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PRACTICE TEST No. 20

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to
each of the following questions from 1 to 3.
Question 1: It's a long time since I last saw my faraway grandparents.
A. I last saw my faraway grandparents for a long time
B. I haven't seen my faraway grandparents since a long time.
C. My grandparents was living faraway a long time ago.
D. I haven't seen my faraway grandparents for a long time.
Question 2: "I won't help you with your homework." Jane said to me.
A. Jane asked me to help her with her homework.
B. Jane refused to help me with my homework.
C. Jane denied helping me with my homework.
D. Jane promised to help me with my homework.
Question 3: Attending classes is compulsory for children from 5 in Britain
A. Children from S in Britain may attend classes.
B. Children from 5 in Britain must attend classes.
C. Children from 5 in Britain mustn't attend classes.
D. Children from 5 in Britain shouldn't attend classes.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions from 4 to 6.
Question 4: At this time yesterday he was talking to a friend he has not met for ten years.
A. was talking B. for C. has not met D. At
Question 5: The students spread our picnic rug out on the ground and sat down to have lunch.
A. spread B. sat C. The D. our
Question 6: While it was not formally announced, there was an intimacy from the public that he would win
the election
A. the public B. election C. intimacy D. formally
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions from 7 to 8.
Question 7: Many video games need to be more strictly controlled by the government as they are violent
and can have a bad influence on young people.
A. impression B. impact C. reason D. opinion
Question 8: You're flogging a dead horse trying to persuade him to come with us. He hates going out at
night.
A. do something without effort B. finish something before deadline
C. try to do something impossible D. beat the horse that isn't alive
Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks from 9 to
13.
Sir Isaac Newton, the English scientist and mathematician, was one of the most important figures of the
17 century scientific revolution. One of his greatest achievement (9) ______ of the three laws of motion,
which are still used today. But he also had a very unusual personality. Some people would say he was
actually insane.
His father died before he was born, and his mother soon remarried. The young Isaac hated his stepfather
so much that he once (10) ______ to burn his house down - when his stepfather and mother were still inside!
Fortunately he did not, and he went on to graduate from Cambridge without being thrown into prison.
Isaac's first published work was a theory of light and color. When another scientist wrote a paper
criticizing this theory. Isaac flew into an uncontrollable rage. The scientist responsible for the criticism was
a man called Robert Hooke. He was head of the Royal Society, and one of the most respected. scientists in
the country. (11) ______, this made no difference to Isaac. (12) ______ refused to speak to him for over a
year.
The simple fact was that Isaac found it impossible to have a calm discussion with anyone. As soon as
someone said something that he disagreed with, he would lose his temper. For this reason he lived a large
part of his life isolated from (13) ______ scientists. It is unlikely that many of them complained.
Question 9: A. discovery B. findings C. research D. inventions
Question 10: A. frightened B. shouted C. threatened D. warned
Question 11: A. What is more B. Although C. However D. Despite
Question 12: A. whom B. that C. which D. who
Question 13: A. the others B. other C. others D. another
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions from 14 to 28.
Question 14: Her parents are really strict. They rarely let her stay out late, _______?
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A. do they B. does she C. doesn't she D. don't they
Question 15: Every day, Peters mother drives him to school. However, today, he _______ to school by his
father.
A. is taking B. was taken C. took D. is being taken
Question 16: Students are less________ pressure as a result of changes in testing procedures.
A. under B. upon C. out of D. above
Question 17: The more polite you appear to be, _______ your partner will be.
A. the happiest B. the more happily C. the happier D. the most happily
Question 18: The report form is available on the two _______ dises in my drawer.
A. small green round B. small round green
C. round small green D. green small round
Question 19: She hurt herself while she _______ hide-and-seek with her friends.
A. played B. is playing. C. was playing D. had played
Question 20: The proposals he put forward were excellent _______, it quickly became apparent that they
would work when put into practice.
A. Moreover B. Nevertheless C. However D. Although
Question 21: They will have suffered from coldness and hunger for 6 hours _______ them on the obtain.
A. after we had found B. when we found
C. as soon as we had found D. by the time we find
Question 22: _______ for about 4 weeks, we now can perform most of the tasks confidently.
A. Having been trained B. Being trained Hund
C. Having trained D. Training
Question 23: In the past, the _______ and engagement ceremonies took place one or two years before the
wedding.
