TS10: PRACTICE TEST 103 (FOR THE GIFTED)

A. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1-2 Choose the word whose main stress is put syllable from that of the others in the group.
1. A. polite B. pollen C. police D. pollute
2. A. focus B. remind C. circus D. patient
3-5 Choose the word whose underlined part differently from that of the others in the group.
3. A. signal B. resign C. sign D. assign
4. A. sorrow B. pillow C. allow D. follow
5. A. whistle B. bristle C. little D. castle
6-35 Choose - A, B, C, or D - that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has
a close meaning to the original one.
6. Katie is a very ________ girl. She can make friends easily even though she is in a strange place.
A. shy B. unfriendly C. sociable D. reticent
7. His achievements were partly due to the ________ of his wife.
A. assist B. assistant C. assisted D. assistance
8. Arnold ________for all the trouble he had caused to us.
A. complimented B. apologized C. excused D. complained
9. Patricia is a very good nurse, who can ________her patients well.
A. handle B. look C. deal D. work
10. He thought that he________ the movie, so he gave the ticket to his brother.
A. saw B. has seen C. would see D. had seen
11. He said that he ________me the book soon.
A. will return B. would return C. is returning D. returns
12. In the last thirty years, space exploration ________ great contributions to weather forecasting.
A. makes B. has made C. is making D. made
13. ________ them went to bed before midnight.
A. Few B. A few C. Very few D. Few of
14. I tried ringing her all morning but I couldn't get .
A. through B. up C. down D. over
15. When I looked around the door, the baby________ quietly.
A. was sleeping B. slept C. is sleeping D. has been sleeping
16. You ________better take off your wet shoes.
A. should B. would C. had D. could
17. He had ________ money that he had to travel everywhere on foot.
A. too little B. such little C. so few D. so little
18. The role of women in our society ________ been changed steadily.
A. would B. have C. must D. has
19. Don't try to ring the bell. It ________.
A. is working B. works C. isn't worked D. doesn't work
20. Everybody was pleased with the ________.
A. vegetable soup delicious hot B. hot delicious vegetable soup
C. delicious hot vegetable soup D. delicious vegetable hot soup
1. He was offered the job ________his qualifications were poor.
A. although B. in spite of C. because of D. because
2. It’s no use ________ a language if you don’t try to speak it.
A. learned B. to learn C. learn D. learning
3. He ________ me to take a lawyer to the court with me.
A. advised C. suggested B. threatened D. insisted
4. She came in quietly ________the baby.
A. in order to not wake B. so as not to wake C. to not wake D. to wake
5. ________you have no keys, you ‘ll have to get back before I go out.
A. If B. Although C. Unless D. As
6. I really prefer just about anything ________watching TV.
A. from B. or C. than D. to
7. Gold ________near San Francisco in 1848 and the gold rush started the following year.
A. has been discovered B. discovered C. was discovered D. is discovered
8. I regret ________ you that we can’t approve your application.
A. inform B. to inform C. informing D. informed
9. If I had gone to the bank this morning, I ________money from you now.
A. would not borrow B. would not have borrowed C. will not borrow D. will no have borrowed

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II. Give the correct from of the words in brackets
1. He is engrossed in doing (SCIENCE) ________________ research.
2. They entered the areas without (PERMIT) ________________
3. He wants (WIDTH) ________________ his knowledge of the subject.
4. The giant panda is a(n) (DANGER) ________________species.
5. What makes the computer a (MIRACLE) ________________device?
6. You may be surprised at the large (VARIED) ________________of animals in national parks.
7. The architecture in the downtown area is a successful (COMBINE) ________________of old and new.
8. He came first in the poetry (COMPETED) ________________
III. Give the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets (2ms)
Mary (1. have) _____________to go to New York last week, but she almost (2.miss) _____________the plane. She (3.
stand) _____________in the queue at the check-in desk when she suddenly (4. realize) _____________ that she (5.
leave) _____________her passport at home. Fortunately, she (6.not/ live) _____________ very far from the airport so
she (7. have) _____________time to go home to get the passport. She (8. get) _____________ back to the airport just
in time for her flight.
B. READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer
For the last few years, my children have been going to a summer camp in northern Greece called Skouras Camp. They
always seem to have a good time, so if you’re wondering what to do with the kids for three weeks this summer, you could
do worse than send them to this beautiful camp on the shores of the Aegean Sea. If your children, like mine, are keen on
adventure, sports and good company, the Skouras Camp will keep them busy all day doing the things they most enjoy.
