ENGLISH PRACTICE 49

PART 1: .Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from
that of the others. Write your answer in the right box below.
1. A. chooses B. houses C. rises D. horses
2. A. busy B. noisy C. sugar D. present
3. A. practice B. device C. service D. office
4. A. method B. negative C. secondary D. media
5. A. naked B. sacred C. needed D. walked
PART 2: Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
Write your answer in the right box below.
6. A. television B. education C. entertainment D.
information
7. A. conversation B. isolation C. traditional D. situation
8. A. capital B. activity C. different D. opera
9. A. affect B. effective C. expand D. charity
10. A. family B. probably C. animal D. minority
PART 3: Choose the best answer from the four options (A, B, C and D) to complete each
sentence below. Write your answer in the right box below.
11. They helped handicapped children to_______________ their difficulties.
A. finish B. overcome C. pass by D. conquer
12. People who are easily ________ by rumors can never be good friends.
A. influenced B. attracted C. purchased D. occurred
13. Mary apologized ___________not phoning me earlier.
A. for B. with C. on D. in
14. It was ____________ a difficult question that we couldn’t answer it.
A. so B. such C. very D. too
15. I don’t think Frank is old___________to stay at home alone.
A. so B. too C. enough D. even
16. ___________all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong.
A. Although B. Because C. Because of D. In spite of
17.You will become ill______________ you stop working so hard.
A. until B. when C. unless D. if
18. Tom and Mary never came to class late. __________________.
A. So did we B. Neither did we C. We did either D. Neither we
did
19. If you ________ to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess now.
A. listen B. will listen C. listened D. had
listened
20. Helen asked me __________the film called “Star Wars”.
A. if I had seen B. have I seen C. have you seen D. if had I
seen
PART 4: Find a mistake in the underlined parts A, B, C or D. Write your answer in the
right box below.
21. When living in the countryside, Tom used to going swimming with his friends.
A B C D
22. The farmers had to work hardly in the field all day.
A B C D
23. I advise you starting looking for a flat at once.
A B C D
24. Unless we leave a bowl of water under the sun, it will evaporate.
A B C D
25. The students seemed very nervously before the final exam.
A B C D
26. We don’t allow passengers smoking in this part of the building .
A B C D
27. When he was a college student, he learned to play tennis, to ski, and swimming.
A B C D
28. The book writing by Jack London is very popular in the world.
A B C D
29. Would you like going on an excursion with my class?
A B C D
30. Have the students be told about the changes of their timetable yet?
A B C D
PART 5: . Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.
Jane (31. join)..............our firm twelve years ago. She had worked for the previous
seven years with an advertising company and (32. acquire)..................much useful
experience. For the first eight years with us, she (33. work)................in the Sales Department,
and (34. work)................there when I became a Managing Director. Since then she (35.
work)................as my personal assistant, and (36.prove).....................herself to be
outstandingly capable on many occasions. She (37.work) ................. on the top floor, in an
office next to mine, but at the moment she (38.work)....................in London on a special
assignment.
PART 6: 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.
0. These shoes look quite smart but they’re 0.___uncomfortable___
terribly________________ (COMFORT)
39. The keys were locked inside the car. __________, a side 39. ___________________
window was open. (LUCKY)
40. It is forbidden to hunt for that kind of bird. It has been 40.___________________
listed as one of the ___________species. (DANGER)
41.There's a serious___________of food in the disaster 41.___________________
area.(SHORT)
42. That was one of the most ________ situations in my life. 42.___________________
(EMBARRASSMENT)
43. Everyone likes him because he has a really good sense 43.___________________
of __________. (HUMOROUS)
44. The heat from the sun is a clean and __________source of 44.___________________
energy, which cannot be used up. (LIMIT)
45. Some rare animals are in danger of______. (EXTINCT) 45. ___________________
PART 7:.Choose the best answer from the four options to complete each of the
numbered blanks in the following passage. Write your answer in the right box below.
HOW TRANSPORTATION AFFECTS OUR LIFE?
Without transportation, our modern society could not (46)………….We would have
no metal, no coal and no oil nor would we have any (47)………….made from these materials.
(48)………….., we would have to spend most of our time (49)….…….. food and food would be
(50) ………….. to the kinds that could grow in the climate and soil of our neighborhoods.
Transportation also (51) ……… our lives in other ways. Transportation can speed a
doctor to the (52)…………... of a sick person, even if the patient lives on an isolated farm. It
can take police to the (53) …………………of a crime within moments of being notified.
Transportation (54) …………….teams of athletes to compete in national and international
sports contests. In time of (55) ………….transportation can rush aid to . person in areas
stricken by floods, mines and earthquakes.
46. A. happen B. exist C. take place D. establish
47. A. production B. producers C. productivity D. product
48. A. Besides B. However C. Although D. Even
49. A. buying B. taking C. raising D. paying
50. A. related B. limited C. focused D. connected
51. A. makes B. influences C. affects D. effects
52. A. side B. way C. body D. part
53. A. location B. scene C. place D. site
54. A. brings B. gets C. fetches D. enables
55. A. disasters B. wars C. accidents D. problems
PART 8: Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are true (T) or
false (F).
After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man.
However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be
remembered as the inventor of dynamite so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he
created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who made worthwhile
contributions to mankind. Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry,
medicine and peace. Economics was added in 1968, just sixty-seven years after the first
awards ceremony.
Nobel’s original legacy of nine million dollars was invested, and the interest on this
sum is used for the awards which vary from $30.000 to $ 125.000.
Every year on December 10th, the anniversary of Nobel’s death, the awards (gold
medal, illuminated diploma and money) are presented to the winners. Sometimes politics
plays an important role in the judges’ decisions. Americans have won numerous science
awards, but relatively few literature prizes.
No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II.
Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare, others have shared their prizes.

