AN EXAM PREPARATORY COURSE

PRACTICE TESTS
VOLUME 1
Name: ……………………………………
School: ………………………………….

School year: 2021-2022

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 PRACTICE TEST 1
I. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the other.
1. A influential B. opportunity C. temperament D. expectation
2. A. government B. employment C. refusal D. redundant
3. A. improvement B. occasion C. believe D. interest
4. A. industrial B. interfere C. develop D. activity
5. A. extremely B. necessary C. necesity D. co-operate
II. Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence
6. Fortunately, the demonstration __________ to be quite peaceful.
A. turned into B. turned out C. turned off D. turned up
7. “ How much do you earn, Joe?” - “ I’d __________ “
A. rather don’t say B. better not to say C. rather not say D. prefer not say
8. The traffic in town was very ___________ and I arrived home earlier than expected.
A. light B. weak C. little D. few
9. The witness’s account was not ___________ with the facts.
A. matched B. reliable C. consistent D. confirmed
10. He is very ill, and the doctors are not sure whether he will ___________ it through the
night.
A. last B. survive C. endure D. make
11. ____________ you have the money in your account, you can withdraw up to $100 a day.
A. Unless B. Although C. Provided that D. As soon as
12.I suggest we ___________ outside the cinema tomorrow at 8:30.
A. meet B. meeting C. met D. will meet
13.I hope we will be able to avoid ___________ anyone.
A. disappointment B. disappoint C. disappointed D. disappointing
14. Is he really ___________ to judge a brass band contest?
A. efficient B. skillful C. capable D. competent
15. No matter how angry he was he would never ___________ to violence.
A. resort B. recourse C. exert D. resolve
16. The move to a different environment had brought about a significant ___________ in
Mary’s state of mind.
A. impact B. effect C. influence D. change
17. His house is nothing out of the __________; it’s just an average five-room house.
A. normal B. usual C. ordinary D. typical
18. The school __________ a system of monthly tests in place of an annual exam.
A. took B. gathered C. collected D. adopted
19 “I think that the youth are high-flying but inexperienced” “____________ “
A. There’ s no doubt about it. B. Certainly
C. Are you kidding me? D. It’s nice of you to say so
20. What do you think of your new bookkeeper?”
- “He works __________ his figures never need __________.”
A. such efficiently that / to check C. so efficient that / checking
B. such an efficient that / to be checked D. so efficiently that / to be checked
21. It was a horrible ride through pouring rain. _________ he had a puncture and for the last
hour had to push the bicycle.
A. As a matter of fact B. To make matter worse C. Even so D. In fact

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22. All through his life he remained _________ resentful of the way he had been abandoned by
his parents as a child.
A. fully B. seriously C. completely D. bitterly
23.: Do you still live there?
B: No, __________. We’ve moved to a new house.
A. not now B. I do not live C. any longer D. not yet
24. I’m not particular. I’ll wear __________ of your dresses that fits me.
A. some one B. that one C. which one D. any one
25. It is imperative that this letter __________ immediately.
A. were sent B. sent C. be sent D. send
26. The pub was so crowded that he could __________ get to the bar.
A. almost B. barely C. quite D. merely
27. . The teacher asked a difficult question , but finally Ted ___________ a good answer.
A. came up to B. came up for C. came up with D. came out of
28. I’ve had this cold for a week now. I just don’t seem to be able to shake it __________.
A. out B. over C. up D. off
29. It is not surprising that he became a writer because he always longed to see his
name__________.
A. in type B. in print C. in letters D. in edition
30. Could you stand_________ for me and teach my English class tomorrow morning, John?
A. up B. down C. out D. in
31. Can you _________ out the answer to number 2?
A. check B. leave C. work D. go
32. The complaints he received were like water off a duck’s ___________.
A. back B. wings C. feather D. body
33. “Don’t forget to do as I have told you.” “_____________ “
A. Yes, I won’t B. No, I will remember C. Yes, I will D. No, I
won’t
34. “How long does it take to get to the City Library from here?” “_____________ “
A. “Yes, it’s a long way” B. “ It isn’t very far“
C. “I am sorry I don’t know” D. “You can go there by bus”
35. We can form a negative verb by adding the prefix________ to the verb ”lead”.
A. un- B. dis- C. mis- D. im-
36.” Your parents must be proud of your result at school.” “______________ “
A. Sorry to hear that B. Thanks. It’s certainly encouraging
C. I am glad you like it D. Of course
III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each of the sentences that needs correcting.
37. Drug (A) addition has resulted (B) of many (C) destroyed careers, and (D) expulsions
from school or college.
38. A future system of (A) solid waste (B) managements should begin with (C) reduction in the
(D) amount of waste.
39. A mosquito (A)is filled with blood (B) is carrying (C) twice its own body (D) weight.
40. (A) A desire to eradicate (B) irregular spelling in English (C) can trace back (D) to the
sixteenth century.
41. Because (A) not food is (B) as nutritious for a baby as its mother’s milk. Many women are
returning (C) to the practice of (D) breast feeding.
IV. Read the passage and choose A, B, C, D for each of the following blanks.
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 Have you ever asked yourself what you are working for? If you have ever had the time to
consider this taboo question, or put it to others in moments of weakness or confidentiality, you
(42) _________ well have heard some or all of the (43)_________. It's the money, of course,
some say with a smile, as if explaining something to a child. Or it's the satisfaction of a task
well-done, the sense of achievement behind the clinching of an important (44) _________. I
worked as a bus conductor once, and I can't say I (45) _________ the same as I staggered along
the swaying gangway trying to (46) _________ out tickets without falling over to someone's
lap. It's the company of other people perhaps, but if that is the (47) _________, what about
farmers? Is it the conversation in the farmyard that keeps them captivated by the job? Work is
power and sense of status say those (48) _________ have either attained these elusive goals, or
feel aggrieved that nobody has yet recognized their leadership qualities. Or we can blame it all
on someone else, the family or the taxman, I suspect, and I say this under my breath, that most
of us work rather as Mr. Micawber lived, hoping for something to (49) _________ up. We'll win
the pools, and tell the boss what we really think. We'll scrape together the (51)_________ and
open that little shop we have always dreamed of, or go round the world, or spend more time
in the garden. One day, we'll get that (51) _________ we deserve, but until then at least we
have something to do. And we are so busy doing it that we won't have time to wonder why.
42. A. might B. can C. will D. should
43. A. below B. rest C. following D. latter
44. A. deal B. position C. job D.
engagement
45. A. enjoyed B. wished C. hoped D. felt
46. A. make B. turn C. issue D. give
47. A. one B. case C. question D. problem
48. A. people B. must C. who D. may
49. A. move B. turn C. ease D. end
50 A. resources B. opportunities C. riches D. money
51 A. ambition B. station C. vocation D. promotion
V. Reading comprehension:
TEXT 1. According to airline industry statistics, almost 90 percent of airline accidents are
survivable or partially survivable. But passengers can increase their chances of survival by
learning and following certain tips. Experts say that you should read and listen to safety
instructions before takeoff and ask questions if you have uncertainties. You should fasten your
seat belt low on your hips and as tightly as possible. Of course,, you should also know how the
release mechanism of your belt operates. During takeoff and landings you are advised to keep
your feet flat on the floor. Before takeoff you should locate the nearest exit and an alterative
exit and count the rows of seat between you and the exits so that you can find them in the dark
if necessary
In the even that you are forewarned of the possible accident, you should put your
hands on your ankles and keep your head down until the plane come to complete stop. If
smoke is present in the cabin, you should keep your head low and cover your face with
napkins, towels, or clothing. If possible, wet these for added protection against smoke
inhalation. To evacuate as quickly as possible, follow crew command and do not take personal
belongings with you. Do not jump on escape slides before they are fully inflated and when
you jump, do so with your arms and legs extended in front of you. When you get to the
ground, you should move away from the plane as quickly as possible, and never smoke near
the wreckage
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52. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. airline industry accident statistics
B. procedures for evacuating aircraft
C. guidelines for increasing aircraft passengers survival.
D. safety instructions in air travel
53. Travelers are urged by experts to read and listen to safety instructions ?
A. in an emergency B. before locating the exits
C. if smoke is in the cabin D. before take off
54. According to the passage, airline travelers should keep their feet flat on the floor--------------
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A. throughout the flight B. during takeoff and landings
C. especially during landings D. only if an accident is possible
55. According to the passage, which exits should an airline passenger locate before takeoff
A. the ones that can be found in the dark B. the two closest to the passenger’s seat
C. the nearest one D. the ones with counted rows of seats between them
56. It can be inferred from the passage that people are more likely to survive fires in aircrafts if
they ------------
A. keep their heads low B. wear a safety belt
C. don’t smoke in or near a plane D. read airline safety statistics
57. Airline passenger are to do all of the following EXCEPT
A. locate the nearest exist B. ask questions about safety
C. fasten their seat belt before takeoff D. carry personal belongings in an emergency
58. The word “evacuate” in the second paragraph is closes in meaning to_______.
A. evade B. abscond C. vacate D. forestall
59. The word “inflated” in the second paragraph is closes in meaning to_______.
A. lifted B. extended C. expanded D. assembled
60. What does the paragraph following the passage most probably discuss?
A. How to recover your luggage B. Where to go to continue your trip
C. When to return to the aircraft D. How to proceed once you are away from the
aircraft
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 PRACTICE TEST 2
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each
group.
1. a. apologize b. absorb c. arrive d. absence
2. a. combine b. collect c. commerce d. correct
3. a. through b. enough c. rough d. tough
4. a. admiral b. adventure c. advertise d. adverb
5. a. club b. subtle c. climb d. doubt
II. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
6. a. committee b. referee c. employee d. refugee
7. a. alcohol b. comment c. chemical d. proceed
8. a. appetite b. architect c. appreciate d. arable
9. a. deliberate b. subsequent c. frequently d. consequent
10. a. insight b. chemist c. dependent d. substance
III. Complete each sentence with the right form of the word in brackets by circling the
corresponding letter a, b, c, or d.
11. He acted in an extremely (dictate) ______ manner, which made him very unpopular.
a. dictation b. dictatorial c. dictate d. dictatorship
12. I had to look up the number in the telephone (direction) ______
a. direction b. directly c. directory d. directors
13. Politicians (variety) ______ blame the media if they don't win the election. They're so
predictable.
a. variable b. variety c. various d. invariably
14. This is very (convenient) ______! Can't you practice your violin somewhere else?
a. convenient b. conveniently c. inconvenient d. convenience
15. I would like to show you my latest (create) ______ which I have called 'Boat on a Lake'.
a. creativity b. creator c. create d. creation
16. Why does everybody (critic) ______ him all the time?
a. criticize b. critic c. criticism d. critical
17. They're going to announce their (decide) ______ tomorrow.
a. decision b. indecisive c. decide d. decidedness
18. During the festival (decorator) ______ were hanging from every tree.
a. decorator b. decorations c. decorative d. decorativeness
19. He offered to give me a (demonstrate) ______ of how the machine worked.
a. demonstrator b. demonstration c. demonstrate d. demonstrative
20. We are (independence) ______ on other countries for most of our food.
a. dependent b. independence c. dependable d. dependability
IV. Read the passage and then decide which word (a, b, c or d) best fits each space.
The tourist industry is (21) .............. to be the largest industry. Before 1950 one million
people traveled abroad each year but by the 1900s the figure (22) .......... to 400 million every
year.
(23) ................. large numbers of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For
example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains they came to enjoy. Even parts of
Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (24) ................old tins, tents, and
food that have been (25) .................

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 But at a time when we have (26) ................. freedom to travel than ever before, more and
more people are asking how they can enjoy their holidays (27) .................. causing problems by
spoiling the countryside. Now there is a new holiday (28) .................. called "Holidays That
Don't Cost The Earth". It tells you (29) ................ you can help the tourist industry by asking
your travel agent the right questions (30) .................... you go on holiday.
21. a. regarded b. considered c. seen d. figured
22. a. had risen b. rose c. has risen d. were rising
23. a. The b. Those c. These d. Such
24. a. by b. with c. under d. beneath
25. a. disposed b. littered c. thrown away d. launched
26. a. greater b. bigger c. larger d. better
27. a. apart from b. instead of c. without d. hardly
28. a. guidance b. guide c. direction d. instruction
29. a. where b. what c. when d. how
30. a. before b. when c. as soon as d. after
V. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
31. I'm worried about ______ on so much work.
a. she taking b. she takes c. her taking d. her to take
32. He wanted to know where ______.
a. had I been b. I had been c. did I been d. I been going
33. Unlike most Europeans, many Americans ______ a bowl of cereal for breakfast every day.
a. used to eating b. are used to eating c. are used to eat d. use to eat
34. They stayed for hours, ______ my mother was very annoyed about.
a. that b. which c. this d. whom
35. When friends insist on ______ expensive gifts, it makes most people uncomfortable.
a. them to accept b. they accepting c. their accepting d. they accept
36. ______ English fluently, we should practice speaking it whenever possible.
a. In order to speak b. In order speak c. their accepting d. they accept
37. As a general rule, the standard of living ___ by the average output of each person in
society.
a. fixed b. has fixed c. is fixed d. fixes
38. She's finished the course, ______?
a. isn't she b. hasn't she c. doesn't she d. didn't she
39. The stolen painting was ______ a large sum of money.
a. worth b. valued c. cost d. priced
40. Although the weather is not so good, the match will ______.
a. go about b. go ahead c. go over d. go along
41. The greater the demand, ______ the price.
a. the highest b. the high c. higher d. the higher
42. Many big cities are suffering from serious air pollution, ______ ?
a. don't they b. aren't they c. are they d. do they
43. The beach is always crowded at this time of the year. There ______ to put your towel
down!
a. are no rooms b. are no room c. is no room d. is room
44. The children's mother warned them ______ near the river.
a. not to go b. to not go c. not going d. don't go
45. If services are increased, taxes ______.
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probably
46. The boy refused to answer the policeman's question for fear that the man ______ arrested.
a. will be b. would be c. had been d. would have been
47. Jane ______ her parents that she wouldn't marry that rich man.
a. told to b. said c. told d. is telling
48. Only because she had to support her family ______ to leave school.
a. that Alice decides b. did Alice decide c. does Alice decide d. Alice decided
49. The football match had to be ______ because of the bad weather.
a. put out b. put off c. putting off d. put up
50. Soon after I have finished my exam, I ______ for a holiday.
a. will go away b. would go c. go away d. went away
VI. Choose the underlined part (a, b, c, or d) that is incorrect.
51. Your attendance at the meeting makes me feel very happy.
A B C D
52. Peter did a lot of sightsee when he was in Paris last summer.
A B C D
53. He is such a friend person. He greets me with a smile every time I see him.
A B C D
54. Your literary work is really a great successful.
A B C D
55. Her long blond hair and her cute facial expressions made a deep impress on me.
A B C D
56. Her absent from work without any permission made the boss so angry that he threatened
to
A B C D
sack her.
57. When a Vietnamese wants to work part-time in Australia, he needs to get a work
permission.
A B C D
58. Vietnam is famous for many beautiful spots like Ha Long Bay, Sa Pa and Da Lat.
A B C D
59. His interestingness in such a book really surprised me.
A B C D
60. Our neighbour is quite safe. There have not been many crimes recently
A B C D
VII. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
Champagne, the king of wines and wine of kings, tastes all the better when it is drunk
from an elegant, fine-quality glass. That, however, is only one of thousands of ways glass is
used today. And for all those different uses, many different types of glass are produced. Glass
products are manufactured in different ways. Today, glass is blown by hand in the traditional
way which the Roman first developed, but now this work is done by robots, too. Generally, in
industry, much faster methods of mass production are needed. Often, for example, glass is
pressed into the necessary shape by machine. Glass is shaped in other ways too. For example,
it is made into long, very thin fibres. Fibres like these are required to make the fibre-opitic
cables that help to build the information Super-Highway around the world.
61. The phrase "the king of wines and wine of kings" means ______.
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 a. Champagne is the best wine of kings.
b. Champagne is the king that drinks lots of wine.
c. Champagne is the best wine and is made for kings.
d. Champagne is the best wine made by kings.
62. According to the passage, ______.
a. the only way glass is used today is for drinking wine.
b. today glass is used in one thousand different ways.
c. an elegant, fine-quality glass makes champagne taste better.
d. champagne is drunk in thousands of ways.
63. It can, be inferred from the passage that ______.
a. the traditional way of blowing glass by hand is still in use today.
b. today the blowing of glass is all done by robots.
c. the Romans first developed methods of mass production.
d. the traditional way is no longer in use today.
64. According to the passage, which of the following is correct?
a. Mass production of glass is done by robots.
b. Glass can be shaped in many different ways.
c. In industry glass is often shaped by machine.
d. Both Band C.
65. The passage primarily discusses
a. champagne, a kind of wine. b. the uses of glass.
c. the types of glass products. d. the ways of making glass.
VIII. Which phrase or sentence is the best TO CORRECT the underlined part:
66. The group called the Teton Sioux inhabits parts of North and South Dakota; their
language and customs differ, however, from the Yankton, Sisseton, and Dakota Sioux.
a. their language and customs differ, however, from
b. its language and customs differ, however, from
c. however, they have different language and customs than
d. however, their language and customs differ from those of
e. its language and customs differ, however, from those of
67. Under the new corporate insurance policy, when an employer is charged for damages to a
third party wholly or largely as a result of actions by an employee, he is entitled to recoup
the amount of the damages.
a. he is entitled to recoup b. the employer is entitled to recoup
c. he or she is entitled to recoup d. he is entitled to recoup for
e. the employer is entitled to recoup for
68. The work of mathematician Roger Penrose in the early 1970s, on the geometry of what are
called aperiodic tiles, turned out to describe the architecture of a previously unknown
class of crystals.
a. what are called aperiodic tiles, turned out to describe
b. what is called aperiodic tiles, describes
c. aperiodic tiles, describing
d. so-called aperiodic tiles, describe
e. aperiodic tiles, it turned out to describe
69. There are more than forty newspapers published in the cities of Kerala, a state on the
Malabar Coast, which reflects the fact that Keralans are by far India’s most literate citizens.
a. which reflects b. and that number reflects c. which reflect
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70. Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine poisoning;
furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, the great writer and
lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting.
a. furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother
b. however, caffeine did not seem to bother
c. however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered
d. in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother
71. In British English ‘a note’ is not ______
a. A mark in an exam. b. A mark on a music score.
c. A piece of paper with some words on it. d.Writing something down so you remember
it
72. British English we say ‘to queue’, in American English they say ‘wait ______
a. in line b. in a row c. in a crowd d. in a string
73. In American English the ‘fall’ refers to which season?
a. Spring b. summer c. autumn d. winter
74. In British English it’s ‘a tap’, but in the States they say ______
a. drapes b. a faucet c. garbage d. a diaper
75. In British English it’s ‘a puncture’ or ‘flat tyre’, but in US English it’s ______
a. a blow up b. a blow down c. a blow out d. a blow
76. I cannot understand why she did that, it really doesn't add up.
a. doesn't calculate c. doesn't make sense
b isn't mathematics d. makes the wrong addition
77. the sudents got high marks in the test but Mary stood out.
a. got a lot of marks b. got very good marks
c. got higher marks than someone d. got the most marks of all
78. He has sold his house and has no job and so now he has next to nothing.
a. he is unemployed b. he has a few things
c. he has almost no money d. he has nothing at all
79. As a newspaper reporter she always wanted to get information at first hand.
a. quickly b. slowly c. easily d. directly
80. I think we can safely say now that we have got our money back, we are home and dry.
a. have not got wet c. have been successful
b. have got no water d. have got home dry
IX. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer A, B, C or D by circling the letter
you choose.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization designed
(81).........…and liberalize international trade. The WTO came into being (82) ...........…January
1,1995 and is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), (83)
.............…was created in 1947 and continued to opearate for almost five decades as a defactor
international organization. The World Trade Organization deals with the (84) .............…of
trade between nations at a near-global (85) ............ it is (86) ................. for negotiating and
implementing new trade agreements and is in charge of policing member countries’
adherence to all the WTO agreements, signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and
ratified in their (87) .............. Most of the WTO’s current work (88) ............... from the 1986-1994
negotiations called Uruguay Round, and earlier negotiations under the GATT. The
organization is currently the host to new negotiations, under the Doha Development Agenda
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(DDA) launched in 2001. The WTO is (89) ................ by a Minister Conference, which meets
every two years, a General Council, which implements the conference’s policy decisions and is
responsible for day-to-day administration, and a director-general, who is (90) ................by the
Minister Conference. The WTO’s headquaters are in Geneva Switzerland
81. A. see B. look at C. supervise D. take care
82. A.in B. on C. from D.at
83. A. that B. where C. thing D. which
84. A. rulers B. law C. standard D. stipulations
85. A. levels B. level C. degree D. scales
86. A. able B. responsibility C. responsible D. charge
87. A. state B. agency C. office D. government
88. A. goes B. comes C. derives D. come
89. A. governed B. governing C. government D. governmental
90. A. appointed B. directed C. leaded D. acted

