PRACTICE TEST No.

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I. PHONETICS
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest
in each question.
1. A. heir B. hour C. how D. exhibit
2. A. parachute B. chorus C. scheme D. chemistry
3. A. season B. television C. pleasure D. decision
4. A. closed B. marked C. believed D. travelled
5. A. thirsty B. health C. thoughtful D. smooth
B. Choose the word whose stress is different from that of the rest in each question.
6. A. recording B. luxury C. interval D. valueless
7. A. elude B. approach C. receive D. answer
8. A. arrival B. avoidance C. researcher D. calorie
9. A. business B. understand C. souvenir D. mausoleum
10. A. considerate B. astrology C. calculator D. interpreter
II. VOCABULARY&GRAMMAR
A. Choose the right option for each gap in the following sentences.
11. Thank you for your help. I .................... able to finish my thesis without it.
A. was never B. would never be C. would have never been D. had never been
12. I really need .................... Can we have a talk?
A. advices B. an advice C. some advices D. some advice
13. My uncle's main .................... for going abroad was his poor health.
A. reason B. cause C. desire D. ground
14. Under no circumstances .................... give up hope.
A. you should B. can you C. must you D. are you to
15. Is English used by a .................... number of speakers than any other language?
A. bigger B. larger C.more D. more massive
enormous
16. After her father's death, she came into .................... of a great fortune.
A. possess B. possession C. possessive D. possessively
17. The American government is .................... to ease the problem of limited income of their
senior citizens.
A. putting an end B. taking steps C. ringing a bell D. making a fuss
18. You want to buy a paper but only have a note. You need some ....................
A. small money B. little money C. change D. exchange
19. This painting has been in the family over a(n) ....................
A. epoch B. generation C. era D. age
20. Many of the jobs which have been created in this arean can be directly .................... to tourism.
A. supported B. dedicated C. attracted D. attributed
21. I'm afraid Grandfather's writing is becoming more and more ....................
A. illegible B. illiterate C. eligible D. incoherent
22. Your progress will be .................... in six months' time.
A. counted B. evaluated C. valued D. enumerated
23. The girl packed the vase in polyester foam .................... it would not break in the post.
A. so as B. so long as C. with a view D. in order that
24. It is very difficult to decide .................... is better, Nam and Minh.
A. who B. whom C. whoever D. which
25. Computers will act as judges .................... they are programmed with all the information.
A. once B. so that C. before D. even if
B. One of the four underlined parts marked A, B, C, D in each sentence is not correct in
standard English. Define them
26. Medical research indicates what large amounts of histamines can be responsible for colds,
have fever, and other respiratory reactions.
A. what B. amounts C. responsible D. colds
27. Tropical forests exist close the equator, where both high temperatures and abundant
rainfall occur year-round.
A. exist B. close C. where D. year-round
28. The ease with which houseplants can grown causes them to be popular among amateur
horticulturists.
A. with which B. can grown C. to be D. among
29. Paintings of a religious, ceremonial, or history character tend to elevate their subjects
above the level of ordinary existence.
A. history B. character C. tend D. ordinary
30. The discovery of magnetic effects of coils made possible to measure an electric current.
A. discovery B. magnetic C. made possible D. an
C. Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences
31. I've got a job in Korea so I (live) will have lived there for the next two years.
32. By the time I got back to the bathroom, the bath (0verflow) had overflowed.
33. Our computer was broken and we hoped the new one (arrive) would arrive soon.
34. Plants and vegetables (disappear) have been disapeared from my garden since we had new
neighbours.
35-36. Helen (break) had broken her leg while she (ski) was skiing in Switzerland.
37. I hope that I (finish) will have finished my report by dinner time.
38. She (suffer) was suffering from flu when she was interviewed.
39. A great deal (happen) has happened since I last spoke to you.
40. The guests (arrive) has been arriving since about 6 o'clock.
D. Use the correct form of the words given in brackets
How a hobby can make you angry!
Recently I decided to take up (41) photography (PHOTOGRAPH) as a hobby. I like
taking snaps, but I am not very (42) skillful (SKILL). My snaps are either a complete (43)
failure (FAIL) for technical reasons, or are just not very (44) imaginative (IMAGINE). First
I decided that to be (45) successful (SUCCESS), I would have to buy new equipment. Just
then I had an (46) unexpectedly (EXPECT) piece of good luck. A friend who works in a
camera shop said she could sell me a (47) valuable (VALUE) camera. A customer had left it
at the shop to be repaired, but there had been a (48) misunderstanding (UNDERSTAND),
and it was actually for sale.
I thought this was a rather (49) unbelievable (BELIEF) explanation and so I asked her
some more questions. She said she had had a (50) disagreement (AGREE) with the customer
and he had thrown the camera at her because she disliked his photos!
IV. READING
A. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each question
Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as "silent", the
film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was
regarded as an indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first
public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano
improvisations on popular tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the
films; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient. Within a very short time, however, the
incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists
began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.
As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist would
be added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were
formed. For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the
hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for
holding such a position was bot skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library
of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be
shown (is, indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement
was normally improvised in the greatest hurry.
To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of
publishing suggestions for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison
Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as "pleasant", "sad",
"lively". The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet
containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to
show where one piece led into the next.
Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early
special scores was that composed and arranged for D.W. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation,
which was released in 1915.
