TEST YOURSELF_Unit 1-2-3.doc

TEST YOURSELF
I. Choose the words that best answer the following questions.
I. Which of the following words has the underlined part pronounced differently?
a. stall b. chat c. talk d. water
2. Which of the following words is stressed on the first syllable?
a. entertain b. determine c. harbour d. interrupt
3. Which of the following words is stressed on the second syllable?
a. private b. professor c. purchases d. educated
4. Which of the following words is stressed on the third syllable?
a. impossible b. development c. specialization d. scientific
2. Which of the following words doesn't contain the final /t/ sound?
a. worked b. announced c. screamed d. stopped
II. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or
substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. Marie Curie harbored the dream of a career which was Impossible for a
woman at that time.
a. science b. scientific c. scientist d. scientifically
7. In 1963 he was appointed of history.
a. director b. teacher c. professor d. headmaster
8. The morning's work was constantly by phone calls
a. made b. interrupted c. created d. changed
6. they are tropical birds, parrots can live in temperate or even cold climates.
a. Even thou
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h b. In spite of c. Nevertheless d. Despite
9. We got the plane at 10.30 and the plane took . on time.
a. in/ off b. on/ up in/ out d. on/ off
7. People are fleeing, the area in panic.
a. excitement b. fear c. -gust d. danger
6. does it take to get to London from here?
a. How far b. How much c. How often d. How long

10. Before the plane takes off, passengers must their seat belts.
a. fasten b. flee c. emit d. unbind
6. My morning is to get up at seven, have breakfast, then leave home at eight.
a. timetable b. habit c. routine d. action
11. She's upstairs EZtttinfir ready to go out.
a. dressing b. determining c. planning d. preparing
III. Choose the one option - a, b, c, or d that best completes the sentence.
12. How now? Better than before'?
a. are you feeling b. do you feel c. you are feeling d. you feel
13. 'Do you mind if I borrow a chair'?" Do you need only one?'
a. I'm sorry. b. Not at all. c. Yes, 1 do. d. Yes, I would.
14. I remember you about this before.
a. tell b. to tell c. telling d. told
15. Professor Kidd three books since 1999, and she's working on her fourth.
a. has been writing b. has written c. wrote d. writes.
16. She only allows the children television on the weekends.
a. to watch b. watching c. watch d. for watching
21. When Martin the car. he took it out for a drive.
a. was repairing b. has repaired c. had repaired d. repaired
21. The sun in the East and in the West.
a. rises/ set b. rises/ sets c. rose/ had set d. has risen/ has set
22. I asked him , but he went anyway.
a. not to go b. to not go c. not going d. he doesn't go
24. i remember An rode the bus to school with.
a. I b. who I c. which I d. that I
25. Who your bike? – Mike did.
a did give you b. did you give c. you gave d. gave you
IV identify the one underlined word or phrase - A. B. C or D - that must be changed
for the sentence to be correct.
26. I'm usually right about the weather. am not I?

A B C D
27. An old man walking along, the road stopped talking to us.
A B C D
28. Mike usually drives to work but today he walks.
A B C D
29. Hypnosis is sometimes employed as a means of helping people quit to smoke.
A B C D
29. Despite most mushroom are edible. some specie cause serious poisoning.
A B C D
30. Today we know that the earth is one of nine planets whose orbit the sun.
A B C D
31. Do you want to get up by yourself, or would you like me to wake up you?
A B C D
32. I bought this new software for learning Chinese
A B C D
30. Are you ready? It's time we go.
A B C D
31. I'm tired because I'm not used to stay up late.
A B C D
V. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the numbered blank.
The table tennis match was very enjoyable before (36) . lit a cigarette
and ruined the evenin
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. After (37) smoking, they let the cigarette fall on the
wooden floor. Unfortunately, they dropped it without putting it out but (38) paid any
attention to it. Even the
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woman (39) next to the man with the cigarette did not notice. Soon,
however, there was (40) smoke. Suddenly flames (41) up into the air. Someone
immediately ran out of the room (42) the fire brigade. Two or three men got some buckets of

water (43) the fire, but it was useless. Everyone in the large hut
(44.) very frightened. The next moment people rushed towards the main
doors. Before the fire brigade arrived, the whole building was on fire. On (45) the
burning building, one of the firemen
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succeeded in rescuing an old woman.
36. a. someone b. anyone c. no one d. nobody
36. a. finish b. finishing c. finished d. finishes
38. a. someone b. anyone c. no one d. everyone
39. a. she was b. was c. who was d. she
40. a lot of b. many c. a few d. a little
41. a. shoot b. shoots c. shot d. shooting
42. a. phone b. phoning c. to phone d. for phoning
43. a. to put out b. they put out. c. putting out d. put out
44. a. was b. were c. has d. have
45. a. enter b. entering c. entered d. he entered
VI. Read the passage, then choose the correct answer - b, c, or d.
Few men have influenced the development of American English to the extent that
Noah Webster did. Born in West Hartford, Connecticut. in
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1758, his name has become
synonymous with American dictionaries. Graduated from Yale in 1778, he was admitted
to the bar in 178i and there after began to practice law in Hartford. Later, when he turned
to teaching, he discovered how inadequate the available schoolbooks were for the
children of a new and independent nation.
In response to the need for truly American textbook, Webster published A
Grammatical Institute of the English Language, a three-volume work that consisted of a
speller, a grammar, and a reader. The Compendious Dictionary of the English Language
was published in 1806.
In 1807 Noah Webster began his greatest work. An American dictionary u/ the

English Language. In preparin
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the manuscript, he devoted ten years to the study of
English and its relationship to other languages. and seven more years to the writing itself.
Published in two volumes in 1828. An American Dictionary of the English Language has
become the recognized authority for usage in the United States. 'Webster's purpose in
writing
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it was to demonstrate that the American language was developing distinct
meanings, pronunciations, and spelling from those of British English. He is responsible
for advancing_ simplified spelling forms: develop instead of the British form developed;
theater and center instead of theatre and center; color and honor instead of color and
honor.
46. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage`?
a. Webster's Work b. Webster's Dictionaries
c. Webster's School d. Webster's Life
47. How old was Webster when he graduated from Yale?
a. 18 b. 19 c. 20 d. 21
48. Why did Webster write A Grammatical burial& - the English Language?
a. He wanted to supplement his income.
b. There were no books available after the Revolutionary War.
a. He felt that British books were not appropriate for American children.
b. The children did not know how to spell.
49. In how many volumes was .4n American Diction the of the English Language
published?
a. One volume b. Two volumes c. Three volumes d Four volumes
50. According to the author, what was `Webster' purpose in writing An American
Dictionary of the English Language?
a. To respond to the need for new schoolbooks.
b. To demonstrate the distinct development of the E language in America.

b. To promote
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spelling forms based upon British models
c. To influence the pronunciation of the English language