PRACTICE TEST 4

SECTION 1: Questions 1-25 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or
phrases, marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
1. If we continue to …………. the world’s resources at this rate, there’ll soon be none left.
A. finish B. throw away C. damage D. use up
2. When the lights ………… , we couldn’t see a thing.
A. went out B. switched off C. put out D. extinguished
3. You looked terribly tired. You really ……….. to get more sleep.
A. should B. ought C. must D. could
4. Over recent years there has been a marked reduction ……… the number of people having foreign
holidays.
A. of B. in C. into D. for
5. Prizes are awarded …………………. the number of points scored.
A. resulting from B. adding up C. presented to D. according to
6. He's just arrive …………… Bangkok airport.
A. in B. on C. at D. with
7. Mr Lee was upset by …………………. him the truth.
A. our not having told B. us not tell C. we didn’t tell D. not to tell
8. The more quickly we walk, ………….. we shall get there.
A. soon B. the sooner C. the soonest D. very soon
9. Under no condition ………………. hope.
A. will they give up B. they give up
C. they would give up D. they giving up
10. ………….. a bridge built, more tourists would come to the island.
A. Were B. If C. If they have D. Unless they have
11. He opened the door and let himself in quietly … not to wake the family.
A. because B. so as C. so that D. to make sure
12. Most of the students are …………… to pass the examination.
A. enough good B. good enough C. too good D. very good
13. Where ………….. all this morning? it's nearly midday.
A. were you B. are you C. have you been D. are you being
14. We had to use our neighbour's telephone because ours was ………… .
A. out of work B. out of order C. off duty D. off work
15. The manager had his secretary …………….. the report for him.
A. type B. typed C. typing D. to type
16. It was …………… a boring speech that I felt asleep.
A. such B. so C. very D. too
17. Let’s go out for dinner, ……………….?
A. will we B. don’t we C. shall we D. are we
18.I’d …………… the operation unless it is absolutely necessary.
A. rather not have B. not rather had
C. rather not to have D. rather not having
19. Would you please ……………… write on the test book?
A. don’t B. not to C. not D. to not
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20. It is imperative that you …………….. there in person.
A. be B. will be C. will have been D. are.
21.I really appreciate ……………. to help me, but I am sure that I will be able to manage by myself.
A. you to offer B. your offering
C. that you offer D. that you are offering
22. This is the woman …. the artist said posed as a model for the painting.
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
23. Let you and …….. agree to settle our differences without involving any of the other students.
A. I B. myself C. me D. my
24. Jack offered ……….. care of my garden while I was out of town.
A. take B. taking C. to have taken D. to take
25. Could you please come over? I need you ………. the refrigerator.
A. help me moving B. helping me to move
C. to help me move D. help me to move
SECTION 2: In questions 26-45, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined
parts of the sentence are marked A, B, C and D from left to right. Identify the ONE underlined word or
phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.
26. If everyone takes care when crossing the road, there will be more traffic accidents.
27. Coffee and tea is favorite hot drinks of people in all parts of the world.
28. In the United States, which more coffee is used than in any other nation, many people drink their coffee
"black", without cream or sugar.
29. In China, Japan and other oriental countries, where tea is the national drink, people almost use never
sugar in their tea.
30. Richard leaves at home at about half past eight, with his schoolbag under his arm.
31. He doesn't buy a ticket every day so he has a season ticket.
32. Schools in England are not the same from in our country.
33. In England, school children do not go to school on Saturdays with Sundays.
34. In some places, winter begins in November and ending in March or April.
35. You can see a lot of children running and jumping in the snow or play with snowballs.
36. One day their mother took them in their aunt's house to play while she went to the big city to buy some
new clothes.
37. Two old gentlemen lived in a quite street in Paris.
38. They went often for walks together in the streets when the weather was fine.
39. In England, nobody under the age of eighteen are allowed to drink in a public bar.
40. There is a prison in Iceland which allows its prisoners going out without any guards to work everyday.
41. Mary and her husband wanted to give the old lady to a nice birthday present.
42. He is such famous that he has a great many fans.
43. The police caught he because he was involved in a robbery.
44. If he doesn't understand the lesson, his father often explains it for him.
45. Most of the building in this town are rather unattractive, but this church is an exception.
SECTION 3: In this section, you will read several passages. Each one is followed by a number of questions
about it. You are to choose the ONE best answer A, B, C or D to each question.
Passage 1. Questions 46 – 50

