Practice for entrance university exam - Practice 5

PRACTICE 5
PART I: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (8.0 POINTS)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
Question 1: A. Adventure 	 	B. Future 	C. Mature 	D. Figure 
Question 2: A. Young 	B. Plough 	C. Couple 	D. Cousin 
Choose the word whose stress position is different from that of the others:
Question 3: A. Open 	B. Happen 	C. Offer 	D. Begin 
Question 4: A. Difficulty 	B. Simplicity 	C. Discovery 	D. Commodity 
Question 5: A. Obligatory 	B. Geographical 	C. International 	D. Undergraduate 
Choose the best answer among A, B, C, D to complete each sentence below:
Question 6: _________ he is old, he wants to travel around the world.
 A. In spite of	B. Although	C. Despite	D. Because
Question 7: Had I studied harder, I_________________better in the last exam.
 A. would do	B. would have done	C. had done	D. wouldn’t have done
Question 8: The larger the apartment, the __________________ the rent is.
	A. expensive	B. more expensive	C. expensively	D. most expensive
Question 9: Nam wanted to know what time _______.
 A. the movie began	B. the movie begins 
C. does the movie begin 	D. did the movie begin 
Question 10: On attaining maximum size, ______ by drawing itself out and dividing into two daughter amoebas, each receiving identical nuclear materials.
 A. the reproduction of the amoeba 	B. the amoeba, which reproduces
 C. reproducing the amoeba	D. the amoeba reproduces
Question 11: Last week, our class went to Ha Long Bay for a picnic, ________ made us very happy then.
A. which	B. that	C. it	D. of which
Question 12: Lenses, ____________, are used to correct imperfections in eyesight.
 A. are the forms of glasses and contact lenses	B. in the form of glasses and contact lenses
 C. glasses and contact lenses which form	D. glasses and contact lenses may be formed
Question 13:Tim: “____________” – Jeycy: “Certainly”
 A. Welcome back! 	B. What are you doing there? 
C. I’m sorry I am late 	D. May I borrow a pencil , please?
Question 14: Jane:“Would you mind if I use you computer for an hour?” 	Tony:”________”
A. Not at all. I’ve finished my job 	B. Yes, you can use it.
 	C. Of course not. I still need it now 	D. Yes, It’s all right.
Question 15: Thanks to the laser beams, at last, he could get rid of the __________birthmark on his face.
 A. normal	B. abnormal	C. abnormality 	D. abnormally
Question 16: That beautiful girl died of an________ morphine.
 A. overweight 	B. overhear	C. overdo	D. overdose
Question 17: He is the postman _____ I got this letter.
A. from who	B. to whom	C. from whom	D. with whom
Question 18: We usually do go by train, even though the car _________ is a lot quicker.
A. travel 	B. journey	C. trip 	D. voyage
Question 19: I suggest the room ..before Christmas.
A. be decorated	 B. is decorated	C. were decorated	D. should decorate
Question 20: Many species of plants and animals are in___________ of extinction.
 A. dangerous	B. endangered	C. danger	D. dangerously
Question 21: The last person ______ the room must turn off the lights.
 A. to leave	B. who leave	C. that	leave	D. all are correct
Question 22:	“What’s the matter? You don’t look very well.” – “I feel a little _________________.”
A. out of the blue 	C. out of order 	B. under the weather 	D. under the impression
Question 23: I know we had an arguement, but now I'd quite like to _________.
	A. look down 	B. make up 	C. fall out	D. bring up
Question 24: Nowadays women ___the same wages as men
 A.should pay	B.will be paid	C.will pay	D.should be paid
Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following sentences.
Question 25: As tourism is more developed, people worry about the damage to the flora and fauna of the island.
	A. fruits and vegetables	B. flowers and trees
	C. plants and animals	D. mountains and forests
Question 26: “It is a really difficult matter to decide how to solve now. I will need time to think it over”. 
 A. to sleep on it.	B. to make it better	 C. to make up for it	D. to think out of time
Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following sentences.
