PRACTICE TEST AFTER UNIT 9
Time allowed: 60 minutes
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
| 1. | A. approximate | B. derivative | C. education | D. certificate |
| 2. | A. flexible | B. specific | C. punctual | D. openness |
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
| 3. | A. translate | B. language | C. phrase | D. imitate |
| 4. | A. dialects | B. Spanish | C. bilingual | D. official |
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
| 5. | British linguists distinguish dialect from accent, that refers only to pronunciation. A B C D |
| 6. | If you don’t know what that word means, try to look it on in the dictionary. A B C D |
| 7. | If I were you, I will not spend such a lot of money buying too many unnecessary things. A B C D |
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
| 8. | A _______ dictionary is a specialized dictionary used to translate words or phrases from one language to another. | |||
| A. monolingual | B. bilingual | C. trilingual | D. multilingual | |
| 9. | Some Vietnamese words are ________ from French. | |||
| A. picked | B. spoken | C. hired | D. borrowed | |
| 10. | I talked to the girl ________ car had broken down in front of the shop. | |||
| A. whom | B. that | C. whose | D. who | |
| 11. | Another feature is _______ of vocabulary that allows English to admit words freely from other languages and to create compounds and derivatives. | |||
| A. flexibility | B. dominance | C. openness | D. establishment | |
| 12. | Mr Richards, ________ is a taxi driver, lives in a cottage. | |||
| A. whose | B. who | C. which | D. that | |
| 13. | If I ________ you, I ________ learn one more language. | |||
| A. was/ will | B. am/ will | C. was/ do | D. was/ would | |
| 14. | I really admire Yen, ________ is fluent ________ both English and French. | |||
| A. who/ in | B. that/ at | C. that/ on | D. which/ at | |
| 15. | Learning the English parts of _______ is a must if you want to learn grammar. | |||
| A. speech | B. accent | C. dialogue | D. tone | |
| 16. | If you spoke more slowly, he ________ you. | |||
| A. understands | B. would understand | |||
| C. will understand | D. understood | |||
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
| 17. | Everyone has their own style of studying. I prefer to study by myself so I am not disturbed. | |||
| A. location | B. network | C. culture | D. method | |
| 18. | When we travel overseas we hope to go to Iceland. | |||
| A. to foreign lands | B. on the sea | C. by water | D. with foreigners | |
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
| 19. | Our children must attend some acceptable school during the years of compulsory education. | |||
| A. commercial | B. voluntary | C. inspirational | D. advisory | |
| 20. | Playing computer games for too long is not good for our eyesight. | |||
| A. harmful | B. effective | C. enormous | D. careful | |
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
21. Lan:“I wouldn’t do that if I were you.” - Nam:“ ________”
A. Wouldn’t you? Why? B. It’s out of the question.
C. I’d rather you didn’t. D. Would you? Really?
22. Minh:“Mum! I’ve got 8.5 on the IELTS test!”
Minh’s mother : “ ________”
A. Absolutely B. Good way! C. Good job! D. Oh, hard luck!
Read the following text and mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Last summer Nam, my old classmate, decided to do a three-week course in Australia because he wanted (23) ________ his English. On his first day at the language school, they
(24) ____________ him a test, and the teacher told him, “We’ll put you in the top class.” He was very (25) ____________ to hear that, and, “I am sorry to say”, he proudly to tell all his friends at home, “I’m one of the best students!” But soon he was surprised to find
(26) _____________ difficult the class was. He was also felt homesick. “It’s hard to adapt to life in another country!” he thought. (27) ____________ the end of the three weeks, his English was much better, but he was happy to return home.
23. A. improve B. to improve C. improving D. improved
24. A. gave B. received C. carried D. brought
25. A. pleased B. pleasant C. pleasing D. pleasure
26. A. how B. which C. what D. why
27. A. On B. By C. At D. In
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
People who want to learn a foreign language may have one of great number reasons. Firstly, those who find themselves living temporarily in the foreign language community will have to learn the language to survive in that community. Secondly, many students study a foreign language only because it is part of their school curriculum. Additionally, some students learn the language because they want to know more about the people who speak it and the places where it is spoken. Finally, some people want to learn a foreign language as they think it offers, in some general way, a chance for advancement in their daily lives. It is obvious that there are several possible reasons for studyinga language.
28. Which of the following titles can be the most suitable one for this passage?
A. Learning a foreign language to survive.
B. Reasons for studying a language.
C. A chance for advancement.
D. The foreign language community.