PRACTICE TEST 147

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE (40 PTS)

I. Grammar and Structures (5 pts)
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.
1. ________ at his lesson, still he couldn’t catch up with his classmates.
A. Hardly as he worked B. Hard as he worked
C. Hard as he does D. Hard as he was
2. ________ I studied when I was in Hanoi was a small school near her house.
A. Where B. It C. When D. There
3. -“How was your teaching job last winter?” -“I regret ________ harder to help my students.”
A. not tried B. not having tried C. not to try D. not have tried
4. You can use my bicycle ______ you bring it back tomorrow.
A. as long as B. although C. nevertheless D. in spite of
5. 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
6. _____________, I would give a party.
A. Were she to come next month B. She were to come next month
C. If she comes next month D. Should she come next month
7. By the time you return here next year, the city _______ lots of changes.
A. will have B. has had C. will have had D. will be having
8. _________ on barren slopes can help prevent erosion.
A. Trees to be planted B. Planting trees
C. Trees being planted D. That trees are planted
9. We have never seen __________ before.
A. such good film B. such good a film
C. so good a film D. so good film
10. Pioneers, _______ in isolated areas of the United States, were almost totally self-sufficient.
A. who living B. living C. lived D. that lived

II. Phrasal verbs and Prepositions (5 pts)

Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.
1. If you don’t take a flu shot, you’re likely to _______ the flu.
A. keep up with B. go in for C. come down with D. put up with
2. He was arrested after _______ computer networks in several states.
A. breaking out B. breaking into C. breaking down D. breaking for
3. We’re rather short of people to organize the trip, so do you think you could ________ ?
A. help out B. fix up C. join up D. take on
4. Marine plants and animals fall ___________ three major groups.
A. down B. in C. with D. into
5. When asked about their preference for movies, many young people say that they are in favour ________
science fiction.
A. in B. for C. of D. with
6. Global warming will result ________ crop failures and famine.
A. of B. to C. from D. in
7. Young people have become increasingly committed ________ social activities.
A. of B. to C. in D. at
8. People are advised to ________ smoking because of its harm to their health.
A. cut down B. cut down on C. cut off D. cut in
9. When the lights _______, we couldn’t see a thing.
A. put out B. switched of C. went out D. turned down
10. Although they are poor, they have _______ five children well.
A. grown up B. taken up C. brought up D. pulled up
III. Vocabulary (10 pts)
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.
1. Some people feel that television should give less to sport.
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 A. programs B. coverage C. concern D. involvement
2. The school was closed for a month because of serious ________ of fever.
A. outcome B. outburst C. outset D. outbreak
3. Many companies now advertise their new products by distributing free ______ in public places.
A. samples B. examples C. instances D. deals
4. When facing problems, it is important to keep a sense of ___________.
A. proportion B. introspection C. relativity D. comparison
5. In the larger communities special schools are provided for children who have physical or
developmental ________________.
A. disabilities B. inabilities C. incompetence D. immature
6. Two days passed during which we did not ___________ a single word.
A. changed B. exchanged C. snapped D. converted
7. His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else’s point of view. He is very_________.
A. open-minded B. kind-hearted C. narrow-minded D. absent-minded
8. Your grandfather is rather tired so do not _____ your visit. Let him have a rest.
A. prolong B. lengthen C. delay D. shorten
9. Marie _________ a face when I told her we were having cabbage for dinner.
A. pulled B. dragged C. gave D. fixed
10. It was a _________ of luck that June was available when the job came up.
A. blow B. stroke C. brush D. touch
11. The computer is _______ of doing almost anything you ask it to.
A. capable B. magical C. perfect D. miraculous
12. In some countries there have been widespread demands for the _______ of seal hunting.
A. extinction B. disappearance C. abolition D. establishment
13. Most students who were asked felt that _______ respect in the classroom was essential.
A. mutual B. annual C. actual D. continuous
14. Winning that prize was one of the greatest ________ of my life.
A. efforts B. attempts C. stages D. achievements
15. The first factory in this city was put into _________ in 1940.
A. use B. control C. operation D. work
16. “I'm very __________ to you for putting in so much hard work,” the boss said.
A. thanking B. grateful C. considerate D. careful
17. Don’t ______ to any conclusions before you know the full facts
A. reach B. leap C. rush D. fly
18. He set one alarm-clock for five o’clock and the other for five past so as to _____ that he did not
oversleep.
A. assure B. ensure C. insure D. reassure
19. The nurse was on _____ in the hospital all night.
A. duty B. alarm C. service D. work
20. Children with _________ parents often do better than those without.
A. loyal B. trustworthy C. supportive D. dedicated

