PRACTICE TEST 3
I. Make the correct choice:
1.Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
a. adventure b. advice c. advertise d. advance
2. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
a. blood b. food c. wood d. good
3. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
a. forks b. lasers c. biscuits d. whips
4. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the rest:
a. dangerous b. mountainous c. curious d. adventurous
5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the rest:
a. militant b. company c. invaluable d. military
6. They _______ working all through the night, and finished at nine this morning.
a. put off b. kept on c. turned down d. went out
7. The picnic still _______ despite the bad weather.
a. went ahead b. went away c. went off d.went back
8. He is ______ with vitamin C every day.
a. taken b. rejected c. infected d. injected
9. The atmosphere absorbs much of the radiation from the sun.
a. takes off b. takes up c. takes in d. takes on
10. AIDS is a newly discovered and very _______ disease.
a. danger b. dangerous c. endanger d. dangerously
11. These chemicals are poisonous. They can cause ______ if taken into the body.
a. death or illness b. dead or ill c. dead or illness d. death or ill
12. In Vietnam, _______ Day is on September 2
nd
.
a. Women’s b. Teachers’ c. Independence d. Mother’s
13. People becomes more militant ______ smoking in public places.
a. than b. with c. in d. about

29. He _______ playing football five years ago.
a. begins b. began c. begun d. has begun
30. ______ by my Jack London, the story represents the American love for adventure.
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a.Written b.Writing c.To write d.To be written
II. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
31. There is a seven-o’clock train leaves every morning.
a b c d
32. Most all animals and many kinds of birds can swim naturally.
a b c d
33. Unless you don’t take my advice, you won’t be successful in your future career.
a b c d
34.I am surprising at how much he smokes; I’m not used to it.
a b c d
35. Jack London is known as one of the great novelist of the world.
a b c d
III. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
Lenin was born in April, 1870 in Simbirsk. His father died (36) ______he was sixteen years old. In September 1887 he entered
Kazan University and he was arrested (37) ______ participating in student protests and was expelled from the University. Then he (28)
______to study the literature of earlier generations of Russian Revolutionaries (39) ______ study law. He gained the license to practise
law in 1892. One year later, he became (40) ______in Marxism. In April 1899, his book titled “The development of Capitalism in Russia”
was published.
36.a. because b. when c. although d. during
37.a. by b. because c. for d. in spite of
38.a. began b. finished c. looked forward d. practised
39.a. in order to b. but c. so d. and
40.a. rich b. interested c. keen d. successful
IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer:
In 1920, after some thirty-nine years of problems with diseases, high costs, and politics, the Panama Canal was officially

48. My father doesn’t smoke any more.
a. My father is used to smoking. b. My father never used to smoke
c. My father didn’t use to smoke any more d. My father used to smoke a lot.
VI. Choose the best sentence made from the given cues:
49. finally / decide / go back / shop / buy / shirt.
a. Finally, he decided to go back to the shop to buy the shirt.
b. Finally, deciding to buy the shirt made him to go back to the shop .
c. Finally, he was deciding to go back to the shop for the bought shirt.
d. Finally, the decision to buy the shirt coming back to him.
50. know / where / she / live / now?
a. Where she lives now is your knowledge? b. No one knows where she is living now, don’t they?
c. Do you know where she lives now? d. Is it known about where does she live now?
How to pronounce the final –S or –ES in plural nouns:
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• / s / : When the nouns end in : k, f , p , t : (cliffs, desks, shops, plates…)
• / iz / : When the nouns end in : s , x , sh, ch, ge, z : ( buses, boxes, dishes, watches, chages, buzzes…)
• / z / : For the remaining nouns : (trees, flowers, boys, girls…)
PRACTICE TEST 2
I- Make the correct choice :
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a.listen b.tea c.sent d.tend
2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a.disposal b.exhaust c.themselves d.students
3. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. needed b.afforded c.advanced d.invented
4. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a.honesty b.valuable c.conceal d.engine
5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a.personal b.focus .anxious d.destroy

