Unit 4: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM

TEST 2
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. expression
b. easily
c. depression
d. disruptive
2. a. algebra
b. musical
c. politics
d. apartment
3. a. mechanic
b. chemistry
c. cinema
d. finally
4. a. typical
b. favorite
c. division
d. organize
5. a. computer
b. establish
c. business
d. remember
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. The school library is open _______ all of the students and the teaching staff of the school.
a. for
b. over
c. to
d. among
7. I have just taken a Test of English as a Foreign Language or TOEFL _______ short.
a. of
b. in
c. on
d. for
8. He did not do well at school and left with few _______ qualifications.
a. academic
b. academy
c. academician
d. academically
9. The Minister of the Education and Training Department appeared on TV last night to _______ his new
policy.
a. public
b. publicly
c. publicize
d. publicizing
10. He owed his success not to privilege but to self-education and a driving desire for _______.
a. achieve
b. achiever
c. achievement
d. achievable
11. The college offers both _______ and professional qualifications.
a. government
b. experience
c. requirement
d. academic
12. Fee-paying schools, often called "independent schools", "private schools" or _______ schools"
a. college
b. primary
c. secondary
d. public
13. In the UK, _______ schools refer to government-funded schools which provide education free of charge
to pupils.
a. state
b. secondary
c. independent
d. primary
14. Mathematics, a required subject in all schools, is __ into many branches.
a. grouped
b. prepared
c. divided
d. added
15. Education has been developed in _______ with modern industry and the mass media.
a. compulsory
b. parallel
c. selected
d. following
16. School uniform is compulsory in most of Vietnamese schools.
a. depended
b. required
c. divided
d. paid
17. _______ music is _______ popular pastime at many schools.
a. / a
b. The / the
c. A / the
d. The /
18. To apply to _______ UK independent school, you'll need to have _______ good standard of education
from your own country
a. a / a
b. the / a
c. an / the
d. the / the
19. Education _____ to be the most important element to develop a country.
a. often be considered
b. can often consider
c. can often considered
d. can often be considered
20. The preparations _______ by the time the guests _______.
a. had been finished / arrived
b. have finished / arrived
c. had finished / were arriving
d. have been finished / were arrived
21. _______ in that company?
a. Do shoes make b. Are shoes be made c. Shoes are made
d. Are shoes made
22. Portuguese _______ as an official language in this city since three hundred years ago.

a. has always been spoken

b. has been spoken always
c. has always spoken
d. had always spoken
23. More than ten victims _______ missing in the storm last week.
a. are reported to be
b. are reported to have been
c. are reporting to have been
d. are reporting to be
24. _______ by your father?
a. Did that book write
b. Did that book written
c. Was that book written
d. Was that book be writing
25. Something _______ immediately to prevent teenagers from _______ in factories and mines.
a. should be done / being exploited
b. we should do / exploiting
c. should do I be exploited
d. should have done / exploited
26. This car _______.
a. was manufactured in Japan by Toyota last year
b. was manufactured by Toyota last year in Japan
c. was manufactured last year in Japan by Toyota
d. last year was manufactured by Toyota in Japan
27. Why _______ on time?
a. don't the exercises finish
b. weren't the exercises be finished
c. aren't the exercises being finished
d. aren't the exercises be finished
28. No longer _______ in our office since it _______.
a. have typewriters been used / computerized
b. typewriters have been used / was computerized
c. have typewriters been used / was computerized
d. typewriters have been used / computerized
29. When _______?
a. were computers used first
b. were computers first used
c. did computers first use
d. are computers first using
30. That machine is useless. It not been used for a long time
a. is
b. was
c. did
d. has

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.
9.

