PRACTICE TEST 8

Time allotted: 60 min.

Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

1.   A. inspire                     B. compass                    C. patient                      D. vanish

2.   A. intelligent                B. immediate                C. experiment                D. ecosystem

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

3.   A. occasion                  B. skyscraper                C. measure                    D. decision

4.   A. replaced                  B. depressed                 C. informed                   D. astonished

Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

5.   We met each other at my grandparents’ house three years ago and ________ friends ever since.

      A. are                           B. have been                 C. were                          D. had been

6.   Sydney is now the land of mixed population ________ people from all over the world.

      A. from                        B. with                          C. by                             D. for

7.   The sun, ________ is one of millions of stars in the universe, provides us with heat and light.

      A. which                      B. that                           C. who                          D. what

8.   My home town is ________ situated on the Luc Nam River.

      A. attracting                B. attractive                  C. attractively               D. attracted

9.   There are many large rooms with ________ walls in the old castle.

      A. beautiful decorated                                      B. beautifully decorating

      C. beautifully decorated                                   D. decorating beautiful

10. Volcanoes are divided into three main groups, based on their shape and the type of material they ________.

      A. make up for                                                  B. are making from

      C. make out of                                                  D. are made of

11. The Statue of Liberty in New York is a monument which ________ millions of visitors every year.

      A. attracts                    B. interests                    C. pulls                          D. collects

12. There’s always ________ traffic in the city center at rush hour.

      A. full                          B. crowded                   C. heavy                        D. plenty

13. Half of the children were away from school last week because of an outbreak of ________ influenza.

      A. an                            B. a                               C. the                             D. 0

14. They enjoyed living there ________.

A. in spite of the bad condition of the house

B. because of the bad condition of the house

C. owing to the house was in bad condition

D. in case the house was in bad condition

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.

15. I could hear voices, but I couldn’t make out what they were saying.

      A. try to understand                                         B. manage to hear

      C. refuse to listen                                              D. make every effort

16. The camel likes an arid environment, but a moist environment is better fora penguin.

      A. dry                          B. wet                           C. warm                        D. friendly

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.

17. I’m sure you’ll agree that this issue is vitally important to the success of our project.

      A. achievement            B. failure                       C. treatment                  D. completion

18. You know it’s not going to change the course of world history. It’s really quite a trivial matter.

      A. strange                    B. dangerous                 C. terrible                      D. important

Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.

19. -"What’s the weather like in Vietnam now?"

      -“____________”

      A. It’s sunny and hot                                        B. It’s mid-summer now

      C. We have rainy season                                   D. It often rains in spring

20. - "I hear that ‘Discovery’ is a very good TV channel."

      -“____________”

      A. Yes, it’s very boring                                     B. No, I don’t hear that

      C. Yes, it’s very exciting                                   D. No, our TV channels are few

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 21 to 25.

I know that it is my job to make sure that everything goes well for the tourists and I feel I work hard for the company. I cannot be blamed for last week. I met the group at the airport and took them to the coach. The coach driver was a bit annoyed because the flight was late. But it wasn’t far to the hotel and everyone was looking forward to their dinner. We hadn’t used the Hotel Riviera before but our normal one had a conference in it so it was fully booked. When I announced our arrival at the reception desk, they said they were full. I had booked rooms for the group but the manager said they were cancelled by phone a few days before. He insisted that he recognized my voice and that I had made the phone call. We had a bit of an argument but they obviously didn’t have enough rooms. In the end the manager phoned other hotels in the town and found rooms for everyone but in four different hotels. By this time, the coach had gone so we had to get taxis and some of the tourists started to get very angry with me. I still don’t know who made that phone call but it definitely wasn’t me.

21. What is the writer trying to do?

      A. Argue                                                           B. Apologise

      C. Explain                                                         D. Complain

22. Who was the text written by?

      A. One of the tourists                                       B. The coach

      C. The hotel manager                                        D. The tour guide

23. Why weren’t any rooms available at the Hotel Riviera?

A. A conference was taking place there.

B. There were more people in the group than expected.

C. Someone had forgotten to book them.

D. Someone had said they were not needed.

24. What happened in the end?

A. The tourists got angry with the hotel manager.

B. The tourists couldn’t stay together.

C. The writer found other hotels with rooms.

D. The writer called the coach driver back.

25. Which of the following diaries was written by one of the tourists?

A. Someone had made a mistake with our hotel booking and the hotel had given our rooms to other people.

B. The hotel we were taken to wasn’t good enough so we asked to change to a different one.

C. We got to the airport and had to wait for the coach, so it was really late when we got to the hotel.

D. The coach driver took us to the wrong hotel and they knew nothing about us.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

31. I wish everybody is fully aware of the importance of preserving their traditions and culture.

      A. is                             B. of                              C. preserving                 D. culture

32. People are not allowed to enter the park after midnight because of lacking of security.

      A. are                           B. to enter                     C. after                          D. lacking

33. The economic reform started in Vietnam in 1986 helped millions of people to get out of poverty.

      A. The                          B. started                      C. millions of                D. out of

34. The teacher felt badly about not giving us permission to go outing overnight.

      A. The                          B. badly                        C. not giving                 D. overnight

35. Scientists say that in the future incurable diseases will be cured, and "bad" genes will probably placed.

      A. in the future            B. will be                      C. and                           D. placed

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

36. Rice can’t possibly grow in such poor soil.

A. It’s impossible for rice to grow in such poor soil.

B. Growing rice in such poor soil can be realised.

C. Rice is incapable of growing in such poor soil.

D. Such poor soil may be suitable for rice to grow.

37. We have never experienced such bad floods in our region before.

A. Those are the worst floods we have ever experienced in our region.

B. We only sometimes experience very bad floods in our region.

C. Bad floods have never happened in our region before.

D. In our region, we have never seen and will never see bad floods.

38. Hoang was succeeded by Chung as the president of the 3R Club.

A. Hoang was more successful as the president of the 3R Club than Chung.

B. Hoang followed Chung as the president of the 3R Club.

C. Chung followed Hoang as the president of the 3R Club.

D. Chung was more successful as the president of the 3R Club than Hoang.

39. I don’t think you should ring him now. It’s rather late.

A. You might not ring him now because it’s rather late.

B. You’d better not ring him now as it’s rather late.

C. It’s very late now, but I think you should ring him.

D. I don’t think it’s late now, so you should ring him.

40. The new supermarket looks good. It seems to have few customers.

A. The new supermarket is really good; that’s why it has few customers.

B. Due to its good appearance, the new supermarket seems to have few customers.

C. The new supermarket looks good, and so it seems to have few customers.

D. Although the new supermarket looks good, it seems to have few customers.