T F
56. Where Alfred Nobel was born in Switzerland.
57. The first award ceremony took place in1901
58. The Nobel Prize was set to recognize worthwhile contributions to humanity.
59. Americans have received the most awards in literature.
60. A large number of individuals have won two awards.
PART 9: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Write your
answer in the right box below.
My lawyer, Mr. Turner, is the only man I know who has seen a ghost. He is a quiet
even-tempered man whose life is spent in dealing with facts. He is the last person in the
world to give way to fantasy. He has a wife and two children of whom he is proud, takes a
modest holiday abroad every year and spends his Sundays gardening. He is knowledgeable
about art and architecture, though he doesn’t pretend to be an expert by any means. It is,
therefore, all the more surprising that he should be so insistent about the ghost. It
happened, so he says, like this:
He was travelling from London to the north of England by train. It was a misty
November evening and the train was half empty. In fact, for the first part of the journey Mr.
Turner had the carriage to himself and sat dozing over a newspaper. However, at the first
stop a passenger jumped in, slamming the door behind him. He seemed out of his breath as
if he had been running. He was a striking looking young man with dark, bushy hair and
bright intelligent eyes. He was dressed rather oddly in a long waistcoat with silver buttons,
tight trousers and embroidered waistcoat. Mr. Turner didn’t pay much attention to this
because people wear all sorts of extravagant clothes these days and he had long grown
accustomed to them.
Presently, the two men got into conversation, as people do on long journeys. Mr.
Turner was interested to discover that the young man was very knowledgeable about art –
in particular portraits. His name, he said, was Joseph Hart, and he was on his way to visit an
exhibition. It seemed that he worked in a famous London Art Gallery – a picture restorer,
perhaps, thought Mr. Turner, he seemed to know a great deal about varnishes and paints,
and even more about the subjects of certain portraits. When Mr. Turner asked his opinion
of the portrait of a famous judge by an artist he admired, his companion laughed and said:
“He’s only a reproduction – a good one I agree but you can’t talk to a reproduction”. He
spoke as though the person in the portrait were still living.
After a while the carriage got hot and steamy and Mr. Turner dropped off. He woke up
just as the train was drawing up at a junction with a grinding of brakes. His companion had
disappeared.
A few days later, having returned to London, Mr. Turner found himself near the Art
Gallery. Moved by some impulse, he went in and inquired for Joseph Hart. The attendant
directed him to a room devoted to early nineteenth century portraits of well-known men.
There was no one in the room and Mr. Turner looked around him. Without knowing quite
how he had got there, he found himself standing in front of a full-length portrait of a young
dark man in tight trousers and an embroidered waistcoat. The eyes smiled at him with a
hint of amusement. The name-plate at the foot of the picture read: Joseph Hart, Gentleman,
1800-1835.
61. What kind of person was Mr. Turner?
A. Imaginative B. Fantastic C. Sensible
D. Insensitive
62. Although he was a lawyer, Mr. Turner_________.
A. pretended to know a lot about art. B. knew something about
art
 C. pretended to take interest in art. D. intended to learn more about
art.
63. When the passenger entered Mr. Turner’s department, ________.
A. he was panting B. he was running
C. the train was just training D. the carriage was half-empty.
64. The passenger’s clothes didn’t seem strange to Mr. Turner because ________.
A. he was used to wearing strange clothes. B. he liked people who wore
strange clothes
C. everyone he knew wore strange clothes. D. he had seen a lot of people in
strange clothes
65. Mr. Turner thought the young man might _______.
A. be an art dealer B. be an art expert
C. renew old pictures D. paint reproductions of old
pictures
66. Why wouldn’t the young man give an opinion on the portrait of the judge?
A. The judge wasn’t alive. B. The judge was still alive.
C. The picture was a copy. D. He hadn’t seen it.
67. When did Mr. Turner first realize that the passenger had gone?
A. When the train started. B. After the train had stopped.
C. Just before the train stopped. D. When the train was leaving the
station.
68. Why did Mr. Turner go into the Art Gallery?
A. He was walking past there. B. He had never been there before.
C. He has planned to do so D. He suddenly decided to.
69. In the part of the Gallery that Mr. Turner was directed to, ________.
A. there were a lot of pictures of unknown people B. there were a lot of nineteenth
century people
C. no one else was looking at the pictures D. he only saw one portrait.
70. When Mr. Turner looked the portrait of Joseph Hart, _______.
A. he smiled at it B. he thought it smiled at him
C. he didn’t recognize it D. he was amused
PART 10: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as
possible in meaning to the original sentence. Start with the word(s) provided.
71. My brother prefers driving to being driven.
 My brother would rather……………………………………………………………………
72. I didn't notice that I had the wrong umbrella until I got home.
 Not until…………………………………………………………………………………….
73. Because he didn’t study hard, he failed the exam.
 Had……………………………………………………………………………….…………..
74. It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.
 The man……………………………………………………………………………………...
75. Are you against working on Sunday?
 Do you object………………………………………………………………………………..?
76. The flight to Moscow lasted three hours and a half.
 It took ……………………………………………………………………………………..
77. I haven't seen Henry for two years.
 It’s ………………………………………………………………………………………….
78. I'm sorry that I didn't finish my homework.
 I wish ……………………………………………………………………………………….
79. I've never read such an interesting poem.
 This is ………………… ……………………………………………………..……….
80. Is smoking permitted in Vietnamese cinemas?
à Are we ………………………………………………………………………………………?
50
I. Choose the answer A,B,C or D which best fits in the space in each of the
following sentences.
1. I would never have encouraged you to go into this field………….it would be so
stressful for you.