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 The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the growth of the oil industry under control. A new
law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been
laid down (through these have already been raised) ; and oil companies have not been allowed to employ
more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems,
and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long. As one Norwegian
politician said last week : ‘We will soon be changed beyond all recognition’.
Ever since the war, the Government has been carrying out a programme of development in the area north
of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this programme has had a great deal of success: Tromso has
been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil
industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be
in ruins.
The effects of the development of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly
100-per-cent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the
tourist industry will lose most of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even
disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up
the majority of the population but they are an important part of it because Norwegians see in them many of
the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian. And it is the farmers and the fishermen
who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to
the sea.

46. The Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to

A. slow down its rate of development.
B. provide more jobs for Norwegians.
C. look for oil on the southern coast.
D. develop more quickly than at present.
47. What has the Norwegian Government’s policy been for the area north of the Artic Circle since the war?
A. To prevent a growth in population
B. To improve facilities in the area.
C. To develop a large tourist industry.
D. To discourage industrial development.
48. What might be the effect of the oil industry on northern Norway?
A. the development of industry
B. A growth in population
C. The failure of the development programme.
D. The development of new towns.
49. In Norway, one effect of the development of the oil industry might be
A. a large reduction in unemployment.
B. an increase in unemployment in the north.
C. a reduction in the number of existing industries.
D. the development of a number of service industries.
50. Why are Norwegian farmers and fishermen important?
A. The economy depends on agriculture and fishing.
B. They form the majority of the population.

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C. They are thought of as the real Norwegian.
D. They are responsible for preventing population.

Passage 2. Questions 51 – 55
As computers have become powerful tools for the rapid and economic production of pictures, computer
graphics has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing fields in computer science. It is used routinely in
such diverse areas as business, industry, art, government, education, research, training, and medicine. One of
the initial uses of computer graphics, and ultimately its greatest use, has been as an aid to design, generally
to referred to as computer-aided design (CAD). One of its greatest advantages is that designers can see how
an object will look after construction and make changes freely and much more quickly than with hand
drafting. For three-dimensional rendering of machine parts, engineers now rely heavily on CAD.
Automobile, spacecraft, aerospace, and ship designers use CAD techniques to design vehicles and test their
performance. Building designs are also created with computer graphics system. Architects can design a
building layout, create a three-dimensional model, and even go for a simulated ‘walk’ through the rooms or
around the outside of the building.
Business graphics is another rapidly growing area of computer graphics, where it is used to create graphs,
charts, and cost models to summarize financial, statistical, mathematical, scientific, and economic data. As
an educational aid, computer graphics can be used to create weather maps and cartographic materials.
Computer art also has creative and commercial art applications, where it is used in advertising, publishing,
and film productions, particularly for computer animation, which is achieved by a sequential process.

51. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Routine uses of computers
B. The rapidly growing field of computer science
C. Computer graphics applications
D. Computers as the architects of the future
52. The word ‘It’ in line 2 refers to
A. computer graphics B. computer science C. fields D. computers
53. According to the passage, architects use CAD to
A. inspect buildings C. make cartographic materials
B. create graphs D. create three-dimensional models
54. According to the passage, engineers use CAD for
A. a simulated ‘walk’ through model rooms C. making cost models
B. rendering machine parts D. advertising
55. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a use of computer graphics in business?
A. Charts B. Cost models C. Graphs D. Hiring

Passge 3. Questions 56-60

Rainforests cover about 7 percent of the earth's area, but they have 100,000 kinds of plants, probably half
of all the kinds of plants on earth. Twenty percent of our different kinds of medicine comes from rainforests.
The glue on an envelope and in shoes comes from tropical plants. Rainforests provide materials for hundreds
of other products.
Rainforests are also very important to the world's climate. The Amazon rainforest alone receives about 30
to 40 percent of the total rainfall on earth and produces about the same percentage of the world's oxygen. No
one knows how the decreasing size of the world's rainforests will affect the earth's climate.

