nxbgd 1 PRACTICE TEST 10 Questions 1 - 4: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 1. A. research B. resent C. resemble D. resist 2. A. breather B. feather C. heather D. leather 3. A. pursuit B. suitable C. recruit D. guilty 4. A. ache B. orchestra C. charity D. chorus Question 5 – 8: Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 5. A. exception B. linguistics C. paragraph D. specific 6. A. around B. legend C. question D. special 7. A. delicate B. promotion C. volcanic D. resources 8. A. satellite B. astronaut C. deliver D.applicant Questions 9 - 24: These are incomplete sentences. Choose one best option to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 9. The number of people receiving reading and writing lesson _______over 4,500 by 2001. A. came B. went C. arrived D. reached 10. John reminded me _______his motorbike by 8 o'clock. A. please return B. not forget to return C. remember to return D. to return 11. You won’t pass the examination________ you study more. A. unless B. as long as C. if D. whether 12. ______the door, he was very surprised at what he saw. A. Have opened B. When opened C. Opening D. To opening 13. _______for a job for a long time before you got it? A. Were you looking B. Have you looked C. Have you been looking D. Had you looked 14. Not a word ______since the exam started. A. she wrote B. she had written C. had she written D. she has written 15. It was ______that everyone answered it correctly. A. so simple question B. such a simple question C. too simple question D. a more simple question 16. We managed ______over the wall without _______ A. to climb; being seen B. climbing; being seen C. to climb; seeing D. to be climbed; seeing 17. ______, such as banking and travel, computers are not a convenience; they are a necessity. A. Where some industries B. There are some industries C. In some industries D. Some industries 18. Copper is the favored metal for electricians' wire because of ______ A. its excellent conductivity B. it is excellent conductor C. excellent conductivity of it D. so conductive it is 19. _______Betty, I'm not surprised she won the prize. A. To have known B. To know C. To be known D. Knowing 20. ___ for twelve hours, I felt marvelous. A. Having slept B. Have slept C. Having been slept D. Have been slept 21. I'd love _______to the party tomorrow, but it may be impossible. A. to going B. go C. going D. to go 22. He was often made ______milk by his mother. A. drink B. drinks C. to drink D. drunk 23. No sooner _______the comer than the wheel came off. A. the van turned B. did the van turn C. the van had turn D. had the van turned nxbgd 2 24. The proposal has not met with _______agreement. A. voluntary B. universal C. informal D. effective Question 25 - 34: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the b est option to fit each space by circling the letter A, B, C, or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet In the summer of 2000, the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion (25) _____ a campaign for illiteracy eradication. In the campaign, six hundred (26) _______minority students from the northern highlands were asked to provide reading and writing skills to 1,200 illiterate people living in their (27) villages. In 2001, eight hundred volunteer students took ________(28) in the campaign. The number of people receiving reading and writing lessons ______(29) 4,523. This was an effective way to help people in remote and mountainous area to read and write. The fight _____(30) illiteracy continued in the summer 2002. This time the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion decided to _______(31) its activities to the central mountainous provinces. At present, the number of illiterate people in the remote and mountainous areas is ______(32) decreasing. It is hoped that illiteracy will soon be ___( 33) in our country as more and more people are taking part in the _______(34) against it. 25. A. began B. had C. started D. managed 26. A. national B. ethnic C. racial D. religious 27. A. home B. own C. remote D. house 28. A. control B. care C. part D. interest 29. A. ranged B. grew C. rose D. reached 30. A. in B. against C. towards D. of 31. A. enlarge B. widen C. expand D. expend 32. A. gradually B. constantly C. dramatically D. mainly 33. A. limited B. eradicated C. completed D. prevented 34. A. area B. war C. challenge D. struggle Questions 35 - 39: Read the following passage and then choose the best answer to the questions by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. The origins of baseball probably stretch back to 1839 when Abler Doubleday, a civil engineer student, laid out a diamond-shaped field at Cooperstown, New York, and attempted to standardize the rules governing the playing of such games as town ball and four old cats, the ancestor of baseball. By the end of the Civil War, interest in the game had grown rapidly. Over 200 teams or clubs existed, some of which toured the country playing rivals; they belonged to a national association of "Baseball Players" that had proclaimed a set of standard rules. These teams are amateurs or semi- professionals, but as the game waxed in popularity, it offered opportunities for profit, and the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, appeared in 1869. Other cities soon fielded professional teams, and in 1876 the present National League was organized chiefly by Albert Spalding. Soon a rival league appeared, the American Association. Competition between the two was intense, and in 1883 they played a post-season contest, the first "world's series". The American Association eventually collapsed, but in 1890 the American League was organized. 