A. proposed B. proposal C. propose D. proposing
Question 24: You shouldn't lose heart; success often comes to those who are not _______ by failures.
A. switched off B. left out C. turned on D. put off
Question 25: I don't like networking events spending hours trying to _______ small talk with strangers just
isn't my cup of tea.
A. do B. take C. have D. make
Question 26: He may be shy now, but he will soon come out of his _______ when he meets the right girl.
A. shoe B. hole C. shell D. shed
Question 27: The hospital had _______ given her up for dead, but she eventually recovered.
A. intensively B. totally C. merely D. virtually
Question 28: I had all the information at my _______ before attending the meeting.
A. fingers B. thumbs C. hands D. fingertips
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each
of the following questions from 29 to 30.
Question 29: William and Laura are talking about Covid-19 pandemic.
- William: “What should we do to protect ourselves from COVID-19?”
- Laura: “___________.”
A. Yes, everyone should be aware of this epidemic
B. No problem.
C. Stay 6 feet away from others.
D. We can do nothing for it.
Question 30: Charles and Adam are talking about learning online.
- Charles: “There is no problem with online learning.”
- Adam: “_________. Looking at the screen most of the time can make students' eyes tired.
A. You're dead wrong
B. That's exactly what I was thinking.
C. There is no doubt about it
D. Well, that's very surprising.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in
each position of primary stress in each of the following questions from 31 to 32.
Question 31: A. allow B. behave C. relax D. enter
Question 32: A. ambitious B. dominant C. combustion D. achievement
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 33 to 39.
Have you ever entered a tropical rainforest? It's a special, dark place completely different from anywhere
else. A rainforest is a place where the trees grow very tall. Millions of kinds of animals, insects, and plants

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live in the rainforest. It is hot and humid in a rainforest. It rains a lot in the rainforest, but sometimes you
don't know it's raining. The trees grow so closely together that rain doesn't always reach the ground.
Rainforests make up only a small part of the Earth's surface, about six percent. They are found in tropical
parts of the world. The largest rainforest in the world is the Amazon in South America. The Amazon covers
1.2 billion acres, or almost five million square kilometers. The second largest rainforest is in Western Africa.
There are also rainforests in Central America, Southeast Asia, Northeastern Australia, and the Pacific
Islands.
Rainforests provide us with many things. In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is called the "lungs of our
planet" because it produces twenty percent of the world's oxygen. One fifth of the world's fresh water is also
found in the Amazon Rainforest. Furthermore, one half of the world's species of animals, plants, and insects
live in the Earth's rainforests. Eighty percent of the food we eat first grew in the rainforest. For example,
pineapples, bananas, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, chocolate, coffee, and sugar all came from rainforests.
Twenty-five percent of the drugs we take when we are sick are made of plants that grow only in rainforests.
Some of these drugs are even used to fight and cure cancer. With all the good things we get from rainforests,
it's surprising to find that we are destroying our rainforests. In fact, 1.5 acres, or 6,000 square meters, of
rainforest disappear every second. The forests are being cut down to make fields for cows, to harvest the
plants, and to clear land for farms. Along with losing countless valuable species, the destruction of
rainforests creates many problems worldwide. Destruction of rainforests results in more pollution, less rain,
and less oxygen for the world.
Question 33: What is the author's purpose in the passage?
A. To prove that rainforests are indispensable in our lives
B. To explain why people have destroyed a large area of tropical rainforests.
C. To provide factual information about tropical rainforests for readers.
D. To prevent people from damaging tropical rainforests.
Question 34: Why don't people know it's raining in the rainforests?
A. Because the branches are too dense for the rain to touch the ground.
B. Because it hardly rains in the rainforests.
C. Because they are the habitats of millions of flora and fauna.
D. Because the trees grow very tall there.
Question 35: The word "humid" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
A. moist B. dry C. cloudy D. overwhelmed
Question 36: The word "that" in paragraph 3 refer to _______.
A. pineapples, bananas, tomatoes, com, potatoes, chocolate, coffee, and sugar
B. plants
C. the drugs
D. rainforests
Question 37: The word "countless" in paragraph 3 could be best replaced by _______.
A. numberless B. trivial C. derisive D. meaningless
Question 38: The following are the facts about rainforests, EXCEPT _______.
