PRACTICE TEST 1

I. Choose the word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
6. At school Jane had a good academic record, and also……………at sports.
A. excelled B. surpassed C. achieved D. fulfilled
7. The criminal was sentenced to death because of……………of his crime.
A. the severity B. the complexity C. a punishment D. the importance
8. The state laws limit the speed……………motorists are permitted to drive.
A. which B. at which C. that D. where
9. Stricter anti-pollution laws can……………higher prices for consumers.
A. make B. result from C. be due to D. lead to
10. Three quarters of the day……………in idleness.
A. was spent B. were spent C. was going D. were taking
11. Only when you become a parent……………what true responsibility is.( cấu trúc only when )
A. you will understand B. will you understand
C. you understand D. don’t you understand
12. When the police investigate a crime, they……………evidence such as fingerprints, hair, or clothing.
A. look after B. look for C. look up for D. look into
13. Prices are rising quickly everywhere. The……………seems to go up every day.
A. standard of living B. quality of life C. annual income D. cost of living
14. A person of……………age may suffer from defects of vision.
A. every B. certain C. some D. any
15. Put all the toys away……………someone slips and falls on them.
A. provided that B. unless C. in case D. so long as
16 ……………on the bus the other day, I bumped into Alice.
A. Travelling B. Having travelled C. I was travelling D. When I
fravelled
17. “Do you……………your new roommate, or do you two argue?
A. get used to B. on good terms with C. keep in touch with D. get along with
18. Children must be taught to……………between right and wrong.
A. distinguishable B. distinguishing C. distinguished D. distinguish
19. Tom had a lucky escape. He……………killed.
A. could have been B. must have been C. should have been D. had been
20. I’d rather you……………too much time surfing the Internet.
A. not spend B. not to spend C. didn’t spend D. don’t spend
21 .Don’t……………to conclusions; we don’t yet know all the relevant facts.
A. run B. jump C. rush D. hurry
22. Tom……………things round the house, which is annoying.
A. is always leaving B. has always left C. is leaving D. always leaves
23. Only three of the students in my class are girls;……………are all boys.
A. others B. other students C. the others D. the other
24. ……………your motorbike broke down in the desert, would you be able to mend it yourself?
A. Provided that B. Supposing C. In case D. Given
25. If Lucy’s car……………down, she would be here by now.
A. didn’t break B. hadn’t broken C. wouldn’t have broken D. doesn’t break
26. Neither Jim nor his brothers……………to school. Their father teaches them at home.
A. have never been B. has ever been C. have ever been D. ever go
27. It’s too late now that the holiday’s over, but I wish we……………somewhere else.
A. went B. have gone C. were going D. had gone
28. “It’s so noisy here. Let’s go somewhere else,……………?”
A. will we B. shall we C. aren’t we D. do we
29. Is English the most popular language……………in the world?
A. be spoken B. to speak C. to be spoken D. speaking
30. “Will you……………on my dog while I go to the canteen?”
A. give B. keep an eye C. watch D. take care
II. Choose the underlined word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs to be corrected.
31. After he had researched his paper and wrote it, he found some additional data that he should have
included. A B C D
32. Because of the light, the city looked differently from the way that I had remembered it.
A B C D
33. While the wife tasted all of the main courses, her husband started to prepare the desserts.
A B C D
34. Tom likes to gossip about other people, so he doesn’t like them to gossip about him.
A B C D
35. Have a headache, an upset stomach, and a bad case of sunburn did not put me in a good mood for the
evening. A B C D
36. Most young people prefer the city, as there wasn’t many to do in the country.
A B C D
37. In order to do a profit the new leisure centre needs at least 2.000 visitors a month.
A B C D
38. ‘Would you rather came in the morning or the afternoon?’
A B C D
39. Everyone ought to know the basic steps that follow in case of an emergency.
A B C D
40. It announced today that an enquiry would be held into the collapse of a high-rise apartment block in
A B C D
Kuala Lumpur last week.
41. Some of the earth’s most valuable resources are found in only few places.
A B C D
42. Not until I was on my way to die airport that I realised I had left my passport at home.
A B C D
43. There are less infectious diseases these days thanks to medical advances.-> fewer
A B C D
44. A number of tourists is going to return the evaluation form distributed by the fravel agent.-> are
A B C D
45. The film was a bit boring but at the end, the main characters had a happy ending.-> in the end
A B C D
III. Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) which is closest in meaning to the sentence given.
71. He survived the operation thanks to the skilful surgeon.
A. He survived because he was a skilful surgeon.
B. There was no skilful surgeon, so he died.
C. He wouldn’t have survived the operation without the skilful surgeon.
D. Though the surgeon was skilful, he couldn’t survive the operation.
72. “You should have finished the report by now, ” John told his secretary.