IV. Guided Cloze Test (10 pts)

Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space.
Passage A:
Nobody knows for certain what the origin of music was. Music is certainly older than poetry and painting
but as early man had no way of (1) _________ it, we can only guess what it sounded like. Watching a child (2)
_________ on drum with his hands or a piece of wood, it is easy to see that this is the simplest of instruments.
It does not (3) _________ much effort to produce a rhythm on it.
Wall paintings show what some of the first instrument looked like. Early civilizations has already discovered
the three basic (4) _________ of producing music: blowing into a tube, striking an object, and scraping a string.
We know that western music comes from the (5) _________ Greeks. The musical scales we use now are (6)
_________ on certain sequences of notes which the Greeks used to create a particular (7) _________. Until the
sixteenth century, most players of instruments were performers, but as music became more (8) _________,

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orchestras and musical groups began to (9) _________. This (10) _________ about the writing of music to be
played by several musicians at one time. This can certainly be called the birth of modern music.
1. A. recording B. playing C. producing D. performing
2. A. hitting B. knocking C. crashing D. banging
3. A. make B. call C. take D. do
4. A. forms B. manners C. systems D. ways
5. A. ancient B. old C. aged D. antique
6. A. raised B. based C. established D. supported
7. A. spirit B. temper C. mood D. humor
8. A. widespread B. enlarged C. expanded D. extended
9. A. turn B. appear C. spring D. be
10 A. produced B. affected C. caused D. brought
Passage B:
Rock carving suggested that Stone Age people were hunting whales for food as early as 2200 B.C. Such
(1) ____ hunting is still practiced today in a number of (2) _____ including the Inuit people of Greenland and
North America.
Whaling became big business from the seventh century as the (3) _____ for whalebone and whale oil
rose, and humpback and sperm whales were hunted in (4) _____ large numbers. But just as stocks of these
species began to fall, the explosive harpoon-gun was (5) _____. This weapon, together with the development of
steam-power ships, (6) _____ the whalers to hunt the fast-moving fin and blue whales.
In 1905 the whaling (7) ______ moved to the waters of Antarctica. The introduction of massive factory
ships enabled the whales to be processed at sea. As a result, the blue whale had (8) _____ disappeared by
1950s. In 1946 the International Whaling Commission was established to maintain the declining whale
populations. Quotas were (9) _____ but these were often (10) ______ and numbers continued to fall. Hunting
of many species continued until 1986 when the IWC finally responded to international pressure and a ban on
commercial whaling was introduced.

1. A. survival B. essential C. basic D. subsistence

2. A. groups B. societies C. races D. nationalities
3. A. demand B. desire C. request D. reliance
4. A. repeatedly B. frequently C. continually D. increasingly
5. A. invented B. discovered C. appeared D. operated
6. A. managed B. employed C. enabled D. empowered
7. A. lines B. troops C. staff D. fleets
8. A. virtually B. possibly C. uniquely D. commonly
9. A. made B. set C. placed D. done
10. A. refused B. denied C. ignored D. exempted

