PRACTICE TEST 39 I. Make the correct choice: 1.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a. choice b. guidance c. intimacy d. prospect 2.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a. place b. chase c. phrase d. purchase 3.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a. smooth b. door c. tooth d. foot 4. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: a. Canadian b. relaxed c. humanity d. poverty 5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: a. hesitation b. revolution c. incomplete d. sentences 6. Hunger is a problem _____ the world. a. through b. throughout c. all d. over 7. Mrs. Mai is sad _____ her poverty. a. about b. with c. of d. at 8. Some forms of cancer are now ____ if they are discovered early. a. curing b. cured c. to cure d. to have cured 9. Many people think _____ Faraday is the great inventor in history. a. about b. if c. that d. of 10. The young man broke the chemical glassware because of his _____. a. care b. carefulness c. careless d. being careless 11. Gary is ______ of the fact that he is never late. a. sorry b. disappointed c. proud d. full 12. My new hi-fi kept _____ a funny noise. a. making b. to make c. make d. made 13. ____ the students in our class speak English well. a. Most b. A lot c. A few d. All 14. Every ____ in our company respects Mr. Ward. a. employment b. employee c. employed d. unemployment 15. I’m not used ______ English on the phone. a. to speak b. to speaking c. as speaking d. for speaking 16. It was an _______ football match. a. excite b. excitement c. excited d. exciting 17. Peter ______some interesting people when he was on the way to New York. a. meets b. met c. has met d. had met 18. “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”, _______ in 1865, was Mark Twain’s first literary success. a. publish b. to publish c. publishing d. published 19.Mr. Thomas does not allow _________ in his office. a. smoke b. to smoke c. smoking d. smoked 20. It would be nice to go to school without __________ any examinations. a. take b. to take c. taking d. took 21. Mr. Thomas does not let anyone _______ in his office. a. smoke b. to smoke c. smoking d. smoked 22. My teacher does not allow us ________ while he is explaining the lesson. a. talk b. to talk c. talking d. talked 23.Gravity, ________ by Issac Newton, is being widely applied in physics. a. discover b. to discover c. discovering d. discovered 24. My mother told me to take a raincoat with me ________ it rains. a. because of b. in spite of c. in case d. despite 25. The doctor says _________. a. that the patient should give up smoking. b. the patient to give up smoking. c. giving up smoking d. the patient give up smoke. 26. The house, which was _________, attracted everybody. a. beautifully decorated b. beautiful decorated c. decorating beautifully d. beautiful decorating 27. I do not have enough money ________ this book. a. buy b. to buy c. buying d. for buying 28. Never _______ her books. a. I borrow b. do I borrow c. am I borrow d. have I borrow 29. We have ______ time. We needn’t to hurry . a. many b. a lot c. plenty of d. a number of 30. I promised ________ on time. I mustn’t ________ late. a. being / be b. to be / to be c. to be / be d. being / being II.Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect: 31. Lots of people don’t seem to get used to queue. a b c d 32. If you work hard, you would be successful in anything that you do. a b c d 33. There are some interesting foreign students stay with your family. a b c d 34. Jack London, that was the great American writer, wrote many famous novels. a b c d 35. The United States lie between Canada and Mexico. a b c d III. Read the passage and make the correct choice: Some people believe that soon schools will no longer (36) _____ necessary. These people say that (37) _____ the Internet and other new technology, there is no longer any need for school buildings, formal classes, or teachers. Perhaps this will be true one day, but it is hard (38) _____ me to imagine a world without schools. In fact, we need to look at (39) _____ we can use new technology to make schools better not to eliminate them. We should invent a new kind of school that is (40) _____ to libraries, museums, science centers, laboratories, and even corporations. 36.a. open b. close c. be d. make 37.a. in spite of b. because c. although d. because of 38.a. for b. of c. about d. with 39.a. what b. how c. if d. which 40.a. connected b. opened c. linked d. communicated IV. Read the text carefully and then choose the correct answers: Ernest Hemingway was one of the greatest American writers of his age. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in the family of a doctor. In his schooldays, Ernest became an excellent sportman. He played football, swam, and boxed. At school he was a successful pupil. He wrote poems for the school library magazine and edited the school newspaper. In 1918, he joined the army and was given a job of driving American Red Cross ambulances on the Italian front. Two months later, he was badly wounded in the leg. He was taken to a hospital in Milan where he had twelve operations. In 1923, his first work, “Three stories and Ten Poems” was written. Hemingway’s last novel, “The Old Man and the Sea” (1952), is about the courage of an old fisherman, who was fighting with a big fish and the sea for many hours and won the victory over them. In 1954 the author was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and “The Old Man and the Sea” was mentioned as one of his best works. Ernest Hemingway died in 1961 when he was 62 years old. 41. When was Hemingway born ? a. 1899 b. 1900 c. 1901 d. 1982 42.He was a _______ pupil at school. a. bad b. slow c. naughty d. good 43. What did he do when he joined the army in the World War I ? a. a taxi driver b. an ambulance driver c. a bus driver d. a lorry driver 44. What was Hemingway’s last work ? a. For Whom The Bell Tolls b. A Farewell to Arms c. Three stories and Ten poems d. The Old Man and the Sea 45. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for _________. a. medicine b. physics c. literature d. chemistry V. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the above one : 46. When did Mike start learning French? a. How long has Mike started learning French? b. How long has Mike been to learn French? c. How long has Mike been learning French? d. How long was Mike starting to learn French? 47. “Let’s have dinner out this evening!” said Tom. a. Tom wanted to have dinner out alone b. Tom suggested having dinner out. c. Tom invited them having dinner out. d. Tom let others have dinner out. 48. I have never seen him play so well. a. He has never seen so well at a play. b. He has never been seen to play so well c. He has never played so well for me to see it. d. He has never seen such a good play. VI. Choose the best sentence made from the given cues: 49. learn / speak English / difficult / than / learn/ write it. a. Learning to speak English is more difficult than to learn to write it. b. Learning to speak English is so difficult as learning to write it. c. Learning to speak English is more difficult than learning to write it. d. Learning to speak English is not so difficult as to learn to write it. 50. house / white wall / my uncle’s. a. The house whose wall is white is my uncle. b. The house where wall is white is my uncle’s. c. The house which wall is white is my uncle’s. d. The house whose wall is white belongs to my uncle. . d. to have cured 9. Many people think _____ Faraday is the great inventor in history. a. about b. if c. that d. of 10. The young man broke the chemical. (1 952 ), is about the courage of an old fisherman, who was fighting with a big fish and the sea for many hours and won the victory over them. In 1 954