The nineteenth of Sept, 2008 GV: nguyễn Phan Cẩm Tú Practise Test 1 A, Phonetics. I. Pick out the word whose underlined anh bold part is pronounced differently from that of the words. 1. a. fills b. adds c. stirs d. lets. 2. a. shops b. notes c. mouths d. blacksmiths. 3. a. books b. bats c. days d. photographs 4. a. works b. plays c. stops d. shifts 5. a. dates b. matches c. boxes d. cases B. Vocabulary and structure. I. Choose the best answer among a, b, c or d that best completes each sentence. 11. A knit community is the one in which relationships are very close. a. close b. closely c. tightly d. b & c. 12. Mr Brown is bored with doing the chores. a. household b. domestic c. housework d. a & b. 14. There has been a shift of .from manufacturing to service industries. a. change b. alteration c. emphasis d. movement. 15. Our parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home. a. deal with b. manage c. help together d. work together 16. They tried to .astonishing feats of engineering by building the tunnel. a. perform b. attempt c. achieve d. all are correct. 17. It’s time for you to .a profession. a. enter b. go in to c. join d. all are correct. 18. He’s slowly after the operation. a. mending b. recovering c. reliening d. a & b. 19. When I last saw him, he in London. a. has lived b. is living c. was living d. has been living. 20. We .Dorothy since last Saturday. a. don’t see b. haven’t seen c. didn’t see d. hadn’t seen. 21. The train half an hour ago. a. has been leaving b. left c. has left d. had left. 22. Jack .the door. a. has just painted b. paint c. will have painted d. painting. 23. My sister for you since yesterday. a. is looking b. was looking c. has been looking d. looked 24. I .Taxas State University now. a. am attending b. attend c. was attending d. attended. 25. He has been selling motorbikes . a. ten years ago b. since ten years c. for ten years ago d. for ten years. II. Choose the underlined part among a, b, c or d that needs correcting. 26. Henry invite me to the movies , but I said I was planning to go shopping. a. b. c. d. 27. It is throught that more than 400 million people will have spoken English by the end of this decade. a. b. c. d. 28. You should listen to some kinds of music to have relaxed after a day of hard work. a. b. c d. 29. The father told to his son not to waste his time playing games all day. a. b. c. d. 30. “Not to forget to send your parents my regards! ” Susan said to John. a. b. c. d. II. Choose the correct answer: 1. Tom was disappointed that most of the guests…… when he……. at the party. A. left / had arrived B. left / arrived C. had left / had arrived D. had left /arrived 2. My brother …… while he……. bicycle and hurt him self. A. fell/ was riding B. was falling / rode C. had fallen / was riding D. had fallen /rode 3. Helen … her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband …… home. The nineteenth of Sept, 2008 GV: nguyễn Phan Cẩm Tú A. has left / comes B. left / had come C. had left/ came D. had left / would come 4. She … her lesson from seven to nine last night. A. did B. had done C. was dong D. has been doing 5. Janet …… some washing this time yesterday. A. is doing B. had done C. was doing D. did 6. We were told that the workers … an old bridge at that time. A. were repairing B. are repairing C. repaired D. would repair 7. She suddenly remembered that she …… her keys at home. A. had forgotten B. has left C. has forgotten D. had left 8. We…. to catch the 9.30 train, but we… it was gone. A. had hoped / found B. hoped / had found C. hope / have found D. have hoped / found 9. … that dress when your boyfriend saw you in the street ? A. Have you won B. Did you wear C. Were you wearing D. Are you wearing 10. When their first child was born , they……… for three years. A. had been married B. had got married C. had married D. got married III. Choose the item among a, b, c or d that best answers the question about the passage. The nuclear family, consisting of amother, father, and their children , may be more an American ideal than American reality. Of course, the So-called traditional American family was always more varied than we had been led to believe, reflecting the very different recial, ethinic, class, anh religious customs among American groups. The most recent goverment statistics reveal that only about one third of all current American families fit the tradittional mold anh another third consists of married couples who either have no children or have none still living at home. Of the final one, about 20 percent of the total number of American househokds are single people, usually women over sixty- five years old. A small percentage, about 3 percent of the total, consist of unmarried people who choose to live together, and the rest, about 7 percent, are singlem usually divorced parents, with at least one child. Today, these varied fmily types ae typical, and therefore, normal. Apparently, many Americans are achieving supportive relationships in family forms other than the traditional one. 41. With that topic is the passage mainly concerned? a The traditional American family. b. The nuclear family. c, The current American family d. The ideal family. 42. The author implies that a. there have always been a wider variety of family arrangements in the United States. b. racial, ethnic, and religious groups have presented the traditional family stucture. c. the ideal American family in the best structure. d. fewer married couples are having children. 43. The word “ current“ in the second sentence of paragraph 2 could be best replaced by which of the following? a. typical b. present c. perfect d. traditional. 44. According to the passage, married couples whose children have grown or who have no children represent. a. 33 percent of households. b. 20 percent of households. c. 7 percent of households. d. 3 percent of households. 45. Who generally constitutes a one “person household? a, A single man in his twenties. b. A elderly man. c. A single woman in her late sixties d. A divorced woman. . each sentence. 11 . A knit community is the one in which relationships are very close. a. close b. closely c. tightly d. b & c. 12 . Mr Brown. Tú Practise Test 1 A, Phonetics. I. Pick out the word whose underlined anh bold part is pronounced differently from that of the words. 1. a. fills b. adds