PRACTICE TEST 24

PART B. PHONETICS (5 POINTS)

I. Choose 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. (2.5 pts)
1. A. naked B. crooked C. packed D. wicked
2. A. inclusion B. decision C. compulsion D. provision
3. A. mealtime B. teaser C. gearshift D. beachwear
4. A. threaten B. earth C. healthy D. northern
5. A. exhaust B. handkerchief C. heiress D. exhibition

II. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of
primary stress in each of the following questions. (2.5 pts)
1. A. remember B. facility C. politics D. precaution
2. A. auspicious B. religious C. hazardous D. suspicious
3. A. education B. community C. entertainment D. generation
4. A. settle B. protect C. compose D. relate
5. A. accuracy B. interestingly C. efficiency D. dangerously

PART C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (25 POINTS)

I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions. (10 pts)
1. You don't have to decide now, you can ___________.
A. put it aside B. call it off C. tear it up D. think it over
2. I have just bought a ___________ shirt for you, son. I hope you will like it.
A. blue cotton beautiful new B. beautiful new blue cotton
C. new beautiful cotton blue D. cotton beautiful blue new
3. In the hotel lobby the detective caught ___________ of the man he had been hired to follow.
A. glance B. view C. vision D. sight
4. The first people to live in ___________ Hawaii were the Polynesians, who sailed there in large canoes from other
Pacific Islands about 2,000 years ago.
A. now where is B. the place is now C. now this is D. what is now
5. Mr. Brown has kindly agreed to spare us some of his ___________ time to answer our questions.
A. valuable B. worthy C. costly D. beneficial
6. It's hard to ___________ on less than a million Vietnam dong a month.
A. make a mess B. make up your mind C. make ends meet D. make a fuss
7. Mr. Dawson was given the award in ___________ of his services to the hospital.
A. spite B. charge C. recognition D. sight
8. When the manager of our company retires, the deputy manager will ___________ that position.
A. stand for B. take over C. catch on D. hold on
9. I think I should have ___________ your mother while I was passing.
A. dropped in on B. come up with C. got on with D. run into
10. She could ___________ in the garden when we came around, which would explain why she didn't hear the bell.
A. work B. be working C. have worked D. have been working
11. The chairman requested that ___________.
A. the members studied the problem more carefully
B. the problem was more carefully studied
C. with more carefulness the problem could be studied
D. the members study the problem more carefully
12. The boy ___________ having had anything to do with the break-in.
A. refused B. denied C. objected D. rejected
13. Mr. Albert is intelligent but he ___________ common sense.
A. fails B. lacks C. misses D. lacks of
14. The referee ___________ the coin to decide which team would kick the ball first.
A. cast B. tossed C. threw D. caught
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15. It was ___________ easy for him to learn baseball because he had been a cricket player.
A. purposefully B. exceedingly C. relatively D. normally
16. Don't let a good chance ___________.
A. go by B. go off C. go down D. go over
17. A lot of progress has been ___________ since the country became independent.
A. created B. done C. built D. made
18. Our project was successful ___________ its practicality.
A. in terms of B. with a view to C. regardless D. on behalf of
19. On the battle field ___________.
A. lay the tanks B. laid the tanks C. did the tanks lie D. the tanks lay
20. I wrote to them a fortnight ago but ___________ I have not had a reply.
A. as yet B. those days C. so long D. just now

II. Give the correct tense/form of the verb in each bracket. (5 pts)
- Come to see me at 5 this afternoon. I (1. not arrive) ___________ home until 4:30.
- I'm sure you (2. forget) ___________ me by the time I (3. be) ___________ back in five years.
- We've lost the camera. If we (4. lock) ___________ the car window, we (5. not give) ___________ them the
opportunity to break in.
- Tom had a lucky escape. He (6. kill) ___________ when a car crashed into the front of his house.
- Mr. Brown expected (7. offer) ___________ the job in Spain.
- Is it important that we (8. be) ___________ on time for the meeting tonight?
- The speed limit is 30 miles an hour but Tom (9. drive) ___________ at 50 miles at that time. He (10. not drive)
___________ so fast.

III. Give the correct form of the word in each bracket. (5 pts)
Not all the creatures on the (1. DANGER) ___________ species list are doomed to extinction, as the story of
the giant panda has shown. Their whole (2. EXIST) ___________ was considered to be in jeopardy some years ago,
but now, after becoming the most (3. INFLUENCE) ___________ symbol of nature conservation, things are looking
up. Their plight highlights how (4. POPULATE) ___________ can impact natural (5. DIVERSE) ___________ and
should serve as a reminder that the unique habitats of these incredible creatures are simply (6. REPLACE)
___________. The good news is that whilst there may be unwillingness to halt development and (7. GROW)
___________ for the sake of nature alone, many people are beginning to understand that (8. SUSTAIN)
___________ can aid development by bringing economic benefits, through eco tourism for example, to communities
that are home to pandas. Such an (9. ARRANGE) ___________ would not only serve to protect the pandas, but also
(10. RICH) ___________ the lives of the inhabitants in the local communities.

IV. Each of the following sentences has one word/phrase that is not correct. Identify and correct it. (5 pts)
1. When asbestos fibers are breathed in, they make damage to our lungs,
2. There's no resemble between Gary and Mark, even though they are brothers.
3. What I told her a few days ago were not the solutions to most of her problems.
4. The earth is the only planet with a large number of oxygen in its atmosphere.
5. The pilot and the crew divided the life preservers between the twenty frantic passengers.

