PRACTICE TEST 5

Mark 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.
1. A.strategy B. gender C. invest D. effective
2. A.devotion B. information C. hesitation D. suggestion
Mark 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.
3. A. solar B. cycle C. approach D. costly
4. A. diversity B. biography C. curriculum D. intervention
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
5. Look! The yard is wet. It..last night.
A. had to rain B. ought to rain C. must have rained D. should have rained
6. In the early 1900s, Albert Einstein showed, under special circumstances, .matter and
energy can be converted into one another.
A. in which B. that C. what D. there are
7. The more you study during the semester, the week before exams.
A. the less you have to study B. you have to study the less
C. the least you have to study D. the study less you have
8. My mother .strawberries for years but she has never had such a good crop before.
A. is growing B. has been growing C. grew D. had grown
9. All her hard work paid..in the end and shes now very successful.
A. up B. out C. off D. back
10. The nationalof the Philippines is Christianity.
A.culture B. nationality C. religion D. tradition
11. The driverhis greatest ambition by winning the Grand Prix.
A. obtained B. confirmed C. realized D. completed
12. The construction of the new road is..winning the support of local residents.
A. thanks to B. prior to C. dependent on D. responsible to
13. Experiments related to the sense of smell are more easily.........than those related to perception
of color.
A. carried on B. dealt with C. put up D. set up
14. Language, culture and personality may be considered independently of each other in though,
but they are ..in fact.
A. separating B. separated C. separable D. inseparable
15. Insolence often leads to an unhappy situation, especially in the classroom, because it trust.
A. bursts into B. breaks down C. gives away D. calls off
16. Anne was taken .when the doorbell rang, as she wasnt expecting anyone.
A.by chance B. by accident C. by mistake D. by surprise
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the
following exchanges.
17. Hi, Mark. Sorry Im a bit late. You havent been here long, havent you?
.
A. Thats news to me. B. Since 7 oclock, actually.
C. Im on the way now. D. Ill be there in an hour.
 18. Interviewer:
Interviewee: Thank you.
A.Sit yourself, OK? B. Be seated, please.
C. Seat down, will you? D. Please take a sit.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
19. It turns out that some fossils can be extracted from these sediments by putting the rocks in an
acid bath.
A. removed B. resulted C. differed D. produced
20. I knew exactly what he wanted me to do: he didnt need to spell it out for me.
A. tell me how to write it down. B. help me to do.
C. explain it any further. D. plan my life for me.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
21. I dont know why you get so upset about something that is utterly trivial. Dont make a
mountain out of a molehill.
A. terrible B. significant C. strange D. successful
22. The reporter insisted that the letter he used was authentic. He said that he had shown it to
many experts before he used it in his story.
A. genuine, or real B. unreliable, or fake C. full of facts D. very long-established
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
23. The Red River, so named because of the red-colored sediment it carries, it is one of the main
branches of the Mississippi.
24. A number of large insurance companies has their headquarters in the capital city.
25. A lot of athletic and non-athletic extracurricular activitives are available in Vietnamese high-
schools, either public and private.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

The capacity humans have to transfer concepts, ideas and notions through speech and writing is
unrivaled in known species. Unlike the call systems of other primates that are closed, human
language is (26)open, and gains variety in different situations. The human language
has the quality of displacement, using words to represent things and happenings (27)..are
not presently or locally occurring, but elsewhere or at a different time. In this way data networks are
important to the continuing (28)of language.
The faculty of speech is a defining feature of humnity, possibly predating phylogenetic separation of
the modern population. Language is central to the communication between humans, as well as being
central to the sense of identity that (29).nations, cultures and ethnic groups. The invention
of writing systems at least 5000 years ago allowed the preservation of language on material objects,
and was a (30)step in cultural evolution. The science of linguistics describes the
structure of language and the relationship between languages. There are approximately 6000different
languages currently in use, including sign languages, and many thousands more that are considered
extinct.
26. A. very much B. little more C. more than D. far more
27. A.that B. what C. when D. where
 28. A. progress B. achievement C. development D. advance
29. A. links B. unites C. connects D. liberates
30. A. major B. main C. central D. leading
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions.

On average, American kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than they
did in 1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized
activities as soccer and ballet. Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to
1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log half that time. All in
all, however, childrens leisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25 %.
Children are affected by the same time crunch that affects their parents, says Sandra Hofferth, who
headed the recent study of childrens timetable. A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are
working outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both double-income and made breadwinner
households spent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents, 19hours and 22 hours
respectively. In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mother.)
All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. Play is the most powerful way a
child explores the world and learns about himself, says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard
Medical School. Untructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to
negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spend only 12 hours a week
engaging in it.
The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing free time watching television. But
that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might regard as good news. If they are
spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids arent replacing it with reading. Despite
efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading. Lets
face it, whos got the time?
(Source: gzyy.cooco.net.cn/testdetail/171581)
31. The author is concerned about the fact that American kids are.
A.involved less and less in household work.
B. spending more and more time watching TV.
C.engaged in more and more organized activities.
D. increasingly cared for by their working mothers.
32. What does Sandra Hofferth mean by mentioning the same time crunch?
A.Children have little time to play with their parents.
B. Both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure time.
C. Both parents and children have trouble managing their time.
D. Children are not taken good care of by their working parents.
33. According to the author, the reason given by Sandra Hofferth for the time crunch is..
A. quite convincing B. partially true
C. rather confusing D. totally groundless
34. According to the author, a child develops better if he / she..
A. has plenty of time reading and studying.
B. is free time to interact with his/ her working parents.
C. is left to play with his/ her peers in his/ her own way.
D.has more time taking part in school activities.
35. The word Untructured in the passage probably means..
 A. invaluable B. impractical C. not costly D. not organized
36. The word they in the passage refers to
A. parents B. kids C. efforts D. books
37. We can infer from the passage that
A.most parents believe reading to be of benefit to children.
B. efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitful.
C.most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched off.
D. organized activities improve childrens intelligence.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions.

