TEST 32

Mark A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the questions.
Question 1: Pete had acquired the money through hard work. He was reluctant to give it away.
A. Having acquired the money through hard work, Pete was reluctant to give it away.
B. Although Pete had acquired the money through hard work, he was reluctant to give it away.
C. Having worked hard to earn the money, it couldn't be given away by Pete.
D. Pete had acquired the money through hard work so that he was reluctant to give it away
Question 2: This is a rare opportunity. You should take advantage of it to get a better job.
A. You should take advantage of this rare opportunity, for which is to get a better job.
B. This is a rare opportunity what you should take advantage of to get a better job.
C. You should take advantage of this opportunity, that is rare to get a better job.
D. This is a rare opportunity that you should take advantage of to get a better job.

Question 3: A. prominent B. interview C. technician D. fabulous

Question 4: A. practice B. access C. correct D. various

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best
fits each of the numbered blanks.
The UK Government ensures that all schools in the UK(5)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as
well as those that are  run by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and
Curriculum Authority (QCA), (6)_______, the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.
At many independent schools in England, you will be encouraged to take part in extracurricular activities to develop your
hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams offered by the Associated Board of the Royal
Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry  (7)_______ .
Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are interested  in these qualifications, you can find
out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.
`      The fees you pay to attend independent school, (8)_______ your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all
extracurricular activities. Fees (9)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national
standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be as high as £25,000.
 Question 5:   A. meet              B. notice                          C. foster                            D. prioritize
 Question 6:   A. Although       B. Therefore                     C. However                     D. Because
 Question 7:   A. criteria          B. requirements               C. problems                     D. curriculum
 Question 8:   A. consist           B. fulfill                          C. substitute                    D. include
 Question 9:   A. transfer          B. vary                            C. interfere                      D. exchange

Mark A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 10: Family members share fun as well as sorrow and help heal one another’s hurt .
A. As family members share fun as well as sorrow, they also help heal one another’s hurt .
B. Family members share fun as well as sorrow so that they can help heal one another’s hurt .
C. Not only do family members share fun as well as sorrow , but they also help heal one another’s hurt .
D. Family members do not share only fun as well as sorrow , but they also help heal one another’s hurt .
Question 11: Right after Vietnam national football team won the AFF Cup 2018, thousands of fans flocked to the streets to celebrate.
A. No sooner had thousands of fans flocked to the streets to celebrate than Vietnam national football team won the AFF Cup 2018.
B. Only after thousands of fans flocked to the streets to celebrate did Vietnam national football team win the AFF Cup 2018.
C. Hardly had Vietnam national football team won the AFF Cup 2018 than thousands of fans flocked to the streets to celebrate.
D. Scarcely had Vietnam national football team won the AFF Cup 2018 when thousands of fans flocked to the streets to celebrate.
Question 12: Greater use of public transport would cut the amount of pollution from cars.
A. Were more people to use public transport, cars would stop releasing exhaust into the atmosphere.
B. If more people use public transport, it will cut the amount of pollution from cars.
C. If public transport was widely used, people would no longer suffer from pollution from cars.
D. If more people used public transport, there would be less pollution from cars.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 13. According to_______ people, most animal and plant species on earth will soon die out.
A. optimists B. pessimistic C. pessimists D. optimistic
Question 14: I have always __________my elderl brother for his courage and honesty.
A. taken up B. looked after C. taken after D. looked up to
Question 15: He _______ have watered the plants. If he had, they wouldn’t have withered.
A. mayn’t B. can’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
Question 16: Ann's encouraging words gave me __________ to undertake the demanding task once again.
A. a resolution B. an exception C. an incentive D. a target
Question 17: Andrew is a very disciplined employee. He_______ great importance to coming to work on time.
A. affixes B. attributes C. admits D.attaches
Question 18: I believe that judges should be independent _______ the government. A. of B. to C. with D. on
Question 19: Although David was _______ after a day’s work in the office, he tried to help his wife the household chores.
A. exhausting B. exhausted C. exhaust D. exhaustive
Question 20: The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable _______ his financial situation.
A. on account of B. regardless of C. in terms of D. owing to
Question 21: _______ proficiency in German would be of much help, it is not a requirement for the advertised position.

