PRACTICE TEST 12

I. Bài ngữ âm (30/4 tr 79)

1. A. rhinoceros B. vehicle C. whale D. uninhabitable
2. A. unconcernedly B. ragged C.sacred D. hiccupped
3. A. archaic B. archive C. choir D. archery
4. A. suggestion B. congestion C. digestion D. devotion
5. A. dairy B. lair C. fair D. gait

II. Trọng âm (30/4 tr 79)

1. A. credulous B. acropolis C. dialect D. obsolete
2. A. ecotourism B. compromise C. disposal D. neighborhood
3. A. beneficial B. detrimental C. understanding D. magnificent
4. A. zoology B. cement C. conquest D. duet
5. A. argumentative B. psychological C. contributory D. hypersensitive

III. Supply the correct form of the word in the parentheses. (30/4 tr 17)
1. You cannot enter the country without the requisite_________documents. (require)
2. The old man collapsed after doing some strenous__________exercises. (strain)
3. The purification_______of water is necessary. (pure)
4. She is training to be a beutician________. (beautiful)
5. This observeatory_____houses the largest telescope in the country. (observe)
6. Many beliefs of a culture are symbolically______represented in rituals. (symbol)
7. I've never known such a quarrelsome____person. (quarrel)
8. Thank you for your generosity; we shall always be indepted_________to you. (debt)
9. Professor Smith has joined the company in an advisory__________capacity. (advise)
10. Please acknowledge___our letter of the 10 . We have not had a reply. (know)
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IV. Fill each blank with one appropriate preposition or particle. (30/4 tr 26)
1. I subscribe to____several magazines.
2. The world is yearning for____peace, but does not seem to know how to win it.
3. When did you check out of_____the hotel?
4. He usually writes his essays in_____ink on___ruled paper.
5. I could hear the director rebuking Jim for____being late for work again.
6. Because she kept putting of____going to the dentist, her toothache went worse.
7. Are you fed up___with this job?
8. How are you getting on with____your study at school?
 9. Passengers mustn't get off the bus when it is still in ____motion.
10. Do you know of a cure for__baldness?
11. Our education must put an end to____illiteracy.
12. Without a fridge, fresh food will go_____offvery quickly.
13. Something went wrong with my ear yesterday.
14. Her parents don't approve of____her.
15. The completion of the new Town Hall has been held up__owing to a strike.
16. It took me a long time to get over my illness.
17. The meeting broke up__after three hours and everyone went for a drink.
18. He's independent of his parents.

V. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (30/4 tr 27)
Many countries face somewhat more serious economic problem in the form of an unfavourable
trade balance with other nations. Such an imbalance exists when the total value of a country's
imports exceeds that of its exports. For example, if a country buys $25 billion in products from
other countries, yet sells only $10 in its own products overseas, its trade deficit is $15 billion.
Many underdeveloped nations find themselves in this position because they lack natural
resources or the industrial capacity to use these resources, and thus have to import materials or
manufactured goods.
Other effect of trade deficit is the flow of currency out of a country. In the case of an
underdeveloped nation, this can cause many financial difficulties, including failure to meet debt
payments and obstacles to creation of industrial base. Even in the case of a fully developed
nation such as the United States, a large trade deficit is reason for alarm. American products,
made by well-paid workers in U.S. industries, cost more to produce than those made in places
like Asia, where labour and material costs are much lower. Money spent on foreign products is
money not spent on items produced by domestic industries.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The causes and consequences of trade deficits.
B. Several worldwide economic problems.
C. Lack of resources in underdeveloped countries
D. The value of exports versus imports
2. According to the passage, when does a trade imbalance occur?
A. A country sells more products overseas than its imports.
B. The value of the products a country imports is greater than the value of the products it
exports.
C. A country cannot develop its natural resources.
D. A country has a serious economic problem.
 3. The passage states that many underdeveloped nations have trade deficits because
A. they find themselves in this position.
B. they have failed to meet debt payments.
C. they export most of their natural resources to other nations.
D. they have to import most of their natural resources or manufactured products.
4. Which of the following is not mentioned as a possible cause of a trade imbalance?
A. The high cost of exported items.
B. An underdeveloped industrial base.
C. A lack of natural resources.
D. Low labor and material costs in Asian countries.
5. It can be inferred from the passage that American industries
A. provide a strong industrial base that prevents a trade deficit
B. import labors and material from overseas
C. are hurt by a trade imbalance
D. do not pay their workers sufficient wages

VI. Choose the best answer (30/4 tr 31)

1. Don't worry about the lunch! I'll_______to it.
A. succeed B. apply C. devote D. see
2. After leaving school, Nigel decided to _____in the army.
A. enlist B. enroll C. register D. sign
Mặc cả 3. He was a generous friend, but as a businessman he drove a hard
A. Bargain B. affair C. contract D. deal