The principal difference between urban growth in Europe and in the North American colonies was
the slow evolution of cities in the former and their rapid growth in the latter. In Europe they grew
over a period of centuries from town economies to their present urban structure. In North America,
they started as wilderness communities and developed to mature urbanism in little more than a
century.
In the early colonial days in North America, small cities sprang up along the Atlantic Coastline,
mostly in what are now New England and the Middle Atlantic states in the United States and in the
lower Saint Lawrence valley in Canada. This was natural because these areas were nearest to
England and France, particularly England, from which most capital goods (assets such as equipment)
and many consumer goods were imported. Merchandizing establishments were, accordingly,
advantageously located in port cities from which goods could be readily distributed to interior
settlement. Here, too, were the favoured locations for processing raw materials prior to export.
Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Montreal, and other cities flourished, and as the colonies grew,
these cities increased in importance.
This was less true in the colonial South, where life centered around large farms, known as
plantations, rather than around towns, as was the case in the areas further north along the Atlantic
coastline. The local isolation and the economic self-sufficiency of the plantations were antagonistic
to the development of the towns. The plantations maintained their independence because they were
located on navigable streams and each had a wharf accesible to the small shipping of that day. In
fact, one of the strongest factors in the selection of plantation land was the desire to have it in front
on a water highway.
When the United States became an independent nation in 1776, it did not have a single city as large
as 50.000 habitants, but by 1820 it had a city of more than 100.000people, and by 1880 it had a
recorded city of over one million. It wa not until after 1823, after the mechnization of the spinning
and weaving industries, that cities started drawing young people from farms. Such migration was
particularly rapid following the Civil War (1861-1865).
(Source: TEFL Reading)
38. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Factors that slowed the growth of cities in Europe.
B. The evolution of cities in North America.
C. Trade between North American and European cities.
D. The effects of the United States independence on urban growth in New England.
39. The word accordingly in the passage is closest in meaning to
A.as usual B. in contrast C. to some degree D. for that reason
 40. According to the passage, early colonial cities were established along the Atlantic coastline of
North America due to..
A.an abundance of natural resources B. financial support from colonial government
C. proximity to parts of Europe D. a favourable climate
41. Which of the following did the Atlantic coastline cities prepare for shipment to Europe during
colonial times?
A.manufacturing equipment B. capital goods
C. consumer goods D. raw materials
42. According to the passage, all of the following aspects of the plantation system influenced the
growth of southern cities EXCEPT the.
A. location of the plantations
B. access of plantation owners to shipping
C. relationships between plantation residents and city residents
D.economic self-sufficiency of the plantations
43. It can be inferred from the passage that, in comparison with northern cities, most southern
cities were..
A. more prosperous B. smaller C. less self-sufficient D. stronger
44. The word recorded in the passage is closest in meaning to.
A. imagined B. discovered C. documented D. planned
45. The passage mentions the period following the Civil War (in the last sentence) because it was
a time of
A. significant obstacles to industrial growth
B. decreased dependence on foreign trade
C. increased numbers of people leaving employment on farms
D. increased migration from northern states to southern states

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the
following questions.
46. Tom should have known better than to ask Dick to help him.
A. It was wise of Tom to ask Dick to help him.
B. Tom asked Dick to help him because he was better than anyone else.
C. Tom should have asked Dick to help him.
D. Tom asked Dick to help him, but it was foolish of him to do so.
47. For a cold, doctors often recommend that you rest and drink lots of fluids.
A. The doctors recommend that you have cold soft drinks.
B. Doctors would rather give advice about colds than about fluids.
C. Rest and liquids are frequently advised for treatment of colds.
D. You were told to come in out of the cold and rest.
48. You shouldnt sit up until you feel better, the doctor said to me.
A.The doctor ordered me to sit up if I wanted to feel better.
B. The doctor advised me not to sit up until I felt better.
C.The doctor told me that if I wanted to feel better, I should sit up.
D.The doctor suggested I should sit up until I felt better.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences
in the following questions.

49. I didnt know that you were at home, I didnt drop in.
A. I didnt know you were at home although I didnt drop in.
B. Not knowing that you were at home, I didnt drop in.
C.If I knew that you were at home, I would drop in.
D.Not knowing that you were at home, but I still dropped in.
50. We spray pesticides and fertilizers on our crops. Some pesticides and fertilizers are found
dangerous.
A. We spray pesticides and fertilizers, which are found dangerous, on our crops.
B. The pesticides and fertilizers wer spray on our crops are to be found dangerous.
C. We spray pesticides and fertilizers on our crops, which is found dangerous.
D. Some of the pesticides and fertilizers we spray on our crops are found dangerous.

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