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PRACTICE TEST 5
SECTION 1: LISTENING.
Part I. You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer
(A, В or C).
1. You hear a message on a telephone answering machine. Why is the speaker calling?
A. to confirm some arrangements B. to issue an invitation C. to persuade someone to do something
2. You hear two people talking about a water-sports centre. The man says the centre should
A. pay more attention to safety.
B. offer activities for small children.
C. provide all the equipment needed.
3. You hear a professional tennis player talking about her career. What annoys her most about interviewers?
A. their belief that she leads a glamorous life
B. their assumption that she’s motivated by money
C. their tendency to disturb her while she’s travelling
4. You hear a poet talking about his work. What is he doing?
A. giving his reasons for starting to visit schools
B. justifying the childlike nature of some of his recent poems
C. explaining that his poems appeal to people of different ages
5. You hear two people talking about a programme they saw on TV. The woman thinks the programme was
A. irritating. B. sad. C. uninformative.
6. You hear two people talking about an ice-hockey game they’ve just seen. How does the girl feel about it?
A. pleased to have had the experience
B. relieved that she’d dressed appropriately
C. impressed by the performance of the team
7. You overhear two friends talking about a restaurant. What do they both like about it?
A. the presentation of the food B. the atmosphere of the place C. the originality of the cooking
8. You hear a man talking on the radio. What type of information is he giving?
A. a travel announcement B. a weather forecast C. an accident report
Part 2. You will hear a woman called Angela Thomas, who works for a wildlife organisation, talking about
the spectacled bear. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences.
Spectacled Bears
Angela says that it was the 9 ___________of the spectacled bear that first interested her.
Angela mentions that the bear’s markings can be found on its 10 ___________as well as its eyes and cheeks.
Angela is pleased by evidence that spectacled bears have been seen in 11 ___________ areas of Argentina.
Angela says the bears usually live in 12 _______, though they can also be found in other places.
Spectacled bears behave differently from other types of bear during 13 ______, which Angela finds surprising.
Angela is upset that 14 _______________are the biggest danger to spectacled bears.
Angela says that spectacled bears usually eat 15 _____________ and tree bark.
Bears climb trees and make a 16 ___________, which fascinated Angela.
When bears eat meat, they much prefer 17 _________ although they do eat other creatures.
One man has produced an amusing 18 ____________ about the time he spent studying the bears.
SECTION 2: PHONETICS.
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. rises B. houses C. raises D. promises
2. A. adequate B. private C. facilitate D. candidate
3. A. initiative B. gesture C. nurture D. venture
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
1. A. probation B. knowledgeable C. talented D. specialize
2. A. underwear B. photogenic C. solidarity D. documentary
SECTION 3: LEXICO – GRAMMAR.
III. Choose the word, phrase or sentence (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
1. Hearing about people who mistreat animals makes me go hot under the ________.
A. chin B. collar C. sleeves D. vest
2. I’m going on business for a week, so I’ll be leaving everything ________.
A. on your guards B. up to your eyes C. in your capable hands D. under the care of you
3. When you do something, you should ________.
A. pay through the nose B. turn over a new leaf
C. weigh up the pros and cons D. huddle into a pen
4. She is walking on the _______. She doesn’t know how to say.
A. air B. road C. street D. garden
5. Contrary to popular belief, politics can have ________ effects on sport and vice versa.
A. far-reaching B. knock-on C. run-down D. hit-or-miss
6. Some people have the opinion that more developing countries should be given the ________ light to become
hosts of such international sporting events as Olympics and World Cup.
A. red B. blue C. green D. yellow
7. Throughout the course of history, many nations were forbidden from entering into sporting competitions due
to failure to _______ global regulations.
A. fight against B. throw away C. abide by D. account for
8. You’d better _______ the books if you want to pass your exam on Friday.
A. hit B. beat C. stab D. bite
9. Someone is going to have to take responsibility for this disaster. Who is going to ________?
A. foot the bill B. carry the can C. hatch the chicken D. catch the worms
10. He was carried off the field with a slight ________ arising from sports.
A. concussion B. damage C. harm D. adversities
11. If you have trouble ________ historical facts, just turn them into a song so you can easily recite it.
A. commemorating B. memorializing C. memorably D. memorizing
12. At the beginning of the lecture, the tutor commenced with a video to illustrate an _______ of the present
situation.
A. overview B. oversight C. overtone D. overture
13. By appearing on the soap powder commercials, she became a _______ name.
A. housekeeper B. housewife C. household D. house
14. Punishing disobedient pupils _______ is no longer an optimal method to educate juvenile students.
A. rigorously B. arduously C. severely D. onerously
15. There is no need for him to consult any reference books on this subject as he has already known it ______.
A. topsy-turvy B. bottom-up C. inside-out D. upside-down
16. The four-ton statue of hero Tran Vu, ________ in 1667, still stands in QuanThanh Temple.
 A. to cast B. to be cast C. cast D. casting
17. _______ Soviet Union was the first country to send a man into _______ space.
