MOCK TEST 06

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word which is underlined
and from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. watches B. involves C. changes D. misses
Question 2: A. deal B. cream C. sea D. threat

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from
the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. vacancy B. habitat C. opponent D. partnership
Question 4: A. busy B. polite C. careful D. special

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
Question 5: He looks for any excuse he can to blow off his _____ to do housework.
A. commitment B. obligation C. assignment D. responsibility
Question 6: Britain has accused Russia _____ poisoning the ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal
and his daughter.
A. of B. on C. for D. from
Question 7: If she were not afraid of flying, she _____ far a lot.
A. have travelled B . travelled C. will travel D. would travel
Question 8: He expected _____ for an Oscar, but he wasn't.
A. nominating B. to nominate C. to be nominated D. being nominated
Question 9: _________, Tim recovered from the sickness quickly.
A. Just cared about Mr.Parks B. Under the care of Dr.Parks
C. On care of Dr. Parks D. He had just cared for Dr Parks
Question 10: As John _____ enjoyed doing research, he never could imagine himself
pursuing other careers.
A. extremely B. utterly C. thoroughly D. totally
Question 11: In some countries, many old-aged parents like to live in a nursing home. They
want to _____ independent lives.
A. give B. lead C. take D. keep
Question 12: Nowadays more and more students _____ work in mountainous areas in
summers.
A. voluntarily B. volunteer C. volunteers D. voluntary
Question 13: Although she would have preferred to carry on working, my mum _____ her
career in order to have children.
A. repealed B. sacrificed C. abolished D. devoted
Question 14: Everyone will tell you that becoming a parent is challenging, but you never
really know what that means until you learn about it the _____ way.
A. long B. direct C. full D. hard
Question 15: Did you read _____ book I lent you last week?
A. a B. the C. an D. no article

1
Question 16: _____, she complained to the head teacher.
A. Once annoying by the boys' behaviour
B. Annoyed by the boys' behaviour
C. Having annoyed behaviour by the boys
D. She annoyed by the boys' behaviour uncommon
Question 17: Telecom giant Viettel decided to implement the 5G network _____ his
technology was still uncommon.
A. because B. in spite of C. although D. because of
Question 18: Malaysia and Indonesia _____ into dumpsites after China had stopped
importing their trash.
A. was turning B. turned C. had turned D. has turned

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 19: I am thankful for my wife, who vowed to be my biggest fan on the day we
were married and has never once let me down.
A. grateful B. passionate C. supportive D. kind
Question 20: When I was a child I always looked up to my father. He was a real role model
for me.
A. understood B. liked C. trusted D. admired

Mark the letter A, B, C, er on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 21: Though I persuaded my boss to solve a very serious problem in the new
management system, he just made light of it.
A. completely ignored B. treated as important
C. disagreed with D. discovered by chance
Question 22: My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play.
A. unskilled B. ill-educated C. unimpaired D. unqualified

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best
completes each of the following exchanges.
Question 23: Linda and Mary are talking about helping the disadvantaged people.
- Linda: "I think we should give care and comfort to the orphan."
- Mary: “_____”
A. OK. No problem. B. The same to you.
C. Yes, that's a good idea. D. Thank you.
Question 24: Mary invites Sally to take part in the campaign.
- Mary: "Would you like to join the Green Movement?"
- Sally: “_____”
A. Yes, I'd like to. B. OK. What's the matter?
C. That's great. Congratulations. D. Well, you are right.

