PRACTICE TEST 2

I. PRONUNCIATION
Part 1: Choose the option A, B, C or D whose underlines part is pronounced differently
1. A. likes B. loves C. drives D. goes
2. A. begged B. stepped C. climbed D. kissed
3. A. awareness B. parent C. portrait D. compare
4. A. availability B. banana C. awareness D. address
5. A. decided B. requested C. encouraged D. targeted
Part 2: Choose the option A, B, C or D whose intonation is different from others
1. A. different B. develop C. benefit D. every
2. A. history B. mineral C. historical D. regular
3. A. vitamin B. exercise C. unhealthy D. medicine
4. A. recycle B. pollution C. environment D. volunteer
5. A. computer B. vegetarian C.encourage D. reduce
II. GRAMMAR
Part 1: Read the sentences carefully and choose the best option A, B, C or D
1. A: How much milk do we still have in the fridge? - B: We still have two ______ of
milk.
A. cartons B. boxes C. bunches D. bars
2. We should follow the advice from doctors and health _________ in order to keep fit
A. people B. workers C. experts D. managers
3. Tom dislikes ________ English grammar. He thinks it’s very difficult
A. learns B. learning C. learn D. learned
4. Children _____ plastic bottles for recycling yesterday
A. collected B. collect C. collects D. collecting
5. Charlie Chaplin was the most famous………… .of the silent films.
A. acting B. star C. plot D. scene
6. I find …………… interesting because I can stay in shape
A. swim B. swims C. to swim D. swimming
7. My grandmother bought my little sister ____ ice cream. ____ ice cream was vanilla
A. a - An B. an - The C. an - The D. an - A
8. Last year, they provided ________ for sixty street children
A. evening classes B. volunteer work C. community services D. homework help
9. There is a ______ to teach the children in the hospital
A. doctor B. student C. worker D. tutor
10. Mai: “Are you OK?” - Lan: “____________”
A. Not bad. Thank you B. It all right C. Please don’t say so D. Yes, I do
Part 2: Read the passage and write the correct words/ phrases in the gap
Dear Mai,
Thanks for your letter. Now I’ll tell you (1)_______ my hobbies.
My favorite hobby is knitting. My mother (2)______ me to knit two years ago. Now I can
knit scarves and sweaters. It’s great when I can (3) ______ them to my relatives and friends
as gifts. Knitting is also imaginative (4)________you can knit anything you can imagine of.
I’m sending you a scarf next month. I hope you’ll like it
Best (5)____,
Lan
Part 3: Read the recipe for a chef’s salad and fill in the gaps with the words
given

pour slice add remove mix boil

Instructions:
- (1) ______ the eggs for 10 minutes
- Wash the lettuce leaves and put them into a salad bowl
- Cut the cheese and the ham into small pieces and add
them to the bowl
- (2) _____ the cucumber and cut the tomato into pieces,
then add them to the bowl
- (3) _____ the shell from the eggs, slice them and put
them on top of the salad

For the dressing

- (4) ____ the mayonnaise, tomato, ketchup, olive oil and
vinegar into a small bowl and (5) ____ them well
- (6) _____ salt and pepper

III. READING
Part 1: Read the passage and answer the question
Each country has many good people who take care of others. For example, some of
the students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals,
orphanages or homes for the elderly. They read books to the people in these places, or they
just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.
Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They
paint, clean up, repair their houses or do the shopping. For boys who don't have fathers,
there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys
to basketball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually
learn from their fathers.
Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go and play games. Some of
these clubs show movies or hold short trips to the mountains, the beaches, or the museum
and other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of students as volunteers because
they are young enough to understand the problems of younger boys and girls.
1. Where do students often do volunteer work?
________________________________________
2. What do volunteers usually do to help those who are sick or old in their homes?
________________________________________
3. Is watching films always available for the students at the clubs?
________________________________________
4. Why do they use students as volunteers?
________________________________________
5. From whom do orphan boys learn things they are supposed to in the Big Brothers
club?
________________________________________

IV. WRITING
Part 1: Rewrite the sentences so that the meaning stays the same
1. The tickets to the music concert were too expensive for us
→ It cost______________________________________
2. We can get to the bookshop in an hour
→ It takes ________________________________________
3. They like reading books about plants best
→ Their hobby_____________________________________
4. It’s impolite to not greet your grandparents when they visit
→ You should ________________________________________
5. Why don’t we volunteer for the youth union?
→Let’s ________________________________________
6. Although she is not good at Maths, she still really likes the subject
→ She________________________________________
Part 2: Write the complete sentences using the prompts below
1. What time/ she/ arrive/ concert/ yesterday
________________________________________
2. Doing sports/not eating unhealthy food/ ways/keep fit
________________________________________
3. Many students/come/the blood donation event/ September 3rd
________________________________________
4. They/find/ the solutions/ housing problems of the poor
________________________________________
5. Although/she/try very hard/stop/eat fast food/ she/can’t
________________________________________
6. Community services/ necessary/ help/ those in need
________________________________________