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PRACTICE ENGLISH TEST 3

( KO CÓ ĐÁP ÁN)

A Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others

1 A crime B criminal C prime D crisis

2 A liked B laughed C earned D missed

3 A climate B china C among D appear

4 A down B know C narrow D snow

5 A prison B rice C price D prize

6 A breakfast B break C bread D head

7 A dealt B dreamt C heal D threaten

8 A possession B address C guess D mess

9 A measure B please C bees D physical

10 A geology psychology C classify D photography

B Underline the stressed syllable

Legislature wholesaler emphatically prerequisite repository

Auxiliary synonymous pragmatism habitable geneticist

C Choose the correct answer

1 Take the wine downstairs and put it in the ………

A.attire B.cellar C.loft D.cave

2 The recent economic crisis has brought about a ……… in the world trade

A.slump B.sag C.droop D.tier

3 You can lead the ……… to water but you can’t make it drink A.horse B.monkey C.elephant D.dog

4 Dr Trong is really an authority ……… Physics

A.in B.within C.on D.among

5 Jane had a difficult role to play but she ……… it ……… A.came/on B.carried/on C.carried/off D.came/off

6 Sitting in the damp ……… her cough

A.brings off B.brings on C.takes on D.puts on

7 The other transport unions gave the railway workers their ……… A.agreement B.solidarity C.backing D.alliance

8 He read it through quickly so as to get the ……… of it before setting down to a thorough study

A.detail B.run C.core D.gist

9 I like my tea very sweet,so I always take six ……… of sugar A.knobs B.handfuls C.lumps D.blocks

10 Mother always takes everything on her ………,she never makes

a fuss

A.hand B.control C.management D.stride

11 The tenant must be prepared to deaconate the properly ……… the terms of the agreements

A.with regard to B.in relation to C.in accordance with

D.provided by

12 The small boat drifted helplessly ……… the mercy of the wind and waves

A.in B.with C.to D.at

13 There was a(n) ……… of freshly baked bread coming from the field kitchens

A.reek B.scent C.odour D.aroma

14 My cousin obviously didn’t ……… much of an impression on you if you can’t remember her

A.create B.do C.make D.build

15 Now’s a ………time to tell me you’re going out thí evening – I’ve spent the whole day preparing super for you

A.suitable B.reasonable C.right D.fine

16 He’ll never be able to come ……… with his failure to win the tournament

A.down B.round C.to terms D.up

17 Even though he was more than 60 he had very few ……… on his face

A.freckles B.wrinkles C.dimples D.scars

18 He often forgets to do what he has been told and is scolded for being

………

A.insolent B.impertinent C.malicious D.disobedient

19 Silky fur and the cat ……… contentedly

A.growled B.snored C.purred D.hummed

20 The peasant’s many ……… resulting from ill-treatment by their landlords led finally to rebellion

A.grieves B.grumbles C.grievances D.complaints

D Fill in each blank with the correct form of the words given

Skill agree belief photograph fall

Value understand expect imagine success

How a hobby can make you angry ! Recently I decided to take up

……… as a hobby I like taking snaps, but I am not very

……… My snaps are either a complete ……… for technical reasons, or are just not very ……… First I decided that to be

………, I would have to buy new equipment Just then I had an

……… piece of good luck A friend who works in a camera shop said she could sell me a ……… camera A customer had left it at the

shop to be repaired, but then there had been a ………, and it was actually for sale.I thought this was rather ……… explanation and so

I asked her some more questions.She said she had had a ……… with the customer and he had thrown the camera at her because disliked his photos

E Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets

At the dentist's

I was on time for my dentist's appointment, but the dentist was still busy

with another patient, so I (1) sat (sit) in the waiting room and (2)

……… (read) some of the old magazines lying there While I (3) ……… (wonder) whether to leave and come back another day, I (4) ……… (notice) a magazine article about teeth It (5) ……… (begin): 'How long is it since you last (6) ……… (go) to the dentist? (7)

……… (you go) regularly every six months? Or (8)

……… (you put off) your visit for the last six years?' Next

to the article was a cartoon of a man in a dentist's chair

The dentist (9) ……… (say): 'I'm afraid this (10)

……… (hurt).' I (11) ……… (suddenly realise) that my tooth (12) ……… (stop) aching But just

as I (13) ……… (open) the door to leave, the dentist's door (14) ……… (open) 'Next please,' he (15)

……… (call), as the previous patient (16)

……… (push) past me 'Actually I'm not here to see you, I (17) ……… (wait) for my friend,' I (18)

……… (shout), leaving as rapidly as I could (19)

……… (you ever do) this kind of thing? Surely I can't be the only person who (20) ……… (hate) the dentist!

