Teacher : Quynh Nhu PRACTICE TEST 15 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: 1.a. display b. dirty c. invent d. investigate 2.a. legal b. leg c. general d. get 3.a.ulter b. custom c. cutting d. use 4.a. course b. scout c. bound d. ground 5.a. date b. path c. delay d. classmate Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blankspace in each sentence: 1/I never forget …………… a. the day on which I first met you b. the day when I first met you on c. the day on that I first met you. d. the day that I first met you 2/ I have two sisters _____ are doctors. a. both of which b. who both c. both oh whom d. both of who 3/ What _____ if Mary_________ you the book when you were asked to read the text by the teacher yesterday. a. will happen I does not lend b. would happen / did not lend c. would happened / does not lend d. would have happened/had not lent 4/ After he …………… his English course, he went to England to continue his study. a. will finish b. has finished c. had finished d. will have finished 5/ They _____ a lot of preparations before the match started. a. has made b. had made c. will be made d. are making 6/ Oil lamps _____ for years before electricity was discovered. a. had used b. are used c. has been used d. had been used 7/ On _____ at the airport, I was very worried to find that no one _____ for me. a. arriving / was waiting b. arriving / had waited c. arrive / had been waited d. arrive / was waiting 8/ Please tell me _____ you look so sad. a. why the reason b. the reason why c. that the reason d. the reason that 9/She was carefully opening the drawer ______ she kept her precious things. a. in which b. where c. in that d. a and b 10/My friend, ______, is very hopeful about her future. a. whose father is a millionaire b. of a millionaire’s daughter c. her father whose is a millionaire d. a millionaire is whose father Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting: 1.Unlike oxygen, which is chemical changed by our bodies into carbon dioxides, a b c nitrogen is merely exhaled back into the air. d 2. The mathematic test was too difficult for us to solve it. a b c d 3. Both chocolate and butter has a lot of calories. a b c d 4. Although the serious problem of polution, many people prefer living in big cities. a b c d 5. Why did you quit your job? – For low salary. a b c d 6. The more he earns, the most happy he is. a b c d 7. Neither Mary nor her friends is going to the party. a b c d 8. The US, that is one of the most powerful countries, decided to declare a war to Iraq. a b c d 9. How many time does it take you to come to school? a b c d 10. You should have a talk to your friend while to jog to regulate the speed. a b c d 11. You have to study harder unless you will fail the examination. a b c d 12. Why do you need such a big sum of money for? a b c d 13. How length is the river? – About 200 kilomiters. a b c d 14. Jogging has been said that to make our heart stronger. a b c d 15. Mary said that she do jogging every morning. a b c d 16. Almost 300 million people had visited America’s national parks every year. a b c. d 1 Teacher : Quynh Nhu 17. We have ever read Oliver Twist writing by Charles Dickens. a b c d 18. Exercise is one of best ways of keeping depression away. a b c d 19. It was the weak of the foundation that led to the collapse of the house. a b c d 20 I have called Peter three times but no one answers the phone. He maybe out. a b c d 21. The police made the robbers telling the true. a b c d 22. Which do these people run for?- To lose weight. a b c d 23. William Shakespeare, that wrote Romeo and Juliet, used to be an actor. a b c d 24. How fastly can you jog an hour?- 5 kilomitres. a b c d 25. Walking is also a safe and satisfactory way of to keep fit. a b c d 26. Everyone stopped talk when the president came in. a b c d 27. Tom Cruise, is one of the most famous American film starts, acted in “Minority Report”. a b c d 28. How often have you learnt English?- For 3 years. a b c d 29. At this time next week, Peter was working in London. a b c d 30. If you are in my position, what would you do? a b c d 31. What do you call a person who job is to edit a film? a b c d 32. Among the films that I like the best are “Home alone”. a b c d 33. Many films whose are about violence are harmful to our chidren. a b c d 34. In order to have good health, people do exercise regularly. A. People do exercise regularly when their health is good. B. People do exercise regularly because their health is good. C. Doing exercise regularly does nothing to people’s good health. D. People do exercise regularly so that they can improve their health. 