THAI NGUYEN DOET A MOCK TEST OF ENGLISH - N 0 6

TN SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL YEAR 2021-2022

Time allowed: 60 minutes

(This paper consists of 6 pages)
Code: 175
Candidate number: ……………………..…..……………..
Name: …….……..…………………………………………..
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the
other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. believed                B. prepared          C. involved                D. liked
Question 2: A. close B. chose C. lose D. rose
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. response B. children C. husband D. rubbish
Question 4: A. interesting B. surprising C. amusing D. successful
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 5. David was working in Greenland back then, ___________ ?
A. wasn’t he B. does he C. would he D. wasn’t David
Question 6. A new swimming pool is going ___________ next to the city stadium.
A. be built B. to be built C. have been built D. been built
Question 7. My parents have been married ________ more than 35 years.
A. since B. with C. for D. until
Question 8. I keep getting distracted recently. The _________ I read, the _________ I remember.
A. less / more B. more / less C. stronger / D. more / more
better
Question 9. They normally don’t sell these _________________.
A. rare handmade wool sweaters C. rare wool handmade sweater
B. handmade wool rare sweater D. handmade rare wool sweaters
Question 10. I can see that you __________ to a single word I __________ in the past 10 minutes.
A. haven’t listened / was saying C. haven’t been listening / have said
B. didn’t listen / said D. haven’t listened / said
Question 11. ___________ I was not hungry, I still had late night snack with my dad.
A. Although B. Despite C. Nonetheless D. As
Question 12. ___________, the New York Yankees’ new quarterback can’t see over the lineman and therefore
misses many of his passes.
A. Being so short C. Because being short
B. Since being so short D. For being short
Question 13. In his youth, my dad was a ________. He worked on a big ship for 5 years.
A. sailing B. sailor C. sail D. sailfish
Question 14. I think he will not be able to ____ this hectic schedule.
A. keep up with B. keep on C. get along D. break
with through
Question 15. The baby girl ________ a diary while she was with her grandparents.
A. gives B. takes C. writes D. keeps
Question 16. The prison was so well _________ that any thought of escape was _________.
A. guarded / aimless C. accessed / desperate
B. placed / despairing D. guarded / pointless
Question 17. The summer holiday had just started and I already found myself at ___________ .
A. a loose end B. this boredom C. the edge D. a halfway
cliff
Question 18. My father likes to be called a senior citizen, not an old age __________.
A. person B. pensioner C. gentleman D. relative
Question 19. Since the child got no proper excuse for missing school, her absence should be treated as
__________.
A. desertion B. abstention C. away D. truancy
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSET in meaning
to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 20: A suit and tie is considered suitable dress for a job interview. Likewise, for female applicants a
pantsuit or dress with a jacket is appropriate.
A. satisfactory B. acceptable C. casual D. impolite
Question 21: It's a dog eat dog world out there and the young need the best qualifications they can get.
A. fiercely competitive B. relatively harmful C. comparatively damaged D. extremely serious
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 22: Nothing could efface the people’s memory of their former leader’s cruelty although many years had
elapsed.
A. broaden B. erase C. maintain D. prove
Question 23. I’d like to pay some money into my bank account.
A. put some money into B. withdraw some money from
C. give some money out D. leave some money aside
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of
the following questions.
Question 24. Hai: “I've seen John at the workshop on communication skills.”
Phong: “__________________.”
A. I see. I'll call him.
B. The workshop was very useful.
C. That can't be John because he's in Paris now.
D. No, I don't think so.
Question 25. John: “Last year, we went to one of those resorts where everything – food and drink - was free.”
Thomas: “____________________.”
A. Wow! I didn't realize you were such snobs!
B. Really? I prefer to go somewhere a bit quieter.
C. It sounds great. I've never been on an all-inclusive holiday.
D. If you want all your meals and drinks included, you can stay on an all-inclusive basis
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the answer to each of the question.

Most educational specialists believe that early

schooling should provide children with a(n) (26) __
awareness ___ of their own abilities and the self-
confidence to use their abilities. One approach
recognized by many (27) _ A. experts ____ as
promoting these qualities is the Montessori method,
first practised by Maria Montessori of Italy in the early
1900s. Nancy McCormick Rambusch is credited with
(28) _ popularizing ____ the method in the United
States, (29) __ where ___ today there are over 400
Montessori schools. The method helps children learn
for themselves by providing them with instructional
materials and tasks that facilitate acts of discovery and
manipulation. Through such exploration, children
develop their sense of touch and learn how to do
everyday tasks without adult assistance. (30) __
Other ___ benefits include improvement in language
skills, and acquaintance with elements of science,
music, and art.
Question 26. A. attitude B. awareness
C. knowledge D. Attention
Question 27. A. experts B. researchers
C. teachers D. Tutors
Question 28. A. popularly B. popularity
C. popularizing D. Popular
Question 29. A. which B. where
C. X D. that
Question 30. A. Other B. Others
C. Another D. The others

