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PRACTICE TEST 20
Questions 1 - 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
Questions 6 - 35: 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 lower is in a room, the more slowly our eyes focus
A the level of lighting B light level C leveling of light D lighting is level
7 The wind-rippled sand at California's Kelso Dunes resembles
A to be an ocean floor B as an ocean floor C an ocean floor D being an ocean floor
8 Living organisms contain more water substance
A than do any other B does than any other C other than do they any D than any other
9 Columbia University's School of Public Health is a handful of schools of public health in the United States
10 More than anything, what saved Jamestown was the highly successful cultivation of tobacco, Indian assistance with farming undoubtedly played a major part as well
11 According to legend, coffee beans in the town of Kaffa
A first discovered B were first discovered C discovered first D have first discovered
12 Martin Luther King Jr, after his father's assassination, the mission of his father to fight for the rights of blacks in America and achieved some notable success in the 1970s
13 In the symphony orchestra, bass drums are not kettle drums
A as prevalent B that prevalent C so prevalent as D prevalent than
14 Narcissus bulbs at least three inches apart and covered with about four inches of well drained soil
15 Total color blindness, is the result of a defect in the retina
A a rare condition that B a rare condition C that a rare condition D is a rare condition
16 In the fourteenth century, that glass coated with silver nitrate would turn yellow when fired in an oven
A the discovery B it was discovered C with the discovery D if it was discovered
17 .electric eels send a series of blips of electricity into the water around them and they can detect the pattern of electricity of the water changes
18 an ownership of nearly 60 to 62 per cent of corporate equities, this mean 1-2 per cent of American society possesses about 42 per cent of the total wealth of the nation
19 Earthquakes can damage a tree violently, and it can take several years for the tree to heal
20 classified as a carnivore, the North American Grizzly bear eats berries and even grass
21 The sea horse uses to cling to the seaweed and other plants
A it has a tail B a tail with which it C its tail D as its tail
22 The human skin forms against the action of physical, chemical, and bacterial agents on the deeper tissues
A protective a barrier is B a protective barrier C a barrier protect D a barrier protects
23 The swallows of Capistrano are famous to the same nests in California each spring
A to return B who returned C they returned D for returning
24 The invention in the 1920s of the Corning ribbon important, because from that time on the price of a light bulb plunged
A machine was B while a machine was C had a machine D for the machine
Trang 225 In 1950, aspirin earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records …….
A in the world's best selling painkiller B in the world as a best selling painkiller
C as the world's best-selling painkiller D of the world's best selling painkiller
26 Perhaps we should think in terms of raising interest rates them, in consideration of the new reports about inflation reported last June
A then reducing B and reduce C although reduce D rather than reducing
27 .bacteria in foods are killed, as they are during baking or stewing, decay is slowed down
28 The Pulitzer Prize has been in American literature for more than seventy years
A the award most prestigious that B the most prestigious award
C a prestigious award that most D most prestigious award
29 Spain and Portugal's competition for economic domination in the Americas after Columbus' return to Europe, when they both realized that the Newland could increase their gold reserves
30 The lenses in an optical microscope bend the light passing through a specimen to form an image of that specimen that is much larger actually viewed
31 In this pure state antimony has no important uses, but with other substances, it is an extremely useful metal
A when combined physically or chemically B combined when physically or chemically
C the physical and chemical combination D it is combined physically and chemically
2 In hot, dry regions, the Sun's heat causes the outer layer of rocks a process called exfoliation
A are expanded and peeled away B to expand and peel away
33 Industrialization has been responsible for most radical of the environmental changes caused by humans
34 For the first time in 70 years, aspirin's potential beyond reducing pain, fever and inflammation
A researchers began to understand B researchers begin understanding
C researcher's understanding of D researchers began their understanding
35 The hourglass, an instrument used , usually consists of two bulbs united by a narrow neck
A measures time B time is measured C for measuring time D the time for measuring
QUESTIONS 36 - 45: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to fit each space
The 18th-century battlefield was, compared with that of the 20th-century, an intimate theatre, especially intimate
in the (36) of the Revolution, which was usually small even by the standards of the day Soldiers had to come
to close quarters to kill; this fact reduced the mystery of the battle, though perhaps not its terrors But at least the
battle field lost some of its impersonality In fact, in (37) to (with) the 20th-century combat, in which the enemy usually remains unseen and the source of incoming fire unknown, in the 18th-century battles the enemy could be seen and sometimes even (38) (39) one's enemy may have arose a singular (40) of feeling uncommon in modern battles Before the (41) occurred tension and anxiety (42) up as the troops marched from their column into a line of attack The (43) of their movements was well understood by themselves and their enemies, who must have watched with feeling of dread and fascination When the order came sending them (44) , rages, even, madness replaced the attacker's (45) , while terror and desperation filled those who received the charge
Trang 3Questions 46 - 50: Read the following passage carefully and answer the uestions that follow by circling letter
A, B, C or D as the correct answers.
Most fairy tales in the world begin with "Once upon a time" and end with "They lived happily ever after," so we will begin in the same way
Once upon a time, there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sister did nothing
One night, her sister went to a ball at the palace Cinderella was left home, very sad After a time, her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball - but to return home by midnight So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress in a wonderful coach She danced with the prince but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on her dancing floor The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house
in the capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella She and the prince were married and lived happily ever after
46 Books with fairy tales are found in
A our country only B few countries C all countries except ours D many countries
47 According to the passage, fairy tales in different languages usually begin and end ·
A in the same way B in different ways C in many ways D in various ways
48 The word "ball" in the first sentence of paragraph 3 means
49 Cinderella was very sad because
A her sister did nothing B her sister went to a ball and left her at home
C she did all the work in the kitchen D her sister was invited to a ball
50 At the end of the story,
A Cinderella could go to the ball and its meaning is unclear she and the prince were married
B Cinderella's godmother came to comfort her
C one of Cinderella's sisters was married to the prince
D the prince invited Cinderella to the ball
The End