Question 27: “That is a well-behaved boy whose behaviour has nothing to complain about” 
 A. good behavior	B. behaving improprely	 
C. behaving nice	D. behaving cleverly
Question 28: After five days on trial, the court found him innocent of the crime and he was released.
	A. benevolent 	B. innovative 	C. naive	D. guilty
Question 29: His creer advancement was slow and he did not gain any promotion until he was 40, when he won the position of the company’s Chief Excutive.
Progress	B. elevation	 	C. rise	 	D. decrease
Choose the option among A, B, C, D which needs correcting to make a complete sentence
Question 30: I didn’t feel like to go to church this morning because it was raining hard
 A B C D
Question 31: Tom likes to gossip about other people, so he doesn’t like them to gossip about him.
	A B C D
Question 32: Have a headache, an upset stomach, and a bad case of sunburn did not put me in a good mood for the evening.
	 A 	 B C D
Question 33: . Genetic engineering is helping researchers unravel the mysteries of previously incurable 
A B 
diseases so that they get to its root causes and find cures.
 C	 D
Question 34: The novelist Shirley Hazzard is noted for the insight, poetic style, and sensitive she demonstrates in her works.
 D	A	 B	 C	 
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D)) that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
Environmental Concerns
	Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (35) _____ human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (36) _____ on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so just to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the (37) _____ resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (38) _____ built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (39) _____. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (40) _____ the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (41) _____ increasingly heavy demands on it. 
	The Earth's (42) _____ resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (43) _____ us fed, comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use the resources, they will (44) _____ indefinitely. But if we use them wastefully and excessively, they will soon run out and everyone will suffer.
Question 35: A. Although 	B. Yet 	C. Still 	D. Despite 
Question 36: A. continues 	B. repeats 	C. follows	D. carries 
Question 37: A. individual 	B. alone 	C. very 	D. solitary 
Question 38: A. neither 	B. sooner 	C. rather	D. either 
Question 39: A. utterly 	B. completely	C. quite 	D. greatly
Question 40: A. result 	B. reaction 	C. development 	D. product 
Question 41: A. making 	B. doing 	C. having 	D. taking 
Question 42: A. living 	B. real 	C. natural 	D. genuine 
Question 43: A. maintain	B. stay 	C. hold 	D. keep 
Question 44: A. remain 	B. go 	C. last 	D. stand 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions 
 Ocean water plays an indispensable role in supporting life. The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amount, about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean. More than 24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the continents. This vast amount is required to replenish the lakes and streams, springs and water tables on which all flora and fauna are dependent. Thus, the hydrosphere permits organic existence.
 The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has properties unlike those of any other liquid. One anomaly is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 percent, whereas most liquids contract on cooling. For this reason, ice floats on water bodies instead of sinking to the bottom. If the ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly, except for a thin layer of surface melt water during the summer season. Thus, all aquatic life would be destroyed and the interchange of warm and cold currents, which moderates climate, would be notably absent.
 Another outstanding charateristic of water is that water has a heat capacity which is the highest of all liquids and solids except ammonia. This characterisitc enables the oceans to absorb and store vast quantities of heat, thereby often preventing climatic extremes. In addition, water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. It is this characteristic which helps make oceans a great storehouse for minerals which have been washed down from the continents. In several areas of the world these minerals are being commercially exploited. Solar evaporation of salt is widely practised, potash is extracted from the Dead Sea, and magnesium is produced from sea water along the American Gulf Coast.
Question 45: The author’s main purpose in this passage is to ___________.
A. illustrate the importance of conserving water B. describe the properties and uses of water
C. compare water with other liquids D. explain how water is used in commerce and industry
Question 46: The phrase “this vast amount” in line 4 of paragraph 1 refers to __________ .
A. 80,000 million cubic miles of water	B. 24,000 cubic miles of rain
C. 80,000 cubic miles of water	D. 300 million cubic miles of water
Question 47: The word “replenish” in paragraph 1 can best replaced by ________ .
A. fill again	B. replace	C. evaporate	D. form
Question 48: According to the passage, fish can survive in the oceans because ________ .
A. evaporation and condensation create a water cycle 
B. there are currents in the oceans
C. they do not need oxygen 
D. ice floats
Question 49: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characterisitic of water?
