TEST 1
I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following question
1. a. pressimistic b. business c. dissolve d. miss
2. a. intervention b. legal c. resume d. domestic
3. a. aerial b. clap c. care d. scary
4. a. investment b. island c. optimistic d. substaintial
5. a. acacia b. expand c. category d. applicant
II. Choose A, B, C, D to complete the sentences.
1. The word “Olympic”…………..from Olympian in Greece
a. has come b. came c. comes d. is coming
2. Prices………considerably since this time last year
a. have raised b. rose c. raised d. have risen
3. By the year 2050, many people currently employed………….their job
a. will be losing b. will have lost c. have lost d. are losing
4. ………….a famous personality has its advantages and its disadvantages.
a. To be b. Be c. Been d. Being
5. …………..he took off his dark glasses, I recognized him.
a. Whenever b. As soon as c. Then d. While
6. ………….the weather forecast, it will rain heavily later this morning
a. On account of b. Due to c. According to d. Because of
7. “You’d better stop spending money, you’ll end up in debt.”
a. if b. in case c. unless d. otherwise
8. “Give her atelephone number to ring……………she gers lost”
a. whether b. perhaps c. in case d. unless
9. There was asmall room into………..we all crowed.
a. it b. where c. that d. which
10. Minh’s compotitions are full of mistakes, but they are very………….
a. imaginary b. imaginable c. imagination d. imaginative
11. I find my boss difficult to work with – he is always………..my idea
a. critical b. critic c. criticizing d. criticism
12. Many modern refrigerators never need………..
a. frosting b. frosty c. defrosting d. defrosted
13. Phil was sentenced to three years…………for his part in the robbery.
a. prisoner b. imprisonment c. imprison d. prison
14. Julia is being kept in an isolation ward because she is highly…………..
a. infected b. infection c. infectious d, infecting
15. Don’t put David in charge of arranging the theater trip; he’s too……..
a. organized b. well organized c. unorganizes d. organizing
16. The rhinoceros, whose numbers have dropped alarmingly recently, has been declared a(n)…………..species.
a. danger b. endanger c.dangerous d. endangered
17. Brighton is a famous…………..towm on the south coast of England.
a. port b. resort c. seaside d. coast
18. My friends have just moved to a new flat in the residental area on the………of Paris
a. suburbs b.side c. outside d. outskirts
19. My parents always……….of my smoking. They even told me onece it would stop me growing taller.
a. disproved b. approve c. disapproved d. proved
20. “It’s not true. He’s………..o lot of nosense!”
a. saying b. speaking c. talking d. telling
21. Don’t believe a word Bob says. He’s a terrible………..
a. lier b. linerperson c. lieman d. liar
22. Many old people don’t like to change. They are very set in their…………
a. lives b. habits c. routines d. ways
23. The old car is reliable; so far it hasn’t let me………..
a. in b. down c. up d. through
24. The noise of the typewriter really……….me off. I just couldn’t concentrate.
a. put b. pulled c. set d. took
25. Tom: “Shall we go out tonight?” Jane: “……………..”
a. Yes, I can b. Yes we are c. Yes