35. He didn’t pay attention to what I said. A. He didn’t hear me when I said to him. B. He took no notice of my words. C. He had no intention to tak to me. D. He took my advice. 36.She feels bad when she stays up late. A. Feeling bad, she stays. up late. B. She is bad to stay up late. C. Staying up late is her bad habit. D. She is not used to staying up late. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage: 1/ Television is one of man’s most important means of (1)_______ . It (2) _______ pictures and sounds from around the world into millions of homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house and watch the president make a speech or visit a foreign country. He can see a war being (3) ______ and watch statemen try to bring (4) ________ peace . (5) ________ television, home viewers can see and learn about people, places, and things in faraway lands. Television even takes its viewers out of this world. It brings them views of America’s astronauts (6) ______ the astronauts explore outer space. In addition to these things, television brings its (7) _______ a steady stream of programmes that are designed to (8) _______. In fact, TV provides many more entertainment programmes (9) ______ any other kind. The programmes (10) ___ action-packed dramas, light comedies, sporting events, and motion pictures. 1.a.thought b.transportation c.traffic d.communication 2.a.brings b.sets c.makes d.links 3.a.founded b.fought c.brought d.found 4.a.down b.up c.about d.to 5.a.Despite b.Instead of c.Through d.Among 6.a.because b.as c.although d.so that 7.a.listeners b.readers c.players d.viewers 8.a.entertain b.enter c.enable d.enrich 9.a.with cthan c.as d.for 10.a.conclude b.prove c.include d.improve 2 Teacher : Quynh Nhu 4. A Dane and a Dutch person ______in Rome will almost automatically find themselves speaking to each other in English. a. meeting b. met c. meet d. are meeting 5. People in _____ speak _____ . a. Portugal/Portugal b. Portuguese/Portugal c. Portugal/Portuguese d. Portuguese! Portuguese 6. English is easily _____ by Chinese. a. outrun b. outnumbered c. outlived d. outweighed 7. Malaysian lecturers use English when their students in Kuala Lumpur. a. speaking b. saying c. giving d. addressing 8. More than half of the _____ and research journals are in English. a. scientific b. scientist c. science d. scientifically 9. Instead _____ studying, Margaret went to a ballgame with some of her friends. a.of b.with c.along d.off 10. Mrs Grant insisted______ the whole truth. a.in b.on c.of d.at 11. There are some differences _____ British and American English. a.of b.about c.between d.with 12. I’m not going out yet. I’m waiting________ the rain to stop. a.in b.during c.on d.for 13. I wrote to the company asking them_______more information about the job. a.to b.about c.for d.with 14. I hope you succeed _____ finding the job you want. a. in b.at c. of d. upon 15 . Do you _____ smoke? There’s a fire down the road. a. feel b. ever c. smell d. usually II. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect: 1. You had to be paid the bill before the fifth of the month. a b c d 2. The tea was so hot for her to drink. a b c d 3.If it doesn’t rain they would go for a picnic. a b c d 4. The child will die if nobody send for a doctor. a b c d 5. Nobody believed so a crazy story. a b c d 6. She wanted to know how long it would take us getting there. a b c d 7. The children were frightened with the noise a b c d 8. The crops are late this year because of the weather is cold. a b c d 9. They didn’t go to the movies because the bad weather. a b c d 10. He walked slower because of his injured legs. a b c d III- Read the following passage and choose the best option: 1/ Although English is spoken in many countries, it is not (1) ______ an international language. This is because it gives an unfair advantage to countries, like the USA and Britain, which use English (2) ______ a first language. A truly international language would be one (3) ______ had to be learned as a second language by all countries, making everyone equal. This was the opinion of Dr Zamanhof, who, in 1887, (4) the world’s most successful international language, called Esperanto. The word Esperanto means “one who hopes” in that language. Zamanhof hoped that if everyone in the world (5) ______to learn one language, it would help create goodwill and friendship between nations. Esperanto is now spoken in about 90 countries (6) ______the world and many newspapers and books are (7) ____ in it. Some schools even offer courses in Esperanto. However, until Esperanto is a compulsory subject in schools everywhere, it will not become the meat is of international understanding Dr Zamanhof(8) ______ for. 1 .a.necessarily b.really c.actual d.certain 