ENGLISH 12 PRACTICE TEST

Time allowed: 45 mins.

Full name : ……………………………………………………. Class: 12

Circle the word (A, B, C, or D) that is stressed differently from the others.
Question 1. A. rural B. urban C. crowded D. well-paid
Question 2. A. congestion B. employment C. achievement D. medicine
Circle the word (A, B, C, or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
Question 3.A. piece B. peace C. pie D. please
Question 4.A. slow B. flow C. know D. how
Choose the best response (A, B, C or D).
Question 5. Peter: ‘How's life there?’ – Mary: ‘____________.’
A. It's been caused by urbanisation, I suppose.
B. It's where my brother is living now.
C. It's not too bad, but I can't stand traffic congestion.
D. It might take a few months to know the way round.
Question 6. Tom: ‘Where was Conan Doyle born?’ – Linda: ‘ ________ .’
A. In Edinburgh, I think.
B. His mother got a good education.
C. His novel ‘The Lost World’ was made into films.
D. At the age of 71.
Circle the answer (A, B, C, or D) which best indicates the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the word in
italics in each sentence.
Question 7. Stephen had been jobless for two years before he met Tom, his current boss.
A. happy B. rich C. employed D. famous
Question 8. For urbanisation to be effective, the governments must address the social and economic
problems that go with it.
A. relate to B. ignore C. criticise D. reduce
Circle the answer (A, B, C, or D) that best indicates the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each sentence.
Question 9. The man vanished without leaving any trace.
A. died B. arrived C. disappeared D. dreamt
Question 10. By now we all know that living in a damp and dirty condition is detrimental to our health.
A. fundamental B. harmful C. beneficial D. encouraging
Circle the answer (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
Question 11. What at 7 o'clock last night? I a cooking book by Christine Ha.
A. are you doing ... am reading B. were you doing ... read
C. were you doing ... was reading D. did you do......read
Question 12. England is a(n) country, which my father has been to at least five times.
A. English-spoken B. spoken English C. English-speaking D. speaking English
Question 13. Look at Sophie. She's wearing an skirt which she found in her grandmother's
drawer.
A. old-fashioning B. fashion-olded C. fashioned-old D. old-fashioned
Question 14. His sister her leg when she was riding her scooter to school.
A. broke B. breaks C. is breaking D. was breaking
Question 15. Yesterday afternoon I the wall when the man with a surprise package
from uncle Andrew.
A. am painting ... came B. have been painting ... is coming
C. paint ... comes D. was painting ... came
Question 16. -I can't remember who sang “That's All Right”
-It Presley's first single in 1954.
A. was B. is C. was being D. has been
Question 17. ‘Have you seen Daniel recently?’
‘No. If I have time, I him tomorrow.’
A. would visit B. might visit C. visit D. am visiting
Question 18. I personally like Jin, I don't think she'd make a good leader.
A. Although B. As a result C. Having said that D. Now that
Question 19. Traffic congestion noise pollution are two pressing problems that need attention
in this vertical city.
A. but B. also C. and D. although
Question 20. Human activities that release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere have the rate
of global warming.
A. improved B. turned C. accelerated D. made
Question 21. By walking or cycling using cars, we can save energy and reduce air pollution.
A. and B. instead of C. for D. but
Question 22. For some time after which happened near his house, Jack couldn't hear, and
neither could he see.
A. an explosion disastrous B. the disastrously explosion
C. the disastrous explosion D. disastrous explosion