TEST 3
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
a. conference
b. lecturer
c. reference
d. researcher
a. powerful
b. interesting
c. exciting
d. difficult
a. memory
b. exactly
c. radio
d. management
a. requirement
b. condition
c. example
d. previous
a. library
b. entertain
c. understand
d. referee
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.
In England schooling is compulsory _______ all children from the age of 5 to 16.
a. with
b. for
c. to
d. over
In Vietnam a school year lasts for nine months and is divided _______ two terms.
a. into
b. to
c. from
d. on
To Vietnamese students, the _______ examination to university is very difficult.
a. require
b. requirement
c. requiring
d. required
Despite many recent _______ advances, there are parts where schools are not equipped with
computers.
a. technology
b. technological
c. technologically
d. technologist

10. There is a wide range of _______ in the education system of the USA.
a. select
b. selective
c. selected
d. selection
11. _______ objective primary education is to provide students with basic knowledge of the country's
history, _______ geography and traditions.
a. The /
b. An / the
c. / a
d. The / the
12. _______ schooling is compulsory in Australia between _______ ages of six and seventeen.
a. The I
b. A / an
c. / the
d. The / ah
13. The functional skills such as fundamentals of agriculture, health and hygiene and population education
have also been incorporated in the primary school _______.
a. curriculum
b. project
c. plan
d. schedule
14. Regardless of whether schools belong to the government or are independent, they are _______ to
adhere to the same curriculum frameworks.
a. told
b. required
c. demanded
d. taken
15. In Scotland, students transfer from primary to secondary education at approximately age 12.
a. compound
b. base
c. change
d. move
16. He was so ill that he could not _______ his final examination and cancelled it to the next year.
a. make
b. do
c. take
d. gain
17. In Vietnamese schools, English, mathematics, and literature are three _______ subjects, which are
compulsory in many important national examinations.
a. core
b. part
c. center
d. middle
18. Although he has not got necessary experience, he used to take a _______ in business administration.
a. curriculum
b. course
c. school
d. class
19. Everything that _______ remained a secret.
a. overheard
b. had been overheard
c. had overheard
d. was overhearing
20. The refreshments _______ by Karen.
a. are going to be prepared
b. are going to prepare
c. are preparing
d. are to prepare
21. _______ by the police.
a. The stealing car has just been found
b. The stolen car has just been found
c. The stealing car has just found
d. The stolen car has just found.
22. _______ students required to wear uniforms at all times?
a. Are
b. Do
c. Did
d. Will
23. _______ to you yet?
a. Are the book been giving back
b. Was the book been given back
c. Has been the book given back
d. Has the book been given back
24. What he has done to me _______.
a. cannot forgiven
b. cannot be forgiven
c. cannot forgive
d. cannot be forgiving
25. The keys _______ somewhere.
a. must have been leaving
b. must have left
c. must be leaving
d. must have been left
26. Japanese _______ at the meeting.
a. will speak
b. will spoken
c. will be spoken
d. will be speaking
27. Although he tried his best, he could not make his voice _______.
a. hear
b. to hear
c. hearing
d. heard
28. I _______ in the lounge for ten minutes.
a. was told waiting
b. was told to wait
c. was telling to be waited
d. was told to be waited

29. These students _______ so much that they feel very tired and bored.
a. are made to study b. are made study
c. are making to study
d. ate made to be studied
30. They _______ time and money doing such a thing.
a. were advised not to waste
b. were advised not to be wasted
c. were advising not to waste
d. were advising not to be wasted
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
I. Conditional sentence: Type 1
1.
If the book (not be) . expensive, I'll buy it.
2.
I'll go out if it (not rain) .
3.
If that hat costs much, I (buy) . a small one.
4.
If I (make) that mistake again, my teacher (get) angry with
me.
5.
I will lend them some money if they (ask) . me.
6.
They (not/let) . you in if you (come) . late.
7.
If you (not go) . away, I (send) . for a policeman.
8.
What . we(do) if they do not come tomorrow?
9.
If she (come) . late again, she (lose) . her job.
10.
If you (not be) . so busy, I (show) . you how to play.
II. Conditional sentence: Type 2
1. 1. If I (play) . the lottery, I (have) . a chance to hit the jackpot.
2. If I (hit) . the jackpot, I (be) . rich.
3. If I (be) . rich, my life (change) . completely.
4. I (buy) . a lonely island, if I (find) . a nice one.
5. If I (own) . a lonely island, I (build) . a huge house by the beach.
6. But if my friends' holidays (be) . over, I (feel) . very lonely on my
lonely island.
7. If I (have) . more time, I (learn) .
to play the guitar.
8. If she (studied) . harder, she (get) .

better marks.

