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Practice test 1

 

 

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

1. A. base  B. obey    C. tomb    D. tub

2. A. wanted   B. needed   C. secured   D. naked

3. A. offers   B. canoes   C. lakes    D. balloons

4. A. zebra   B. zipper   C. seizure   D. hazel

5. A. sheath   B. earth   C. that    D. theater

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress.

6. A. offer   B. decide  C. behave  D. occur

7. A. above  B. chicken   C. postpone  D. guitar

8. A. under  B. dirty    C. handsome   D. Japan

9. A. exciting  B. telephone   C. tomorrow   D. November

10. A. policeman   B. cinema   C. yesterday   D. politics

Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following sentences.

11. If you need (A) to keep fit, then why (B) not take (C) on (D) a sport such as badminton or tennis?

12. When her dog (A) died, she (B) cried very (C) hardly for (D) half an hour.

13. Modern transportation can speed a doctor (A) to the side of a (B) sick person, (C) even if the patient lives on an (D) isolating farm.

14. Tom’s very good (A) at science (B) when his brother (C) is (D) absolutely hopeless.

15. Daisy has (A) such many things (B) to do that she (C) has no time (D) to go out

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
16. By the end of this year, George ______ English for two years.

A. will learn  B. will have learned C. will be learning  D. is going to learn
17. I’ll have the boys______the chairs.

A. paint   B. to paint  C. painted  D. painting

18. The______he is, the more miserable he gets.

A. more richer  B. richer   C. more rich  D. none is correct

19. They never came to class late and ______.

A. neither did we  B. so did we.  C. we did either  D. neither we did

20. Astronauts______in their spaceship, but they frequently work outside now.

A. were used to stay B. used to stay  C. were staying  D. had used to stay

21. If it______convenient, let’s go out for a drink tonight.

A. be   B. is   C. was   D. were

22. That fortune teller______around here for a long time.

A. hasn’t seen  B. didn’t see  C. hasn’t been seeing D. hasn’t been seen

23. Charlie said______thinking of going to live in Canada.

A. he had  B. he was  C. he has been  D. he would

24. She went to the market without______anything.

A. buy   B. to buy   C. bought  D. buying

25. The young teachers wanted a Foreign Language Training workshop______in Ho Chi Minh City.

A. to be holding  B. being held  C. to be held  D. holding

26. ______their work, they went home.

A. Finishing  B. Having finished C. To finished  D. Finished

27. Last Sunday it was______wet______ we couldn’t go to the movies.

A. such – that  B. too – that  C. so – that  D. enough – for

28. Although he tried hard, ______the last examination.

A. but he failed  B. yet he failed  C. however he failed D. he failed

29. I didn’t go to school yesterday______having a bad cold.

A. as   B. since   C. because of  D. because

30. This is the place______the battle took place ten years ago.

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

31. ______becoming extinct is of great concern to zoologists.

A. Are giant pandas B. That giant pandas are C. Giant pandas are D. Where giant pandas

32. Her parents are now working in______Europe.

A. a   B. an   C. the   D. no article is needed

33. I was exhausted, ______, I determined to walk on to the next village.

A. so   B. therefore  C. however  D. but

34. The United States and Canada have many trade agreements that benefit______.

A. on the other  B. other   C. other one  D. each other

35. ______of the two boys went on a picnic yesterday. They______stayed home and watched TV.

A. Both/either  B. Neither/both  C. Both/neither  D. Neither/either

36. The young man and the young woman paid______attention to the writer.

A. none   B. any   C. not any  D. no

37. Mr. Scott has a garage in Silbury. His______garage is in Pinhurst.

A. another  B. other   C. different  D. else

38. She spends money as if she always______plenty of it.

A. had   B. have   C. should have  D. had had

39. I suggest that the doctor______up his mind without delay.

A. makes  B. make   C. made   D. is to make

40. I don’t think John looks well. He seems______.

A. fairly tired  B. fair tired  C. fair tiredly  D. fairly tiredly

41. The teacher affirmed that the students______.the exam.

A. have passed  B. did pass  C. pass   D. passing

42. She_____here yesterday. I am sure of that.

A. does come  B. came   C. did come  D. would come

43. Tom as well as his brother______here now.

A. is   B. are   C. was   D. were

44. My old friend and colleague, John, ______married.

A. has just got  B. have just got  C. just has got  D. just have got

45. He______ that crime because he was with me that day.

A. mustn’t commit  B. couldn’t commit C. mustn’t have committed D. couldn’t have committed

46. I don’t think he will ever get______the shock of his father’s death.

A. over   B. through  C. by   D. off

47. The company is aiming to push______its share of car sales to 25% over the next two years.

A. on   B. up   C. out   D. through

48. Many a time______he wants to marry me.

A. said he  B. did he said  C. has he said  D. he has said

49. Never before______such a disaster.

A. do they suffer  B. they have suffered C. have they suffered D. did they suffered

50. I was disappointed______the grade I received on my last essay.

A. for   B. about   C. to   D. with

51. There is a increasing demand______taller buildings in big cities.

A. with   B. on   C. for   D. of

52. ______the time Jane arrives, we will have finished this group project.

A. Until   B. By the time  C. Now that  D. Since

53. A child receives his early______from their parents.

A. educate  B. education  C. educator  D. educative

54. In some Asian countries, women are undervalued and they never have the same______as men.

A. formality  B. basis   C. limit   D. status

55. Mrs. Pike is a feminist, who______that women should be offered the same job opportunities as men.

A. varies   B. advocates  C. leads   D. votes

56. I first met her two years ago when we______at Oxford University.

A. had been studying B. were studying  C. would be studying D. had studied

57. The film star, with his friends, ______to the party tonight.

A. are going  B. is going  C. has been going D. have been going

58. Ann agreed to stay behind. She______late.

A. used to work  B. was used to working C. was used to work D. used to working

59. ______Jane Austen______Enily Bronte ever got married, although they both wrote well known love stories.

A. Either/or  B. Not only/but also C. Neither/nor  D. Both/and

60. “Must I take my umbrella?” – “No, you______. It’s not going to rain.”

A. mustn’t  B. have to  C. needn’t  D. don’t

61. By the time I came here, all the better jobs______taken.

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

65. Don’t blame me for what I did. ______differently in my place?

A. Would you acted B. Wouldn’t you act C. Would you act  D. Would you have acted

66. A meeting will be______to discuss the matter further.

A. run   B. made   C. held   D. occurred

67. Anyone found______at the final exam will be given an incomplete grade in the course.

A. stealing  B. cheating  C. deceiving  D. tricking

68. “How do you do?” – “______”.

A. I’m well. Thank you. B. How do you do? C. Not too bad  V. Yeah, OK. 

69. “I’ve got to go, Sarah. So long.” – “So long, Jack. And______.”

A. be careful  B. don’t hurry  C. take care  D. don’t take it seriously

70. The government has______measures to promote the development of the economy.

A. made   B. achieved  C. carried  D. taken

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences.

71. He was asked to account for his presence at the scene of crime. 

A. complain   B. exchange   C. explain   D. arrange 

72. The teacher gave some suggestions on what could come out for the examination. 

A. effects   B. symptoms   C. hints    D. demonstrations 

73. I’ll take the new job whose salary is fantastic. 

A. reasonable   B. acceptable   C. pretty high   D. wonderful 

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences.

74. Because Jack defaulted on his loan, the bank took him to court. 

A. failed to pay   B. had a bad personality C. paid in full   D. was paid much money 

75. His career in the illicit drug trade ended with the police raid this morning. 

A. elicited   B. irregular   C. secret   D. legal