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A. Although B. Regarding C. Otherwise D. Despite
Question 22: Anne was not _______ to think that the best was too difficult.
A. among the people B. who C. the one who D. the only one
Question 23: My uncle was _______ ill last month; however, fortunately, he is now making a slow but steady recovery.
A. seriously B. critically C. deeply D. fatally
Question 24: Under the _______of their contract, employees must give 3 months’ notice if they leave.
A. tuition B. terms C. education D. writing
Question 25: My older brother is extremely fond of astronomy, he seems to ______ a lot of pleasure from observing the stars.
A. possess B. seize C. reach D. derive
Question 26: True friends always stand by you when you’re _______.
A. home and dry B. high and low C. on and off D. down and out
Question 27: The complaints he received were like water off a duck’s _______.
A. back B. wings C. feather D. head
Question 28: I don’t suppose you like pineapple, _______? A. do I B. do you C. don’t I D. don’t you
Question 29: If I ______ you were in hospital, I ______ you.
A. knew / would have visited B. know / will visit C. had known / would have visited D. had known / would visit

Mark A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 30: Peter: “How are you today?” – Susan: “_______”
A. I feel like a million stars B. I feel like a million dollars. C. I can feel it in my bone. D. I feel your ears burning.
Question 31: Tom: “______” ~ Mike: “I won’t say no!”
A. Mike, do you know where the scissors are? B. What about playing badminton this afternoon?
C. How are things with you, Mike? D. What’s your favourite, tea or coffee?

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s)
in each of the following questions.
Question 32: Researchers have found that people are sleeping almost two fewer hours a night than they were in the 1960s, and our health
is deteriorating as a result.
A. improving B. degrading C. purifying D. elevating
Question 33: Our top priority is to clean and protect the environment in our neighbourhood so that everyone can inspire fresh air.
A. reliance B. amity C. preference D. commence

Mark A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)
Question 34: We have achieved considerable results in the economic field, such as high economic growth, stability and significant
poverty alleviation over the past few years.
A. eradication B. aggravation C. prevention D. reduction
Question 35: Both genders should be provided with equal rights to education, employment and healthcare.
A. deprived of B. furnished with C. equipped with D. supplied with

Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
In the past, technology and progress was very slow. People “invented” farming 12,000 years ago but it took 8,000 years for the
idea to go around the world. Then, about 3,500 years ago, people called “potters” used round wheels to turn and make plates. But it took
hundreds of years before some clever person thought, if we join two wheels together and make them bigger, we can use them to move
things
In the last few centuries, things have begun to move faster. Take a 20th-century invention like the aeroplane, for example. The first
acroplane flight on 17 December 1903 only lasted 12 seconds, and the plane only went 37 metres. It can't have been very exciting to
watch, but that flight changed the world. Sixteen years later, the first plane flew across the Atlantic, and only fifty years after that, men
walked on the moon. Technology is now changing our world faster and faster. So what will the future bring?
One of the first changes will be the materials we use. Scientists have just invented an amazing new material called graphene, and
soon we will use it to do lots of things. With graphene batteries in your mobile, it will take a few seconds to charge your phone or
download a thousand gigabytes of information! Today, we make most products in factories, but in the future, scientists will invent living
materials. Then we won't make things like cars and furniture in factories - we will grow them!
Thirty years ago, people couldn't have imagined social media like Twitter and Facebook. Now we can't live without them. But
this is only the start. Right now, scientists are putting microchips in some disabled people's brains, to help them see, hear and
communicate better. In the future, we may all use these technologies. We won't need smartphones to use social media or search the
internet because the internet will be in our heads!
More people will go into space in the future, too. Space tourism has already begun, and a hundred years from now, there may be
many hotels in space. One day, we may get most of our energy from space too. In 1941, the writer Isaac Asimov wrote about a solar
power station in space. People laughed at his idea then, but we should have listened to him. Today, many people are trying to develop a
space solar power station. After all, the sun always shines above the clouds!
Question 36: The writer says that in the past_______.
A. people didn't invent many things B. people didn't want to use wheels
C. most inventions were to do with farming D. it took time for new ideas to change things
Question 37: Why does the writer use the example of the aeroplane ?
A. To explain why transport changed in the 20th century. B. Because he thinks It's the most important invention in history.
C. To explain how space travel started. D. To show how an invention developed quickly.
Question 38: What does the writer say about the future of communication?
A. We can't know what the most popular social media will be. B. Microchips will become faster.
C. We won't use the internet as much. D. We won't need devices like smartphones.
Question 39: What does the writer say about space solar power ?

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A. It's an old idea, but people are only starting to develop it now.
B. It's a science fiction idea, and nobody really thinks it will work.
C. It's much easier to build a solar power station in space than on Earth.
D. People tried it in 1941, but they didn't succeed.
Question 40: The best title for the article would be_____
A. Man in space B. Will computers rule the world ? C. More and more inventions D. Progress now and then

Mark A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the questions.
Question 41: In the end of the story, Cinderella and the prince get married and live happily together.
Question 42: The governer , with his wife and children , are at home watching the election returns on television.
Question 43: The survey shows that today's generation of young people generally get along well with their parents and appreciate the way
they’re being risen.

