PRACTICE TEST 27
I- Make the correct choice :
1.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a.hour b.hear c.hit d.hat
2.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a.ache b.chemist c.cheerful d.scholarship
3.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a.suitable b.biscuit c.building d.guilty
4. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a.relationship b.engineer c.ability d.enjoy
5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a.exhaust b.organic c.explain d.student
6. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a.accomplishment b.government c.practice d.vapour
7. In England people drive ____ the left side of the road.
a. in b. with c. at d. on
8. His opinion differs ____ mine.
a. with b. from c. for d. about
9. That hotel is famous ____ its pleasant atmosphere and fine food.
a. for b. about c. with d. from
10. They didn’t make use ____ their knowledge when they solved the problem.
a. with b. of c. off d. in
11. This kind of music is familiar ____ teenagers.
a. for b. with c. of d. from
12. Bill is bored ____ doing the same job for too long.
a. in b. of c. with d. at
13. It’s difficult ______ me to understand English when people used lots____ slangs.
a. for / of b. for / for c. of / for d. of / of
14. ______ he wasn’t feeling very well, Mr Graham went to visit his aunt as usual.
a. Although b. However c. Therefore d. Still
15. Lasers can kill diseased cells while leaving healthy neighbours ____.
a. harmful b. harmfully c. unharmed d. harm
16. Don’t ____ bad habits in a child.
a. encourage b. have c. force d. make
17. The wind _____ very strongly last night.
a. shone b. grew c. showed d. blew
18. Plants absorb oxygen.
a. take off b. take in c. take up d. take on
19. This woman is as _____ as a post.
a. dead b. deaf c. dumb d. acute
20. Which would you ____ , tea or coffee?
a. refer b. infer c. prefer d. differ
21. While my mother _______ to the market, she dropped her purse.
a. were going b. was going c. is going d. went
22. After the police had stopped the fight, they ______ two men and a woman.
a. arrested b. were arrested c. have arrested d. arresting
23. While ______ in France last year, I learned many things about French customs.
a. was living b. I living c. lived d. living
24. ______ carefully before you answer my questions.
a. Thinking b. Think c. To think d. Thought
25. _____ the chapter four times, I finally understood the author’s theory.
a. Read b. To read c.Reading d. After read
II. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
26. When I discovered I have lost my key, I phoned my father.
a b c d
27. When these tables are made from steel, they are very heavy.
a b c d
28. Do you know how getting to the post office from here?
a b c d
29. They left very early in the morning so that anybody would see them.
a b c d
30. I didn’t understand the lesson although I didn’t go to school yesterday.
a b c d
III. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
Born in the slums of San Francisco, Jack London (31) ____ his life in a restless search for mental and physical
security. Poverty forced him to leave school (32) ____ he had completed eighth grade. After (33) ____ many kinds of jobs
to earn his living, Jack London (34) ____ high school, and in one year he passed the entrance examination of the
University of California. But after only one semester of college he left to devote himself (35) ____. London became famous
with the publication of his first volume of short stories, The Son of the Wolf, in 1900. (36) ____ the remaining sixteen years
of his life he wrote nineteen stories and ten collections of short stories. Although London was rich then, he could never
(37) ____ happy. At the age of forty he died after he had taken an (38) ____ of medicine at his large farm in California.
31.a. took b. spent c. saved d. needed
32.a. before b. while c. after d. as soon as
33.a. making b. working c. building d. doing
34.a. entered b. joined c. studied d. graduated
35.a. to write b. to writing c. writing d. written
36.a. Despite b. Owing to c. According to d. During
37.a. smell b. feel c. live d. work
38. a. overtime b. overwork c. overdose d. overuse
IV. Read the passage and then choose the best answer:
As a boy, Mark Twain caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play practical jokes on all of his friends and
neighbours. The nature of his jokes often led to violence. He hated going to school and he constantly ran away from
home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi. He was fascinated by that mighty river. He liked sitting on
the bank of the river for hours at a time . He was nearly drowned nine different times. He learned many things about the
river during those days. He learned all about its history and the unusual people who rode up and down it. He never forgot
those scenes and those people. He later made them part of the history of America in his books “Tom Sawyer” and “
Huckleberry Finn”.
39.Mark Twain used to cause much trouble for his parents when _______.
a.he played no jokes on his friends b.he became a grown-up
c. he was little d. his jokes often led to nothing
40.He usually ran away from home and went to the nearby Mississippi River because ______.
a.he enjoyed going to school b.he took a great interest in the river
c.he hated sitting on the bank of the river d.he disliked seeing the river
41. During those days he learned many things about _______.
a.the Mississippi and its history b.himself
b.his books d.those scenes
42.Later he made them part of the history of America in his books “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn” because
_______.
a.he disliked those scenes and those people b.he took no interest in those people
c.he no longer remembered those people d.he was fascinated by those scenes and people
V. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the above one :
43.Lasers can kill diseased cells while leaving healthy neighbours unharmed.
a. Diseased cells can kill lasers while leaving healthy neighbours unharmed.
b. Diseased cells can be killing by lasers while leaving healthy neighbours unharmed.
c. Diseased cells can by lasers be killed while leaving healthy neighbours unharmed.
d. Diseased cells can be killed by lasers while leaving healthy neighbours unharmed.
44.The last time she had a swim was five years ago.
a. She last had a swim five years ago. b. She last had a swim was five years ago.
c. She has last had a swim for five years . d. She had a swim five years last .
45.The children went to bed. We watched television.
a. After the children gone to bed, we watched television.
b. After the children going to bed, we watched television.
c. After the children had gone to bed, we watched television.
d. After going to bed, we watched television.
46.It was so dark that nothing could be seen.
a. It was too dark to see nothing. b. It was too dark to be seen anything.
c. It was too dark for nothing to be seen. d. It was too dark to see anything.
47.It is easier to spend money than to make money.
a. Spending money is easier than to make money. b. Spending money is easier than making money.
c. Spending money it is easier than making money. d. Spending money is more easier than making money.
48.“Where have I left my sunglasses, David?” asked Susan.
a. Susan asked David where she had left her sunglasses. b. Susan asked David where he had left her sunglasses.
c. Susan asked David where she left her sunglasses. d. Susan asked David where had she left her sunglasses.
49. Although he’s got an English name, he is in fact German.
a. Despite his English name, he is in fact German. b. Despite got English name, he is in fact German.
c. Despite of his English name, he is in fact German. d. Despite getting his English name, he is in fact German.
50. I found a place to live but it was difficult.
a. I had difficulty to find a place to live in. b. I had difficulty in finding a place to live in.
c. I had difficult in finding a place to live in. d. I had difficult to find a place to live in.
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46. It was so dark that nothing could be seen.
a. It was too dark to see nothing. b. It was too dark to be seen anything.
c. It was too dark for nothing. many things about French customs.
a. was living b. I living c. lived d. living
24. ______ carefully before you answer my questions.
a. Thinking b. Think