2
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.
Around 200 million people are employed in tourism worldwide, making it the largest
industry in the modern global (25) _____. It is estimated that three-quarters of a billion
people go on holiday each year, and industry planners expect this figure to double by 2020.
Some of the biggest beneficiaries are less developed countries, where it is often their main
source of income. (26) _____, along with the economic benefits, this mass movement of
people has resulted in threats to the environment. People often forget the damage caused by
carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft, (27) _____ contribute directly to global warming.
Deforestation has cleared land in order to build hotels, airports and roads, and this has
destroyed wildlife. In some areas, water shortages are now common because of the need to
fill swimming pools and water golf courses for tourists. By pushing up prices for goods and
services, tourism can also be (28) _____ to the people who live in tourist destinations. In
response to these concerns, some travel operators now offer environmentally friendly
holidays.
Many of these aim to reduce the negative effect of tourism by (29) _____ only hotels
that have invested equipment to recycle waste and use energy and water efficiently.
Increasingly, tourists are also being reminded to show respect for the customs of the people
whose countries they are going to visit, and to support local businesses, such as restaurants
and shops, which depend on tourism for their main income.
(Source: Internet)
Question 25: A. economise B. economy C. economical D. economically
Question 26: A. However B. In addition C. Therefore D. Moreover
Question 27: A. whatever B. which C. what D. that
Question 28: A. helpful B. changeable C. harmful D. secure
Question 29: A. promoting B. empowering C. voting D. permitting

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 30 to 34.
In today's competitive world, what responsible parent would not want to give their
children the best possible start in life? For this reason, many parents want their children, often
as young as ten months old, to become familiar with computers. They seem to think that if
their children grow up with computers, they will be better equipped to face the challenges of
the future.
No one has proved that computers make children more creative or more intelligent.
The truth may even be the opposite. Educational psychologists claim that too much exposure
to computers, especially for the very young, may negatively affect normal brain development.
Children gain valuable experience of the world from their interaction with physical objects.
Ten-month-old babies may benefit more from bumping their heads or putting various objects
in their mouths than they will from staring at eye-catching cartoons. A four-year-old child
can improve hand-eye coordination and understand cause and effect better by experimenting
with a crayon than by moving a cursor around a computer screen. So, as educational
psychologists suggest, instead of government funding going to more and more computer
classes, it might be better to devote resources to music and art programs.

3
 It is ludicrous to think that children will fall behind if they are not exposed to
computers from an early age. Time is too precious to spend with a "mouse". Now is the time
when they should be out there learning to ride a bike. There will be time later on for them to
start banging away at keyboards.

Question 30: What would be an appropriate title for this passage?

A. Let kids be kids B. Computers in schools
C. Never too early to start D. More computers mean brighter future
Question 31: Children who spend a lot of time on their computers _____.
A. will suffer from brain damage
B. tend to have more accidents than those who do not
C. do not necessarily make more progress than those do not
D. tend to like music and art more than those who do not
Question 32: The pronoun "they" in paragraph 2 refer to _____.
A. heads B. objects C. mouths D. babies
Question 33: Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Parents should not put off buying a computer for their children.
B. It is better for children to take computer lessons than art lessons.
C. There is no evidence that children who use computers are cleverer than those who do not
D. Computers seriously harm children's eyesight.
Question 34: The word "ludicrous" paragraph 3 mostly means _____.
A. ironic B. sensible C. humorous D. ridiculous

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 35 to 42.
Biological diversity has become widely recognized as a critical conservation issue
only in the past two decades. The rapid destruction of the tropical rain forests, which are the
ecosystems with the highest known species diversity on Earth, has awakened people to the
importance and fragility of biological diversity. The high rate of species extinctions in these
environments is jolting, but it is important to recognize the significance of biological
diversity in all ecosystems. As the human population continues to expand, it will negatively
affect one after another of Earth’s ecosystems. In terrestrial ecosystems and in fringe marine
ecosystems (such as wetlands), the most common problem is habitat destruction. In most
situations, the result is irreversible. Now humans are beginning to destroy marine ecosystems
through other types of activities, such as disposal and runoff of poisonous waste; in less than
two centuries, by significantly reducing the variety of species on Earth, they have irrevocably
redirected the course of evolution.
Certainly, there have been periods in Earth’s history when mass extinctions have
occurred. The extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by some physical event, either climatic
or cosmic. There have also been less dramatic extinctions, as when natural competition
between species reached an extreme conclusion. Only 0.01 percent of the species that have
lived on Earth have survived to the present, and it was largely chance that determined which
species survived and which died out.

