PRACTICE TEST 31
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. Her ______ from school without any excuse made the teacher angry.
a. absent b. absence c. absentee d. absently
8. She can’t stand his _____.
a. rudely b. rude c. rudeness d. ruder
9. They are all ______ -educated persons.
a. well b. good c. fine d. nice
10. Hard work always brings _____.
a. successful b. successfully c. success d. succeed
11. Your rice field is more ______ than ours.
a. products b. produced c. productively d. productive
12. Most children are not ______ good at their future work.
a. expected b. expectantly c. expectant d. expectation
13. With the help of the computer, you can easily _____ a business plan.
a. make b. do c. work d. perform
14. He was _____ prison _____ 2 years.
a. in / for b. in /in c. at / for d. at / in
15. ______ that time he became interested _____ pigeons.
a. In / in b. At / in c. At / of d. In / of
16. I want two seats for Romeo and Juliet ______ Friday night.
a. at b. in c. on d. until
17. Go on _____ you see the church on your right.
a. with b. until c. to d. away
18. I look forward ______ you again next year.
a. to see b. and see c. to seeing d. seeing
19. If everything is all right, we _____ our work on time.
a. complete b. are completing c. have completed d. will complete
20. The winter is coming, it is getting _____.
a. more cold b. the most cold c. colder and colder d. the more cold
21. Peter likes mathematics _____ English.
a. more b. many than c. than d. better than
22. The _____ things are produced, the _____ prices are.
a. more / cheaper b. most / cheapest c. much / cheap d. many / cheaper
23. He learns English worse than we _____.
a. are b. have c. do d. were
24. The test is not _____ difficult _____ it was last month.
a. more / as b. so / as c. very / as d. too / than
25. I wish I _____ a computer.
a. use b. will use c. can use d. could use
26. The train _____ when we got the station.
a. just left b. just leaves c. had just left d. will leave
27. Her suitcase was ______ heavy that she could hardly lift it.
a. such b. so c. many d. much
28. The Philippines ______ from SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome).
a. has also suffered b. have also suffered c. are suffering d. suffer
29. Daisy was late ______ her car was broke down.
a. if b. whether c. because d. while
30. We do not know the reason ______ Peter is absent today.
a. who b. which c. that d. why
II.Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
31. I don’t like forcing to leave the room to study whenever my roommates feel like having a party.
a b c d
32.While she was talking on the phone, the children started fighting and breaking the window.
a b c d
33. I hope they will have repaired this road by the time we will come back next summer.
a b c d
34. I couldn’t see something because it was so dark.
a b c d
35. Because the weather is warmth and damp, rice grows very well here.
a b c d
III. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
Approximately 350 million people speak English as their first language. About the same (36) _____ use it as a
second language. It is the language of aviation, international sport and pop music. 75% of the word's mail is (37) _____
English, 60% of the word's radio stations broadcast in English and more than half of the word's periodicals are printed in
English. It is an (38) _____ language in 44 countries. In many others it is the language of business, commerce and
technology. There are many varieties of English, but Scottish, Texan, Australian, Indian and Jamaican speakers of
English, (39) _____ of the differences in pronunciation, structure and vocabulary, would recognize (40) _____ they are all
speaking the same basic language.
36. a.thing b. number c. person d. language
37. a. in b. from c. by d. of
38. a. unnecessary b. unofficial c. official d. ineffective
39. a. in spite b. instead c. despite d. because
40. a. if b. that c. so that d. since
IV. Read the passage and choose the best answer:
English is the language of the people of England. England is in the south of the island of Great Britain.In the north
of this island lies Scotland. To the west of England is Wales. The island of Ireland lies to the west of Great Britain. More
than a thousand years ago, the people who lived in these four countries were different, and they spoke different
languages.
Great Britain is not a large country. It is much smaller than France or Norway and smaller than Finland. England is
the largest part of Britain and it has always been the strongest. Today the official name of Britain is the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland. English is the official language in all parts of the country.
In the United States of America, English is called the national language, the language of the American nation.
Four hundred years ago, some English people sailed to North America to live there, and they brought the English
language to this new country. After them came people from all the countries of Europe. And they all learned English, but
they made it a little different from British English. In the USA now people speak American English. Very many words are
the same in American and in British English, but the American people do not speak the English language in the same way
as people do in England.
41. Great Britain consists of three countries. What are they?
a. England, Ireland and Wales b. England, Scotland and Wales
c. England, Scotland and Ireland d. Ireland, Scotland and Wales
42. Great Britain is _____.
a. as large as Finland b. much bigger than France
c. to the east of Ireland d. to south of France
43. How did some English people come to America four centuries ago?
c. by boat b. by plane c. by truck d. on foot
44. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
a. People in the USA speak English as their second language
b. Many words are the same in American and in British English
c. Americans speak the English language differently from the English people
d. In the United States of America, English is called the national language
V. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the above one :
45. “You should go to the lecture” the teacher said.
a. The teacher advised us should go to the lecture. b. The teacher advised us going to the lecture.
c. The teacher advised us to go to the lecture. d. The teacher advised us go to the lecture.
46. You must hurry or we’ll miss the bus.
a. Unless we don’t hurry, we’ll miss the train. b. Unless we won’t hurry, we’ll miss the train
c. Unless we will hurry, we’ll miss the train d. Unless we hurry, we’ll miss the train
47. No one could open the door of the house.
a. The door of the house could be opened. b. The door of the house could be no opened.
c. The door of the house could not opened. d. The door of the house couldn’t be opened.
48. The city is very small. We were born in that city
a. The city in that we were born is very small. b. The city which we were born is very small.
c. The city where we were born is very small. d. The city where were born is very small in.
VI. Choose the best sentence made from the given cues:
49. Despite / rain / heavy/ they / came / the party.
a. Despite raining heavily, they still came to the party. b. Despite the heavy rain, they still came to the party.
c. Despite the rain heavy, they still came to the party. d. Despite of the heavy rain, they still came to the party.
50. she / seldom /go / the movies/ last year.
a. Seldom does she go to the movies last year. b. Seldom she went to the movies last year.
c. She went seldom to the movies last year. d. Seldom did she go to the movies last year.
. in / for b. in /in c. at / for d. at / in 15. ______ that time he became interested _____ pigeons. a. In / in b. At / in c. At / of d. In / of 16. I want two seats for Romeo and Juliet ______. window. a b c d 33. I hope they will have repaired this road by the time we will come back next summer. a b c d 34. I couldn’t see something because it was so dark. a b c d 35. Because. About the same ( 36) _____ use it as a second language. It is the language of aviation, international sport and pop music. 75% of the word's mail is (37) _____ English, 60 % of the word's