21.. His friend ______ him to give up smoking because it is harmful to his health.
a. enjoys b. lets c. makes d.advises
22. We will have an English-speaking club meeting next week. Would you like ______?
a. coming b. to come c. came d.come
23. Can you come next weekend? — We’d love to; but we ______ our grandparents.
a. have visited b. would visit c. are going to visit d.visit
24. It’s _______ and . It is going to rain. Take along your raincoat.
a. cloudy and windy b. cloudy and wind c. cloud and windy d.cloud and wind
25. How much money ______for your vacation?
a. were you saved b. are you saved c. have you been saved d. have you saved
26. The young man ______ you recommended to us was reliable.
a. who b. whose c. which d. whom
27. Wait _______ you hear the long pips.
a. when b. before c. until d. for
28. Tell me immediately if you are capable _______ doing the job.
a. in b. on c. of d. for
29. These are the photographs _______ took last summer.
a. who b. whom c. which d. he
30. We decided_______ to get tickets for ourselves.
a. don’t try b. not to try c. not try d. not trying
II. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
31. The picture of the soldiers bring back many memories.
a b c d
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32. If the duties of these officers weren’t reduced, there will not be enough time to finish it.
33. What he told you seem to be of no importance.
a b c d
34. Measles is cured without many difficulty nowadays.
a b c d

45. What would be chosen as an alternative to fossil fuels?
a. coal b. oil c. gas d. nuclear power
V. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the above one :
46. We can’t work. We don’t use a good dictionary.
a. Without using a good dictionary, we can’t work.
b. Unless using a good dictionary, we can’t work.
c. If we use a good dictionary, we can’t work.
d. If we won’t use a good dictionary, we can’t work.
47. He must practise it everyday. That is the only way for him to be successful.
a. Only by practising it every day is the only way for him to be successful.
b. Only by practising it every day he will be successful.
c. Only by practising it every day will he be successful.
d. Only by practising it every day that he will be successful.
48. He is going to retire at the end of the term. It was decided.
a. The fact was decided that he is going to retire at the end of the term.
b. The fact that was decided he is going to retire at the end of the term .
c. The fact that he is going to retire at the end of the term that was decided.
d. The fact that he is going to retire at the end of the term was decided.
49. His father didn’t want to watch TV. His wife didn’t want to watch TV, either.
a. Neither his father nor his wife didn’t want to watch TV.
b. Both his father and his wife wanted to watch TV.
c. Neither his father nor his wife wanted to watch TV.
d. Either his father or his wife wanted to watch TV.
50. He was ill; but he still went to school.
a. In spite of his illness, he went to school.
b. Because of his illness, he went to school.
c. Instead of his illness, he went to school.
d. In favor of his illness, he went to school.
PRACTICE TEST 3
I- Make the correct choice:

15. Swimming is good for our health, ______?
a. is it b. isn’t it c. isn’t swimming d. aren’t we
16. He doesn’t like playing computer games. -_______.
a. I don’t, too b. I do, either c. Neither do I d. So do I
17. If he ______ free time, he would have gone out with us.
a. had had b. had c. has had d. would have had
18. I wish I ______.
a. can swim b. will swim c. am swimming d. could swim
19. The crowd at a football match are very _______.
a. excitement b. exciting c. excited d. excitedly
20. How much money ______ up to now?
a. do you save b. have you saved c. are you saving d. will you save
21. All building in Sweden will be heated by ______ energy in 2050.
a. sunny b. solar c. sunshine d. sunlight
22. Energy-saving bulbs ______ to save electricity.
a. should use b. should be using c. should have used d. should be used
23. North American and European countries are interested ______ saving money and natural resources.
a. in b. at c. for d. with
24. We have to _______ the natural resources of our country.
a. drain b. conserve c. converse d. continue
25. The ______ of these swamps will destroy the mosquitoes’ breeding places.
a. breakage b. shortage c. stoppage d. drainage
26. Butter is one of the ________ of milk.
a. products b. production c. producers d. productivity
27. The industrial development will ________ the country’s prosperity.
a. give up b. lead to c. go over d. turn down
28.Conservation is also concerned _______ the reclaiming ________ land by irrigating deserts and draining swamps.
a.with /of b.with /by c.in /of d.in /by
29.Conservation also includes searching _______ alternative fuels, such _______ the energy of the Sun.
a.with /as b.about / of c.for /that d.for /as