIMATE) how long it would take to get to the stadium, so we were ten minutes late for the event.
UNDERESTIMATED
9. You can’t get burnt with these dishes because they are (HOT).
10. After taking an IQ test, students will be (QUALIFY) separated into three different classes.
QUALITATIVELY
Fill each blank with a suitable preposition or adverb particle to complete the following sentences.
1. Advances _in_ technology will result _in_ more leisure time for working people.
2. A lot of young people are seen _with_ this new hairstyle, which seems to be catching _on_.
3. They agreed to the policy _on_ the understanding that it would be __to_ their benefit.
4. Peter won’t do anything _without_ asking his mother first. She’s really got him __under_ her thumb.
5. Just look at these old photographs. I came _across__ them when I was clearing _up_ an old bookcase.
6. That conservationist is going to bring _out_ a book _on_ wildlife habitat next month.
7. _From_ my point of view, the changes _in_ the education system have been to good effect.
8. Anne is sorry to let you _down_ for not attending your party tonight, but she’s in bed _with_ a cold.
9. He was wounded __on__the shoulder by a bullet fired _from_ the upstairs window.
10. The stores marked _up_(tăng giá) the products just before selling them _at_ a discount.
The following passage contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections.
0. Line 1: number -» amount
RAIN MAKING
When it rains, it doesn't always pour. During a typical storm, a comparatively small number of the locking
uplock-up(separate) moisture in each cloud reaches the ground likeas rain. So the idea that human
intervention - a rain dance, perhaps - might encourage the sky to give out a little additional water has been
around insince prehistoric times. More recently, would-be(có tham vọng trở thành) rain-makers have
attempted direct intervention, by lobbing various chemicals out of aeroplanes in thean effort to wring more
rain from the clouds, a practice knowingknown as 'cloud seeding'.
Yet such techniques, which were first developed in the 1940s, are notoriously difficult to evaluate. It is hard to
ascertain, for example, how much rain would have fallen anyway. So, though much anecdotal(thuộc giai
thoại) evidence of the advantages of cloud seeding, thatwhich has led to its adoption in more than 40
countries around the world, as far as scientists are concerned, results are still inconclusive. That could be
about to changingchange. For the past three years, researchers have been carrying onout the most
extensive and rigorous evaluation of a revolutionarilyrevolutionary new technique which will
substantially boost the volume of rainfall.
The preliminary findings of their experiments indicate that solid evidence of the technique’s effectiveness is
now within the scientists' grasp.
PART THREE: READING
Read the passage below and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
Federal Express is a company that specializes in rapid overnight delivery of high-priority packages. The
first company of its type, Federal Express was founded by the youthful Fred Smith in 1971, when he was only
28 years old. Smith had actually developed the idea for the rapid delivery service in a term paper for an
economics class when he was a student at Yale University. The term paper reputedly received a less-than-
stellar grade because of the infeasibility of the project that Smith had outlined. The model that Smith proposed
had never been tried; it was a model that was efficient to operate but at the same time was very difficult to
institute.
Smith achieved efficiency in his model by designing a system that was separate from the passenger
system and could, therefore, focus on how to deliver packages most efficiently. His strategy was to own his
own planes so that he could create his own schedules and to ship all packages through the hub city of
Memphis, a set-up which resembles the spokes on the wheel of a bicycle. With this combination of his own
planes and hub set-up, he could get packages anywhere in the United States overnight.
SPOKE(N) NAN HOA Ở BÁNH XE ĐẠP
What made Smith's idea difficult to institute was the fact that the entire system had to be created before
the company could begin operations. He needed a fleet of aircraft to collect packages from airports every night
and deliver them to Memphis, where they were immediately sorted and flown out to their new destinations; he
needed a fleet of trucks to deliver packages to and from the various airports; he needed facilities and trained
staff all in place to handle the operation. Smith had a $4-million inheritance from his father, and he managed
to raise an additional $91 million dollars from venture capitalists to get the company operating.
When Federal Express began service in 1973 in 25 cities, the company was not an immediate success,
but success did come within a relatively short period of time. The company lost $29 million in the first 26
months of operations. However, the tide was to turn relatively quickly. By late 1976, Federal Express was
carrying an average of 19,000 packages per night and had made a profit of $3.6 million.
