PRACTICE TEST 12 1-3. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 1. A. through B. enough C. rough D. tough 2. A. admiral B. adventure C. advertise D. adverb 3. A. club B. subtle C. climb D. doubt 4-5. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 4. A. committee B. referee C. employee D. refugee 5. A. alcohol B. comment C. chemical D. proceed 6-30. Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the sentence. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 6. You need to support your ideas with facts and ________. A. numbers B. figures C. informations D. material 7. By and _________, the pupils are well-behaved. A. by B. from C. forward D. large 8. I’m sick and _________ of studying grammar! A. cross B. tired C. ill D. bored 9. I never read the instruction manual. I learned how to use the computer by trial and ________. A. error B. mistake C. test D. experiment 10. Yesterday the Prime Minister made an important speech on the subject of law and ________. A. rule B. legal C. punishment D. order 11. Let’s settle this argument once and for _________. A. ever B. all C. always D. once 12. When she died, she gave _________ all her money to a charity for cats. A. away B. out C. on D. off 13. When you go to the shops, could you pick up a load of _________? A. toothpaste B. beer C. soap D. bread 14. Please turn off all the lights when _________. A. you leave B. you will leave C. you will leave left D. you had left 15. Oh, and don’t forget to get a couple of bottles of __________. A. wine B. matches C. bananas D. stamps 16. How is he __________ these days? I hope he is doing well. A. get along B. get to along C. getting along D. to getting along 17. Students are supposed to sit attentively _________their desks. A. at B. beside C. to D. beneath 18. You had better _______ the tourists information office. A. inquire at B. inquiring at C. inquire to D. inquiring to 19. We will serve our guests soon. We had better _________ now. A. have table set B. set table C. setting table D. set the table 1 20. The organization ________25 years ago. A. found B. founded C. was found D. was founded 21. A lot of money _________ on advertising every year. A. spend B. spends C. is spent D. are spent 22. The actress, along with her manager, _________ going to the party tonight. A. is B. are C. was D. were 23. Exercise ________your body and your mind. A. improve B. improves C. is improved D. are improved 24. The light _________ out while we were having tea. A. was going B. went C. had gone D. has gone 25. She _________ her homework before eight o’clock last night. A. finished B. has finished C. had finished D. was finished 26. We haven’t really _________ the cost of the activities yet. A. calculating B. calculation C. calculated D. calculated 27. The baby doesn’t cry so much now but she __________ cry every night. A. use to B. used to C. used D. uses 28. There are the books _________ my father wrote when she was young. A. whose B. what C. which D. on which 29. I come from Vietnam, so I am not used to __________on the left. A. driving B. drive C. drove D. driven 30. I couldn’t receive the program very clearly because of _________ caused by weather conditions. A. blocks B. blockage C. leakage D. interference 31-35. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. Five years ago Rachel Lopez graduated from college with a degree in History. Today, she works for a large software company. Now 27, Rachel is _______(31) classes twice week after work. She is learning to use the computer program Power Point. “I enjoy college, but my job does not use information I learned when I was doing my degree”, Rachel says. “This ______(32) is helping me to do my job better. In the future, I might go back to school and get an MBA”. In the past, when students graduated from college and got a job, they usually stopped____(33). Today, lifelong learning is becoming more and more _____(34). In the US, people can return to school in their late 20s, 30s or older to get higher degree such as Master or Ph.D. like Rachel, many more are taking training course to _____(35) their skills. With many classes now available on the Internet, it is easier to get degree by distance learning. 31. A. finding B. taking C. going D. teaching 32. A. program B. file C. one D. course 33. A. to study B. studying C. studied D. to be studying 34. A. popular B. enjoyed C. loved D. common 35. A. improve B. higher C. rise D. raise 2 36-40. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to answer the questions. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. Our demand for water is constantly increasing. Every year there are more and more people in the world. Factories turn out more and more products and need more and more water. We live in a world of water. But almost all of it – about 97% - is in the oceans. This water is too salty to be used for drinking, farming, and manufacturing. Only about 3% of the world’s water is fresh. Most of this water is not easily available to man because it is locked glaciers and icecaps. There is as much water on earth today as there ever was or will ever be. Most of the water we use finds its way to the oceans. There, it is evaporated by the sun. It then falls back to the earth as rain. Water is used and reused over again. It is never used up. Although the world as a whole has plenty of fresh water, some regions are always too dry, and others too wet. A region that usually gets enough rain may suddenly have a serious dry spell and another region may be flooded with too much rain. 36. All of the following statements can be inferred from the text EXCEPT A. We need more and more water. B. The population of the world is increasing every year. C. Most of the world’s water is locked in glaciers and icecaps. D. Factories also need water. 37. Which of the following is NOT true about the world’s water? A. The vast majority of the world’s water is ocean (or salty) water. B. Ocean water is salty enough to be used for drinking, farming, and manufacturing. C. Most fresh water is locked in glaciers and icecaps. D. The percentage of fresh water is very small. 38. What can be inferred about water? A. The amount of water on earth is always the same. B. Water will probably be exhausted. C. Water can be used once only. D. Most of the water we use is rain water. 39. It can be inferred from the text that _________ A. no region in the world suffers from a lack of fresh water. B. rain does not fall equally everywhere on earth. C. the world has plenty of fresh water in comparison with salty water. D. a region that usually gets enough rain hardly ever has a dry spell. 40. The phrasal verb “turn out” in the second line is closest in meaning to ________. A. sell B. prove to be C. switch off D. produce 41-45. Choose the most appropriate way of forming meaningful sentences A, B, C or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 41. George is a better mechanic than Arthur. A. Arthur is not better than George at being a mechanic. B. Arthur is not such a good mechanic as George. C. Arthur is not better mechanic than George. D. Arthur is worse than George at being a mechanic. 42. “Please let me borrow your bike,” he said to her. 3 A. He asked her if she could let him borrow her bike. B. He asked her to borrow your bike. C. He asked her whether she would let him borrow her bike. D. He asked her to let him borrow her bike. 43. I wish I had chosen English to study at school. A. The speaker studied English and now regrets doing so. B. The speaker is not studying English. C. The speaker regrets not choosing English to study at school. D. The speaker regrets having chosen English to study. 44. The book interested me more than the film. A. I thought the book was more interesting than the film. B. I thought the book was more interested than the film. C. I thought the book was as interesting as the film. D. I thought the book was not as interesting as the film. 45. The teacher did not allow the class to leave before 4:30. A. The teacher made the class to stay until after 4:30. B. The teacher made the class not leave until after 4:30. C. The teacher made the class stay until after 4:30. D. The teacher made the class leave after 4:30. 46-50. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. Mark your answer in the answer sheet. 46. The organization is in need for volunteers who will go to work in remote areas. A B C D 47. When I walked into my office, I found Tom was using my telephone. A B C D 48. John got his sister read his assignment, and then asked her to write the report for him because A B C he did not have enough time. D 49. Tom said that he had seen John the day before but John didn’t see him. A B C D 50. The next important question we have to decide is when do we have to finish our work. A B C D 4 . “Please let me borrow your bike,” he said to her. 3 A. He asked her if she could let him borrow her bike. B. He asked her to borrow your bike. C. He asked her whether she would let him borrow her. study. 44. The book interested me more than the film. A. I thought the book was more interesting than the film. B. I thought the book was more interested than the film. C. I thought the book was as. spent D. are spent 22. The actress, along with her manager, _________ going to the party tonight. A. is B. are C. was D. were 23. Exercise ________your body and your mind. A. improve B. improves