4. Everybody is very anxious about the _ ____of the negotiations.

A. outbreak B. outcome: cục C. output D. outlook
5. How did Sheila to the news of her award?
A. react B. answer C. confess D. appeal
6. Although he was completely______as a furniture maker, he produced the most beautiful
chairs.
A. unable B. untrained C. incapable D. uneducated
7. Some people enjoy training; for others it is only a______to an end

A. means B. method C. way D. tool

8. She______ _ her neighbour's children for the broken window.
A. accused B. complained C. blamed D. denied
9. If you want a good flat in London, you have to pay through the___ ___for it.
A. mouth B. ear C. nose D. teeth
10. I don't think we have very much______, we are very different people.
A. together B. in common C. the same D. similar

VII. Use the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. (30/4 tr 46)
1. Mary isn't here - but she (not, take) doesn’t take______the car because there's no
petrol in it.
2. Hardly they (move) move___________into the house when their friends came.
3. Trade has gone from bad to worse and staff (lay) had been laid_____off now.
4. Would they not rather you (seek) sought__________new sponsors?
5. By the time we get there now, I'm afraid the meeting (end) had ended____.
6. Jean, I'm so glad you've got here at last. I (expect) had been expecting you all day.
7. None of the people (invite) invited_________to the party can come.
8. His demand was that his son (acquit) had acquitted at once.
9. Had they not invented satellites, we (not, watch) didn’t watch_____live programs on
TV.
10. What a pity! If only I (listen) had listened to my parents.

VIII. Fill in each numbered space with one appropriate word. (30/4 tr 48)
Low levels of literacy and numeracy have a damaging impact (1) on____almost every aspect
of adult (2) life ___, according to a survey published yesterday, which offers evidence (3)
of_____a developing underclass.
Tests and interviews with hundreds of people born in a (4)singel__week in 1958 graphically
illustrated the handicap of educational underachievement. The effects (5) were__seen in
unemployment, family breakdown, (6) low___incomes, depression and social inactivity.
Those who left school at 16 with (7) poor _basic skills had been employed for (8) up______
to four years less than good readers by the time they reached 37. Professor John Bynner, of
City University, who carried (9)_______out the research, said that today's unqualified
teenagers
would face even greater problems because the supply of manual jobs had (10) took up.

IX. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. Follow the
example (30/4 tr 50)
Example: 0. them -> themselves
Petroleum was formed on the ground many millions of years ago. Plants and animals live in
the sea sank to the sea bed when they died. Their remain mixed with sand and mud in layer
deposits, built up slowly over the years. A combined action of heat, pressure and bacteria
turns these deposits into petroleum. The petroleum moved slowly upwards to the porous
 rocks nor became trapped there. In the passage of time, land that was once under water
rose to the face of the sea. As such, petroleum deposits are now found below or near dry
land.

1. Line That live 6. Line

2. Line 7. Line
3. Line 8. Line
4. Line 9. Line
5. Line and 10. Line

X. Match to make sentences. (Des C1-C2 tr15)

1. I'm going to have to mull this D____
2. Detectives are still trying to piece A
3. It took him a very long time to take B
4. Tell us how you hit G____
5. It took us ages to figure _____F
6. I've just thought______C
7. I'm not sure we've thought _____E
A. together exactly what happened
that evening.
B. in the fact that he'd never see her
again.
C. up a brilliant excuse to tell Rachel.
D. over for a while before I make a
final decision.
E. this through properly yet.
F. out how to get everyone to the
sports centre without Phil knowing.
G. upon such a great idea for a website.

XI. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that the second sentence has the same
meaning as the first one. (Olympic 30/4 tr 7)
1. Although the dog appeared harmless, it was, in fact, quite dangerous.
Contrary to its harmless appearance, in fact, quite dangerous.
2. But for your folly, you could have been a partner in the firm.
+ If there had not been your folly, you could have been a partner in the film
3. Thanks to Laura's support, I was able to finish the project.
Had it not been for Laura’s report, I wouldn’t have been to finish the project.
4. Not many of the people in Britain speak a single word of my language.
+ Hardly any of the people in Britain speak a single word of my language
5. I am sure you didn't lock the front door. Here's the key.
You can't lock the front door without having the key
6. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test.
As long as you keep calm, you will pass your driving test
7. The fox was unsuccessful in reaching the grapes.
 The fox tried in vain to reach the grapes.
8. It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.
The man is believed to have escaped in a stolen car
9. “I think that you've drawn up some excellent plans. I must congratulate you.”
+ “I must congratulate you on having drawn up some excellent plans.
10. The critics were strongly impressed by her performance.
Her performance made a strong impression on the critics

Score:______/100