PART D. READING (25 POINTS)

1. Read the text below and choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. (5 pts)
Radar is an electronic device that can see great distances (1) ___________ fog, rain, snow, cloud, and
darkness. It can find and (2) ___________ locate missiles, aircrafts, ships, cities, rainstorms, and mountains. Radar
uses radio waves, (3) ___________ light waves, which the human eye uses in seeing. This makes it (4) ___________
for radar to locate many kinds of objects at (5) ___________ greater distances than the eye can see. Radar became an
important military device during World War II. Today, networks of radar lookout stations guard the United States and
Canada 24 hours a day against (6) ___________ missiles and airplanes. Patrol planes and ships (7) ___________ the
oceans with radar for hostile ships and aircrafts. Airports use radar to (8) ___________ planes safety to earth in fog or
storms. Ships use it to steer clear of other (9) ___________ or icebergs. Radar helps weathermen warn of (10)
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___________ hurricanes or tornadoes.
1. A. because of B. despite C. though D. although
2. A. rightly B. exact C. accurately D. accurate
3. A. instead of B. in addition C. in stead D. in addition to
4. A. possibility B. possible C. possibly D. able
5. A. by far B. farther C. far D. further
6. A. long range B. low range C. ranged D. length range
7. A. use B. find C. seek D. search
8. A. find B. take C. guide D. guidance
9. A. vessel B. vessels C. sail D. sails
10. A. to approach B. approaches C. approach D. approaching

II. Read the text below and fill each blank with ONE suitable word. (10 pts)
WILL TECHNOLOGY REPLACE SCHOOLS?
Some people believe that soon schools will no longer be necessary. These people say that because of the
Internet and other new technology, there is no longer any need for school buildings, formal classes, or (1)
___________. Perhaps this will be true one day, but it is hard for me to imagine a world without (2) ___________. In
fact, we need to look at how we can use new technology to make schools (3) ___________, not to eliminate them.
We should invent a new kind of school that is linked to libraries, museums, science centers, laboratories, and
even companies. Experts could give (4) ___________ on videos or over the Internet. TV networks and local stations
could develop programming about things students are actually (5) ___________ in school.
Is this just a dream? No. Already there are several towns where this is beginning to (6) ___________.
Blacksburg, Virginia, is one of them. Here the (7) ___________ city is linked to the Internet, and learning can take
place at home, at school and in the (8) ___________. Businesses provide programmes for the schools and the
community. The schools provide computer labs for people without their own (9) ___________ at home. Because
everyone can use the Internet, older people participate as much as younger ones, and everyone can visit distant
libraries and museums as easily as (10) ___________ ones.

III. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions. (10 pts)
We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed ability teaching. On the contrary, both their
knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming pupils. It does not
take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not
so bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of
their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic
ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed ability teaching contributes to all
these aspects of learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity
to learn to cooperate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as
well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils
learn from each other as well as from the teachers.
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can
do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate. We encourage our
pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this effectively. An advanced pupil can
do advanced work; it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and
we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.
1. The phrase "held back" in the first paragraph means "___________”
A. made to lag behind in study B. forced to study in lower classes
C. prevented from advancing D. made to remain in the same classes
2. The author argues that a teacher's chief concern should be the development of the pupils' ___________.
A. total personality B. learning ability and communicative skills
C. intellectual abilities D. personal and social skills
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3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Group work provides the pupils with the opportunity to learn to be capable organizers.
B. Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning ability.
C. Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with others.
D. Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities.
4. The author's purpose of writing this passage is to ___________.
A. recommend pair work and group work classroom activities
B. argue for teaching bright and not so bright pupils in the same class
C. emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching
D. offer advice on the proper use of the school library
5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is an advantage of mixed ability teaching?
A. Pupils can be hindered from an all round development.
B. Formal class teaching is the important way to give the pupils essential skills such as those to be used in the
library.
C. A pupil can be at the bottom of a class.
D. Pupils as individuals always have the opportunities to work on their own.

PART E. WRITING (25 POINTS)

1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. (5 pts)
1. House prices have risen dramatically this year.
→ There has.....................................................................................................................................................
2. We could not have succeeded without my father's money.
→ If it...............................................................................................................................................................
3. Mark may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life.
→ Mark's poor.................................................................................................................................................
4. Someone stole the old lady's handbag.
→ The old lady was.........................................................................................................................................
5. That dress has only the slightest mark on it.
→ I can barely..................................................................................................................................................

II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do
not change the word given. (5 pts)
1. Declan was angry because Claire arrived late. (TIME)
→......................................................................................................................................................................
2. Mark can't wait to use his new computer games console. (FORWARD)
→......................................................................................................................................................................
3. It's possible that the thieves entered the building through the windows. (BROKEN)
→......................................................................................................................................................................
4. My friend took no notice of my advice. (DEAF)
→......................................................................................................................................................................
5. There is nothing new about crimes of passion. (HILLS)
→......................................................................................................................................................................

III. Essay Writing: (15 pts)

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Using the mobile phone at secondary school should
be banned."?
Write an essay of about 250 words to express your opinion, using specific details and examples to support
your answer.
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