4
 However, nothing has ever equaled the magnitude and speed with which the human
species is altering the physical and chemical world and demolishing the environment. In fact,
there is wide agreement that it is the rate of change humans are inflicting, even more than the
changes themselves, that will lead to biological devastation. Life on Earth has continually
been in flux as slow physical and chemical changes have occurred on Earth, but life needs
time to adapt-time for migration and genetic adaptation within existing species and time for
the proliferation of new genetic material and new species that may be able to survive in new
environments.

Question 35: What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The time required for species to adapt to new environments
B. The variety of species found in tropical rainforests
C. The impact of human activities on Earth's ecosystems
D. The cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs
Question 36: The author mentions all of the following as examples of the effect of humans
on the world's ecosystems EXCEPT _____.
A. the extensive damage to marine ecosystems
B. the habitat destruction in wetlands
C. the destruction of the tropical rainforests
D. the introduction of new varieties of plant species
Question 37: The word "jolting" in paragraph 1 mostly means _____.
A. appealing B. illuminating C. shocking D. disgusting
Question 38: The word "they" in paragraph 1 refers to _____.
A. species B. centuries C. activities D. humans
Question 39: What can be inferred from the extinction of the dinosaurs in paragraph 2?
A. Not all mass extinctions have been caused by human activity.
B. Actions by humans could not stop the irreversible process of a species' extinction.
C. Earth's climate has changed significantly since the dinosaurs' extinction.
D. The cause of the dinosaurs' extinction is unknown.
Question 40: The word "magnitude" in paragraph 3 mostly means _____.
A. extent B. ignorance C. greed D. concern
Question 41: According to the passage, natural evolutionary change is different from change
caused by humans in that changes caused by humans _____.
A. affect fewer ecosystems B. are occurring at a much faster rate
C. are less devastating to most species D. are reversible
Question 42: Which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree
with?
A. Humans should be more conscious of the influence they have on ecosystems.
B. Technology will provide solutions to problems caused by the destruction of ecosystems.
C. Human influence on ecosystems should not be a factor in determining public policy.
D. The extinction of a few species is an acceptable consequence of human progress.

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.

5
Question 43: We can go along this road as they have built already a bridge across the river.
A. can go B. as C. built already D. the
Question 44: The researchers hope to trial (A) the therapy within the next three years in
people with a rare genetic disorder suffering from heart assault in their 30s and 40s.
A. hope to trial B. next three years C. rare genetic disorder D. heart assault
Question 45: The bitcoin system created in 2009 by an enigmatic person named Satoshi
Nakamoto.
A. The B. created C. enigmatic D. named

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.
Question 46: "Do you believe in what the boy says, Mary?" said Peter.
A. Peter told Mary to believe in what the boy said.
B. Peter said that Mary believed in what the boy had said.
C. Peter asked Mary whether she believed in what the boy says.
D. Peter asked Mary if she believed in what the boy said.
Question 47: Her mother cooks much better than her.
A. Her mother will be the best cooker in her family.
B. Her mother is a best cook than her.
C. She was much better at cooking than her mother.
D. She doesn't cook as well as her mother.
Question 48: Sally paid for her travel in advance, but I'm not sure.
A. Sally needn't have paid for her travel in advance.
B. Sally should not have paid for her travel in advance.
C. Sally may not have paid for her travel in advance.
D. Sally couldn't have paid for her travel in advance.

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.
Question 49: Tom left the tickets at home. Tom regrets that.
A. Tom was sorry that he has left the tickets at home.
B. Tom wishes he hadn't left the tickets at home.
C. Tom regrets not leaving the tickets at home.
D. Tom regrets to leave the tickets at home.
Question 50: He was appointed to the post. Right after his appointment, he fell ill.
A. No sooner did he appointed to the post than he fell ill.
B. No sooner had he appointed to the post than he fell ill.
C. Hardly had he appointed to the post when he fell ill.
D. Hardly had he been appointed to the post when he fell ill.