Hoàng Thảo – THPT Chuyên Biên Hòa

ENGLISH PRACTICE 164

Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
1. In spite of her physician handicaps, Helen Keller graduated from Radcliffe with honors.

2. The company suffered substantial losses after the stock market crash and found it difficult for recovering.

3. The bodies of cold-blooded animals have the same temperature their surroundings, but those of warm-
blooded animals do not.

4. The government raises money to operate by tax cigarettes, liquor, gasoline, tires, and telephone calls.

5. Some birds can travel at speeds approaching one hundred miles an hour, and a few land animals can so

6. Million of people lost their jobs in the 90’s. This, in turn, caused social dissatisfaction with the political
leaders who had promised jobs and prosperity

7. The Gray Wolf, a species reintroduced into their native habitat in Yellow Stone National Park, has begun to
breed naturally there

8. Americans annually import more than $3 billion worthy of Italian clothing, jewelry, and shoes.
worth (n)
9. Karen hasn’t decided still if she wants to run for the Presidency again this year.

10. If I were like you, I’d spend a bit more and buy the hardback version of the book.

Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three in each question.
11. A. cities B. satellites C. series D. workers
12. A. disclose B. prose C. whose D. dispose
13. A. height B. neigh C. freight D. sleigh
14. A. preface B. displace C. complace D. replace

Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question.
15. A. adventurous B. luminous C. laborious D. tumultuous
16. A. tolerant B. ignorant C. immigrant D. descendant
17. A. detriment B. devastate C. determine D. detonate
18. A. coherent B. permanent C. vehement D. sentiment

From the four words or phrases (A, B, C, or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence.
19. I ............ happy to see him, but I didn’t have time.
A. will have been B. would be C. will be D. would have been
20. I know Thessaloniki like the back of my.............
A. head B. hand C. book D. wardrobe
21. I’ve cleaned all the parts, but the motor ............ doesn’t work.
A. still B. now C. always D. at last
22. I’ve read that report so many times that I feel I know it.............
A. forwards B. upside down C. sideways D. backwards
23. It’s ages............I last saw a decent comedy film on television.
A. that B. since C. ago D. when
24. He............that nothing would change his mind.
A. cleared B. cleared up C. made it clear D. made clear
25. It was a very quiet night, so the sudden noise of breaking glass ............me.
A. shattered B. staggered C. jumped D. startled
26. Our main............is to reduce debt by cutting costs.
A. decision B. objective C. resolution D. desire
27. The room was in a terrible mess with a............of clothes all over the floor.
A. jumble B. huddle C. litter D. mixture
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28. ..........we haven’t managed to find what we are looking for.
A. To now B. On and off C. So far D. Formerly
29. The local..........has agreed to repair the road outside our house.
A. government B. people C. jury D. council
30. In the event of a fire, do not..........
A. fluster B. harass C. panic D. fidget
31. Everybody was..........about the latest production at the National Theatre.
A. revelling B. triumphing C. delighting D. raving
32. His grandfather often doze.......... in front of the TV after dinner.
A. out B. off C. over D. in
33. There are..........young single people living in this town - only old people and young families.
A. no one B. none C. no D. nothing
34. Her awful singing is a..........joke at school.
A. standing B. sick C. dirty D. practical
35. The car turned over, but luckily it didn’t suffer serious...........
A. injuries B. injury C. damages D. damage
36. I expected to receive three letters, but none.......... arrived
A. whatsoever B. completely C. all D. utterly
37. I frequently find myself in.......... with the board of directors.
A. rivalry B. conflict C. odds D. friction
38. After two hours the audience was beginning to get ..........
A. flustered = confused B. ill at ease C. restless D. hectic
39. Jack went into the room with a gun in either...........
A. hand B. door C. side D. one
40. The police decided to .......... the department store after they had received a bomb warning.
A. abandon B. evacuate C. evict D. expel
41. They live about.......... from here.
A. an hour’s drive B. an hour of drive C. a drive hour D. a drive of an hour
42. If you can win his attention ..........for you.
A. the so much better B. the better so much C. so the much better D. so much the better
43. The current team are of a remarkably high.......... despite injury problems.
A. shape B. standard C. spirit D. term
44. Marie Curie, a famous Polish physicist, won the Nobel Prize when she ...........the radioactive metals
radium and polonium.
A. invented B. created C. discovered D. produced
45. Don’t read all the book. Just.......... the first few pages quickly.
A. glance through B. dissect C. look round D. see into
46. Christmas is a time for being with family and friends; it can be quite a ..........time for lots of people.
A. only B. alone C. lonely D. single
47. Their latest proposal runs..........to everything they’ve been saying over the last year.
A. counter B. against C. opposed D. competitive
48. Have you ever.......... an evening course? It’s a great way to make new friends
A. played B. done C. gone D. All are correct.
49. It seems that medical science is............of discovering a cure for cancer.
A. on the corner B. on the edge C. on the rim D. on the verge
50. .......... for Tom’s opposition, we would have agreed to the contract.
A. Be it not B. Would it not have been
C. Had it not been D. Should it not have been
51. It’s better for animas to live in the..........
A. nature B. wild C. wildlife D. habitat
52. There was a problem with the cell phone, but I..........it now.
A. fixed B. would have fixed C. have been fixing D. have fixed
53. He looked so tired in class, ..........times I thought he was going to fall asleep.
A. to B. at C. on D. in
54. Wildlife is..........threat in many parts of the world.
A. in B. at C. under D. over
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55. I can’t stand seeing animals in..........
A. protection B. packaging C. reserve D. captivity

Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space.
ARE BRAND NAMES WORTH IT?
How do famous companies get people to spend a fortune on brand names? To find the (56) .......... to this
question, just observe the children in any school playground. Hannah is a (57) ..........nine-year-old student at
an English primary school. She’s not quite sure what a brand (58) ..........is, but she’s sure of what she wants.
As part of a new sales (59) .........., all the students in her class have been given a free bag with the Nike (60)
..........on it. Hannah hasn’t really (61) ..........the connection yet, or asked for Nike trainers, but it’s only a (62)
............ of time before she does. But is it right that companies should (63) .......... such young children for their
promotional activities? Brand names seem to have (64) ..........over us because they allow us to (65) ..........
with a particular group of people. A brand name has a certain (66) .......... . It suggests that we’re able to afford
this product, and most of us like to (67) .......... off what we can afford. Some people also believe that brand
names provide a (68) .......... of quality. So a brand has to provide this quality, (69) ..........people will
eventually stop buying it. So only time will (70) ..........whether it’s really worthwhile paying extra money for a
brand name. Meanwhile, Hannah is delighted with her free Nike bag.
56. A. reply B. answer C. response D. solution
57. A. typical B. similar C. uniform D. regular
58. A. certainly B. factually C. surely D. actually
59. A. battle B. attack C. campaign D. propaganda
60. A. logo B. mark C. picture D. diagram
61. A. taken B. made C. done D. put
62. A. situation B. problem C. state D. question
63. A. focus B. aim C. target D. point
64. A. power B. meaning C. rule D. force
65. A. indicate B. identify C. sign D. point
66. A. invention B. image C. portrait D. impression
67. A. show B. present C. carry D. wear
68. A. security B. bond C. guarantee D. receipt
69. A. since B. however C. but D. otherwise
70. A. say B. tell C. speak D. state

Read the passage and the questions or unfinished sentences. Then choose the answer - A, B, C, or D -
that you think fits best.
A robot can be defined as a programmed, self-controlled device with electronic, electrical, or mechanical
parts. The idea of robots or robotlike devices can be traced back to medieval times. People of that era did not
have a word for what is now called a “robot”, but they did imagine mechanisms that could perform human-like
tasks. There have been different attempts at building robots at different times in history. Miniature automata,
or self-operating machines, became popular toys for the very rich in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were
made to look and move like humans or small animals. The first automaton was Jacques de Vaucanson’s The
Flute Player. It was constructed in 1737, and it looked like a shepherd. It was able to play twelve different
songs on a tiny flute while it was keeping time on a drum.

71. Robots
A. are able to control themselves.
B. were not even thought of by people during the Middle Ages.
C. are devices that have only been invented recently.
D. looked like shepherds in the 18th century.
72. We can understand from the passage that the word “robot”
A. was first used in medieval times. B. was first used by Jacques de Vaucanson
C. is an invention of modern times. D. is derived from the word “automaton”.
73. The Flute Player
A. was able to make certain human-like movements.
B. was the first electronic robot that was designed.
C. had already been imagined in medieval times.
D. controlled itself without even being programmed.
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74. Automata
A. do not have any similarities to actual robots.
B. like The Flute Player were as good as real musicians
C. could not actually do anything that was human-like
D. were used for entertainment in the 1700s and 1800s.

During the 20th century, large holes were found in the ozone layer over the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
However, this decline in ozone levels may have stopped now. Scientists are still cautious, however, and will
need 10 more years before they can confirm this. In the mid-1970s, scientists discovered that the chemicals
which had long been used in refrigeration and aerosols were destroying the ozone layer. They started to be
replaced with different chemicals after an international agreement in 1987. The ozone layer is important
because, without its protection, people are more likely to get skin cancer or certain other diseases.
75. We can conclude from the passage that the holes in the ozone layer
A. were caused by the introduction of new chemicals in the 1970s.
B. have worried countries around the world.
C. are actually getting bigger nowadays.
D. haven’t been confirmed by scientists yet.
76. It is stated in the passage that scientists
A. are going to stop studying the ozone layer in ten years’ time.
B. are cautious in the way they live their lives.
C. are not certain that the decline in ozone levels has actually stopped.
D. were against the agreement which was signed in 1987.
77. It can be understood from the passage that the two holes in the ozone layer
A. were caused by humans. B. no longer exist.
C. are nothing to worry about. D. will take 10 years to disappear

The future of the solar system cannot be known for certain, because accidents can happen at any time. For
example, a star might pass right through and destroy the system. If no accident happens, the future depends on
the behaviour of the sun. The sun is slowly getting brighter as it consumes its supply of hydrogen and turns it
into helium. If current calculations are correct, the sun will grow much brighter and larger in about 5 billion
years’ time. After this, Earth, as well as the other planets, will get too hot for life to endure.

78. It is clear from the passage that the sun

A. will disappear in 5 billion years. B. doesn’t have very much hydrogen left.
C. is the largest star that exists in space. D. may not yet be at its maximum possible size.
79. It is implied in the passage that the solar system
A. will not survive for much longer. B. is always at risk.
C. will soon be destroyed by a foreign star. D. is only 5 billion years old.
80. If current calculations about the sun come true
A. Earth will be the only planet to support life. B. there’ll be no life in the whole of the universe.
C. life on Earth will one day no longer exist. D. Earth may go through another ice age.

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