A. Water can absorb heat	B. Water is good solvent.
C. Water contracts on cooling	D. Water expands when it is frozen
Question 50: The word “outstanding” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________ .
A. exceptionally good	B. special	C. amusing	D. important
Question 51: According the passage, the hydrosphere is NOT ___________ .
A. the part of the earth covered by water	B. responsible for all forms of life
C. in danger of freezing over	D. a source of natural resources
Question 52: The author’s tone in the passage can best be described as ________ .
A. dispassionate	B. speculative	C. biased	D. dogmatic
Question 53: The author organizes the passage by _______.
A. juxtaposition of true and untrue ideas	B. comparison and contrast
C. general statement followed by examples	D. hypothesis and proof
Question 54: Which of the following statements would be the most likely to begin the paragraph immediately following the passage?
A. Water has the ability to erode land
B. Droughts and flooding are two types of disasters associated with water
C. Another remarkably property of ice is its strength
D. Magnesium is widely used in metallurgical processes
Read the following passage and blacken the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the questions.
Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration, has noted, "The 1970s was the decade of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur". What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the corporate world, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted, "In the 1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they've found out that isn't going to happen, so they go out on their own". 
 	In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in "women's" fields: cosmetics and clothing, for example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer Systems, a $22-million-a-year computer software business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig, who was then a housewife with degrees in math and engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers-and her office was a bedroom at home, with a shoebox under the bed to hold the company's cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock. 
Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still dominated by men, and old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small. But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzigs in the years ahead.
Question 55: What is the main idea of this passage?
A.Women today are better educated than in the past, making them more attractive to the business world.
B.The computer is especially lucrative for women today.
C. Women are better at small business than men are.
D. Women today are opening more business of their own.
Question 56:The word “excluded” is closest meaning to _________ .
A. not permitted in B. often invited to	C. decorators of D. charged admission to
Question 57: All of the following were mentioned in the passage as detriments to women in the business world EXCEPT _________ .
A.Women were required to stay at home with their families.
B. Women lacked ability to work in business.
C.Women faced discrimination in business.
D.Women were not trained in business.
Question 58: The word “that” refers to _________. 
A. a woman becomes chairman of the board. 
B. Women working hard
C. Women achieving advanced degrees 
D. Women believing that business is a place for them.
Question 59: According to the passage, Charlotte Taylor believes that women in 1970s _________ .
A. were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management.
B. were still more interested in education than business opportunities
C. had fewer obstacles in business than they do today.
D. were unable to work hard enough to success in business.
Question 60: The author mentions the “ shoesbox under the bed” in order to _________ .
A. Show the frugality of women in business
B. show the resourcefulness of Sandra Kurtzig
C. Point out that initially the financial resources of Sandra Kurtzig’s business were limited
D. suggest that the company needed to expand
Question 61: The expression “ keep tabs on” is closest meaning to _________ .
A. recognize the appearance of B. keep records of
C. provide transportation for D. pay the salaries of
Question 62: The word “hurdles” can be best replaced by __________ .
A. fences 	 	B .obstacles 	 	C. questions 	D. small groups
Question 63: It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that business operated by women are small because ________ .
A. Women prefer a small intimate setting. 
B. Women can’t deal with money.
C. Women are not able to borrow money easily. 
D. many women fail at large businesses.
Question 64: The author’s attitude about the future of women in business is ________ .
A. skeptical 	B. optimistic 	 	 C. frustrated 	 D. negative
WRITING
Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it meams the same as the first one.
Question 65. Although he was very tired, he agreed to help me with my homework.
 	Tired as ..........................................................................................................................
Question 66. Someone broke into John’s house last night.
	John had ..........................................................................................................................
Question 67. “Sorry, I’m late.” said the boy to the teacher.
 `	The boy apologised ..........................................................................................................................
Question 68. I’m sure it wasn’t Mr. Phong you saw because he’s in Hanoi.
 It can’t ..........................................................................................................................
Question 69.The training course is too expensive; I can’t afford it.
 It was ..........................................................................................................................
Part II. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about one of the mass media you find the most useful.
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