PRACTICE TEST

Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1. A. handbags B. fans C. tickets D. robs
2. A. ducked B. opened C. laughed D. dressed
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the others
3. A. compete B. tennis C. gather D. athlete
4. A. nature B. danger C. human D. environment
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
5. Sulphur dioxide is one of several ………… that are released into the atmosphere by coal - fired power stations.
A. polluting B. polluted C. pollutants D. pollution
6. They went to Nha Trang last year, _____?
A. aren't they B. didn't they C. haven't they D. did they
7. From his window in space, Gagarin had a view of the Earth that no human beings had done before.
A. discription B. vision C. recognition D. attention
8. ……………..taught me how to distinguish footprints of different animals.
A.My father that B. It was my father that C. It is my father which D. My father who
9. The Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia was named ______ him.
A. of B. on C. for D. after
10. They live in a fairly modest house, considering their wealth.
A. expensive B. fairly small C. very cheap D. very big
Circle the underlined word or phrase that need correcting:
11. Calcium, the most abundantly mineral in the body, works with phosphorus in maintaining bones and teeth.
A B C D
12.The price of (A)crude oil used (B)to be a great deal lower (C)than now, wasn’t it (D)?

Rewrite each sentence as directed, so that the meaning stays the same:
1. I met a university professor at the conference. (cleft sentence)
…………………………………………………………………………………......................
2. He didn’t receive the letter. I sent him the letter last January. (using relative clause)
…………………………………………………………………………………......................
3. English has an alphabet that consists of 26 letters. ( reduce a relative clause)
…………………………………………………………………………………......................
4. The man is very interested in our plan. I spoke to him on the phone last night.(prep+ a relative pronoun)
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………...
5. I interviewed several of the men. Their contracts had been terminated by the company at short notice.
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………...
6. Dr Oley is our family’s dentist. He is a popular dentist in the city.
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………...
7. Valentina Tereskova was the first woman who flew into space. (Reduce Relative Clause)
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………...
8. We had to cancel the tennis game because of the storm. ( using a cleft sentence)
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9. My mother’s friend has a green house. She collects and grows hundreds of exotic plants in it. (Relative clause)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
10. Families often gather together on the first day of the new year. (Cleft sentence)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Read the text carefully and then choose the correct answer
Forty - two years ago, two Americans landed on the moon, taking the human race to another planet for the first time. On
July 16, 1969 Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins climed into Apollo 11 .The unit’s Saturn V rocket, equipped with the most
powerful engines ever built, blasted them into space. Their trajectory took them around the Earth and toward the moon
when a third-stage rocket fired. Two modules-the Eagle, for landing, and the Columbia, a command and service center-
entered the moon’s orbit on July 19. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, piloting the Eagle landing module, stepped down on
the moon on July 20,1969.The third US astronaut ,Michael Collins ,was in the orbiting command module overhead.
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”, said Armstrong. The words were seared into the memories
of the 600 million some people- about 1/5 of our planet’s population at that time-who watched the broadcast transmitted
from the lunar surface. And for a time it seemed the impossible was just the beginning.
1. What was the name of the module that landed on the moon?
A. the Columbia B. Saturn V C. the Eagle D. the Earth
2. Apollo............
A. had two men on board B. had no man on board
C. was launched on July 16, 1969 D. was launched on July 20, 1969
3. Which sentence is not true?
A. Michael Collins did not step down on the moon
B. Neil Armstrong was too excited to say anything when he was on the moon
C. Only two astronauts of the crew of three stepped on the moon
D. There were 600 million people watching the scenes sent from the moon
4. Relative pronoun who refers to…………
A. the TV viewers B. Neil Armstrong C. the astronauts D. the Earth’s population

Read the passage and fill in the blank with one suitable word
The 16th Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou, China from November 12, 2010 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou is
also the (1) ………… city on China to host the games after Beijing in 1990. Forty-one events are scheduled to be (2)
…………, making the most events to be competed in (3) ………… of the Asian Games.
Four cities were bidding for this (4) ………… at the early days of March 2004. They were Amman, Guangzhou, Kuala
Lumpur and Soul. However, Seoul withdrew after (5) ………… the short span of time (6) ………… the 2002 ( in Busan,
South Korea) and the 2010 event. With the withdrawal of Amman, soon after Sesoul, Kuala Lumpur also dropped the bid
after the country’s Sport Minister refused for the high (7) ………… of hosting the games. With Guangzhou left, the
Olympic Council of Asia announced the city won the bid to host the Asian Games (8) ………… July 1,2004.