A. The rainforest in Western Africa ranks second after the Amazon in South America in the covered.
B. The only places to see rainforests are in tropical zones.
C. Rainforests account for about one sixth of the Earth's surface.
D. There's a considerable variety of plants and animals in the rainforests.
Question 39: What can be inferred from the last passage?
A. The more rainforests are destroyed, the harder people's life will become.
B. The consequences of deforestation are greater than what people can imagine.
C. People are not aware of the significance of the rainforests.
D. People's economic benefits are more important than environmental problems.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 40. A. attracted B. delayed C. believed D. postponed
Question 41. A. hike B. wind C. child D. tide
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions from 42 to 43.
Question 42: At the meeting last night, many members of the political party went against the leader that he
resigned.
A. protested B. support C. opposed D. invited
Question 43: The US troops are using much more sophisticated weapons in the Far East.
A. simple and easy to use B. expensive C. complicated D. difficult to operate
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 44 to 48.

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Vietnam's population is ageing quickly. In 2017, more than 10 per cent of the population will be 60 and
older, and in 15-20 years the elderly will account for one third of the total population. This raises concerns
about healthcare, welfare and pensions for the elderly at a time when Vietnam is focusing on economic
integration and requires a large labor force. So far two solutions have been proposed to loosen. the two child
policy and to increase the retirement age to 58 for women and 62 for men. By ending the two-child policy
the government expects to make up for the ageing population within the next 20 years. But its effect could
be creating an uncontrollable boom in the Vietnamese population. When the government loosened the two-
child policy in 2015 in a trial period, in the first 6 months of 2016 the third child birth rate increased
remarkably by 7.5 per cent
Raising the retirement age has been proposed by the Ministry of Labor pending parliamentary. evaluation
in May 2017. While the policy is beneficial in utilizing the work experience of the elderly while creating
savings in the pension budget, it also means fewer job prospects and promotion opportunities for younger
generations. It is also not in the interest of all the elderly, especially the ant of Vietnam's labor force working
in manual labor-intensive sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing and construction where working above
the age of so be dangerous and unproductive. Despite these drawbacks, raising the retirement age is still
considered by policymakers as one of the key solutions to the ageing population problem in Vietnam.
However, these are only temporary solutions.
Question 44: The best title for this passage could be _______.
A. How to solve the aging population in Vietnam
B. Raising the retirement age in Vietnam
C. Vietnam struggling with ageing population
D. Stopping the two-child policy in Vietnam
Question 45: Which statement is probably TRUE according to the information in the paragraph 1
A. In 2017, the elderly take up for one third of the total population, this leads to more concerns about
healthcare, welfare and pensions for the elderly.
B. In the next 15-17 years. Vietnam's economy will need a large labor force to integrate with global
economy.
C. In 2015, the two child policy has been officially tightened and succeeded.
D. The government would promote families to have two children to compensate for the ageing population
within the next 20 years.
Question 46: The word "temporary" in paragraph 2 means _______.
A. constant B. long-term C. permanent D. short-term
Question 47: The word "its" in paragraph 1 refers to
A. economic integration B. two-child policy C. retirement age D. aging population
Question 48: In the 2 paragraph, the writer suggests that _______.
A. Raising the retirement age and stopping two-child policy can be considered as long-term and effective
solutions.
B. Raising the retirement age can reduce job opportunities for younger generations.
C. The Ministry of Labor has applied raising the retirement age in May 2017
D. The elderly whose age is 50 would be dangerous if they continued to work.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair
of sentences in the following questions from 49 to 50.
Question 49: Beatrix is not here. She is the only person who can tell me what to do now.
A. If only Beatrix had been here and told me what to do now.
B. If Beatrix were here, she couldn't help me now.
C. Supposing Beatrix is here, she could tell me what to do now.
D. I wish Beatrix were here and told me what to do now.
Question 50: Yuri Gagarin made a successful space flight in 1961. Human's uncertainties about universe
were enlightened only then.
A. Hardly had Yuri Gagarin made a successful space flight in 1961, human's uncertainties about universe
were enlightened.
B. Without human's uncertainties about universe, Yuri Gagarin wouldn't have made a successful space
flight in 1961.
C. Not until human's uncertainties about universe were enlightened did Yuri Gagarin make a successful
space flight in 1961.
D. Only after Yuri Gagarin had made a successful space flight in 1961 were human's uncertainties about
universe enlightened.

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