A. had I known B. and I have known C. should I know D. but I knew

2. I think I hear someone……………the back window. Do you hear it too?

A. trying open B. trying to open C. try opening D. try to open

3. “I didn’t expect Ann’s husband to be here at the opera with her.”

“I am surpised, too. Ann must have interested that…………with her.”

A. he had come B. he comes C. he came D. he come

4. My friend , Jonathan has a gold earing in…………..

A. his two ears B. each ear C. every year D. the ears

5. The bad weather was……………the series of power cuts.

A. blamed for B. blamed on C. blamed with D.

blamed by

6. I bought this book mainly because it has a very attractive………………

A. folder B. cover C. coat D. wrapping

7. Long…………….the walley you can see was actually a lake.

A. past B. ago C. since D. before

8. Jane lost her case. It did not have a/an………….with her name on.
 A. ticket B. poster C. label D. indentification

9. The clerk was……………rude to the poor old woman.

A. large-scale B. upright . outbound D. downright

10. Mike was not feeling well, so we gave him…………………to do than you.

A. less work B. fewer workers C. litter works D.

least work

II. Complete these sentences using the correct form of one of the words below in
each space. You may use each word more than once.

Travel Voyage Journey Excursion Flight

Trip

1. He came home after years of foreign…………….

2. Did you get to Athens during your…………….around Europe?

3. It’s six-hour…………….by train.

4. Columbus…………to Indian turned out very differently from what he had expected.

5. I’m going on a business……………to Brussels for the day.

6. We decided to break our………………in Oxford and spent night there.

7. Are you going to join the…………..to see the old castle?

8. That was the worst…………….. I’ve ever been on, there was turbulence all the way.

9. We made the long……………….to Patagonia by train.

10. Our………………is the 406 to Rome.

III. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given, do not change the word given.

1. It’s possible that the fire was caused by an electrical fault in the gym. (LIKEHOOD)

In……………………………………………………………………..........

2. If the CDs hadn’t been so expensive, I would haven bought them. (SUCH)

They……………………………………………………………………….

3. No one has applied for the job jet. (ANY)

I……………………………………………………………………………

4. Matt seems to be naturally good at playing the piano. (TALENT)

Matt seems to……………………………………………………………...

5. Kerry didn’t send us any postcards during her travel through Argentina. (ONE)

Not…………………………………………………………………………

IV. Complete these sentences using the correct form of the one of thee phrasal verbs
below in each space.

put on hold on put back take back get on

hold back take on go back on go on get
back

1. When you have finished playing with yours toys, please…..........them……...…in the
cupboard.

2. Did you…………your money…………..off the travel agent when the holiday was
cancelled?

3. Can you………….till I have finished talking to the manager? Then I’ll be right with
you.

4. You gave me your word. You can’t………………it now.

5. Let’s………………from where we left off. Where were we before we were
interrupted?

6. I’m determinded to succeed-nothing in the world will……………..me……………