A. X/x B. The/ the C. X/ the D. The/ x
18. I’m sorry you’ve decided not to go with us on the river trip, but ________ you change your mind, there
will still be enough room on the boat for you.
A. even B. in the event that C. provided that D. nevertheless
19. David was deported on account of his expired visa. He _______ it renewed.
A. must have had B. should have had C. needn’t have had D. mightn’t have had
20. Without your help, I ________ the technical problem with my computer the other day.
A. can’t solve B. couldn’t have solved C. couldn’t solve D. weren’t solved
21. The instructor blew his whistle and ________.
A. off the runners were running B. off ran the runners
C. off were running the runners D. the runners runs off
22. They sometimes cook a ______ meal for their children.
A. delicious big traditional Vietnamese B. Vietnamese delicious big traditional
C. delicious traditional big Vietnamese D. Vietnamese big delicious traditional
23. Nam wasn’t cut out for the post, ________.
A. with the result that he was laid of B. as soon as he was laid of
C. because he was laid off D. on account of the fact that he was laid off
24. ________ that can help you succeed in your job interview.
A. When are tips B. How are tips C. What are tips D. Here are tips
25. Fort Niagara was built by the French in 1762 on land _______ the Seneca Indians.
A. they buy from B. bought from C. buying from D. was bought from
26. Would you mind ________ these plates a wipe before putting them in the cupboard?
A. making B. getting C. doing D. giving
27. Annie: ‘Do you prefer traveling by plane or by train? - Peter: ________
A. I don’t realy use either B. No, not at all C. Sometimes D. It terrifies me
28: Tom: "What would you like to do at the weekend?" - Lisa:“________”
A. I like to do a lot B. I’d like to see a football match
C. I can’t stand it D. I don’t like to see a football match
* Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the numbered box to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in the following sentence.
29. Journalists can make mistakes, so don’t believe everything you read in the press.
A. publications B. new bulletins C. reference books D. newspapers and magazines
* Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the numbered box to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in the following sentence.
30. It was the role that really put her on the map as a serious actress.
A. drew her a map B. made her famous C. put her forward D. made her unknown
IV. There is one mistake in each sentence. Identify the mistake and write your answer in the space provided.
31. A bridge must be strong enough to support its own weight as long as the weght of the people and vehicles
that use it.
A. must be B. its C. as long as D. that
32. The school officials are considering a comprehensive planning to alleviate the problem of overcrowding
in the dormitories.
A. are B. planning C. alleviate D. overcrowding
33. Higher general education is based on theoretical expertise and might be contrasted with higher
vocational education, which concentrating on both practice and theory.
A. is based on B. expertise C. contrasted with D. concentrating
34. The world is becoming more industrialized and the number of animal species that have become extinct
have increased.
A. industrialized B. species C. extinct D. have
35. One of the most influence newspapers in the US is The New York Times, which is widely distributed
throughout the world.
A. the most B. influence C. is D. widely distributed
SECTION 4: READING.
V. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) that fits the blank in the following passage.
Health and fitness are not just for young people. They are for everyone (1) ______to accept the
discipline for a good diet and (2) _______exercise. (3) ________ age, there is a tendency to feel that the
body is no longer able to perform. Aches and pains are (4) ________ normal. Instead of (5) ________the
body to do more, activities become limited. Yet examples after examples have shown us that older people
can- and should- be (6) ________ . Men and women in their sixties have run in marathons, races of more
than twenty-six miles. Some professional athletes stay (7) ________into their forties and fifties. For most
people, simple activities like walking and swimming are all that is needed to stay in (8) ________. It is
important to include exercise in your daily routine. In the winter, (9) ________ push-ups, sit-ups, and other
indoor exercises. Of course, such exercises will be of little use (10) ________you follow them with soda and
chips.
1. A. suspicious B. willing C. aware D. conscious
2. A. regular B. useful C. abundant D. little.
3. A. At B. In C. To D. With
4. A. believed B. thought C. hoped D. considered.
5. A. making B. stopping C. pushing D. providing
6. A. active B. pessimistic C. hyperactive D. passive
7. A. calm B. competitive C. equal D. comparative
8. A. need B. form C. shape D. contact
9. A. make B. get C. work D. do
10. A. although B. unless C. if D. otherwise
VI. Read the following passage and choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions
about it.
Tulips are Old World, rather than New World, plants, with the origins of the species lying in Central
Asia. They became an integral part of the gardens of the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth century onward,
and, soon after, part of European life as well. Holland, in particular, became famous for its cultivation of the
flower.
A tenuous line marked the advance of the tulip to the New World, where it was unknown in the wild.
The first Dutch colonies in North America had been established in New Netherlands by the Dutch West India
Company in 1624, and one individual who settled in New Amsterdam (today's Manhattan section of New York
City) in 1642 described the flowers that bravely colonized the settlers' gardens. They were the same flowers
seen in Dutch still-life paintings of the time: crown imperials, roses, carnations, and of course tulips. They
flourished in Pennsylvania too, where in 1698 William Penn received a report of John Tateham's "Great and
Stately Palace," its garden full of tulips. By 1760, Boston newspaper, were advertising 50 different kinds of
mixed tulip "roots." But the length of the journey between Europe and North America created many difficulties
Thomas Hancock, an English settler, wrote thanking his plant supplier for a gift of some tulip bulbs from
England, but his letter the following year grumbled that they were all dead.