2.a.with b.as c.by d.in 3 .a.who b.where c.which d.when 4.a.created b.did c.performed d.finished 5.a.is b.were c.would be d.could 6.a.all b.through c.around d.over 7.a.published b.spoken c.carried d.taken 8.a.waited b.looked c.searched d.hoped 3 Teacher : Quynh Nhu 2/ In the world today, there are 5,000 to 6,000 living languages, of(1)_____ English is by far the most (2)_______ used. As a mother (3) __________, it ranks second only to Chinese, (4)_____ is little used outside China. Approximately 350 million people speak English as _______(5) first language. About the (6)_______ number use it as a second language. l.a. that b. whom c. which d. them 2.a. widely b. likely c. lively d.friendly 3.a. speech b. tongue c. tooth d.mouth 4.a. which b. who c. it d.that 5.a. theirs b. their c. there d.its 6.a. different b. like c. indifferent d.same IV.Fill in the blank 1/ endangers eroded necessary without consequently there protection problem rural Man cannot exist _____________air, water and light. Many people think that soil is also __________to man’s existence. Without soil_____________ could be no vegetation, no animals and _____________no people. However, the soil is being___________day after day because people use the land without paying attention to the _______________of land and the prevention of soil erosion. In many __________areas, soil erosion is a major ___________________which_____________ the development of agriculture. 2/ smoke grow all pollute masks late cut too wild live We are all slowly destroying the Earth. The seas and rivers are (1) ________ dirty to swim in. There is so much (2) __________ in the air that it is unhealthy to (3) ________ in many of the world’s cities. In one well-known city, for example, poisonous gases from cars (4) _________the air so much that traffic policemen have to wear oxygen (5) __________. We have (6) _________ down so many trees that there are now vast areas of wasteland (7) ________ over the world. As a result, farmers in parts of Africa cannot (8) _________ enough to eat. (9) __________ animals are quickly disappearing. For instance, tigers are rare in India now because we have killed too many for them to survive. We must act now before it is too (10) _________ to do anything about it. Join us now to save the earth. This is too important to ignore. Save the Earth. TEST 5 I. Make the correct choice: 1. Clean air provides us _______ a healthy supply of oxygen. a. for b. with c. on d. at 2. Water vapour and carbon dioxide occur in the air naturally. a. turn b. produce c. happen d. cause 3. When wastes _______ into the atmosphere, the air becomes contaminated. a. poured b. pour c. are poured d. are pouring 4. Vehicles also account _______ air pollution in cities. a. for b. in c. with d. on 5. Burning garbage and paper wastes pollutes the air with _______ odours. a. pleasant b. sweet c. unpleasant d. healthy 6. Burning coal and oil releases other gases _______ to humans. a. harmful b. useful c. helpful d. healthful 7. Dangerous chemicals _______from burning plastics or hairspray containers. a. releasing b. release c. can release d. can be released 8. Hydrogen fluoride is produced in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers and some metals. a. distribution b. production c. reduction d. contribution 9. Lead and smoke are emitted in engine exhausts as tiny particles. a. very much b. very big c. very small d. very many 10. Smog can be found in most major cities _______ there are large concentrations of industry and automobiles. a. where b. which c. that d. in where 11. In the atmosphere sulphur dioxide can combine with water vapour and oxygen to ____ a sulphuric-acid mist. a. turn down b. turn up c. turn on d. turn into 12. Industrial smoke stacks _______ sulphur and nitrogen oxide. a. set out b. throw out c. turn out d. leave out 4 Teacher : Quynh Nhu 13. People are looking for the best methods to recycle_________ into manure. a. wood pulp b. soil c. garbage d.land 14. We had no _______ of going for a walk with them. a. decision b. tension c. tendency d. intention 15. The exhaust from all kinds of vehicles, smoke from factories, industrial waste and dirt are spoiling our ___. a. situation b. environment c. condition d. surrounding 16.The air has become more and more polluted because of exhaust fumes from motor vehicles. a. conserved b. contaminated c. preserved d. wasted 17.Hydrogen _____ with oxygen to form water. a.makes b. fixes c. combines d. connects 18 .We come from Vietnam, so Vietnamese is our mother tongue a. first language b.second language c. foreign language d. international language 19.My father __________ three foreign languages: English, French and