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 PRACTICE TEST 3
I. Circle the best option.
1. A. species B. invent C. medicine D. tennis
2. A. superstar B. harvest C. particular D. part
3. A. economy B. industry C. qualify D. priority
4. A. right B. private C. communist D. minority
5. A. measure B. subsidies C. domestic D hospital
II. Circle the best option.
6. A. commercial B. constructive C. essential D. national
7. A. copy B. remove C. notice D. cancel
8. A. curriculum B. economics C. hesitation D. calculation
9. A. economic B. experience C. entertainment D. introduction
10. A. achievement B. communist C. constantly D. government
III. Circle the best option.
11. As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid ______ we asked.
A. four time much than B. four times as much as
C. four times much as D. four time as many as
12. Regular exercise and good diet will bring ______ fitness and health.
A. from B. to C. about D. up
13. The pool should not be made so deep ______ small children can be safe there.
A. if B. so as to C. though D. so that
14. We all agree that she is ______ student in our class.
A. the cleverest B. a more clever C. most clever D. cleverest
15. There has been a great increase in retail sales, ______?
A. hasn't there B. isn't there C. isn't it D. doesn’t it
16. I am sorry I have no time at present to ______ detail of our plan.
A. bring in B. take into C. come in D. go into
17. Long ago, women were ______ to vote in political elections.
A. prevented B. stopped C. forbidden D. banned
18. She asked me ______ I was looking at.
A. when B. if C. what D. why
19. In spite of her abilities, Laura has been ______ overlooked for promotion.
A. repeat B. repeatedly C. repetitive D. repetition
20. Tom: “______” Mike: “I won’t say no!”
A. How are things with you, Mike? B. What about playing badminton this afternoon?
C. Mike, do you know where the scissors are? D. What’s your favourite, tea or coffee?
21. Education in many countries is compulsory ______ the age of 16.
A. for B. when C. until D. forwards
22. ______ one of the most beautiful forms of performance art, ballet is a combination of dance
and mime performed to music.
A. Being considering B. Considering C. Considered D. To consider
23. The examination was not very difficult, but it was ______ long.
A. so much B. too much C. very much D. much too
24. ______ has been a topic of continual geological research.
A. The continents formed B. If the continents formed
C. How did the continents form D. How the continents were formed

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25. We must push the piano to the corner of the hall to ______ our party tonight.
A. make place for B. take up room to C. make room for D. give place to
26. Standing on the tip of the cape, ______.
A. people have seen a lighthouse far away B. lies a lighthouse in the middle of the sea
C. a lighthouse can see from the distance D. we can see the lighthouse in the distance
27. Only one of our gifted students ______ to participate in the final competition.
A. has been chosen B. have been chosen C. were choosing D. chosen
28. ______ his brother, Mike is active and friendly.
A. Alike B. Unlike C. Dislike D. Liking
29. The packages ______ so that it would be easier to carry them.
A. are tied in a bundle B. are tied altogether
C. were tied in a knot D. were tied together
30. Michael looked deeply hurt and surprised when ______.
A. scolded B. scolding C. to scold D. having scolded
31. ______ John Kennedy was elected president, he was the youngest American President ever.
A. When B. While C. Before D. As long as
32. He ______ us but he was short of money at the time.
A. could have helped B. can help C. might help D. would help
33. The boat was sailing north when a terrible storm ______ .
A. had broken B. broke C. would break D. was breaking
34. Stephanie: “Oh, no! I left my book at home. Can I share yours?”
Scott: “______”
A. No, thanks. B. No, not at all! C. Yes, I do too. D. Yes, sure!
35. The Lake District, ______ was made a national park in 1951, attracts a large number of
tourists every year.
A. that B. where C. what D. which
IV. There is a mistake among 4 underlined words/ phrases. Find and correct it.
36. When (A) precipitation occurs, some (B) of it evaporates, some runs off (C) the surface it
strikes, and some sinking (D) into the ground.
37. Globally and internationally (A), the 1990's stood out (B) as the warmest (C) decade in the
history of weather records (D).
38. Of all the art-related reference and research library (A) in North America, that of (B)the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is among (C) the largest and most complete
(D).
39. Different fourteen (A) crops were grown (B) 8,600 years ago (C) by some of the world’s
earliest farmers (D).
40. A warning printed on a makeshift lifebuoy says: “This is not a life-saving (A) device.
Children (B) should be accompany (C) by their parents (D).”
41. When too many (A) firms enter competitive(B) markets, their share of profits(C) will fell.
(D).
42. No one knows ( A) exactly how many species( B) of animals (C) lives ( D) on earth.
43. The mining (A) of minerals often bring about ( B) the destruction ( C) of landscapes and
wildlife(D) habitants.
44. The term “ middle class” describes ( A) people between ( B) the upper and the below (C)
social ( D) classes.
45. Copper comes from seven types ( A) of ores ( B) that also contain (C) the other (D)
materials.
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46. Never having flied (A) before, Mark was very (B) excited as (C) he drove to the (D)airport.
47. If classes had finished (A) sooner(B), I would go (C) to Canada last month(D).
48. The (A) law of that country forbids anyone (B)under (C)eighteen driving (D)a car.
49. The notorious (A) criminal (B) is reported (C) to having surrendered (D) yesterday.
50. The professor had us (A) to read (B) the first half of the (C) book by (D) Monday.
V. Circle the best option.
51. “Why don’t we wear sunglasses?” our grandpa would say when we went out on bright
sunny days.
A. Our grandpa used to suggest wearing sunglasses when we went out on bright sunny days.
B. Our grandpa would warn us against wearing sunglasses on bright sunny days.
C. Our grandpa asked us why we did not wear sunglasses when going out on bright sunny
days.
D. Our grandpa reminded us of going out with sunglasses on bright sunny days.
52. I am sure he did not know that his brother graduated with flying colors.
A. He should not have been envious of his brother’s achievement.
B. He cannot have known that his brother graduated with very high marks.
C. That his brother graduated with flying colors must have been appreciated by him.
D. He may not know that his brother is flying gradually up in a colorful balloon.
53. People say that Mr. Goldman gave nearly a million pounds to charity last year.
A. Mr. Goldman is said to have given nearly a million pounds to charity last year.
B. Mr. Goldman was said to have given nearly a million pounds to charity last year.
C. Nearly a million pounds was said to have been given to charity by Mr. Goldman last year.
D. Nearly a million pounds is said to be given to charity by Mr. Goldman last year.
54. David was narrowly defeated and blew his own chance of becoming a champion.
A. Losing the championship came as a terrible blow to David.
B. In spite of the narrow defeat, David won the championship.
C. As a result of his narrow defeat, David did not win the championship.
D. But for his title as the former champion, David would not have defeated his rivals.
55. If you had stuck to what we originally agreed on, everything would have been fine.
A. If you had not kept to what was originally agreed on, everything would have been fine.
B. Things went wrong because you violated our original agreement.
C. If you had changed our original agreement, everything would have been fine.
D. As you fulfilled the original contract, things went wrong.
56. “I would be grateful if you could send me further details of the job,” he said to me.
A. He flattered me because I sent him further details of the job.
B. He felt great because further details of the job had been sent to him.
C. He thanked me for sending him further details of the job.
D. He politely asked me to send him further details of the job.
57. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep.
A. We know relatively little about sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives
sleeping.
B. We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.
C. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about
sleep.
D. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep.
58. Overeating is a cause of several deadly diseases. Physical inactivity is another cause of
several
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deadly diseases.
A. Not only overeating but also physical inactivity may lead to several deadly diseases.
B. Apart from physical activities, eating too much also contributes to several deadly diseases.
C. Both overeating and physical inactivity result from several deadly diseases.
D. Overeating and physical inactivity are caused by several deadly diseases.
59. He was successful because he was determined to pursue personal goals. He was not
talented.
A. His success lay in his natural ability, not in his determination to pursue personal goals.
B. In addition to his determination, his talent ensured his success in pursuing his goals.
C. His determination to pursue personal goals made him successful and talented.
D. It was his determination to pursue personal goals, not talent, that contributed to his success.
60. I did not arrive in time. I was not able to see her off.
A. She had left because I was not on time. B. I did not go there, so I could not see her off.
C. I was not early enough to see her off. D. I arrived very late to say goodbye to her.
V. Read and circle the best option.
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 his
surging growth ca me from natural increase. The depression of the 1930’s and the war had
held back marriages, and the catching-up process began after 1945. The baby boom continued
through the decade of the 1950’s, 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
settled. Undoubtedly, the good economic condition of the 1950’s 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
failing 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 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 prior to 1957.
61. 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.
62. According to the passage, when did Canada’s baby born begin?
a. In the decade after 1911 b. After 1945 c. During the depression of the 1930’s d. In 1966
63. The word “five” refers to
A. Canadians B. years C. decades D. marriages
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A. new B. extra C. accelerating D. surprising
65. The author suggests that in Canada during the 1950’s
A. the urban population decreased rapidly B. fewer people married.
B. economic conditions were poor. D. the birth rate was very high.
66. The word “trend” is closest in meaning to
A. tendency B. aim C. growth D. directive
67. The word “peak” is closest in meaning to
A. pointed B. dismal C. mountain D. maximum.
68. When was the birth rate in Canada at its lowest population level?
A. 1966 B. 1957 C. 1956 D. 1951
69. The author mentions all of the following as causes of declines in population growth after
1957 EXCEPT
A. people being better educated B. people getting married earlier.
C. better standards of living. D. couples buying houses.
70. It can be inferred from the passage that before the Industrial Revolution
A. families were larger B. population statistics were unreliable
C. the population grew steadily. D. economic conditions were bad.

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 PRACTICE TEST 4
Read the following passage and choose the best answer.
Until recently, hunting for treasure from shipwrecks was mostly fantasy; with recent
technological advances, however, the search for sunken treasure has become more popular as a
legitimate endeavor. This has caused a debate between those wanting to salvage the wrecks and those
wanting to preserve them.
Treasure hunters are spurred on by the thought of finding caches of gold coins or other valuable
objects on a sunken ship. One team of salvagers, for instance, searched the wreck of the RMS Republic,
which sank outside the Boston harbor in 1900. The search party, using side-scan sonar, a device that
projects sound waves across the ocean bottom and produces a profile of the sea floor, located the wreck
in just two and a half days. Before the use of this new technology, such searches could take months or
years. The team of 45 divers searched the wreck for two months, finding silver tea services, crystal
dinnerware, and thousands of bottles of wine, but they did not find the five and a half tons of American
Gold Eagle coins they were searching for.
Preservationists focus on the historic value of a ship. They say that even if a shipwreck’s treasure
does not have a high monetary value, it can be an invaluable source of historic artifacts that are
preserved in nearly mint condition. But once a salvage team has scoured a site, much of the
archaeological value is lost. Maritime archaeologists who are preservationists worry that the success of
salvagers will attract more treasure-hunting expeditions and thus threaten remaining undiscovered
wrecks. Preservationists are lobbying their state lawmakers to legally restrict underwater searches and
unregulated salvages. To counter their efforts, treasure hunters argue that without the lure of gold and
million-dollar treasures, the wrecks and their historical artifacts would never be recovered at all
Question 1: What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Searching for wrecks is much easier with new technologies like side-scan sonar.
B. Maritime archaeologists are concerned about the unregulated searching of wrecks.
C. The search of the RMS Republic failed to produce the hoped-for coins.
D. The popularity of treasure seeking has spurred a debate between preservationists and salvagers.
Question 2: The word “sunken” is closest in meaning to which of the following words?
A. broken B. underwater C. ancient D. hollow
Question 3: Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “legitimate”?
A. justified B. innocent C. prudent D. fundamental
Question 4: From the passage, you can infer that a preservationist would be most likely to
A. do archaeological research B. put treasures in a museum
C. be a diver D. shun treasure-seeking salvagers
Question 5: Which of the following statements is best supported by the author?
A. The value of a shipwreck depends on the quantity of its artifacts.
B. Preservationists are fighting the use of technological advances such as side-scan sonar.
C. Side-scan sonar has helped to legitimize salvaging.
D. The use of sound waves is crucial to locating shipwrecks.
Question 6: The author uses the word “services” to refer to which of the following?
A. cups B. sets C. containers D. decorations
Question 7: The author uses the phrase “mint condition” to describe
A. something perfect B. something significant
C. something tolerant D. something magical
Question 8: All of the following were found on the RMS Republic EXCEPT
A. wine bottles B. silver tea services
C. American Gold Eagle coins D. crystal dinnerware
Question 9: The word “scoured” is most similar to which of the following?

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 A. scraped away B. scratched over C. scrambled around D. searched through
Question 10: The second and third paragraphs are an example of
A. chronological order B. explanation C. specific to general D. definition
Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill in each blank.
You can make life more difficult for thieves by (11) ________ your wallet in an inside pocket
instead of a back pocket. But make sure that you still have it if someone bumps into you in a (12)
________. Most pickpockets are very skillful. Never let your handbag out of your (13) ________ On
public transport, (14)________ hold of it. You are also (15) ________ to take travelers' cheques rather
than cash when you go abroad, and to use cash dispensers which are on (16) ________ streets, or are
well lit at night.
A quarter of all crimes are car thefts or thefts of things from cars, like radio and cassette players.
If your car is (17) ________, you may not get it back. One in four are never found, and even if it is, it
may be badly (18) ________. Always lock all doors and windows, and think about fitting a car alarm
too. If you are buying a new radio cassette player, it is (19) ________ choosing one that is security-code
or removable by the driver. These precautions will help to (20) ________ thieves.
Question 11: A. taking B. holding C. carrying D. bringing
Question 12: A. mass B. band C. crowd D. group
Question 13: A. view B. sight C. visibility D. vision
Question 14: A. keep B. catch C. take D. have
Question 15: A. suggested B. told C. informed D. advised
Question 16: A. main B. important C. principal D. major
Question 17: A. robbed B. burgled C. stolen D. hijacked
Question 18: A. hurt B. damaged C. spoilt D. injured
Question 19: A. beneficial B. practical C. worthwhile D. sensible
Question 20: A. put off B. put down C. put out D. put back
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes unfinished sentences.
Question 21: We didn’t want to say ________ him in the meeting. He was too good to us.
A. to B. for C. with D. against
Question 22: How long have you attended your ________ training?
A. military B. militarize C. militarism D. militaristic
Question 23: Thanks to the help of his teacher and classmates, he made great _______ and passed the
end-term exam with high marks.
A. work B. progress C. experience D. fortunes
Question 24: Hemingway used the experience and knowledge ________ during World War I as the
material for his best-known novel For Whom the Bell Tolls
A. gain B. gaining C. gained D. to gain
Question 25: When Mr. Spendthrift ran out of money, he ________ his mother for help.
A. fell in with B. fell upon C. fell behind D. fell back on
Question 26: Tessa was determined to become wealthy and to that _____ she started her own company.
A. view B. aim C. end D. object
Question 27: I can’t understand why you have to make such a _____ about something so unimportant.
A. mess B. stir C. fuss D. bother
Question 28: “Is dinner ready?” “No, mother is ________ it ready now.”
A. doing B. cooking C. getting D. preparing
Question 29: Grace Kelly was first famous as a Hollywood actress and ____ Prince Rainier of Monaco.
A. as the wife of B. to be the wife of
C. she was the wife of D. the wife of
Question 30: You look tired. ___________ hard all day?
A. Have you been working B. Did you work
C. Are you working D. Do you work
Question 31: We watch the cat_______ the tree.

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Question 32: If only motorists _________ drive more carefully.
A. might B. shall C. would D. should
Question 33: When it is very hot, you may _____ the top button of your shirt.
A. untie B. undress C. unwrap D. undo
Question 34: The police are looking for a man of ___________ height.
A. medium B. extra C. tall D. special
Question 35: What on earth is going ________ in there?
A. round B. down C. up D. on
Question 36: May I have _________ more meat, please?
A. a little B. small C. another D. a few
Question 37: My sister Jo is ________ person in our family
A. the shortest B. the shorter C. the most short D. shorter
Question 38: “How does the washing machine work?” “________”
A. Not often B. Too much C. A little D. Like this
Question 39: I have no brothers or sisters. I’m ______ child.
A. an only B. a sole C. a unique D. a single
Question 40: They ______ because it is a national holiday.
A. don’t wok B. won’t working C. haven’t worked D. aren’t working
Question 41: "Never say that again,______?"
A. don't you B. will you C. do you D. won't you
Question 42: Ann __________ thought and didn’t hear him call.
A. was lost after B. lost in C. was losing in D. was lost in
Question 43: You have to pay more if you have _____ baggage.
A. enough B. excess C. many D. several
Question 44: The pair of jeans I bought didn’t fit me, so I went to the store and asked for ______.
A. another jeans B. others ones C. another pair D. the other ones
Question 45: She was asked to give a full __________ of her camera when she reported it stolen.
A. account B. detail C. description D. information
Question 46: "More coffee? Anybody?" – “________”
A. I don't agree, I'm afraid B. I'd love to C. Yes, please D. It's right, I think
Question 47: "Oh, I'm really sorry!"- “________.”
A. It was a pleasure. B. That's all right. C. Thanks. D. Yes, why?
Question 48: “Can I leave early?” “________.”
A. Yes, that’s fine B. Before 4.30 C. Not at all D. You’re welcome
Question 49: You didn’t think I was being serious, did you, Brian? It was a joke. I was pulling your
_______. That’s all.
A. thumb B. hair C. toe D. leg
Question 50: I love working as a _________ in England better than an interpreter here.
A. tour specialized guide B. specialized tour guide
C. tour guide specialized D. guide specialized tour
Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct
Question 51: When the silkworm gets through to lay its eggs, it dies.
A B C D
Question 52: The high protein content of various strains of alfalfa plants, along with the
A
characteristically long root system that enables them to survive long droughts, make them
B C
particularly valuable in arid countries
D
Question 53: A fiber-optic cable across the Pacific went into service in April 1989, link the United
A B C D
States and Japan.
Question 54: The Gray Wolf, a species reintroduced into their native habitat in Yellowstone National
A B
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C D
Question 55: Those of you who signed up for Dr Daniel’s anthropology class should get their books as
A B C D
soon as possible.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer.

In the folklore of the Navajo people, it was said that frogs and toads fell from the sky when it
rained. The phenomenon that gave rise to this belief involved the spadefoot toad, which remains
dormant beneath the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, avoiding the heat and drought for as long as eight or
nine months. With the onset of summer thunderstorms, however, the toads respond to the vibrations of
drumming raindrops and emerge, as if fallen from the sky with the rain, to begin their brief and frantic,
mating season.
The male spadefoot sits in a muddy pool and fills the night with his calls, attempting to attract a
female of the same species. Once a female joins him, she may lay as many as 1,000 eggs in the small
pool of life-sustaining rainwater. From that point it's a race against the elements for the young, who
must hatch and mature with remarkable speed before the pool evaporates beneath the searing desert sun.
As the pool grows smaller and smaller, it becomes thick with tadpoles fighting for survival in the mud,
threatened not only by loss of their watery nest but also by devouring insects and animals. In as few as
nine days after fertilization of the eggs, those lucky enough to survive develop through each tadpole
stage and finally emerge as fully formed toads. After gorging themselves on insects, the young toads,
like their parents, burrow underground, where they will lie dormant awaiting the next summer's storms.
Question 56: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Navajo folklore
B. Weather in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona
C. The habits of the spadefoot toad
D. The mating rituals of the male spadefoot toad
Question 57: According to the passage, the spadefoot toad ______
A. is dormant for as long as nine months B. reproduces during winter rains
C. eats leaves and grasses D. develops very slowly
Question 58: Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the spadefoot toad?
A. They are active only three or four months a year
B. The female lays her eggs in pools of water
C. The searing desert sun is their only enemy
D. many tadpoles die before they reach maturity
Question 59: It can be concluded from the passage that ______
A. spadefoot toads could exist for years without rain
B. the Navajo legends are based on acute observations
C. spadefoot toads are well adapted to their environment
D. the chances of a tadpole’s becoming an adult are very great
Question 60: The author is most likely a ______
A. botanist B. biologist C. chemist D. geographer
Question 61: This passage is most likely followed a passage on ______
A. weather patterns in the Sonorant Desert B. methods of reproduction among insects
C. dwellings of the Navajo people D. other desert animals
Question 62: The word “frantic” is closest in meaning to ______
A. lengthy B. excited C. froglike D. dangerous
Question 63: The word “elements” is closest in meaning to______