7. ……………your nicest clothes because I’m taking you to the best restaurant in town.

8. I’m afraid I don’t……………very well withh the man who lives next door.

9. Hearing that song ……………me………….to my university days. I haven’t heard it

fors years.

10. If we……………you…………….., will you be able to work on Saturdays?

V. For questions 1-15, read the text blow and decide which answer A,B,C or D best
fits each space.

ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE

Stamp collecting! What a wonderful hobby! I began when I was only five. I used to
(1)............

for the postman’s arrival, always (2)……..….to seize unwanted envelopes and tear off
the corner

with the stamp stuck onn it.

One-I remember it all too clearly-my father and mother were sunning themselves in
the garden when the post (3)………….on the doormat. I heard the clatter of the letter flap
and hurriedly went to (4)…………….. There were four of five envelopes, all with ery
entieing stamps.

Event at the (5)…………..age of five I knew one doesn’t open mail addressed to other
people. However, tearing fust the corners off the envelopes (6)………….me as perfectly
fair and allbwable, and that is what I did. I carefully tore as (7)……………to the stamp
as (8)……………

feeling that even the envelopes, which was addressed to my parents and not to me, should
be treated with (9)………………

There was nothing furtive in what I did. I knew my parents would see what I’ve done,
and I didn’t think there was any (10)…………..in it. They always let me (11)…………
the corner after they had open them. Why should I think there was any harm in doing it
first, (12)……………in mind that they weren’t on hand to be (13) ……………..
Wouldn’t they rather be left to doze in their summer deckchairs?

(14)……….., though, my father solemly showed me his letters. They looked

distinctly moth-eaten, with bites taken out of the corners and sides. I began to (15)
…………..what I’d done.

1. A. state B. watch C. look D. peer

2. A. glad B. pleased C. eager D. excited

3. A. came B. was C. lay D. arrived

4. A. investigate B. obsrve C. see D. notice

5. A. junior B. tender C. small D. little

6. A. struck B. seemed C. appeared D. felt

7. A. nearoy B. closed C. next D. round

8. A. able B. possibly C. possible D. could

9. A. gentieness B. caution C. honour D. respect

10. A. trouble B. wrong C. bad D. harm

11. A. take B. tear C. cut D. remove

12. A. having B. holding C. bearing D. keeping

13. A. consulted B. advised C. queried D. requested

14. A. After B. Then C. Later D. Soon

15. A. accept B. realise C. admit D. confess

VI. Fill in the missing words with one word in each gap.

LOVE ON THE INTERNET

Richard and hiss American wife Cindy are extremely affectionate towards each
other and talk constantly – using sign language. Cindy has been deaf (1)…………birth,
but Richard lost his hearing only recently. He had problems (2)………….a child,
although doctors failded to find (3)………….amiss. However, on finishing university, his
hearing difficulties became acute and he moved bacck to his mother’s house for (4)
…………..while. He was so depresses he (5)………

ate and his weight dropped to forty-four kilos. (6)…………..been surounded by sound his
whole life, he found living in this new silent world completely devastatinng.