STELLAR(ADJ) =EXCELLENT
FLEET(N)=TEAM
1. The most appropriate title for this passage is .
A. The Capitalization of Federal Express B. The Importance of Business Studies
C. The Implementation of a Successful Business D. The Problem and Frustrations of a Business student
2. What is stated in the passage about Smith's term paper?
A. Its grade was of only average standard. B. It was written by a student of Smith's.
C. Smith submitted it through a delivery service. D. The professor thought it had great potential.
3. What was a key idea of Smith's?
A. That he should focus on passenger service. B. That passenger service had to be efficient.
C. That packages could be delivered on other companies’ planes.
D. That package delivery should be separate from passenger service.
4. A “hub city" in paragraph 2 is CLOSEST in meaning to ___.
A. a large city with small cities as destinations
B. a city that is the final destination for many routes
C. a city where many bicycle routes begin
D. a centralized city with destinations emanating from it
EMANATE/ISSUE FROM SW=COME FROM SW
5. It can be inferred from the passage that Smith selected Memphis as his hub city because it
A. had a large number of passenger aircraft B. was near the middle of the country
C. already had a large package delivery service D. was a favorite passenger airport
6. The pronoun “they" in paragraph 3 refers to ___.
A. aircrafts B. airports c. packages D. destinations
7. It is NOT mentioned in the passage that, in order to set up his company, Smith needed ___
A. faculty B. personnel c. trucks D. airplanes
8. How long did it take Federal Express to become profitable?
A. One year B. Two years c. Three years d. Six years
9. Which paragraph explains what made Smith's model effective?
A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 c Paragraph 3 D. Last Paragraph
10. The tone of the passage in describing Smith's accomplishments is
A. unflattering B. unconvincing c. ironic D. sincere
Read the passage below and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
Harvard University, today recognized as part of the top echelon of the world's universities, came from
very inauspicious and humble beginnings.
ECHELON(N) CẤP BẬC,THỨ HẠNG
INAUSPICIOUS(ADJ)BÁO ĐIỀM XẤU, TLAI KHÔNG TỐT
This oldest of American universities was founded in 1636, just sixteen years after the Pilgrims landed at
Plymouth. Included in the Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts colony during this period were more than
100 graduates of England’s prestigious Oxford and Cambridge universities, and these university graduates in
the New World were determined that their sons would have the same educational opportunities that they
themselves had had. Because of this support in the colony for an institution of higher learning, the General
Court of Massachusetts appropriated 400 pounds for a college in October of 1636 and early the following year
decided on a parcel of land for the school; this land was in an area called Newetowne, which was later
renamed Cambridge after its English cousin and is the site of the present-day university.
When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the neighboring town of Charlestown,
died from tuberculosis (BỆNH LAO) in 1638, he willed half of his estate of 1,700 pounds to the
fledgling(NEW-BORN) college. In spite of the fact that only half of the bequest was actually paid, the
General Court named the college after the minister in appreciation for what he had done. The amount of the
bequest may not have been large, particularly by today's standards, but it was more than the General Court had
found it necessary to appropriate in order to open the college.
Henry Dunster was appointed the first president of Harvard in 1640, and it should be noted that in
addition to serving as president, he was also the entire faculty, with an entering freshman class of four
students. Although the staff did expand somewhat, for the first century of its existence, the entire teaching
staff consisted of the president and three or four tutors.
1. The main idea of this passage is that___.
A. Harvard is one of the world’s most prestigious universities
B. what is today a great university started out small
C. John Harvard was key to the development of a great university
D. Harvard University developed under the auspices of the General Court of Massachusetts
2. The passage indicates that Harvard is__.
A. the oldest universities in the world B. one of the oldest universities in the world
c. one of the oldest universities in America D. the oldest university in America
3. It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans(Ng theo thuyết thanh giáo) who travelled to the
Massachusetts colony were ___.
A. rather rich B. rather undemocratic
C. rather well-educated D. rather supportive of the English government
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about John Harvard?
A. What he died of B. Where he was buried
c. Where he came from D. How much he bequeathed(ĐỂ LẠI) to Harvard
5. The passage implies that__.
A. Henry Dunster was an ineffective president
B. someone else really served as president of Harvard before Henry Dunster
c. Henry Dunster spent much of his time as president managing the Harvard faculty
D. the position of president of Harvard was not merely an administrative position in the early years
Read the following passage and fill each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word.
Adolescence always has been and always will be (1) _a__ very difficult time in life. You are lost somewhere
(2) _between__ childhood and adulthood, but still, this is the time in life when you have to break free frọm the
conformity of your peers to find yourself. Some people argue that it’s more difficult to be young today than it
(3) __used_ to be. Is this true, and in that case, why?
In modem society, teenagers are pressured to mature (4) _much__ more quickly than one or two hundred
years ago.