Skouras is an international camp with children from all over the world. My children have made friends with children with
of their own age from Poland, China, Denmark and the United States. Naturally they get lots of opportunities to practice
their English as this is the only language spoken. The camp is located in one of the most beautiful parts of Chalkidiki. It is
huge (120,000 square meters) and is just a stone’s throw away from the clear, blue Aegean Sea. It takes the children just
five minutes to walk to the golden sandy beach on foot. The programme is packed with exciting activities such as horse
riding and table tennis. Other sports include basketball, volleyball and athletics. The Camps end with a sports contest in
the last week which all parents are invited to attend.
1. All the children come to the camp have to _______
A. be at the same age B. be only keen on adventure C. speak English D. practice basketball
2. How many kinds of sports can be played in the Camp?
A. 5 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
3. All the statements are true EXCEPT _______
A. The children will be busy taking part in the Camp’s programmed activities
B. The Camp is quite far from the Aegean Sea
C. The parents can attend their children’s sports contest
D. The children will take more chances of English practice
4. The tone of the passage could best be described as _______
A. negative B. disbelieving C. supportive D. humourous
5. What should be the best title for the passage?
A. an international summer camp B. Children’s summer activities
C. Advice on children caring in summer D. Chalkidiki’s landscape- the Aegean Sea
6. How long does it take the children to walk to the golden sandy beach on foot?
A. an hour B. 20 minutes C. 5 minutes D. a day
II. Read the following passage and choose the best option to fill in the gap
The (1) _______ part in Ioannina is the lake front. Ships fetch more people and tourists to the island. Near the front
lake (2) _______an ancient castle. If you go for a (3) _______ in the night to the front lake you’ll see (4) _______
lights that shines in the castle. A second way is to go around on a mountain. There you can see the whole town. In the
night with so many lights, it looks to you (5) _______a sky.
Another beautiful part in this town (6) _______the large clock in the square. Specifically, the clock (7) _______ in
the center of the city. My town also has many museums. Paul Vrellis, who is a professor, put in many different and other
important people from the 1st and 2nd world war with wax. In my opinion, it’s (8) _______ museum.
About remains, there are two renowned theaters. There’s the theater of Dodoni, which is situated in the (9) _______
of the city. It’s normally out of the city. Every summer the most (10) _______ actors of the capital of Greece come to
perform there.
1. A. more beautiful B. as beautiful C. so beautiful D. most beautiful
2. A. there is B. it is C. it has D. there has
3. A. picnic B. walk C. jog D. run
4. A. more brilliant B. as brilliant C. much brilliant D. most brilliant
5. A. from B. as C. like D. to
6. A. be B. are C. is D. to be

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7. situated B. is situated C. be situated D. are situated
8. A. the most best B. the better C. the best D. the well
9. A. outskirt B. top C. side D. edge
10. A. famous B. fame C. famed D. known
III. Read the passage bellow and fill in the blank with ONE suitable word
Today in China (1) ____________ large scale destruction of forests has occurred, the government has required that
every citizen (2) ____________the age of 11 and 60 plant three to five trees (3) ____________year or do the
equivalent amount of work in other forest services. The government claims that at ( 4) ____________1000 million trees
have been planted in China every year (5) ____________1982. In Western countries, increasing consumer demand for
wood products that have been produced cause forest land-owners and forest industries to become increasingly
accountable for their forest management and timber harvesting practices.
The Arbor Day Foundation’s Rain Forest Rescue programme is a charity that helps to (6)
____________deforestation. The charity uses money to buy up (7) ____________preserve rainforest land before the
lumber companies can buy it. The Arbor Day Foundation then (8) ____________ the land from deforestation.
C. WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences 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 enjoyed myself so much.
