PRACTICE TEST

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Question 1:

Question 2:

PHONETICS
I. Pick out the word with the underlined part pronounced differently.
1. A. associate B. sociable C. ancient D. ancestor
2. A. walked B. threatened C. passed D. forced
3. A. too B. food C. soon D. good
4. A. legal B. legend C. generous D. manager
5. A. adventure B. future C. mature D. figure

II. Pick out the word that has different stress pattern from the rest.
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1. A. application B. certificate C. biology D. security
2. A. university B. punctuality C. agricultural D. mathematician
3. A. identify B. secondary C. luxuriously D. majority
4. A. academic B. engineering C. available D. sympathetic
5. A. obligatory B. geographical C. international D. undergraduate

III. Choose the suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.

1. The audience couldn’t listen to the lengthy and pointless speech _________.
A. far any more B. any longer C. any more far D. any lengthier
2. He missed two most important lectures. He _________very ill.
A. had to be B. must be C. was to be D. must have been
3. Allan: “Do you mind if I use your dictionary?” Nick: “_______.”
A. I’m afraid not B. Without doubt C. No, feel free D. Straight ahead
4. Oh, I’m always forgetting _______ these medicines. Is that before or after meal, Ron?
A. when to take B. what I will take with
C. on which I should take D. when I take
5. We rang the doorbell again _______ they hadn’t heard it the first time.
A. because of B. although C. for fear that D. in case
6. How boring the lecture was! I _______ just in the first half of it.
A. dropped off B. fell out C. called off D. came out
7. Will it make any _______ to them if we deliver their equipment tomorrow?
A. displeasure B. alteration C. difference D. conflict
8. What time are you _______ duty? Let’s have a coffee after that.
A. over B. on C. off D. out of
9. Don’t give up harboring your dream. _______ working harder and harder.
A. Try out B. Keep on C. Speed up D. Go off
10. It’s been a good year. I’ve written two books and _______ are now in print.
A. both of which B. both of them C. all of which D. all of them
11. A: Why didn't you go to work yesterday?
B: I was feeling a bit ____________.
A. under the weather B. full of hot air C. breeze D. under pressure
12. The closets are filled with things we don’t need. We should have a _______soon.
A. garage sale B. rush hour C. housekeeper D. doggy bag
13. If you want to return the suit, you must bring the __________with you as proof of purchase.
A. note B. recipe C. prescription D. receipt
14. Nancy and I had both bought exactly the same kind of bag. It was a complete ____________.
A. luck B. chance C. fortune D. coincidence
15. I think some modern designs are more like ________ of art.
A. works B. makes C. objects D. jobs
Question 16: We decided__________at home this afternoon.
A. staying B. stayed C. stay D. to
stay
Question 17: George wouldn't have met Mary __________to his brother's graduation party.
A. if he has not gone B. had not he gone
C. had he not gone D. if he shouldn't have gone
Question 18: He is exhausted. He__________around the whole aftemoon trying to clean the house
before the guests arrive.
A. has been running B. has run C. be running D. was running
Question 19: He was offered the job__________ his qualifications were poor.
A. despite B. in spite of C. even though D. Whereas
Question 20: I have been saving money because I__________ buy a computer

