PRACTICAL MINI TEST 10
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions.
1. Rowing is the sport or activity of travelling in a boat by using ______.
A. air tanks B. sails C. boards D. oars
2. In water polo the ball can be ______ by passing with one hand.
A. advanced B. forwarded C. thrown D. kicked
3. If you ______ the goalie, there are seven players in a team.
A. gather B. conclude C. collect D. include
4. Once ______ a novelty in American retailing, fixed prices are now universal in
sales.
A. It was once B. Once it was C. That once D. Once
5. Jane will have to repeat the course because her work has been ______.
A. unpleasant B. unnecessary C. unusual D. unsatisfactory
6. What is a ______ like that cost?
A. clothing B. clothes C. garment D. clothe
7. Although Vicky looked pretty much the same after all those years, I noticed ______
changes which made her look even more beautiful than I remembered.
A. fair B. sensitive C. subtle D. joint
8. After hours of bargaining with the salesman, Jake bought the jacket for a ______ of
the original price.
A. fraction B. piece C. part D. spot
9. If we can’t afford a car, we’ll just gave to ______ one.
A. do with B. put up with C. do without D. catch up with
10. He carried a(n) _______ driving license.
A. artificial B. unfaithful C. untrue D. false
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet
to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Ask most people for their list of top ten of fears, and you’ll be sure to find
(1)________ burgled is fairly high on the list. An informal survey I carried among
friends at a party last week revealed that eight of them had had their homes
(2)________ into more than twice, and two had been burgled five times. To put the
record straight, (3)________ of my friend owns valuable paintings or a sideboard full
of family silverware. Three of them are students, in fact. The most typical burglar, it
seems, involved the theft of easily transportable items - the television, the video, even
food from freezer. This may have something to do with the (4)________ that the
average burglar is in his (or her) late teens, and probably wouldn’t know what to do
with a Picasso, whereas selling a Walkman or a vacuum cleaner is a much easier
matter. They are perhaps not so (5)________ professional criminals, as hard-up young
people who need a few pounds and some excitement. (6)________ that this makes
your house turned upside down and your favorite things stolen any easier to
(7)________. In most case, the police have no luck recovering any of the stolen
goods. Unless there is any definite (8)________, they are probably unable to do
anything at all. And alarms or special locks don’t seem to help either. The only advice
my friends could (9)________ was “Never live on the ground floor” and “Keep two or
three fierce dogs”, which reminded me of a case, I read about, where the burglars’ loot
(10) _______ the family’s pet poodle.
Câu 1: A. having B. out C. being D. been
Câu 2: A. entered B. taken C. robbed D. broken
Câu 3: A. few B. some C. none D. all
Câu 4: A. idea B. information C. knowledge D. fact
Câu 5: A. many B. rarely C. much D. that
Câu 6: A. not B. given C. despite D. so
Câu 7: A. do B. accept C. believe D. attempt
Câu 8: A. investigation B. case C. evidence D. burglary
Câu 9: A. put in with B. get by with C. bring up with D. come up
with
Câu 10: A. include B. included C. including D. includes
