TEST
I PRONUNCIATION
1. A smoker B comic C focus D
hostess
2. A status B rate C basic
D stack
3. A shout B sugar C share
D surgery
4. A bones B courts C drills
D hands
5. A stored B ploughed C laughed D
smiled
II STRESS
6. A accuse B admire C enter D
deny
7. A disease B design C moustache D
aspect
8. A ceremony B technology C community
D autography
9. A piano B policeman C museum
D souvenir
10.A element B eleven C elephant D evidence
III CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER:
11.Don’t let the chance go______
A on B off C by D over
12.The result was quite different ________ what I expect.
A with B as C to D from
13.Leave it ____ it is
A as B that C like
D so
14.She can’t afford that book because she has _____ money
A a lot of B few C a little D
little
15.______ of the students in the class could finish the assignment
yesterday.
A Neither B None C Either D Not
much
16.Of my classmates and _____ , Tom is _____ intelligent.
A I/ more B Me/ the most C I/ the more
D me / more
17.Try______ so many mistakes.
A not to make B not making C to make not D
making not
18.Take _____ actions you think you should.
A however B wherever C whenever
D whatever
19.Don’t forget______ me a call when you arrive.
A give B given C giving D to give
20.He doesn’t work ______.
A As hard as he didn’t last year. B As hard as he did last year.
C As hard as he does last year. D As hardly as he did
last year.
21.When______ in international trade , letters of credit are convenient.
A are used B used C using D they used
22.The house ______
A they used to live in is very old
B where they used to live in is very old
C which they used to live in is very old
D at where they used to live is very old
23.No longer_____ to spend all her free time doing housework because
we now own some new labor - saving devices.
A my mother has C has my mother
B does my mother has D does my mother have
24.I have no money now . If I ______ some, I _____ a computer
A have / would buy B had / bought
C have / will buy D had / would buy
25._____ they are tropical birds , parrots can live in temperate or even
cold weather.
A Despite B Even though C Nevertheless
D But
26._____ charming shops and restaurants, Old Town is the most
picturesque section of Albuquerque.
A With its B Its C Because its D For its
27. They have proved that_____ teeth healthy.
A to keep B keep C it keeps D keeps
28.Some Asian people said that ______ business with Americans over
lunch at restaurants.
A they had often done B they often had done
C had they often done D often they had done
29.When was that book_____?
A made B produced C published D created
30.He looked thin, but _____ he is very healthy.
A also B naturally C actually D consequently
31.Please _____ your cigarette; I’m allergic to smoke.
A put out B put down C put up D put aside
32.He was only nine , but he ate _____ his father did
A much than B more than that C as much as D as much
than
33._____ were carried out on animals before the drug was tested on
humans
A Investigation B Research C Experiments
D Testing
34.I didn’t see anyone but I felt as though I ______
A was being watched B have been watched C be watched
D am watched
35.When I stopped talking, Sam finished my sentence for me _______
he had read my mind
A although B like C as though D as
36.The best way of writing a composition in a foreign language is to try
and write ________ thinking in your own language.
A without B except C unless D apart from
37.I have told her that I am not going to go ahead with my plans_______
she may think.
A whether B despite C however D whatever
38.How could you let the baby climb the stairs? I am surprised ______
you
A at B on C for D with
39.Travelers ______ their reservations well in advance if they want to
fly during the Christmas holidays
A had better to get B had better get C had to get better D
had better got
40.I don’t swim as well as they
A They are better swim than me B They are better swimmer
than me
C They are better swimmers than me D I am better swimmer than
they
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