PRACTICE TEST 6 (G8)

PART A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others (0.5pt.)
1. A. blink B. click C. client D. bliss 1....................
2. A. believed B. based C. managed D. aged 2....................
3. A. stead B. spread C. bread D. steak 3....................
4. A. study B. student C. stubborn D. stun 4....................
5. A. clasp B. mask C. fast D. walk 5....................
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the others (0.5pt.)
1. A. relaxing B. satisfied C. exciting D. collection 1....................
2. A. activity B. community C. obesity D. literature 2....................
3. A. volunteer B. interesting C. badminton D. positive 3....................
4. A. fragile B. boring C. reply D. visit 4....................
5. A. countryside B. vacation C. opinion D. convenient 5....................

PART B. USE OF ENGLISH

I. Choose the option that best completes each of the following sentences (1pt.)
1. Viet plays the guitar _______ than Phong does.
A. more goodly B. more well C. better D. gooder 1. ……………
2. Ethnic minorities have to cope _______ many difficulties in their daily lives.
A. on B. to C. of D. with 2. ……………
3. We are making our great _______ to build houses and teach Kinh language to people living in mountainous area.
A. love B. knowledge C. effort D. appreciation 3. ……………
4. What _______ do to help them if you volunteered in village of ethnic people?
A. you B. would you C. will you D. you will 4. ……………
5. I love _______ and I want _______ a well-known singer in the future.
A. to sing - being B.singing - being C. singing – to be D. sing – to be 5. ……………
6. She inspired her passion and effort to poor people. She was a great _______.
A. activist B. activity C. active D. activitor 6. ……………
7. We hate being made _______ a lot of homework.
A. to be done B. to do C. doing D. do 7. ……………
8. In spite of _______, he was determined to finish his work.
A. was serious ill B. be serious ill C. his serious illness D. he was serious ill 8. ……………
9. In my opinion, life in the countryside is _______ than in the city.
A. less narrow B. more narrow C. narrower D. least narrow 9. ……………
10. My doctor advised _______ up smoking.
A. me to give B. me to giving C. me giving D. me give 10. ………….

II. Use the correct form of the given word to complete each of the following sentences (2pts.)
1. You can taste some (SPECIAL) of the local people sold right there at the market. 1. …………………
2. There are many (RELIGION) festivals held by the Viet people in spring. 2. …………………
3. Do the Cham people live in the (SOUTH) provinces of the country? 3. …………………
4. The Museum of Ethnology shows the (DIVERSE) of different cultural groups. 4. …………………
5. In today’s world, (TEEN) rely on technology more than in the past. 5. …………………
(6. TRADITION), the H’mong women are famous for (7. MAKE) cloth from hemp and dying it a 6. …………………
deep indigo blue. 7. …………………
8. It makes me have a good, peaceful and (RELAX) mood with bright green color. 8. …………………
9. It was such a (MEMORY) trip of mine. 9. …………………
10. They go to work on farms every day (REGARD) of the bad weather. 10. ……………….

III. Use the correct form and tense of the verb in brackets to complete the letter (1pt.) 1. …………………
Dear Jenny, 2. …………………
I hope everything’s OK with you. I (1. go) for another job interview last week, but I (2. not hear) 3. …………………
anything yet. The man who interviewed me said that he (3. receive) 240 applications! Do you 4. …………………
know, I (4. have) nine job interviews since Christmas, but no luck. It’s really depressing. I (5. try) 5. …………………
to get a job for nearly a year now without success. 6. …………………
I (6. see) Sally a few weeks ago. She and Tom (7. just come) back from a nice holiday in 7. …………………
Tenerife. They went to the same place that they (8. go) to before, and they had a really good 8. …………………
time, except that Tom (9. lose) all his documents in the sea when they (10. fish) one day, and 9. …………………
they had terrible problems getting home. 10. ………………..
Lots of love, Sue

PART C. READING
I. Read the passage and decide if each statement below is true or false by putting a tick () in the right column
(1pt.)
I have returned to my hometown of Wilson Creek after an absence of 10 years.
So many things have changed around here. When I left Wilson Creek, there was a small pond on the right at the entrance of
the town. They have filled in this pond and they have built a large shopping mall there. A new post office has also been built
just in the area where there used to be my old schoolyard.
There is a baseball stadium on the outskirts of Wilson Creek which has been changed completely. They have now added a
bigger stand where probably a few thousand people could sit. It looks really great.
The biggest changes have taken place in the downtown area. They have pedestrianised the centre and you can't drive there
anymore. A European-style fountain has been built and some benches have also been added along with a grassy area and
a new street cafe.
My street looks just the same as it always has, but a public library has been built in the next street along. There used to be a
great park there but they have cut down all the trees, which is a pity. The library now has a large green area in front of it but
it's not the same as when the park was there.
Another improvement is the number of new restaurants that have appeared in Wilson Creek. A Chinese and an Italian
restaurant have opened in the town centre and there is a Mexican restaurant near my home.

True False
1. The author's school doesn't exist anymore. ……….. ………..
2. More people can now watch a baseball game at the stadium. ……….. ………..
3. You can only walk to the downtown area. ……….. ………..
4. The buildings in the centre of the town look European. ……….. ………..
5. He is sorry about the park being ruined. ……….. ………..

II. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the following passage (2 pts.)
It’s funny nowadays. Everybody buys (1) _______ clothes. It’s not ‘cool’ to knit or sew your own anymore and crafts like this
are (2) _______ as a very old skill. People believe that it is women’s hobbies and skills and it isn’t often that you find men (3)
_______ crafts like this as a hobby, which is completely silly, as some of the world’s (4) _______ designers are men!
Both my dad and grandad tried knitting once. Their wool came out as a triangle (5) _______ they dropped stitches and held
the wool too tight. Dad watched us knit and told us that it was magic. He made me think the other day by wondering how
many thousands of years ago a fisherman or someone working in trade just decided to pick up a bit of string and two sticks
and (6) _______ making knots and voilà ... knitting was born!
My mum is brilliant (7) _______ sewing and knitting and I’ve decided that I want to learn to sew better. I walked into the
fabric shop the other day to pick up some fabric and a pattern and was amazed that I could find the pattern online and could
watch a YouTube video to show me how to make my dress! The best thing is that you can start off (8) _______ really simple
designs and make small and easy items of clothing first and (9) _______ your way up. It’s not difficult if you can follow a
pattern and are careful with how you cut the fabric and sew it together. Plus, you can make a dress exactly (10) _______
you want it and make it fit perfectly!
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART D. WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Do not
change the word given. (1 pt.)
1. They made the passengers wait at the airport for hours. WERE
 The……………………………………………………………………………………………………...................................
2. During the rush hour it takes me over an hour to get to work. GETTING
 During the rush hour, ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. I prefer going out to staying at home. THAN
 I’d prefer……………………………………………………………………………………………………............................
4. You’ll have no difficulty getting out of the country. EASY
 You’ll find ……………………………………………………………………………………………………........................
5. Students found the results of the examination surprising. WERE
 Students……………………………………………………………………………………………………...........................
II. Write full sentences using the words given (1 pt.)
1. Sit / too long / front / computer / make / eyes / tired /.
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………….........................................
2. People / say / city / offer / child / more / opportunity / high / education / countryside / do /.
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………….........................................
3. When / game / online, / careful / when / you / make / friend / stranger /.
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………….........................................
4. Kinh / have / the / large / number / people, / account / about 86% / population /.
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………….........................................
5. Basic tools / use / ethnic peoples / mountains / way / farming /.
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………….........................................
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