PRACTICE TEST 13

I. PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. events B. spirit C. Asian D. silver
2. A. gold B. region C. organize D. game.
3. A. trained B. proved C. impressed D. performed
Choose the word whose main stress is put differently from that of the others in the group.
4. A. enthusiast B. successful C. competitor D. participation
5. A. spirit B. impress C. event D. perform
II. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
6. In _______ 22nd SEA Games, Vietnam won 158 _______ gold medals.
A. Ø / the B. the / Ø C. a / the D. the / the
7. The host country, Laos, is expected to announce official sports for 25th SEA Games _______ November, 2008.
A. on B. in C. during D. from
8. Johnny used to be one of the most _______ athletes in my country.
A. succeed B. success C. successful D. successfully
9. The 22nd SEA Games consisted of athletes from eleven _____ countries.
A. participate B. participant C. participation D. participating
10. _______, the athlete broke the world`s record with two attempts.
A. Surprise B. Surprised C. Surprising D. Surprisingly
11. ______ behalf of the referees and athletes, referee Hoang Quoc Vinh and shooter Nguyen Manh Tuong swore to an oath of " Solidarity, Honesty and Fair Play".
A. In B. On C. For D. By
12. The ASEAN Para-Games are hosted by the same country where the SEA Games took place.
A. organized B. impressed C. participated D. defended
13. The 22nd SEA Games was the first time ______ Vietnam finished top of the medal standings.
A. as B. where C. when D. since
14. _______ you study for these exams, _______ you will do.
A. The harder / the better B. The more / the much C. The hardest / the best D. The hard / the good
15. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become _______.
A. more and more good B. better arid better C. better and good D. good and better
16. The Sears Tower is _______ building in Chicago.
A. taller B. the more tall C. the tallest D. taller and taller
17. In 2006, Viet Nam made a deep impression ______ other countries in the region by successfully hosting the Southeast Asian Student Sport Festival.
A. with B. for C. in D. on
18. At his last attempt the athlete was successful _______ passing the bar.
A. in B. for C. with D. on
19. People should eat ____ and do ____ to reduce the risk of heart disease.
A. less fat / more exercise B. less and less fat / the more exercise
C. the less fat / the more exercise D. fatter / more exercise
20. I feel _______ I did yesterday.
A. much more tired than B. many more tired than C. as many tired as D. as more tired as
21. His house is _______ mine.
A. twice as big as B. as twice big as C. as two times big as D. as big as twice
22. Tom is thought ______ the runaway murderer last week.
A. to meet B. to be met C. to have met D. that he met
23. _______ all the evidence, the man denied having stolen the motorbike.
A. As a result of B. Even if C. Due to D. Despite
24. They don’t allow ______ here.
A. to take photographs B. taking photographs C. photographs to take D. photographs taking
25. My sister wishes she ______ to play the piano when she was young.
A. learnt B. would have learnt C. had learnt D. would learn
26. ______ nearly all our money, we couldn’t afford to stay in a hotel.
A. To spend B. Having spent C. Spending D. Spend
27. The thieves ran away when the burglar alarm ______.
A. went off B. went out C. went