Reading the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
 An air pollutant is defined as a compound added directly or indirectly by humans to the atmosphere in such quantities as to affect
humans, animals, vegetation, or materials adversely. Air pollution requires a very flexible definition that permits continuous change.
When the first air pollution laws were established in England in the fourteenth century, air pollutants were limited to compounds that
could be seen or smelled – a far cry from the extensive list of harmful subtances known today. As technology has developed and
knowledge of the health aspects of various chemicals has increased, the list of air pollutants has lengthened. In the future, even water
vapor might be considered an air pollutant under certain conditions.
     Many of the more important air pollutants, such as sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide, and notrigen oxides, are found in nature. As
the Earth developed, the concentration of these pollutants was altered by various chemical reactions; they became components in
biogeochemical cycles. These serve as an air purification scheme by allowing the compounds to move from the air to the water or soil. On
a global basis, nature’s output of these compounds dwarfs that resulting from human activities.
           However, human production usually occurs in a localized area, such as as city. In such a region, human output may be dominant
and may temporarily overload the natural purification scheme of the cycles. The result is an increased concentration of noxious chemicals
in the air. The concentrations at which the adverse effects appear will be greater than the concentrations that the pollutants would have in
the absence of human activities. The actual concentration need not be large for a subtance to be a pollutant; in fact, the numerial value tells
us little until we know how much of an increase this represents over ther concentration that would occur naturally in the area. For
example, sulfur dioxide has detectable health effects at 0.08 parts per million (ppm), which is about 400 times its natural level. Carbon
monoxide, however, has a natural level of 0.1 ppm and is not usually a pollutant until its level reaches about 15 ppm.
Question 44. What does the passage mainly discuss ?
A. The economic impact of air pollution B. What constitutes an air pollutant
C. How much harm air pollutants can cause D. The effects of compounds added to the asmosphere.
Question 45. The word adversely in the first paragaph is closest in meaning to ________.
A. negatively B. quickly C. admittedly D. considerably
Question 46. The word detectable in the first paragaph is closest in meaning to ________.
A. measurable B. beneficial C. special D. separable
Question 47. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ________.
A. water vapor is an air pollutant in localized areas B. most air pollutants today can be seen or smelled
C. the definition of air pollution will continue to change D. a subtance becomes an air pollutant only in cities.
Question 48. The word These in the second paragaph is closest in meaning to ________.
A. the various chemical reactions B. the pollutants from the developing earth
C. the compounds moved to the water or soil D. the components in biogeochemical cycles
Question 49. For which of the following reasons can natural pollutants play an important role in controlling air pollution _____.
A. They function as part of a purification process B. They occur in greater quantities than other pollutants
C. They have existed since the Earth developed. D. They are less harmful to living being than other pollutants
Question 50. According to the passage , human -generated air pollution in localized regions ________.
A. can be removed by nature’s output of pollutants. B. can overwhelm the narural system that removes pollutants
C. will damage areas outside of the localized regions D. will react harmfully with natural pollutants.

Question 1. A. skill B.write C. light D. find

Question 2. A. night B. list C. signal D. split
Question 3. A. powerful B. remember C. obvious D. primary
Question 4. A. sacrifice B. impossible C. confident D. interview
Question 5. A. vacant B. factor C. college D. device
Question 6: A. particular B. circumstances C. environment D. supportive
Question 7: A. pleasure B. capture C. picture D. ensure
Question 8: A. ambitious B. memorial C. memorable D. mechanic
Question 9: A. invaluable B. investigate C. intimacy D. intensity
Question 10: A. commitment B. assignment C. compliance D. undermine
Question 11: A. relevance B. demonstrate C. accuracy D. overwhelm
Question 12: A. include B. culture C. device D. machine
Question 13: A. perfect B. create C. sustain D. mature
Question 14: A. represent B. cultivate C. classify D. emphasize
Question 15: A. campsite B. mankind C. windmill D. workforce
Question 16. A. severe B. damage C. despite D. canal

Question 17. After he left ________University of Massachusetts, he moved to ________Edinburgh university in England .
A. the/a B. a/the C. the /the D. the/ X