9. If we (know) . more about history, we (not be) .

afraid of the test.
10. It (surprise) . me if she (not help) .

you.

III. Conditional sentence: Type 3

1. If the midfielders (pass) . the ball more exactly, our team (have) .
more chances to attack.
2. If the forwards (run) . faster, they (score) . more goals.
3. Their motivation (improve) . if they (kick) . a goal during the first half.
4. The fullbacks (prevent) . one or the other goal if they (makr) .
their opponents.
5. If the goalie (jump) . up, he (catch) . the ball.
6. If the referee (see) . the foul, he (award) ... a penalty kick
to our team.
7. Our team (be) .. in better form if they (train) harder the weeks before.

8. The game (become) ... better if the trainer (send) . a

substitute in during the second half.
9. It (not surprise) ... me if he (not know) ..
the answer.
10. She (come) ... to our party if she (not be) ...
on holiday.

Unit 4: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM

TEST 2
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. expression
b. easily
c. depression
d. disruptive
2. a. algebra
b. musical
c. politics
d. apartment
3. a. mechanic
b. chemistry
c. cinema
d. finally
4. a. typical
b. favorite
c. division
d. organize
5. a. computer
b. establish
c. business
d. remember
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. The school library is open _______ all of the students and the teaching staff of the school.
a. for
b. over
c. to
d. among
7. I have just taken a Test of English as a Foreign Language or TOEFL _______ short.
a. of
b. in
c. on
d. for
8. He did not do well at school and left with few _______ qualifications.
a. academic
b. academy
c. academician
d. academically
9. The Minister of the Education and Training Department appeared on TV last night to _______ his new
policy.
a. public
b. publicly
c. publicize
d. publicizing
10. He owed his success not to privilege but to self-education and a driving desire for _______.
a. achieve
b. achiever
c. achievement
d. achievable
11. The college offers both _______ and professional qualifications.
a. government
b. experience
c. requirement
d. academic
12. Fee-paying schools, often called "independent schools", "private schools" or _______ schools"
a. college
b. primary
c. secondary
d. public
13. In the UK, _______ schools refer to government-funded schools which provide education free of charge
to pupils.
a. state
b. secondary
c. independent
d. primary
14. Mathematics, a required subject in all schools, is __ into many branches.
a. grouped
b. prepared
c. divided
d. added
15. Education has been developed in _______ with modern industry and the mass media.
a. compulsory
b. parallel
c. selected
d. following
16. School uniform is compulsory in most of Vietnamese schools.
a. depended
b. required
c. divided
d. paid
17. _______ music is _______ popular pastime at many schools.
a. / a
b. The / the
c. A / the
d. The /
18. To apply to _______ UK independent school, you'll need to have _______ good standard of education
from your own country
a. a / a
b. the / a
c. an / the
d. the / the
19. Education _____ to be the most important element to develop a country.
a. often be considered
b. can often consider
c. can often considered
d. can often be considered
20. The preparations _______ by the time the guests _______.
a. had been finished / arrived
b. have finished / arrived
c. had finished / were arriving
d. have been finished / were arrived
21. _______ in that company?
a. Do shoes make
b. Are shoes be made