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 A. shall B. will C. am going to D.
would
Question 21: John would like to specialize__________computer science.
A. of B. to C. in D. at
Question 22: He was the last man__________the ship
A. who leave B. to leave C. leaving D. left
Question 23: We haven't reached the final on the funding for scientific research yet.
A. decides B. decision C. deciding D.
decisive
Question 24: Please help me with this math problem. I can't__________the answer.
A. end up B. face up to C. come up with D. run into
Question 25: If we lose the case we may be__________for the costs of the whole trial.
A. compatible B. liable C. available D.
accessible
Question 26: The committee is __________of well-known mountaineers.
A. contained B. comprised C. included D. consisted
Question 27: This ticket __________you to a free meal in our new restaurant
A. allows B. grants C. entitles D. credits
Question 28: We were all in__________of the fact that the new manager was our oldfriend Duncan.
A. surprise B. shock C. awe D.
amazement
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s)
in each of the following questions.
Question 29: Computers are becoming much more sophisticated machines.
A. expensive B. complicated C. convenient D. difficult
to operate
Question 30: The student was asked to account for her absence from her last lesson.
A. arrange B. complain C. exchange D. explain
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 31: I was going to have a go at parachuting but lost my nerve at the last minute.
A. was determined to go ahead B. lost my temper
C. was discouraged from trying D. grew out of it
Question 32: Overpopulation in big cities has severely affected the air and water quality.
A. seriously B. insignificantly C. largely
D. commonly
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each
of the following exchanges
Question 33: Hana and Jenifer are talking about a book they have just read.
- Hana: "The book is really interesting and educational.” __________* - Jenifer: “__________”
A. Don't mention it B. That's nice of you to say
so.
C. I'd love it. D. I couldn't agree more.
Question 34: James: "Do you know that many inventions were inspired by the natural world?"
Anna: “__________”
A. Of course. You're right. B. There is no hope about it.
C. Well, that sounds interesting D. Yes, I couldn't agree more.
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Question 35: We were just about to give your seat to someone else; you got here in the ___________
of time.
A. nick B. second C. split D. point
IV. Decide the underlined word or phrase (marked A, B, C, or D) in each sentence that needs
correcting.
1. Calculus was invented to deal with problems that could not be solving using algebra or geometry.
A B C D
2. Davis devoted his last year to write at his home in Biloxi, near the Gulf of Mexico.
A B C D
3. Often the bottom of a fan or skillet becomes black when it is placed among a fire.
A B C D
4. Isabella danced in her bare feet and wore loose-fitting clothing garments that allowed her freedom
A B C D
of movement.
5. Light rays that enter the eye must come to a point focus for a clear vision to form.
A B C D
V. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. I don’t believe it! It’s three in the morning and that party still (not finish) __________________
2. Two miles (be) _________ enough for her to go jogging every morning
3. Don’t call him at 2.30 p.m. He ( interview) _______________ job applicants at that time
4.I didn’t do the test well. I (prepare) _______________ it very carefully at home
5. Our car broke down. But for that, we (be) _________________ in time
6. It is imperative that the letter (send) ______________ at once
7. I don’t mind her (appoint) ________________above me
8. By the time I see my brother again, he (finish) ________________all his exams
9. My father would rather that we (not leave) ________________ yesterday
10. Jane’s train (arrive) _____________ tomorrow morning at 7.00 so we will meet him at the station
VI. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the words.
How easy is it to understand another person’s character? My friend, Jack, was once a rather
(1.ANNOY) _____________ person. He was always getting into trouble at school because he was so
(2.OBEY) _____________. In class he was very (3.TALK)_____________ and never stopped making
jokes. The teachers all told him he was (4.POLITE)_____________ because he interrupted them.
When I met him he was very (5.FRIEND) _____________ and didn’t want to talk to me at all. People
told me that he stole things, and that he was (6.HONEST)_____________. His school work was
terrible then. He didn’t take any (7.PROUD)_____________ in his writing, he never spent enough
time doing his homework, and he was not at all (8.CONSCIENCE)_____________. One day he saw a
gang of boys attacking an old man. Jack hated (9.VIOLENT)_____________ and he fought them all
until they ran away. He was awarded a medal for (10.BRAVE)_____________. After that, people
changed their minds about him.
VII. Read the passage and choose the best option for each numbered blank.
Why does English spelling have a reputation for being difficult? English was first written down
when Christian monks came to England in Anglo-Saxon (1) ______ .They used the 23 letters of Latin to
write down the sounds of Anglo-Saxon speech as they heard it. However, English has a (2)
______ range of basic sounds (over 40) than Latin. The alphabet was too small, and so combinations of
letters were needed to (3) ______ the different sounds. Inevitably, there were inconsistencies in the way
that letters were combined.
With the Norman invasion of England, the English language was put (4) ______ risk.
English survived, but the spelling of many English words changed to follow French patterns, and many
French words were (5) ______ into the language. The result was more irregularity. When the printing
press was (6) ______ in the fifteenth century, many early printers of English texts spoke other first
languages. They (7)______ little effort to respect English spelling. Although one of the short-
term effects of printing was to produce a number of variant spellings, in the long term it created fixed
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spellings. People became used to seeing words spelt in the same way. Rules were (8) ______ and
dictionaries were put together which printers and writers could refer to. However, spoken English was
not fixed and continued to change slowly - just as it still does now. Letters that were sounded in the
Anglo-Saxon period, like the 'k' in 'knife', now became (9) ______. Also, the pronunciation of vowels
then had (10) _____ in common with how they sound now, but the way they are spelt hasn't changed.
1. A. ages B. centuries C. times D. years
2. A. deeper B. longer C. thicker D. wider
3. A. explain B. express C. perform D. tell
4. A. at B. in C. on D. under
5. A. announced B. found C. introduced D. started
6. A. discovered B. invented C. made up D. taken up
7. A. brought B. did C. made D. put
8. A. drawn up B. filled in C. got across D. handed out
9. A. dump B. quiet C. silent D. speechless
10. A. much B. many C. few D. little
IIX.Fill in the blank with the suitable word
In European and North American cultures, body language behaviors can be divided into 2 groups:open
or closed and forward or backward. Open/closed postures are the easiest to (1)__________. People are
open to messages when they show open hands, face you fully, and have both feet (2) ____________the
ground. This indicates (3)____________ they are reluctant to listen to what you are saying, even if
they are disagreeing with you. When people are closed to messages, they have their arms
(4)____________or their legs crossed, and they may turn their bodies away. This body language
usually (5) ____________that people are rejecting your message. Forward or backward behavior
reveals an active or a passive (6)__________ to what is being said. If people lean
(7)____________with their bodies toward you, they are actively engaged in your message. They may
be accepting or rejecting it, but their minds are on (8)__________ you are saying. On the other hand, if
people lean back in their chairs or look away from you, or perform activities such as drawing or
cleaning their eyeglasses, you know that they are (9)___________passively taking in your message or
that they are ignoring it. In (10)__________ case, they are not very much engaged in the conversation.
IX. Read the passage and choose the best answers.
Did you ever watch a video on the Internet? Maybe you used YouTube. YouTube is a Website
where people can share their videos. Today, YouTube is an important part of the Internet. However,
that wasn’t always true.
YouTube started with a young man named Jawed Karim and two friends. One day, Karim
was on the Internet. He wanted information about the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia. He found news
stories about it, but he couldn’t find any videos. This gave Karin an idea. He wanted to help people put
videos on the Internet. Karim told his friends about this idea. Together, they created a company –
YouTube.
YouTube become a global success. Millions of people around the world visited the Website.
It was clear to Google, another Internet company, that YouTube had a lot of value. Google made a
deal. It bought YouTube for $1.65. As a result, YouTube investors and its employees made a lot of
money. The three friends who started YouTube were very big investors. Therefore, they made an
enormous amount of money.
Karim became very rich, and he continued to work toward his PhD. There was something
else he wanted to do. He wanted to help young people go into business. He used money and experience
to start a new company called Youniversity Ventures. This company helps young people who have
good business ideas. It gives them advice and money to start Internet businesses. Milo is one business
that students started with the help of Youniversity Ventures.
Milo is a shopping Web site. It helps people find products in stores near their homes. Another
example is Tokbox. This Website helps people look for video conferences. People in different places
can use this site to have business meetings.
Karim has some advice for students who want to start business. First, find a successful
company. Do a lot of research about the company and the top people in the company. There, copy the

