PRACTICE TEST 12

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress 1.
A. precede B. ancient C. labour D. habit
2. A. particular B. competition C. ingredient D. spectator
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group.
3.a. apologize b. absorb c. arrive d. absence
4.a. combined b. collected c. divided d. corrected
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer
5. Please don't ________ a word of this to anyone else, it's highly confidential.
A. breathe B. speak C. pass D. mutter
6. During a economic _______, many people become unemployed and very few new jobs are available.
A depression B. prediction C. government D. disappointment
7. While my mother .................. a film on TV, my father was cooking dinner.
A. watched B. was watching C. had watched D. was watched
8. ............ Christmas Eve, people often have parties late at midnight. A. In B. On C. At D. From
9. He became one of the most ................ actors in Vietnam.
A. success B. successful C. successfully D. successive
10 - Your house looks so new and strange, doesn’t it? - Well, ............................
A. it’s being painted B. it’s painted C. it’s just been painted D. it was painted recently
11.Smoking cigarettes is................ in many public places. One must not smoke in those places.
A. allowed B. prohibited C. encouraged D. stopped
12.Peter decided not to ................ the examination. A. enter B. sit for C. take D. B and C
13. Governments have enacted laws to protect wildlife.......... commercial trade and over –hunting.
A. with B. by C. for D. from
14. The most common reason for extinction is ................ loss.
A. nutrition B. habitat C. environment D. human
15. Remember to ......................your shoes when you are in a Japanese house.
A. look up B. give up C. take off D. turn off
16. There’s plenty of time for you to make up your mind. You...................decide now.
A. must B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. might
17.There are no easy ways to learn a foreign language, ........?
A. aren’t there B. aren’t they C. are there D. are they
18.By September next year, I.........................in this school for ten years.
A. will be teaching B. will teach C. have taught D. will have been teaching
19.…………….high school, John attended a university in the city center.
A. To finish B. Having finished C. To have finished D. Having been finished
20. In the 22nd SEA Games, many ______ close to international levels were set.
A. marks B. digits C. grades D. records
21. Do you think there is still racial ……….in the world nowadays?
A. discriminate B. discriminating C. discrimination D. discriminative
22.He will do the work and the send you the __________ for it
A. addition B. sum C. note D. bill
23.Their washing machine was out of ____ so they couldn’t wash any clothes.
A. activity B. work C. order D. condition
24. Many citizens urged their government to take measures to cut ____ their carbon emission to reduce greenhouse effects.
A. off B. up C. out D. down
25.We’d better insure the house…………..fire.
A. in case of B. as a result of C. in addition to D. because of
26.The smartly-dressed gentleman…………to you has left for Hue.
A. who speak B. speaking C. to speak D. that you spoke to him
27. Parents __________ children are in college are working longer hours to pay their tuition.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that
28.I don’t understand what this means. Can you explain it………me?A. to B. for C. with D. at
29.She isn’t……….well with the new manager. A. getting on B. going on C. keeping on D. taking on
30.……………the whole, I’m in favor of the idea. A. In B. Upon C. By D. On
Rewrite the sentences so that they have the nearest meaning to the given ones
31.'You broke my glasses,' said the woman to me.
a. The woman insisted on breaking her glasses. b. The woman advised me to break her glasses.
c. The woman told me to break her glasses. d. The woman blamed me for having broken her glasses.
32: I should have studied last night, but I was too tired.
A. I couldn't study last night because I was very tired. B. I studied last night because I had to.
C. I studied last night because I was bored. D. I tried to study last night, but the homework was too hard.
33: Scarcely had she arrived home when the quake happened.
A. As soon as the quake took place, she arrived home. B. The quake took place before she arrived home.
C. Hardly the quake happened when she arrived home. D. No sooner had she arrived home than the quake happened.
34.That library book must be returned within one week.
a. The book was brought back last week. b. The book should have been returned a week ago.
c. The book hl1S already been borrowed for a week. d. The book can't be kept longer than a week..
35. My father likes reading newspapers more than watching TV.
A. My father doesn’t like watching TV as much as reading newspapers.
B. My father likes watching TV more than reading newspapers
C. My father doesn’t like reading newspapers as much as watching TV.
D. My father likes watching TV as much as reading newspapers.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 36.My mother takes the responsibility for running the household chores.
A. managing B. looking C. mending D. preparing
Question 37:.Disease, pollution , and limited distribution are more factors that threaten various plant and
animal species.
A. extinction B.destruction C.damage D.contamination
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 38:. Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
A. destruction B. damage C. pollution D. disappearance
Question 39:.I clearly remember talking to him in a chance meeting last summer.
A.   unplanned            B.   deliberate             C.   accidental             D. unintentional
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer
One Saturday morning, a nine-year-old American girl and her Japanese mother visited an aquarium in New
York City. The little girl was fascinated by all the fish swimming in the aquarium tanks. She visited the aquarium
many times after that and learned everything she could about the ocean creatures that inhabited it.
That little girl was Eugenie Clark, and her first visit to the aquarium occurred over 75 years ago. She grew
up to become the “Shark Lady,” famous for her knowledge of sharks. Clark’s knowledge came from her
observations of sharks in the ocean where they lived naturally. She learned how to scuba dive so she didn’t have
to watch them in an aquarium tank. In the ocean, she could swim right next to them or even ride them. Once, she
rode a 12-meter whale shark.
Clark not only swam with fish, she also went to college to learn more about them. In 1940, it was unusual
for a woman to get a doctorate degree in natural science. But she had a great passion for her work, and she didn’t
let anything stop her.
Clark has dedicated her life to studying, writing, and teaching about fish, especially shark. Even now in her
eighties, she continues to dive to learn more about the 370 species of sharks. One of her favorite sharks is the
lemon shark, which is a good student and can be trained. Humans are not the only one to learn from Eugenie
Clark.
Question 40. What is this passage mainly about?
A. A kind of fish B. Diving C. Aquariums D. A shark expert
Question 41. How many species of sharks are there?
A. 12 B. About 370 C. Over 75 D. Nobody knows
Question 42. Eugenie Clark did all of the following to learn about sharks except that _______.
A. She observed them in the ocean. B. She studied them in college.
C. She swam next to them. D. She laughed at them.
Question 43. What is true about the lemon shark?
A. It looks like a whale B. It’s 12 meters long C. It learns well D. It is yellow
Question 44. In line 3, the ocean creatures that inhabited it, what does the word “it” refer to?
A. The ocean B. New York City C. The aquarium D. Japan
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