G8 – PRACTICE TEST 27

Teacher: Mrs Phan Loan – Vinh Tuong Lower Secondary School

Part A : PHONETICS ( 5pts )
I/ Choose and write in your answer sheet the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from the rest of the group.
1. A. places
_ /siz/ B. faces
_ /siz/ C. horses
_ /siz/ D.
D houses
_ /ziz/
2. A.
A brochure B. charater C. Christmas D. Chemistry

II/ Choose and write in your answer sheet the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest
of the group. ( 3 points )
3. A.
A mausoleum
' B. 'characterize C. 'categorize D. 'dictionary
4. A. convenient
' B. communicate
' C. imprison
' D.
D 'integral
5. A. decision
' B.
B 'management C. assistant
' D. redundant
'

Part B : LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR ( 35 pts )

I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. ( 15pts )
6. Before________ evidence you must swear___________ the truth.
A.
A giving/ to speak B. giving/ to be spoken
C. to give/ to speak D. giving/ speaking
7. Some students set confused_________ having to suffer long and hard years before they attain any level
of success.
A. with B. in CC. about D. of
8. With the availability of the Internet, we are able to get________ to much more information than people
of yesteryears.
A. excess B.
B access C. assess D. incest
9. If you put your trust________ me, I’ll not let you_________
A. in / on B. on / off C. in / down
C D. to/down
10. ....................... leaves last should turn off the lights.
A. The person B. Who C. Anyone D. Whoever
D
II. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct tense or form(10pts)
11-12. We are going (have) our house (repaint) next month. to have-repainted
being stopped
13-14. After (stop) by the police, the man admitted stealing (steal) the car but denied driving at 100 miles an hour.
15. During the trip, try to avoid (bite) by mosquitoes. being bitten
16. “ Can I help you?” - “No, thanks. I (just look)!” am just looking
17. “Do you like the frog’s legs?” _ (Never, try) them, I don’t really know. Never have tried
18. Can you tell me when the train for Ho Chi Minh City (leave)? - At 8 every morning. leaves
19. I’ve decided what to do about my financial problems. I (sell) my car and buy a bike. am going to sell
20. Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which ( know) as the “Ring of Fire”.
is known
III. The following passage contains 10 errors. Find and correct them (10pts)

It is a custom in Britain and in most European country to celebrate a person's birhday. 21 to be

Members of the family and close friends are supposed _____ being present at the party. If 22 can't
they _______
couldn't come they may send a gift by post. At the birthday party, the person 23 who
which
_____ gives birthday party opens
_____ all the gifts in front of all the people present and 24 them
thank ___
him for the gifts. The mother usually made
____ a birthday cake, or if she can't, she 25 makes
may order one from a cake-shop. A number of candles are placing______ on top of the cake 26 placed
and ______
would be lighted when the party starts. The number of the candles is also the ___old 27 will
of that person. After the light is ___
off they all sing a song "Haappy birthday to you..." 28 age
Then they play any
___ games or sing or dance together. 29 out
30 some
Ex : 0: country -> countries

III. Supply the correct form of the word in capital letters. (10pts)
31. The villages in the moutains are quite_________
inaccessibleduring winter. (ACCESS)
32. The inquiry decided that the police were not entirely______.
blameless (BLAME)
33. How do you like my latest________
acquisition for my stamp collection? (ACQUIRE)
34. The minister gave_______
evasive answers to the interviewer’s questions. (EVADE)
35. The two prisoners are to be__________
tried next month. (TRIAL)
36. The govenment’s________approach has brought criticism. (COMPROMISE) compromising
37. You look rather_________
preocuppied . Are you worried about something? (OCCUPY)
38. Some of the photographers said they saw man- like ..............
creatures get out of the saucers.
CREAT
39. Don’t worry about the volcano. It’s been ________
inactive for years. (ACT)
40. Saving energy means reducing household
_______ bills. (HOUSE)

Part C : READING ( 20 pts )

I. Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word for each space. (10 pts )
Alfred Bernhard Nobel, born in Sweden in 1833, was a chemist and mechanical enginner. Being
obsessed with explosives, he experimented with different substances. In ( 41 ) —— , the experiments
were so dangerous that Alfred Nobel's factory blew up by accident killing his brother and four other
people.
( 42 ) —— the accident, he continued experimenting and (43 ) —— different safer explosives such as
dynamite. This discovery made him a fortune. In his will he left money to establish a fund to award
prizes, in his name, ( 44 ) —— are given to people who ( 45 ) —— humankind in various ways.
Set up in 1901, the Nobel prize is without ( 46 ) —— the highest award anyone can receive. To ( 47 )
—— out who will be awarded the prizes is a difficult job and has often caused great ( 48 ) —— and
controversy. The Nobel Committee are the judges who decide who will get the award.
Six people are chosen every October and awarded for their ( 49 ) —— and achievements, in the fields of
physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. Each Nobel winner receives $ 250.000 and a gold
medal.
The most famous winner was Albert Einstein, who was ( 50 ) —— a genius.
41. A. addition B. other words C.
C fact D. this case
42. A.
A Despite B. Although C. In spite D. though
43. A. inspected B. found out C. invented
C D. explored
44. A. whom B. who C. whose D.
D which
45. A. defend B. rescue C. save D.
D help
46. A. warning B. delay C.
C a doubt D. fail
47. A
A. work B. stand C. try D. turn
48. A.
A debate B. discussion C. dialogue D. interview
49. A. examination B. research
B C. investigation D. search
50. A. imagined B.
B considered C. thought D. supposed

II. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage.(5pts)
Mickey Mouse was not Walt Disney’s first successful cartoon creation, but he is certainly his
most famous one. It was on a cross-country train trip from New York to California in 1927 that Disney
first drew the mouse with the big ears. Supposedly, he took his inspiration from the tame field mice that
used to scamper into his old studio in Kansas City. No one is quite sure why he dressed the mouse in the
now-familiar shorts with two buttons and gave him the yellow shoes. But we do know that Disney had
intended to call him Mortimer until his wife Lilian intervened and christened him Mickey Mouse.
Capitalizing on the interest in Charles Lindbegh, Disney planned Mickey’s debut in the short
cartoon Plane Crazy, with Minnie as a co-star. In the third short cartoon. Steamboat Willie, Mickey was
whistling and singing through the miracle of the modern soundtrack. By the 1930s, Mickey’s image had
circled the globe He was a superstar at the height of his career.
Although he has received few minor changes throughout his lifetime, most notably the addition of
white gloves and the rounder forms of a more childish body, he has remained true to his nature since
those first cartoons. Mickey is appealing because he is nice. He may get into trouble, but he takes it on the
chin with a grin. He is both good-natured and resourceful. Perhaps that was Disney’s own image of
himself. Why else would he have insisted on doing Mickey’s voice in all the cartoon for twenty years?
When interviewed, he would say, “There is a lot of the mouse in me”. And that mouse has remained one
of the most pervasive images in American popular culture.
51. With what topic is the passage primarily concerned?
A.
A The image of Mickey Mouse B. The life of Walt Disney.
 C. The history of cartoon D. The definition of American culture.
52. What distinguished Steamboat Willie from earlier cartoons?
A. Better color B.
B A sound track
C. Minnie Mouse as co-star D. The longer format
53. The first image of Mickey Mouse is described as all of the following EXCEPT
A. He was dressed in shorts with two buttons.
B. He had big ears.
C. He wore yellow shoes.
D.
D He was using white gloves.
54. The word “pervasive” could best be replaced by
A. well-loved B.
B widespread
C. often copied D. expensive to buy
55. The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses.
A. the history of cartoons. B.
B other images in popular culture.
C. Walt Disney’s childhood D. The voices of cartoon characters.

III Fill in the numbered blankswith one missing word (5pts)

Jeans are very popular with young people all (56) ..................
OVER the world. Some people say that
jeans are the “uniform” of youth. But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans started (57)
...................
about two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth (58) ...................
made in
Genoa was called “jeans”. The pants were called “jeans” . In 1850, a salesman in California began
selling pants made of canvas. His name is Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levi’s pants
became” (59) ...................
popular with gold miners; farmers and cowboys. Six years later ; Levis began making
his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe
began (60) ..................
using jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

Part D : WRITING ( 20 pts )

I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed before it. ( 10pts )
61. If Jane hadn’t refused to work overtime, she would have got promotion.
If it hadn’t_________________
been for Jane's refusal to work overtime, she would...
62. Provided your voice is audible, the audience will get the point of this scene.
As long as the audience________________
can hear you,they will get the point of this scene.
63. Although I tried hard, I couldn’t lift the suitcase.
Try_____________________
as my mind, I couldn'n lift the suitcase.
64. Our worrying so much was a waste of time.
We needn’t________________
have been worried so much
65. It’s just not possible for the cat to have opened the fridge!
The cat can’t________________
have opened the fridge
66. It’s possible that the last person to leave didn’t lock the door.
The last person to leave_________________
might not have locked the door.
67. Don’t you regret not learning to swim?.
- Don’t you wish ........................................................?
69. I’m sure that someone forgot to lock the door.
- Someone must ..............................................................
have forgotten to lock the door.
70. “If I were you, I would never smoke in the office, David”
- I advised .........................................................................
david not to smoke in the office
II. Write about 130 – 150 words support the argument that secondary school students should wear
casual clothes.

_________________ The End __________________________