Practice Test

. UNIT 3: A PARTY I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the rest. 1. A. harsh B. herd C. horse D. hour 2. A. footstep B. belong C. stretch D. terrify 3. A. account B. mountain C. trousers D. shoulder 4. A. anniversary B. embarrass C. schoolbag D. candle 5. A. embrace B. sneaky C. appreciate D. scream 6. A. constancy B. tasty C. typical D. type 7. A. protects B. determines C. orders D. reveals 8. A. completed B. checked C. stopped D. booked II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern. 9. A. attain B. talent C. promote D. trainee 10. A. gratitude B. foreigner C. continent D. volunteer III. Choose the best answers. 1. She keeps______the same mistakes. A. taking B. making C. doing D. presenting 2. I think he did it ______, knowing it would hurt her. A. on purpose B. by fault C. by chance D. by mistake 3. Photography is strictly ______in the museum. A. instructed B. allowed C. forbidden D. encouraged 4. His hot ______has caused him a lot of troubles. A. mood B. temper C. character D. feeling 5. It's very difficult to ______him to give up smoking. A. suggest B. make C. let D. persuade 6. We always celebrate our wedding ____________with dinner in an expensive restaurant every year. A. party B. anniversary C. cake D. ring 7. Do you remember how we used to go to the cinema ______? A. each other B. one another C. others D. together 8. The climax of the New Year ______was a firework display. A. celebrate B. celebration C. celebrator D. celebratory 9. ______ is all that most human beings are looking for. A. Happiness B. Happy C. Happily D. Unhappy 10. She went to a______ store to buy a hat for her son on his birthday. A. cloth B. cloths C. clothing D. clothes 11. Because of the drought, many people starved to _______. A . die B. dead C. deadly D. death 12. She was wearing a beautiful _______ dress on her birthday party last night. A. flower B. flowery C. flowering D. floweret 13. Your ____ is the anniversary of the date on which you were born. A. wedding B. birthday C. party D. congratulation 14. I like to have dinner with my fiancée in ______ light much more than electric light because it seems to be romantic. A. candle B. candy C. present D. lamp 15. The bride's father will make a speech at the wedding ______ to say thank you to the guests. A. anniversary B. party C. presentation D. holiday 16. If you _____ that balloon up any more, it will burst. A. hold B. open C. cut D. blow 17. I'm too tired _____these problems. A. focus B. to focus C. for focusing D. focused 18. On my birthday, before I blew _____ the candles, I had prayed for my future and my family. A. on B. out C. in D. at 19. He often plays a joke _____ his friends so some of them do not like him. A. on B. for C. over D. at 20. Mr. Pike has just received a letter _____ his daughter, who lives in Australia. A. of B. from C. at D. for 21. In the United States, people ______all ages celebrate birthdays. A. in B. from C. of D. at 22. On the New Year Day, people say "Happy New Year" ______ their friends and relatives. A. with B. for C. from D. to 23. Paul received a letter this morning,______really upset him. A. and B. what C. whose D. which 24. The coffee is ______ we can't drink it. A. so hot that B. so that hot C. that hot so D. hot 25. She is used to_______ under high pressure. A. work B. working C. be working D. worked 26. I wasn't at the party last week. I wish I______there. A. had been B. has been C. were D. am 27. She started ______ for this engineering company last year. A. worked B. working C. to working D. work 28. By the time my class was over this morning, the rain _____, so I _____ my umbrella anymore. A. has stopped; don't need B. has stopped; didn’t need C. stops; don't need D. had stopped; didn't need 29. Would you like to drink _______ tea? A. little B. many C. any D. some 30. She wanted _____ home but the boss made her ____ until she finished ___those contracts. A. to go / stay / typing B. going / to stay / to type C. to go / staying / type D. go / stay / typed 31. last summer / after/ difficult semester/ I/ eager/ return home a. Last summer, after a difficult semester, I was eager to return home. b. Last summer. After a difficult semester. I was eager to return home. c. Last summer, after a difficult semester, so I was eager to return home. d. Last summer, after a difficult semester, I was eager for returning home. 32. the flight/ ten hours/ I/ arrive/ airport/ midnight/ I/ very tired and sleepy. a. The flight was ten hours and I arrived at the airport at midnight because I was very tired and sleepy. b. The flight took me about ten hours and I arrived at the airport at midnight so I was very tired and sleepy. c. The flight took me about ten hours and I arrived at the airport at midnight so that I was very tired and sleepy. d. The flight lasted about ten hours and I arrived at the airport at midnight although I was very tired and sleepy. 33. I/ wait/ my mother/ suddenly/ woman/ look like her/ came towards me. a. As I had been waiting for my mother, suddenly a woman who looked like her came towards me. b. When I was waiting for my mother, suddenly a woman who looked like her came towards me. c. When I was waiting for my mother, suddenly a woman looked like her came towards me. d. While I was waiting for my mother, suddenly a woman whom looked like her came towards me. 34. I/ embrace/ kiss/ her/ my surprise/ not my mother. a. I embrace and kissed her. It was my surprise, there was not my mother. b. I embrace and kissing her, and with my surprise, she was not my mother. c. I embrace and kiss her, but to my surprise, she is not my mother. d. I embrace and kissed her, but to my surprise, she was not my mother. 35. I/ lose/ contact lenses/ on the plane a. I lose my contact lenses when I was on the plane. b. I lost my contact lenses which was on the plane. c. When I lost my contact lenses on the plane. d. I had lost my contact lenses on the plane. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. When we were working on the tenth (41) _________ of the building, suddenly we heard a terrible fire alarm. We (42) __________ rushed out of the room and scrambled to the lifts, (43) __________ were stuck. So, we ran down-stairs in horror. It (44) ____________ me approximately 30 – 40 minutes to get out of the building that day and came out on the street. When I turned (45) ____________ and looked, the building was burning and thin black smoke was (46) __________. I was shocked and relieved that I made it our (47) _________. I phoned my wife at once. She was 5 months pregnant at the time, and my first son was about to celebrate his 2nd birthday. By the time I got through to her, almost two hours had gone (48) ________. The building was completely down. I recalled her answering the phone saying, “hello” … I said, “I am alive, I 2 am OK” then we both broke down in tears. It took me quite a long time to (49) _______ from the panic. Now, almost two years afterwards, I still have every moment, every image frozen in my mind. I will never forget the (50) _______ of those innocent people that day. 41. a. ground b. floor c. step d. stairs 42. a. immediately b. slowly c. sneakily d. carefully 43. a. which b. that c. whose d. whom 44. a. lost b. got c. took d. attained 45. a. on b. off c. round d. down 46. a. raising b. rising c. lifting d. turning 47. a. life b. live c. living d. alive 48. a. off b. on c. ahead d. by 49. a. feel healthy b. survive c. make sure d. recover 50. a. die b. death c. dead d. dying 3