TÀI LIỆU ÔN TẬP - PRACTICE TEST 2
I- Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
1. A. protected B. destroyed C. included
D. needed
2. A. live B. highway C. ideal D.
environment
3. A. minerals B. plants C. things D.
regions
4. A. music B. busy C. noisy D. Western
5. A. energy B. quality C. healthy
D. apply
II- Multiple choice:
6. The two sets of figures are not…………different
A. sign B. significantly C. significant
D. signal
7. Both method rely on the accurate ……………of the pressure of the gas.
A. determine B. determination C. determined D.
determining
8. I……………Texas state University now.
A. am attending B. attend C.was attending D. attended
9. In the nursing professor, women are in the ……… (major).
A. majority B. major C. majorial
D. majorly
10. The father used to be the………of the household in Vietnam.
A. head B. leader C. president D. boss
11. Someone who is _______ is hopeful about the future or the success of something in particular.
A. powerful B. optimistic C. stagnant
D. pessimistic
12 .We want the kids to have the best……….education.
A. probable B. possible C. possibly
D. probably

areas.
A. surface B. standards C. levels
D. backgrounds
24. If they had enough time , they ………head south.
A. did B. may C. would
D. do
25. If you had the change,…………you go fishing?.
A. have B. would C. have had D.will
have
26. If the doctor had arrived sooner, the boy …………
A. might be saved B. have been saved C. was saved D. might
have been saved
27. Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the inventions of laborsaving devices.
A. Official B. Household C. Schooling
D. Foreign
28. …………………that we were late, we began to run.
A. Knowing B. To know C. We knew D. As
knowing
29. I hate _______ personal questions by newly-acquainted friends.
A. to be asking B. to be ask C. being asked D. of asking
30. “ Did you go to Hawaii for vacation?” “ I…………to go, but I got sick at the last minute.”
A. was planned B. had planned C. had been planning D. have planned
31. He ………confidence when he went to college.
A. got B. maintained C. gained
D. obtained
32. Julie failed the exam _______ of working very hard.
A. despite B. in spite C. even if
D. though
33. There has been a shift of……… from manufacturing to service industries.
A. change B. alteration C. emphasis

C. she went west by covered wagon D. she graduated from one-room school
39- The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to
A. more books B. the plains C. many nations D. young readers
40- It can be inferred from the passage that
A. the Wilder were not happy living in Ozarks
B. Wilder’s daughter was not successful writer
C. Laura Ingallls Wilder wrote scripts for the television series
D. Wilder’s books have a universal appeal.
V. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A. B, C or D) that needs correcting:
41. Oxford University is the older university in England.
A B C D
42. The children are very boring and they don't know what to do.
A B C D
43. It spent me 30 minutes to clean the door.
A B C D
44. I know that "Romeo and Juliet" is a play writing by Shakespeare.
A B C D
45. Which city is larger, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City?
A B C D
IV. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
Nonverbal communication, or "body language", is communication by facial expressions, head or eyes
movements, hand signals, and body postures. It can be just as important to understand (46) words
are. Misunderstandings- often amusing (47) sometimes serious- can arise between people from
different cultures if they misinterpret nonverbal signals. For example, take the differences in meaning of a
gesture (48) is very common in the United States: a circle made with the thumb and index finger.
To an American, it means that everything (49) OK. To Japanese, it means that you are talking
(50) money. In France, it means that something is worthless. Meanwhile in Greece, it is an obscene
gesture. Therefore, an American could unknowingly offend a Greek by using that particular hand signal.
46. A. more B. less C. as D. than