PRACTICE TEST 5 A. PHONETICS AND VOCABULARY I. Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently form the others in each group 1. A.slice B.knight C.recipe D.quiet 2. A.steam B.death C.meat D.leap 3. A.proud B.group C.soup D.route 4. A.behave B.cave C.save D.cavity 5. A.deposit B.semester C.decide D.seaside II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the rest. 6. A.financial B.diploma C.educate D.admission 7. A.procedure B.nursery C.assignment D.consider 8. A.photography B.community C.security D.independent 9. A.generation B.celebration C.minority D.electronics 10. A.estimate B.delicious C.stimulate D.finally III. Choose the word which best fits each gap of the sentence. 11. Students in the UK must take a course of two years for the General certificate of Education Advanced level as a(n) for tertiary study. A.demand B.requirement C.alternative D.core 12. Only those who achieve high at the GCSE examination are able to do the A level course. A.scores B. remarks C. levels D.grades 13. All to courses at tertiary institutions are made through UCAS, and should be received by UCAS (the University and College Administration Service) A.applications B.contestants C. competitors D.candidates 14. There will be fewer vacant places left at the universities, so choice will be limited. A.sriously B.serverely C.heavily D.intensively 15. UCAS the details of each application on computer and sends a copy of the form to each university listed on it. A.restores B.reminds C.records D.remembers 16. Each university considers the application before making a decision on the of a place. A.offer B.invitation C.promise D.apply 17. According to some educators, the of teaching is to help students learn what they need to know to live a well-adjucted and sucessful life. A.destination B.goal C.requirement D.value 18. In the USA, official high school must be sent to the institution’s admissions offices. A.transcripts B.postscript C.script D.tapescript 19. In Vietnam, application forms for the National Entrance Examinations must be before the deadline, often in April. A.issued B.signed C.filled D.submitted 20. Points will be added to the Entrance Examination scores for those who hold an exellent high school . A.certificate B.diploma C.qualification D.dergee B. GRAMMAR: Choose the best answer. 21. If someone into the store, smile and say, “May I help you?” A.will comes B.comes C.came D.would come 22. If working for an accounting firm, I in a bank. A.weren’t/ would be working B.am not be/ be working C.will not be/ would be working D.did not/ were working 23. The world a better place if we had known a hundred years ago what we know today about the earth’s environment A.should be B. was C.might be D.will be 1 24. Do you think there less conflict in the world if all people the same language. A.will be/ spoke B.would be/ speak C.will be/ speak D.would be/ spoke 25. I didn’t know you were asleep. Otherwise, I so much noise when I came in. A.don’t make B.wouldn’t have madeC.didn’t D.won’t make 26. If you to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now. A.will listen B.listened C.listen D.had listened 27. If the lecturer last night Dr. Mason, I would have listened carefully. A.were B.would be C. was D. had been 28. Because Rachel did so poorly on the exam, she wishes that she harder last night. A.studied B.has studied C.had studied D.would study 29. Mrs.Wood always talks to her pupils as though they adults. A.are B.were C.would be D.have been 30. Had you told me that tis wea going to happen, I it. A.didn’t believe B.won’t believe C.hadn’t believed D.would neverhave believed 31. Unless you all of my questions, I can’t do anything to help you. A.answer B.will anwer C.would answer D.anwered 32. I am really tired today. I wish I Bob to the airport late last night. A.didn’t have to take B.were not taking C.didn’t take D.hadn’t had to take 33. Their friendship lasted three years. If he less mean, she him. A.is/ won’t leave B.was/ wouldn’t leave C.had been/ wouldn’t have left D.were/ wouldn’t leave 34. I wish I you some money for your rent, but I’m broke myself. A.can lend B.could lend C.will lend D.would lend 35. It has been a long drought. It hasn’t rained for over a month. If it , a lot of crops . A.hasn’t rained/ would die B.won’t rain/ die C.doesn’t rain/ will die D.didn’t rain/ would die 36. If you boil water, it into the atmosphere as vapour. A.will disappear B.would disappear C.disappears D.A and C are correct 37. I William with me if I had known you and he didn’t get along well with each other. A.won’t bring B.wouldn’t have brought C.didn’t bring D.hadn’t brought 38. I’ll get the tickets to the concert provided that still some availabe. A.there were B.there is C.there are D.there will be 39. If television had been invented in the 18 th century, George Washington regularly on the evening news. A.would be interviewd B. would have been interviewed C.had been interviewed D.was interviewed 40. Ed in serious financial problems if he had listened to some of his friends. A.wouldn’t be B. wouldn’t been C.wouldn’t have been D.hadn’t been C. READING I. Read the passage and choose the best answer. COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY A. Life on US college campuses is always changing. One change these days is that there are more foreign students than ever before, especially in certain maijors and graduate schools. There are almost half a million foreign sutdents in colleges and universities in United States. Most of these students are studying business and management. Almost as many are maijoring in engineering. Other practical courses – mathematics, computer science, and some life sciences ( such as biology) are also popular maijors. Not many foreigner students are maijoring in the humanity ( literrure, art, drama, philosophy, etc.) or the social sciences (anthropology), psychology, and so on, probably because they don’t believe these fields offer the best job opportunities. 