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Question 64: The word “gorging” is closest in meaning to ______
A. mating B. digging C. enjoying D. devouring
Question 65: Where in the passage is the geographic location that the spadefoot toads inhabit
mentioned?
A. line 1 B. line 3-4 C. line 9 D. line 16-17
Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others.
Question 66: A. employee B. refugee C. committee D. referee
Question 67: A. terminate B. detriment C. different D. determine
Question 68: A. benevolent B. profitable C. essential D. equivalent
Question 69: A. educational B. instructional C. miraculous D. conventional
Question 70: A. physiology B. economics C. nominate D. competition
Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the printed one
Question 71: How lucky! You called me, because I tried to call you a few minutes ago and got a busy
signal.
A. You luckily called me, so I didn’t have to call you for a few minutes because the signal was busy.
B. Luckily, you called me in time, for I failed to call you a few minutes ago.
C. The busy signal prevented me from calling you a few minutes ago, so please call me back.
D. I was not lucky enough to call you a few minutes ago because I was busy.
Question 72: You must have boiled the potatoes too long.
A. The potatoes were not boiled long enough. B. It was not long before the potatoes were boiled.
C. It was not necessary to boil the potatoes too long. D. You had to boil the potatoes too long.
Question 73: Sarah is not usually late.
A. Sarah does not like to be late. B. Sarah is not likely being late.
C. It is not like Sarah to be late. D. It is not likely to be late for Sarah
Question 74: If I was in your shoe, I would let him go.
A. I suggest that you let him go.
B. I advise you to wear your shoes and let him go.
C. I would like to be in your shoe so you could let him go.
D. I was wearing your shoes and would like to let him go.
Question 75: The teacher will refuse to help you if he happens to know the truth.
A. Unless the teacher knows the truth, he will refuse to help you.
B. Should the teacher know the truth, he will refuse to help you.
C. The teacher will refuse to help you if the truth happens.
D. Should the teacher happen to know the truth, he won't refuse to help you.
Question 76: From these reviews, we should see the movie, don’t you think?
A. I don’t think we should see the movie.
B. You don’t think we should see the movie, do you?
C. You and I are not in agreement about the reviews of the movie.
D. I think we should see the movie.
Question 77: "I appreciate your offering me a ride, but I have my brother’s car. Thanks anyway.”
A. His friend will give him a ride. B. His brother will give him a ride.
C. He refused a ride because he will drive home. D. He is grateful to get a ride with his friend.
Question 78: Someone has run off with out tickets.
A. Our tickets have been stolen. B. Someone has run off to get our tickets.
C. Our tickets has been picked up by someone. D. Someone has destroyed our tickets.
Question 79: Sue signed up for a crash course in German.
A. Sue enrolled in an intensive German language course.B. Sue had a bad accident in German.
C. Sue booked a trip to German. D. Sue met a German in her math course.
Question 80: The secret to success is hard work.
A. One must work hard to keep secrets. B. Working hard ensures success.
C. One cannot succeed if he has secrets D. If you keep your work secret, you will succeed.
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I Circle the best option.
Question 1: I have two sisters, ______.
A. most of whom are nurses B. most of them are nurses
C. one of them are nurses D. both of whom are nurses
Question 2: Switch off all the lights ______.
A. until you enter the room B. before you leave the room
C. by the time you enter the room D. after you will leave the room
Question 3: ______, the less polluted the environment will be.
A. The fewer landfills we have B. The more polluted landfills will be
C. The less landfills are polluted D. The more landfills are there
Question 4: It is believed ______.
A. why is Alice such a talented ballet dancer B. when Alice to become a talented ballet
dancer
C. that Alice is a talented ballet dancer D. how is Alice a talented ballet dancer
Question 5: ______ that she does not want to stay any longer.
A. A little homesick does Beth feel B. Beth feels such homesick
C. Homesick though Beth may feel D. So homesick does Beth feel
II. Read and circle the best answer.
One of the factors contributing to the intense nature of twenty-first-century stress is our continual
exposure to media – particularly to an overabundance of news. If you feel stressed out by the news, you
are far from alone. Yet somehow many of us seem unable to prevent ourselves from tuning in to an
extreme degree.
The further back we go in human history, the longer news took to travel from place to place, and
the less news we had of distant people and lands altogether. The printing press obviously changed all
that, as did every subsequent development in transportation and telecommunication.
When television came along, it proliferated like a population of rabbits. In 1950, there were
100,000 television sets in North American homes; one year later there were more than a million. Today,
it’s not unusual for a home to have three or more television sets, each with cable access to perhaps over
a hundred channels. News is the subject of many of those channels, and on several of them it runs 24
hours a day.
What’s more, after the traumatic events of September 11, 2001, live newscasts were paired with
perennial text crawls across the bottom of the screen – so that viewers could stay abreast of every story
all the time.
Needless to say, the news that is reported to us is not good news, but rather disturbing images
and sound bytes alluding to disaster (natural and man-made), upheaval, crime, scandal, war, and the like.
Compounding the problem is that when actual breaking news is scarce, most broadcasts fill in with scare
stories about things that possibly might threaten our health, safety, finances, relationships, waistline,
hairline, or very existence in the future. This variety of story tends to treat with equal alarm a potentially
lethal flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream that overpromises smooth skin.
Are humans meant to be able to process so much trauma – not to mention so much overblown
anticipation of potential trauma – at once? The human brain, remember, is programmed to slip into
alarm mode when danger looms. Danger looms for someone, somewhere at every moment. Exposing
ourselves to such input without respite and without perspective cannot be anything other than a source of
chronic stress.
(Extracted from The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Beating Stress by Arlene Matthews Uhl - Penguin Group 2006)
Question 6: According to the passage, which of the following has contributed to the intense nature of
twenty-first-century stress?
A. Our continual exposure to the media B. Our inability to control ourselves
C. An overabundance of special news D. The degree to which stress affects our life
Question 7: In the past, we had less news of distant people and lands because ______.
A. means of communication and transportation were not yet invented
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B. the printing press changed the situation too slowly
C. most people lived in distant towns and villages
D. printing, transportation, and telecommunications were not developed
Question 8: The pronoun “them” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
A. TV news B. cable access C. television sets D. TV channels
Question 9: The word “traumatic” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. fascinating B. upsetting C. exciting D. boring
Question 10: According to the passage, when there is not enough actual breaking news, broadcasts ____
A. send out frightening stories about potential dangers
B. are forced to publicize an alarming increase in crime
C. are full of dangerous diseases such as flu
D. send out live newscasts paired with text across the screen
Question 11: As stated in the passage, a flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream tend to
____
A. be warmly welcomed by the public B. be treated with equal alarm
C. involve natural and man-made disasters D. be scarce breaking news
Question 12: Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. The only source of stress in our modern life is the media.
B. The news that is reported to us is not good news.
C. Many TV channels supply the public with breaking news.
D. Many people are under stress caused by the media.
Question 13: The word “slip” in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. bring B. release C. fail D. fall
Question 14: According to the passage, our continual exposure to bad news without perspective is
obviously ______.
A. a source of defects in human brain B. the result of an overabundance of good news
C. the result of human brain’s switch to alarm mode D. a source of chronic stress
Question 15: What is probably the best title for this passage?
A. Developments in Telecommunications B. The Media – A Major Cause of Stress
C. Effective Ways to Beat Stress D. More Modern Life – More Stress
III. Circle the best option.
Question 16: A. faithful B. attain C. certain D. plain
Question 17: A. supply B. reserve C. sensitive D. universal
Question 18: A. weather B. treatment C. repeat D. teaching
Question 19: A. documentary B. population C. maximum D. stimulate
Question 20: A. started B. maintained C. survived D. determined
IV. Circle the best option.
The popular image of student life is of young people with few responsibilities enjoying themselves and
(21)______ very little work. This is often not true. Many older people now study at college or
university, sometimes (22)______ a part-time basis while having a job and looking after a family. These
students are often (23)______ motivated and work very hard. Younger students are often thought to be
lazy and areless about money but this (24)______ is changing. In Britain reduced government support
for higher education means that students can no longer rely on having their expenses (25)______ for
them. Formerly, students received a grant towards their living expenses. Now most can only get a loan
(26)______ has to be paid back. Since 1999 they have paid over £1 000 towards tuition (27)______ and
this amount will increase up to a maximum of £3 000. In the US students already (28)______ pay for
tuition and room and board. Many get a financial aid package which may (29)______ grants,
scholarships and loans. The fear of having large debts places (30)______ pressure on students and many
take part-time jobs during the term and work full-time in the vacations.
(Extracted from Oxford Guide to British and American Culture – Oxford Advanced Learner’s Compass)
Question 21: A. carrying B. making C. doing D. producing
Question 22: A. with B. at C. for D. on
Question 23: A. adequately B. absolutely C. highly D. mainly
Question 24: A. state B. condition C. position D. situation
Question 25: A. paying B. pay C. paid D. to pay
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Question 26: A. who B. which C. what D. whether
Question 27: A. charge B. money C. allowances D. fees
Question 28: A. had better B. may C. have to D. should
Question 29: A. compose B. consist C. include D. belong
Question 30: A. generous B. large C. considerate D. considerable
V. Circle the best option.
Question 31: Take this route and you will get to the village.
A. Unless you take this route, you will get to the village.
B. Certainly, you will get to the village if you take this route.
C. Although this route may lead you to the village, you cannot take it.
D. There is no doubt that this route will never lead you to the village.
Question 32: I have never used a more fascinating MP3 player than this one.
A. This is the most fascinating MP3 player I have ever used.
B. This MP3 player does not fascinate me much.
C. I am very fascinated by the MP3 player I am using.
D. Like the other MP3 players, this one is fascinating to me.
Question 33: I think it is more enjoyable to play a sport than to watch it on TV.
A. In my view, playing a sport is as enjoyable as watching it on TV.
B. I think watching a sport on TV is more enjoyable than playing it.
C. In my opinion, to play a sport is more enjoyable than to watch it on TV.
D. As far as I know, more people watch a sport on TV than they play it.
Question 34: “Trust me! Do not invest all your money in one company,” said my friend.
A. My friend ordered me to invest all my money in one company.
B. My friend encouraged me to invest all my money in one company.
C. My friend persuaded me not to invest all my money in one company.
D. My friend offered to help me to invest all my money in one company.
Question 35: “May I see your passport, Mrs Scott?” said the customs officer.
A. The customs officer promised to show Mrs Scott his passport.
B. The customs officer suggested seeing Mrs Scott’s passport.
C. The customs officer asked Mrs Scott to see his passport.
D. The customs officer asked to see Mrs Scott’s passport.
VI. There is one mistake among four underlined words/ phrases below. Recognize and correct it.
Question 36: In spite of the heavy rain, all we enjoyed the excursion.
A B C D
Question 37: Wood is an excellent resource for heating homes, cooking food, and build houses.
A B C D
Question 38: Opened the letter from her boyfriend, she felt extremely excited.
A B C D
Question 39: The children wish that they have more free time to play football.
A B C D
Question 40: A dolphin can communicate with other by making distinctive sounds.
A B C D
VII. Circle the best option.
Question 41: Susan, remember to apply this sun cream ______ two hours.
A. every B. each C. some D. several
Question 42: Parts of the country are suffering water ______ after the unusually dry summer.
A. thirst B. supply C. shortage D. hunger
Question 43: He gave ______ his job in order to go back to university.
A. in B. up C. out D. away
Question 44: The police have begun an ______ into the accident which happened this afternoon.
A. investigating B. investigation C. investigatory D. investigate
Question 45: No sooner ______ my car than the alarm went off.
A. had the thief touched B. the thief had touched C. touched the thief D. the thief touched
Question 46: College students are becoming less dependent ______ their teachers.
A. on B. to C. of D. with
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Question 47: ______ he was tired, he still watched the final match on TV.
A. Despite B. Because C. Though D. However
Question 48: How long ago ______ to learn French?
A. have you started B. would you start C. were you starting D. did you start
Question 49: My teacher reminded me ______ my essay carefully before handing it in.
A. to have checked B. to check C. checked D. checking
Question 50: I’d rather you ______ to the English-speaking club with me this Sunday.
A. will come B. came C. to come D. come
Question 51: That cannot be a true story. He ______ it up.
A. can have made B. must have made C. should have made D. would have made
Question 52: Sarah: “Oh my God, I’ve missed my bus.”
Christ: “______. Another will come here in ten minutes.”
A. I hope so B. Don’t mention it C. Don’t worry D. Thank you
Question 53: Jack: “What’s wrong with you?”
Jill: “______.”
A. Thank you very much B. I’m having a slight headache
C. No, I don’t care D. Yes, I was tired yesterday
Question 54: There is a good film ______ TV tonight. Will you watch it?
A. in B. from C. at D. on
Question 55: The teacher said that I would be able to speak English fluently ______ six months.
A. in B. by C. till D. since
Question 56: Nowadays, most students use ______ calculators in their studies and examinations.
A. electrical B. electronic C. electricity D. electric
Question 57: Parts of the mountain road have been washed ______ after the floods.
A. through B. out C. off D. away
Question 58: I hope you will ______ notice of what I am going to tell you.
A. take B. get C. keep D. gain
Question 59: She was ______ angry that she could not say a word.
A. so B. too much C. so many D. such
Question 60: Neither Tom nor his brothers ______ willing to help their mother with the housework.
A. has been B. is C. was D. are
Question 61: Spain has won the championship, ______ is not surprising.
A. which B. that C. what D. how
Question 62: This carpet really needs ______. Can you do it for me, son?
A. cleaned B. cleaning C. clean D. being cleaned
Question 63: Mary: “Do you mind if I sit here?” Laura: “______”
A. My pleasure. B. Don’t mention it. C. No, not at all. D. Yes, why not?
Question 64: Instead of staying around the house all day, you should be out there looking ______ a job.
A. for B. into C. after D. at
Question 65: They are having their house ______ by a construction company.
A. painted B. painting C. to paint D. being painted
Question 66: A special exhibition of Indian art will be opened at the National Museum next month.
A. music B. painting C. show D. programme
Question 67: Traffic began to flow normally again after the accident.
A. in the usual or ordinary way B. repeatedly in different modes
C. strangely and irregularly D. with the same speed
Question 68: Don’t be concerned about your mother’s illness; she’ll recover soon.
A. angry with B. surprised at C. embarrassed at D. worried about
VIII. Read and circle the best option.
Experts in climatology and other scientists are becoming extremely concerned about the changes
to our climate which are taking place. Admittedly, climate changes have occurred on our planet before.
For example, there have been several ice ages or glacial periods.
These climatic changes, however, were different from the modern ones in that they occurred
gradually and, as far as we know, naturally. The changes currently being monitored are said to be the

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result not of natural causes, but of human activity. Furthermore, the rate of change is becoming
alarmingly rapid.
The major problem is that the planet appears to be warming up. According to some experts, this
warming process, known as global warming, is occurring at a rate unprecedented in the last 10,000
years. The implications for the planet are very serious. Rising global temperatures could give rise to
such ecological disasters as extremely high increases in the incidence of flooding and of droughts.
These in turn could have a harmful effect on agriculture.
It is thought that this unusual warming of the Earth has been caused by so-called greenhouse
gases,
such as carbon dioxide, being emitted into the atmosphere by car engines and modern industrial
processes, for example. Such gases not only add to the pollution of the atmosphere, but also create a
greenhouse effect, by which the heat of the sun is trapped. This leads to the warming up of the planet.
Politicians are also concerned about climate change and there are now regular summits on the
subject, attended by representatives from around 180 of the world's industrialized countries. Of these
summits, the most important took place in Kyoto in Japan in 1997. There it was agreed that the most
industrialized countries would try to reduce the volume of greenhouse gas emissions and were given
targets for this reduction of emissions.
It was also suggested that more forests should be planted to create so-called sinks to absorb
greenhouse gases. At least part of the problem of rapid climate change has been caused by too drastic
deforestation.
Sadly, the targets are not being met. Even more sadly, global warnings about climate changes are
often still being regarded as scaremongering.
(From Read and Understand 2 by Betty Kirkpatrick & Rebecca Mok - Learners Publishing Pte
Ltd 2005)
Question 69: According to the passage, in what way did the climate changes in the ice ages differ
from the modern ones?
A. They were partly intended. B. They were fully monitored by humans.
C. They occurred naturally over a long period of time. D. They were wholly the result of human activity.
Question 70: The word “alarmingly” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. surprisingly B. disapprovingly C. disappointingly D. worryingly
Question 71: According to the passage, agriculture could ______.
A. make the global warming more serious B. be indirectly affected by the global temperature rises
C. give rise to many ecological disasters D. be directly damaged by the rises in global temperature
Question 72: Greenhouse gases cause the warming up of the Earth because they ______.
A. are unusual gases B. are emitted by car engines
C. do not add to atmosphere pollution D. trap heat from the sun
Question 73: According to the passage, 1997 witnessed ______.
A. the highest attendance by representatives from 180 industrialized countries
B. the largest number of summits on the subject of climate change
C. the most important summit on climate change taking place in Kyoto, Japan
D. widespread concern about climate change
Question 74: It can be inferred from the passage that the countries which are mainly responsible for
global
warming are ______.
A. the most industrialised countries B. developed countries
C. developing countries D. countries with the warmest climate
Question 75: The word “There” in paragraph 5 refers to ______.
A. the 1997 summit in Kyoto, Japan B. the most industrialised countries
C. the world’s industrialised countries D. regular summits on climate change
Question 76: Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. The so-called sinks created by forests can absorb greenhouse gases.
B. Carbon dioxide is one of the gases that may cause the so-called greenhouse effect.
C. The problem of rapid climate change has been caused mainly by deforestation.
D. Politicians are among those who are concerned about climate change.
Question 77: The word “drastic” in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to ______.
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A. hard B. widespread C. obvious D. severe
Question 78: What is probably the writer’s attitude toward global warming?
A. Positive B. Pessimistic C. Neutral D. Optimistic
IX. Circle the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning with the underlined words/ phrases.
Question 79: His boss has had enough of his impudence, and doesn't want to hire him any more.
A. agreement B. respect C. rudeness D. obedience
Question 80: She was unhappy that she lost contact with a lot of her old friends when she went
abroad to study.
A. put in charge of B. made room for C. got in touch with D. lost control of

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 PRACTICE TEST 6
I. Circle the word that has a different stress pattern.
1. A. disappear B. memorial C. diplomatic D. presidential
2. A. artificial B. pioneer C. destination D. essential
3. A. doctor B. courtesy C. percent D. weather
4. A. burglary B. detective C. perfect D. hopeful
5. A. dramatic B. resemble C. inconsistent D. amazing
II. Pick out the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. decided B. hatred C. warned D. sacred
2. A. legal B. petal C. pedal D. level
3. A. devise B. promise C. surprise D. realize
4. A. ghost B. hostage C. lost D. frosty
5. A. debate B. depute C. depress D. deputy
III. Supply the correct form of the words given in the brackets.
In the late 1960's, many people in North America turned their attention to (1)
............................ (environment) problems and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely
criticized. (2) ......................... (ecology) pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often
(3) ............................... (burden) public transportation and parking lot (4) ...................... (capable).
Skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power. In one recent
year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City raised
the peak daily demand for (5) ........................ (electric) by 120, 000 kilowatts-enough to supply
the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day.
Glass-walled skyscrapers can be (6) ..................... (special) wasteful. The heat (7)
................. (lose) (or gain) through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that
through a typical masonry wall filled with (8) .................... (insulate) board. To (9) ...................
(less) the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment builders of skyscrapers have begun
to use double glazed panels of glass, and (10) .................... (reflect) glasses coated with silver or
gold mirror films that reduce glare as well as heat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers
raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings.
IV. Supply the correct form of the words given in the brackets.
We are (1) ..................... (descend) of the ice age. Periods of (2) .................. (glacial) have
spanned the whole of human existence for the past 2 million years. The rapid melting of the
continental glaciers at the end of the last ice age spurred one of the most dramatic climate
changes in the history of the planet. During this (3) ....................... (glacial) time, people were
caught up in a cataclysm of human (4) ......................... (accomplish), including the development
of agriculture and animal (5) ......................... (husband). Over the past few thousand years, the
Earth’s climate has been extraordinarily (6) ..................... (benefit), and humans have prospered
(7) ..................... (excess) well under a benign atmosphere.
Ice ages have (8) ........................ (drama) affected life on Earth almost from the very
beginning. It is even possible that life itself (9) ..................... (significance) changed the climate.
All living organisms pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and eventually store it in (10)
......................... (sediment) rocks within the Earth’s crust. If too much carbon dioxide is lost, too
much heat escapes out into the atmosphere. This can cause the Earth to cool enough for glacial
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 In general, the (11) ................... (reduce) of the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
has been (12) ......................... (equal) by the input of carbon dioxide from such events as
volcanic (13) .................... (erupt). Man, however, is upsetting the equation by burning fossil
fuels and destroying tropical rain forests, both of which release stored carbon dioxide. This
(14) ..................... (energy) the greenhouse effect and causes the Earth to warm. If the warming
is (15) ..................... (significance) enough, the polar ice caps eventually melt.
V. Circle the best option.
1. For a long time cotton ranked first between Alabama's crops, but today it accounts for only a
A B C
fraction of the agricultural production.
D
2. The earliest steam-driven vehicles produced great amount of noise.
A B C D
3. The double bull's eye in center of a dart board is worth fifty points.
A B C D
4. Seaweed nurtures numerous communities of living things, which are protected under the
A B C
wet coverings of the weeds while the tide out.
D
5. The wankle engine, sometimes referred as a rotary engine, delivers more power for its size
A B C D
than a conventional piston engine.

6. Farm animals have been regardless by nearly all societies as a valuable economic resource.
A B C D
7. Bauxite ores differ considerably physical appearance, according to their impurities and
A B C D
structural compositions.
8. Helen Vendler's essays present key insight into and vital analyses the works of major British
A B C D
and American authors.
9. The waterwheel is a mechanism designed to harness energy from a source instead than
A B C D
animals.
10. No other beverage comes even close to rivaling coffee as the more widely drunk
A B C
refreshment in the world.
D
11. Mosquitos usually lay eggs on top stagnant water.
A B C D
12. Languon Hughes's The Book of Negro Looksore is a too much valuable introduction to an
A B
integral part of folk literature of the United States.
C D
13. Seven of planets rotate in the same direction as their orbital motions, while Venus and
A B C

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Uranus rotate in the opposite direction.
D
14. The Millicent Rogers Museum houses five thousand pieces of Hispanic and American
A

Indian jewelry, textiles, and other objects document the vibrancy of these cultures.
B C D

15. From 1866 to 1833, the bison population in North America was reduced from an estimated
A B C
13 million to a few hundreds.
D
16. The Obie Awards have been given annually for 1956 to outstanding artists in off-Broadway
A B C D
theater.
17. Along the East Coast, American Indian women's councils could veto a declaration of war
A B C
at refusal to supply moccasins and field rations.
D
18. Carrie Chapman Catt organized the League of women voters after successfully campaign
A B C
for the constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote.
D
19. Any group that conducting its meetings using parliamentary rules will encounter
A B
situations where prescribed procedures cannot be applied.
C D
20. Coinciding with the development of jazz in New Orleans in the 1920's ______ in blues
music.
(A) was one of the greatest periods (B) one of the greatest periods
(C) was of the greatest periods (D) the greatest periods
21. Despite its wide range of styles and instrumentation, country music has certain common
features _______ its own special character.
(A) give it that (B) that give it (C) give that (D) that gives it to
22. _______ around stones that are sun-warmed, even the smallest of stones creates tiny
currents of warm air.
(A) The cool air (B) If the air is cool (C) That the air cools (D) The cooler the
air
23. Even as he wrote copiously on such diverse topic as education, politics, and religion, Lewis
A B
Mumford remained active in city and regional planning.
C D
24. For centuries the aromatic spices of the Far East has been in demand by the people of the
A B C D
East and West.
25. Nine state attorney generals have been meeting lately, apparently to prepare a tobacco-
A B C D
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company-style humdinger court case against softies.
26. When seeing near the horizon, the moon appears strikingly larger than when viewed
A B C
overhead.
D
27. The firemen were unable to determine exactly what caused the fire, when they said that
A B C
they would continue the investigation.
D
28. Because of its strong record during earlier recessions, the mutual fund has and will
A B C

continue to be attractive to small investors.

