PRACTICE TEST 3

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the
following questions.
1. A. knew B. few C. threw D. new
2. A. stopped B. laughed C. watched D. stayed
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that
differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the
following questions.
3. A.summer B. birthday C. busy D. machine
4.A. selection B. national C. recycle D. convenient
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.
5. Now, I will give you a short introduction about my company.
A. long B. high C. little D. brief
6. It is very kind of him to donate lots of money to the poor.
A. hot-hearted B. cool-hearted C. warm-hearted D. cold-
hearted
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.
7. The train arrived at the station 20 minutes late.
A. entered B. finished C. came back D. left
8. I can’t breathe because it is full of people here.
A. empty B. lots of C. lack D. few
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined
part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
9. I am afraid this camera is too expensive for we to buy.
A. too B. am afraid C. we D. to buy
10. Mr. Smith is going to buy a new Japanese car, doesn’t he?
A is B. doesn’t he C. new Japanese D. to buy
11. If I were you, I didn’t buy that expensive car.
A. didn’t B. if C. were D. expensive
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to Indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
12 . This task is ___________ than the one we did last month.
A. more difficult B. difficult C. the most difficult D. as
difficult as
13. The roses ___________ he gave me are very beautiful.
A. who B. where C. which D. when
14. When she was a child, she ___________ play many kinds of instruments.
A. must B. could C. can D. should
15. Do you mind if I ___________ in here?
A. smoking B. to smoke C. smoke D. smoked
16. This building ___________ in 1980.
A. built B. builds C. was built D. is built
17. There was no football match on VTV3, so I turned to another ___________.
A. media B. television C. number D. channel
18. The Kimono is a Japanese ___________ costume.
A. tradition B. traditions C. traditional D.
traditionally
19. We usually ___________ our grandparents on summer vacations.
A. to visit B. visited C. visiting D. visit
20. The air is polluted ___________ there is too much traffic.
A. because B. therefore C. however D. but
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most
suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
21. - Son: “I got mark 10 in my final exam, Mom.” - Mom: “___________”
A. Try more! B. Well done!
C. You should study harder D. Thanks
22. This road sign means:
A. you must not use a camera here.
B. you must not use a mobile
phone here
C. you must not turn right.
D. you must wash your hands.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered
blanks.
If you are (23) ___________ to someone’s house for dinner in the United
States, you should (24) ___________ a gift, such as a (25) ___________ of
flowers or a box of chocolates. If you give your host a wrapped gift, he or she
may open it in front of you. Opening a present in front of the gift-giver is
considered polite. It shows that the host is excited (26) ___________ receiving
the gift and wants to show his/her appreciation to you immediately. (27)
___________ the host doesn’t like it, he or she will tell a “white lie” and say
how much they like the gift to prevent the guest from feeling bad.
23. A. called B. invited C. calling D. inviting
24. A. take B. give C. bring D. make
25. A. bunch B. box C. group D. hand
26. A. with B. for C. at D. about
27. A. Although B. But C. Because D. So
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
The traditions of Viet Nam are affected by Chinese culture for a long
time. In my family, women had to do all the housework, take care of their
children, fathers and husbands. They had to obey and respect their fathers and
husbands in solving family problems. Women had no choice in controlling the
number of babies they needed, partly they had little knowledge about
contraception and as a result of religious and economic requirements.
Concerning work and education, in the past, women almost stayed at
home and did housework, looked after children and did agriculture jobs like
cultivation, livestock breeding, agricultural process and selling agricultural
produce. People thought that women should not study high, what women should
learn was how to cook well, how to become a good wife, mother. As a
consequence, few women finished secondary school and some studied primary
school. In making decisions, women in the past had no right to decide any social
and family problems. Their fathers and husbands would decide all problems
related to family and society.
28. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Traditional roles of Vietnamese women in the past.
B. Traditional roles of Chinese women in the past.
C. Vietnamese women’s roles in work and education.
D. Vietnamese women’s roles in the family.
29. According to the passage, in the family, women had to do ___________.
A. partly housework, respect their children, fathers and husbands
B. all housework, look after their children, fathers and husbands
C. all housework, look after their parents and children
D. all housework, solve all family problems
30. The word obey is closest in meaning to __________.
A. argue B. discuss C. follow D. support
31. What does the word they in the first paragraph refer to?
A. women B. husbands C. babies D. fathers
32. What were the women’s roles in the past EXCEPT for ___________?
A. looked after children B. sold agricultural produce
C. decide social and family problems D. did housework
II.WRITING (2.0 points)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following
questions.
33. People think the Samba is the most popular dance in Brazil.
A. The Samba is thought to be the most popular dance in Brazil.
B. It is thought that the Samba was the most popular dance in Brazil.
C. It is thought that the Samba is among the most popular dances in
Brazil.
D. In Brazil, the Samba is thought to be one of the most popular dances.
34. We survived that accident because the driver was driving carefully.
A. But for the driver, we would have survived that accident.
 B. If we weren’t driving carefully, the driver couldn’t have survived that
accident.
C. Had the driver not been driving carefully, we wouldn’t have survived
that accident.
D. Without our seat belts, we could have survived that accident.
35. I regret not booking the seats in advance.
A. I wish I book the seats in advance.
C. If only I booked the seats in advance.
B. I wish I have booked the seats in advance.
D. If only I had booked the seats in advance
36. “John left here an hour ago,” said Jane.
A. Jane told me that John had left there an hour before.
B. Jane said John left there an hour before.
C. Jane said John to have left there an hour before.
D. Jane told me that John to leave there an hour before.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence
that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
37. Tom was encouraged by my success. He decided not to quit his work.
A. Encouraged by my success, Tom decided not to quit his work.
B. Encouraging by my success, Tom decided not to quit his work.
C. To be encouraged by my success, Tom decided not to quit his work.
D. That he was encouraged by success, Tom decided not to quit his work.
38. Smoking is an extremely harmful habit. You should give it up immediately.
A. As smoking is an extremely harmful habit, you should give it up
immediately.
B. When you give up smoking immediately, you will affect your health
with this harmful habit.
C. Stop your smoking immediately so it will become one of your
extremely harmful habits.
D. You should give up smoking immediately and you will fall into an
extremely harmful habit.
39. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little
about sleep.
A. We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of
our lives sleeping.
B. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know
relatively little about sleep.
 C. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know
relatively little about sleep.
D. We know relatively little about sleep; as a result, we spend about one-
third of our lives sleeping.
40. No member in the team came to his birthday party. But Julia did come.
A. Julia was the only member in the team to come to his birthday party.
B. Not only did Julia come to his birthday party but also other members
did.
C. Julia was one of the members who came to his birthday party.
D. Every member in the team came to his birthday party.