2 B. For many years in the United States, most undergraduate students (in their first four years of college) were 18 years old. They attended college full time, lived in a dormitory on campus, and expected many “extras” from their colleges, not just classes. But things began to change in the 1970s and are very different now. Today, these “traditional” students are less than one-quarter (1/4) of all college students. These days the traditional students are maijority; they are different from traditional undergraduates in several ways. They are older. Many attend college part-time because they have families and jobs. Most live off campus, not in dorms. These traditional students don’t want the extras that colleges usually offer. They aren’t interested in the sports, entertainment, religious groups, and museaums that are part of most U.S.colllleges. They want mainly good- quality classes, day or night, at a low cost. They also hope for easy parking, short resgistration lines, and polite service. Both time and money are important to them. C. Psychological tests reflect different learning styles in this new student population, too. Each person has a certain learning style, and about 60% of the new students these days prefer a sensing style. This means that they are very practical. They prefer a practice-to-theory method of learning – experience first and idea after that. They often have difficulty with reading anf writing and are unsure of themselves. Moat of these students are attending colleges because they want to have a good job and make a lot of money. D. In another way, also, students these days are different from students in the past. In the 1960s and 1970s, many s tudents demonstrated against the government and hoped to make big changes in society. In the 1980s, most students were interested only in their studies and future jobs. Today, students seem to be a combination of the two. They want to make good money when they graduate, but they are also interested in helping society. Many students today are volunteering in the community. They are working to help people, without payment. For example, they tutor (teach privately) children in trouble, or they work with organizations for homeless people. In these ways, they hope to make changes in society. 41. Nowadays, few foreign students are maijoring in literaure, philosophy or psychology because . A.these fields are not very popular B.they don’t hope they can get good jobs in the future C.they are practical courses D.they want classes at a low cost 42. These days, most traditional students . A.are studying business and management B.attend college part-time C.are not interested in extras D.live off campus 43. Nontraditional students are interested in . A.living in a dormitory B. extras that colleges offer C.atteding college full-time D.good-quality classes, at a low cost 44. In paragraph C, most of new students . A.prefer new methods of learning B.like reading and writing C.want a good job and make a lot of money D.have a different style of learning 45. Many students today are volunteering in the community because they want . A.to change society B.to work in group C.to get experience D.to get good money II. Read the passage and then fill in each blank with the best completion. A. In Part Three of the Speaking Section you work together with a partner. You have to do a(n) (46) task which usually (47) about 3 minutes. One possible task is “promlem” (48), which means you have to look at some (49) information and then (50) the problem with your parter. You may be shown photos, drawings, diagrams, maps, plans, advertisements of computer and graphics and it is (51) that you study them carefully. If necessary, check you know exactly what to do by (52) asking the examiner to (53) the instructions or make them clearer. B. While you are doing the task, the examiner will probably say very (54) and you should ask your partner questions and make (55) if he or she is not saying much. If either of you has any real difficulties, the examoner may decide to step in and (56) . Normally, however, you will find plenty to say, which hepls the (57) to give you a fair mark. This mark depends on your success in doing the task by (58) with your partner, which includes taking (59) in giving opinions and replying apropriately, although in the end it may be possible to “agree or not (60)”. 46. A.single B.lonely C.unique D.once 47. A.exists B.lasts C.stays D.maintains 3 48. A.solving B.working C.making D.finding 49. A.optical B.obvious C.noticeable D.sisual 50. A.argue B.discuss C.talk D.have 51. A.essential B.needed C.helpful D.successful 52. A.formally B.officially C.politely D.sincerely 53. A.insist B.copy C.tell D.repeat 54. A.little B.much C.few D.many 55. A.ideas B.statements C.speeches D.suggestions 56. A.complain B.help C.suggest D.fail 57. A.judge B.refree C.assessor D.observer 58. A.competing B.strugling C.opposing D.co-operating 59. A.changes B.sides C.turns D.sentences 60. A.contrast B.disagree C.argue D.object D. ERROR IDENTIFICATION: Identify the error in each sentnence. 61. Higher education including teaching, research and social services activities of universities. A B C D 62. Higher general education might be contrast with higher vocational education, which concentrate on A B C both practice and theory. D 63. Socio-linguistic is his favourite subject at the university. A B C D 64. Higher general education and training generally took place in a university or college. A B C D 65. Before I went to drama school, I had to resist quite a lot of family pressure for me to study medical. A B C D 66. Was I interested in that subject, I would try to learn more about it. A B C D 67. If I had had the same problems you had as a chlid, I migh not succeed in life as well as you have. A B C D 68. If you fail the GCSE examination, you will not allowed to take the entrance examination to the A B C D university. 69. Correspondance course is a course of study that you do at home, using books and exercises send to A B C D you by post or e-mail. 70. The full portfolio of courses run by the university including undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, A B C adult education, distance and online learning. D THE END 4 . C.tell D.repeat 54 . A.little B.much C.few D.many 55 . A.ideas B.statements C.speeches D.suggestions 56 . A.complain B.help C.suggest D.fail 57 . A.judge B.refree. D.sisual 50 . A.argue B.discuss C.talk D.have 51 . A.essential B.needed C.helpful D.successful 52 . A.formally B.officially C.politely D.sincerely 53 . A.insist