PRACTICE TEST 5
QUESTIONS 1-2: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the word whose main stress is on the syllable
in the position which is different from that of the others. Identify your choice by circling letter A, B, C or D on the
answer sheet.
1. A. penalty B. wildness C. reunite D. fascinating
2. A. unnoticed B. composed C precision D. telescope
QUESTIONS 3 - 5: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each
group. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. Mark your choice on the answer
sheet.
3. A. exactly B. exert C. exam D. excellent
4. A. invite B. shrine C. village D. primary
5. A. depends B. years C temples D. parents
QUESTIONS 6 - 25: These are incomplete sentences. Choose A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each
sentence and then identify your answer by circling letter A
9
B
9
C or D on the answer sheet.
6. Helen's parents were very pleased when they read her school ………
A. report B. papers C. diploma D. account
7. Martin has quite a good ……… of physics.
A. capacity B. pass C. understanding D. head
8. In Britain, children start ……… school at the age of five.
A. primary B. secondary C. nursery D. kindergarten
9. My favourite ……… at school was history.
A. topic B. class C. theme D. subject
10. It's time for break. The bell has ………
A. gone B. struck C rung D. sounded
11. Neither the students nor their lecturer ……….English in the classroom.
A. uses B. use C. are using D. have used
12. Some people say that Sue is unfriendly, but she is always very nice ………. me.
A. to B. of C. at D. on
13. They ………. for more than five miles but they did not stop to rest.
A. were walking B. have walk C. had been walking D. have been walking
14. Her relatives didn't do anything to help her, and her friends ………
A. didn't neither B. didn't too C. didn't either D. did too
15. People who ………. crimes of violence should be punished.
A. make B. create C. commit D. cause
16. We can ………. Not only through words but also through body language.
A. talk B. transfer C. interpret D. communicate
17. ………. And interest are the two major factors that make you succeed in your work.
A. Friendliness B. Friendly C. Friendship D. Unfriendly
18. If John ………. an alarm, the thieves wouldn't have broken into his house.
A. to install B. had installed C have installed D. was installed
19. The 22
nd
SEA Games were well prepared and successfully ………. although it as the first time Vietnam hosted.
A. organization B. organize C. organized D. organizational
20. The spirit of the Asian Games have been ……… over a long period of time, and passed from one Games to the next
spreading messages of unity, warmth, and friendship.
A. gone over B. put off C. looked for D. built up
21. Eating and living in this country is becoming expensive.
A. more and more B. too C less D. so
22. He kept his Job ……… the manager had threatened to sack him.
A. despite B. unless C even D. although
23. Many people used to think that women's ……… are childbearing and home taking.
A. abilities B. works C. roles D. task
24. Hoa: "I think women should not go to work."
Hai: I ………
A. quite agree B. a little agreed C so agree D. rather agreed
25. After a terrible argument with his boss, she handed in her ……… .
A. reservation B. reputation C. resignation D. responsibility
QUESTIONS 26-30: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by circling letter
A, B, C or D as the correct answers and then mark your choice on the answer sheet
"Where is the university?? is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can give them a clear answer,
for there is no wall to be found around the university. The university is the city. You can find the classroom buildings,
libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and teachers
or professors of the thirty-one colleges.
Cambridge was already developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by
the river Granta, as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875.
In the fourteen and fifteen centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much faster in
the nineteen century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has the
population of over 100,000. Many young students want to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the
world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all round the world.
26.Why do most visitors come to Cambridge?
A. To see the university B. To study in the colleges in Cambridge
C. To find the classroom buildings D. To use the libraries of the university
27.Around what time did the university begin to appear?
A. In the 8
th
century B. In the 13
th
century C. In the 9
th
century D. In the 15
th
century
28.Why did people name Cambridge the "City of Cambridge"?
A. Because the river was very well-known. B. Because there is a bridge over the Cam.
C. Because it was a developing town. D. Because there is a river named Granta.
29.After which year did the town really begin developing?
A. 800 B.875 C 1845 D. 1945
30. From what we read, we know that Cambridge is now ……….
A. visited by international tourists B. a city without wall
C. a city of growing population D. a city that may have a wall around it
QUESTIONS 31 - 40: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each space.
Identify your choice by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.
There is no one who has not heard of Walt Disney: He is without doubt one of the most famous singers in the twentieth
century and (31) ……… most people know hardly anything about him. (32) ……… he became one of the most
successful men in history, he left
school at the age of sixteen and then studied art for a short time. By the (33) ……… years of this century, he had
already started to produce cartoons in Hollywood in (34) ……… with his brother Roy, who, for some reasons never (35)
to become as famous as Walt Disney is perhaps most well known on account of his lovable cartoons character. Mickey
Mouse, who first (36) ……… in 1928 in a film called "Steamboat Willie".
One of the most (37) ……… cartoon films of all time is "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", which when it was released
in 1937, was the first full-length cartoon in the history of the cinema. (38) ……… the 1950s, Walt Disney had became
one of the world's major producers of films for cinema and television. As Disney Productions (39) ……… , its
founder retained complete artistic control of the films and he also (40) ……… on to publish books for children and
cartoon strips in newspaper, featuring such characters as Donald Duck and the Pluto Dog.
31. A. yet B. then C. already D. however
32. A. Despite B. In spite of C. Although D. Even
33. A. primary B. early C. beginning D. initial
34. A. friendship B. partnership C. relation D. membership
35. A. achieved B. reached C. succeeded D. managed
36. A. appeared B. performed C. started D. began
37. A. common B. excited C. popular D. known
38. A. Until B. Since C. By D. To
39. A. grew B. enlarged C. increased D. succeeded
40. A. took B. put C. put D. went
QUESTIONS 41 - 50: In these sentences, each one has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D.
Choose the one word or phrase which must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct by circling letter
A, B, C or D and then mark your choice on the answer sheet.
41. The primary causes of species extinction or endangerment are habitat destruction, commerce exploitation and
pollution.
42. Difference conservation efforts have been made in order to saving endangered species.
43. Do not start a book unless you can see from the first little pages that it is one you can easily read and understand.
44. Marilyn Monroe, who was a famous actress, was died of drug overdose.
45. When he was at school, Anderson did not show any talent in writing but late he became a famous novel writer.
46. Scientists says that something very serious is happening to the Earth.
47. There will be major changes in climate during next century.
48. World temperatures could increased two degrees centigrade by the year 2040.
49.What would happen if the temperature is warmer?
50. Deforestation is occurring most rapid in tropical regions of the world.
. gone over B. put off C. looked for D. built up 21 . Eating and living in this country is becoming expensive. A. more and more B. too C less D. so 22 . He kept his Job ……… the manager had threatened. unless C even D. although 23 . Many people used to think that women's ……… are childbearing and home taking. A. abilities B. works C. roles D. task 24 . Hoa: "I think women should not. 18. If John ………. an alarm, the thieves wouldn't have broken into his house. A. to install B. had installed C have installed D. was installed 19. The 22 nd SEA Games were well prepared