V. Reading Comprehension (10 pts)

Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question.
Passage A:
In Australia, schools for disabled children were begun in the late 1800s by charitable organizations. The
government began to provide special schools from the 1920s, but until the 1980s, a system for educating all
children, no matter what their disability, was taken on as a government responsibility. Newcastle and
Macquarie Universities were two universities which have promoted Early Childhood Intervention from the
1970s until today. Special Education teachers are still trained at those universities. In 1996, a report by David
McRae, found that the way children with disabilities had changed very little over the years. He proposed
government funding be tied to the children rather than the setting in order to encourage more Special Education.
While not all of his recommendations have been heard, this report made a change in funding and an increase in
the number of children with disabilities being able to enter their local schools. Today most children with
disabilities are educated in their local schools, although the majority have mild disabilities. There are also small
special classes attached to local schools, and special schools, which accept children who have moderate, severe,
or profound disabilities. The Distance Education unit also provides Special Education to those who live in
isolated villages. To gain Special Education support, children need to have a diagnosis provided by a doctor or
a psychologist. Families have the right to choose schools and classes for their children.
1. The text is about ____.
A. Newcastle and Macquarie Universities
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C. disabled children in Australia
D. Australian Government
2. Australian Government _____.
A. pays no attention to the disabled
B. bans special education
C. is responsible for educating children with disabilities
D. has no project to educate children with disabilities
3. David McRae _____.
A. did not do research on children with disabilities
B. did research on children with disabilities
C. did not approve on using the government funds for special education
D. was only interested in university education
4. The word funding has a close meaning to _____.
A. money
B. special schools
C. special classes
D. universities
5. Which sentence is FALSE?
A. Children need to have a diagnosis provided by a doctor or a psychologist to gain Special Education
support.
B. Parents have rights to choose schools and classes for their children.
C. Only children with severe disabilities can get Special Education.
D. Those who live in isolated villages can also be provided with Special Education.

Passage B:
Originator of the Montessori method of education for preschool children, Maria Montessori, was the first
woman to receive a medical degree in Italy. After receiving her degree in 1894, she worked with subnormal
children as a psychiatrist at the University of Rome. It was there that she pioneered in the instruction of retarded
children, especially through the use of an environment rich in manipulative materials. The success of Maria’s
program with retarded children led her to believe that the same improvements could be made in the education
of normal preschool children. This led her to open the first day care center in Rome. With its success similar
institutions were opened in other parts of the United States.
In the early part of the 20th century, however, interest in the Montessori method declined because of
those who argued that education should be more disciplined. But by the late 1950s the Montessori method
experienced a renaissance, and in the 1960s the American Montessori Society was formed. The chief
components of the Montessori method are self-motivation and auto-education. Followers of the method believe
that a child will learn naturally if put in an environment with the proper materials. The teacher acts as an
observer and only interferes if help is needed. Educators in this system are trying to reverse the traditional
system of an active teacher and passive class.
1. The best title for this passage is ______.
A. Self-Motivation B. The Montessori Method
C. Educating Subnormal Children D. A New System of Education
2. In 1894 Maria Montessori ________.
A. opened a new day care center B. worked as a psychiatrist
C. taught normal preschool children D. disciplined retarded children
3. The author implies that Maria Montessori believes ______.
A. children need strong discipline
B. it is important that teachers instruct children clearly
C. teachers should be very active
D. children will learn by themselves
4. With which phrase could the phrase “rich in” be best replaced?
A. Having an abundant supply of B. With a number of expensive
C. Containing deep and strong D. That amuses children with
5. The author implies that in this method of education, the most important things are ______.
A. teachers B. rules
C. materials D. observers
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 Passage C:
The Motor Car

