PRACTICE TEST 19
I- Make the correct choice :
1.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. showed b. known c. town d. snow
2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. books b. cats c. dogs d. maps
3. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. made b. played c. said d. afraid
4. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. understand b. invitation c.industry d. computation
5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. beauty b. advertise c. suggest d. decent
6. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. garden b. ago c. youngest d. standard
7. We had a great deal of ____ weather in April.
a. rains b. rainy c. raining d. rain
8. Nitric Oxide is another tail-pipe ____ that is highly poisonous.
a. emitting b. to emit c. emission d. emitted
9. She is accustomed ____ getting up early.
a. to b. with c. for d. at
10.He was sad ____ his father’s death.
a. by b. for c. about d. with
11. People must be made fully aware ____ the harm we are causing to the environment.
a.for b. about c. from d. of
12. Mark decided to give up sport so that he could concentrate ____ his studies.
a. at b. on c. about d. with
13. He ran as fast as he could, but he was not able to keep pace ____ his brother.
a. with b. of c. for d. within
14. When she arrived in Britain, she wasn’t used to driving ____ the left.
a. at b. in c. on d. along
15. The teacher is disappointed about his students’____.
a. care b. carefulness c. carelessness d. carelessly
16. I’ll give you further ____.
a. explains b. explaining c. explanations d. explained
17. AIDS is a dangerous ____ .
a. disease b. ill c. ease d. syndrome
18. Many people are out of work in that city. ____ is a very serious problem now.
a. Employee b. Employer c. Unemployed d. Unemployment
19. There is a growing concern _____ the preservation of nature.
a. in b. on c. of d. about
20. Although the machine is expensive, it is totally ____.
a. useful b. useless c. used d. in use
21. I wish I ______ my homework last night.
a. finished b. had finished c. finish d. have finished
22. I’m very sorry _______I was rude to Jim’s wife.
a. that b. about c. for d. to
23. I _____ to bed early last night.
a. not went b. don’t go c. didn’t go d. haven’t gone
24. She wishes that she hadn’t spent _______money.
a. so many b. a lot c. a large number of d. so much
25. I wish I had known ______ to repair the lawn mower.
a. what b. how c. which d. that
II. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
26. Maria wish she had applied for the job in the library.
a b c d
27. In the past few years, this area has become heavily industrial.
a b c d
28. The sun is so bright for us to look at directly.
a b c d
29. Few airports in the United States are as modern as that in Atlanta.
a b c d
30. Certain types of ants which may live as long as 15 years.
a b c d
III. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
We can develop alternative sources of power, and (31) _____ we try we'll never succeed. Instead of burning fossil
fuels we should be concentrating (32) _____more economic uses of electricity, because electricity can be (33) _____ from
any source of energy. If we didn't waste so (34) _____ energy, our resources would last longer. Unless we do research on
(35) _____ energy, wind power, wave power, tidal power, hydroelectric schemes etc, our fossil fuels will run (36) _____,
and we'll all freeze or starve to death. Other countries are spending much more than us on research, and don't forget (37)
_____ energy from the sun, the waves and the wind lasts for ever. We really won't survive unless we (38) _____ working
on cleaner, safer sources of energy.
31.a. if b. although c. unless d. because
32.a. on b. about c. with d. of
33.a. done b. produced c. taken d. prevented
34.a. many b. a lot of c. a great deal of d. much
35.a. sunny b. earthly c. solar d. worldly
36.a. out b. up c. off d. down
37.a. an b. which c. what d. that
38.a. manage b. start c. want d. seem
IV- Read the following passage and choose the best answer:
The next topic was one which I have been investigating at some length – why the English drive on the left hand
side of the road. There is only one place in the whole of England where it is legal to drive on the right (barring one-way
streets) and that is the passage and court at the Strand entrance to the Savoy Hotel.
Before leaving New York I put the question to Mr. C.S Forester. He said the custom was grounded in good sense
and dated back to the period when many Londoners travelled to and fro on horseback. A horse, said Mr Forester, is
always mounted from the left side. It was a matter of convenience, then, that a man coming out of a shop or house or
tavern would have his horse aimed toward the left, otherwise he’d have to walk into the mud and slop of the street to
mount, and from this practice came the custom of bearing to the left in traffic. Sensible. Mr. Forester added that my
forefathers, the founders of the American nation, reversed the custom after the revolution out of sheer perversity.
39. The writer has been investigating ____.
a. the reason for the left-hand rule in traffic b. why the English drive on the right
c. where it is legal to drive on the right d. the Savoy Hotel
40. The custom of driving on the left came _____.
a. before they travelled to and fro on horseback. b. after the writer left New York
c. because they often went to and fro on horseback d. they liked going on the left
41. They found it convenient to mount a horse _____.
a. from the right side b. from the left side.
c. from both sides d. from the slop of the street
42. The Americans drive _____.
a.on the left as the English do b. on the mud of the street
c. on the slop of the street d. on the right
IV. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the above one :
43.“Why hasn’t Peter phoned?” asked she.
a. She wondered why Peter hasn’t phoned. b. She wondered why hadn’t Peter phoned.
c. She wondered why Peter hadn’t phoned. d. She wondered him why Peter hadn’t phoned.
44. We arrived too late to see the first film.
a. We didn’t arrive late enough to see the first film. b. We didn’t arrive early enough to see the first film.
c. We didn’t arrive too early to see the first film. d. We didn’t arrive early enough for us to see the first film.
45. She can’t have any more children because of her age.
a. She is too old to have any more children. b. She is old enough to have any more children.
c. She is too young to have any more children. d. She is young enough to have any more children.
46. John began learning French three years ago.
a. John has been learning French three years ago. b. John has been learning French since three years.
c. John has been learned French for three years. d. John has been learning French for three years.
47. I’ll only help you if you promise to try harder.
a. Unless you don’t promise to try harder, I will not help you.
b. Unless you promise to try harder, I will help you.
c. Unless you promise to try harder, I won’t help you.
d. Unless you promise to try harder, I wouldn’t help you.
48. Mary is better at maths than Susan.
a. Susan isn’t so well at maths as Mary is. b. Susan isn’t so good at maths as Mary is.
c. Susan isn’t so good at maths as Mary does. d. Susan isn’t as well at maths as Mary is.
49. She wished she had invited him to her birthday party.
a. She regretted inviting him to her birthday party. b. She regretted not inviting him to her birthday party.
c. She regretted not to invite him to her birthday party. d. She regretted to invite him to her birthday party.
50. The keepers feed the lions at 3:00 p.m. every day.
a. The lions are feeding at 3:00p.m every day. b. The lions being fed at 3:00p.m every day.
c. The lions feed at 3:00p.m every day. d. The lions are fed at 3:00p.m every day.
. unless we (38 ) _____ working
on cleaner, safer sources of energy.
31 .a. if b. although c. unless d. because
32 .a. on b. about c. with d. of
33 .a. done. prevented
34 .a. many b. a lot of c. a great deal of d. much
35 .a. sunny b. earthly c. solar d. worldly
36 . a. out b. up c. off d. down
37 .a. an b.