Richard learnt sign language (7)…………….as to be able to communicate again

and it was his audiologist (8)…………..suggestes getting onn-line. (9)…………..days, he
was surfing the web. (10)…………….daily contact with oher deaf people in chat room.
For the (11)……………..

part, he chatted to Americans, finding them particularly upbeat. No (12)…..….had he got

chatting

to Cindy than he was bowled (13)……….. Cindy, (14)…………...home was in

Louisiana, invited

him to America, (15)……………..on the right of his arrival, he proposed. They signed
wedding took place on a Mississippi riverboat shortly afterwards.

VII. Choose the iteem (A,B,C or D) that best answers the uestion about the passage.

Niagara Falls, one of the most famous North American natural wonnders, has long
been a popular tourist destination. Tourists today flock to see the ttwo falls that actually
constitute Niagara Falls: the 173-foot-high Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of the
Naigara River in the Canadian province of Ontario and the 183-foott-high American Falls
on the U.S side of the river in the state of New York. Approximately 85 percent of the
water that goes over the falls actually goes over Horseshoe Falls, with the rest going over
Americant Falls.

Most visitors come between April and October, and it is quite a popular activity to
take a steamer out onto the river and right up to the base of the falls for the close-up
view. It is also possible to get a spectacular view of the falls from the strategic locations
along the Naigara River, such as Prospect Point of Table Rock, or from one of the four
observation towers which have heights up to 500 feet.

Tourists have been visiting Naigara Falls in large numbers since the 1800s; annual
visitation now averages above 10 million visitors per year. Because of conncern that all
these tourists would inadvertantly destroy the natural beauty of this scenic wonder, the
state of New York in 1885 created Niagara Falls Park in order to protect the land
surrounding American Falls. A year later Canada created Queen Victoria Park on the
Canadian sides of the Naigara, around Horseshoe Falls. With the area surrounding the
falls under the jurisdiction of government agencies, appropriate steps could be taken to
preserve the pristine beauty of the area.

1. What is the major point that the author is making in this passage?
A. Niagara Falls can be viewed from either the American side or the Canadian
side.
B. A trip to the United States isn’t complete without a visit to Niagara Falls.
C. Niagara Falls has had an interesting history.
D. It has been necessary to protect Naigara Falls fom thee many tourists who
go there.
2. The word “flock” could best be relaced by:
A. come by plane B. come in large number

C. come out of boredom D. come without knowing what they will see

3. According to the passage, which of the following best describes Naigara Falls?

A. Niagara Falls consists of two rivers, one Canadian and the other American.

B. American Falls is considerably higher than Horseshoe Falls.

C. The Niagara River has two falls, one in Canada and one in The United
States.

D. Although the Niagara River flows through the United States and Canada,
the falls

Only in the United States.

4. A “steamer” is probably:
A. a bus B. a boat C. a walkway D. a park

5. The expression “right up” could best be replaced by:

A. turn to the right B. follow correct procedures

C. travel upstream D. all the way up

6. The passage implies that tourists prefer to:

 A. visit Niagara Falls during warmer weather

B. see the falls from a great distance

C. take a ride over the falls D. come to Niagara Falls for a winter
vacation.

7. The passage implies that tourists prefer to:

A. To encourage tourists to visit Niagara Falls

B. To show off the natural beauty of Niagara Falls

C. To protect the area around Niagara Falls

D. To force Canada to open Queen Victoria Park

8. The word “jurisdiction” is closest in meaning to:

A. view B. assistance C. taxation D. control

9. The word “pristine” is closest in meaning to:

A. pure and natural B. highly developed

C. well-regulated D. overused

10. The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses:

A. additional ways to observe the falls

B. steps taken by governmant agencies to protect the falls

C. a detailed description of the division of the falls between the United States
and

Canada

D. further problems that are destroying the area around the falls