1. There’s a large restaurant in the art gallery
=> The art gallery ____________________________________________________________________________
2. I haven’t seen that man here before.
=> It’s ____________________________________________________________________________________
3. Although Bob didn’t speak Dutch, he decided to settle in Amsterdam
=> In spite of _______________________________________________________________________________
4. Without this treatment, the patient have died
=> If the patient hadn’t ________________________________________________________________________
5. The keepers feed the lions at 3 p.m everyday.
=> The lions ________________________________________________________________________________
6. John finds astronomy very interesting
=> John is _________________________________________________________________________________
7. The cinema didn’t become an industry until 1915
=> It was not _______________________________________________________________________________
8. “I like your coat , I’m looking for one like that myself” she said to me
=> She told me ______________________________________________________________________________
II. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which
should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) by the number in the space provided. If a line has a word
which should not be there, write the word in the space provided. There is an example at the beginning
The Spy Returns is a very interesting film that about a wealthy 0. ___that______
man who visits Italy. He doesn’t think that Rome is interesting 1. ____________
and he is very bored with there. Then suddenly one night he is 2. ____________
very surprised that a beautiful girl who runs up to him and gives 3. ____________
him a mysterious letter. From that moment his life is no longer 4. ____________
boring. He does too a lot of dangerous things. For example, 5. ____________
he jumped into a lake to save a famous person. The film is 6. ____________
a very thrilling indeed. I have watched it twice but I always 7. ____________
want to see it again. I think many people do it so. 8. ____________
III. Write an essay of 120-150 words expressing the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________

______ The end ______

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 TS10: PRACTICE TEST 103 (FOR THE GIFTED)
PRACTICE TEST 239 ( FOR THE GIFTED)
KEY
A. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1-2 Choose the word whose main stress is put syllable from that of the others in the group.
1. A. polite B. pollen C. police D. pollute
2. A. focus B. remind C. circus D. patient
3-5 Choose the word whose underlined part differently from that of the others in the group.
3. A. signal B. resign C. sign D. assign
4. A. sorrow B. pillow C. allow D. follow
5. A. whistle B. bristle C. little D. castle
6-35 Choose - A, B, C, or D - that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has
a close meaning to the original one.
6. Katie is a very ________ girl. She can make friends easily even though she is in a strange place.
A. shy B. unfriendly C. sociable D. reticent
7. His achievements were partly due to the ________ of his wife.
A. assist B. assistant C. assisted D. assistance
8. Arnold ________for all the trouble he had caused to us.
A. complimented B. apologized C. excused D. complained
9. Patricia is a very good nurse, who can ________her patients well.
A. handle B. look C. deal D. work
10. He thought that he________ the movie, so he gave the ticket to his brother.
A. saw B. has seen C. would see D. had seen
11. He said that he ________me the book soon.
A. will return B. would return C. is returning D. returns
12. In the last thirty years, space exploration ________ great contributions to weather forecasting.
A. makes B. has made C. is making D. made
13. ________ them went to bed before midnight.
A. Few B. A few C. Very few D. Few of
14. I tried ringing her all morning but I couldn't get .
A. through B. up C. down D. over
15. When I looked around the door, the baby________ quietly.
A. was sleeping B. slept C. is sleeping D. has been sleeping
16. You ________better take off your wet shoes.
A. should B. would C. had D. could
17. He had ________ money that he had to travel everywhere on foot.
A. too little B. such little C. so few D. so little
18. The role of women in our society ________ been changed steadily.
A. would B. have C. must D. has
19. Don't try to ring the bell. It ________.
A. is working B. works C. isn't worked D. doesn't work
20. Everybody was pleased with the ________.
A. vegetable soup delicious hot B. hot delicious vegetable soup
C. delicious hot vegetable soup D. delicious vegetable hot soup
1. He was offered the job ________his qualifications were poor.
A. although B. in spite of C. because of D. because
2. It’s no use ________ a language if you don’t try to speak it.
A. learned B. to learn C. learn D. learning
3. He ________ me to take a lawyer to the court with me.
A. advised C. suggested B. threatened D. insisted
4. She came in quietly ________the baby.
A. in order to not wake B. so as not to wake C. to not wake D. to wake
1. a 2.d 3.a 4.b
5.a 6.d 7.c 8.b
5. ________you have no keys, you ‘ll have to get back before I go out.