c. Shoes are made

d. Are shoes made
22. Portuguese _______ as an official language in this city since three hundred years ago.
a. has always been spoken
b. has been spoken always
c. has always spoken
d. had always spoken
23. More than ten victims _______ missing in the storm last week.
a. are reported to be
b. are reported to have been
c. are reporting to have been
d. are reporting to be
24. _______ by your father?
a. Did that book write
b. Did that book written
c. Was that book written
d. Was that book be writing
25. Something _______ immediately to prevent teenagers from _______ in factories and mines.
a. should be done / being exploited
b. we should do / exploiting
c. should do I be exploited
d. should have done / exploited
26. This car _______.
a. was manufactured in Japan by Toyota last year
b. was manufactured by Toyota last year in Japan
c. was manufactured last year in Japan by Toyota
d. last year was manufactured by Toyota in Japan
27. Why _______ on time?
a. don't the exercises finish
b. weren't the exercises be finished
c. aren't the exercises being finished
d. aren't the exercises be finished
28. No longer _______ in our office since it _______.
a. have typewriters been used / computerized
b. typewriters have been used / was computerized
c. have typewriters been used / was computerized
d. typewriters have been used / computerized
29. When _______?
a. were computers used first
b. were computers first used
c. did computers first use
d. are computers first using
30. That machine is useless. It not been used for a long time
a. is
b. was
c. did
d. has

2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.

TEST 3
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. conference
b. lecturer
c. reference
d. researcher
a. powerful
b. interesting
c. exciting
d. difficult
a. memory
b. exactly
c. radio
d. management
a. requirement
b. condition
c. example
d. previous
a. library
b. entertain
c. understand
d. referee
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.
In England schooling is compulsory _______ all children from the age of 5 to 16.
a. with
b. for
c. to
d. over
In Vietnam a school year lasts for nine months and is divided _______ two terms.
a. into
b. to
c. from
d. on
To Vietnamese students, the _______ examination to university is very difficult.
a. require
b. requirement
c. requiring
d. required

9. Despite many recent _______ advances, there are parts where schools are not equipped with
computers.
a. technology
b. technological
c. technologically
d. technologist
10. There is a wide range of _______ in the education system of the USA.
a. select
b. selective
c. selected
d. selection
11. _______ objective primary education is to provide students with basic knowledge of the country's
history, _______ geography and traditions.
a. The /
b. An / the
c. / a
d. The / the
12. _______ schooling is compulsory in Australia between _______ ages of six and seventeen.
a. The I
b. A / an
c. / the
d. The / ah
13. The functional skills such as fundamentals of agriculture, health and hygiene and population education
have also been incorporated in the primary school _______.
a. curriculum
b. project
c. plan
d. schedule
14. Regardless of whether schools belong to the government or are independent, they are _______ to
adhere to the same curriculum frameworks.
a. told
b. required
c. demanded
d. taken
15. In Scotland, students transfer from primary to secondary education at approximately age 12.
a. compound
b. base
c. change
d. move
16. He was so ill that he could not _______ his final examination and cancelled it to the next year.
a. make
b. do
c. take
d. gain
17. In Vietnamese schools, English, mathematics, and literature are three _______ subjects, which are
compulsory in many important national examinations.
a. core
b. part
c. center
d. middle
18. Although he has not got necessary experience, he used to take a _______ in business administration.
a. curriculum
b. course
c. school
d. class
19. Everything that _______ remained a secret.
a. overheard
b. had been overheard
c. had overheard
d. was overhearing
20. The refreshments _______ by Karen.
a. are going to be prepared
b. are going to prepare
c. are preparing
d. are to prepare
21. _______ by the police.
a. The stealing car has just been found
b. The stolen car has just been found
c. The stealing car has just found
d. The stolen car has just found.
22. _______ students required to wear uniforms at all times?
a. Are
b. Do
c. Did
d. Will
23. _______ to you yet?
a. Are the book been giving back
b. Was the book been given back
c. Has been the book given back
d. Has the book been given back
24. What he has done to me _______.
a. cannot forgiven
b. cannot be forgiven
c. cannot forgive
d. cannot be forgiving
25. The keys _______ somewhere.
a. must have been leaving
b. must have left
c. must be leaving
d. must have been left
26. Japanese _______ at the meeting.
a. will speak
b. will spoken
c. will be spoken
d. will be speaking
27. Although he tried his best, he could not make his voice _______.
a. hear
b. to hear
c. hearing
d. heard

