Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group.

PRACTICE TEST 13

PART A. PHONETICS

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. (3 pts)

1.   A. bother                     B. sunbathe                C. cloth                D. months

2.   A. vegetable                 B. comfortable           C. nature              D. moderate

3.   A. interest                    B. selection                C. resident            D. injection

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in each group.(2 pts)

1.  A. pancake                         B. discount           C. wardrobe                   D. marine

2.  A. migrant                          B. typhoon           C. compost           D. limestone

PART B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. Choose the best answer from the four choices (A or B, C, D) to complete each of the following sentences. (10 pts)

1. Bob hasn’t _________up his mind yet.

    A. made                     B. gone                 C. used to             D. found

2. This is the _________book I have ever read.

    A. bad     B. worse               C. worst               D. badly

3. Would you like me to get you something to drink? ~ _________.

    A. That would be nice         B. No, I’m sorry  C. That’s too bad D. My pleasure

4. I usually go to work by bus, but _________and then I use my motorbike.

    A. again                     B. once                 C. now                           D. ever

5. Of my parents, my father is _________.

    A. the stricter             B. the strictest                C. stricter             D. strict

6. "What can I get for you?"    ~ “ _________.”

    A. All right                          B. I'm afraid not   C. I hope so                   D. Yes, please

7. The coat _________on the floor belongs to my brother.   

    A. lies                        B. lying                C. lain                            D. is lying

8. Tuan had a bad cut on his arm. It’s _________badly.       

    A. bleeding                          B. burning            C. coughing          D. sneezing

9. Your _________is included in the ticket price.

      A. reservation          B. vacation           C. accommodation                   D. money

10. Do you ever talk to _________

      A. yourself                        B. myself    C. itself                 D. herself

11. The computer is _________guarantee so the company should do something with it.

      A. with                     B. on                    C. for                    D. under

12. She was _________ tired that she wen to bed early.

      A. such                    B. too                             C. as           D.so

13. “I think computers are useful.”  ~  “ _________.”

      A. I’m not agree                B. So do I                      C. I disagree too  D. So are they

14. Vietnam is a _________country.

      A. rubber-exported B. exporting-rubber       C. exported-rubber        D.rubber-exporting    

15. He can run very _________

      A. fastly                   B. fast                  C. quick      D. slow

II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.( 15pts)

1. Ba gets used to ( stay) ____________ up late.

2. I lit the fire at 7.00 and it (burn)____________brightly when Jack came in at 8.00.

3. The money (steal)____________in the robbery was never found.

4. At this time next month, they (work)____________in Ho Chi Minh City.

5. She locked the door so as (not disturb)____________.

6. My mother is too tired (cook)  ………………………………………. tonight.

7. The boys like (play) ………………………………. games but hate doing the homework.

8. Look at the car. The driver (drive) ……………………………………………. too fast.

    I think he (hit) ……………………………………………….. the cyclist.

9. I don't enjoy (laugh) ……………………………………………… at by other people.

10. The children (play) …………………………………   when it started to rain.

11. Lan’s hair was dirty. Now it is clean, she  (clean)……………………… it.

12. Look! Somebody (break)…………………………….. that door.

13. They (not meet)……………………….. us since last week.

14. What (you/do) ………………………………….. at this time yesterday.

15. Our school (open)  …………………………….. a new club next week.  

 

III. Give the correct form of the words in CAPITAL to complete the sentences.(5pts) 

1. The _________are scheduled to take off at 15.00 and 15.30.                FLY

2. People in the countryside are _________.       FRIEND

3. Alot of people believe that well - paid job are                              PLENTY

4. We received a lot of _________from our teacher.                        ENCOURAGE

5. During his _________ the family lived in Cornwall  CHILD

IV. Choose the underlined words or phrases (A, B, C or D) that are incorrect in standard English.(5pts) 

1. I have lived here since many years and I think it’s a nice town.

    A                       B                      C           D

2. The book writing by Jack London is very popular in the world.

    A                   B                                C                           D

3. We have sung together ever when I was a small child.   

            A                                 B         C                 D

4. My father’s car is the same color like my uncle’s car.

                 A                   B                  C          D

5. Shall you close the window for me , please?

     A               B                             C             D

V. Fill in the gap with a suitable preposition. ( 5 pts)

1) Your father is very kind ................... David.                 
2) Hurry or you will be late ..................... school.           
3) Were they present ................... the meeting?                
4) She was confused ....................... the dates.              
5) His book is different ............................ mine.           
 

PART C. READING

I - Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions   (5pts)

          I went to Australia on a student program last year and I like to (26)_______you about it. I was very (27)_______when I knew I was going to Australia because I had never been there before. I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English (28)_______I met my host family. At first I couldn’t communicate with them because my English was so bad. All the five years I had been learning English wasn’t much used at all (29)_______we didn’t have real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t. My problem is (30)_______ ‘l’ and ‘r’. For example, Australian people often asked “What do you eat in Vietnam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat lice”…

26.  A. say                     B. tell                             C. talk                  D. speak

27.  A. exciting               B. excites                       C. excited             D. excite

28.  A. after                             B. until                           C. when                D. while

29.  A. although             B. even                           C. because            D. so

30.  A. pronouncing       B. speaking                    C. reading             D. telling

II.Fill in the blank with an appropriate work. (10pts)

              Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) __________________ how to fly or play the piano. There (2) _________________ important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (3) ___________ practice. It is never simply to “know” something. You must be able to “do” things with what (4) ___________ know. For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) ______________ to fly an aeroplane. A (6) ___________ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to (7) _____________ without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) ____________ . The same is true of (9) ______________ the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read about  it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10) _________________ first?

 

 

 

PART D. WRITING

I. Write the sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the original one.(5pts)  

1. Keeping the environment clean is very important.

- It’s ……………………………………………………………………………..

2. They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it.

- The time machine ……………………………………………………………………..

3. He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter.

- He was delighted that ………………………………………………………………..

4. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.

- People ………………………………………………………………………………..

5. I’m very sad that I wasn’t accepted in that group.

- I’m very sad not …………………………………………………………………….

II. Use the following set of words and phrases to complete the following sentences. You can put additional words and make any changes necessary. (5pts)

1. stamps / a child / Minh / since / collected / was / has / he.

- …………………………………………………………………………………….

2. tomorrow / can / not / we / somewhere / I / so / working / go / am.

- ……………………………………………………………………………………..

3. back / in / months / England / going / two / are / to / they.

- ………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. information / entertainment / also / is / TV /  only / but / not / bringing .

- ………………………………………………………………………………………..

5. struggle / on / always / nature / home / life / at / is / the farm / with / a.

- ………………………………………………………………………………………

 

III. Do you think bicycles are the best means of transport in Vietnam?

Write a passage (100-120 words) about your opinion.( 10pts)