A. If B. Although C. Unless D. As
6. I really prefer just about anything ________watching TV.
A. from B. or C. than D. to
7. Gold ________near San Francisco in 1848 and the gold rush started the following year.
A. has been discovered B. discovered C. was discovered D. is discovered
8. I regret ________ you that we can’t approve your application.
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A. inform B. to inform C. informing D. informed
9. If I had gone to the bank this morning, I ________money from you now.
A. would not borrow B. would not have borrowed C. will not borrow D. will no have borrowed
II. Give the correct from of the words in brackets
1. He is engrossed in doing (SCIENCE) _ scientific __ research.
2. They entered the areas without (PERMIT) ___ permission __
3. He wants (WIDTH) __ widen __ his knowledge of the subject.
4. The giant panda is a(n) (DANGER) ___ endangered __species.
5. What makes the computer a (MIRACLE) ___ miraculous __device?
6. You may be surprised at the large (VARIED) __ variety __of animals in national parks.
7. The architecture in the downtown area is a successful (COMBINE) __ combination __of old and new.
8. He came first in the poetry (COMPETED) ___ competition _
III. Give the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets (2ms)
Mary (1. have) _____________to go to New York last week, but she almost (2.miss) _____________the plane. She (3.
stand) _____________in the queue at the check-in desk when she suddenly (4. realize) _____________ that she (5.
leave) _____________her passport at home. Fortunately, she (6.not/ live) _____________ very far from the airport so
she (7. have) _____________time to go home to get the passport. She (8. get) _____________ back to the airport just
in time for her flight.
B. READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer
For the last few years, my children have been going to a summer camp in northern Greece called Skouras Camp. They
always seem to have a good time, so if you’re wondering what to do with the kids for three weeks this summer, you could
do worse than send them to this beautiful camp on the shores of the Aegean Sea. If your children, like mine, are keen on
adventure, sports and good company, the Skouras Camp will keep them busy all day doing the things they most enjoy.
Skouras is an international camp with children from all over the world. My children have made friends with children with
of their own age from Poland, China, Denmark and the United States. Naturally they get lots of opportunities to practice
their English as this is the only language spoken. The camp is located in one of the most beautiful parts of Chalkidiki. It is
huge (120,000 square meters) and is just a stone’s throw away from the clear, blue Aegean Sea. It takes the children just
five minutes to walk to the golden sandy beach on foot. The programme is packed with exciting activities such as horse
riding and table tennis. Other sports include basketball, volleyball and athletics. The Camps end with a sports contest in
the last week which all parents are invited to attend.
1. All the children come to the camp have to _______
A. be at the same age B. be only keen on adventure C. speak English D. practice basketball
2. How many kinds of sports can be played in the Camp?
A. 5 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
3. All the statements are true EXCEPT _______
A. The children will be busy taking part in the Camp’s programmed activities
B. The Camp is quite far from the Aegean Sea
C. The parents can attend their children’s sports contest
D. The children will take more chances of English practice
4. The tone of the passage could best be described as _______
A. negative B. disbelieving C. supportive D. humourous
5. What should be the best title for the passage?
A. an international summer camp B. Children’s summer activities
C. Advice on children caring in summer D. Chalkidiki’s landscape- the Aegean Sea
6. How long does it take the children to walk to the golden sandy beach on foot?
A. an hour B. 20 minutes C. 5 minutes D. a day
II. Read the following passage and choose the best option to fill in the gap
The (1) _______ part in Ioannina is the lake front. Ships fetch more people and tourists to the island. Near the front
lake (2) _______an ancient castle. If you go for a (3) _______ in the night to the front lake you’ll see (4) _______
lights that shines in the castle. A second way is to go around on a mountain. There you can see the whole town. In the
night with so many lights, it looks to you (5) _______a sky.
Another beautiful part in this town (6) _______the large clock in the square. Specifically, the clock (7) _______ in
the center of the city. My town also has many museums. Paul Vrellis, who is a professor, put in many different and other
important people from the 1st and 2nd world war with wax. In my opinion, it’s (8) _______ museum.
About remains, there are two renowned theaters. There’s the theater of Dodoni, which is situated in the (9) _______
of the city. It’s normally out of the city. Every summer the most (10) _______ actors of the capital of Greece come to
perform there.
1. A. more beautiful B. as beautiful C. so beautiful D. most beautiful
2. A. there is B. it is C. it has D. there has
3. A. picnic B. walk C. jog D. run

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4. A. more brilliant B. as brilliant C. much brilliant D. most brilliant
5. A. from B. as C. like D. to
6. A. be B. are C. is D. to be
7. situated B. is situated C. be situated D. are situated
8. A. the most best B. the better C. the best D. the well
9. A. outskirt B. top C. side D. edge
10. A. famous B. fame C. famed D. known
III. Read the passage bellow and fill in the blank with ONE suitable word
Today in China (1 where) large scale destruction of forests has occurred, the government has required that every
citizen (2 between) the age of 11 and 60 plant three to five trees (3 per) year or do the equivalent amount of work in other
forest services. The government claims that at ( 4 least) 1000 million trees have been planted in China every year (5
since) 1982. In Western countries, increasing consumer demand for wood products that have been produced cause forest
land-owners and forest industries to become increasingly accountable for their forest management and timber harvesting
practices.