35. According to the passage, baseball originated in 1839 because _____________ _ A.Abler Doubleday invented a special diamond-shaped pitch B.the rules of earlier games were mixed and regularized C.civil engineering students became interested in playing games D.the old games died out and a new one was needed nxbgd 3 36. What was different about "Baseball Players" compared with earlier players? A.They traveled widely. B.They belonged to many clubs. C.They played by agreed rules. D.They were not professional. 37. According to the passage, the Cincinnati Red Stockings were formed in 1896_______. A.because baseball had become more popular by then B.to enable the amateur players to become professional C.so that the public had opportunity to profit from a professional team D.to produce a means of making money 38. From the passage, we understand that the National League was formed in 1876 to_______. A.recognize the professional teams B.enable more professional teams to be set up C.provide a governing authority for baseball D.authorize amateur and professional teams to combine 39. According to the passage, at the turn of the century the only remaining baseball organizations were ____________ _ A.the American League and the National League B.the American League C.the American Association and the American League D.the American association Questions 40 - 44: In these sentences, each one has four underlined words Or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct by circling letter A, B, C, Or D. Mark your answer in the answer sheet. 40. Having achieved highest score, our team was rewarded the first prize. A B C D 41. The amount of books in the library of Congress is more than 58 million volumes. A B C D 42. Tom says this work is much more comfortable than other. A B C D 43. We object to people to make private calls on the office phone. A B C D 44. These televisions are all too expensive for we to buy at this time. A B C D Questions 45 - 47: Choose the correct sentence that has been completed from the given word cues by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 45. he / promise / give / the book / back / me / next day. A. He promised give the book back to me the next day. B.He promised give the book back for me the next day. C.He promised to give the book back to me next day. D.He promised to give the book back to me the next day. 46. she / ask her sister / lend / her / some / money. A.She asked her sister lend her some money. B.She asked her sister to lend her some money. nxbgd 4 C.She asked her sister lending her some money. D.She asked her sister to lend to her some money. 47. provide / your handwriting / legible / test scorer / accept / your answer. A.Providing your handwriting is legible, the test scorer does not accept your answer. B.Provided your handwriting is legible, the test scorer has to accept your answer. C.Provided that your handwriting is legible, your answer will be accepted by any test scorer. D. Providing with your handwriting is legible, every test scorer must accept your answer. Questions 48 - 50: After each sentence from 48 to 50, there are four sentences marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the original one by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 48. He is not flexible in his work; that is why he doesn't have many friends. A.Having almost no friends makes him inflexible in his work. B.Such is his inflexibility in his work that he doesn't have many friends. C.Inflexibility in his work is not why he doesn't have many friends. D. He is not popular with many people although he is flexible in his work. 49. "Would you like some coffee, Mike?" A.Jane asked Mike to make her some coffee. B.Jane wanted to know whether Mike like coffee. C.Jane offered to make some coffee for Mike. D.Jane suggested drinking some coffee. 50. She said, "I'll call the police if you don't leave immediately!" A.She threatened to call the police if he didn't leave immediately. B.She frightened to call the police if he didn't leave immediately. C. She scared to call the police if he didn't leave immediately. D. She said to call the police if he didn't leave immediately. . friends. A.Having almost no friends makes him inflexible in his work. B.Such is his inflexibility in his work that he doesn't have many friends. C.Inflexibility in his work is not why he. summer 2002. This time the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion decided to _______(31) its activities to the central mountainous provinces. At present, the number of illiterate people in the remote. semi- professionals, but as the game waxed in popularity, it offered opportunities for profit, and the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, appeared in 1869. Other cities soon fielded