PRACTICE TEST 3 (50)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. allowance
B. announce
C. alien
D. along
Question 2: A. voyage
B. carriage
C. hostage
D. age
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in
the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. excite
B. reason
C. winter
D. garage
Question 4: A. habitat
B. adaptable
C. summarize
D. specialize
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
in each of the following questions.
Question 5: Ceramics can be harder, light and more resistant to heat than metals.
A
B
C
D
Question 6: Lights can travel from the Sun to the Earth in eight minutes and twenty seconds.
D
A

B
C
Question 7: In 1821, Emma Williard open the first school in the U.S. to offer college-level courses for
women.
A
B
C
D
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 8: Are you going to send the letter? - Not now. I must have it __________ first.
A. to be signed
B. signing
C. sign
D. signed
Question 9: __________, the result couldn’t be better.
A. Although very hard he tried
B. No matter how hard he tried
C. No matter what he tried hard
D. Despite how hard he tried
Question 10: What do you think about the U.S.? - If I had known it was so industrialized, I ___ come here.
A. would never
B. will never
C. had never
D. would never have
Question 11: We __________ our newly-married friends a happy life.
A. wished
B. hoped
C. wanted
D. cherished

Question 12: There __________ considerable improvements in agriculture since World War II.
A. has been
B. was
C. have been
D. were
Question 13: This phone machine is out of __________, so you have to find another machine.
A. running
B. order
C. work
D. electricity
Question 14: Saucepans are sold in the ___ goods department.
A. house
B. housework
C. household
D. housing
Question 15: Are you sure he will turn __________? We have been waiting for him for hours.
A. off
B. down
C. up
D. out
Question 16: Uncle Ho’s desire was that our country might ______ other countries in the world
A. be fed up with
B. make use of
C. keep pace with
D. take grand for
Question 17: My mother is a cheerful woman with a __________ laugh.
A. friendly
B. hearty
C. loudly
D. noisy

Question 18: She __________ her voice because she had a sore throat.
A. lost
B. broken
C. fell
D. missed
Question 19: You should take these tablets in order to __________ your pain.
A. avoid
B. smooth
C. keep away
D. relieve
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
Question 20: “Can I use your motorbike this evening?” - “ _______________”
A. Of course, you can
B. Of course, you might
C. It’s my pleasure
D. Do it if you can
Question 21: “Let me bring something to your party tonight, won’t you?” – “_____”
A. Sorry I’ve already had plan for tonight.
B. In my opinion, you are correct.
C. That really surprises me.
D. It’s enough just to have you come.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 22: James Watt was well-known for the invention of steam engine.
A. successful
B. honest

C. rich
D. famous
Question 23: When the laser strikes the chemicals, it releases a form of oxygen that kills cancer cells.
A. contains
B. vaporizes
C. omits
D. gives out
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 24: The Red Cross is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to reducing the sufferings
of wounded soldiers, civilians and prisoners of war.
A. happiness
B. worry and sadness C. pain and sorrow
D. loss
Question 25: My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play.
A. incompetent
B. famous
C. perfect
D. modest
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning
to each of the following questions.
Question 26: While I strongly disapproved of your behavior, I will help you this time.
A. Despite of my strong disapproval of your behavior, I will help you this time.
B. Despite my strong disapproval of your behavior, I will help you this time.
C. Although I strongly disapproved of your behavior, but I will help you this time.
D. Because of your behavior, I will help you this time.
Question 27: I’m sorry I interrupted your speech in the middle.
A. Your speech is very sorry for being interrupted in the middle.
B. I’m sorry to interrupt your speech in the middle.
C. It’s my pity to interrupt your speech in the middle.

D. I apologized for having interrupted your speech in the middle.
Question 28: The woman was too weak to lift the suitcase.
A. The woman, though weak, could lift the suitcase.
B. The woman wasn’t able to lift the suitcase, so she was very weak.
C. The woman shouldn’t have lifted the suitcase as she was weak.
D. The woman was so weak that she couldn’t lift the suitcase.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each
pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 29: My brother is not good at English. I am not good at English.
A. Either my brother or I am good at English.
B. I am not as good at English as my brother is.
C. Neither my brother nor I am good at English.
D. My brother is not good at English but I am.
Question 30: Mary did not wear the coat. As a result, she got a cold.
A. The coat prevented Mary from getting a cold.
B. A cold made Mary unable to wear the coat.
C. If Mary had worn the coat, she wouldn’t have got a cold.
D. Mary wished she hadn’t got a cold, so she would wear the coat.
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 from 31 to 35.
The use of computers has meant students can study language programs (31) ___ their own speed when and
for how long they want - and no need to worry about the teacher having a favorite or doing another boring
lesson. What's more, in the virtual classrooms of the future the student will (32) ___ on their headset, and
be transported into an (33) ___ school, choose their class, take the books they need off the shelf and (34)
___ conversations with other computerized students. At the push of a button they would be transported to
such realistic settings where they could practice their English, maybe getting a hand from a virtual English
companion. All this perhaps, at the computer, from the comfort of their home: no (35) ___ to catch the bus
to college, or a plane to England.
Question 31: A. for
B. in

