PRACTICE TEST 4

Exercise 1: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced
differently from the rest.
1. A. activity B. individual C. simple D. favourite
2. A. explore B. exchange C. existence D. experiment
3. A. inventors B. exchange C. panels D. homes
4. A. finger B. vaccine C. digital D. video
5. A. message B. advantage C. encourage D. massage
6. A. television B. technology C. telepathy D. telephone
7. A. pollute B. botanic C. contaminate D. economy
8. A. religious B. forest C. event D. schedule
9. A. disaster B. desert C. reserve D. research
10. A. transmit B. translation C. message D. possessive
11. A. watched B. glanced C. decided D. attached
12. A. disappeared B. predicted C. bargained D. displayed
13. A. advanced B. developed C. promised D. invented
14. A. violent B. whistle C. practical D. lightning
15. A. conference B. computer C. connection D. communicate
16. A. telepathy B. conference C. interact D. nonverbal
17. A. nature B. landslide C. damage D. natural
18. A. strengthen B. together C. earthquake D. authority
19. A. lifestyle B. reality C. galaxy D. system
20. A. method B. invent C. chemist D. develop

Exercise 2: Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed

differently.

1. A. rubbish B. carbon C. resource D. species

2. A. problem B. device C. footprint D. product
 3. A. protection B. surrounding C. habitat D. pollution
4. A. coffee B. degree C. trainee D. agree
5. A. ecosystem B. activity C. environment D. diversity
6. A. endangered B. convenience C. shopaholic D. emergency
7. A. commander B. gravity C. habitable D. fingerprint
8. A. telescope B. conference C. possibility D. substance
9. A. technology B. participate C. speciality D. tornado
10. A. economic B. epidemic C. shopaholic D. volcanic
11. A. tsunami B. landslide C. disaster D.
connection
12. A. release B. destroy C. oppose D. manage
13. A. open B. crater C. predict D. borrow
14. A. uranium B. dioxide C. hydrogen D. polonium
15. A. medical B. infectious C. mountainous D.
various
16. A. adventurous B. natural C. poisonous D. personal
17. A. ridiculous B. mysterious C. marvellous D.
suspicious
18. A. Vietnamese B. guarantee C. Bhutanese D.
interviewee
19. A. resident B. Taiwanese C. property D.
Fahrenheit
20. A. awardee B. Japanese C. absentee D. Chinese

Exercise 3: Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.

1. To help save the environment, look for ______ products when you go shopping.
A. eco-friendly B. cheap C. single-use D. plastic

2. ______ unwanted paper will reduce the raw material demand for paper production.
A. Throwing away B. Recycling C. Burning D. Collecting

3. If your machine develops a fault, the company ______ an engineer within three days to
fix it.
A. will send B. would send C. could send D. sends

4. Grace forgot to take her smartphone with her, so she ______ mine to make a phone call.
A. was borrowing B. borrows C. borrowed D. has borrowed

5. Most Vietnamese ______ get a little income from selling street food near public places.
A. supermarkets B. convenience stores C. street vendors D. open-air markets

6. The reporter asked the officials ______ not launch the satellite the next day due to the
bad weather.
 A. whether they will B. if they might C. if they can D. whether they may

7. Do you have any plans for the weekend? – Yes, I ______ to the shopping centre to buy
some new clothes.
A. am going B. will go C. goes D. went

8. Hurry up! I don’t want to miss any of the game. It ______ at 1.00.
A. will start B. starts C. is starting D. started

9. The children ______ have cereal for breakfast. Most breakfast!

A. always B. never C. usually D. sometimes

10. We discussed our project on holography ______ two hours yesterday.

A. for B. by C. in D. at

11. My whole face is accommodating all the screen, but I can't ______ my webcam.
A. zoom in B. zoom out C. move up D. move down

12. Letters were a common ______ of communication prior to the electronic age.
A. skill B. means C. channel D. system

13. Before going to the grocery store, I ______ make a shopping list to ensure I don’t forget
anything.
A. shall B. means C. system D. skill
14. We organise a Clean and Grow Day each month to make our neighbourhood a ______
place to live.
A. spacious B. friendly C. convenient D. urban
15. Water ______ can kill a lot of water life like fish and plants.
A. pollution B. use C. source D. supply
16. The air becomes polluted ______ we release too much carbon dioxide into it.
A. before B. while C. until D. when
17. How long did the villagers have to wait ______ the rescue team arrived?
A. while B. before C. after D. as soon as
18. ______my family applied the Save Our Energy rules, our monthly use of electricity went
down.
A. Until B. After C. While D. Till
19. While Steven and Rachel ______ around the Canary Islands, their boat ______.
A. were sailing - sank B. sailed - was sinking

C. sailed - sank D. were sailing - was sinking

20. You can’t camp here ______ you get a permit from the local authorities.
A. until B. when C. after D. as soon as
21. _____ allows you to hold meetings with colleagues who are located in different places.
A. Face-to-face meeting B. Voice message C. Telepathy D. Video
conferencing
22. In the future, people ______ communicate with each other using body implants and
holograms.
A. will B. should C. can D. must
23. ______ texting abbreviations tend to be grammatically incorrect, they are very
commonly used in messages.
A. Because B. If C. Although D. While
24. My phone cannot connect to the wi-fi here. What about ______?
A. you're B. you C. your D. yours
25. _____ we put dustbins in public places, we saw the difference. There was much less
littering.
A. While B. As soon as C. Till D. Before
26. NASA sent Perseverance Rover to Mars ______ July 30, 2020.
A. on B. in C. at D. until
27. Measured 9.5 on the Richter scale, the world’s largest ______ occurred on May 22, 1960
in southern Chile.
A. mudslide B. avalanche C. flood D. earthquake
28. A ______ that is just a few centimetres high from the sea can rear up to heights of 30 to
50 meters as it hits the shore.
A. typhoon B. tsunami C. tornado D. thunderstorm
29. Do you support or ______ the idea of living on Mars?
A. agree B. complain C. believe D. oppose
30. Jena said to me, all the shops were closed ______.
A. that day before B. the previous day C. that day D. yesterday