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way they do things. For students who want to start Internet business, Karim is probably a very good
example to copy.
1. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Sharing Success on the Internet B. To be successful on the Internet
C. Support from Youniversity Ventures D. The best videos from YouTube
2. What does the word “This” in paragraph 2 refers to?
A. the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia B. that he could find no videos
C. the news stories he could find D. the information of the 2004 tsunami
3. What do people use YouTube for?
A. doing shopping B. sharing videos C. starting business D. finding vacation places
4. How did the YouTube investors make a lot of money?
A. Google bought their YouTube company
B. They invested a lot of money in Google
C. They made a profit from Youniversity Ventures
D. They sold things on Milo Website
5. Which of the following in NOT mentioned about Karim?
A. He had the original idea of YouTube
B. He created a lot of sample videos for YouTube
C. He earned a lot of money from YouTube
D. He is the owner of Youniversity Ventures
6. YouTube now belongs to _________ .
A. Milo B. Youniversity C. Google D. Tokbox
7. Which of the following can replace the word “enormous” in paragraph 4?
A. increasing B. giant C. considerable D. huge
8. What does Youniversity Ventures do?
A. It helps people to get PhDs at famous Universities
B. It buys Internet companies such as Milo
C. It gives people advice and money to start business
D. It helps people find inexpensive vacation places worldwide
9. What kind of Web site is Tokbox?
A. It helps people search vacation places
B. It helps people buy goods and services
C. It helps people find successful businesses
D. It helps people held business meetings
10. What is Karim’s advice for students who want to start business?
A. Get a PhD degree from famous university
B. Copy successful people and companies
C. Give money to Youniversity Ventures
D. Work for successful people and companies
X. Rewrite sentences
1. I’m sure he didn’t do it by himself.
He ______________________________________________________________________
2. We will not delay our voyage whether there is a rain or not.
Regardless ________________________________________________________________
3. He not only failed in his exam but also had a road accident
Not only __________________________________________________________________
4. The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended.
Had it not _________________________________________________________________
5. He was very sorry that he didn’t see Audrey on her trip to London.
He greatly ________________________________________________________________
XI. Rewrite the sentences using the given words so that their meanings stay the same.
1. I’ve lost interest in going to the same place all the time. (FED)

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2. I’d like you to find this word in the dictionary. (LOOK)
_________________________________________________________________________
3. You didn't think carefully enough before you decided. (OUGHT)
_________________________________________________________________________
4. Go to the international ticket desk immediately on arrival. (AS)
_________________________________________________________________________
5. She thinks supermarkets are better than small shops. (PREFERS)
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6. You may be very intelligent, but you should be careful about this. (MATTER)
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7.. Tom spent all his money. He even borrowed some from me. (ONLY)
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8. Our hotel booking hasn't been confirmed. (CONFIRMATION)
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9. It is not certain that John will get a job. (OPEN)
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10. Throughout his speech, the boys were deeply attentive. ( EARS)
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