PRACTICE TEST 1
QUESTIONS 1-3: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each
group. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. Mark your choice on the
answer sheet
1. A. resume B. statistics C. position D. designer
2. A. helps B. laughs C. likes D. arrives
3. A. filled B. missed C. ploughed D. watched
QUESTIONS 4-5: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the word whose main stress is on the
syllable in the position which is different from that of the others. Identify your choice by circling letter A, B,
C or D on the answer sheet
4. A. teacher B. village C. police D. worker
5. A. discuss B. attract C. suppose D. visit
Questions 6 - 25: These are incomplete sentences. Choose A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete
each sentence and then identify your answer by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.
6.The conical leaf hat is made ………. a special kind ………. bamboo and young and soft
palm leaves.
A. in/ for B. of/ of C. on/ for D. from/ of
7. Few Asian students agreed ………. the American students' view that wives and husbands should share all
thoughts.
A. to B. on C. for D. with
8. The wedding day was ………. chosen by the parents of the groom.
A. careless B. careful C. carelessly D. carefully
9. Peter usually helps his mother with ………
A. housework B. homework C. chores D. household
10. ………. at someone is considered as rude.
A. Looking B. Waving C. Greeting D. Pointing
11. He went to the cinema he had done his homework.
A. before B. until C. by the time D. after
12. ………. ten minutes earlier, you would have got a better seat.
A. Had you arrived B. If you hadn't arrived C. Were you arrived D. If you arrived
13. The conical leaf hat is one of the typical features of the Vietnamese

(28) ………. of the housekeeping tasks. In single-parent families, the mothers may not have (29) ………. children
to take care of, but they have to (30) ………. their families alone and have to provide for all the (31) ……….
money. Therefore, the (32) ………. mothers have to work very hard to earn their living. Moreover, in spite of the
fact that the single mothers have all the (33) ………. conveniences at their homes, they find that bringing up their
teenage children alone is not easy.
26. A. hardly B. hard C. fast D. equally
27. A. share
28. A. best
29. A. few
30. A. raise
31. A. homecoming
32. A. dependent
33. A. expensive
B. need
B. most
B. much
B. earn for
B. house warming
B. lonely
B. saving
C. refusal
C. fewest
C. many
C. keep
C. household
C. alone
C. comfortable
D. responsibility
D. least
D. some

QUESTIONS 39 - 42: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the sentence which has the same
meaning as the original one and mark your choice on the answer sheet
39. I / often share my secrets with my sister.
A. It is my sister which I often share secrets with. B. It is my sister that I often share secrets with.
C. It is my sister whose I often share secrets with. D. It is my sister with whom I often share secrets.
40. My mother is very busy at work but she takes good care of her children.
A. In spite of being busy at work, my mother takes good care of her children.
B. My mother takes good care of her children but she is very busy at work.
C. Though my mother was very busy at work my mother took good care of her children.
D. Although my mother was very busy at work she did not take good care of her children.
41. "You 'd better think carefully before applying for that job." she said to me.
A. She said me to think carefully before applying for that job.
B. She say me to think carefully before applying for that job.
C. She advise me to think carefully before applying for that job.
D. She advised me to think carefully before applying for that job.
42. Anne started studying non-verbal forms of communication three years ago.
A. Anne has studying non-verbal forms of communication for three years.
B. Anne has study non-verbal forms of communication for three years.
C. Anne has been studying non-verbal forms of communication for three years.
D. Anne has been studying non-verbal forms of communication since three years.
QUESTIONS 43 - 50: In these sentences, each one has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C,
and D. Choose the one word or phrase which must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct by
circling letter A, B, C or D and then mark your choice on the answer sheet.
43. The British are generally less will to talk about personal matters.
44. Many people may work long hours and have little time for an social life.
45. Some people become close friends with people he work with.
46. They have translated Nguyen Du's novel "Kieu" into several language.

47. They sold computers commercial for the first time in the 1950s.
48. People use computer to forecast the weather or to control robots.