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Question 18: Sarah and I ____reserved the rooms in the same hotel. She was really surprised to see me there.
A. deliberately B. intentionally C. coincidentally D. practically
Question 19: He wanted to know whose car I had borrowed__________
A. last night B. the last evening C. the previous night D. yesterday evening
Question 20: The room needs for the wedding. A. decorating B. decorate C. be decorated D. to decorate
Question 21: I accidentally Mike when I was crossing a street downtown yesterday.
A. lost touch with B. paid attention to C. caught sight of D. kept an eye on
Question 21: I was under that you two had already met . A. the idea B. pressure C. notice D. the impression
Question 22. My mother asked me__________.
A. which tertiary institution did I choose B. which tertiary institution I choose
C. which tertiary institution I would choose D. which tertiary institution will I choose
Question 23. Is it necessary that I______ here tomorrow?A. would be B. am being C. were D. be
Question 24. We received a call from the teacher_______ charge of our course. A. on B. at C. in D. to
Question 25. There were about 100 attendees at the wedding, and _______ half of them were the bride's and groom's relatives.
A. not less than B. none other than C. no less than D. not in the least
Question 26: By the end of last March, I _____ English for five years.
A. will have been studying B. had been studying C. had been studied D. will have studied
Question 27: I am sorry. I want _____ to you, but I have been busy.
A. to write B. writing C. to have written D. to have been writing
Question 28: We should participate in the movements__________ the natural environment.
A. organized to conserve B. organizing to conserve C. organized conserving D. which organize to conserve
Question 29. When my parents travelled to Singapore, they bought me a________ piano on my birthday.
A. precious grand ancient wooden B. wooden grand ancient precious
C. precious ancient grand wooden D. ancient grand precious wooden
Question 30: In Hawaii, it is _______ to greet visitors to the country with a special garland of flowers.
A. unaccustomed B. accustomed C. customary D. customized
Question 31: ______ Alan for hours but he just doesn't answer his mobile. I hope nothing's wrong.
A. I called B. I've been calling C. I'm calling D. I've called
Question 32: We ______ on the beach now if we hadn't missed the plane.
A. will lie B. could be lying C. will be lying D. might have lain
Question 33: Most teenagers go through a rebellious ______ for a few years but they soon grow out of it.
A. duration B. stint C. phase D. span
Question 34: The children had to ______ in the principal's office after they took part in a fight.
A. hit the right notes B. beat around the bush C. play second fiddle D. face the music
Question 35: A lot of generous businessmen have ______ valuable contributions to helping needy people.
A. done B. taken C. made D. given
Question 36: Poor students cannot______.an abundance of presents on their birthday.
A. look forward to B. put up with C. come up with D. cut down on
Question 37: Befriending can offer volunteers the opportunity to provide support and friendship to a person who may be going ______
a difficult period. A. up B. on C . off D. through
Question 38: Volunteer organisations are generally small-staffed, so they need to______lots of volunteers for a huge event.
A. employ B. recruit C. research D. catch
Question 39: You’d better ______a commitment to being a volunteer on a regular basis. A. promise B. do C. make D. pull
Question 40: We might be able to catch______ last train if we hurried. A. a B. an C. the D. Ø
Question 41: You many good choices for the future if you are admitted to a famous university.
A. will have B. had C. would have D. would have had
Question 42: Why doesn’t he fancy ______ with us to the pub ? A. Having come B. coming C. to come D. to have come
Question 43: I demand to see the person who is in charge customers’ complaints here. A. of B. on C. about D. with
Question 44: Some people tend to wrongly that men are not as good at cooking as women.
A. believe B.belief C. believable D. believably

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 45. Mariah sings well. She writes good songs, too.
A. Mariah can either sing well or write good songs. B. Mariah can neither sing well or write good songs.
C. Not only does Mariah sing well but she also writes good songs. D. Not only does Mariah sing well but she write good songs as well.
Question 46. How about having these exercises finished before playing games?
A. I suggest you play games before finishing these exercise. B. I suggest these exercises finish before we play games.
C. Let's play games before having these exercises finished. D. I suggest playing games after having these exercises finished.
Question 47: Mr. Smith is very interested in our plan. I spoke to him on the phone last night.
A. Mr. Smith is very interested in our plan to whom I spoke on the phone last night.
B. Mr. Smith, who is very interested in our plan, I spoke to on the phone last night.
C. Mr. Smith, who I spoke on the phone last night, is very interested in our plan.
D. Mr. Smith, to whom I spoke on the phone last night, is very interested in our plan.

Mark A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s)
Question 48. These machines are older models and have to be operated by hand.
A. manually B. spiritually C. automatically D. mechanically
Question 49. In the 1980s, TV viewers began to hook up videocassette players to their TVs. A. combine B. stop C. fasten D. connect
Question 50. Thanks to better health care, there are more and more centenarians nowadays.
A. children who die at birth A. children whose parents can't afford their schooling

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C. people who live 100 years or more D. people who suffer from fatal diseases