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 But there is a great danger that the world's rainforests will disappear completely. What are the reasons for
this disaster and can anything be done to stop it? Two examples show how the situation varies from country
to country.
In Brazil, the demand for farmland leads to the clearance of large areas of forest so that crops can be
grown. In practice, the land is not suitable for farming because the soil soon loses its fertility and it is also
baked by the sun. The farmers therefore abandon one area very quickly and move on to another. The only
solution would be to stop all clearance immediately - although this would not replace the forest which has
already been lost.
In South East Asia - on the island of Borneo, for instance - jungle is destroyed by the wood industry. The
removal of hardwood trees for sale to the world furniture and building industries destroys enormous areas of
natural forest. Here the remedy is to reduce the cutting of trees or to remove trees more carefully and to
replant with young trees.
56. The main idea of the first paragraph is that___________ .
A. rainforests cover only a small part of the earth’s area
B. there are very many kinds of plants in rainforests
C. rainforests cover a small area of the earth but they provide a lot of products
D. different kinds of medicine come from rainforests
57. Rainforests are important to all of us because________________ .
A. they provide us with many kinds of trees for sale to the world industries
B. they produce the world’s oxygen
C. they are the home of numerous kinds of animals
D. they not only provide many materials for countless products but also affect the world’s climate
58. In Brazil, large areas of forest are cleared___________ .
A. because of the demand for farmland
B. because the farmers like to move from one place to another
C. because the sun is so strong that it bakes the land
D. because the land is not fertile
59. In paragraph 5, the word “enormous” means_________________ .
A. very many B. extremely large C. countless D. rather large
60. To save our rainforests, we should_______________ .
A. stop all clearance immediately
B. reduce the cutting of trees and replant with young trees
C. work together with other nations to find a solution
D. all A, B and C

SECTION 4: For questions 61-70, choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank
space in the following passage.

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 Dictionaries are among the most important of self-education. (61)……. Samuel Johnson wrote his
influential English dictionary in the 18 th century, the work kept him busy for 7 years. At the end of that
period, he had written the meanings of over 40,000 words. Most modern dictionaries require a (62) ……
deal less time and effort to write because writers often use earlier dictionaries (63) …………….. a source of
reference.
Nowadays, most dictionaries are put together by teams of writers, or lexicographers. Sometimes they
need to work (64) ……… in meetings; at other times they work independently of each other, on different
parts of the dictionary.
(65)……… one time, the starting point for deciding on which words to include used to be the
lexicographer’s own knowledge. These days, teams (66) ……….. use of a large collection of examples of
(67) ……… only writing but also everyday speech, which is known as a corpus. Teams also refer books and
articles about language as (68) …………. as asking experts in particular subjects about the more specialized
words. Finally, ordinary people are asked to say what they think about the (69) ……. the words are defined
and (70) ……….. they find the examples provided helpful or not.
61. A When B If C Although D For

62. A big B few C little D great

63. A are B as C be D is

64. A out B alone C together D lonely

65. A At B In C For D With

66. A often B make C take D can

67. A them B that C this D not

68. A long B thick C well D bad

69. A meaning B way C thing D end

70. A whether B why C which D when

SECTION 5: Finish each of the sentences 71-80 in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.
Example: I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for years.
Answer: It’s years since I didn’t enjoy myself so much
71. It's not worth trying to make her change her mind.
There's no point trying to make her change her mind.
72. He was driving very fast because he didn't know the road was icy.
If he had known the road was icy, he wouldn’t have driven so fast.
73. I haven't seen her since we left school.
The last time I saw her was when we left school.
74. I get to work in twenty minutes.
It takes me twenty minutes to get to work.
75. "Don't walk on the grass", the gardener said to us.
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The gardener told us not to walk on the grass.
76. Somebody repaired her car yesterday.
She had her car repaired yesterday.
77. You must see the manager tomorrow morning.
You've got to see the manager tomorrow morning.
78. I've warned you not to go near that dog.
I've warned you about that dog.
79. She can’t meet him if he arrives after eleven.
Unless he arrives before eleven, she can’t meet him.
80. There was never any answer when he rang.
Every time he rang, there was never any answer.