The Arbor Day Foundation’s Rain Forest Rescue programme is a charity that helps to (6 prevent) deforestation. The
charity uses money to buy up (7 and) preserve rainforest land before the lumber companies can buy it. The Arbor Day
Foundation then (8 protects) the land from deforestation.
C. WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences 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 enjoyed myself so much.
1. There’s a large restaurant in the art gallery
=> The art gallery has a large restaurant.
2. I haven’t seen that man here before.
=> It’s the first time (that) I have seen this man here.
3. Although Bob didn’t speak Dutch, he decided to settle in Amsterdam
=> In spite of not speaking Dutch, Bob decided to settle in Amsterdam.
4. Without this treatment, the patient have died
=> If the patient hadn’t been given this treatment, he would have died.
5. The keepers feed the lions at 3 p.m everyday.
=> The lions are fed by the keepers at ... p.m everyday.
6. John finds astronomy very interesting
=> John is interested in astronomy.
7. The cinema didn’t become an industry until 1915
=> It was not until 1915 that the cinema became an industry.
8. “I like your coat , I’m looking for one like that myself” she said to me
=> She told me that she liked my coat and (she) was looking fro one like it/that herself.
II. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which
should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) by the number in the space provided. If a line has a word
which should not be there, write the word in the space provided. There is an example at the beginning
The Spy Returns is a very interesting film that about a wealthy 0. ___that______
man who visits Italy. He doesn’t think that Rome is interesting 1. √
and he is very bored with there. Then suddenly one night he is 2. with
very surprised that a beautiful girl who runs up to him and gives 3. who
him a mysterious letter. From that moment his life is no longer 4. √
boring. He does too a lot of dangerous things. For example, 5. too
he jumped into a lake to save a famous person. The film is 6. √
a very thrilling indeed. I have watched it twice but I always 7. a
want to see it again. I think many people do it so. 8. it
III. Write an essay of 120-150 words expressing the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
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 TS10 PRACTICE TEST 239 ( FOR THE GIFTED)
KEY
A. LISTENING (2 điểm)
I. 1 điểm (mỗi lựa chọn đúng 0.25đ)
1.a
2. b
3. b
4. d
II. 1 điểm (mỗi câu đúng 0.25đ)
1….. is your from the city centre.
2. How about coming …
3. How much do ….cost?
4. How much do you spell your family name?
B. VOCABUALRY & GRAMMAR (6 điểm)
I. 2 điểm (mỗi lựa chọn đúng 0.25đ)
1. a 5.a
2.d 6.d
3.a 7.c
4.b 8.b
II. 2 điểm (mỗi từ đúng 0.25đ)
1. scientific 5. miraculous
2. permission 6. variety
3. widen 7. combination
4. endangered 8. competition
III. 2 điểm (mỗi thì chia đúng được 0.25đ)
1. had 5. had left
2. missed 6. doesn’t live
3. was standing 7. had
4. realized 8. got
C. READING ( 6 điểm)
I. 1.5 điểm ( mỗi lựa chọn đúng 0.25đ)
1. c
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. a
6. c
II. 2.5 điểm (mỗi lựa chọn đúng 0.25đ)
1. d 6. a
2. a 7.b
3. b 8. c
4. a 9. d
5. c 10. a
III. 2 điểm (mỗi từ đúng 0.25đ)
1. where
2. between
3. per
4. least
5. since
6. prevent
7. and
8. protects
D. WRITING (6 điểm)
I. 2 điểm (mỗi câu đúng 0.25đ)
1. The art gallery has a large restaurant.
2. It’s the first time (that) I have seen this man here.
3. In spite of not speaking Dutch, Bob decided to settle in Amsterdam.
4. If the patient hadn’t been given this treatment, he would have died.
5. The lions are fed by the keepers at ... p.m everyday.
6. John is interested in astronomy.
7. It was not until 1915 that the cinema became an industry.
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8. She told me that she liked my coat and (she) was looking fro one like it/that herself.
II. 2 điểm (mỗi câu đúng 0.25đ)
1. √
2. with
3. who
4. √
5. too
6.√
7. a
8. it
III. 2 điểm

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