PRACTICE TEST 1 QUESTIONS 1-3: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet 1. A. resume B. statistics C. position D. designer 2. A. helps B. laughs C. likes D. arrives 3. A. filled B. missed C. ploughed D. watched QUESTIONS 4-5: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the word whose main stress is on the syllable in the position which is different from that of the others. Identify your choice by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet 4. A. teacher B. village C. police D. worker 5. A. discuss B. attract C. suppose D. visit Questions 6 - 25: These are incomplete sentences. Choose A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence and then identify your answer by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. 6.The conical leaf hat is made ………. a special kind ………. bamboo and young and soft palm leaves. A. in/ for B. of/ of C. on/ for D. from/ of 7. Few Asian students agreed ………. the American students' view that wives and husbands should share all thoughts. A. to B. on C. for D. with 8. The wedding day was ………. chosen by the parents of the groom. A. careless B. careful C. carelessly D. carefully 9. Peter usually helps his mother with ……… A. housework B. homework C. chores D. household 10. ………. at someone is considered as rude. A. Looking B. Waving C. Greeting D. Pointing 11. He went to the cinema he had done his homework. A. before B. until C. by the time D. after 12. ………. ten minutes earlier, you would have got a better seat. A. Had you arrived B. If you hadn't arrived C. Were you arrived D. If you arrived 13. The conical leaf hat is one of the typical features of the Vietnamese A. education B. culture C. society D. language 14. ………. I moved in my new apartment, my neighbours have come to my house twice. A. Because B. Since C. When D. After 15. To Americans, it is impolite to ask someone about age, ………. and salary. A. marry B. married C. marriage D. marrying 16. The ………. way to apologize is to say "I'm sorry." A. most simple B. simplest C. more simple D. simpler 17. A: "Would you like to go to the cinema with me tonight? B: "Let me ask my parents for ………. permission. A. a B. an C. the D. no article 18. When we came to their house, they ………. chess. A. were playing B. are playing C. played D. have been playing 19. Since I wanted to get the bill, I tried to attract the waiter's ………. A. attention B. agreement C. assistance D. eyes 20. They are a close-knit family and very ………. of one another. A. supportive B. support C. supported D. supporting 21. Compulsory education in Vietnam starts at the …. level. A. kindergarten B. lower secondary C. upper secondary D. primary 22. State schools are schools ………. all children can attend without paying tuition fees. A. which B. from which C. to which D. in which 23. Primary education is a stage of study ………. children aged from 5 to 11 years old. A. to B. for C. in D. with 24. The National Curriculum ………. by the government. A. will set B. set C. is getting D. is set 25. The school year in Vietnam ………. divided into two terms. A. was B. are C. is D. is being QUESTIONS 26 - 33: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each space. Identify your choice by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet Although most families in the United States enjoy a high living standard, many American women have to work (26) ………. at home and in their offices. Despite their husbands' (27) ………. of the housework, women have to do (28) ………. of the housekeeping tasks. In single-parent families, the mothers may not have (29) ………. children to take care of, but they have to (30) ………. their families alone and have to provide for all the (31) ………. money. Therefore, the (32) ………. mothers have to work very hard to earn their living. Moreover, in spite of the fact that the single mothers have all the (33) ………. conveniences at their homes, they find that bringing up their teenage children alone is not easy. 26. A. hardly B. hard C. fast D. equally 27. A. share 28. A. best 29. A. few 30. A. raise 31. A. homecoming 32. A. dependent 33. A. expensive B. need B. most B. much B. earn for B. house warming B. lonely B. saving C. refusal C. fewest C. many C. keep C. household C. alone C. comfortable D. responsibility D. least D. some D. nurse D. housekeeping D. single D. modem QUESTIONS 34 - 38: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by circling letter A, B, C or D as the correct answers and then mark your choice on the answer sheet. Like schools in Britain and other English speaking countries, those in the U.S have also always stressed "character" or "social" skills through extracurricular activities, including organised sports. Because most schools start at around 8 o'clock every morning and classes often do not finish until 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon, such activities mean that many students do not return home until the early evening. There is usually a very broad range of extracurricular activities available. Most schools, for instance, publish their own student newspapers, and some have their own radio stations. Almost all have student orchestras, bands, and choirs. Many different sports are also available and most schools share their facilities - swimming pools, tennis courts, tracks, and stadiums - with the public. Often the students themselves organize and support school activities and raise money through car washes, baby-sitting, or by mowing lawns. Parents and local business often also help a group that, for example, has a chance to go to a state music competition, to compete in some sports championship, or take a camping trip. Such activities not only give pupils a chance to be together outside of normal classes, they also help develop a feeling of "school spirit" among the students and in the community. 34. How many hours do the children stay at school a day? A. eight B. five C six D. four 35. Which extracurricular school activities are not mentioned? A. writing newspapers B. singing in a choir C. helping old people D. working in a radio station 36. Which sports facilities are not mentioned in the text? A. swimming pools B. tennis courts C. golf course D. stadiums 37. What do the students do to support school activities? A. look after a baby B. repair cars C. sell lawn movers D. sell newspapers 38. Which activities are not helped by parents and local business? A. performing at a state music competition B. working in a TV station C. playing in a sport competition D. having a camping trip QUESTIONS 39 - 42: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the sentence which has the same meaning as the original one and mark your choice on the answer sheet 39. I / often share my secrets with my sister. A. It is my sister which I often share secrets with. B. It is my sister that I often share secrets with. C. It is my sister whose I often share secrets with. D. It is my sister with whom I often share secrets. 40. My mother is very busy at work but she takes good care of her children. A. In spite of being busy at work, my mother takes good care of her children. B. My mother takes good care of her children but she is very busy at work. C. Though my mother was very busy at work my mother took good care of her children. D. Although my mother was very busy at work she did not take good care of her children. 41. "You 'd better think carefully before applying for that job." she said to me. A. She said me to think carefully before applying for that job. B. She say me to think carefully before applying for that job. C. She advise me to think carefully before applying for that job. D. She advised me to think carefully before applying for that job. 42. Anne started studying non-verbal forms of communication three years ago. A. Anne has studying non-verbal forms of communication for three years. B. Anne has study non-verbal forms of communication for three years. C. Anne has been studying non-verbal forms of communication for three years. D. Anne has been studying non-verbal forms of communication since three years. QUESTIONS 43 - 50: In these sentences, each one has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one word or phrase which must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct by circling letter A, B, C or D and then mark your choice on the answer sheet. 43. The British are generally less will to talk about personal matters. 44. Many people may work long hours and have little time for an social life. 45. Some people become close friends with people he work with. 46. They have translated Nguyen Du's novel "Kieu" into several language. 47. They sold computers commercial for the first time in the 1950s. 48. People use computer to forecast the weather or to control robots. 49. They could publish his new English - Vietnamese dictionary next month. 50. A new school for disabled children will be build here next month. . alone is not easy. 26 . A. hardly B. hard C. fast D. equally 27 . A. share 28 . A. best 29 . A. few 30. A. raise 31. A. homecoming 32. A. dependent 33 primary 22 . State schools are schools ………. all children can attend without paying tuition fees. A. which B. from which C. to which D. in which 23 . Primary