SECTION 6: For questions 81 – 90, write complete sentences using the given words and phrases.
Example: She/ go/ school /bus every day
Answer: She goes to school by bus every day
81. The patient /wise / obey /doctor’s orders.
The patient was wise to obey to doctor’s orders.
82. The nurse / careful / give / right medicine
The nurse was careful to give the right medicine.
83. It / important / him / do / exercise / in the morning.
It is important for him to do exercise in the morning .
84. Vanessa/ not only/ beautiful/ also/ hard-working.
Vanessa is not only beautiful but also hard-working.
85. Peter/ think / do/ experiment / dog/ cruel.
Peter thinks doing experiments on dogs is cruel.
86. He / find/ exciting / watch / dog wake up / wave / tail.
He finds it interesting to watch the dog waking up and waving its tail.
87. Do/ experiment/ laboratory/ my/ favourite/ thing/ study/ chemistry.
Doing experiments in the laboratory is my most favourite thing in studying chemistry.
88. Smith/ have/ no / difficult / translate this text / English.
Smith has no difficulty in translating this text into English.
89. it / convenient / you / meet/ me/ this Sunday?
Is is convenient for you to meet me this Sunday?
90. Smoke / hospitals/ other public places/ be/ against/ law.
Smoking in hospitals and other public places is against the law.

SECTION 7: TRANSLATIONS (Questions 91 – 100)

English – Vietnamese translation
91. With regard to your letter dated May 1, I am canceling my subscription to Time magazine because I am
leaving the United States to return to my country
Về lá thư của bạn ngày 1 tháng 5, tôi hủy đặt mua tạp chí Time vì tôi sắp rời Hoa Kỳ để trở về nước.
92. When the owner of the disco suspected that their identification was not valid, he refused to serve them.
Khi chủ vũ trường nghi ngờ giấy tờ tùy thân của họ không hợp lệ, ông đã từ chối phục vụ họ.

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93. “What do you recommend we do about this tax problem?” “I strongly suggest that we consult an expert
as soon as possible.”
Bạn khuyên chúng tôi nên làm gì với vấn đề thuế này?” “Tôi thực sự đề xuất chúng ta nên tham khảo ý kiến
chuyên gia càng sớm càng tốt”
94. The severe drought that took place last summer damaged the corn crop.
Hạn hán nghiêm trọng diễn ra vào mùa hè năm ngoái đã làm hư hại vụ ngô.
95. After he had researched his paper, written, and sent it to a famous journal to be published, he found some
additional data that he should have included.
Sau khi nghiên cứu, viết và gửi bài báo của mình đến một tạp chí nổi tiếng để xuất bản, anh ấy đã tìm thấy
một số dữ liệu bổ sung mà lẽ ra anh ấy nên đưa vào.

Vietnamese - English Translation

96. Rất khó có thể tìm ra được một loại vắc-xin phòng bệnh cúm vì bệnh này do hàng trăm loại vi-rút gây ra.
Rất khó có thể tìm ra được một loại vắc-xin phòng bệnh cúm vì bệnh này do hàng trăm loại vi-rút gây ra.
97. Bệnh đau nửa đầu thường xảy ra ở những người đang có những vấn đề về tâm ly, chẳng hạn như lo lắng
về công việc hoặc gia đình.
Migraines often occur in people with psychological problems, such as anxiety about work or family.
98. Sau khi hoàn thành, bệnh viện quân y 103 sẽ là một trong những trung tâm chữa bệnh lớn và hiện đại
nhất tại Việt Nam.
Once completed, 103 Military Hospital will be one of the largest and most modern medical treatment centers
in Vietnam.
99. Cô ấy vừa là một bác sĩ giỏi vừa là một giảng viên nổi tiếng.
She is both a good doctor and a famous lecturer.
100. Cuộc họp quan trọng đã bị hoãn do có một thành viên bị nhiễm Covid-19.
The important meeting was postponed as a member was infected with Covid-19.