PRACTICE TEST 1

I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words
1. A .feather B .leather C. feature D. measure
2. A. geology B .psychology C. classify D. photography
3. A .idiom B .ideal C. item D. identical
4. A .smoker B. comic C. focus D. hostess
5. A. stored B. ploughed C. laughed D. smiled
II. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete sentences.
6. A. comedy  B. col’lection  C. ‘comical D. calculate
7. A. ambitious B. memorial  C. ‘memory  D. me’chanic
8. A. re’move B. cancel  C. ‘copy  D. answer 
9. A. Japanese B. engineer C. ‘practical  D. question’naire
10. A. delicious   B. per’mission               C. resort                       D. ‘wonderful
III. Supply the correct form of the words.
11. That company has 2000 employees (employ)
12. I don’t know why they call him a liar (lie)
13. The old hotel we used to stay at has been modernized (modern)
14. Conservationists believe that we should preserve the tropical rainforests. ( tropic)
15. The little village is very quiet and peaceful.at night. (peace)
16. Women nowadays have more .......freedom.........to participate in social activities (free)
17. The ....arrival......of the new guest caused trouble to my aunt. (arrive)
18. She cut herself and it's ..bleeding.....quite badly. (blood)
19. His parents are very .....proud..of .him (pride)
20. Every week, there are two ...flights........from Ha Noi to Nha Trang. (fly)
IV. Choose the best option.
21. There was hardly ……money left in my bank account. A. more B. no C. some D. any
22. You are ….who noticed. A. the single B. the only C. only one D. the only one
23. Their house is ….. near the Cathedral . A. whereabouts B. anywhere C. somewhere D. anyplace
24. The reason I left is ….I was bored. A. why B. that C. while D. for
25. I will go on holiday …..I can. A. as soon as B. as C. until D. how
26. I am sorry I ……your party. I was away at the time. A. lost B. failed C. told D. missed
27. Your room is a mess! ….it up at once. A. Arrange B. Make C. Tidy D. Do
28. Nam’s brother does not work as a teacher, and she doesn’t …..A. either B. neither C. so D. too
29. He was offered the job ………….his qualifications were poor A. although B. in spite of C. because of D. because
30. It’s no use …………. a language if you don’t try to speak it A. learn B. to learn C. learnt D. learning
31. Prevention is better than ............... A. treatment B. pills C. cure D. doctors
32. This device shows a similarity ............the one I have. A. of B. from C. to D. on
33. Have you had much experience ...............computers? A. with B. for C. in D. about
34. There is a possibility .............rain tomorrow. A. for B. of C. in D. with
35. Poverty and poor health often go hand ...........hand. A. in B. for C. on D. into

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VI. Give the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets.
Mary (56. have) ……had…….to go to New York last week, but she almost (57. miss) missed……… the plane. She
(58. stand) …was standing……in the queue at the check-in desk when she suddenly (59. realize) …realized.. that she
(60. leave) …had lefy….her passport at home. Fortunately, she ( 61.not/ live)…doesn’t live.. very far from the airport
so she (62. have)…had…..time to go home to get the passport. She (63. get) …got……. back to the airport just in
time for her flight.
VII. Read the passage below and choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D.
Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.
As computers have become powerful tools for the rapid and economic production of pictures, computer
graphics has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing fields in computer science. It is used routinely in such
diverse areas as business, industry, art, government, education, research, training, and medicine.
One of the initial uses of computer graphics, and ultimately its greatest use, has been as an aid to design,
generally to referred to as computer-aided design (CAD). One of its greatest advantages is that designers can see
how an object will look after construction and make changes freely and much more quickly than with hand drafting.
For three-dimensional rendering of machine parts, engineers now rely heavily on CAD. Automobile, spacecraft,
aerospace, and ship designers use CAD techniques to design vehicles and test their performance. Building designs are
also created with computer graphics system. Architects can design a building layout, create a three-dimensional
model, and even go for a simulated ‘walk’ through the rooms or around the outside of the building.
Business graphics is another rapidly growing area of computer graphics, where it is used to create graphs,
charts, and cost models to summarize financial, statistical, mathematical, scientific, and economic data. As an
educational aid, computer graphics can be used to create weather maps and cartographic materials. Computer art
also has creative and commercial art applications, where it is used in advertising, publishing, and film productions,
particularly for computer animation, which is achieved by a sequential process.
64. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Routine uses of computers B. Computer graphics applications
C. The rapidly growing field of computer science D. Computers as the architects of the future
65. The word ‘it’ refers to
A. computer graphics B. computer science C. fields D. computers
66. According to the passage, architects use CAD to
A. inspect buildings B. create graphs C. make cartographic materials D. create three-dimensional models
67. According to the passage, engineers use CAD for
A. a simulated ‘walk’ through model rooms B. rendering machine parts C. making cost models D. advertising
68. The word ‘applications’ means
A. jobs B. creativity C. uses D. layers
VIII. Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same.
69. People say that he treated badly.
→ It is said that he treated badly
70. I didn’t have lunch because my mother was away.
→ If my mother hadn’t been away, I would have had lunch.
71. You're the worst guitarist in the world.
→ No one in the world plays guitar as badly as you do
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72. Although the fish appears to be harmless, it is quite dangeruos.
→ Contrary. To the harmless appearance, the fish is quite dangerous
73. "You can leave early" Mr Minh said to Hai
→ Mr Minh let Hai leave early
74. If I leant English, I would go to England .
→ Were I to learn E , I ……………
75. People did not discover AIDS until 1981.
→ Not until 1981 did people discover AIDS.
76. He has never stayed at home.
→ Never has he stayed at home
77. . The last time I played football was in 1971.
→ I haven’t played football since 1971
78. I am really sorry I didn’t invite her to the party.
→ I really wish I had invited her to the party.