Today, minors at a very early stage have to make decisions regarding education, often, bearing upon their
future careers In the past children were expected to (5) _follow__ in the footsteps of their parents, (6) __that_
is to say, the son was .supposed to take up the profession of his father, while the daughter was expected to stay
at home to take care of (7) __such_ domestic duties as cooking and cleaning. Furthermore, today it's much
more difficult to find your place in society as cities grow, crime increases, and the anonymity people
experience grows as (8) _well__. It becomes more difficult to find and cultivate your own ideals and values.
On the (9) _other__ hand, the adolescent of today have greater opportunities than ever before. In the past, if
your father was a blacksmith or a farmer, in ten years, so would you be. Today, teenagers have the possibility
to (10) _follow__ all their dreams and ambitions.
Read the passage below and choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the blanks.
TALKING RUBBISH
Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! The message hits Canadian consumers through all the media. As newcomers from
Sri Lanka, we compare the situation with the one back home. We may not be the most environmentally (1)
___ citizens in the world but, compared with this, we do not have a rubbish problem - yet.
Like many shoppers in Colombo, my partner Shahid and I used to have a cane basket we took along with us to
the Sunday market or pola every week. No environmentalist could have complained about it You need a good
strong basket at the pola. There are no supermarket carte to push around. Most items - rice, flour, vegetables,
fruit, biscuits, eggs - are bought bit by bit or wrapped ___ newspaper. At (3) ___, we would carry one plastic
bag separately. For eggs, we took a reusable plastic tray with US.
When income (4) ___ are low, people need to buy in small quantities. It is quite normal to ask for an envelope,
two eggs or 100 grams of sugar. The (5) ___ is that, for the most part, urban consumers in Sri Lanka cannot
afford the luxury of waste. Most people do not buy more from the grocers than they know they will (6) ___
consume. They re-use (7) ___ they can and are loath to discard bags, jars, tins or boxes that can be put to other
uses.
But in recent years, Western-style supermarkets have begun to spring up in Colombo. They (8) ___ the
evidence of a clean, efficient, streamlined service to customers. A (9) ___ of imported goods, dressed up in
their layers of attractive, colorful packs beckons from the shelves. These are the (10) ___ products that
demand your attention on the TV advertisements. Along with them, Sri Lanka, like so many other developing
countries, may have imported a problem that once never existed.
1. A. qualified B. concerned c. worried D. experienced
2. A. with B. on c.in D by
3. A. maximum B. most c. highest D. best
4. A. rates B. amounts c. sizes D. levels
5. A. point B. case c. example D. question
6. A. absolutely B. purposefully c. actually D. completely
7. A. whenever B. however c. wherever D. whatever
8. A. sort out B. rule out c. hold out D. try out
9. A. set B. range c. store D. band
10. A. very B. just c. likely D. similar
PART FOUR: WRITING
Finish the second sentence in such a way that its meaning is similar to that of the original one.
1. People think that city life in the 21s1 century offers them a lot of advantages.
City life ___
2. It wasn’t necessary for you to go to so much trouble on my behalf.
You needn’t ___
3. She's very patient and loyal. That’s why she hasn't left her company.
If it ___
4. The workers started jumping for joy the moment the announcement of a pay rise was made.
No sooner ___
5. His condition improved so rapidly that he was discharged from the hospital early.
There was ___
6. The woman bears a strong resemblance to someone else that I used to know.
The woman reminds ___
7. Scientists in the world are trying very hard to find a cure for this infectious disease.
Enormous ___
8. Success in the academic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications.
The more qualifications ___
9. The young man gave up his job to pursue his own interests despite his high salary.
No matter ___
10. People were aware of the damage to the environment when many species had become extinct.
It was the ___
Rewrite each of the sentences below in such a way that its meaning is similar to that of the original one,
using the word given in brackets. Do not change this word in any way.
1. After Covid-19, many people find it increasingly difficult to live on the money they earn. ENDS
2. The fridge was absolutely empty yesterday. LEFT
3. ‘I don't approve of people who tell lies," said Jack. EXPRESSED
4. Anna complained about the tourism services throughout the holiday. ENTIRE
5. I felt relaxed at her house as her parents treated me so well. EASE
6. She's always criticizing her children in front of their friends. DOWN put sb down
7.John has a lot of experience in travelling, so he can arrange this trip very easily.EYESwith his eyes
shut/closed
8. His football team has been defeated for the eighth time this season. SUFFERED
9. None of us was expecting to have a fifteen-minute test on English this morning. BLUE
10. Jane’s father became extremely angry when he knew she had broken his crystal vase. STACK
Jane’s father blew his stack/top when he knew…