Practice Test for Graduating Exam PRACTICE TEST 2 I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 1. A. eradicated B. defended C. unnoticed D. extended 2. A. windsurfing B. wilderness C. rhino D. philosopher 3. A. mechanize B. champion C. character D. chemical II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest. 4. A. kangaroo B. involvement C. biologist D. accelerate 5. A. parrot B. reserve C. vertical D. master 6. A. traveller B. employment C. society D. successful III. Choose the best option A, B. C or D to complete the sentence. 7. More and more trees in the area are found __________ from the effect of polluted air. A. died B. to be dying C. having died D. to be dead 8. I get up early ____________ to go work on time. A. in order to B. so as not to C. so that D. in order that 9. This book provides students ____________ useful tips that help them to pass the coming exam. A. φ B. about C. for D. with 10. I ___________ to the author if I thought he would publish the article. A. write B. am writing C. would write D. had written 11. The children made ___________ a little poem and wrote it in the card. A. up B. over C. for D. off 12. After Mary ___________ her degree, she intends to work in her father’s company. A. will finish B. is finishing C. finishes D. will have finished 13. “Write to me when you get home”. “________________” A. I must B. I should C. I will D. I can 14. You _____________ the look on his face when he won the prize. A. would have seen B. can be seeing C. must see D. should have seen 15. The water will be further polluted unless some measures ___________. A. will be taken B. are taken C. were taken D. had been taken 16. “What do you think of the book?” “Oh, excellent. It’s worth ____________ a second time”. A. to read B. to be read C. reading D. being read 17. I hurried ___________ I wouldn’t be late for class. A. since B. so that C. as if D. unless 18. I _________ a novel ___________ by O.Henry at seven yesterday evening. A. read, written B. would read, to write C. was reading, written D. was to read, writing 19. He died ___________ pneumonia. A. for B. by C. in D. of 20. What are the ____________ between women’s in old times and women in modern times? A. differs B. different C. difference D. differences 21. In the past people believed that women’s ___________ roles were as mothers and wives. A. nature B. natural C. naturism D. naturalist Good Luck in Your Exam!!! Practice Test for Graduating Exam 22. She told him __________ up hope. A. not give B. do not give C. not to give D. to give not 23. He has arrived, but he talks as if he __________ all about that A. know B. knows C. known D. knew 24. The Vietnamese boy was regarded as a hero __________ he gave his life to his country. A. according to B. because of C. on account of D. because 25. He came home late, so I asked him where _____________ been. A. he had B. has he C. he has D. had he 26. This novel is __________ than the one I read last week. A. good B. as good C. more good D. better 27. An endangered species is a species ___________ population is so small that is in danger of becoming extinct. A. whose B. which C. what D. who 28. Joe seemed to be in a good mood, ____________ he snapped at me angrily when I asked him to join us. A. yet B. so C. for D. and 29. The 22 nd Southeast Asia Games were ___________ in Vietnam in 2003. A. built B. met C. taken D. held 30. _________ number of boys were swimming in the lake, but I didn’t know ______ exact number of them. A. A / the B. The / an C. The / the D. A / an 31. The master _________ satisfied with his students’ progress that he praised them in class. A. was so B. was so that C. was such D. is such a 32. The book I bought yesterday is expensive. ____________, it is not very useful. A. Still B. Besides C. Yet D. As a result 33. Come and sit down. Have a cup of tea, _______________? A. wouldn’t you B. will you C. haven’t you D. do you 34. Vietnam’s women gymnast were jubilant and Friday afternoon after __________ bringing home the gold medal in team competition. A. expectantly B. unexpectedly C. unexpected D. expected 35. People say he won a lot of money on the lottery. A. He is said that he won a lot of money on the lottery. B. He won a lot of money on the lottery, it is said. C. He is said to have won a lot of money on the lottery. D. He was said to win a lot of money on the lottery. IV. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage. TEENAGERS AND SPORT It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports. When you are young, you know how important (81) __________ to do physical exercise if you want to be healthy and strong, and for that reason you often concentrate on just one sport with so (82) _________ enthusiasm that in the end you can’t live without it. The problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less spare time. At your age you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to university, with perhaps only one afternoon a week to do any sport. This happens just when you Good Luck in Your Exam!!! Practice Test for Graduating Exam are at the best (83) _________ for many sports, such as gymnastics and swimming. By the time you finish all your studies you will probably be too old to be really good at sports like those, but if you spend enough time on (84) _________ while you are young, then one day you will find that you are very good at your sport but too old to study, and you will find it (85) _________ to get a good job. Somehow, it doesn’t seem fair. 36. A. this is B. you are C. it is D. things are 37. A. keen B. many C. great D. much 38. A. stage B. age C. period D. time 39. A. training B. practice C. exercise D. sporting 40. A. impractical B. unlikely C. improbable D. impossible V. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to answer the question. THE WILD LIFE Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously threatened almost everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of this century. But many hundreds are now in danger. Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction. Already many kinds of wild animals has been so reduced in number that their role in the ecosystem is forgotten. Animals like the great apes, the whales, seals etc. thought to be in danger of extinction. But even more important, perhaps than individual kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are in danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained, and the world forests, especially tropical forests are being cut down to satisfy man’s needs of timber and paper. What would our world be like if all the wild animals and wild plants vanished?- Would our life still exist then? 41. What would happen to the human beings if the wild life vanished? A. Many species would quickly become extinct. B. The human life would be seriously threatened. C. Species would go on dying out. D. Tropical forests would be cut down. 42. What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants? A. the vanishing of whole habitats. B. the extinction of many species. C. the rapid advance of the process of extinction. D. man’s need of timber and paper. 43. What does the writer caution us against? A. cutting down the tropical forests. B. hunting wild animals. C. draining marshes. D. destroying our environment. 44. What would happen if we cut down forests? Cutting down forests would cause …………… A. the changes of temperature. B. the flood C. both A and B are correct. D. none are correct. 45. “To threaten” in the passage means ………… Good Luck in Your Exam!!! Practice Test for Graduating Exam A. to pollute B. to give fear to C. to vanish D. to poison VI. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. 46. The early we leave, the sooner we will arrive. A B C D 47. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither. A B C D 48. Tree squirrels are active, noisy, and lively animals that make its home in tree trunks. A B C D 49. Daisy has such many things to do that she has no time to go out. A B C D 50. My brother has always helped me in time of need, and I wish that he was here now. A B C D KEY 1A 11A 21B 31A 41 2C 12C 22C 32B 42A 3B 13C 23D 33B 43D 4A 14D 24D 34B 44C 5B 15B 25A 35C 45B 6A 16C 26D 36C 46A 7B 17B 27A 37D 47D 8A 18C 28A 38B 48D 9D 19D 29D 39A 49A 10C 20D 30A 40D 50D Good Luck in Your Exam!!! . that he won a lot of money on the lottery. B. He won a lot of money on the lottery, it is said. C. He is said to have won a lot of money on the lottery. D. He was said to win a lot of money on the. Friday afternoon after __________ bringing home the gold medal in team competition. A. expectantly B. unexpectedly C. unexpected D. expected 35. People say he won a lot of money on the lottery. A __________ to do physical exercise if you want to be healthy and strong, and for that reason you often concentrate on just one sport with so (82) _________ enthusiasm that in the end you can’t