PRACTICE TEST 4

(Time: 60 min.)
I. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently in each line. (0.6 p)
1. A. bottle B. comic C. movie D. project
2. A. sale B. sewage C. solar D. sure
3. A. fear B. pear C. dear D. clear

II. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern. (0.4 p)
4. A. evidence B. conclusive C. imagine D. description
5. A. minority B. traditional C. communicate D. economic

III. Choose the correct option A, B, C, or D for each gap in the following sentences. (1 p)
6. If you take a train or a bus, you must pay a ________.
A. bill B. fee C. tip D. fare
7. Mr. Hoang is a millionaire. He must be ________.
A. polite B. kind C. rich D. old
8. Don’t ________ your time with that silly question.
A. forget B. waste C. lose D. put
9. You’ve heard she isn’t coming to the meeting, ________?
A. is she B. hasn’t she C. haven’t you D. are you
10. Last night I was tired, ________ I went to bed early.
A. therefore B. but C. so D. because
11. There was an argument between ________ and ________.
A. he - I B. he - me C. I - him D. me - him
12. This film is making me feel very sad. I ________.
A. am going to cry B. will cry
C. have cried D. cried
13. When I want someone to repeat what he said, I say “________”.
A. Please talk once again B. Excuse me, say it please
C. I beg your pardon D. You quickly repeat it
14. ________, so I’m leaving the office.
A. I’m already finishing my work B. I have already finished my work
C. I will already finish my work D. I’m already going to finish my work
15. The teacher ________ has not yet arrived.
 A. who I wrote to you about B. that I wrote to you about him
C. I wrote to you about him D. about him I wrote to you

IV. Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentences. (1 p)
16. I have found this _____________ in the Internet. Do you think INFORM
it will be useful for our project?
17. The tour around the city was _____________ cheap. SURPRISE
18. He said that he saw some man-like ___________ get out of CREATE
the UFO.
19. I don’t think you need to __________. It is not your fault. APOLOGY
20. There are over ten thousand _____________ in our city. We HOME
need to do something to help them.

V. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistake (A, B, C,
or D). (1 p)
21. The new city library near my house built in 2010.
A B C D
22. You’d better taking off your wet overcoat and those muddy shoes.
A B C D
23. If the weather weren’t too bad tomorrow, we’ll play golf.
A B C D
24. I went to bed before nine since I was a child.
A B C D
25. The plane didn’t land yet so I will wait until it arrives.
A B C D

VI. Read the following passage and fill each blank with a suitable word from the box. (2 p)
elderly forms increase intends leisure
lifestyle moving recommended strengthens warm-ups
Besides having the right diet, exercising is also necessary if you want to have a healthy body.
It is (26)_____________ by doctors that one exercise at least three or four times per week for about
twenty to thirty minutes each time. Most exercises involve (27)_____________ one or two parts
of the body at the same time. If one (28)_____________ to lose weight, the routine should be more
than forty minutes each time.
There are many (29)_____________ of exercise. Cycling, jogging, swimming and playing
racket games are just some examples of exercise you can do during your (30)_____________ time.
Pick on that not only interests you but fits into your (31)_____________ as well. Taking slow
walks daily is considered ample exercise for the (32)_____________ or people with illnesses.
Even the act of walking up a flight of stairs is considered part of exercising. Not only does it help
to burn off calories in your body, it also (33)_____________ some parts of your body.
However, always do (34)_____________ before exercising to prevent injuries from occurring.
They have to be done slowly at first before you can (35)_____________ your speed. This allows
your body to loosen up gradually.

VII. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each question. (1 p)
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It sits in the Himalayan mountain range.
It is located north of India on the border between Nepal and Tibet. Everest is over eight kilometers
above sea level. That is about 110 city blocks. The mountain is named after a man named Sir
George Everest. He was a British surveyor general who lived in India in the 1800s.
For over one hundred years, people tried again and again to climb the towering mountain.
They always failed. Mount Everest has high winds and freezing temperatures. The air is thin, and
there is a risk of avalanches. In 1953, two men, Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing
Norgay from Nepal were able to reach the top of Mount Everest for the first time. It took them
over two months. Since then several thousand people have been able to reach the top.
The three men, Bui Van Ngoi, Phan Thanh Nhien and Nguyen Mau Linh were the first
Vietnamese people to reach the top of Mount Everest. They reached the summit in 2008. Do you
think you could do it?
36. Which mountain range does Mount Everest sit in?
A. The Appalachian mountain range B. The Rocky mountain range
C. The Himalayan mountain range D. The Andes mountain range
37. What country was Sir George Everest from?
A. India B. Nepal C. New Zealand D. England
38. Read the following sentences from the text: “Mount Everest has high winds and freezing
temperatures. The air is thin, and there is a risk of avalanches.”
How might these conditions impact a person’s ability to climb Mount Everest?
A. These conditions might make it easier for the person to climb Mount Everest.
B. These conditions might make it harder for the person to climb Mount Everest.
C. These conditions might make the person climb Mount Everest more quickly.
D. These conditions might make the person climb Mount Everest more quietly.
39. Based on the text, how might the first two men to reach the top of Mount Everest be best
described?
A. brave B. lazy C. kind D. competitive
40. What is the text mostly about?
A. first Vietnamese people’s climb to the top of Mount Everest
 B. the border between Nepal and Tibet
C. what Mount Everest is like and the attempts of people to climb it
D. Sir George Everest’s work as a surveyor general

VIII. Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has similar meaning to the first
sentence. (1 p)
41. Lam hasn’t seen his grandparents since August.
The last ______________________________________________________.
42. “Who did you have lunch with yesterday, John?” asked Tom.
Tom asked ___________________________________________________.
43. I couldn’t afford to buy the shirt because it was very expensive.
The shirt was so _______________________________________________.
44. Why don’t we put more dustbins around the school?
I suggest _____________________________________________________.
45. We will go without him if he doesn’t come in five minutes.
Unless _______________________________________________________.

IX. Reorder the words/ phrases provided to make suitable sentences. (2 p)

46. hard / to / on / Although / very / managed / home / time / it / we / rained / get //.
_____________________________________________________________.
47. worked / she / more / play / children / If / the / would / to / her / in / have / with / she /
morning / time //.
_____________________________________________________________.
48. work / father / to / where / We / the / used / see / our / to / wish / factory //.
_____________________________________________________________.
49. confident / people / work / keep / clean / We / that / will / together / environment / are / to
/ the //.
_____________________________________________________________.
50. articles / cooking / magazines / My / spends / in / mother / reading / the / about / often /
hours //.
_____________________________________________________________.