Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group.
1. A. chip B. chocolate C. job D. lunch
2. A. village B. package C. message D. stage
3. A. polish B. seaside C. license D. light
4. A. taught B. laughter C. sauce D. naughty
5. A. now B. flow C. snow D. slow
Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group.
6. A. Comic B. nation C. cartoon D. western
7. A. Evening B. decision C. ambition D. attention
8. A. Promotion B. newspaper C. business D. average
9. A. Journalist B. poisonous C. generous D. engineer
10. A. documentary B. hilarious C. ridiculous D. continuous
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D
11. ……….. books on this shelf were written by Dickens.
A. All B. All the C. Every D. The all
12. She said she ……….. for five hours.
A. had been working B. has worked
C. worked D. has been working
13. They ………. married in church last year.
A. are B. made C. got D. have
14. Janet is ………………………..
A. an old friend of mine B. an old my friend
C. a my old friend D. an old friend of me
15. He's ………….. intelligent than his sister.
A. lesser B. much less C. much fewer D. not so
16. My house is opposite ………… the park.
A. from B. of C. - D. to
17. She loves ……………… Hungarian music.
A. the B.- C. some of D. a
18. As the sun ………… I decided to go out.
A. shines B. has shone C. shine D. was shining
19. I ……. your uncle tomorrow, so I'll give him your note.
A. have seen B. shall have seen
C. am seeing D. going to see
20. By the time the police arrived, the thieves ………. the stolen money.
A. hide B. had hidden
C. are hiding D. will have hidden
21. She walked ……… the road without looking.
A. by B. through C. across D. long
22. We spent …………. day sunbathing.
A. the whole B. all the C. whole D. whole of the
23. It's a long journey by train, it's much ……. by road.
A. quickly B. more quickly C. more quick D. quicker
24. Hasn't ………………….. ?
A. come the post yet B. yet the post came
C. the post yet come D. the post come yet
25. During his stay in Rome, Elmer ……….. a lot of photographs.
A. pushed B. put C. took D. caught
Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one?
26. Water is the best thing to drink when you are thirsty.
A. People should drink nothing but water when you are thirsty
B. You should drink only water when you are thirsty.
C. It s best to not drink water unless you are thirsty.
D. Water is the best “thirst - quencher”
27. His speech was so boring that everyone got up and left.
A. He got up and left because everyone was talking.
B. No one stayed to listen to him because his speech was poor.
C. Everyone stood up so that they could hear his speech.
D. His speech was interesting enough for people to listen.
28. Shallow water - No diving
A. This water is very deep
B. You can dive from here
C. This water is not deep enough for diving
D. This water is not deep enough for swimming.
29. It’s necessary to have your car washed.
A. Your car needs washing.
B. You have to wash your car.
C You should wash your car
D. Your car needs to wash.
30. Tom doesn’t have enough money, so he can’t go anywhere this summer.
A. Tom is short of money.
B. If Tom had enough money, he would go somewhere this summer.
C. Tom is tired of travelling.
D. If Tom has enough money, he will go somewhere this summer.
Choose a word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.
31. After breakfast on the second day there was a notice pinned up on a
A
board near reception that indicated the new position where the afternoon’s
B C
activities would be held.
D
32. One of the speakers scheduled for the day before the final meeting
A
was known to be very boring and so few delegates waited his presentation.
B C D
33. For the most popular speakers the committee had decided to use the
A B
main hall that is capable of supporting at least 200 people.
C D
34. At the end of the conference organisations had been made or all
A B
members who had come by train to be taken by taxi to the station.
C D
35. They are such a nice people that everybody loves them
A B C D
Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D
The novelist Robert Herrick was born in Cambridge, massachusetts, on April 26, 1868. His oldest American ancestor, a nephew of the author of Hesperides, had settled at Salem in 1638; he was related to the Hales, the Mannings, the Hawthornes, and the Peabodys; his immediate forebears were lawyers, teachers, and clergymen. His teaching began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but William Rainey Harper lured him to the new University of Chicago, where he remained officially for exactly a generation and where his students in advanced composition found him terrifyingly frigid in the classroom but sympathetic and understanding in their personal conferences. During his later years the spot of earth dearest to his heart was York Village, Maine but after his retirement from teaching he brought his career to a rather amazing close as government secretary of the Virgin islands, He died at St. Thomas on December 23, 1938.
36. To which of the following families was Herrick related?
A. The Santayanas B. The Hawthornes
C. The Moodys D. The Hapgoods
37. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a profession of Herrick's relatives?
A. Farmer B. Teacher
C. Clergyman D. Lawyer
38. Herrick moved to the University of Chicago at the request of …..
A. the Hales B. the Minnings
C. Robert Morss Lovett D. William Rainey Harper
39. According to the passage, Herrick's students thought he was …..
A. gifted in teaching B. unfair in his grading
C. easy to understand D. kind during
personal contact
40. In which of the following activities was Herick involved during the last years of his life?
A University teaching B. Government work
C. Translating D. Lecturing
When man first learnt how to make fire, he began to use fuel for the first time. The fuel he used was probably wood. As time passed, man eventually discovered that substances such as coal and oil …(41)…
Coal …(42)… very widely as a source of energy until the last century. With the coming of the industrial revolution, it was soon realized that production …(43)… if coal was used instead of wood.
Nowadays, many of the huge factories and electricity generating stations ..(44).. to function if there was no coal there. In the last twenty or thirty years, however, the use of coal …(45)…. As a result, there have been changes in the coal industry. It ......(46)…. that more people …(47)…. coal if oil and gas were not available.
There is more than enough coal in the world for man s needs for the next two hundred years if our use of coal …(48).. Unfortunately, however, about half of the world s coal …(49)… Mining much of it …(50)… very expensive even if it was to use new equipment.
41. A. are burning B. would burn
C. have burnt D. were burnt
42. A. not used B. did not used
C. not using D. was not used
43. A. doubles B. had doubled
C. will double D. would double
44. A were unable B. would be unable
C. will be unable D. are unable
45. A. has declined B. will decline
C. declines D. will decline
46. A. believed B. is believing
C. believing D. is believed
47. A. would use B. used
C. use D. will use
48. A. did not increase B. would not increase
C. does not increase D. may not increase
49. A. would never use B. may never be used
C. would never be used D. may never use
50. A. was B. used to be
C. would be D. had been
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