28. I _______ in the lounge for ten minutes.

a. was told waiting
b. was told to wait
c. was telling to be waited
d. was told to be waited
29. These students _______ so much that they feel very tired and bored.
a. are made to study
b. are made study
c. are making to study
d. ate made to be studied
30. They _______ time and money doing such a thing.
a. were advised not to waste
b. were advised not to be wasted
c. were advising not to waste
d. were advising not to be wasted
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
I. Conditional sentence: Type 1
11.
If the book (not be )isn't expensive, I'll buy it.
12.
I'll go out if it (not rain)doesn't rain.
13.
If that hat costs much, I (buy) will buy. a small one.
14.
If I (make) make.. that mistake again, my teacher (get) will get angry with me.
15.
I will lend them some money if they (ask) ask.. me.
16.
They (not/let) won't let you in if you (come) come late.
17.
If you (not go) don't go.. away, I (send) will send for a policeman.
18.
What will.we(do)do if they do not come tomorrow?
19.
If she (come) comes.. late again, she (lose) will loseher job.
20.
If you (not be) aren't. so busy, I (show) will show you how to play.
II. Conditional sentence: Type 2
1. 1. If I played the lottery, I would have a chance to hit the jackpot.
2. If I hit the jackpot, I would be rich.
3. If I were rich, my life would change completely.
4. I would buy a lonely island, if I found a nice one.
5. If I owned a lonely island, I would build a huge house by the beach.
6. But if my friends' holidays were over, I would feel very lonely on my lonely island.
7. If I had
more time, I would learn
to play the guitar.
8. If she studied
9. If we knew
10. It would surprise

harder, she would get

better marks.

more about history, we would not be

me if she did not help

afraid of the test.

you.

III. Conditional sentence: Type 3

1. If the midfielders had passed the ball more exactly, our team would have had more chances to attack.
2. If the forwards had run faster, they would have scored more goals.
3. Their motivation would have improved if they had kicked a goal during the first half.
4. The fullbacks would have prevented one or the other goal if they had marked their opponents.
5. If the goalie had jumped up, he would have caught the ball.
6. If the referee had seen the foul, he would have awarded a penalty kick to our team.
7. Our team would have been in better form if they had trained harder the weeks before.

8. The game would have become better if the trainer had sent a substitute in during the second half.
9. It would not surprise
me if he did not know
the answer.
10. She would have come

to our party if she had not been

on holiday.

Writing:
1. People say that prevention is better than cure.
It .
2. People suppose that Michael eats spiders.
Michael .
3. It is expected that the strike will end soon.
The strike .
4. The manager must sign the cheque.
The cheque
5. They havent seen their younger son for three weeks.
The younger son
6. They asked me some questions at the interview.
I .
7. Nobody told me about the meeting.
I wasnt .
8. Have you fed the chickens yet?
Have the chickens
9. They didnt give me the information I needed.
I .
10. I never hear him shout at the children.
He .
11. My parents made me learn harder for the final test.
I .
12. No one has used that door for 20 years.
That door .
13. They showed his photograph on television.
His photograph
14. I dont want people to make me a fool.
I dont want to
15. She dislikes people shouting at her.
She dislikes being

Writing:
16. People say that prevention is better than cure.
It .
17. People suppose that Michael eats spiders.
Michael .
18. It is expected that the strike will end soon.
The strike .
19. The manager must sign the cheque.
The cheque
20. They havent seen their younger son for three weeks.
The younger son
21. They asked me some questions at the interview.
I .
22. Nobody told me about the meeting.
I wasnt .
23. Have you fed the chickens yet?
Have the chickens
24. They didnt give me the information I needed.
I .
25. I never hear him shout at the children.
He .
26. My parents made me learn harder for the final test.
I .
27. No one has used that door for 20 years.
That door .
28. They showed his photograph on television.
His photograph
29. I dont want people to make me a fool.
I dont want to
30. She dislikes people shouting at her.
She dislikes being