A There are now over 700 million motor vehicles in the world - and the number is rising by more than 40
million each year. The average distance driven by car users is growing too - from 8 km a day per person in
Western Europe in 1965 to 25 km a day in 1995. This dependence on motor vehicles has given rise to major
problems, including environmental pollution, depletion of oil resources, traffic congestion and safety.
B While emissions from new cars are far less harmful than they used to be, city streets and motorways are
becoming more crowded than ever, often with older trucks, buses and taxis, which emit excessive levels of
smoke and fumes. This concentration of vehicles makes air quality in urban areas unpleasant and sometimes
dangerous to breathe. Even Moscow has joined the list of capitals afflicted by congestion and traffic fumes. In
Mexico City, vehicle pollution is a major health hazard.
C Until a hundred years ago, most journeys were in the 20 km range, the distance conveniently accessible by
horse. Heavy freight could only be carried by water or rail. The invention of the motor vehicle brought personal
mobility to the masses and made rapid freight delivery possible over a much wider area. Today about 90 per
cent of inland freight in the United Kingdom is carried by road. Clearly the world cannot revert to the horse-
drawn wagon. Can it avoid being locked into congested and polluting ways of transporting people and goods?
D In Europe most cities are still designed for the old modes of transport. Adaptation to the motor car has
involved adding ring roads, one-way systems and parking lots. In the United States, more land is assigned to car
use than to housing. Urban sprawl means that life without a car is next to impossible. Mass use of motor
vehicles has also killed or injured millions of people. Other social effects have been blamed on the car such as
alienation and aggressive human behaviour.
E A 1993 study by the European Federation for Transport and Environment found that car transport is seven
times as costly as rail travel in terms of the external social costs it entails such as congestion, accidents,
pollution, loss of cropland and natural habitats, depletion of oil resources, and so on. Yet cars easily surpass
trains or buses as a flexible and convenient mode of personal transport. It is unrealistic to expect people to give
up private cars in favour of mass transit.
F Technical solutions can reduce the pollution problem and increase the fuel efficiency of engines. But fuel
consumption and exhaust emissions depend on which cars are preferred by customers and how they are driven.
Many people buy larger cars than they need for daily purposes or waste fuel by driving aggressively. Besides,
global car use is increasing at a faster rate than the improvement in emissions and fuel efficiency which
technology is now making possible.
G One solution that has been put forward is the long-term solution of designing cities and neighbourhoods
so that car journeys are not necessary - all essential services being located within walking distance or easily
accessible by public transport. Not only would this save energy and cut carbon dioxide emissions, it would also
enhance the quality of community life, putting the emphasis on people instead of cars. Good local government
is already bringing this about in some places. But few democratic communities are blessed with the vision - and
the capital - to make such profound changes in modern lifestyles.
H A more likely scenario seems to be a combination of mass transit systems for travel into and around cities,
with small 'low emission' cars for urban use and larger hybrid or lean burn cars for use elsewhere.
Electronically tolled highways might be used to ensure that drivers pay charges geared to actual road use. Better
integration of transport systems is also highly desirable - and made more feasible by modern computers. But
these are solutions for countries which can afford them. In most developing countries, old cars and old
technologies continue to predominate.

Questions 1-6

Reading Passage has eight paragraphs (A-H). Which paragraphs concentrate on the following
information? Write the appropriate letters (A-H) in boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet. You need only write
ONE letter for each answer.
1. a comparison of past and present transportation methods
2. how driving habits contribute to road problems
3. the relative merits of cars and public transport
4. the writer's own prediction of future solutions
5. the increasing use of motor vehicles
6. the impact of the car on city development
Questions 7-10
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 Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage? In boxes 7-10 on your
answer sheet write
YES - if the statement agrees with the information
NO - if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN - if there is no information on this in the passage
7. Vehicle pollution is worse in European cities than anywhere else.
8. Transport by horse would be a useful alternative to motor vehicles.
9. Nowadays freight is not carried by water in the United Kingdom.
10. Most European cities were not designed for motor vehicles.
B. WRITTEN TEST (70 PTS)
I. Cloze test (20 pts)
Fill in each numbered space with one appropriate word.
Passage A:
The computer has brought nothing (1) ______ problems to the world of the twentieth century. Chief
among the problems has (2) ____the dehumanization of society. People are no (3) ____ human. Each of us is a
series of numbers, numbers to be fed into computers. There are our credit card numbers, our bank account (4)
______, our social security numbers, our telephone and electricity numbers - the computer number game is
endless.
What happens to these computerized numbers? They are distributed to a network of government
agencies and business (5) ______can use them to invade our privacy. The Internal Revenue Service stores
millions of facts about every citizen. Credit agencies exchange (6) ____ on the spending and saving practices of
nearly every American adult. Mailing lists are (7) _____ available by computers to dozens of organizations,
public and private, who bombard us with unwanted mail.
Just let the computer which stores (8) ______ concerning our accounts, let us say with a credit card
company, make an error and it is almost impossible to correct it. The result is an avalanche of bills, threads, and
loss of credit standing.
The computer has thrown thousands of people out of (9) ______. The gamut of computer- generated
unemployed runs from highly skilled technicians to typists.
These are some of the reasons why I feel that the (10) ______ of the computer has been detrimental to
the quality of our life in the twentieth century.
Passage B:
Television first (1) ________ some fifty years ago in the 1950s. Since then, it has been one of the most
(2) ________ sources of entertainment for both the old and the young. Television offers cartoons for children,
world (3) ________, music and many other programs. If someone is interested in sports, for (4)________, he
can just choose the right sports channel. There he can enjoy a broadcast of an international football match (5)
________ it is actually happening. Television is also a very useful way (6) ________ companies to advertise
their (7) ________.
It is not too hard for us to see why (8) _______ is a TV set in almost every home today. And, engineers
are developing (9) ________ TV which allows communication between (10) ________ and producers.