1. A. two B. second C. twice D. couple

2. A. competed B. established C. organized D. shown
3. A. history B. historical C. historic D. historically
4. A. thing B. item C. present D. event
5. A. seeing B. watching C. considering D. looking
6.A. among B. between C. in D. from
7. .A. sum B. pay C. money D. cost
8. A. on B. in C. at D. for
Rewrite the following sentences:
1. The man was very kind. I talked to him yesterday.
……………………………………………………………………..
2. The man works in the hospital. I told you about him.
……………………………………………………………………..
3. I bought the book from that corner shop. ( Use a cleft sentence)
……………………………………………………………………..
4. The police arrested the thief at the station. ( Use a cleft sentence)
……………………………………………………………………..
5. She is the only student that came to see me yesterday. (Reduce a relative clause.)
………………………………………………………………………………..
6. The letter which was left in the mailbox was for me. (Reduce relative pronoun.)
 ……………………………………………………………………………………
7. She had some close friends. She wanted to send her cards to them. (using relative pronoun.)
 ………………………………………………………………………………….
8. He has just bought the house for his daughter. (Using CLEFT SENTENCE)
………………………………………………………………………………………

9The woman teaches me English. I am telling you about her.

……………………………………………………………………………….
10. The Second World War ended on 7 May 1945 in Europe. (using Cleft sentence)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
11. Tom bought a bar of chocolate. It looked very delicious. (using a relative pronoun)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
12. The boy who was injured in the accident was taken to hospital. (reduced relative clause)
 The boy ……………………………………………………………………………….
13. Have you seen the book? I left it here on the desk. (Omitted relative pronoun)
 Have you ……………………………………………………………………………….
14. It is rumoured that Mary and Peter are spending their holidays in Hawaii. (passive voice)
Mary and Peter ………………………………………………………………………………………
15. My father who was exhausted by working hard threw himself on his bed. (Reduce relative pronoun.)
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
16. The man who was injured in the accident was taken to hospital.
 The man ……………………………………………………………………………….
17. Yuri Gagarin was the first person that flew into space.
 Yuri Gagarin was……………………………………………………………………………….
18. The movie is fantastic. They are talking about it.
………………………………………………………………………
19. We planted some young trees in the garden. (using Cleft sentence)
 ………………………………………………………………………
20. Nam’s father got angry with him. (using Cleft sentence)
………………………………………………………………………
21. The man is selling lottery tickets. He used to be very rich. (using a relative pronoun)
 ………………………………………………………………………
22. Neil Armstrong was the first man who walked on the moon is an American. (reduced relative clause)
 Neil Armstrong ………………………………………………………………………
23. Mr. Brown is a very nice teacher. We studied English with him.
 Mr. Brown………………………………………………………………………
24. Who was that boy? You were with him this morning.
 Who………………………………………………………………………
25. The train was full of passengers and goods. We travelled on it.
The train…………………………………………………………………………
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.
Pham Tuan was born on February 14, 1947 in Thai Binh province in (1)____Vietnam. He (2)______ the Vietnam
People’s Air Force in 1965. He was (3)____first Vietnamese cosmonaut, and also the first Asian (excluding Russia) in
space.
He was selected as part of the sixth international crew for the Intercosmos programme (4)_____April 1, 1979.
Pham Tuan, (5)______ with Soviet cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko, was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 23
1980, on board Soyur 37. They were to service the Salyut 6 station. During his time in (6)______, he performed
experiments on the melting of mineral samples in microgravity . He also carried out plant (7)_____on azolla. Pham Tuan
also photographed Vietnam from orbit for (8)____purposes.
Pham Tuan was in space for 7 days, 20 hours and 42 minutes. He (35)______ 142 orbits, and returned to Earth on
July 31, 1980. He is now a Lieutenant General, Head of the General Department of Defense Industry of the Ministry of
Defense, (36)______ a member of the National Assembly. [microgravity: vi trọng lực, azolla: bèo]
1. A. north B. northern C. south D. southern
2. A. gathered B. joined C. collected D. chose
3. A. the B. an C. a d. no article
4. A. at B. in C. on D. for
5. A. among B. between C. along D. alone
6. A. round B. cycle C. oval D. orbit
7. A. experience B. experiments C. animals D. astronaut
8. A. map B. mapped C. mapping D. to map
9. A. completed B. achieved C. succeeded D. took
10. A. and B. with C. also D. together