D
29. Both china, Russia, and the united states are aware of the role they play in world affairs.
A B C D
30. Neither Russia nor the United States have been able to discover a mutually satisfactory
A B C D
plan for gradual disarmament.
31. "Whenever I have to write a paper, I don't know where to begin."
"I have the same problem, but _______ the paper seems to write itself."
(A) starting (B) having started (C) once I start (D) after to start
32. An echo is a sound heard subsequently it is reflected from an object.
A B C D
33. While the two reappeared after being absent for over a month, everyone in the expedition
A B C
was surprised to find them so little changed.
D
34. We had been in the city not more than two days until we found that we needed a guide.
A B C D
35. A measuring worm can hold itself straight out from a branch so that looks like a small
A B C D
twig.
VI. Sentence transformation.
1/. At the moment people think the accident is Nick’s fault.
-> Nick is ……………………………………………………................................
2/. “Cigarette?” he asked.” No, thanks.” I said.
-> He ………………………………………………………….................................
3/. She firmly believed Tom to be telling the truth.
-> It ……………………………………………………………................................
4/. The villagers, though few in number, we incredibly friendly.
-> What the villagers lacked …………………………………..............................
5/. This computer data is strictly confidential.
-> Under no circumstances …………………………………….............................
6/. She feels uncomfortable when people tell her how beautiful she is (EMBARRASSES)
-> ………………………………………………………………...................................

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7/. Don’t you remember anything about your lifetime in London as a child?
(RECOLLECTION)
-> ……………………………………………………………….....................................
8/.Any correspondence from the Canberra office must be dealt with before other matters.
(PRIORITY).
-> ………………………………………………………………........................................
9/. I advise you not to believe what you read in the papers about me. (RELIANCE).
-> ......................................……………………………………………………………….
10/.” I don’t mind where the money goes as long as the people are the real beneficiaries”.
(MATTER)
-> ...........................................……………………………………………………………….
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 PRACTICE TEST 7
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other
words. Write your answer in the space provided.
1. A. university B. unique C. unit D. undo
2. A. walked B. threatened C. passed D. forced
3. A. too B. food C. soon D. good
4. A. legal B. legend C. generous D. manager
5. A. adventure B. future C. mature D. figure
II. Pick out the word that differs from the other words in the position of the main stress.
Write your answer in the space provided.
6. A. comedy B. collection C. comical D. calculate
7. A. ambitious B. memorial C. memory D. mechanic
8. A. remove B. cancel C. copy D. answer
9. A. Japanese B. engineer C. practical D. questionnaire
10. A. document B. develop C. opponent D. astonish
III. Supply the correct form of the words given in the brackets.
Political science, the rational (1) ........................ (analyze) of systems of
government, their (2) ............................. (organize), functions, and policies, first originated in the
Western world with Niccolo Machiavelli, a citizen of the Italian city state of Florence in the late
15" century.
At the time the only school of political thought was that of the Church, which was
highly (3) ............................. (ideal) and more concerned with (4) ...................... (theology)
musings and preserving the tenets of the faith than in the practical (5) .................. (operate) of
government. Machiavelli rejected this approach (6) .................... (argue) that (7) .....................
(stable) and order were more important than moral considerations. It was therefore (8)
........................... (justify) for a ruler to use any means necessary to gain and maintain the power
necessary to establish order. According to Machiavelli, rulers should not be constrained by
traditional notions of (9) ...................... (moral) and virtue. This gave rise to the famous quote
"The ends justify the means". It is (10) ........................... (doubt) that Machiavelli ever actually
uttered these words, but they sum up his views accurately.
IV. Give the correct form of the words given.
A Musical Genius
For many people Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is the most influential figure in the
history of western classical music. His (1. ORDINARY) ____________ talent was already
clearly evident as a young man, (2. MERCY) ___________ surviving a somewhat
unconventional (3. BRING) ____________ during which his eccentric father would often force
him to take music lessons in the middle of the night. The young Beethoven's ability won him
the admiration of the leading contemporary musical figures. Throughout the 1790s he worked
hard to secure the interest of wealthy patrons. Such patronage (4. ABLE) _____________ him to
concentrate on becoming a successful composer. Whatever his awe inspiring musical (5.
ACHIEVE)_____________, however, his personal life was something of a disaster. His day-to-
day (6. RELATE) ____________ with people invariably turned out to be rather turbulent.
Although he apparently fell in love with a number of society women, the identity of the girl
who lay closest to his heart remains (7. ELUDE)__________ to this day. However, just at the
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point when Beethoven was beginning to reap the rewards of his early endeavors, he had to
come to terms with the crushing (8. REALISE) ____________that his increasing deafness was
(9. CURE) ______________ . From that point on, his music displayed a (10. STRIKE)
___________change in style, becoming both heavier in tone and larger in scale.
V. Supply the correct form of the words given in the brackets.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius , they will cause
a disaster. According to several leading educational (1) ....................... (psychology), this is one
of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. (2) ........................ (General), the child
will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic (3) ......................
(parent) expectations can cause great damage to children. However, if parents are not too
unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a (4) ..................
(sense) way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very (5)
.................. (support) of their child.
VI. Supply the correct form of the words given in the brackets.
Ocean water plays an (1) .......................... (dispense) role in supporting life. The great
ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amount, about 80,000
m3 of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by (2) ..................... (evaporate) and
returned by (3) ......................... (precipitate) and (4) ................... (drain) to the ocean. More than
24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the continents. This vast amount is required
to replenish the lakes and streams, springs and water tables on which all flora and fauna are
(5) ..................... (depend). Thus, the hydrosphere permits organic (6) ..................... (exist). The
hydrosphere has strange (7) ............................... (character) because water has properties (8)
...................... (like) those of any other liquid. One anomaly is that water upon freezing expands
by about 9 percent, whereas most liquids contract on cooling. For this reason, ice floats on
water bodies instead of sinking to the bottom. If the ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be
frozen (9) ................... (solid), except for a thin (10) ................... (lay) of surface melt water
during the summer season.
VII. Circle the best answer A, B, C and D.
1. Congress chartered the first Bank of the United States in 1791 to engage in general
commercial banking and __________ as a fiscal agent of the federal government.
A. to act B. acting C. that has acted D. having acted
2. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of _____________ reality.
A. what is conceived B. what it is conceived
C. what is conceived to be D. what is being conceived
3. Tenant farmers are those they either rent a farm and work it for themselves or work the farm
for
A B C
the owner and receive payment.
D
4. Slightly over half of the population of El Paso, Texas, says both English and spanish.
A B C D
5. Hickories are medium to large trees common in eastern and the central areas of North
A B C D
America.
6. Approximately one-third of all persons involved in adult education programs in 1970 were
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 A B C
enrolled in occupational education course.
D
7. American manufacturers depend on ocean shipping for most of trade with other countries.
A B C D

8. He was stopped each dozen yards by friends who wanted to congratulate him.
A B C D
9. As we have finished the first lesson, now we will read the second one.
A B C D
10. The doctor's records must be kept thorough and neatly, so as to insure good book-keeping.
A B C D
VIII. Circle the best option to complete the following sentences.
1. Nobody in this class will be ................ treatment, if you are good, you have to prove it.
A. prejudice B. preferable C. preferential D. selective
2. The opera house is a great source of ................. pride.
A. civil B. civilized C. civic D. civilian
3. When he died, he left his family well provided ....................
A. with B. by C. for D. on
4. it’s not fair the way my sister is always ................ for special treatment.
A. singled out B. picked off C. taken on D. laid aside
5. Let’s find a place where we can ................. the storm.
A. wait out B. wear off C. shrug off D. pull through
6. You don’t ................... all this nonsense, do you?
A. cordon off B. buy into C. edge out D. hit on
7. Before they go to university, most senior high school graduates have ................ idea of what
college life is like.
A. no less B. no least C. not less D. not the least
8. I don’t like intellectual novels, serious music or films; my taste are quite .................
A. flat-topped B. shamefaced C. slow-witted D. low-bow
9. You are at ................. to do what you like.
A. freedom B. odds C. disposal D. liberty
10. The aim of the popular uprising was to .......... the government.
A. knock down B. bring down C. take down D. back down
IV. Use the words provided in the parentheses to rewrite the following sentences without
changing their meanings.
1. I don’t mind whether we go or not. (mind)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
2. You’re lying. (truth)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
3. My honest opinion is that you’re wasting your time. (frank)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
4. He’s never afraid to say what he thinks. (mind)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
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5. The witness can be relied on completely. (reliable)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
6. They cheated me. (ripped)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
7. You didn’t believed his story, did you? (taken)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….........................
8. She’ll be furious when she finds out what’s happened. (go)
 ………………………………………………………………………………........................
9. She is angry and bad-tempered today. (mood)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….........................
10. His arrogance irritates me. (nose)
 ………………………………………………………………………………..........................
11. I wish you hadn’t breathed a word about his private life to anyone.
 I would like .............................................................................................................................
12. Jack doesn’t know all the answers, though he pretends to.
 Jack acts ...................................................................................................................................
13. The realization of what she had sacrificed for him led him to believe she was all the world
to him.
 Not ............................................................................................................................................
14. We rely too much on the Internet. Therefore, our lives are in danger of becoming more
impersonal.
 Were .........................................................................................................................................
15. Their work on developing an H1N1 vaccine is already under way to cope with the new
strain.
 They .........................................................................................................................................
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 PRACTICE TEST 8
I. Circle the best option.
1. Judging by her letter, she looks………….the best person for the job.
A. Being B. to be C. / D. be
2. We must get everything ready for sowing before the rainy season sets…….
A. To B. about C. on D. in
3. Battles are reported ……………place frequently between the opposite armies.
A. Taking B. having taken C. to be taking D. taken
4. I have started getting up early to study but I don’t know if I can keep this ………….
A. Out B. on C. back D. up
5. …………..is more important to a teacher than to love teaching.
A. No quality B. Any quality C. No other quality D. Some quality
6. Mrs. Miller forgot to tell us…………….
A. What time we start off B. what time would we start off
B. What time to start off D. what time do we start off
7. A reception will be held so that the two families can get………….to congratulate the newly
wedded couple.
A. Along B. in C. around D. together
8. ………….rapid spread of railways, long-distance travelling became more common.
A. Having a B. It was C. With the D. There was
9. The car engine started making strange noises, but luckily the car managed to
hold……….until I got home.
A. On B. off C. out D. to
10. He’s been working too hard and he’s ……………. The doctor says he needs a rest.
A. Broken apart B. broken up C. run over D. run down
11. The travelers, ………………to the top of the hill, can see the Pacific Ocean.
A. Climb B. have climbed C. climbed D. climbed
12. The small mountain village was …………..by the snow for more than one month.
A. Cut back B. cut out C. cut off D. cut away
13. Some people have unusual characteristics that make them………….persons.
A. Very interested B. very interesting C. so interested D. such interesting
14. He used to go to his study and work there till two or three next morning,
breaking………only for meals.
A. Away B. out C. through D. off
15. If I were you, I wouldn’t believe those stories Bill loves making…………….
A. Out B. up C. of D. from
16. Before trains were invented people …………….on horseback or in state coaches.
A. Used to travelling B. used to travel C. was used to travel D. was used to traveling
17. Tom was sent to the teacher’s office to ………………some chalk.
A. Take B. fetch C. bring D. get back
18. I didn’t know…………… with him that day.
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A. What was the matter B. what the matter was a C. what wrong was D. what was the
wrong
19. I hope you can make…..your stand to every one of us.
A. It clear B. clear C. clearly D. it be clearly
20. It was very kind of you to …………everything ready for me.
A. Get into trouble to get B. have trouble in getting
B. Take the trouble to get D. have troubled about
21. In the past few years the……………..of living…………………considerably.
A. Price/has been raised B. cost/has raisen C. expense/was raised D. money/was
rising
22. They looked after the patient…………….
A. By turns B. in turns C. take turns D. for turns
23. This………………, we went out to play in the sports ground.
A. Was done B. did C. was being done D. done
24. They…………………to set up a school for orphans.
A. Tried out B. set out C. worked out D. held out
25. This is……………..as that told yesterday by my grandpa.
A. As a frightening story B. as frightening a story C. story as frightening D. a frightening
story
26. …………….came that our team had won the championship.
A. Word B. Words C. The words D. A word
27. Diligence………..success and failure often………………laziness.
A. Results in/leads to B. leads to/results from C. results from/results in D. lies in/leads to
28. …………………….I open the window to let in some fresh air?
A. Ought B. Will C. Shall D. Must
29. I was advised……………….for reservations.
A. To either telephone or to write the hotel B. either to telephone or to write the hotel
C. that I should telephone or either write the hotel D. I ought to either to telephone or write the
hotel
30. – Bob wants to sell you his old piano. – I know. He’s already suggested…………..
A. Me that B. that me C. to me that D. that to me
31. Many a time………….me good advice on my work and study.
A. he gives B. he has given C. has he given D. does he
give
32. Supposing I ………….to agree to your request, how do you think the other students would
feel?
A. Would B. were C. am D. could
33. Almost everyone fails…………..his driver’s test on the first try.
A. In passing B. to pass C. to have passed D. passing
34. We hadn’t quite reached the gate……………Jane’s fell.
A. When B. that C. than D. and
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35. If you don’t like to play tennis, you………….stay at home.
A. May be well B. may well C. may just as well D. may very
well
36. I hope you’ll excuse me, I really think I must be going.
A. And B. for C. but D. as
37. Daniel does not know………….the lawn mower after they had finished using it.
A. Where did they put C. where they did put B. where they put D. where to
put
38. The Spring Festival is always a happy time for ………………
A. Our Chinese B. we Chinese C. us Chinese D. the all Chinese
39. It is no good…………today’s work for tomorrow.
A. Leaving B. leave C. to leave D. that you leave
40. Sara, I don’t want to bring this up, ……….do you think you could let me have the
typewriter you borrowed?
A. And B. that C./ D. but
41. You……………….waiting for us. Why haven’t you?
A. Must be B. must have been C. should be D. should have been
42. ……………….entering the classroom, he found his students all talking and laughing
loudly.
A. To B. For C. As D. On
43. It is desired that we …………….everything ready by tonight.
A. Will get B. should get C. would get D. will have get
44. He wasn’t in his own car at that time, he was driving …………..car.
A. Someone’s else B. someone else C. someone else’s D. someone’s else’s
45. Having been selected to represent the organization,………………….
A. The member applauded him B. he gave a short acceptance speech
B. C. as speech had to be given by him D. the members congratulated him
46. The information ………………on the mystery of his sudden death.
A. Gives light B. throws light C. makes lights D. takes lights
47. Three hours ought to be enough time,……………………….?
A. Oughtn’t three hours B. didn’t they C. shouldn’t they D. shouldn’t three
hours
48. I think he almost never received any education,……………?
A. Do I B. did he C. didn’t he D. don’t I
49. Air and water pollution is a threat …………….our health and environment.
A. To B. at C. for D. towards
50. If I ……………out of ink, I would have finished writing the paper.
A. Hadn’t run B. shouldn’t run C. haven’t run D. didn’t run

II. Rewrite the following sentences.

1. Your silly questions distracted me.
→You drove ..........................................................................................................
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2. I like her a lot. (AFFECTION)
→I .........................................................................................................................
3. For gymnastics and skiing, regular practice is needed.
→Sports ...............................................................................................................
4. I find it surprising that she didn’t like her present.
→I would .............................................................................................................
5. A new flu vaccine has been on trial since the beginning of the year.
→They have ..........................................................................................................
6. I’m afraid that I think he shouldn’t marry her.
→I can’t ................................................................................................................
7. They sent him to prison for three years. (SENTENCED)
→He was ...............................................................................................................
8. I’m sorry I missed Professor Baker’s lecture.
→I’m sorry not ......................................................................................................
9. “That’s a lovely new dress, Jean”, said her mother.
→Jean’s mother complimented .............................................................................
10. Tim looks nothing like his father. (TAKE)
→Tim . .....................................................................................................................
11. He watched videos all day. (ENTIRE)
→He ........................................................................................................................
12. I never thought of going by train. (OCCURRED)
→It ...........................................................................................................................
13. The cause of the explosion is still unknown. (CAUSED)
→What .....................................................................................................................
14. The train is 5 minutes late in leaving. (DUE)
→The train ...............................................................................................................
15. The children are in disgrace for being so badly behaved.
→The children are under .....................................................................................
16. Mary knew what the answer was after reading the book.
→By the time ........................................................................................................
17. The President’s bodyguards stood behind him, watching.
→Watchfully standing ...........................................................................................
18. I find his clothes the most irritating about him.
→What ..................................................................................................................
19. The young man was very embarrassed because his proposal was turned down. (REJECTION)
→The .....................................................................................................................
20. It is not worth trying to save endangered species. (WASTE)
→It is .......................................................................................................................
III. Supply the correct form of the words given in the brackets.
While this year’s school holidays are still fresh in the memory, it is
perhaps the best time to begin making (1) ............................ for next year. 1. prepare
Ask yourself how it went this year. Perhaps you only went as far as the 2. near
(2) ............................... video shop to rent a film. If this sounds like you,
now is the time to consider your (3) ........................... for next year and 3. opt
there is a huge choice of organizations (4) ............................. for teenager’s 4. cater
tastes. Firstly, think about (5) .......................... Do you want to travel 5. locate
abroad? If so, it is usually cheaper to go on a (6) ......................... holiday. 6. pack
Then again, you might be the (7) .......................... type who likes nothing 7. door
more than a wide range new and exciting (8) ...................... to try out. An 8. active
adventure holiday could be just the challenge you need. Above all, make
sure you don’t turn next year’s holiday into a struggle for (9) ....................... 9. survive
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IV. Read the following passage and choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the
sentences or answer the questions.
Line A rather surprising geographical feature of Antarctica is that a huge freshwater lake,
one of the world's largest and deepest, lies hidden there under four kilometers of ice.
Now known as Lake Vostok, this huge body of water is located under the ice block
that comprises Antarctica. The lake is able to exist in its unfrozen state beneath this
(5) block of ice because its waters are warmed by geothermal heat from the earth's core.
The thick glacier above Lake Vostok actually insulates it from the frigid temperatures
on the surface.
The lake was first discovered in the 1970s while a research team was conducting an
aerial survey of the area. Radio waves from the survey equipment penetrated the ice
(10) and revealed a body of water of indeterminate size. It was not until much more
recently that data collected by satellite made scientists aware of the tremendous size of
the lake; the satellite-borne radar detected an extremely flat region where the ice
remains level because it is floating on the water of the lake.
The discovery of such a huge freshwater lake trapped under Antarctica is of interest to
(15) the scientific community because of the potential that the lake contains ancient
microbes that have survived for thousands upon thousands of years, unaffected by
factors such as nuclear fallout and elevated ultraviolet light that have affected
organisms in more exposed areas. The downside of the discovery, however, lies in the
difficulty of conducting research on the lake in such a harsh climate and in the
(20) problems associated with obtaining uncontaminated samples from the lake without
actually exposing the lake to contamination. Scientists are looking for possible ways to
accomplish this.