II. Word formation (20 pts)

Part 1: Supply the correct form of the words in the CAPITAL LETTER.
1. I had only a day to visit all the tourist ___________. (ATTRACT)
2. The more ___________ an event is, the better it will be remembered. (SIGNIFY)
3. He didn’t pay the bill and now the electricity has been ___________. (CONNECT)
4. The Blacks have helped us a lot in these hard times. We do feel ___________ to them for their great support.
(DEBT)
5. Don’t do anything stupid that results in his ___________ . (PLEASE)
6. Climate changes will ___________ have a negative impact on biodiversity and thus our ecosystem.
(AVOID)
7. The famine is a ___________ of God for their sins. (VISIT)
8. He’s so ___________! He just can’t make up his mind! (DECIDE)
9. Nobody gets ___________ treatment in his office. (PREFER)
10. This professor explained his ideas with great ___________. (CLEAR)

Part 2: Fill in each blank with the suitable form of word in the box.

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correspond politics view agent head

A newspaper makes its money from the price people pay for it and also from the advertising it carries. A
popular newspaper with a (1) _____________ of over five million daily makes a lot of money. Less serious
newspapers are probably read just for (2) _____________. They have big (3) ____________ above the news
stories, funny cartoons to look at and (4) _____________ photos of violence. The gossip columns are full of
stories of private lives of famous people. No one takes the (5) ____________ views of such papers seriously.
On the other hand, in a free country where there is no (6) _____________, serious papers are mostly read for
their news, sent to them by their (7) _____________ round the world any by the big news (8) ______________.
People also read these papers for their (9) ____________ of new books, films and plays and for their (10)
______________, which represent the opinion of the newspaper itself about the important events and current
issues.

III. Error correction (10 pts)

Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction then correct the mistake in
each of the following questions.
1. Food prices have raised so rapidly in the past few months that some families
A B
have been forced to alter their eating habits.
C D

2. Living in New York, apartments cost more to rent than they do in other smaller
A B C D
cities.
3. It is the night of November 5th that people in Britain light bonfires and have
A B C
fireworks as a national tradition.
D
4. They have carried out exhausting research into the effects of smartphones on
A B
schoolchildren’s behaviour and their academic performance.
C D
5. Those who had already purchased tickets were instructed to go to gate first
A B C D
immediately.
6. What we know about certain diseases are still not sufficient to prevent them from
A B C
spreading easily among the population.
D
7. Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle have asked that the people chosen to their
A
Wedding Day are from a broad range of backgrounds and ages, including young
B C
people who have shown strong leadership, and those which have served their
D
communities.
8. In a hot sunny climate, man acclimatizes by eating less, drinking more liquids,
A B C
wearing a lighter clothing and experience a darkening of the skin.
D
9. “Hollywood's Eve” fills in many of the gaps in our knowledges of Babitz's life
A B C
and work.
D
10. Though artist Tatun was totally blind in one eye and had only slight vision in

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another, he became an internationally renowned jazz musician.
C D

IV. Sentence Transformation (20 pts)

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before
it.
1. The only reason the party was a great success was that the president attended.
If it __________________________________________________________
2. The last time he visited Hanoi was when he was ten years old.
He hasn’t _____________________________________________________
3. He forgot about the gun until he went home.
Not until ______________________________________________________
4. We finished our homework, then played football with our friends.
After we ______________________________________________________
For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original
sentence but using the bold word given. This word must not be altered in any way.
1. My form teacher is very short tempered. loses
____________________________________________________________
2. I haven’t decided yet whether to move or not. mind
_____________________________________________________________
3. She was on the point of leaving the office when we came. about
_____________________________________________________________
4. I don’t normally go to school by bus. used
___________________________________________________________
5. The bank robbers escaped in a stolen car. getaway
_____________________________________________________________
6. Jim doesn’t intend to give up his hobby. intention
____________________________________________________________

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