Tulips arrived in Holland, Michigan, with a later wave of early nineteenth-century Dutch immigrants
who quickly colonized the plains of Michigan. Together with many other Dutch settlements, such as the one at
Pella, Iowa, they established a regular demand for European plants. The demand was bravely met by a new
kind of tulip entrepreneur, the traveling salesperson. One Dutchman, Hendrick van de Schoot, spent six months
in 1849 traveling through the United States taking orders for tulip bulbs. While tulip bulbs were traveling from
Europe to the United States to satisfy the nostalgic longings of homesick English and Dutch settlers, North
American plants were traveling in the opposite direction. In England, the enthusiasm for American plants was
one reason why tulips dropped out of fashion in the gardens of the rich and famous.
1. Which of the following questions does the passage mainly answer?
A. What is the difference between an Old World and a New World plant?
B. Why are tulips grown in many different parts of the world?
C. How did tulips become popular in North America?
D. Where were the first Dutch colonies in North America located?
2. The word "integral" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. interesting B. fundamental C. ornamental D. overlooked
3. The passage mentions that tulips were first found in which of the following regions?
A. Central Asia B. Western Europe C. North America D. India
4. The word "flourished” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. were discovered B. were marketed C. combined D. thrived
5. The author mentions tulip growing in New Netherlands, Pennsylvania, and Michigan in order to illustrate
how____________.
A. imported tulips were considered more valuable than locally grown tulips
B. tulips were commonly passed as gifts from one family to another
C. tulips grew progressively more popular in North America
D. attitudes toward tulips varied from one location to another
6. The word "grumbled" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to____________.
A. denied B. warned C. complained D. explained
7. The passage mentions that one reason English and Dutch settlers planted tulips in their gardens was that
tulips____________. .
A. were easy to grow B. had become readily available
C. made them appear fashionable D. reminded them of home
8. The word "they" in paragraph 3 refers to____________.
A. tulips B. plains C. immigrants D. plants
9. According to the passage, which of the following changes occurred in English gardens during the European
settlement of North America?
A. They grew in size in order to provide enough plants to export to the New World.
B. They contained a wider variety of tulips than ever before.
C. They contained many new types of North American plants.
D. They decreased in size on the estates of wealthy people.
10. The passage mentions which of the following as a problem associated with the importation of tulips into
North America?
A. They were no longer fashionable by the time they arrived.
B. They often failed to survive the journey.
C. Orders often took six months or longer to fill.
D. Settlers knew little about how to cultivate them.
VII. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the space provided.
There are many (1) ____________ cause floods in Vietnam including natural factors and human’s
factors. Rainfall, the influence of tides, storms and tropical depressions (2)____________ natural factors.
Because Vietnam has “An average annual rainfall is (3) ____________ 1,500 to 2,000 mm”, after heavy (4)
____________ often causes flood insome cities which have poor drainage systems.
In Vietnam, (5) ____________ in Central area, each flood is a nightmare for residents. According to a
student in PhuHoa city (Phu Yen province) “Flood occurs on the rainy (6) ____________ from October to
November every year (7) ____________ of heavy rain or Ba Ha’s hydropower plant discharges the (8)
____________.Flood lasts about a week and the highest level of water is up to the rooftop. Due to having
preparation carefully for each year (store the food , use small boats to travel), it does not have lots of
deformation.
Residents also have many solutions to live in flood. People in lowland areas often (9) ____________
their house higher than other areas. They should have a reasonable harvest plan to reduce the damage. At the
time when flood usually occurs, they store food and essential products to make (10) ____________ that they
have enough food for long time.
SECTION 5: WRITING.
VIII. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it.
1. The fund- raisers have not officially decided where to send the proceeds of the concert.
-> No ______________________________________________________________________________
2. I couldn’t persuade Tim in spite of my begging him to come with us.
-> Much ________________________________________________________________________________
3. But for your unsuspected talents as a mechanic, we would have been stranded there for hours.
-> If __________________________________________________________________________________
4. Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission.
-> Without ___________________________________________________________________________
5. Far more people live to retirement age in Britain than in the Philippines.
-> Not as ________________________________________________________________________
IX. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the word given
to complete each sentence. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and eight words
including the word given.
1. I did my best to arrive here on time. EFFORD
-> I __________________________________________________________________________here on time.
2. It’s not a habit of mine to sleep in the afternoon. IN
-> I am _____________________________________________________________ sleeping in the afternoon.
3. I’ve never thought that we’d have legal problems. (CROSSED)
-> It _________________________________________________________ that we’d have legal problems.
4. Celine has always been fond of classical music. TASTE
-> Celine ____________________________________________________________________ classical music.
5. I didn’t tell Angie because I didn’t want to hurt Eddie’s feelings. (CONSIDERATION)
-> I didn’t tell Angie _________________________________________________________________ Eddie.