III/ Choose the right word or phrase marked a, b, c, d that best fits the blanks in the following passage: Mary had to go to New York last week but she almost 1………the plane.. IV/ Choo
Trang 1ÔN TẬP KHỐI 12 (2010 – 2011) - PRACTICE TEST 8 I/ Complete each of the sentences with the correct form of the word:
1/ Inflation will never be completely……….( eradicate) from the economy
2/ Public cooperation is vital in the fight against………….(terrorize)
3/ He is now so weak the doctors are …………(pessimist) about his chances of making a full recovery 4/ The government expressed ……….(optimistic) about the success of the negotiations
5/ Many people lost their jobs in the great………(depress) of the 1930s
6/ Japanese people have a very high life……… (expect)
7/ Will the universe continue to expand……… (eternal)?
8/ The inspectors were impressed by the speed and…………(efficient) of the new system
9/ Help came from an………….(expected) quarter
10/ It was ……… (incredible) difficult to fit everyone in
II/ Put in the missing preposition:
1/ The teacher says we’ve got to do the test, so there’s no point………arguing…… it
2/ They succeeded…… escaping…… the burning house
3/ I am not interested…… anything that happed………the very remote past
4/ I wasn’t aware………any problems…… the new design
5/ The children are very fond ………swimming ……… summer they spend most of their
time……….the water
6/ How are you getting…… at school? – I’m getting…… all right except………English I’m very bad………it
7/ I’m sorry…… being late…… Monday
8/ I’m not exactly keen …… cooking; but I prefer it……….washing up
9/ I object………being kept waiting Why can’t you be………time?
10/ I was so afraid………missing the train that I took a taxi………the station
III/ Choose the right word or phrase marked ( a, b, c, d ) that best fits the blanks in the following passage:
Mary had to go to New York last week but she almost (1)………the plane She (2)…….in the queue at the check-In desk when she suddenly (3)…… that she (4)…… her passport at home Fortunately, she doesn't live very far from the airport, so she (5)………time to take a taxi home to get it
IV/ Choose the right word or phrase marked ( a, b, c, d ) that best fits the blanks in the following passage:
6/ She's not very keen……….music
7/ They know little…………what to expect
8/ I can't infer…… the apparent ease of the transition that all is well
9/ They wonder if they will be sacked…….the spot
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11/ Could I have …….sugar?
12/ ………children are ill-prepared for employment
13/ He found………mistakes in my writing
14/ He can speak…….languages
15/ ……….visitors don't visit this town
16/ To our……….it rained all the day
a disappoint b disappointing c disappoint edly d disappointment
17/ She went on her work with an air of ………
18/ You can get…………treatment here
19/ Their study is getting on…………
a satisfies b satisfying c satisfactorily d satisfactory
20/ That's silly What you're saying is………
21/ The children try to………obstacles
22/ Even children……… are interested in a particular occupation know little about it
23/ The transition from school to work is not always………
24/ Children may encounter ………….when they start work
a occupations b obstacles c determinations d satisfactions
25/ To prepare for the job you should have a ………… of English
V/ Choose the right word or phrase marked ( a,b,c,d ) that best fits the blanks in the following passage:
Most school - leavers experience (26)………from school to work with a feeling of hope and (27)…… As for them, the ending of school means the beginning of (28)………new life They are interested in their first job (29)…… it will help their mother out with the (30)…….at home, feel better about themselves and give the (31)…… of a worker They soon realized that they are (32)……They have no idea of the tasks involved (33)…… it When the time to start work gets nearer, many of them
begin to (34)……and build up fearsome prospects in their (35)……
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VI/ Choose the item ( a, b, c, d ) that best completes the unfinished statements about the passage:
Most Americans stop working at the age of sixty-five or seventy and retire Because work is such an important part of life in this culture, retirement can be very difficult Retirees often feel that they are useless and unproductive Of course, some people are happy to retire, but leaving one's job, whatever it is, is a difficult change, even for those who look forward to retiring Many retirees do not know how to use their time or they feel lost without their jobs
36/ Retirement is not always ……….for Americans
37/ In Americans society, people………
c must work all their life d do not like retirement
38/ At first, retirement often brings people………
c a chance to leave their job d the feeling of productiveness
39/ At the age of sixty-five or seventy………
a a lot of Americans still go to work
b most Americans start their retirement
c so many Americans don't like to retire
d most Americans are not ready to retire
40/ In fact, leaving one's job, whatever it is, is a difficult change for………
a only those who expect to retire b those who are at sixty-five
VII/ Choose the sentence marked ( a, b, c, d ) which is closest in meaning to the original
sentence:
41/ I have no idea why she left
a I don't know why she left b I didn't know why she left
42/ There's a tendency among the young to play things down
a Young people tendency to play things down
b Young people tends to play things down
c Young people to tend to play things down
d Young people tend to play things down
43/ He gave some wrong answers
a He made quite a little mistakes b He made quite little mistakes
c He made quite a few mistakes d He made quite few mistakes
44/ There are a few trees left
a There are not some trees left b There are not many trees left
c There is not many trees left d There is not much trees left
45/ I don't like sports very much
a I am not very keen in sports b I am not very keen on sports
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46/ No one has used that door
a That door hasn't been used b That door has been not used
c That door has been used not d That door wasn't used
47/ They feed the animals in the zoo everyday
a The animals everyday are fed in the zoo
b The animals are everyday fed in the zoo
c The animals are fed in the zoo everyday
d The animals are being fed in the zoo everyday
48/ People don’t use this road very often
a This road is not used very often
b Not very often this road is not used
c This road very often is not used
d This road not very often is used
49/ Children are determined to overcome problems
a Children have a determined to overcome problems
b Children have a determine to overcome problems
c Children have a determination to overcome problems
d Children have a determining to overcome problems
50/ Nobody told us about the accident
a We were told about the accident
b We were not told about the accident
c We no were told about the accident
d We were told not about the accident
VIII/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest
IX/ Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest:
X/ Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be
correct:
1/ Bill (a)is often late (b)for class, (c)which makes his teachers (d)angrily
2/ (a) In the end of the party, Mary found (b)herself (c)washing the dishes alone again, (d)as usual 3/ (a)The oceans, which cover two-thirds (b)of earth’s surface, are the (c)object of study (d)for
oceanographers
4/ He isn’t (a)going to (b)the conference (c)in March and (d)neither they are
5/ His knowledge of (a)physics (b)enable him to (c)assist the director (d)in many ways