Japanese. a. instructs b.masters c.regards d .addresses 20.Language is not necessarily the private property of those who use it. a.succession b.professior c.possession d.recession 21.The pilot of a Russian plane approaching Cairo will use English to ask for landing instructions. a.coming near b.taking off c.landing d.leaving 22.When foreigners ask him, he answers in English __________ a.automatic b.automation c.automated d.autornatically 23.This gives us some idea _________ the importance of English. a.with b.of c.about d.in 24.English is now an effective medium of international __________ a.communication b.application c.vacation d.education 25.English provides ready access _________ world scholarship and world trade. a.for b.of c.with d.to 26.English is understood more _________ than any other languages. a.widely b.lovely c. likely d.unlikely 27.We regard him _________ a great friend of ours. a.for b.as c.at d.with 28.This man is involved _________ the bank robbery. a.in b.at c.with d.for 29.Employrnent is said _________the most important thing to the youth today. a.to be b.be c.being d.been 30.A good place _______ is Bloom’s. a.eating b.to eat c.where eating d.which to eat 31/ Conservation is the safeguarding and preservation of ________ resources. a. naturism b. natural c. naturally d. naturist 32/ Salt has a ________ effect on food. a. preserving b. preservation c. preservative d. preserve 33/ The fight against ________ is an important part of conservation. a. pollution b. solution c. revolution d. evolution 34/ Carbon monoxide is a ________ gas. a. tasty b. harmless c. colorful d. odourless 35/ Environmental pollution is one of the most ________ problems facing mankind. a. bad b. serious c. commonly d. good 36/ Reclaiming land consists ________ irrigating deserts, draining swamps and pushing back the sea. a. with b. about c. of d. in 37/ We can conserve our environment by ________ of waste. a. prevention b. preventing c. prevented d. prevent 38/ Farmers can protect their land by ________ rotation of crops. a. year b. yearly c. every year d. each year 39/ Farmers can help ________ the soil by adding fertilizers. a. enrich b. rich c. enriching d. richly 40/ Preserving natural resources is of a great ________. a. important b. more important c. importantly d. importance 41/ More and more pollution ________ by that factory. a. produced b. is being produced c. produces d. is producing 42/ She drives faster and ________ than I do. a. careless b. more carelessly c. more careless d. carelessly 43/ Never in my life ________ such a mess in my life. a. I see b. I have seen c. have I seen d. I saw 44/ Neither Tom nor Ann _______ to the party yesterday. a. came b. didn’t come c. comes d. come II- Fill in each blank with one suitable word: 5 Teacher : Quynh Nhu 1/ The environment is everything (1)________ us both natural and made by humans. A major problem in the world today is (2)________ destruction of the natural environment. This is a complicated problem. We burn fuel and this (3)________ air pollution. We throw away millions of plastic bags, containers, toys and other (4)_______. These stay in the environment; They are not (5)_______of paper or wood that slowly disappear. We have made thousands of new chemicals. Factories that make or use chemicals always have chemical wastes. These are often poisonous and they (6)________ in the environment. 2/ Besides helping to conserve soil and water, forests are important (1)_______ other reasons. They supply us (2)______ lumber, paper, telephone poles, railroad ties, barrels, boxes, baseball bats, toothpicks and cardboard. These are only a few (3)_______ the many products that come (4)_______ forests. Thousands of people spend their vacations (5)_______ forests. Millions (6)_______ animals make forests their permanent homes. Forests are useful to men in several ways. Wood is always necessary for building and for making all (1)______ of things; and we usually need firewood in our homes. Countries (2)________ have many trees get more rain than (3)_______ which are treeless; and where trees grow, especially on mountains, they prevent (4)________ rain from washing the earth away into the valleys and leaving no rocks. 6 . Teacher : Quynh Nhu PRACTICE TEST 15 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:. into carbon dioxides, a b c nitrogen is merely exhaled back into the air. d 2. The mathematic test was too difficult for us to solve it. a b c d 3. Both chocolate and butter has a lot of calories. . About 200 kilomiters. a b c d 14. Jogging has been said that to make our heart stronger. a b c d 15. Mary said that she do jogging every morning. a b c d 16. Almost 300 million people had visited