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the answer to each of the question.
Accidents do not occur at random. People, eighty-five years of age and older, are twenty-two times likely to die
accidentally than are children five to nine years old. The risk for native Americans is four times that for Asian-
Americans and twice that for white Americans or African-Americans. Males suffer accidents at more than twice
the rate of females, in part because they are more prone to risky behavior. Alaskans are more than three times as
likely as Rhode Islanders to die in an accident. Texans are twenty-one times more likely than New Jerseyites to die
in a natural disaster. Among the one hundred most populous counties, Kern County, California (Bakersfield), has
an accident fatality rate three times greater than Summit County, Ohio (Akron).
Accidents happen more often to poor people. Those living in poverty receive inferior medical care, are more apt to
reside in houses with faulty heating and electrical systems, drive older cars with fewer safety features, and are less
likely to use safety belts. People in rural areas have more accidents than city or suburban dwellers because farming is
much riskier than working in a factory or office and because emergency medical services are less readily available.
These two factors - low income and rural residence - may explain why the south has a higher accident rate than the
north.
Question 31. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Children aged five to nine face the greatest accident risk.
B. All people face an equal risk of having an accident.
C. One in every 22 people aged 85 and over will die in an accident.
D. The risk of having an accident is greater among certain groups of people.
Question 32. The word “accidentally” in the passage is closest in meaning to _______.
A. in an accident B. by chance C. by mistake D. without a plan
Question 33. According to the passage, which of the following groups of people in America face the highest risk of
having an accident?
A. Native Americans B. Asian-Americans C. White Americans D. African-Americans
Question 34. What does the word “that” in the passage refer to _______?
A. males B. native Americans C. the risk D. African-Americans
Question 35. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a reason for a higher accident rate among the poor?
A. Little knowledge about safety.
B. Inadequate medical services.
C. Poor housing and working conditions.
D. Use of cars which incorporate fewer safety features.
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.
Printmaking is the generic term for a number of processes, of which woodcut and engraving are two prime
examples. Prints are made by pressing a sheet of paper (or other material) against an image bearing surface to
which ink has been applied. When the paper is removed, the image adheres to it, but in reverse.
The woodcut had been used in China from the fifth century A.D. for applying patterns to textiles. The
process was not introduced into Europe until the fourteenth century, first for textile decoration and then for
printing on paper. Woodcuts are created by a relief process; first, the artist takes a block of wood, which has been
sawed parallel to the grain, covers it with a white ground, and then draws the image in ink. The background is
carved away, leaving the design area slightly raised. The woodblock is inked, and the ink adheres to the raised
image. It is then transferred to damp paper either by hand or with a printing press.
Engraving, which grew out of the goldsmith's art, originated in Germany and northern Italy in the middle
of the fifteenth century. It is an intaglio process (from Italian intagliare, "to carve"). The image is incised into a
highly polished metal plate, usually copper, with a cutting instrument, or burin. The artist inks the plate and wipes
it clean so that some ink remains in the incised grooves. An impression is made on damp paper in a printing press,
with sufficient pressure being applied so that the paper picks up the ink.
Both woodcut and engraving have distinctive characteristics. Engraving lends itself to subtle modeling
and shading through the use of fine lines. Hatching and cross-hatching determine the degree of light and shade in a
print. Woodcuts tend to be more linear, with sharper contrasts between light and dark. Printmaking is well suited
to the production of multiple images. A set of multiples is called an edition. Both methods can yield several
hundred good-quality prints before the original block or plate begins to show signs of wear. Mass production of
prints in the sixteenth century made images available, at a lower cost, to a much broader public than before.

Question 36: What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The origins of textile decoration
B. The characteristics of good-quality prints
C. Two types of printmaking
D. Types of paper used in printmaking
Question 37: The word "prime" in line 2 is closest in meaning to
A. principal B. complex C. general D. recent
Question 38: The author's purposes in paragraph 2 is to describe ______.
A. the woodcuts found in China in the fifth century
B. the use of woodcuts in the textile industry
C. the process involved in creating a woodcut
D. the introduction of woodcuts to Europe
Question 39: The word "it" in the third paragraph refers to ______.
A. art B. engraving C. carving D. Germany
Question 40: According to the passage, all of the following are true about engraving EXCEPT that it ______.
A. developed from the art of the goldsmiths
B. requires that the paper be cut with a burin
C. originated in the fifteenth century
D. involves carving into a metal plate
Question 41: The word "distinctive" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. unique B. accurate C. irregular D. similar
Question 42: According to the author, what made it possible for members of the general public to own prints in
the sixteenth century?
A. Prints could be made at low cost.
B. The quality of paper and ink had improved.
C. Many people became involved in the printmaking industry.
D. Decreased demand for prints kept prices affordable.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each
of the following questions.
Question 43. It was ages since we last met each other.
A. was B. ages C. I last D. each other
Question 44. It's a shame that the apartment hasn't got their own parking space.
A. a shame B. the C. hasn't D. their
Question 45. Speech sounds are produced as a continuous sound signal rather than discreet units
A. speech B. are produced C. signal D. discreet
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each of
sentences in the following questions from 33 to 34.
Question 49 : You can go out with your friends. Make sure you finish your homework by 5 p.m. 
A. As long as you finish your homework by 5 p.m., you can go out with your friends. 
B. You cannot go out with your friends provided you finish your homework by 5 p.m. 
C. You can't go out with your friends in case you cannot finish your homework by 5 p.m. 
D. Unless you finish your homework by 5 p.m., you can go out with your friends. 
Question 50: He has great intelligence. He can solve all the problems very quickly. 
A. So intelligent a student is he that he can solve all the problems very quickly. 
B. An intelligent student is he that he can solve all the problems very quickly. 
C. So intelligent is he that he can solve all the problems very quickly. 
D. He is very intelligent that he can solve all the problems very quickly.