C. at
D. with
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Question 32: A. place
B. get
C. put
D. set
Question 33: A. imagine
B. imaginary
C. imaginative
D. imagination
Question 34: A. do
B. catch
C. hold
D. take
Question 35: A. role
B. duty
C. obligation
D. need
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 from 36 to 42.
In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then,
there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to
imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time. They were four boys from the north of England and
none of them had any training in music. They started by performing and recording songs by black
Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that
was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to
achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and

singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963
and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too
dangerous for them - their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as
souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out.
Throughout the world, many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.
Question 36: The passage is mainly about __________
A. the Beatles' fame and success
B. how the Beatles became more successful than other groups
C. many people's ability to sing a Beatles song
D. why the Beatles split up after 7 years
Question 37: The four boys of the Beatles _________
A. came from a town in the north of England
B. came from the same family
C. received good training in music
D. were at the same age
Question 38: The first songs of the Beatles were __________
A. written by black Americans
B. written by themselves
C. broadcast on the radio
D. paid a lot of money
Question 39: What is NOT TRUE about the Beatles?
A. The members had no training in music.
B. They became famous when they wrote their own songs.
C. They had a long stable career.
D. They changed pop music.
Question 40: The Beatles stopped their live performances because __________
A. they had earned enough money
B. they spent more time writing their own songs
C. they did not want to work with each other
D. they were afraid of being hurt by fans

Question 41: The year 1970 was the time when __________
A. they started their career
B. they stopped singing live
C. they changed pop music
D. they split up
Question 42: What the fans of the Beatles often did was to __________
A. ask them to write more songs
B. take their clothes as souvenirs
C. sing together with them
D. ask them why they would separate
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 from 43 to 50.
The light bulb changed human existence by illuminating the night and making human activity
possible in darkness. The electric light, one of the everyday conveniences that most affects our lives, was
invented in 1879 by both Thomas Alva Edison in the U.S., and Sir Joseph Wilson Swan in England at the
same time.
However, the story of electric light actually goes back to 1811, when Sir Humphrey Davy discovered
that an electrical arc passed between two poles produced light. In 1841, experimental lights were installed
as public lightning along the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Other experiments were undertaken in Europe
America, but the arc light eventually proved impractical because it burned out too quickly. Inventors
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continued to work on the problem of developing a reliable electric light that would be practical for both
home and public use instead of gas light.
The solution lay not in an electrical arc in open space, but in electricity passed through a filament. The
breakthrough theory became known as the Joule effect after James Prescott Joule. He theorized that
electrical current, if passed through a resistant conductor, would glow white-hot with heat energy and thus
produce light.
Edison decided to try a carbonized cotton thread filament. When voltage was applied to the completed

bulb, it gave off a soft orange glow. Just about fifteen hours later, the filament finally burned out. Further
experimentation produced filaments that could burn longer and longer with each test. By the end of 1880,
he had produced a 16-watt bulb that could last for 1500 hours, and had begun to market his new invention.
Question 43: What is the topic of the passage?
A. who first invented the light bulb
B. the effects of public lightning on everyday life
C. how the light bulb was invented
D. the invention of carbonized cotton thread filaments
Question 44: Who first invented the electric light bulb?
A. Thomas Edison
B. Sir Joseph Wilson Swan
C. Sir Humphrey Davy
D. both Thomas Edison and Sir Joseph Wilson Swan
Question 45: Why were the first light bulbs impractical?
A. They lasted only a short time.
B. Glass was too expensive for light bulbs.
C. Electricity wasn’t widely available.
D. They were too expensive.
Question 46: What did James Prescott Joule’s theory state?
A. Light was possible only with electricity.
B. Gas light was impractical compared to electrical light.
C. Electricity passed through a conductor would produce light.
D. Carbonized cotton thread filament was the best means to produce light.
Question 47: It can be inferred that “illuminating” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ___.
A. interrupting
B. making easier
C. giving light to
D. getting rid of
Question 48: It can be inferred that “undertaken” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ___.
A. failed

B. tried
C. funded
D. discovered
Question 49: The word “it” in paragraph 4 refers to ___.
A. current
B. light
C. bulb
D. voltage
Question 50: What is the purpose of the passage?
A. to prove who invented the light bulb
B. to prove which country the light bulb’s inventor came from
C. to show that there were public lights before 1879
D. to inform the reader of the history of the light bulb

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