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A. Practice set 1 (SGD TP.HCM 2014-2015)
1. Computers have made access to information instantly available
A B C
just to push a few buttons.
D
2. Asteroids may be fragments of a planet shattered long ago or
A B C
from material the nuclei of old comets.
D
3. Between the ages of nine and fifteen, almost all young people
A B
undertake a rapid series of psychological changes.
C D
4. Ponds are noted for their rich and varied types of plant and
A B
animal life, all maintain in a delicate ecological balance.
C D
5. The explorers said that they could make the round trip shorter if
A B C
the weather had not been that bad.
D
6. The Pinebrook Inn has a courtesy bus which runs every thirty minute
A B C
both to and from the downtown area.
D
7. Most authorities consider both dreaming while sleep and
A B
daydreaming to be forms of fantasy.
C D
8. Antique auctions are getting more and more popular in the United
A B

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States because of increasingly public awareness of the value of
C D
investing in antiques.
9. An X-ray microscope enables a person to see on solid materials
A B
such as metal and bone.
C D
10. The growth rate of the Pacific Rim countries is twice faster than
A B
other comparable areas during the Industrial Revolution.
C D

B. Practice set 2 (PTNK KC 2010 & 2013)

1. The new artist enjoys her new-found fame, so she doesn’t mind to sign
A B C D
autographs for her friends.
2. Your success was due to hard work while I was due to good luck.
A B C D
3. I think life must be a terrible struggle if you haven’t got money enough
A B C
to buy the things that you need.
D
4. “Was the house badly damaged in the fire?” “No, the firemen got there
A B C
just on time.”
D
5. She broke some of her legs in the accident, so she couldn’t walk for
A B C D
months.
6. The biologist found some pollutants, a little of which can be considered
A B
very harmful to fish and other living organisms in the river.
C D
7. When the children realized that they were by themselves in the dark,
A B
they became really frightening.
C D
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8. Wood from the ash tree becomes extremely flexibly when it is exposed
A B C D
to steam.
9. The college newspaper prints only the news that are of interest to the
A B C
students and faculty.
D
10. She finds the work she has to do quite easily; boredom is her biggest
A B C D
problem.

C. Practice set 3 (SGD TP.HCM 2013 – 2014)

1. A million of tourists from all over the world visit New York every year.
A B C D
2. The roles of people in society have changed, and so are the rules of
A B C
conduct in certain situations.
D
3. It should not be assumed that lower the price, the happier the buyer.
A B C D
4. Measles have not yet been eradicated because of controversially
A B C
concerning immunization.
D
5. The rings of Saturn are too distant to be seen from earth without a
A B C D
telescope.
6. Paper was expensive during the Middle Ages that it had to be used
A B C
sparingly.
D
7. It is obvious that the choice of restaurant for the anniversary’s meal is
A B C
entirely your.
D
8. He mustn’t have made the representation because he was not a senior
A B C
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member of the staff.
D
9. Never before have I seen the children who are so well-behaving and
A B C D
encouraging.
10. Football fans in their thousands are queuing in line outside the stadium
A B C
for tickets.
D

D. Practice set 4 (PTNK 2015)

1. Garet takes shelter from the rain in the doorway of an antiques shop
A B
where she has never come across before.
C D
2. We can still read the old poems there on the yellowing paper even
A B
though the audience to whom they were intended has largely
C D
disappeared.
3. The job of a professor was not so much promoting the uncontrolled
A B
expansion of self-esteem as to forcibly ram it back into the Pandora’s
C D
box.
4. People who have high ears such as her are likely to become famous
A
before the age of 30, while those who combine this with eyes of
B C
different sizes will be lucky.
D
5. Most scientists agree that even no ethical concerns raised by cloning, it
A
still carries far too many unknowns to be safe to try on humans.
B C D
6. The should-have-been-golden years are discovered instead to be a
A B

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frightening ante-room to extinction, a time of loneliness and suffering,
C
to be postponed as late as possible.
D
7. Making the computer as the villain in the invasion of privacy or
A B
encroachment on civil liberties simply diverts attention from the real
C D
dangers.
8. In the early 1990s, intelligence agencies estimated that ethnic Koreans
A B
in Japan were sending as much as $2 billions a year to Pyongyang.
C D
9. His story is that of a young man dedicated himself to music from an
A B
early age and determined to make a success of the career he had
C D
chosen.
10. She breast-fed her baby daughter when soldiers opened fire
A B
on a group of villagers who had been forced into a ditch.
C D

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