PRACTICE TEST 1 Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa PRACTICE TEST 1 Question 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 Question 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. Had you looked D. Have you been looking 14. Not a word ……………… since the exam started. A. she wrote B. she had written C. had she witten 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 12 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 corner than the wheel came off. A. the van turned B. did the van turn C. the van had turn D. had the van turned 24. The proposal has not met with ……………. agreement. A. voluntary B. universal C. informal D. effective 25. My bicycle ………… last night. A. was stolen B. stolen C. was stealingD. stole Question 26 –35: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each space by circling the letter A, B, C, or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. PRACTICE TEST 1 Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa Our classes(26)______ for three hours every morning from Monday to Friday. The (27)______ class size is twelve and the average is ten. We use modern methods of teaching and learning, and the school has a language laboratory, a video camera and recorder. You will only be successful (28)______improving your English, however, if you work hard and practice speaking English as much as you can. You will (29)______ a short test in English as soon as you arrive. In this way, we can put you in a class at the most suitable(30)______. There are two classes at the elementary level, one is for (31)______ beginners and the other is for students who know only (32)______ English . In these classes you will have to practice simple conversations. In class at the intermediate level you will have a lot of practice in (33)______ in real-life situations because we help you use the English you have(34)______ learned in your own country. You will also have the chance to improve your knowledge of English grammar and to (35)______ your vocabulary. 26. A. happen B. take place C. learn D. have 27. A. tallest B. top C. maximum D. most 28. A. in B. about C. at D. for 29. A. find B. make C. take D. get 30. A. rate B. degree C. level D. stage 31. A. quite B. absolute C. complete D. too 32. A. little B. a little C. a few D. few 33. A. telling B. talking C. saying D. communicating 34. A. beforehand B. first C. early D. previously 35. A. go for B. make up C. build up D. take in Question 36 – 40: Read the following passage and then choose the best answer to the question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, c, or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he’s not worried any more. At the station he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found . Five days ago , the policeman told Ted that his bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away . It is now being sent to his home by train . Ted was very surprised when he heard the news . He was glad too because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen. 36. Ted was worried because ________________. A. he received a letter B. he went to police station yesterday C. the police would catch him D. he didn’t know why the police wanted him 37. The policeman who talked to Ted was _____________. A. pleasant B. worried C. surprised D. small 38. Why was Ted very surprised when he heard the news? A. because his bicycle was stolen 15years ago B. because his bicycle was found when he was 15 C. because he thought he would never find the bicycle D. because the bicycle was sent to him by train 39. When was Ted’s bicycle found? A. Last Tuesday B. Five days ago C. Yesterday D. Twenty years ago 40. Which of the following statement is not true? A. The police asked Ted to go to their station. B. The police told Ted the good news five days ago. C. Ted is no longer anxious. D. Ted is 35 years now. ------------------------------ . 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 PRACTICE TEST 1 Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa PRACTICE TEST 1 Question 1 – 4: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.