31. Impact ______ are formed when an asteroid or comet collides with the Moon’s surface.
A. craters B. holes C. rockets D. creatures
32. This option lets the operation system ______ the latest updates automatically.
A. installing B. installs C. to install D. install
33. If something is ______, it is made by someone using their hands or using tools rather
than by machines.
A. hand-made B. home-made C. man-made D. home-grown
34. There’s no water on Mars even though scientists have found traces ______ it.
A. on B. with C. for D. of
35. Scientists discovered earth-sized exoplanets that could be potentially ______ for life.
A. habitable B. available C. unsuitable D. possible
36. What happens if the spaceship ______ on the way to Mars?
A. stands for B. turns up C. breaks down D. takes over
37. Blue stars are by far the biggest and brightest stars in the ______.
A. galaxy B. trace C. planet D. gravity
38. When it ______ raining, we ______ a nice hotel down the road to the town.
A. started - were finding B. was starting - found
C. started - found D. was starting - were finding
39. James Watt thought that his steam engine ______ animal power.
A. will replace B. would replace C. was replacing D. replaces
 40. Social networks are a quick, cheap and effective way of sharing ______ with a large
number of people.
A. information B. language C. reports D. words
41. ______ its proximity to the Sun, Mercury is not the hottest planet in our solar system.
A. Due to B. Since C. Even though D. Despite
42. The science teacher ______ the class that oil ______ on water.
A. told - floats B. told - float C. said - floats D. tells - floated
43. How do you know Susan and Anne? Are you a classmate of ______?
A. them B. their C. theirs D. they
44. Scientists wonder ______ extraterrestrials visited Earth in the past.
A. that B. if C. what D. where
45. “I believe that somewhere out in the universe, there are other forms of life.” – “______”
A. Why not? B. Absolutely not! C. Me neither. D. So do I.
46. With ______, people can do their tasks while discussing with others at the same time.
A. holography B. text messages C. emails D. voice chats
47. To check ______, students now just scan their fingerprints on those machines.
A. attendance B. attention C. attendant D. attentive
48. The use of ______ can be seen everywhere as a way for people to check in and check out
automatically.
A. on B. AI C. code D. biometrics

Exercise 4: Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. Australian _____________________ have developed a technology that could make all

plastic recyclable. (SCIENCE)
2. Apple uses facial _____________________ for unlocking iPhones through a feature
called “Face ID.” (RECOGNISE)
3. Some people may get _____________________ to online shopping. They cannot stop
buying things, even things they don’t really need. (ADDICT)
4. Natural _____________________ like earthquakes and floods can cause serious damage.
(DISASTER)
5. Most people prefer to go to supermarkets as the products have _____________________
prices. (FIX)
6. Our hotel is _____________________ situated near a shopping centre and a metro
station. (CONVENIENT)
7. When the fire alarm rang, everyone left the building _____________________.
(INSTANT)
8. You can have your goods delivered to you quickly and _____________________.
(CONVENIENCE)
9. Students are encouraged to _____________________ in volunteer programs to help their
communities. (PARTICIPATION)
10. _____________________ used a special device for finding people trapped in collapsed
buildings. (RESCUE)
11. A massive volcanic _____________________ could affect the climate of the whole
planet. (ERUPT)
 12. There’s a strong _____________________ that the trip will be cancelled due to bad
weather. (POSSIBLE)
13. Grandma, can you see me _____________________ on your tablet? (CLEAR)
14. Email features _____________________, whereas snail mail represents tradition.
(MODERN)
15. A three-_____________________ object can be measured in three different directions.
(DIMENSION)
16. Message boards can be _____________________ teaching tools. (INTERACT)
17. Satellites can _____________________ voice, video and data communications.
(TRANSMISSION)
18. A _____________________ language is a language produced by sounds, as opposed to a
written language. (SPEAK)
19. By paying attention to your storytelling and body language, you can become a more
effective _____________________. (COMMUNICATE)
20. It is said that some natural disasters are _____________________, but some are not.
(PREDICT)

Rewrite the sentences so that the meaning stays the same. Use the words
given.

1. “Who will act as the commander in the movie The Last Day on Earth?” Peter said.
(ASKED)
→ ____________________________________________________________
2. There was heavy snow between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. yesterday. (SNOWING)
→ ____________________________________________________________
3. The earthquake lasted for only 3 minutes, but the damage it caused was tremendous.
→ Although ____________________________________________________
4. Iris will pick you up right after you get off the train. (SOON)
→ ____________________________________________________________
5. Don’t put too much water into the dough, or it might be too soft for this kind of cake.
(WILL)
→ ____________________________________________________________
6. The rescue workers spent the whole week finding the survivors of the landslide. (TO)
→ The rescue workers ___________________________________________
7. We won’t be able to survive if we don’t listen and follow the instructions on the radio.
(BE)
→ If __________________________________________________________
8. He said it had rained heavily the day before.
→ He said _____________________________________________________
9. The mayor said that they were developing technology to identify criminals faster then.
(WE)
→ The mayor said _______________________________________________
10. When you arrive at the airport, please go straight to the check-in desk. (ON)
→ ____________________________________________________________
11. David said: “Robots can never replace human beings.” (SAID)
→ ____________________________________________________________
12. On arriving in Da Nang, I made a video call home. (WHEN)
→ ____________________________________________________________