Name: ……………………………….. Date: April 6 2022 5A2-EDULEAD- MS.
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PRACTICE TEST 5
PART A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. last B. fast C. task D. taste
2. A. knife B. kind C. kitchen D. king
3. A. discovered B. exported C. examined D. stained
4. A. chefs B. soldiers C. generals D. leopards
5. A. shutter B. mucus C. thunderstorm D. publisher
6. A. collector B. microscope C. tornado D. dinosaur
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
1. A. ruler B. about C. student D. window
2. A. skating B. cartoon C. party D. mountain
3. A. lesson B. enjoy C. today D. because
4. A. local B. distance C. decrease D. package
5. A. arrogant B. skyscraper C. astronaut D. Japanese
6. A. countryside B. organize C. holiday D. museum
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
PART B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
III. Choose the best answer.
1. My mother is a _________. She works in a hospital.
A. teacher B. pilot C. waitress D. doctor
2. She has a high temperature. She has a _________ .
A. sore throat B. fever C. toothache D. stomach ache
3. Don’t play with the _________! You may cut yourself.
A. knife B. matches C. stove D. neighbor’s cat
4. Why would you like to be _________? – Because I’d like to design buildings.
A. a nurse B. a pilot C. a writer D. an architect
5. Lisa _________ the music after her parents said it was too loud.
A. turned up B. turned down C. turned back D. turned on
6. The girl will _________ the mayor’s job for one day.
A. take off B. take after C. take apart D. take over
7. _________ is a spice that people use in cooking and baking.
A. Wheat B. Cinnamon C. Meat D. Butter
8. The Queen lives in a huge palace. It is a(n) _________ house.
A. small B. miniature C. immense D. tiny
9. He won the national_________ this year for high school students.
A. competition B. member C. speech D. ribbon
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10. People often get _________ in the winter.
A. immune B. paralyze C. influenza D. infect
11. Humans breathe out _________, which plants need to live.
A. carbon dioxide B. oxygen C. hydrogen D. carbon
12. Where will you be this weekend? – I think I’ll _________ at home.
A. be B. was [Link] D. been
13. This is the first time I ___________ this film.
A. am seeing B. saw C. see D. have seen
14. They haven’t seen each other ___________ Christmas.
A. since B. for C. at D. in
15. What are ____________? – They are pens.
A. This B. that C. those D. there
[Link] classroom is ____________ the second floor.
A. In B. on C. at D. about
17 –“How far is it from here to the nearest post office?" –“_____________.”
A. Turn left and then turn right B. Two kilometers at least
C. No, it's rather far D. Yes, it's quite near he
18. – “What do you usually do on your day off?” –“___________________”
A. I usually drive to work B. I will sleep all day
C. I usually do not much D. Nothing much. I always sleep until noon
19. Parents should take good care of their children and _______ them from wrong doings.
A. take B. protect C. protest D. get
20. John swims very well and ________ does his brother.
A. also B. so C. even D. too
21. I have heard nothing from him since _________.
A. he had left B. he leaves C. he has left D. he left
22. She went to market without_________ anything.
A. buy B. to buy C. bought D. buying
23. The new shopping mall is quite _________ the present shopping area.
A. different from B. the same C. like to D. similar
24. Do you collect stamps or other things ?- Yes, I am a stamp _________ .
A. collecting B. collector C. collect D. collection
25. Your mother is beautiful. She has _________________.
A. long straight black hair B. straight long black hair C. black long straight hair D. hair long straight
black
26. Airmail is much __________ than surface mail.
A. expensive B. very expensive C. more expensive D. most expensive
27. This is my book and __________________ .
A. that are yours B. those are your C. that are your D. those are yours
28. As she was running, suddenly she stumbled ___________ a rock and fell ____________.
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A. at/ off B. in/ out C. over/ down D. of/ down
29. That’s a _______________ building.
A. five- floor B. five- floors C. five- floor’s D. five- floors’
30. She helped me _________ the house.
A. to clean B. cleaning C. clean D. both A and C
31. Helen is my aunt’s daughter so she is my_________.
A. sister B. cousin C. niece D. friend
32. His_________ always makes people laugh.
A. quiet character B. sense of humor C. smiles D. humorous
33. Children who don’t have parents often live in a(n) _________.
A. hotel B. house C. orphanage D. hostel
34. It took him ages to _________living in the new town.
A. get use to B. be used to C. will used to D. will use to
35. _________is a large piece of furniture where you can hang your clothes.
A. Wardrobe B. Refrigerator C. Desk D. Counter.
IV. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Identify the mistakes and correct them.
1. I’m (A) very interesting (B) in watching (C) romantic films (D).
2. My brother often (A) goes (B) swim (C) in (D) summer.
3. When I am (A) ten, I used (B) to sing (C) very well (D).
4. That (A) is Sally’s (B)dog. It’s (C) name’s (D) Muffìn.
PART C. READING
Read the text and questions below. Choose the correct answer.
HOW NAM HAS IMPROVED HIS ENGLISH.
In the first year of lower secondary held I had some difficulties in learning English. My English
pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was worse.
I did not know how to improve them. I didn’t want my father and mother to know about this. One
afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took
me to the school library and showed me tapes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also
told me how to use an English- English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now I think you
know what you should do” she said. I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first prize in
the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.
1. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?
A. The pronunciation B. The grammar
C. Both pronunciation and grammar D. The way of improving his pronunciation
2. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?
A. His teacher B. One of his friends C. His father D. His mother
3. Where did Nam and his teacher go after that?
A. to the town library B. to the school library C. to the teachers’ room D. to his house
4. What did the teacher show him then?
A. A glass bookcase B. An English-English dictionary
C. An English Grammar book D. Cassettes of pronunciation drills
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5. What did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later?
A. The first prize B. The second prize C. The third prize D. The fourth prize
D. WRITING
I. Reorder the words to form sentences.
1. folk tales/ I/ because/ love/ each of them/ me/ gives/ in life./ a lesson
___________________________________________________________________ .
2. How long / to / it / take/ you / get / to school /?/ does /
___________________________________________________________________ ?
3. We ought / use/ cloth bags/ instead / reusing / of / plastic bags. / to /
___________________________________________________________________ .
II. Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
1. Tommy is a better swimmer than Tony.
A. No one can swim as well as Tommy and Tony.
B. Tommy is the best swimmer of all, apart from Tony.
C. Tony can’t swim so well as Tommy.
D. Tony can’t be better than Tommy.
2. Christine finds it easy to make friends.
A. It is easy to make friends to Christine B. Christine has no difficulty making friends.
C. Christine has a lot of friends. D. Christine is fond of making friends.
3. She started learning English 3 years ago.
A. She started learning English 3 years. B. She has learnt English for 3 years.
C. She started learning English since 3 years. D. She learnt English since 3 years.
4. Walking a mile a day is good exercise.
A. It is good exercise for walking a mile a day. B. It is good exercise walking a mile a day.
C. It is good exercise to walk a mile a day. D. It is good exercise to walking a mile a day.
5. His eel soup is better than any other soups I have ever eaten.
A. Of all the soups I have ever eaten, his eel soup is the best.
B. I have ever eaten many soups that are better than his eel soup.
C. His eel soup is the worst of all soups I have eaten.
D. His eel soup is good but I have ever eaten many others better.
6. The last time I went to the museum was a year ago.
A. I have not been to the museum for a year. B. A year ago, I often went to the museum.
C. My going to the museum lasted a year. D. At last I went to the museum after a year.
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