Test 45 minutes (No 2) Full name: Class: I) Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other words 1) A. prize B. slice C. icing D. tidy 2) A. regularly B. luck C. unhappy D. umbrella 3) A. tour B. course C. court D. pour 4) A. tooth B. breath C. myth D. with 5) A. rise B. measure C. please D. pause 6) A. stronger B. longer C. finger D. singer 7) A. easy B. please C. pleasure D. teach 8) A. honorable B. honesty C. historic D. heir 9) A. creature B. creative C. creamy D. crease 10) A. mess B. guess C. special D. budget II) Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentences 1) They suggested tobacco advertisements………on TV. A. banning B. to ban C. being banned D. to be banned 2) She hopes……….a career in advertisements after graduation. A. pursuing B. to pursue C. being pursued D. to be pursued 3) Parents should learn how to prevent your kids from……….by a dog. A. biting B. to bit C. being bitten D. to be bitten 4) Competition is fierce, and we can’t help ……… a mistake. A. making B. to make C. being made D. to be made 5) The spokeman annouced yesterday that the company had agreed to …….at $50 million. A. selling B. to sell C. being sold D. to be sold 6) Studentd from University of Transportation help to direct vehicles at…… A. traffic lights B. road signs C. pavements D. intersections 7) Bib Brothers is a……….organization for boys who no longer have fathers. A. volunteer B. voluntary C. voluntarily D. volunteered 8) Volunteer clubs frequently organize short………….to mountainous areas. A. journeys B. holidays C. voyages D. trips 9) Thanks to the……….from the local people, the old school was nicely rebuit. A. cost B. donation C. savings D. expenses 10) Mr Ben is a generous ………., who has sent a lot of clothes to the poor children. A. donor B. donation C. donate D. donator 11) The bus driver was so tired of ……………the same route every day that he asked for a transfer. A. to drive B. being drive C. driving D. drive 12) I’m sure it’s not my fault that Peter found out what we were planning. I don’t remember ……….anyone about it. A. having told B. being told C. to tell D. to be told 13) Noone has better qualifications. Carol is certain ……… for the job. A. to choose B. having chosen C. to be chosen D. being chosen 14) We would like …………to the president’s reception, but we weren’t. A. having invited B. having been invited C. to have invited D. to have been invited 15) Jane’s summer vacation in England led to …………an Englishman. A. her marry B. her to marry C. her being married D. her marrying 16) She overcame …………to win the Olympic gold medal. A. injured B. injuring C. uninjured D. injury 17) A ……… is an unexpected event, such as a very bad accident, a flood or a fire, that kills a lot of people or causes a lot of damage. A. misfortune B. disaster C. risk D. bad luck 18) ……… you to the job, he felt calm. A. Appointed B. Appoint C. Having appointed D. To appoint 19) ……… so much, the doll is still on the shelf. A. Cost B. Costs C. To cost D. Costing 20) Clear all those papers………….the desk. A. out B. off C. away D. out of 21) I’m ashamed to say that I lied……… her. A. to B. with C. about D. at 22) Many local people object ……….the building of the new airport. A. at B. to C. by D. with 23) The villages had been …………… A. desert B. deserting C. deserted D. emptiness 24) The job was more difficult than I ……….expected it to be. A. would B. had C. have D. might 25) After ……… dinner, I watched television. A. eat B. eating C. eaten D. ate 26) I only had time to ……….at the newspapers. A. look B. stare C. investigate D. glance 27) We hope this application will be treated……… A. sympathy B. sympatheticC. unsympathetic D. sympathetically 28) The company was very ………… of my efforts. A. appreciate B. appreciated C. appreciative D. appreciation 29) If you want to develop inner tranquility, you have to stop……… by every little thing that happens. A. bothering B. being bothered C. to bother D. to be bothered 30) Are you sure you told me? I don’t recall……… about it. A. having told B. having been told C. to have told D. to have been told III) Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting 1) Sandy called from Miami during the storm and said she was swimming here. A B C D 2) A good carpentry must possess a wide variety of skills. A B C D 3) Some denstists support the use of salt for brushing teeth rather than buying A B C commercial teeth powder or paste. D 4) The Siberian tiger can reach a length of almostly twenty feet. A B C D 5) Excuse me. Where’s the next telephone box? A B C D VI) Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one 1) I will call you then I will leave home. A. I will call you before I left home. B. I will call you before I leave home. C. I will call you before I have left home. D. I will call you before I will leave home. 2) The referee was being escorted from the football field by strong police guards. A. Strong police guards were escorting the referee at the football field. B. Strong police guards were escorting the referee into the football field. C. Strong police guards were escorting the referee from the football field. D. Strong police guards were escorting the referee towards the football field 3) You may be very intelligent, but you should be careful about this. A. No matter what intelligent you may be, you should be careful about this. B. No matter why intelligent you may be, you should be careful about this. C. No matter whatever intelligent you may be, you should be careful about this. D. No matter how intelligent you may be, you should be careful about this. 4) Guilding us through the museum, the director gave us a special explanation. A. While the director was guilding us through the museum, he gave us a special explanation. B. Guilding us through the museum, a special explanation was given to us. C. The director guided us through the museum while he was giving us a special explanation. D. The director guilded us through the museum, and gave us a special explanation 5) It’s ages since I last saw a Hollywood film. A. I saw a last Hollywood film since ages ago. B. I haven’t seen a Hollywood film for a long time. C. I haven’t seen any Hollywood films before. D. It’s ages because I last saw a Hollywood film. . Test 45 minutes (No 2) Full name: Class: I) Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is. ………., who has sent a lot of clothes to the poor children. A. donor B. donation C. donate D. donator 11) The bus driver was so tired of ……………the same route every day that he asked for a transfer. A.