1. The word "hidden" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to______

A. undrinkable B. untouched C. unexploitable D. undiscovered
2. What is true of Lake Vostok?
A. It is completely frozen. B. It is a saltwater lake.
C. It is beneath a thick slab of ice. D. It is heated by the sun.
3. Which of the following is closest in meaning to "frigid" in paragraph 1?
A. Extremely cold B. Easily broken C. Quite harsh D.
Lukewarm
4. All of the following are true about the 1970 survey of Antarctica EXCEPT that it ______
A. was conducted by air B. made use of radio waves
C. could not determine the lake's exact size D. was controlled by a satellite
5. It can be inferred from the passage that the ice would not be flat if _______.
A. there were no lake underneath B. the lake were not so big
C. Antarctica were not so cold D. radio waves were not used
6. The word "microbes" in paragraph 3 could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. Pieces of dust B. Tiny bubbles C. Tiny organisms D. Rays of
light
7. Lake Vostok is potentially important to scientists because it ______
A. can be studied using radio waves
B. may contain uncontaminated microbes
C. may have elevated levels of ultraviolet light
D. has already been contaminated
8. The word "downside" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______
A. bottom level B. negative aspect C. underside D. buried section
9. The last paragraph suggests that scientists should be aware of ______

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 A. further discoveries on the surface of Antarctica
B. problems with satellite-borne radar equipment
C. ways to study Lake Vostok without contaminating it
D. the harsh climate of Antarctica
10. The purpose of the passage is to______
A. explain how Lake Vostok was discovered
B. provide satellite data concerning Antarctica
C. discuss future plans for Lake Vostok
D. present an unexpected aspect of Antarctica's geography
V. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits the blank space in the following
passage.
Vietnamese generally shake hands when greeting and parting. Using both hands shows
respect as does a (1) ………… bow of the head. In rural areas, elderly people who do not extend
their hand are greeted with a bow. Women are more (2) ………… to bow the head than to shake
hands. Vietnamese names begin with the family name and are (3) ………….. by a given name.
For example, in the name Nguyen Van Due, Nguyen is the family name. People address (4)
…………. By their given names, but add a title that indicates their perceived (5) ………….. to
the other person. These titles are family related rather than professional . Among colleagues, for
example, the (6) ……………. Of the two might combine the given name with the titles of Anh
(“Older Brother”). A.(n) (7) ………….. greeting combined with the given name and title is Xin
chao (“Hello.”). Classifiers for gender and familiarity are also combined with the greeting. In
formal meetings business cards are sometimes (8) …………… on greeting.
Vietnamese people have a strong (9) ………... of hospitality and feel embarrassed if they
cannot show their guest full respect by preparing for their arrival. Therefore, it is
(10) ………… to visit someone without having been invited. Gifts are not required, but are
appreciated. Flowers, incense, or tea may be proper gifts for the hosts. Hosts also appreciate a
small gift for their children or elderly parents.
1. A. light B. slight C. lightly D. lighted
2. A. possible B. capable C. probable D. likely
3. A. continued B. chased C. followed D. taken
4. A. each one B. one other C. the other one D. one
another
5. A. relation B. relationship C. relations D. relatives
6. A. younger B. most young C. youngest D. young
7. A. easy B. basic C. fundamentally D.
elementary
8. A. changed B. transferred C. reversed D. exchanged
9. A. sense B. sensation C. sensitivity D. sensible
10. A. inactive B. inaccurate C. inappropriate D. inexact
VI. Fill each numbered blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage.
Past, present and future transport
A hundred years ago, most people travelled on foot, by train, or on horseback. Railways had
made it possible to travel rapidly over long distances. Bicycles were also becoming (1)
…………, after the invention of the air – filled tyre, which made cycling a lot more
comfortable. Buses, trams and (2) ………… railways had already been invented, and cities all
over the world already had traffic (3) ………… . There were very few private cars, and city (4)
………… were still full of horses.
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(6) …………… we have got used to the problem of private cars, and some cities are so noisy
and (7) ………… that in many places (8) ……… have been banned from the city center. How
will we be travelling in a hundred years’ time? Perhaps (9) ……………. Then there will be only
personal helicopters. There may be no need to commute to work or school in the future, since
everyone will have a computer at home. There might even be more people walking and horse –
riding, for pleasure and (10) ……………
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 PRACTICE TEST 9
I. Circle the word that has a different stress pattern.
1. A. admire B. honour C. title D. difficult
2. A. describe B. struggle C. political D. society
3. A. independence B. politician C. immortality D. different
4. A. comfort B. nation C. apply D. moment
5. A. ashamed B. position C. begin D. enemy
6. A. influential B. creative C. introduction D. university
7. A. profit B. suggest C. surrender D. report
8. A. career B. majority C. continue D. education
9. A. vocational B. employer C. minority D. reasonable
10. A. general B. opinion C. abroad D. surprise
II. Circle the best option.
1. The snowy egret is about the size of large crow.
A B C D
2. The grape is the ___________ , juicy fruit of a woody vine.
A. skin B. which is smooth C. smooth skin D. smooth-skinned
3. In the second half of the nineteenth century, textiles from the southwestern United state,
particularly fabrics woven by the Navajo people, _____________________ .
A. began to be used as rugs B. rugs began to be used
C. as rugs began to be used D. began to used them as rugs
4. During adolescence many young people begin to question ------ held by their families.
A. the values B. of the values C. the values are D. are the values
5. During the Middle Ages, handwriting notices kept groups of nobles informed of important
A B C D
events.
6. In her writing, Elimor Wylie often dealt with her own personality as it was, rather than
_________
A. as was defines by others B. its definitions by others
C. other's definition D. as others defined it
7. Congress chartered the first Bank of the United States in 1791 to engage in general
commercial banking and __________ as a fiscal agent of the federal government.
A. to act B. acting C. that has acted D. having acted
8. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of _____________ reality.
A. what is conceived B. what it is conceived
C. what is conceived to be D. what is being conceived
9. Tenant farmers are those they either rent a farm and work it for themselves or work the farm
for
A B C
the owner and receive payment.
D
10. Slightly over half of the population of El Paso, Texas, says both English and spanish.
A B C D
11. Hickories are medium to large trees common in eastern and the central areas of North
A B C D
America.

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12. Approximately one-third of all persons involved in adult education programs in 1970 were
A B C
enrolled in occupational education course.
D
13. Natural adhesives are primarily of animals or vegetable origin.
A B C D
14. As a glacier melts, rocks, boulders, trees, and tons of dirt deposit.
A B C D
15. The Suwannee River has been never important for transport and no significant
hydropower
A B C D
potential.
16. American manufacturers depend on ocean shipping for most of trade with other countries.
A B C D
17. The root of the chicory plant is often ground up and added to coffee to elimination its
bitterness.
A B C D
18. Some nematodes are very tiny that it Is necessary to view them through a microscope.
A B C D
19. It is estimated that a scientific principle has a life expectancy of approximately a decade
before it
A B C
drastically revised or replaced by newer information.
D
20. The more arid the continent, the less the amount of annual precipitation _______________ .
A. runs off that B. runs it off C. that runs it off D. that runs off
21. He really deserved the award because he performed _______________ was expected of him.
A. much better from B. more better than C. much better as D. much better than
22. He was stopped each dozen yards by friends who wanted to congratulate him.
A B C D
23. As we have finished the first lesson, now we will read the second one.
A B C D
24. To take pride in what deserves boasting is one thing, and to take good care of it is quite
_______.
A. others B. thing C. another D. the other
25. The doctor's records must be kept thorough and neatly, so as to insure good book-keeping.
A B C D
26. Why is a man in civil life perpetually slandering and backbiting his fellow men, and is
unable
A B C
to see good even in his friends?
D
27. "Do you think that the labor bill will be passed?"
"Oh, yes. It's _________ that it will."
A. almost surely B. very likely C. near positive D. quite certainly
28. Like a synonym of speech, which is the general term, address implies some degree of
formality.
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 A B C D
29. Rabbits and hares look much like and are often mistaken for each other.
A B C D
30. As every other nation, the United States used to define its unit of currency, the dollars, in
terms
A B C D
of the gold standard.

31. The prime minister's conviction for improper campaign practices is likely to result in
A B C
increasing pressure that she resigns.
D
32. When the boulders are made of rock that is different from the bedrock which they or the
soil of
A B C
the field rests, they are called erratics.
D
33. It would be difficult for a man of his political affiliation, _______, to become a senator from
the south.
A. though charming and capable is he B. even with charm and so capable
C. charming and having capability D. however charming and capable
34. Penicillin is perhaps the drug ________ more lives than any other in the history of
medicine.
A. what has saved B. which saved C. which has saved D. who saves
35. After his trips to the west between 1860 and 1872, Ralph Alber Bakelock would often
painted
A B C
American Indian encampments on brown-and-yellow-toned canvases.
D
36. The city of Boston was settled in 1630 on a hilly, wooded peninsula where the charles River
A B C
flows into a natural harbors.
D
37. Artist Helen Frankenthaler returned home from college on 1949 to her native New York,
the
A B
city producing the most art revolutionary of the day.
C D
38. Contralto Marian Anderson became a member permanent of the Metropolitan Opera
A B C
Company in 1995.
D
39. The fact that half of the known species is thought to inhabit the world's rain forests does
not
A B
seem surprising, considering the huge numbers of insects that comprise the bulk of the
species.
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40. A politician can make a legislative proposal more _______ by giving specific examples of
what its effect will be.
A. to understand B. understandably C. understandable D. when
understood
III. Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the paragraph.
Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost (1) ......................... (know) the
scholars of the classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term
“reading” (2) ................................. (doubt) meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth
century did silent reading become commonplace. One should be (3) ........................... (ware),
however, of assuming that silent reading came about (4) .......................... (simple) because
reading aloud was a (5) ............................... (distract) to others. Examinations of factors related
to the (6) ............................. (history) development of silent reading have revealed that it became
the usual mode of reading for most adults (7) ...................... (main) because the tasks themselves
changed in character. The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the
number of readers. As the number of readers increased, the number of potential listeners
declined and thus there was some (8) .......................... (reduce) in the need to read aloud. As
reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the (9) .......................... (flourish)
of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices,
where reading aloud would cause (10) ......................... (annoy) to other readers.
IV. Rewrite the following sentences.
1: He tried hard so that he would win the first prize.
→ With the hope ................................................................................................................................
2: He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport.
→ He regretted ..................................................................................................................................
3: These young men became doctors after six years training.
→ After .............................................................................................................................................
4: We were very impressed by the new camera but found it rather expensive.
→ Impressed .....................................................................................................................................
5: It is impossible to cross the road because of the traffic.
→ The traffic ....................................................................................................................................
6: If you drive your car too fast, you may make more accidents.
→ The faster ......................................................................................................................................
7: People say that the driver was listening to his walkman at the time of the crash.
→ The driver ....................................................................................................................................
8: Those athletes didn’t compete with all their best ,so they couldn’t get the gold medals.
→ If those athletes ...........................................................................................................................
9: The employees evacuated from their offices immediately as soon as the government
announced a seroius earthquake
→ No sooner .......................................................................................................................................
10. My friend began to work for IBM when he graduated from university.
→ My friend has ..................................................................................................................................
V. Rewrite the following sentences.
1. I only realized how dangerous the situation had been when I got home.
Only ………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Andrew is the most generous person I have ever met.

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3. John could not find the right house.
John was ………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. It’s not a habit of mine to sleep in the afternoon.
I am……....……………………………………………………………………………………….
5. He had hardly left the office when the telephone rang.
No sooner ………………………………………………………………………………………...
6. Tony demanded to complain to the hotel manager personally. INSISTED
..........................................................................................................................................
7. His shop has now stopped trading after making heavy losses. BUSINESS
..........................................................................................................................................
8. Peter knew that he had no chance to get a driving licence as it was too hard for him. WIND
..........................................................................................................................................
9. We were not very surprised to hear that he had been stealing money from the company.
CAME
..........................................................................................................................................
10. She felt uncomfortable in the huge hotel. FISH
..........................................................................................................................................
VI. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.
Tourists to San Francisco are rarely disappointed (1) _____ the famous range of cultural and
artistic attractions the city has to (2) _____. But San Francisco is more famous for being on the
San Andreas fault., a notorious source of earthquake. Over 700 people died in San Francisco (3)
_____ the great earthquake of 1906. It is hard to imagine (4) _____ anyone would want to live
in such a dangerous area, but millions of people choose to do so. They are all familiar with the
fault line, and are aware (5) _____ the potential danger if there is another powerful quake. Yet
nothing, it seems, will prevent people from building in San Francisco. A quick glance at the
photo of the city shows a large (6) _____ of modern skyscrapers, many of them completely
covered (7) _____ glass . Seismologist are constantly warning residents of the (8) _____ of the
‘the next big quake’. They expect it to happen sooner rather than (9) _____. Except for making
doubly sure that their buildings are built (10) _____ the highest safety standards, they carry on
with their daily lives as if nothing could ever disrupt them.
VII. Read the text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fit each blank.
The development of writing (1)_____ a huge difference to the world and we might see it as
the beginning of the (2)_____ . Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably the numbers
have been (3)_____ in China that dates from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of
‘picture writing’ in the area around Masopotamia, where the (4) _____ Sumerian civilization
was based. However, the first precise alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC.
The alphabet had 22 letters and it is (5)_____ that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs
were called ‘aleph’ and ‘beth’, which in Greek became ‘alpha’ and ‘beta’, which give us the
(6)_____ word ‘alphabet’. The modern European alphabet is based on Greek and (7) _____ to
other European countries under the Romans. The Romans added the letter G, and the letters J
and V were (8) _____ to people in Shakespeare’s time. If we look into the history of
punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. The Romans used to write quaesto at the end of
a sentence in (9)_____ to show that it was a question. They started to write Qo in (10)_____ of
the whole word, and then put the Q above the o. In the end, that became the question mark ‘?’.
1. A did B had C made D took
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2. A media B bulletin C programme D journalism
3. A invented B displayed C discovered D appeared
4. A antique B old-fashioned C ancient D dated
5. A observed B measured C counted D estimated
6. A new B trendy C modern D recent
7. A spread B appeared C was D occurred
8. A infamous B unpopular C unknown D hidden
9. A turn B fact C order D intention
10. A position B space C spot D place
VIII. Read the following passage and choose the best answer.
You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by
their actions. This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how
to respond to them. Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to
convey our intentions to others. But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the
same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions
has centered on such questions.
According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand
substantially the same “facial language”. Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that
humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological
heritage of the human species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate
sadness on the faces of people in such far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary,
Poland , Sumatra ,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea , and the Eskimo
villages north of Arctic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can
recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and
surprise. There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity
of emotional displays – the so called display rules. In many Asian cultures, for example,
children are taught to control emotional responses – especially negative ones- while many
American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. Regardless of culture,
however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree, in people’s behaviour. From their
first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings.
The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too. Very young children pay close
attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading
emotions on people’s faces. This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our
abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions. Moreover, as Charles Darwin
pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species
boundaries. Cross - cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different
meanings in different cultures. For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed
by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can
signify surprise. Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese
face it may just as easily mean embarrassment. Clearly, culture influences emotional
expressions.
1. According to the passage, we respond to others by ______________.

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C. watching their actions D. looking at their faces
2. Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether _____________.
A. different cultures have similar emotional expressions.
B. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar.
C. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth.
D. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar
3. The word “evolved” in line 2 is closest in meaning to ______________.
A. reduced B. increased C. simplified D. developed
4. Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of ________________.
A. lacked many main ingredients
B. researchers on universal language
C. researchers who can speak and understand many languages
D. investigators on universal emotional expressions
5. Smiles and frowns ________________.
A. are universal expressions across B. do not convey the same emotions in various
cultures cultures
C. are not popular everywhere D. have different meanings in different cultures
6. The biggest difference lies in ________________.
A. how long negative emotions are displayed B. how intensive emotions are expressed
C. how emotional responses are controlled D. how often positive emotions are shown
7. Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to ________________.
A. control their emotions B. conceal their positive emotions
C. display their emotions openly D. change their behaviour
8. Young children ________________ .
A. spend a long time learning to read others’ B. are sensitive towards others’ emotions
emotions
C. make amazing progress in controlling their D. take time to control their facial
emotions expressions
9. The phrase “This evidence” in line 17 refers to ________________.
A. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions

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C. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions
D. the fact that children can control their feelings
10. The best title for the passage is ________________.
A. Cultural universals in emotional B. Ways to control emotional expressions
expressions
C. A review of research on emotional D. Human habit of displaying emotions
expressions

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 PRACTICE TEST 10
I. From the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three
in each question.
1. A. heritage B. footage C. plumage D. rampage
2. A. fauna B. sauna C. aura D. daunt
3. A. subtle B. timber C. plumber D. doubtful
4. A. chronicle B. orchid C. orchard D. orchestral
5. A. rose B. house C. mouse D. practise
II. Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in
each question.
1. A. cohort B. exhort C. deport D. distort
2. A. contagion B. infectious C. ethereal D. coalesce
3. A. painstakingly B. fascinatingly C. interestingly D. temporarily
4. A. refugee B. referee C. attendee D. committee
5. A. vulnerable B. incredible C. abominable D. responsible
III. From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D), choose the one that best completes the
sentence.
1. The boys in the reading-room ............... to make a noise.
A. dare not B. had better not C. must not D. ought not
2. Leaves are to a plant .............. the lungs are to an animal.
A. how B. whether C. what D. that
3. - ................ will your sister’s birthday be? – It’s in two weeks’ time.
A. How long B. How late C. how far D. How soon
4. I can’t spell ............. of the new words, I can only spell ............. of them.
A. none ...... some B. all .... a few C. any ..... few D. most .... few
5. The audience waited until the curtain had risen and then burst ............... applause.
A. out B. up C. to D. into
6. I have no doubt .............. he will overcome all his difficulties.
A. whether B. if C. that D. what
7. Do you consider it is important that we .................. all these things out.
A. must move B. move C. moved D. will move
8. Being engaged in an urgent task, he seldom goes anywhere ....... his office.
A. except B. except for C. except to D. besides
9. It was a great effort for him to be pleasant ............ people he didn’t like.
A. with B. at C. to D. for
10. The readers were only allowed to borrow three books .............. when they go to the library.
A. a time B. one time C. at a time D. at one time
11. Alexander Graham Bell invented .......... telephone in 1876.
A. a B. one C. x D. the
12. It was almost 5 o’clock ............. they arrived at last.
A. when B. before C. if D. until
13. After breakfast, father ............ to paint the house white.
A. set in B. set on C. set down D. set out
14. When the war was over, the castle where he had been born ...... in ruins.
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A. laid B. had lain C. lay D. had laid
15. In no other way ............... the matter to those who suspect our intention.
A. we shall explain B. explain we C. can we explain D. for us to explain
16. The result were to ............. yesterday, but we have heard nothing.
A. announce B. be announcing C. be announced D. have been announced
17. I can’t help .............. the ticket for the show because I will be busy .............. at my lessons.
A. give up .... to work B. giving up ... to work
C. giving up ... working D. to give up .... working
18. Tim will never forget the day ........... he won a ten-mile race.
A. which B. on that C. that D. when
19. The point he wants to make is that it’s an objective law independent ..... man’s will.
A. on B. of C. from D. to
20. I am ................. afraid that the proposed marriage will not bring the girl much happiness.
A. some B. somehow C. somewhat D. anyhow
IV. Identify and correct 10 mistakes in the following passage.
Telecommunicating is a mean of computer communication between employees’ homes and
offices. For employees whose jobs involve sitting in a terminal or word processor entering data
or typing reports, the location of the computer is of none consequence. If the machine can
communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office
computer from a distance site and transmit the material to their employers. A recent survey in
USA Today estimate that there are approximately 8.7 millions telecommuters. But although the
numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant as predicted when
Business Week published "The Portable Executive" as their cover story a few years ago. Why
hasn't telecommuting become more popular?
Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistant on the part
of many managers. These executives claim that supervise the telecommuters in a large work
force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing it are
not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager's responsibilities.
V. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition or adverb particle.
1. We all tried to convince our teacher to change his mind about the school trip and he finally
came _____.
2. It suddenly dawned ____ me that I had leaf my homework at home.
3. It seems to be your boss who is _____ fault in this case.
4. The elaborate bridal costume of the coastal Indian are handed _____.
5. Such relaxed days were few and far _____ in her hectic life.
VI. Supply the correct word forms.
1. They knew that a vaccine for virus is _________________ possible. (Theory)
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3. I have never met such a strong man. His energy seems _________________. (Exhaust)
4. The ______________ of the Ministry of Education announced the date of the exam. (Speak)
5. The advantage of living in the country is that the air is ________________. (Pollute)
6. The scenery along the coast is __________________. (Breathe)
7. It is very difficult to find Mr. Burton’s shop, for it was _______________ from all others in
the street. (Distinguish)
8. The report is treated as strictly ___________________. (Confidence)
9. The judge is expected to sentence Mr. Turner to a period of _____________ later this week.
(Prison)
10. I stood there in ____________ when I heard I had been selected to go on the quiz show.
(Believe)
VII. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer by circling A, B, C or D.
READING WITH THE FINGERS
Blindness is one of the most difficult of human (1) …..... The fact that our eyes are so
important (2)……. our learning is one of the key problems. One thing making education (3)
…….. and life more pleasant for the blind is the development of a system (4) …… which they
are able to learn to read.

Since the blind cannot use their eyes, they are taught to use the (5)…….. of touch in their
fingers. Reading raised printed matters of the common type is very, very difficult. A special
system now used was invented by a Frenchman, Louis Braille. This reading device is called
Braille, (6) ……….. Louis Braille, who made it usable for the blind. In the Braille plan, the
letters are (7) ……….by raised dots. The Braille alphabet uses from one to five dots. These dots
are arranged upon a six-dot plan. Different patterns are used for (8) ……….. letters.
Many thousands of books are now printed in Braille and sent to most countries in the world.
A blind person who has (9) ……….. this system passes the ends of his fingers along the line of
Braille print. At first his reading may be painfully slow, but it becomes faster with (10) ……. .

1. A. drawbacks B. sufferings C. handicaps D. shortcomings

2. A. for B. on C. with D. to
3. A. possible B. probable C. enabled D. easy
4. A. with B. for C. by D. upon
5. A. feeling B. sensitivity C. sensation D. sense
6. A. for B. by C. after D. on
7. A. symbolized B. represented C. taken over D. made
8. A. every B. all C. another D. each
9. A. acquired B. studied C. learned D. mastered
10. A. practice B. training C. direction D. use
VIII. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
Long ago prehistoric man began to domesticate a number of wild plants and animals for
his own use. After centuries of being nomadic, of moving from place to place in pursuit of game
or of fresh supplies of plant food, humans were finally able to stay in one place and
systematically exploit the seasonal resources of one locality. This not only provided more
abundant food but also allowed more people to live on a smaller plot of ground. As a result,
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pets, livestock, and food plants were taken from the wild and developed into the forms we know
today.

As centuries passed and human cultures evolved and blossomed, humans began to
organize their knowledge of nature into the broad field of natural history. One aspect of early
natural history concerned the use of plants for drugs and medicine. The early herbalists
sometimes overworked their imaginations in this respect. For instance, it was widely believed
that a plant or part of a plant that resembled an internal organ would cure ailments of that
organ. Thus, an extract made from a heart-shaped leaf might be prescribed for a person
suffering from heart problems. All early societies included individuals who learned to use
plants for medicinal purposes. Salves, potions, and brews made from leaves, roots, and the
fruits of plants were devised to cure illnesses, to heal wounds, to ward off depression, and
even as birth-control measures for women. Often the early herbalists of a society guarded the
knowledge of medicinal uses of plants for their select group. They became very powerful
members of the early societies and were sometimes credited with magical or religious powers.
Nevertheless, the overall contributions of these early observers provided the rudiments
of our present knowledge of drugs and their uses.

