PRACTICE TEST 15

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. number B. summer C. product D. return
2. A. coughed B. looked C. celebrated D. stopped
3. A. watch B. change C. champagne D. church
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word which differs from the other
three in the position of primary stress in each of the following question.
4. A. racing B. firework C. under D. prepare
5. A. exhausted B. limiting C. natural D. plentiful
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
6. John: "We are going to have cable TV soon, aren’t we?" - William: "____________”
A. Yes, I think so. B. What nonsense! C. No problem D. No, we cannot.
7. John: "Shall we go out to choose a birthday gift for Mary?” - Peter: "____________’’
A. Good idea B. Are you sure? C. Yes, please do D. Happy Birthay
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following question.
8. A working party has been set up to look into the problem
A. require B. make C. identify D. examine
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following question.
9. The minister came under fire for his rash decision to close the factory.
A. was dismissed B. was acclaimed C. was criticized D. was penalized
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
10. My father is a (an) ____________man who is loved by all his friends.
A. generosity B. generous C. ungenerous D. generously
11. Could you ____________the radio, please? It’s very noisy.
A. look after B. turn up C. turn down D. look for

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12. When George died, he and Anne ____________ married for nearly fifty years.
A. had been B. have been C. has been D. have to be
13. By the time he arrived we ____________ waiting for 3 hours
A. had been B. has been C. had been being D. has been being
14. He is not very good ____________ mathematics.
A. on B. at C. in D. for
15. Lan is very tired. ____________, she has to finish her work before going to bed
A. But B. Although C. Therefore D. However
16. Have you seen those people ____________we met on holiday?
A. where B. when C. which D. whom
17. You have never gone to Ho Chi Minh city before, ____________?
A. have you B. had you C. haven’t you D. didn’t you
18. Thank you for your letter, ____________ I was very happy to get
A. that B. which C. whom D. whose
19. She will demand that he ____________ the hospital premises
A. leaves B. leave C. leaved D. would leave
20. It’s very hot today. I wish I ____________ on the beach now.
A. am B. was C. were D. had been
21. They suggested ____________ a house near the edge of the lake
A. build B. building C. to build D. to building
22. I live in a town where many young people are out of ____________.
A. job B. career C. work D. profession
23. If today were Sunday, we ____________ a day off
A. have B. will have C. can have D. would have
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 following questions.
Blockbusters
Nowadays, when a book, play, or movie is highly successful, we call it a "blockbuster”. Few people
know that this word was invented by the British military and that the original blockbusters were
bombs 1 Britain dropped these large aerial bombs on German cities during World War II. Some
blockbusters weighed over 3,000 kilograms. Their name comes from the fact that they could demolish

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entire city block.
In the 1960s, the British theatre world began using the term. A blockbuster was a play that was so
popular that ticket buyers formed lines that stretched around the block.
Nowadays, however, the term is most often used to refer to movies. In particular, it refers to high-
budget, heavily advertised films that make $ 100 million or more in ticket sales. The first Hollywood
blockbuster was Jaws, the 1975 hit about a giant, killer shark. It cost $ 12 million to make, which was
a gigantic amount at that time. Another $ 4.5 million was spent to promote the film. Jaws eventually
earned $ 260 million at the box office, more than any movie had ever mad before.
24. What is the topic of the passage?
A. The history of the term "blockbuster” B. The biggest blockbuster in history.
C. What make a movie a blockbuster D. Blockbuster during World War II
25. The first people who used the term "blockbuster" were ____________.
A. theatergoers in British B. Hollywood producers
C. The British military D. the American military
26. The word "which" in paragraph 3 refers to ____________.
A. blockbuster B. Jaws C. hit D. $ 12 million
27. Nowadays, the term is usually used for all of the following movies EXCEPT ____________.
A. expensive ones to make B. heavily advertised ones
C. very popular ones D. ones demolishing entire cities
28. The word "demolish" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. destroy B. build C. fall D. explode
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase
that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Today, supermarkets are found in almost every large city in the world (29) ____________ the first
supermarket was opened only fifty years ago. It was opened in New York by a man named Michael
Cullen. A supermarket is different from other types of stores in several ways. In supermarkets, goods
are placed on open shelves. The (30) ____________ choose what they want and take them to the
checkout counter. This means that fewer shop assistants are needed than in other stores. The way
products are displayed is another difference (31) ____________ supermarkets and many other types
of stores; For example, in supermarkets, there is usually a display of small inexpensive items just in
front of the checkout counter: candies, chocolates, magazines, cheap foods and so on. Most

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customers (32) ____________ go to a supermarket buy goods from a shopping list.
They know exactly what they need to buy. They do the shopping according to a plan.
29. A. Therefore B. Because C. But D. In addition
30. A. sellers B. assistants C. managers D. customers
31. A. of B. from C. between D. bold
32. A. whom B. whose C. who D. which
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 question.
33. The charity organization provides the poor with a lot of household furnitures.
A. with B. furnitures C. charity D. the poor
34. We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it.
A. to review B. carefully C. we will D. some
35. Are all the students used to spend their summer vacation in the countryside?
A. students B. to spend C. vacation D. countryside
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 question.
36. My friends often go on a camping trip without me.
A. I wish my friends go on a camping trip without me.
B. I wish my friends went on a camping trip with me.
C. I wish my friends go on a camping trip with me.
D. I wish my friends went on a camping trip without me.
37. The little boy is too weak to carry the suitcase.
A. The little boy is weak, so he won’t carry the suitcase.
B. The little boy was so weak that he couldn’t carry his suitcase.
C. The little boy needs someone to help him carry the suitcase
D. The little boy is so weak that he can't carry his suitcase.
38. "Where are you going now?”, he asked her.
A. He asked her where you were going then
B. He asked her where she was going then.
C. He asked her where she is going now.
D. He asked her where was she going then.

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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.
39. My English isn’t good enough, so I can’t participate in the competition.
A. If my English weren’t good enough, I couldn't participate in the competition.
B. I could participate in the competition because my English was good.
C. if my English is good enough, I can participate in the completition.
D. If my English were good enough, I could participate in the competition.
40. When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high.
A. The unemployment rate and the crime rate are both high.
B. The unemployment rate is as high as crime rate.
C. The high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime.
D. The higher unemployment is; the higher crime is.