A. John reproached his secretary for not having finished the report.
B. John said that his secretary had not finished the report.
C. John reminded his secretary of finishing the report on time.
D. John scolded his secretary for not having finished the report.
73. The film didn’t come up to my expectations.
A. I expected the film to end more abruptly.
B. I expected the film to be more boring.
C. The film was as good as I expected.
D. The film fell short of my expectations.
74. Unless someone has a key, we cannot get into the house.
A. We could not get into the house if someone had a key.
B. If someone does not have a key, we can only get into the house,
C. We can only get into the house if someone has a key.
D. If someone did not have a key, we could not get into the house.
75. There ’s no point in persuading Jane to change her mind.
A. Jane will change her mind though she doesn’t want to.
B. It’s useless to persuade Jane to change her mind.
C. It’s possible for US to persuade Jane to change her mind.
D. No one wants Jane to change her mind because it’s pointless.
76. She knows a lot more about it than I do.
A. I know as much about it as she does.
B. I do not know as much about it as she does.
C. She does not know so much about it as I do.
D. I know much more about it than she does.
77. He last had his eyes tested ten months ago.
A. He had tested his eyes ten months before.
B. He had not tested his eyes for ten months then.
C. He hasn’t had his eyes tested for ten months.
D. He didn’t have any test on his eyes in ten months.
78. No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.
A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.
B. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back,
C. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss ringing back.
D. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.
79. David drove so fast; it was very dangerous.
A. David drove so fast, which was very dangerous.
B. David drove so fast, then was very dangerous.
C. David drove so fast that was very dangerous.
D. David drove so fast and was very dangerous.
80. We ’ve run out of tea.
A. We didn’t have any tea.
B. We have to run out to buy some tea.
C. There’s not much more tea left.
D. There’s no tea left.

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an
empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have
something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are
children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject
of concern.
Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule
against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly
telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to' my mind what they
meant.” Slowly, she learned that they were house keys.
She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working
couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at
home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had
nightmares and were worried about their own safety.
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is, by hiding. They may hide in a
shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It’s hard to get
statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their
children alone.
46. The phrase "an empty house” in the passage mostly means...................
A. a house with nothing inside
B. a house with no people inside
C. a house with too much space
D. a house with no furniture
47. One thing that the children in the passage share is that....................
A. they all watch TV
B. they all wear jewelry
C. they spend part of each day alone
D. they are from single-parent families
48. The phrase “latchkey children" in the passage means children who....................
A. look after themselves while their parents are not at home
B. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves
C. are locked inside houses with latches and keys
D. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere
49. What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears?
A. Talking to the Longs B. Hiding somewhere C. Lying under a TV D. Having
a shower
50. It's difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because....................
A. they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds
B. they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons
C. there are too many of them in the whole country
D. most parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone
IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
One of the most popular foods around the world today is pizza. Pizza restaurants are popular
everywhere from Beijing to Moscow to Rio, and even in the United States, the home of the hamburger, there
are more pizza restaurants than hamburger places. This worldwide love for pizza is a fairly recent
phenomenon. Before the 1950s, pizza was a purely Italian food, with a long history in southern Italy. The
origins of pizza are somewhat uncertain, though they may go back to the Greeks (pita bread) or even earlier.
Under the Roman Empire, Italians often ate flat circles of bread, which they may have flavored with olive
oil, cheese, and herbs. By about the year 1000 A.D. in the area around Naples, this bread had a name: picea.
This early kind of pizza lacked one of the main ingredients we associate with pizza: the tomato. In fact,
tomatoes did not exist in Europe until the sixteenth century, when Spanish explorers bought them back from
South America. The Spanish showed little interest in tomatoes, but southern Italians soon began to cultivate
them and use them in cooking. At some point in the 1600s, Neapolitan tomatoes were added to pizza, as it
was known by then.
66. The information that pizza restaurants can be found everywhere from Beijing to Moscow, to Rio and in
the United States is given in the passage to.....................
A. illustrate the popularity of pizza
B. show the limited market of pizza
C. emphasize the dominance of pizza over hamburgers
D. indicate that the hamburger market has been reduced
67. The author says that the love for pizza....................
A. just stalled a few decades ago
B. has a long history
C. is quite new
D. started first in Rome
68. The origin of pizza is.....................
A. confirmed
B. thought to begin in the 1950s
C. well-known
D. uncertain
69. The early version of pizza in Naples....................
A. did not have a name
B. had a Greek name
C. did not have tomato
D. lacked many main ingredients
70. The Spanish at first .....................
A. added tomatoes to pizza in the 1600s
B. knew tomatoes from Europe
C. grew tomatoes in farms
D. were not much keen on tomatoes