1. What does this passage mainly discuss?

A. One aspect of early natural history B. The beginning of agriculture
C. Drugs and their uses D. The imagination of prehistoric man
2. According to the passage, domestication of plants and animals probably occurred because of ………..
A. need for more readily available food B. lack of wild animals and plants
C. early man's power as a hunter D. the desire of prehistoric man to be nomadic
3. The word "This" in paragraph 1 refers to ……...
A. providing food for man
B. man's domestication of plants and animals
C. man's ability to live on a smaller plot of land
D. the earliest condition of prehistoric man
4. The word "blossomed" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. produced flowers B. changed C. learned D. flourished
5. It can be inferred from the passage that an herbalist is which of the following?
A. A dreamer B. An early historian
C. Someone who uses plants in medicine D. A farmer
6. The phrase "in this respect" paragraph 2 refers to ______.
A. the development of human culture B. the development of the field of natural history
C. the use of plants for drugs and medicine D. the origin of knowledge of nature
7. The word "extract" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. design B. substance C. fungus D. ailment
8. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
A. The shape of a plant is indicative of its ability to cure ailments of a similarly shaped organ.
B. Early herbalists were unimaginative.
C. The work of early herbalists has nothing to do with present day medicine.
D. There is little relation between a cure for illness and the physical shape of a plant.
9. What is the purpose of the author in this passage?
A. To persuade B. To inform C. To entertain D. To ridicule
10. The word "rudiments' in the last line of the passage is closest in meaning to…..
A. beginnings B. history C. requirements D. protocol
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1. If his solicitor hadn’t advised him, he would have made a serious mistake.
Had it ________________________________________________________.
2. Philip’s inability to make decisions dates from his car accident.
Ever _________________________________________________________.
3. The best solution was thought of by Sally.
Sally came ______________________________________________________.
4. I didn’t realize he was one of my neighbour until he took his glasses off.
Not until _______________________________________________________.
5. I never thought that I would win a prize in the writing competition.
It never ________________________________________________________.
X. Complete the second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning
with the first sentence.
1. Doctor Trent said that the problems were caused by rubbish in the streets. (PUT)
_________________________________________________________________
2. The builders have spoiled our garden. (MESS)
__________________________________________________________________
3. The witness thought I was the thief, but she realized that she was wrong. (FOR)
__________________________________________________________________
4. The judge told the jury to consider the man’s past life. (ACCOUNT)
__________________________________________________________________
5. Taking our private pension scheme will benefit you. (INTEREST)
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I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same
line.
1. A. several B. suppose C. decisive D. sister
2. A. muddle B. struggle C. bush D. interrupt
3.A. ready B. measure C. steak D. stealth
4. A. wind B. behind C. mind D. find
5. A. chalice B. challenge C. choice D. chemist
II. Pick out the word that has the stress syllable differently from that of the other words.
1. A. application B. certificate C. biology D. security
2. A. university B. punctuality C. agricultural D. mathematician
3. A. identify B. secondary C. luxuriously D. majority
4. A. academic B. engineering C. available D. sympathetic
5. A. obligatory B. geographical C. international D. undergraduate
II. Choose the best answer
1. He .................... when the bus came to a sudden stop.
A. was almost hurt B. was to hurt himself
C. was hurt himself D. was hurting himself
2. Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I ............ your advice.
A. follow B. had followed
C. would follow D. have followed
3. I would appreciate ..................it a secret.
A. your keeping B. you to keep
C. that you keep D. that you will keep
4. The man didn’t die .......... hunger but ............ drinking too much.
A. of, from B. from, of C. of, of D. from, from
5. Miss Helen Smith is beauty .................
A. herself B. itself C. in itself D. in herself
6. The food she has prepared for the party is not enough, for there are .............. more people
than she expected.
A. much B. many C. too D. so
7. He insisted that his method ....................correct.
A. be B. should C. were D. was
8. Bread and butter ..............their daily food.
A. are B. is being C. is D. were
9. He must have known about it, .................... he?
A. mustn’t B. haven’t C. didn’t D. don’t
10. The workers in this factory are paid by .....................
A. hour B. the hour C. an hour D. hours
11. .................... we have finished the course, we shall start doing more revision work.
A. For now B. Now that C. Ever since D. By now
12. All ............... is a continuous supply of the basic necessities of life.
A. what is needed B. for our needs
C. the thing needed D. that is needed
13. I decided to go to the library as soon as I ..........................
A. finish what I did B. would finish what I did

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14. The replacement of shops such as the groceries and chemists by cafes .................... the
housewives with insufficient facilities for shopping.
A. leave B. have left C. has left D. to have left
15. So little ............. about mathematics that the lecture was completely beyond me.
A. I know B. I knew C. do I know D. did I know
16. These people …………… for the most successful company in the town.
A. are seeming to work B. seem working
C. seem to be working D. are seeming to be working
17. What a fool I am! I wish I ……………. the choice.
A. didn’t make B. wouldn’t make C. hadn’t made D. weren’t making
18. He took his friend ………… hand and led him into his house.
A. by the B. on the C. by his D. on his
19. Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed every hour of the day, …………
some change in the wonderful colours and shapes of these mountains.
A. makes B. have made C. make D. are making
20. It’s important to make a pause ……… there is a full stop when you are reading.
A. where B. in which C. that D. at which
21. My stand ………. what it is, I have to oppose what they have suggested.
A. is B. being C. has been D. be
22. - Coffee? – No, I love ………………
A. tasty milk Belgian chocolate B. tasty Belgian milk chocolate
C. milk Belgian tasty chocolate D. Belgian tasty milk chocolate
23. Rob was a very poor archer. His first arrow fell …………. of the target, his second flew
about 10 metres …………….. and the third flew …………… into the air and landed behind
him.
A. shortly/ wide/ high B. short/ widely/ high
C. short/ wide/ high D. shortly/ widely/ highly
24. The time ……. which each control signal is sent is carefully controlled by the computer
clock.
A. to B. for C. of D. at
25. He worked hard in his youth ………. he should suffer in his old age.
A. lest B. in order to C. so D. as
26. The garden has been deserted, and the rotten plants give ………….. a terrible smell.
A. away B. off C. up D. in
27. The brilliance of his satires was ………… make even his victims laugh.
A. so as to B. such as to C. so that D. such that
28. The teacher didn’t sit down until he saw every student already had a chair …….
A. to sit B. to sit down C. to sit at D. to sit on
29. Everybody ……….. for happiness but few get it.
A. waits B. hopes C. looks forward D. expects
30. It’s good of you to …………….. at buying your tickets.
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IV. Each of the following sentences has 4 underlined parts, marked A, B, C and D respectively.
One of these parts contains an error. For each sentence, choose the part that contains the error.
1. The police is now investigating the robbery that took place in our neighborhood last
night.
A B C D

2. There was a slight disagreement between committee members of the Club, regarding
their
A B C
D
trip next month.
3. Most of us were feeling sleepier at the meeting because the speaker had a very
monotonous
A B C D
voice.
4. She was not unaware of their presence in the room as she was absorbed in her reading.
A B C D
5. When you talk to the old man, please remember to speak out, as he is hard of hearing.
A B C D
6. My pen has very few ink in it; so could you give me some?
A B C D
7. Neither William or his brother stole the rambutans from your orchard.
A B C D
8. It is hoped that the develop countries will be less selfish in their economic policies and
help
A B C D
the poorer nations.
9. The audience watching the rock concert obviously do not satisfy with the slow numbers
A B C
that the band presented.
D
10. Those silly ghost stories Pakcik Abu told made Rafik feared to go upstairs by himself.
A B C D
V. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
In the western customs (1)_________hands is the customary form of greeting, but in
China a nod of the head or (2)___________bow is sufficient. Hugging and kissing when
greeting are uncommon. Business cards are often (3)__________and yours should be printed in
your own language and in Chinese. Also, it is more respectful to present your card or a gift or
any other articles using (4) __________hands. The Chinese are (5) _________ applauders. You
may be greeted with group clapping, even by small children. When a person is applauded in this
practice it is the custom for that person to return the applause or a “thank you” When walking in
public places, direct eye (6)_________and staring is uncommon in the larger cities, especially in
those areas accustomed to foreign visitors. (7) ___________, in smaller communities, visitors
may be the subject of much curiosity and therefore you may notice some stares. (8)
____________speaking, the Chinese are not a touch-oriented society, especially true for visitors.
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are very rare. On the other hand, you may notice people of the same sex hand-in-hand, which is
simply a gesture of friendship. Do not worry about a bit of pushing and shoving in stores or
when groups board public buses or trains. In this case (10)___________are neither offered or
expected. The Chinese will stand much closer than Westerners.
1. a. taking b. shaking c. grasping d. hugging
2. a. small b. bit c. slight d. light
3. a. exchanged b. changed c. transferred d. converted
4. a. pair b. couple c. double d. Both
5. a. enthusiast b. enthusiastically c. enthusiasm d. enthusiastic
6. a. contact b. look c. stare d. watch
7. a. Moreover b. Furthermore c. However d. Whatever
8. a. Generally b. Successfully c. Fortunately d. Expectedly
9. a. touch b. to touch c. touched d. touching
10. a. Contacts b. Apologies c. Gestures d. Saying goodbye
VI. Read the following passage carefully, then choose the best answer.
University Entrance Examination is very important in Vietnamese students. High school
graduates have to take it and get high results to be admitted to universities. The pressure on the
candidates remains very high despite the measures that have been taken to reduce the heat
around these exams, since securing a place in a state university. Is considered a major step
towards a successful career for young people, especially those from rural areas or disadvantaged
families. In the year 2004, it was estimated that nearly 1 million Vietnamese students took the
University Entrance Examination, but on average only 1 out of 5 candidates succeeded.
Normally, candidates take 3 exam subjects, and each lasts 180 minutes for the fixed group of
subjects they choose. There are 4 fixed groups of subjects: Group A: Mathematics, Physics, and
Chemistry; Group B: Mathematics, Biology, and Chemistry; Group C: Literature, History and
Geography; Group D: Literature, Foreign Language, and Mathematics.
In addition to universities, there are community colleges, art and technology institutes;
professional secondary schools, and vocational schools which offer degrees or certificates from
a-few-month to 2-year courses.
According to Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training, there are currently 23 non-
public universities, accounting for 11% of the total number of universities, These non-public
universities are currently training 119,464 students, or 11.7% of the total number of students.
The government is planning to increase the number of non-public universities to 30% by 2007.
1. University Entrance Examination in Vietnam is very ____________________.
a. interesting b. stressful c. free d. easy
2. The word those in line 5 refers to _________________.
a. exam subjects b. young people c. universities d. examinations
3. In 2004, the proportion of the students who got success in University Entrance Examination
was about ________________percent.
a. 5 b. 10 c. 20 d. 50
4. Which sentence refers to the University Entrance Examination in Vietnam?
a. Students find it easy to get success in the University Entrance Examination.
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c. Students are not allowed to choose their exam subjects.
d. There are four fixed groups of exam subjects for students to choose.
5. According to the passage, _____________________.
a. the Vienamese government will close all non-public universities by next year..
b. the Vienamese government does not appreciate non-public universities .
c. the Vienamese government encourages the establishing of non-public universities .
d. Vietnamese students have no alternative to continue their higher study besides university.
VII. Rewrite the following sentences.
1. The house has got everything except for a large garden. (LACKS)
→ The .................................................................................................................
2. I hardly think she will agree to give you a pay rise. (LIKELIHOOD)
→There .................................................................................................................
3. I remained neutral during their disagreement because I like both of them. (SIDES)
→I didn’t .................................................................................................................
4 A great many people will congratulate her if she wins. (SHOWERED)
→She .................................................................................................................
5. I’m annoyed with you for not phoning me to say you’d be late. (MIGHT)
→You .................................................................................................................
6. She thought she had paid the bill but she hadn’t.
→She was .................................................................................................................
7 The hurricane blew the roof off the house.
→The house .................................................................................................................
8. This affair doesn’t concern you.
→This affair .................................................................................................................
9 That dress has only the slightest mark on it.
→I can .................................................................................................................
10 No one stands a chance of beating Mansell in this year’s championship.
→It’s a foregone .................................................................................................................
11. The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money.
→Were ..........................................................................................................................
12. Her success went beyond her expectation.
→Never .........................................................................................................................
13. How likely is it she will pass the exam? (CHANCES)
→What ..........................................................................................................................
14. He did the puzzle in two minutes. (SOLUTION)
→He ..............................................................................................................................
15. My brother is not feeling terribly well. (UNDER)
→My ...............................................................................................................................
16. It will be necessary to pay the full amount when you look. (HAVE)
→The full ........................................................................................................................
17. The room seemed to have been unoccupied for weeks.
→It looked ......................................................................................................................
18. I didn’t see her again for five years.
→Five years ...................................................................................................................
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→The smoking .................................................................................................................
20. The millionaire decided to give away his money to the poor. (PRESENT)
→The millionaire ............................................................................................................
21. There is no ice cream left. (RUN)
→We .................................................................................................................................
22. I had better go back to work. (TIME)
→It is ................................................................................................................................
23. He is more a lecturer than a teacher.
→He ..................................................................................................................................
24. I’m the only child in my family.
→My mother ....................................................................................................................
25. She was smoking in the bathroom, I went in to the bathroom and knew that. (CAUGHT)
→I .......................................................................................................................................
26. He was forced to apologize. (CHOICE)
→He ..................................................................................................................................
27. John inflated the tires of his bicycle. (BLEW)
→John ...............................................................................................................................
28. Alternative medicine is a complete mystery to some people.
→Some people ..................................................................................................................
29. You may be disqualified if you don’t obey the regulations.
→Failure .......................................................................................................................
30. He tried hard so that he would win the first prize.
→With ..............................................................................................................................
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I. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. temperature b. serious c. awareness d. chemical
2. a. ability b. agriculture c. development d. contaminate
3. a. government b. agency c. benefit d. diversity
4. a. disappearance b. vulnerable c. conservation d. generation
5. a. current b. global c. crisis d. mankind
II. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from
the rest.
1. A. celebration B. telecommuter C. energy D. commentator
2. A. access B. dragonfly C. tradition D. popularity
3. A. subscribe B. observance C. resolute D. represent
4. A. precession B. across C. associate D. possibly
5. A. competitive B. controversial C. promote D. commercial
III. Circle the best option.
1. Jack doesn’t like ________ such gossip and fallacy in sport.
A. to take himself on B. to get himself along C. engage himself in D. indulge himself of
2. New York and Tokyo are two of the most _______ populated cities in the world.
A. greatly B. densely C. variously D. closely
3. It can take up to more than six months to _______ a man to do this specialized work.
A. raise B. train C. learn D. practise
4. We didn’t want to say ________ him in the meeting. He was too good to us.
A. to B. for C. with D. against
5 Tessa was determined to become wealthy and to that _____ she started her own company.
A. view B. aim C. end D. object
6. I can’t understand why you have to make such a _____ about something so unimportant.
A. mess B. stir C. fuss D. bother
7. __________ to Jim myself, I can’t tell why he would do such terrible things.
A. Not to be speaking B. Not to have spoken
C. Because of not being spoken D. Not having spoken
8. All fossil fuels are ________ resources that can not be replaced quickly.
A. unlimited B. non-renewable C. renewable D. available
9. She came to the airport only to find out that she _______ her passport at home.
A. would have left B. has left C. was leaving D. had left
10 Grace Kelly was first famous as a Hollywood actress and ____ Prince Rainier of Monaco.
A. as the wife of B. to be the wife of
C. she was the wife of D. the wife of
IV. Give the correct forms of the words in brackets to complete the blank space. Write your
answers in the numbered boxes below.
The increase in city crime is a global phenomenon. Some people say that a lot of crime
in this country is because of (1 - migrate) ____________ and the new people arriving from
other countries bring different (2 - culture) ____________ values and attitudes to the law. I
don’t agree with this idea because the most common crimes are (3 - local) ___________
produced and not imported from other countries. (4 - Vandal) ___________ is one of the
biggest crimes in my city with bus shelters and shop windows being popular targets. Another
popular crime is (5 - pay) ___________ parking fines, which is unlikely to be because of
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immigrants because most of them do not own cars. The (6 - oppose) ___________ point of view
is that young local people feel angry when they can’t get a job and in order to (7 - hand)
_________ the change in their environment, they strike out at easy targets. This would explain
why bicycle (8 - thief) __________ is more common than car crime these days, especially in rich
(9 - neighbors) __________ where most cars are protected with electronic alarms. Another
reason, though, for so many bicycles getting stolen might be that the (10 - punish) ___________
is not very severe compared to car stealing which can land you in prison for a number of
years.
V. Complete each blank space with the correct verb form / tense. Write your answers in the
numbered boxes below.
1. The airplane in which the football team (TRAVEL) _______________ crashed soon after
(TAKE OFF) ________________.
2. Do you know who was the first man (SAIL) ________________ across the Atlantic?
3. I wish I (LOCK) __________________ my bike carefully indoors yesterday.
4. His (TAKE) ______________ ill suddenly last night took me by surprise.
5. That guy admitted (STEAL) _____________ the gold watch.
6. He told me that I looked very stupid when being asked the question. If only I (KNOW)
______________ the answer.
7. (OPEN) ______________ the door, he saw a terrible mess some burglar had just made.
8. John didn’t mention (INVOLVE) ______________ in the robbery, but we knew he was.
9. More than twenty miners were reported (KILL) _____________ in the accident.
VI. Read the text and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct. And
some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (). If a line
has a word which should not be there, write the word. There are two examples at the
beginning ( 0 and 00)
STUDYING LAW
When I first went to a university I studied law. Although a 0. ...a.....
both my mother and older sister have science degrees 00. .. ...
no one else in the family had ever been studied law before 1. ...............
and my parents were very proud of me. The problem was 2. ...............
that I did not really know exactly what lawyers did do. 3. ...............
I had a very romantic ideas about going to court to defend 4. ...............
people who had been falsely accused of committing the crimes. 5. ...............
I imagined myself like those lawyers on TV, arguing 6. ...............
with the judge and the prosecution lawyer and convincing to 7. ...............
the jury that my client was innocent. After only a couple of 8 . ...............
weeks of very long and difficult lectures I am realized 9. ...............
that a lot of what a lawyer does is very practical and not 10. ...............
at all romantic. Nevertheless, I have began to understand 11. ...............
that to studying law was interesting and worthwhile for other 12. ...............
reasons. For example, you learn a lot of about consumers’ 13. ...............
rights. With it this kind of knowledge you can really 14. ...............
help people. I am very glad about I chose to study law. 15. ...............
VII. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE appropriate word:
The computer has brought nothing (1) __________problems to the world of the
twentieth century.

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Chief among the problems has (2) ________the dehumanization of society. People are no
(3)____ human. Each of us is a series of numbers, numbers to be fed into computers. There are
our credit card numbers, our bank account (4) ___________, our social security numbers, our
telephone and electricity numbers - the computer number game is endless.
What happens to these computerized numbers? They are distributed to a network of
government agencies and business (5) _________can use them to invade our privacy. The
Internal Revenue Service stores millions of facts about every citizen. Credit agencies exchange
(6) ________ on the spending and saving practices of nearly every American adult. Mailing
lists are (7) ___________ available by computers to dozens of organizations, public and private,
who bombard us with unwanted mail.
Just let the computer which stores (8) ___________ concerning our accounts, let us say with a
credit card company, make an error and it is almost impossible to correct it. The result is an
avalanche of bills, threads, and loss of credit standing.
The computer has thrown thousands of people out of (9) ____________ . The gamut of
computer- generated unemployed runs from highly skilled technicians to typists.
These are some of the reasons why I feel that the (10) __________ of the computer has
been detrimental to the quality of our life in the twentieth century.
VIII. Read the following article about ice-skating. Choose the most suitable heading from the
list A-I for each part (1-8) of the article. Write your answers in the space in the numbered
boxes below. There is one extra heading that is not to be used
A. Prepare yourself F. The right attitude
B. The benefits of the sport G. Moving off
C. When things go wrong H. Holding your body correctly
D. Different skating techniques I. How it all started
E. A change in approach
1…………………………….
Ice skating has a history of thousands of years. Archaeologists have discovered skates made
from animal bone. It seems that bone skates were used until the introduction of iron into
Scandinavia about the year 200 AD. Among the Scandinavian upper classes, skating was seen
as an essential skill.
2. …………………………….
In the early twentieth century, skating was stylish and reserved, but at the 1924 Winter
Olympics, 11-year-old Sonja Hinnies introduced a more athletics attitude which inspired a
new wave of popularity. Nowadays art and athletics are combined and modern skating is both
graceful and physically demanding.
3. …………………………….
For beginners, balance and control are all important and speed can only increase with
proficiency. The position of your body plays a great part in balance. Legs slightly bowed and
the knees bent keep the body weight centered; in effect the body leans slightly forward in this
position. For skating, probably more than any other sport or recreation, relaxation is vital.
4. …………………………….
For the skating position, the heels should almost be touching and the feet should be turned out
wards. While pushing toward with a back foot, you make a very small movement with the
other foot. Fairly easy, isn’t it? If you can keep this up for a while, you can then slowly increase
the length of your movements as you gain experience.
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Knowing how to fall must be learnt among the skater’s first skills. Even the best of the
professionals fall. In order to fall without injury, you should be as relaxed as possible. In this
way the sock of hitting the ice is lessened. To get up, use your hands to get into a kneeling
position, then stand.
6. …………………………….
One you have learnt to move on the ice with confidence, there are various styles to be
practised-figure skating, free styles, distance, speed, skating pairs, and so on- but the basics of
them all, and by far the best approach, it first to learn figures can soon be learn figure skating
and then elementary freestyle. With proper guidance available at most of the ice rinks, the
basic figures can soon be learnt and the turns, jumps, and spins or elementary free style will so
follow.
7. …………………………….
If you look at any good of professional skater, you will see how relaxed they are and how
easily they move. To achieve this, an exercise program should be regularly practised. It can be
dangerous to skate with a stiff body and warm up exercises should at least include those for
the legs, back and shoulders, with special emphasis on the ankles and the knees. After a long
or intense session, the same exercises should be used afterwards to avoid stiffness.
8…………………………….
Skating improves balance, co-ordination, relaxation and movement. It improves heart and
lung activity and generally strengthens the body. Combined with swimming or jogging, it
provides a great program for all-round health and fitness.
IX. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence before it.
1. They’re telling me that I must make a decision soon. (pressure)
 ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..
2. She was sorry that she hadn't applied for the job in the library.
She regretted ...............................................................................................................................
3. They’re telling me that I must make a decision soon. (pressure)
=> ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..
4. His smooth manner didn’t deceive us. (taken)
=> ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..
5. I really must answer all these letters. (get down)
=> ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..
6. Don’t run away with the idea that this work is easy. (conclusion)
=> ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..
7. I’m trying to concentrate, but all that noise you’re making is distracting me. (putting)
=> ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..
8. Nobody expected her to lose, but she did. (against)
=> ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..
9. You must concentrate on your work more. (apply)
=> ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..
10. She will probably be elected. (stands)
=> ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..
11. The boss was annoyed because his secretary came to work late. (objected)

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12. The demand for tickets was so great that people queued day and night. (such)
=> ……………………………………………..……..........................................................
13. I’d rather not spend another day at the beach. (feel)
=> ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..
14. Sally might not bring her camera to the party, so I’ll take mine. (in)
=> ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..
15. When he walked out of the meeting, he didn’t say goodbye to everyone. (without)
=> ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..
16. Tan looks nothing like his father. (take)
=> ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..
17. My parents were always telling me what to do when I was small. (being)
=> ……………………………………………..…………………………………………..

