PRACTICE TEST 3

Time allotted: 60 min.

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.

1.   A. design                     B. solar                          C. website                     D. sample

2.   A. received                  B. destroyed                 C. erupted                     D. appeared

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

3.   A. factor                      B. dentist                      C. surface                      D. describe

4.   A. minority                  B. independence           C. emergency                D. facility

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

5.   I’ve made an appointment at the dentist’s. I ________ her on Tuesday.

      A. see                           B. saw                           C. will see                     D. have seen

6.   I love this small village ________ I used to live for six years in my childhood.

      A. where                      B. which                       C. that                           D. whose

7.   There are many other ________ of art other than just painting and sculpture.

      A. means                      B. forms                        C. origins                       D. presents

8.   The heating comes on automatically. You ________ turn it on.

      A. didn’t have to         B. mayn’t                      C. don’t have to            D. oughtn’t to

9.   Sending a child with an injury into a game gives the child the ________ that health is not as important as winning.

      A. meaning                  B. significance              C. suggestion                D. message

10. She was an ________ writer for years before she won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

      A. admiration              B. admiring                   C. admired                    D. admire

11. Too much exercise can be ________ but walking is good for your health.

      A. harmful                   B. harmless                   C. harmed                     D. harming

12. ________ lending me your calculator for a moment?

      A. Can you                                                        B. Would you mind

      C. Could you please                                          D. Why don’t you

13. This exercise is very boring. I wish the teacher ________ us some more interesting things to do.

      A. gave                        B. gives                         C. had given                  D. will give

14. You must explain your problems ________.

      A. so clear as you can                                        B. most clearly as you should

      C. more clearly than you are                             D. as clearly as you can

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. Luckily Susan got over her operation very quickly.

      A. recovered from       B. looked at                  C. paid for                     D. got up

16. Students are understandably anxious about getting work after graduation.

      A. careful                     B. fearful                      C. excited                      D. worried

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. After the alien spacecraft hovered over the park for a short while, it vanished.

      A. landed                     B. appeared                   C. attacked                    D. rose

18. Mathematics is a compulsory subject in all Vietnamese high schools.

      A. difficult                  B. changeable               C. optional                    D. interesting

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

19. -"May I come in?"

      “______________”

      A. No, you may not.                                         B. Yes, why not?

      C. Yes, please do.                                             D. No, I don’t accept that.

20. - "Let’s meet outside the art gallery."

      “______________”

      A. Yes, let us do it.                                           B. When can I go there?

      C. I’d like to go to the concert.                         D. Yes. Is 8.30 all right?

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.

Everyone wants a job that pays well. Some people stop school early because they want to start earning cash right away. Others spend years and years studying in school in order to get a better job. Which is best? Actally, studies show that in most jobs, the higher your education, the higher your earning power.

For example, in the United States, high school graduates can make about $30,400 a year. The people who do not finish high school average only $23,400 a year. Just having a document that says you finished high school means an extra $7,000!

If you stay in school, you can make more money. A person who goes to college and gets a bachelor’s degree can make an average of $52,200. With a master’s degree, he or she can make about $62,000. And studies show that if a person gets a PhD, he or she can make $89,000 or more a year.

Of course, people with different occupations have different salaries. If you want to work and make more money, spend more time in school.

21. Why does the passage say some people stop high school early?

A. They do not have a lot of money.

B. They do not like going to school.

C. They do not want to work hard.

D. They want to start making money.

22. The underlined phrase "earning power" in the passage probably means

      A. ability to make money                                  B. power to spend money

      C. getting education                                          D. earning reputation

23. According to the passage, how can a person earn more money?

A. By stopping high school

B. By staying in school for a long time

C. By working a part-time job in high school

D. By starting a small business

24. Which of these ideas is mentioned in the passage?

A. Everyone should get a master’s degree.

B. Graduating high school is important.

C. A person should do the same job their whole life.

D. A person with a PhD will not earn a lot of money.

25. Why was this passage written?

A. To make school more fun

B. To teach people how to set goals

C. To encourage people to stay in school

D. To help people who score poorly on tests

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

31. Please give me a few milk and some biscuits if you have any left.

      A. Please give              B. a few                        C. some biscuits            D. any left

32. My brother decided to buy in the morning a new bike, but in the afternoon he changed his mind.

      A. decided to                                                    B. in the morning a new bike

      C. in the afternoon                                            D. changed

33. The study of these animals are truly fascinating, and many books have been written about them.

      A. these                       B. are                            C. many books              D. written

34. Antarctic blue whales can be 100 foot long and weigh more than any dinosaur that ever lived.

      A. can be                     B. foot long                  C. more than                 D. ever

35. Many environmentalists fear that the earth will run out essential natural resources before the end of the twenty-first century.

      A. environmentalists                                         B. that

      C. out essential                                                  D. before

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

36. Yesterday it was a little cooler than it is today.

A. Today it is slightly warmer than it was yesterday.

B. Today it is much warmer than it was yesterday.

C. Yesterday it was so cool, and today is so cool too.

D. I wish it was cool today as it was yesterday.

37. It would be quite wrong for us to lock the dog in the house for a week.

A. We’d better not lock the dog in the house for a week.

B. The dog was wrong, so we locked it in the house for a week.

C. We locked the dog in the house for a week, and it was quite wrong.

D. We can’t lock the dog in the house for a week.

38. "Why don’t you put a better lock on the door?" said my friend.

A. I suggested that my friend should put a better lock on the door.

B. My friend advised me to put a better lock on the door.

C. My friend and I suggested putting a better lock on the door.

D. I got my friend to put a better lock on the door.

39. When the electricity was cut off, we went out for dinner.

A. We had dinner at the restaurant because of a power cut.

B. The power was cut off just as we were going out for dinner.

C. We were having dinner at a restaurant when the power failed.

D. We went out for dinner, so the electricity was cut off.

40. We will try our best to finish the work on time. It is very hard.

A. Despite working hard, we will try our best to finish it on time.

B. In spite of working hard, we will try our best to finish it on time.

C. Although the work is hard, we will try our best to finish it on time.

D. If the work is not hard, we will try our best to finish it on time.