Phßng gd ®t ENGLISH PRACTICE TEST A PART ONE – PHONETICS (10 pts) I A Choose the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others 1 A nurse B films C stops D coughs 2 A artificial B distance C centre D cells 3 A designer B zoo C Switzerland D tables 4 A although B width C thump D thank 5 A thought B tough C bought D fought I B Choose the words that has a different stress pattern from the others 1 A decide B combine C apply D happen 2 A promise B picture C listen D accept.
ENGLISH PRACTICE TEST A PART ONE – PHONETICS: (10 pts) I-A Choose the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others A nurse B films C stops D coughs A artificial B distance C centre D cells A designer B zoo C Switzerland D tables A although B width C thump D thank A thought B tough C bought D fought I-B Choose the words that has a different stress pattern from the others A decide B combine C apply D happen A promise B picture C listen D accept A apple B England C shampoo D grammar A open B provide C complete D prefer A become B promise C suggest D disorder ANSWERS: 10 PART TWO - VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (20 pts) II-A Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence 1.You should drink water every day A few B a little C a lot of D too much He drove _ and he had an accident A careless B carelessly C careful D carefully We ought to try to clean our teeth A once a day B between meals C before breakfast D at least twice a day Did your Mom write a sick note _ you? A to B for C with D about What sports activity does your father take part _ ? A on B of C about D in My friend can speak Japanese, A So I B So I C So can I D A and C are correct Your parents look A happily B happy C happiness D happiest I am not sure where Tam is He be in the school canteen A must B should C might D would Walking is a good It makes us _ A activity/healthy B activity/health C game/healthy D activities/healthy 10 lives in a very big house A a Queen of England B Queen of England C The Queen of the England D The Queen of England ANSWERS: 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 II-B Fill in each blank with the correct form of the words given in capital: When being a child, she received a good (EDUCATE) Walking is a fun, easy and activity (EXPENSIVE) A balanced diet alone is not enough for a healthy (LIFE) That woman is very pleasant, but her younger sister is a little (FRIEND) Jane likes to wear clothes (COLOUR) The teacher the students to study harder (COURAGE) The students of class 7A enjoy activities after school hours (DIFFER) Some students are following the to the video room (LIBRARY) The post arrives at eight in the morning (REGULAR) 10 Do your classes start or later? (EARLY) ANSWERS: 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 PART THREE- READING: (20 pts) III-A Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word 19 20 Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London (31) ………………father was a comedian and his mother worked (32) ………………a dancer and a singer Neither of them (33) ………………successful so the family (34) ……………… very little money The first time he himself earned (35) ……………… by dancing and singing, he was only five years old He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved best was working (36) ………………the theatre When he (37) ……………… about fifteen, he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America On one such tour, (38) ……………… was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually became both a famous actor (39) ……………… film director He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the (40) ……………… of 88 There is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early up-bringing ANSWERS: 31 32 33 34. _35 36 37 38 39 40 III-B: Read the passage Choose the most suitable answers to the questions Have you ever followed instructions for knitting something or have you read a piece of music? If you have, you have behaved in a similar way(41) a computer A computer obeys a program to carry out a particular task Just (42) a knitting pattern is expressed in numbers and piece of music in lines and dots, so a computer program is (43) in the form of programming language Like the English language (or any other language), there are (44) of grammar, and a program must be correct in every way There are hundreds of programming language, but only (45) are well-known and widely used The most popular language which is used in offices (46) Cobol This language is used for printing payrolls and keeping records of goods Engineers and scientists use Fortran (47) carry out calculations (48) neither of these two programs is very popular with people working on home computers Basis is the most popular language for home computers, chiefly (49) it is easy to learn and use (50) these languages are useful for many purposes, it is time that a new simple program was devised Such a program ought to be not only easy to use but also completely reliable 41 A to B as C so D from 42 A like B by C too D as 43 A expensive B expresses C expressed D expressing 44 A rules B laws C regulations D principles 45 A a little B a few C much D a lot of 46 A called B calling C is called D is calling 47 A so as for B in order that C so as that D in order to 48 A In addition B Therefore C Consequently D However 49 A because B if C because of D unless 50 A Even B Despite C Although D In spite PART FOUR – WRITING: Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it 41 Can you better than that? Is that ! 42 Why don’t we go shopping this weekend? shall 43 I don’t want to anything too energetic today I don’t feel 44 It isn’t necessary for students to wear uniforms on Wednesday Students 45 She teaches English well She is 46 She feels comfortable to watch TV Watching TV 47 My new jeans are more expensive than yours Your new jeans aren’t 48 We spent a whole day looking for these old pictures It took 49 There are four people in her family Her 50 What is the distance between your hometown and your school? How THE END OF THE TEST Keys PART ONE – PHONETICS: I.A B A C A B I.B D D C A PART TWO - VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: II.A C B D B C B C A II.B EDUCATION INEXPENSIVE LIFE UNFRIENDLY COLOURFUL ENCOURAGES DIFFERENT LIBRARIAN REGULARLY 10 EARLIER PART THREE - READING III A 1A/ 2D/ 3C/4A/5B/ 6C/ 7D/ 8D/ 9A/ 10C III.B 31 His 36 in 32 as 37 was 33 was 38 he B D 10 D 34 had 39 and PART FOUR – WRITING: Is that the best things you can do? Shall we go shopping this weekend? I don’t feel like doing anything too energetic today Students don’t need to wear uniforms on Wednesday She is a good English teacher Watching TV makes her feel comfortable Your new jeans aren’t as expensive as mine it took us a whole day to look for these old pictures Her family has four people 10 How far is it from your hometown to your school? 35 money 40 age ... ENCOURAGES DIFFERENT LIBRARIAN REGULARLY 10 EARLIER PART THREE - READING III A 1A/ 2D/ 3C/4A/5B/ 6C/ 7D/ 8D/ 9A/ 10 C III.B 31 His 36 in 32 as 37 was 33 was 38 he B D 10 D 34 had 39 and PART FOUR – WRITING:... calling 47 A so as for B in order that C so as that D in order to 48 A In addition B Therefore C Consequently D However 49 A because B if C because of D unless 50 A Even B Despite C Although D In spite... He died in Switzerland in 19 77, at the (40) ……………… of 88 There is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early up-bringing ANSWERS: 31 32 33 34. _35 36