Read the text and choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each gap.
East Asia's total urban population increased from 579 million in 2000 to 778 million in 2010, more
than two times greater than second-largest Europe. According to the report, it (23) more than
50 years for the same number of people to become urbanized in Europe, indicating Asia's rapid growth.
The region's cities have also become more (24) populated, rising from 5,400 to 5,800
people per square kilometer as of 2010, led (25) Hong Kong's 32,000 people per square
kilometer. Overall, East Asia's population density grew to more than 1.5 times the average for the world's
urban areas (26) more than 50 times the average density in the United States.
Yet while East Asia's urban land area expanded from 106,400 to 134,800 square kilometers over the
same period, less than 1 percent of the region's total land area (27) urbanized.
Question 23.
A. took B. spent C. had D. made
Question 24.
A. closely B. densely C. crowdedly D. widely
Question 25.
A. with B. on C. to D. by
Question 26
A. and B. but C. yet D. either
Question 27.
A. survives B. keeps C. remains D. retains
Read the passage and choose the option (A, B, C, or D) that best answers each question.
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. He was born on July 21, 1899 in
Oak Park, Illinois, where he was raised. He died on July 2, 1961 in Ketchum, Idaho, where he committed
suicide (28)
Hemingway's economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th- century fiction,
while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most
of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954
(32). He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works. Three novels,
four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously.
After finishing high school, Hemingway reported for a few months for The Kansas City Star (33),
before leaving for the Italian front to enlist with the World War I ambulance drivers where he was
wounded in 1918 and returned home. Hemingway's experiences in wartime formed the basis for his novel
A Farewell to Arms. In 1922, he married Hadley Richardson, the first of his four wives (30). The couple
moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign correspondent, and fell under the influence of the modernist
writers and artists of the 1920s "Lost Generation" expatriate community. The Sun Also Rises,
Hemingway's first novel, was published in 1926. (34)
Hemingway married Pauline Pfeiffer after his 1927 divorce from Hadley Richardson (31). However
this marriage was also unsuccessful and the couple divorced after Hemingway returned from the Spanish
Civil War where he had been a journalist. Drawing from his experience in the Spanish Civil War,
Hemingway published For Whom the Bell Tolls. He married his third wife, Martha Gellhorn in 1940.
They separated when he met Mary Welsh in London during World War II.
Shortly after the publication of The Old Man and the Sea, one of his masterpieces, in 1952,
Hemingway went on safari to Africa, where he was almost killed in two successive plane crashes that left
him in pain or ill health for much of the rest of his life. Hemingway had permanent residences in Key
West, Florida,(35) and Cuba during the 1930s and 1940s, but in 1959 he moved from Cuba to Ketchum,
Idaho, where he put an end to his life in the summer of 1961.

Question 28. How did Hemmingway die?

A. He was killed in a plane crash. B. He killed himself.
C. He died of ill health. D. He died in World War I.
Question 29. The word ‘posthumously’ in paragraph 2 mostly closely means .
A. while living B. after death
C. famously when alive D. after being recognised
Question 30. How many times did Hemmingway marry?
A. one time B. two times C. three times D. four times
Question 31. Who was his second wife?
A. Hadley Richardson B. Mary Welsh
C. Martha Gellhorn D. Pauline Pfeiffer
Question 32. When did he win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A. In 1940. B. In 1918 C. In 1954 D. In 1927
Question 33. Hemmingway became a reporter .
A. after he had finished university
B. after he had finished high school
C. after he had worked as an ambulance driver
D. after he left home
Question 34. What was his first novel?
A. A Farewell to Arms B. For Whom the Bell Tolls
C. The Old Man and the Sea D. The Sun Also Rises
Question 35. Where did he have his permanent residences?
A. In Oak Park, Illinois B. In Ketchum, Idaho
C. In London, England D. In Key West, Florida
Question 36. According to the text, what is NOT true about Earnest Hemmingway?
A. He was a journalist in the Spanish Civil War.
B. He was wounded in 1918 when he worked as an ambulance driver.
C. He published all his works while he was still alive.
D. He died in Ketchum, Idaho.
Question 37. How old was Hemmingway when he died?
A. 40 years old B. 62 years old C. 54 years old D. 59 years old