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I. Circle the best option.
1. A. catastrophe B. supervisor C. agriculture D. dictionary
2. A. convenient B. fashionable C. traditional D. significant
3. A. abnormal B. innocent C. impatient D. initial
4. A. mosquito B. elephant C. buffalo D. dinosaur
5. A. protect B. compose C. relate D. settle
II. Circle the best option.
1. A. educate B. strange C. ancient D. address
2. A. mounting B. account C. astound D. country
3. A. exist B. expand C. explorer D. extinct
4. A. desert B. reserve C. conserve D. observant
5. A. eliminate B. eternal C. energy D. eradicate
III. Circle the best option.
1: This factory produced ______ motorbikes in 2008 as in the year 2006.
A. as many as twice B. as twice as many C. as twice many D. twice as many
2: Not until the end of the 19th century ______ become a scientific discipline.
A. plant breeding had B. plant breeding has C. has plant breeding D. did plant breeding
3: - "Wow! What a nice coat you are wearing!" - "______"
A. Thanks. My mother bought it for me. B. Yes, of course. It's expensive.
C. I like you to say that. D. Certainly. Do you like it, too?
4: Working hours will fall to under 35 hours a week, ______?
A. will they B. won't they C. won't it D. will it
5: Whenever he had an important decision to make, he ______ a cigar to calm his nerves.
A. would be lighting B. would have lit C. would light D. had lit
6: "How can you live in this messy room? Go and ______ it up at once."
A. tidy B. dust C. sweep D. do
7: It is hard to get ______ him; he is such an aggressive man.
A. on with B. by C. into D. over to
8: He runs a business, ______ he proves to have managerial skills.
A. otherwise B. however C. despite D. and
9: The youths nowadays have many things to do in their ______ time.
A. entertainment B. leisure C. fun D. amusement
10: - "I can't speak English well enough to apply for that post." - "______."
A. Me too B. Me either C. Me neither D. Me also
11: - "Our team has just won the last football match." - "______"
A. Yes, it's our pleasure. B. Good idea. Thanks for the news.
C. Well, that's very surprising! D. Yes. I guess it's very good.
12: Although the exam was difficult, ______ the students passed it.
A. none of B. a few C. a lot D. most of
13: - "Which hat do you like better?" - "______"
A. No, I haven't tried any. B. Yes, I like it best.
C. Which one do you like? D. The one I tried on first.
14: Tears contain an antiseptic ______ helps protect our eyes from infection.
A. what B. where C. how D. that
15: My supervisor is angry with me. I didn't do all the work I ______ last week.

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16: Vietnam's rice export this year will decrease ______ about 10%, compared with that of last
year.
A. by B. on C. with D. at
17: He always ______ the crossword in the newspaper before breakfast.
A. writes B. does C. works D. makes
18: Preparing for a job interview can be very ______.
A. stress B. stressing C. stressed D. stressful
19: Mary is unhappy that she hasn't _____ for the next round in the tennis tournament.
A. qualified B. quality C. qualifying D. qualification
20: The movie is ______ Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a number of ways.
A. like to B. similar to C. alike with D. same as
21: In the modern world, women's ______ roles have been changing.
A. natured B. natural C. nature D. naturally
22: She is very absent-minded: she ______ her cellphone three times!
A. loses B. had lost C. has lost D. was losing
23: - "Would you like to join our volunteer group this summer?" - "______"
A. Yes, you're a good friend. B. I wouldn't. Thank you.
C. Yes, I'd love to. Thanks. D. Do you think I would?
24: By ______ the housework done, my mother has more time to pursue her career.
A. taking B. having C. ordering D. making
25: My brother left his job last week because he did not have any ______ to travel.
A. location B. position C. chance D. ability
26:_________ perhaps the most awe inspiring among the great structures of the world.
A. The Great Wall of China B. The Great Wall of China is
C. That he Great Wall of China is D. The Great Wall of China which is
27: We need ________ information before we can decide.
A. further B. farther C. far D. furthest
28: ________ long thought to have no bones, small amounts of bone were recently found at the
bases of the teeth in some species.
A. Although sharks were B. Despite sharks being
C. In spite of sharks are D. Nevertheless, sharks
29: Many plant and animal species are now on the ___________ of extinction.
A. danger B. border C. verge D. margin
30: My wallet _______ at the station while I _______ for the train.
A. must have been stolen/was waiting
B. should have stolen/had been waiting
C. could have been stolen/ was waiting
D. needn’t have been stolen/would be awaiting
31: The new manager _______very strict rules as soon as he had _______ the position
A. laid down/taken over B. put down/taken over
C. lay down/taken up D. wrote down/come over
32: Congress has suggested that the gasoline tax_______________
A. should abolished B. should abolish C. be abolished D. is
abolished
33. I ___________Katie, an old friend of mine, on the way home from work yesterday.
A. came into B. ran into C. call off D. get into
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A. and B. it C. which D. that
35. You work very hard. I’m sure you’ll have no _______ the exam .
A. difficulties of passing B. difficulty passing
C. difficulties to pass D. difficulty to pass
36: ______________________, we tried our best to complete it.
A. As though the homework was difficult B. Thanks to the difficult homework
C. Difficult as the homework was D. Despite the homework was difficult
37: Only when the ground is kept moist, _________________ germinate.
A. will grass seeds B. grass seeds will C. does grass seeds D. grass seeds does
38_______ we have finished the course, we should start doing more revision work .
A. For now B. Now that C. Ever since D. By now
39 :AIDS is ______________ that scientists are doing research to find a cure.
A. a so serious disease B. so a serious diseasesC. so serious a diseaseD. a such serious
disease
40: ________to Jim myself, I can’t really tell you why he would say such terrible things.
A. Not to be speaking B. Because of not speaking
C. Not to have spoken D. Not having spoken
41: My mother often ______ our mistakes, whereas my father is very strict and punishes us for
even the slightest one.
A. neglects B. overlooks C. avoids D. passes
42: He was asked to account for his presence at the scene of crime.
A. complain B. exchange C. explain D. arrange
Question 43.______, he would have been able to pass the exam.
A. If he studied more B. If he were studying more C. studying more D. Had he studied
more
44. Eating and travelling in this city is getting_________.
A. more expensively B. most expensive
C. very more expensive D. more and more expensive
45. Children who are isolated and lonely seem to have poor language and ________.
A. communicate B. communication C. communicative D. communicator
46. Jason asked me _______ me the book the day before.
A. if who gave B. if who has given C. who had given D. that who had
given
47. He retired early ........................... ill-health.
A. on account of B. ahead of C. on behalf of D. in front of
48. You’ll have to_________ a better idea than that if you want to win .
A. come in for B. get down to C. bring out D. come up with
49. Would it be _________ for you to see me tomorrow morning ?
A. fit B. successful C. possible D. worth
50. More than ten victims _______ missing in the storm last week.
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C. is reporting to have been D. are reporting to be
IV. For questions 36 -50, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines
are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick ( )
by the number. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word out. There are
three examples at the beginning.
Hibernation syndrome
I don’t know about you, but come to the winter months, my body 1. ................................
seems to require more sleep than in summer and I’m definitely at 2. ................................
my happiest when I’m being curled up in a hedgehog-style ball. 3. ................................
“Wanting to sleep more in the winter is not natural and nothing to 4. ................................
worry about, unless you are sleeping for more than 12 hours a 5. ................................
day,” says sleep expert Dr James B Maas. The reason for we feel 6. ................................
drowsy has as much to do with our biochemistry as it does so with 7. ................................
wanting to sniggle up line a couch potato indoors. “it’s all to do 8. ................................
with 9. ................................
melatonin,” explains Dr Maas, “a hormone with which is 10. ................................
secreted by the brain’s pineal gland in response to darkness”. They 11. ................................
may feel more sleepy, but as many people find getting to sleep 12. ................................
in winter is a problem. It’s hardly surprising. When lounging 13. ................................
around indoors drinking mugs of warming up coffee and snacking 14. ................................
on chocolate bars doesn’t always prepare you for a good 15. ................................
night’s rest. If you do have trouble relating nodding off. Deepak 16. ................................
Chopra has a tip. “Try out a soothing mix of the sweet and sour 17. ................................
essential oils, such as orange, geranium and clove are mixed with 18. ................................
almond oil and rubbed it on to your forehead just right before
bedtime.”
V. Supply the correct form of the words given in the brackets.
Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost (1) ......................... (know) the
scholars of the classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term
“reading” (2) ................................. (doubt) meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth
century did silent reading become commonplace. One should be (3) ........................... (ware),
however, of assuming that silent reading came about (4) .......................... (simple) because
reading aloud was a (5) ............................... (distract) to others. Examinations of factors related
to the (6) ............................. (history) development of silent reading have revealed that it became
the usual mode of reading for most adults (7) ...................... (main) because the tasks themselves
changed in character. The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the
number of readers. As the number of readers increased, the number of potential listeners
declined and thus there was some (8) .......................... (reduce) in the need to read aloud. As
reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the (9) .......................... (flourish)
of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices,
where reading aloud would cause (10) ......................... (annoy) to other readers.
VI. Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense/ form.
1. I couldn’t resist (laugh) …………..........… at the way he (answer) ……........…….. my
question.
2. He (work) ………............….. as a cashier for twenty- five years. Then he (retire) ……...........…
and (go) ………………….. to live in the country.
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4. She was sure that she (slip) ……............... out of the house unnoticed while the others
(dance) ……………….............
5. There (be) …………………. great changes in our village in the past few years.
VII. Read and choose the best answer.
In the West, cartoons are used chiefly to make people laugh. The important feature
of all these cartoons is the joke and the element of surprise which is contained. Even though it
is very funny, a good cartoon is always based on close observation of a particular feature of life
and usually has a serious purpose.
Cartoons in the West have been associated with political and social matters for many
years. In wartime, for example, they proved to be an excellent way of spreading propaganda.
Nowadays cartoons are often used to make short, sharp comments on politics and
governments as well as on a variety of social matters. In this way, the modern cartoon has
become a very powerful force in influencing people in Europe and the United States.
Unlike most American and European cartoons, however, many Chinese cartoon
drawings in the past have also attempted to educate people, especially those who could not
read and write. Such cartoons about the lives and sayings of great men in China have proved
extremely useful in bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China.
Confucius, Mencius and Laozi have all appeared in very interesting stories presented in the
form of cartoons. The cartoons themselves have thus served to illustrate the teachings of the
Chinese sages in a very attractive way.
In this sense, many Chinese cartoons are different from Western cartoons in so far as
they do not depend chiefly on telling jokes. Often, there is nothing to laugh at when you see
Chinese cartoons. This is not their primary aim. In addition to commenting on serious political
and social matters, Chinese cartoons have aimed at spreading the traditional Chinese thoughts
and culture as widely as possible among the people.
Today, however, Chinese cartoons have an added part to play in spreading knowledge.
They offer a very attractive and useful way of reaching people throughout the world,
regardless of the particular country in which they live. Thus, through cartoons, the thoughts
and teachings of the old Chinese philosophers and sages can now reach people who live in
such countries as Britain, France, America, Japan, Malaysia or Australia and who are
unfamiliar with the Chinese culture.
Until recently, the transfer of knowledge and culture has been overwhelmingly from
the West to the East and not vice versa. By means of cartoons, however, publishing companies
in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore are now having success in correcting this imbalance
between the East and the West.
Cartoons can overcome language barriers in all foreign countries. The vast increase in
the
popularity of these cartoons serves to illustrate the truth of Confucius’s famous saying “One
picture is worth a thousand words.”
1: Which of the following clearly characterizes Western cartoons?
A. Originality, freshness, and astonishment. B. Humour, unexpectedness, and criticism.
C. Enjoyment, liveliness, and carefulness. D. Seriousness, propaganda, and
attractiveness.
2: Chinese cartoons have been useful as an important means of______.
A. educating ordinary people B. political propaganda in wartime
C. amusing people all the time D. spreading Western ideas
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3: The major differences between Chinese cartoons and Western cartoons come from
their ______.
A. nationalities B. styles C. values D. purposes
4: The pronoun “this” in paragraph 4 mostly refers to ______.
A. a funny element B. a piece of art C. a propaganda campaign D. an educational
purpose
5: The passage is intended to present ______.
A. an outline of Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons
B. a description of cartoons of all kinds the world over
C. an opinion about how cartoons entertain people
D. a contrast between Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons
6: Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. Cartoons as a Way of Educating People B. Chinese Cartoons and Western
Cartoons
C. A Very Powerful Force in Influencing People D. An Excellent Way of Spreading
Propaganda
7: In general, Chinese cartoons are now aiming at ______.
A. bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people in the world
B. illustrating the truth of Chinese great men’s famous sayings
C. spreading the Chinese ideas and cultural values throughout the world
D. disseminating traditional practices in China and throughout the world
8: The word “imbalance” in paragraph 6 refers to ______.
A. the discrimination between the West culture and the East culture
B. the influence of the East cartoons over the West cartoons
C. the dominant cultural influence of the West over the East
D. the mismatch between the East cartoons and the West cartoons
9: Which of the following is most likely the traditional subject of Chinese cartoons?
A. Jokes and other kinds of humour in political and social matters.
B. The stories and features of the lives of great men the world over.
C. The illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China.
D. The philosophies and sayings of ancient Chinese thinkers.
10: According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. Cartoons can serve various purposes.
B. Cartoons will replace other forms of writing.
C. Western cartoons always have a serious purpose.
D. Language barriers restricted cartoons.
VIII. Rewrite the following sentences.
1: He tried hard so that he would win the first prize.
→ With the hope ................................................................................................................................
2: He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport.
→ He regretted ..................................................................................................................................
3: These young men became doctors after six years training.
→ After .............................................................................................................................................
4: We were very impressed by the new camera but found it rather expensive.
→ Impressed .....................................................................................................................................
5: It is impossible to cross the road because of the traffic.
→ The traffic ....................................................................................................................................
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6: If you drive your car too fast, you may make more accidents.
→ The faster ......................................................................................................................................
7: People say that the driver was listening to his walkman at the time of the crash.
→ The driver ....................................................................................................................................
8: Those athletes didn’t compete with all their best ,so they couldn’t get the gold medals.
→ If those athletes ...........................................................................................................................
9: The employees evacuated from their offices immediately as soon as the government
announced a serious earthquake
→ No sooner .......................................................................................................................................
10. My friend began to work for IBM when he graduated from university.
→ My friend has ..................................................................................................................................
11. He doesn’t appreciate his wife. (GRANTED)
-> He ....................................................................................................................................................
12. The amount of firm spent on the project initially was $15,000. (OUTLAY)
->The initial ........................................................................................................................................
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 PRACTICE TEST 14
I. Circle the word that has a different stress pattern.
1. A. chemical B. terrify C. satisfy D. behavior
2. A. material B. atmosphere C. explosion D. divide
3. A. entertain B. machine C. available D. development
4. A. inhabitant B. geography C. maintenance D. arrested
5. A. similar B. industry C. passenger D. entirely
II. Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently.
1. A. considerate B. candidate C. associate D. adequate
2. A. warranty B. wasabi C. wallop D. wander
3. A. modal B. model C. modest D. modern
4. A. sanctuary B. manky C. sanguine D. redundant
5. A. bathing B. method C. bathroom D. width
III. Supply the form of words given in the brackets.
1. You are always ( misery) ................................ Isn’t there anything that makes you happy?
2. They frequently ( mobile) .............................. the traffic as they march through the streets.
3. If you behave with this sort of ( polite) ......................... to your other customers, I don’t think
you will remain in business long.
4. Burning coal is an (economy) ................................ way of heating a house. Gas is much
cheaper.
5. Young children should be well aware of their (behave) ................................. manners.
6. Be careful. You may be (advice) ................................... to put all your eggs in one basket.
7. Don’t be so nervous. (loose) ................................... up a little.
8. (Pollute) ................................ released from these factories are a danger to the environment.
9. Don’t throw these plastics away, they may be (recycle) ...................................
10. Color-blindness is (able) ....................................... to distinguish color.
IV. Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the
column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.
According to some (0) _____ (SCIENCE), high-risk sports can 0. scientists
be particularly (1) _____ (VALUE) for certain types of people. Such 1. ___________________
activities help them to learn that being (2) _____ (FRIGHT) doesn’t 2. ___________________
mean that they have to lose control. The recent fashion for jumping
from bridges attached to a (3) _____ (LONG) of elastic rope, known
3. ___________________
as “bungee jumping”, has now been tried by over one million people
(4) _____ (WORLD) and interest in it is continuing to grow.
4. ___________________
Before the special elastic rope (5) _____ (TIGHT) around them,
jumpers reach speeds of nearly 160kph. First-timers are usually too 5. ___________________
(6) _____ (TERROR) to open their mouths, and when they are finally
(7) _____ (LOW) safely to the ground, they walk around with broad 6. ___________________
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smiles on their faces, saying (8) _____ (REPEAT) how amazing it 7. ___________________
was. However, for some people, it is only the (9) _____ 8. ___________________
(EMBARRASS) of refusing to jump at the last minute that finally 9. ___________________
persuades them to conquer their fear of (10) _____ (HIGH) and push
10. _________________
themselves off into space.

