PRACTICE TEST 52
I. Make the correct choice:
1.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. property b. scholarship c. belong d. provide
2.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. approach b. address c. landing d. allow
3.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. languages b. types c. addresses d. approaches
4.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. satisfy b. prospect c. sanguine d. expect
5.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. transition b. tendency c. tolerance d. obstacle
6.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. supervisor b. expectation c. disappointment d. uncertainty
7. This river has been _______ by industrial waste.
a. purified b. contaminated c. cleaned d. darkened
8. Smoke from factories is a kind of ______ .
a. fertilizer b. smog c. pollutant d. vapour
9. A volcano ______ smoke and ashes.
a. emits b. throws c. gives d. erupts
10. He liked _______stamps.
a. collect b. collected c. collecting d. collection
11. They prefer beef ______ pork.
a. to b. than c. more than d. rather than
12. Don’t worry. I will protect you ______ harm.
a. with b. from c. about d. in
13. She reminds me ______ a girl I was at school with.
a. to b. about c. of d. with
14. We are looking forward ______ her again.
a. to see b. of seeing c. at seeing d. to seeing
15. I’m _____ of listening to the same thing again and again.
a. bored b. tired c. keen d. interested
16. The President is going to make a______ about the international situation.
a. speaker b. speaking c. speech d. speechless
17. This company offered _____ of attractive jobs.
a. much b. any c. a lot d. a little
18. The result of the test was _______.
a. satisfied b. satisfaction c. satisfactorily d. satisfactory
19. _____ all the lectures is important to us.
a. Attendance b. Attending c. Attendant d. Attended
20. A number of political prisoners _____ since Independent Day.
a. released b. have released c. was released d. have been released
21. Fax machine _____ send or receive letter quickly.
a. is used for b. used to c. is used to d. used for
22. The children saw the actual spacecraft _____ landed on the moon.
a. who b. that c. it d. where
23. Marie, _____ at the party, called me last night.
a. that I met b. who I met c. I met d. I met her
24. When I arrived the theater, the play _____. I missed the first part.
a. had started b. started c. was starting d. has started
25. I _____ able to play tennis since I _____ my arm.
a. wasn’t/ broke b. haven’t been/ had broken c. wasn’t/ had broken d. haven’t been/ broke
26. I have to get my picture _____ for my Website.
a. take b. taken c. taking d. took
27. _____ your house painted last year ?
a. Had b. Did c. Was d. Have
28. The police _____ for two men who _____ getting into a black car near the bank at about 1 o’clock last night.
a. are looking/ saw b. are looking/ were seen c. have looked/ saw d. had looked/ were seen
29. How often _____ your car serviced since you bought it ?
a. do you have b. did you have c. had you had d. have you had
30. She’s the woman _____ sister baby-sits for us.
a. who b. which c. that’s d. whose
II. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
31. The house painted more than three years ago, but I’m not going to have it done again for a while.
a b c d
32. The stories what I’ve told you are all true.
a b c d
33. I decided to change jobs because my boss made me working overtime.
a b c d
34. Could you tell me why the air conditioner is used for ?
a b c d
35. Before you leave, please duplicating that file by making a copy on the CD-ROM.
a b c d
III. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
One of the most famous statues in the world (36) _______ on an island in New York Harbor.This statue is, of
course, the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is a woman (37) _______ the torch of liberty, and its official name is
the 'Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World'. The statue was a (38) _______ to American people from the French to show
the friendship (39) _______ the two nations. It was (40) _______ by Frederic Auguste Bartoldie and completed in 1884 in
France, then was transported to America and put up in 1886.
36.a. puts b. stands c. builds d. sets up
37.a. preserving b. preventing c. holding d. using
38.a. favor b. recommendation c. representative d. gift
39.a. between b. about c. and d. for
40.a. designed b. discovered c. safeguarded d. found
IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer:
Furthermore, the laser beam can also remove bone, and so it is invaluable in ear surgery. The sounds we hear are
carried from the eardrum to the nerves of the ear by a delicate set of small bones which sometimes solidify, causing
deafness. A laser vaporises the bone without touching any of the surrounding tissue.
Birthmarks, once almost untreatable, are a mass of blood vessels and, being red, they absorb the laser beam
strongly. It seals them so that the mark becomes less conspicuous. The normal cells on the skin’s surface, which don’t
absorb much of the laser beam, act in the healing and help to conceal the mark.
41.In the first paragraph, the laser is used to treat ______.
a. bone b. birthmarks c.eardrum d. deafness
42.How is the laser used in ear surgery ?.
a.to vaporise the bone b.to touch the surrounding tissues
c. to solidify the bone d.to carry sounds from the eardrum to the nerves
43. What is the advantage of using the laser in ear surgery?
a. it can carry sounds to the nerves b. it doesn’t touch the surrounding tissues
c. it causes deafness d. it solidifies the bone
44. Birthmarks absorb the laser beam strongly because_____.
a. they are almost untreatable b. they are conspicuous
c. they are red d. they can be treated
45. How is the laser used in birhmark treatment?
a. to seal blood vessels b. to absorb the laser beam
c. to harm normal cells d. to become conspicuous
V. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the above one :
46. We can’t work. We don’t use a good dictionary.
a. Without using a good dictionary, we can’t work. b. Unless using a good dictionary, we can’t work.
c. If we use a good dictionary, we can’t work. d. If we won’t use a good dictionary, we can’t work.
47. He must practise it everyday. That is the only way for him to be successful.
a. Only by practising it every day is the only way for him to be successful.
b. Only by practising it every day he will be successful.
c. Only by practising it every day will he be successful.
d. Only by practising it every day that he will be successful.
48. He is going to retire at the end of the term. It was decided.
a. The fact was decided that he is going to retire at the end of the term.
b. The fact that was decided he is going to retire at the end of the term .
c. The fact that he is going to retire at the end of the term that was decided.
d. The fact that he is going to retire at the end of the term was decided.
49. His father didn’t want to watch TV. His wife didn’t want to watch TV, either.
a. Neither his father nor his wife didn’t want to watch TV.
b. Both his father and his wife wanted to watch TV.
c. Neither his father nor his wife wanted to watch TV.
d. Either his father or his wife wanted to watch TV.
50. He was ill; but he still went to school.
a. In spite of his illness, he went to school. b. Because of his illness, he went to school.
c. Instead of his illness, he went to school. d. In favor of his illness, he went to school.
. again.
a. to see b. of seeing c. at seeing d. to seeing
15. I’m _____ of listening to the same thing again and again.
a. bored b. tired c. keen d. interested. conditioner is used for ?
a b c d
35. Before you leave, please duplicating that file by making a copy on the CD-ROM.
a b c d
III. Read the passage