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 38. Although there are more trains running at the same time, commuting on a daily basis was
A B C is
still an issue for those who travel to the city for work.
D
Question 39. On Sunday we decided to go to the beach by the train, but by the time we got to the station,
A B train
the weather looked so threatening that we went to the cinema instead.
C D
Question 40. Ideally, transport should be safe, cheap, reliable, convenience, regular, and environmentally
A B convenient C D
friendly.
Question 41. Hue city offers a wide range of attractions catering to all tastes, but those with only a day to
A B
spare cannot be better advise than to take one tour of the citadel and try local foods.
C advisable D
Question 42. Yesterday my father is seeing an old work colleague he hadn't seen for 15 years. He was
A saw B C
very happy.
D
Read the passage and choose the option (A, B, C, or D) that best answers each question.
Vietnam is the 66th largest country in the world. With its large size also comes a very big
population, and this country has a population of over 94 million, making it the 15th most populous
country in the world (43). Despite its large total population, Vietnam only has two cities that have passed
the 1,000,000 population mark. Ho Chi Minh City is the largest in the country with a population of over
3.4 million. The next largest city, Hanoi, has a population of over 1.4 million (44), which lags
significantly behind Ho Chi Minh City's figure. To round out the rest of the overall population, the
country has 32 cities with at least 100,000 residents, and an additional 51 cities with populations between
10,000 and 100,000 (45C).
This doesn't account for all of the country's population, however, as there are smaller towns and a
total rural population of 66% (45A) which constitutes a large portion. However, data from past years
shows that the rural population is declining, partly because of the expansion and growth of cities and
more people moving from more isolated areas to the urban areas (45B) for their industries, higher
education institutes, landmarks and attractions. In recent years, Vietnam's growth has slowed down
significantly, so while the major cities will continue to see growth in the near future, it's unlikely that
these numbers will grow at the rapid rates observed in the past (45D)

Question 43. Vietnam ranks among the world's most populous countries.
A. 15th B. 66th C. 32th D. 51th
Question 44. What is the population of Hanoi?
A. 3.4 million people B. 1.4 million people
C. 100,000 people D. 10,000 people
Question 45. According to the text, what is not true about the population in Vietnam?
A. Two-thirds of its population live in rural areas.
B. That more people move away from rural regions makes the rural population fall.
C. There are 51 cities in Vietnam with populations between 10,000 and 100,000.
D. Its population growth will be much higher than in the past.

Circle the sentence (A, B, C or D) that is closest in meaning to the one provided.
Question 46. Alicia refused to take that job so that she had more time on her studies.
A. Alicia didn't have enough time for her studies, so she refused to take that job.
B. Although Alicia didn't have enough time for her studies, she accepted that job.
C. If Alicia had refused to take that job, she would have more time for her studies.
D. Alicia didn't want more time for her studies, so she took that job.
Question 47.I understood her problem, but I don't know what I can do to help.
A. Although understood her problem, I don't know what I can do to help.
B. Since her problem understood, I don't know what I can do to help.
C. While her problem understood, I don't know what I can do to help.
D. While understanding her problem, I don't know what I can do to help.

Choose the sentence (A, B, C, or D) that best combines the two sentences given.
Question 48. My mother doesn't like cartoons. My brother doesn't like them, either.
A. My mother doesn't like cartoons and so does my brother.
B. Both my mother doesn't like cartoons, which my brother also likes.
C. Cartoons are my mother's favourite, but they aren't my brother's.
D. My mother doesn't like cartoons and neither does my brother.

Question 49.I read the report through twice. I can't make out what he's trying to say.
A. I read the report through twice but I can't make out what he's trying to say.
B. I read the report through twice and I can't make out what he's trying to say.
C. I read the report through twice though I can't make out what he's trying to say.
D. I read the report through twice nonetheless I can't make out what he's trying to say.

Question 50. He gets older. He seems to become more sensible.

A. As he gets older, he seems to become more sensible.
B. Although he gets older, he seems to become more sensible.
C. The older he becomes, the more sensible he seems.
D. A&C.

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