V. Supply the correct form of the words in the brackets.

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the
(1) ........................... (contribute) of women during the colonial period and the early history of
the (2) ............................ (new) formed United States. Lacking the right to vote and absent from
the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history.
Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant (3) ..................... (poet) in the seventeenth
century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American
Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters (4) ........................ (show) that she
exercised great (5) .......................... (politics) influence over her husband, John, the second
President of the United States. But little or no notice was taken of these contributions.
During these centuries, women remained (6) ................................ () in history books.
Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the
efforts of female authors writing about women. These writers, like most of their male (7)
......................... (part), were amateur (8) ................................ (history). Their writings were (9)
................................... (celebration) in nature, and they were (10) ........................... (criticize) in
their (11) ............................ (select) and use of sources.
During the nineteenth century, however, certain (12) ......................... (feminine)
showed a keen sense of history by keeping records of activities in which women were
engaged. (13) ...................... (nation), (14) .......................... (region), and local women’s
organizations compiled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence, newspaper
clippings, and souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources form the core of the two
greatest collections of women’s history in the United States – one at the Elizabeth and
Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radeliffe College, and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at
Smith College. Such sources have provided (15) ........................... (value) materials for later
generations of historians.
VI. Supply the correct form of the words given in the brackets.
Telecommunicating is a form of computer (1) ............................. (communicate) between
employees’ homes and offices. For employees whose jobs involve (2) ......................... (sit) at a
terminal or word processor (3) .......................... (entrance) data or typing reports, the location of
the computer is of no (4) ................................ (consequent). If the machine can communicate
over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer
from a (5) ....................... (distance) site and transmit the material to their employers. A recent
survey in USA Today estimates that there are approximately 8.7 million telecommuters. But
although the numbers are rising (6) .......................... (annual), the trend does not appear to be as
significant as (7) .............................. (prediction) when Business Week published "The Portable
Executive" as its cover story a few years ago. Why hasn't telecommuting become more
popular?
Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active (8)
........................... (resist) on the part of many managers. These executives claim that supervising
the telecommuters in a large work force (9) ............................ (scatter) across the country would
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be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby
complicating the manager's (10) ...................................... (responsible).
VII. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence or substitutes for
the underlined word or phrase below.
1. I don’t like my nextdoor neighbor, who often ………..ill of everyone behind his back
A. says B. speaks C. tells D. whispers
2. There was nothing they could do ………..leave the car at the roadside where it had broken
down.
A. unless B. than C. but D. in stead of
3. I have to get my picture ………..for my website.
A. take B. taken C. taking D. took
4. The staff are working at weekend………..delay the project any further.
A. so that not to B. so not to C. so as not to D. for not
5. We were so disappointed that most of the guests………..when we arrived at the party.
A. leave B. left C. have left D. had left
6. Because his argument was so confusing………..people understood it.
A. a few B. much C. few D. many
7. There are a lot of letters………...right now.
A. to be written B. to have written C. to be writing D. to write
8. Many people like the slow ………..of life in the countryside.
A. step B. pace C. speed D. space
9. I am tired of my neighbours ………...noise every night.
A. to make B. make C. having made D. making
10. Doctors advise us.………...too many hours watching television.
A. not to spend B. not being spend C. not spend D. not spending
11. There are chances that Manchester United………..the last match against Juventus.
A. will win B. won C. has won D. would win
12. I like detective stories where I can’t ……….. who committed the murder!
A. work up B. work for C. work out D. work on
13. I am leaving the keys under the pot in the garden ………..you should be home earlier than
usual.
A. because B. in case C. so that D. though
14. I was made ………..hard when I was at high school.
A. studying B. studied C. to study D. study
15. I regret………...you the story. I really didn’t know it would make you disappointed.
A. tell B. telling C. to tell D. told
VIII. Identify and correct the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that is the mistake.
1. Most bacteria has strong cell walls much like those of the plants
A B C D
2. There are many researches show that various species of animals have been extinct.
A B C D
3. The people in Europe are now using the common unit of money called Euro, although
A B C
the economies in those countries are not exact the same.
D
4. In some states, the law allows drivers to turn right at a red light, but in other states, the law
A B C
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D

5. The boy has returned the wallet back to its original owner right after he picked it up.
A B C D
6. It’s thirty years since this thirty-storeys building was built.
A B C D
7. He was seen enter the house at midnight, so he shouldn’t say he didn’t do it.
A B C D
8. Never before I have seen a man who enjoyed being lied to.
A B C D
9. We insist on you leaving the meeting before any further outbursts take place.
A B C D
10. Nora hardly never misses an opportunity to play in the tennis tournaments.
A B C D
IX. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word for each of the numbered blanks.
Everybody has heard about the Internet, do you know what an “intranet” is? It is this:
just as the Internet connects people around the world, intranets connect people within a (1)
_____ company. In fact, intranets make use of the same software programs as the Internet to
(2) _____ computers and people. This (3) _______ that you do not have to buy a lot of
additional programs to set up an intranet service. If your intranet is working properly, it can
link together a huge amount of (4) _______ which is stored in different places in the company.
In this way, people can get the information they need, regardless (5) _______ where it comes
from. A company intranet can, of course, be used for unimportant information like office
memos or canteen menus. But an intranet should (6) _______ important information which
people need to make decision about new products, costs and so on. The intranet is (7) _______
to share their information with other people. (8) _______, many departments don’t want to
share their specialist knowledge with others. Another problem which often occurs is (9)
_______ top managers like to use the intranet to “communicate down” rather than to
“communicate across”. That is, they use the intranet to give orders, not to (10) _______
information between themselves and others working in the same organization.
1. A. branch B. jointed C. single D. large
2. A. contact B. compare C. distinguish D. introduce
3. A. indicates B. is C. means D. is said
4. A. information B. properties C. elements D. parts
5. A. to B. on C. with D. of
6. A. provide B. take C. give D. bring
7. A. going B. willing C. likely D. happened
8. A. However B. Luckily C. Unfortunately D. Consequently
9. A. which B. it C. what D. that
10. A. enjoy B. provide C. share D. divide
X. Rewrite each of the following sentences, using the suggested word(s) so that the meaning
stays the same.
1. There are more tourists in the city this year than ever before. Never
……………………………………………………………………………………………………................

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2. The area is so polluted that it is hard to live there. Such
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. You can use it as long as you like, and it won’t wear out.
No matter……….....……………………………………………………………………………………....
4. The questions were so easy that all the students could give the correct answers.
They were………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. As people get older, their eyesight becomes weaker.
The ………………………………………………………………………………………………….......
6. That old keyboard is not worth repairing.
It is…………………………………………………………………..…………………………………..
7. I could realize how important the family is only after I left home.
Not until……………………………………………………………………………………………...
8. It was wrong of you to allow a four-year-old child to walk home alone.
You should…………………………………………………………………………………………..
9. Although Richard is competent in his work, he does not know how to deal with this client.
Competent…………………………………………………………………………………….……..
10. I could hold a big party thanks to my Mom’s help.
Had it not ……………………………………………………………………………………..…….
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SECTION 1: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. noisy b. party c. social d. polite
2. a. restaurant b. assistance c. usually d. compliment
3. a. impolite b. exciting c. attention d. attracting
4. a. obvious b. probably c. finally d. approaching
5. a. waiter b. teacher c. slightly d. toward
II. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. a. worker b. whom c. interview d. answer
2. a. honest b. holiday c. home d. happiness
3. a. character b. teacher c. chemist d. technical
4. a. interview b. minute c. question d. suitable
5. a. explained b. disappointed c. prepared d. interviewed
SECTION 2: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY:
I. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence:
1. The technological and economic changes of the 19th century had a marked …………….. on
workers.
A. cause B. effect C. impact D. consequence
2. The government …………………….. the flood victims with food, clothes and money.
A. gave B. provided C. offered D. presented
3. More and more people …………………….. of food poisoning nowadays
A. exist B. survive C. die D. starve
4. The first sign of vitamin A disorder is night ……………………..
A. loss of sight B. lack of vision C. invisibility D. blindness
5. When you take ice out of the freezer, it ……………………..
A. melts B. dissolves C. softens D. disappears
6. There are many …………………….. of pollution in our modern world
A. resources B. sources C. bases D. foundation
7. Many people …………………….. that natural resources will never be use up
A. view B. regard C. consider D. believe
8. Using the computer competently is an important ……………….. to help one get a good job.
A. reason B. aspect C. factor D. issue
9. George wants £1000 for his car, but I don’t think it’s …………….. as much as that.
A. worth B. cost C. valued D. priced
10. “Did jenny say anything about her sister?”-No, she didn’t …………….. her at all.
A. remind B. remark C. refer D. mention
II. Choose the underlined part ( A, B, C, or D ) that is incorrect:
1. Families who are enough fortunate to own a historic home may be able to get restoration
A B C D
funds from the government.
2. The first things a new international student must do include renting an apartment,
A B
registering for classes, and to get to know the city.
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A B
are not likely to be physically fit.
C D
4. Christianity has become a worldwide religion since it has begun almost two thousand
A B C D
years ago.
5. As the population of Africa continues to grow, animals will continue to lose theirs natural
A B C D
habitat.
6. Actually, by the time Columbus arrived to America in 1492, other Europeans had already
A B C D
reached the New World.
7. The most Americans were killed in World War II than in any other war since the birth of
A B C D
the nation.
8. Antartica, which is largely covered by ice, receive hardly any rainfall.
A B C D
9. Jessica is only an amateur, but she sings sweeter than most professionals.
A B C D
10. Mrs. Adams was surprising that her son and his friend had gone to the mountains to ski.
A B C D
11. A cure for the common cold, causing by a virus, has not been found.
A B C D
12. Amelia Earhart, that was one of the pioneers in aviation, attempted to fly the world in
A B C
1937, but she and her plane mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.
D
13. His last test results showed he was the quickest typist, yet he was the less accurate of all the
A B C D
applicants.
14. That secretary of mine is so efficient that she always amazes myself with her speed.
A B C D
15. A problem it has caused setbacks and we have been forced to change the final date of
A B C
completion if we want to avoid being penalized.
D
III. Supply the suitable form of the words in brackets:
Different (1) _________ (conserve) efforts have been made in order to (2) _________
(danger) species. The Red List – (3) _________ (globe) list of endangered and vulnerable animal
species – has been introduced to raise people’s awareness of conservation needs. Governments
have enacted laws to protect wildlife from commercial trade and (4) _________(hunt). Another
_________ (conserve) effort is the development of wildlife habitat (5) _________ (reserve) as
they are suitable for the (6) _________ (survive) of a wide range of species.
The current globe extinction crisis is one of the (7) __________ (great) challenges to
mankind. To preserve the earth’s (8) __________ (value) biodiversity for future generations,
the protection of __________ (danger) species and their habitats should be a top (9) _______
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(prior) for international organizations, (10) __________ (govern) agencies, industry and
individuals.
IV. Put the verb in parentheses in correct tenses:
John has always traveled a lot. In fact, he was only two years old when he first flew to the
US. His mother is Italian and his father is American. John was born in France, but his parents 1
(meet)............................ in Cologne, Germany after they 2 (live)…………...... there for five years.
They had met one day while John’s father was reading a book in the library and his mother 3
(sit)……………...... beside him. John 4 (travel)............................ a lot because his parents also
travel a lot. As a matter of fact, John is visiting his parents in France at the moment. He lives in
New York now, but 5 (visit)…….………....... his parents for the last few weeks. He really
enjoys living in New York, but he also loves coming to visit his parents at least once a year.
This year he 6 (fly)......................... over 5,000 miles for his job. He has been working for Jackson
& Co. for almost two years now. He 7 (be)………..…..….... pretty sure that he 8
(work).......................... for them next year as well. His job requires a lot of travel. In fact, by the
end of this year, he 9 (travel)…..……….……..... over 120,000 miles! His next journey will be to
Australia. He really doesn’t like going to Australia because it is so far. This time he 10
(fly)............................. from Paris after a meeting with the company’s French partner. He will
have been sitting for over 18 hours by the time he arrives!
V. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence:
1. Do you know _________?
A. who how many people go on Sundays to church
B. who go to church on Sundays how many people
C. how many people who go on Sundays to church
D. how many people who go to church on Sundays
2. We watch the cat ________ the tree.
A. climbed B. climb C. had climbed D. was climbing
3. If we had known your new address, we ________ to see you.
A. came B. will come C. would come D. would have come
4. You may borrow as many books as you like, provided you show them to ____ is at the desk.
A. whoever B. who C. whom D. which
5. He looked forward to ________ his first pay packet.
A. receive B. have received C. be receiving D. receiving
6. Carol refused; ________, her answer was “no”.
A. in other words B. otherwise C. words for words D. however
7. If you see Tom _________ you mind _________ him to get in touch with me?
A. will / reminding B. will / to remind C. would / reminding D. would / to remind
8. _________ I hear that song, I think of you.
A. Whatever B. Forever C. Whenever D. However
9. “Let’s go dancing, _________?” – “Yes, let’s.”
A. will we B. don’t we C. do we D. shall we
10. I wish I _________ all about this matter a week ago.
A. knew B. know C. had known D. B & C are correct.
11. He was _________ he could not wake up.
A. very tired that B. such tired that C. too tired that D. so tired that
12. Joan asked _________.
A. if there was coffee B. there was coffee C. was there coffee D. where was the coffee
13. She didn’t know _________ to have fish or chicken for lunch.
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14. For lunch, you may have _________ fish or chicken.
A. both B. neither C. not only D. either
15. I suppose there’s a lot _________ between now and the first show.
A. to be done B. done C. we do D. to have done
16. I ____ my house ____. That is why there is all this mess.
A. had – paint B. have – paint C. had had - paint D. am having – painted
17. I warned him _________.
A. to be not late B. don’t be late C. not to be late D. he is not late
18. I should have _________ my hair cut weeks ago, but just don’t seem to have had time.
A. let B. made C. had D. gotten
19. I could not cut the grass because the machine _________ a few days previously.
A. broke down B. has been broken C. had broken down D. breaks down
20. If you want to develop inner tranquility, you have to stop _________ by every little thing
that happens.
A. bothering B. being bothered C. to bother D. to be bothered
21. He was made _________ for two hours.
A. to wait B. wait C. waiting D. waited
22. My boss is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work that I _________ last week.
A. should do B. should have done
C. must have done D. might have done
23. Ann is not at home. She’s __________ to dinner.
A. been B. gone C. went D. being
24. “Where are my jeans?” “They _________ at the moment. Sorry.”
A. are washing B. were washed C. are washed D. are being washed
25. The film was __________. There was so much blood in it.
A. horrify B. horrified C. horrifying D. being horrified
SECTION 3: READING
I. Rearrange the following five paragraphs.
A. One should be wary, however, of assuming that silent reading came about simply
because reading aloud is a distraction to others. Examination that factors related to the
historical development of silent reading reveals that it became the usual mode of reading for
most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.
B. By the end of the century students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to
books and to use skills in reading them which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the
oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological changes in the century had greatly altered
what the term “reading” implied.
C. Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of
the classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteen century the term “reading”
undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteen century did silent reading
become commonplace.
D. Towards the end of the century there was still considerable argument over whether
books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of
material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument
remains with us still in education. However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literary
culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books
and periodicals for a specialized readership on the other.
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 E. The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy, and thus in the number of
readers. As readers increased, so the number of potential listeners declined, and thus there
was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less
common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as
libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distraction to other
readers.
Your answers:
1. ------------------ 2. ------------------ 3. -------------- 4. --------------- 5. --------------
II. Read the passage and choose the best answer to complete it.
An unlucky day
Helen packed a small suitcase, said goodbye to her mother and hurried out of the house
to (1) __________ to the station. There was no one (2) ____________ waiting at the bus stop, so
it looked as if a bus had just left. Helen looked at her watch anxiously; it was already two
o’clock. Her train left at two thirty, and since it would (3) __________ at least twenty minutes
to reach the station, she did not have much time to (4) _____, even if a bus came along at once.
Just then a taxi came slowly down the road. Helen knew that the (5) __________ to the
station was at least two dollars, which was more than she could (6) ___________, but she
quickly made her (7) ___________ that it would be well (8) ___________ the extra expense in
order to be sure of catching the train. So she stopped the taxi and got in. she told the driver
that she had to catch the train which left at half past two. The man nodded and said that he
would take a short (9) ___________ to get her to the station in good time.
All went well until, just as they were coming out of a side street into the (10) _________
that lead to the station, the taxi ran (11) ___________ a car. There was a loud crash and Helen
was thrown (12) _________ so violently that she hit her head on the front seat. Both drivers got
out and began (13) _________ each other. Helen got out as (14) _____ to ask them to stop
quarrelling, but (15) _________ took any notice of her at all.
1. A. go on bus B. get the bus C. drive taxi D. catch the bus
2. A. else B. other C. person D. more
3. A. be B. take C. waste D. lose
4. A. spend B. wait for C. spare D. go
5. A. cost B. expense C. fare D. money
6. A. pay B. afford C. give D. have
7. A. decision B. mind C. head D. own
8. A. cheap B. done C. for D. worth
9. A. time B. way C. cut D. road
10. A. main road B. main side street C. alley D. train
11. A. off B. up C. for D. into
12. A. forward B. over C. up D. hard
13. A. shouting B. to shout at C. to shout for D. shouting to
14. A. well B. soon C. much D. if
15. A. none B. no one C. neither D. both of them
III. Read the two passages and choose the best answer to the questions or to complete the
statements .
PASSAGE 1:
A pilot cannot fly by sight alone. In many conditions, such as flying at night and
landing in dense fog, a pilot must use radar, an alternative way of navigating. Since human
eyes are not very good at determining speeds of approaching objects, radar can show a pilot
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happens when one shouts in a cave. The echo of the sounds against the walls helps a person
determine the size of the cave. With radar, however, the waves are radio waves instead of
sound waves. Radio waves travel at the speed of light, about 300,000 kilometers in one second.
A radar set sends out a short burst of radio waves. Then it receives the echoes produced when
the waves bounce off objects. By determining the time it takes for the echoes to return to the
radar set, a trained technician can determine the distance between the radar set and other
objects. The word “radar”, in fact, gets its name from the term “radio detection and ranging”.
“Ranging” is the term for detection of the distance between an object and the radar set. Besides
being of critical importance to pilots, radar is essential for air traffic control, tracking ships at
sea, and for tracking weather systems and storms.
1. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. The nature of radar. B. History of radar.
C. Alternatives to radar. D. Types of ranging.
2. According to the passage, what can radar detect besides location of objects?
A. Shape. B. Size. C. Speed. D. Weight.
3. The word “exemplified” in the passage can be replaced by _______.
A. “specified” B. “resembled” C. “illustrated” D. “justified”
4. The word “shouts” in the passage most closely means _______.
A. “exclaims” B. “yells” C. “shoots” D. “whispers”
5. Which of the following words best describes the tone of this passage?
A. argumentative B. explanatory C. humorous D. imaginative
6. According to the passage, the distance between a radar set and an object can be determined
by _______.
A. the time it takes for a burst of radio waves to produce echoes when the waves bounce off
the object
B. the term “ranging” used for detection of the distance between an object and the radar set
C. the time it takes for the radio waves to produce echoes and bounce off the object
D. the time it takes for the echoes produced by the radio waves to return to the radar set
7. Which type of waves does radar use?
A. tidal B. sound C. heat D. radio
8. The word “tracking” in the passage most closely means _______.
A. sending B. searching for C. ranging D. repairing
9. Which of the following would most likely be the topic of the next paragraph?
A. A history of flying. B. Other uses of radar.
C. The technology used by pilots. D. Uses of some technology.
10. What might be inferred about radar?
A. It takes the place of a radio.
B. It has improved navigational safety.
C. It was developed from a study of sound waves.
D. It gave birth to the invention of the airplane.
PASSAGE 2:
Today’s cars are smaller, safer, cleaner, and more economical than their predecessors, but
the car of the future will be far more pollution-free than those on the road today. Several new
types of automobile engines have already been developed than run on alternative sources of
power, such as electricity, compressed natural gas, methanol, steam, hydrogen, and propane.
Electricity, however, is the only zero-emission option presently available.
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 Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical until a powerful, compact battery or
other dependable source of current is available, transport experts foresee a new assortment of
electric vehicles entering everyday life: shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled
neighborhood cars, electric delivery vans, bikes and trolleys.
As automakers work to develop practical electrical vehicles, urban planners and utility
engineers are focusing on infrastructure systems to support and make the best use of the new
cars. Public charging facilities will need to be as common as today’s gas stations. Public
parking spots on the street or in commercial lots will need to be equipped with devices that
allow drivers to charge their batteries while they stop, dine, or attend a concert. To encourage
the use of electric vehicles, the most convenient parking in transportation centers might be
reserved for electric cars.
Planners foresee electric shuttle buses, trains, buses and neighborhood vehicles all meeting
at transit centers that would have facilities for charging and renting. Commuters will be able
to rent a variety of electric cars to suit their needs: light trucks, one-person three-wheelers,
small cars, or electric/gasoline hybrid cars for longer trips, which will no doubt take place on
automated freeways capable of handling five times the number of vehicles that can be carried
by freeway today.
1. The following electrical vehicles are all mentioned in the passage EXCEPT
A. vans B. trains C. planes D. trolleys
2. The author’s purpose in the passage is to
A. criticize conventional vehicles
B. support the invention of electric cars
C. narrate a story about alternative energy vehicles
D. describe the possibilities for transportation in the future
3. The passage would most likely be followed by details about
A. automated freeways B. pollution restrictions in the future
C. the neighborhood of the future D. electric shuttle buses
4. The word “compact” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. long-range B. inexpensive C. concentrated D. squared
5. In the second paragraph, the author implies that
A. a dependable source of electric energy will eventually be developed.
B. everyday life will stay much the same in the future.
C. a single electric vehicle will eventually replace several modes of transportation
D. electric vehicles are not practical for the future
6. According to the passage, public parking lots of the future will be
A. more convenient than they are today B. equipped with charging devices
C. much larger than they are today D. as common as today’s gas stations
7. The word “charging” in this passage refers to
A. electricity B. credit cards C. aggression D. lightning
8. The word “foresee” in this passage could best be replaced with
A. count on B. invent C. imagine D. rely on
9. The word “commuters” in paragraph 4 refers to
A. daily travelers B. visitors C. cab drivers D. shoppers
10. The word “hybrid” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A. combination B. hazardous C. futuristic D. automated
SECTION 4: WRITING
I. Rewrite the sentence as similar in meaning as possible:
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1. It is cheaper to go by train than by car.
- Going by car …………………………………………………………………………………
2. We must go now because our train leaves at 8 A.M.
- It’s …………..………………………………………………………………………………
3. Although he made great efforts, he failed to win the race.
- In spite ………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Since she was careless, Mary lost her job.
- Because of …………………………………………..………………………………………
5. Workers are building a new factory.
- A new factory ………………………………………….……………………………………
6. Who broke the window?
- By ……………………………………………………………………………………………
7. “What’s your job?” Mary asked Tom.
- Mary wanted to know ………………………………………………………………………
8. The bust couldn’t run because of the fog.
- The fog ………………………………………………..…………………………………….
9. Tim will be eighteen next week.
- It is Tim’s ……………………………………………………………………………………
10. Peter said to Paul, “I didn’t use your mobile phone! Someone else did, not me”.
- Peter denied …………………………………………………………………………………
III. Make all the changes and additions necessary, to produce from the following sets of
words or phrases, sentences that together make a complete letter:
Dear Mary,
1. Thank you/ much/ your letter/ arrive/ few days ago.
- .................................................................................………………………………………..
2. It/ be lovely/ hear/ you.
- ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. I/ be sorry/ I not write/ such/ long time/ but I/ be/ very busy.
- .................................................................................…………………………………………
4. As you know/ we buy/ new house/ May.
- .................................................................................……………………..………………….
5. It/ be/ very bad condition/ and it need/ a lot/ work.
- .................................................................................………………………………………….
6. We finish/ most/ it now/ and it look/ very nice.
- .................................................................................……………………………………….
7. John and I/ decide/ give/ house – warming party/ October 2nd.
- .................................................................................………………………………………..
8. You thinks/ you/ able/ come?
- .................................................................................…………………………………………
9. Please give me/ ring/ let/ know/ you/ make it.
- .................................................................................………………………………………..
10. I/ really/ look forward/ see you again.
- .................................................................................………………………………………..
Love,
Bob

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