F Fill in each blank with one suitable word

Publications that come out at regular (1) of more than one day are known (2) periodicals The majority of periodicals (3) to press between a week and six weeks before publication and they are therefore (4) to print topical news stories and articles in a way that a book (5) This is one advantage that the periodical has (6) the book (7) advantages are that periodicals are cheaper, they are easier to read, and their (8) is more varied Periodicals (9) from newspapers because they do not concentrate upon (10) the reader a summary of the

immediate news There are also physical (11) Most periodicals are (12) on better paper, they are smaller and

are stapled or stitched (13) so that they last longer The line between newspapers and periodicals is not

clearly (14), however, because some weeklies that

appear in newspaper (15) are really periodicals

Great differences (16) between the various types of periodicals They (17) for a wide variety of tastes and may be (18) with anything from the technical aspects of frying fish and chips to trends (19) present-day African literature They (20) magazines of all types, trade and technical journals, reviews, children's magazines and comics

G Choose the correct answer to complete the passage

Ours is a vanishing world, one in which the familiar is constantly

disappearing and technological change is often difficult to cope with So

it should come (1) ……… no surprise to most of us to hear that yet another part of everyday life is about to go for ever Apparently, within the next decade, money as we (2)……… it will probably (3) ………to exist in technologically advanced countries (4)……… Professor Gerry Montague of the Institute for Economic Reform, the familiar coins and banknotes will soon be replaced entirely by credit cards of various kinds And the shop of the future will be linked directly to the network of

banking computers The assistant will simply key in your bank account code number and the amount you have spent, and thank you politely You won't have to dig (5)……… in your pockets for change You may not even have a number for your account as such, as the computer may by then be able to read your handprint So no more instances of credit card (6)……… But I am afraid that I shall miss money I have felt (7)……… attached to it, ever since I received my first pocket (8)……… when I was five, and kept it in a money-box Even if my credit card of the future will

be able to tell me exactly how much spending (9) ………I have left in the computer files, even if it lights up and plays a happy (or sad) tune at the same time, nothing will be able to replace the (10)……… pleasure I gained from rattling the coins in my money- box

1) A with B as C to D in

2) A have B see C know D believe

3) A cease B stop C fail D conclude

4) A With reference to B Further to C According to D Owing to

5) A far B long C tall D deep

6) A deceit B trickery C pretence D fraud

7) A heavily B strongly C widely D largely

8) A cash B coins C money D gold

9) A capacity B potential C capability D power

10) A sheer B complete C entire D downright

H Read the passage and do the task below

Martin Luther King, Jr., is well known for his work in civil rights and for his many famous speeches, among them is his moving "I Have A Dream" speech But fewer people know much about King's childhood M.L., as he was called, was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, at 5 the home of his maternal grandfather M.L.'s grandfather, the ReverendA.D Williams, purchased their home on Auburn Avenue in 1909, twenty years before M.L was born The Reverend Williams, an eloquent speaker, played an important role in the community since so many people's lives centered around the church He allowed his church and his home 10 to be used as a meeting place for a number of organizations dedicated to the education and social advancement of blacks M.L grew up in this atmosphere, with his home being used as a community gathering place, and was no doubt influenced by it

15 M.L.'s childhood was not especially eventful His father was a

minister and his mother was a musician He was the second of three children, and he attended all- black schools in a black neighborhood The neighborhood was not poor, however Auburn Avenue was the main artery through a prosperous neighborhood that had come to symbolize achievement 20 for Atlanta's black people It was an area of banks,

insurance companies, builders, jewelers, tailors, doctors, lawyers, and other black-owner black-operated businesses and services Even in the face of Atlanta's segregation, the district thrived Dr King never forgot the community spirit he had known as a child, nor did he forget the racial prejudice 25 that was a seemingly insurmountable barrier that kept black Atlantans from mingling with whites

1 What is this passage mainly about?

(A) the prejudice that existed in Atlanta

(B) Martin Luther King's childhood

(C) M.L.'s grandfather

(D) the neighborhood King grew up in

2 The word "eloquent" in line 7 means most nearly

(A) powerful

(B) active

(C) romantic

(D) fascinating

3 The word "gathering" in line 12 could best be replaced by

(A) picking

(B) learning

(C) exciting

(D) meeting

4 As used, the word "eventful" in line 15 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

(A) valued

(B) memorable

(C) admirable

(D) emotional

5 In line 20, the word "it" refers to which of the following?

(A) achievement

(B) neighborhood

(C) segregation

(D) services

6 According to the author, blacks in King's neighborhood were involved in all the following businesses and services EXCEPT

(A) dentistry

(B) medicine

(C) law

(D) banking

7 The word "tailors" in line 21 describes people who are associated with which of

the following trades?

(A) flower arranging

(B) shoe making

(C) garment making

(D) book binding

8 According to the author, King was influenced by

(A) community spirit

(B) black lawyers

(C) his mother

(D) his speeches

9 The word "thrived" in line 23 refers to which of the following?

(A) achieved

(B) surrendered

(C) flourished

(D) held

10 As used in line 25, which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "seemingly"?

(A) apparently

(B) inevitably

(C) inexplicably

(D) hastily

11 The word "mingling" in line 26 could best be replaced by which

of the following?

(A) interfering

(B) gargling

(C) consuming

(D) associating

12 According to the author, M.L

(A) had a difficult childhood

(B) was a good musician as a child

(C) loved to listen to his grandfather speak

(D) grew up in a relatively rich area of Atlanta

I Rewrite the following sentences,using the phrases given

1 Attendance at the exhibition has been down this year

The exhibition

2 I’m not friendly with him;in fact,I hardly even know him

Far

3 She never seems to succeed,even though she works hard

Hard

4 The journalists only heard about the changes to the wedding plans when they arrived at the venue

It was only

5 I don’t understand a single word of this letter HEAD

I can’t

6 The address that Peter sent the parcel to does not exist SUCH

There

7 Brian was about to blurt out my secret when I attracted his attention EYE

Had

8 The standard of her homework is no longer acceptable SCRATCH Recently,her homework

9 My father was very disappointed when I failed to get into university BITTER

My

10 When they broke the news, she stayed perfectly calm and controlled HAIR

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