51. The passage mainly discusses music that was ....................
A. performed before the showing of a film C. specifically composed for certain movie
theaters
B. played during silent films D. recorded during film exhibitions
52. What can be inferred about the majority of films made after 1927?
A. They were truly "silent".
B. They were accompanied by symphonic orchestras.
C. They incorporated the sound of the actors' voices.
D. They corresponded to specific musical compositions.
53. The word "solemn" in the paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ....................
A. simple B. serious C. short D. silent
54. It can be inferred that orchestra conductors who worked in movie theaters needed to ....................
A. be able to play many instruments C. be familiar with a wide variety of
music
B. have pleasant voices D. be able to compose original music
55. The word "them" in the paragraph 2 refers to ....................
A. years B. hands C. pieces D. films
56. According to the passage, what kind of business was the Edison Company?
A. It produced electricity. C. It published musical arrangements.
 B. It distributed films. D. It made musical instruments.
57. It may be inferred from the passage that the first musical cue sheets appeared around ....................
A. 1896 B. 1909 C. 1915 D. 1927
58. Which of the following notations is most likely to have been included on a musical cue
sheet of the early 1900's?
A. "Calm, peaceful" C. "Key of C major"
B. "Piano, violin" D. "Directed by D.W.Griffith"
59. The word "composed" in the paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ....................
A. selected B. combined C. played D. created
60. The passage probably continues with a discussion of ....................
A. famous composers of the early twentieth century
B. other films directed by D.W.Griffith
C. silent films by other directors
D. the music in Birth of a Nation
B. Insert a suitable word in each blank to complete the following passage
When you want to book a flight to a certain place, visit your nearest travel agent. Tell
the travel agent the (61) time when you want to travel and the destination to which you want
to go. The travel agent will then type this information (62) in a small computer. After
checking everything on the computer screen, he/ she will (63) send this information to a
central computer. This central computer contains all information about bookings and
destinations, and sends a reply, showing which are the (64) most suitable flights. It also
shows whether the flights are fully booked or not. The information (65) which is now shown
on the small computer screen is continually changing as other bookings are (66) continuing
in other parts of the world.
The travel agent now types in your booking. Then the computer will ask for your name and
address as (67) soon as for other information. It will also ask (68) if you will pay for your
tickets (in cash or by crdit card). Next the computer confirms the booking and makes a
request for payment. When you have paid (69) enough for your ticket, the travel agent types
this information into the computer as well. Finally, some computers print out a ticket before
you (70) leave the travel agent's.
C. Choose the best answer for each of the numbered blanks in the passage
Bowls
If you can roll a ball, you can play bowls. Everyone can play: young and old, men and
women, the fit and the not so fit. It is the one outdoor game that (71) .................... is a sport
for all. What other sport can grandparents play on (72) .................... terms with their
grandchildren? What other game is so simple that you could take it up today and be
(73) .................... in the national championships tomorrow?
Simple? Perhaps that's not the (74) .................... word. There are bowls players in their
thousands who will tell you that, although bowls is a game that anyone can (75) ....................
in five minutes, it takes a lifetime to (76) .................... it. They are the people who have
(77) .................... a passionate interest in the game. However, for outsiders, bowls is another
world, and a strange and puzzling one. They see a bowls game in (78) .................... and
wonder what is going on.
What the players are trying to do is easy to explain. Their aim is to roll their bowls,
called woods, as near as possible to the little white ball, called the jack. If one of your bowls
finishes nearer to the jack than your (79) .................... you score one point and he or she
scores nothing. If you have the two nearest, you score two, and so on. The skill involved in
rolling a bowl that weighs around 2 kilos across about 40 metres so that it stops only a very
short distance from the target is just as (80) .................... as the skills required in other sports.
71. A. exactly B. really C. precisely D. accurately
72. A. alike B. equal C. parallel D. matching
73. A. competing B. entering C. getting D. going
74. A. right B. suitable C. genuine D. just
75. A. catch on B. see through C. find out D. pick up
76. A. manage B. tame C. master D. control
77. A. assembled B. produced C. developed D. grown
78. A. performance B. movement C. practice D. action
79. A. comprtitor's B. opponent's C. contestant's D. opposer's
80. A. respectable B. impressive C. appreciative D. favourable
IV. WRITING
A. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and seven other words
81. I had to clear the spare room before I could start decorating. cleared
=> Only when I had cleared the spare room could I start decorating.
82. The phone rang again as soon as I put it down. had
=> Hardly had I put the phone down when it rang again.
83. I had no idea the manager wanted to see me to fire me. realise
=> Little did I realise the reason why the manager wanted to see me to
fire me.
84. They didn't ask me anything about my plans for the summer. question
=> Not any questions were asked about my plans for the summer.
85. There is no situation in which we will allow the management to lower wages. no
=> Under no circumstances will we allow the management to lower
wages.
86. "I haven't made any firm decisions yet", said Laurence. open
=> Laurence said he hadn’r made any open decisions at that time.
87. The only reason I haven't moved to London yet is the cost. for
=> Had it not been for the cost, I would already have moved to London.
88. What do you think was the reason for the failure? down
=> What do you ...................................... to?
89. I've decided that teaching is the right profession for me. conclusion
=> I've made a conclusion that teaching is the right profession for me.
90. It's not possible that Andrew is half Spanish. be
=> Andrew could not be half Spanish.
B. Write a paragraph of 150 words about the advantages of living in a city