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(1)PRACTICE TEST 52 I Make the correct choice:
1.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a property b scholarship c belong d provide
2.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a approach b address c landing d allow
3.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a languages b types c addresses d approaches
4.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a satisfy b prospect c sanguine d expect
5.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a transition b tendency c tolerance d obstacle 6.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a supervisor b expectation c disappointment d uncertainty This river has been _ by industrial waste
a purified b contaminated c cleaned d darkened Smoke from factories is a kind of
a fertilizer b smog c pollutant d vapour
9 A volcano smoke and ashes
a emits b throws c gives d erupts
10 He liked _stamps
a collect b collected c collecting d collection 11 They prefer beef pork
a to b than c more than d rather than
12 Don’t worry I will protect you harm
a with b from c about d in
13 She reminds me a girl I was at school with
a to b about c of d with
14 We are looking forward her again
a to see b of seeing c at seeing d to seeing
15 I’m _ of listening to the same thing again and again
a bored b tired c keen d interested
16 The President is going to make a about the international situation
a speaker b speaking c speech d speechless
17 This company offered _ of attractive jobs
a much b any c a lot d a little
18 The result of the test was _
a satisfied b satisfaction c satisfactorily d satisfactory 19 _ all the lectures is important to us
a Attendance b Attending c Attendant d Attended 20 A number of political prisoners _ since Independent Day
a released b have released c was released d have been released 21 Fax machine _ send or receive letter quickly
a is used for b used to c is used to d used for 22 The children saw the actual spacecraft _ landed on the moon
a who b that c it d where
23 Marie, _ at the party, called me last night
a that I met b who I met c I met d I met her
24 When I arrived the theater, the play _ I missed the first part
a had started b started c was starting d has started 25 I _ able to play tennis since I _ my arm
a wasn’t/ broke b haven’t been/ had broken c wasn’t/ had broken d haven’t been/ broke 26 I have to get my picture _ for my Website
a take b taken c taking d took
27 _ your house painted last year ?
a Had b Did c Was d Have
28 The police _ for two men who _ getting into a black car near the bank at about o’clock last night a are looking/ saw b are looking/ were seen c have looked/ saw d had looked/ were seen 29 How often _ your car serviced since you bought it ?
a you have b did you have c had you had d have you had 30 She’s the woman _ sister baby-sits for us
a who b which c that’s d whose
II Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
31 The house painted more than three years ago, but I’m not going to have it done again for a while a b c d
(2)33 I decided to change jobs because my boss made me working overtime a b c d
34 Could you tell me why the air conditioner is used for ? a b c d
35 Before you leave, please duplicating that file by making a copy on the CD-ROM a b c d
III Read the passage and make the correct choice:
One of the most famous statues in the world (36) _ on an island in New York Harbor.This statue is, of course, the Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty is a woman (37) _ the torch of liberty, and its official name is the 'Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World' The statue was a (38) _ to American people from the French to show the friendship (39) _ the two nations It was (40) _ by Frederic Auguste Bartoldie and completed in 1884 in France, then was transported to America and put up in 1886
36.a puts b stands c builds d sets up
37.a preserving b preventing c holding d using 38.a favor b recommendation c representative d gift
39.a between b about c and d for
40.a designed b discovered c safeguarded d found IV Read the following passage and choose the best answer:
Furthermore, the laser beam can also remove bone, and so it is invaluable in ear surgery The sounds we hear are carried from the eardrum to the nerves of the ear by a delicate set of small bones which sometimes solidify, causing deafness A laser vaporises the bone without touching any of the surrounding tissue
Birthmarks, once almost untreatable, are a mass of blood vessels and, being red, they absorb the laser beam strongly It seals them so that the mark becomes less conspicuous The normal cells on the skin’s surface, which don’t absorb much of the laser beam, act in the healing and help to conceal the mark
41.In the first paragraph, the laser is used to treat .
a bone b birthmarks c.eardrum d deafness
42.How is the laser used in ear surgery ?.
a.to vaporise the bone b.to touch the surrounding tissues
c to solidify the bone d.to carry sounds from the eardrum to the nerves 43 What is the advantage of using the laser in ear surgery?
a it can carry sounds to the nerves b it doesn’t touch the surrounding tissues c it causes deafness d it solidifies the bone
44 Birthmarks absorb the laser beam strongly because _.
a they are almost untreatable b they are conspicuous c they are red d they can be treated 45 How is the laser used in birhmark treatment?
a to seal blood vessels b to absorb the laser beam c to harm normal cells d to become conspicuous
V Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the above one : 46 We can’t work We don’t use a good dictionary
a Without using a good dictionary, we can’t work b Unless using a good dictionary, we can’t work c If we use a good dictionary, we can’t work d If we won’t use a good dictionary, we can’t work 47 He must practise it everyday That is the only way for him to be successful
a Only by practising it every day is the only way for him to be successful b Only by practising it every day he will be successful
c Only by practising it every day will he be successful d Only by practising it every day that he will be successful 48 He is going to retire at the end of the term It was decided.
a The fact was decided that he is going to retire at the end of the term b The fact that was decided he is going to retire at the end of the term c The fact that he is going to retire at the end of the term that was decided d The fact that he is going to retire at the end of the term was decided 49 His father didn’t want to watch TV His wife didn’t want to watch TV, either
a Neither his father nor his wife didn’t want to watch TV b Both his father and his wife wanted to watch TV c Neither his father nor his wife wanted to watch TV d Either his father or his wife wanted to watch TV 50 He was ill; but he still went to school