TEST 6 Part 1: Phonetics: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group 1. A. child B. chin C. check D. chemist 2. A. bury B. turn C. curtain D. cursing 3. A. editor B. entrust C. advent D. assemble 4. A. group B. coup C. cough D. soup 5. A. eight B. weight C. freight D. leisure Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group 6. A. apprentice B. attendance C. atmosphere D. deposit 7. A. basic B. extra C. duty D. mature 8. A. offer B. direct C. forbid D. infer 9. A. mechanic B. diagram C. downhill D. emphasis 10. A. sequence B. sentence C. practice D. resource Part 2: Vocabulary - grammar and structures Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D 11. "You are welcome to order the goods now" "But payment should be made_______" A. for advance B. advancing C. in advance D. to advance 12. "Where do you live now?" "I live in Utah; my_______" A. parents too do B. parents do C. parents do, too D. parents also do 13. I cannot understand my neighbout's accent. I wish she would_______ A. speak clearer B. clearer speak C. more clearly speak D. speak more clearly 14. "Why are you driving so fast?" "I'm_______" A. must be hurry B. in hurry C. in a hurry D. hurrying 15. The station is too_______ away for us to walk A. long B. far C. short D. distant 16. I have your music CD. I think I _______ your concert video A. also have B. have too C. too have D. have further 17. I hear you have started a new job_______ like it? A. How do you B. How C. What D. What do you 18. The football team won partly because they had been trained by their______ A. teacher B. director C. instructor D. coach 19. I ready have to go now. I have______ the doctor. A. appointments to B. an appointment to C. appointment with D. an appointment with 20. I can meet you at Central Station.Will______? A. convenient for you B. that convenient C. that be convenient D. you be convenient 21. "Where______ last weekend?" "I went to see my aunt and uncle" A. are you go B. do you go C. have you went D. did you go 1 22. I was very surprises______ that she didn't pass the exam" A. hearing B. to hearing C. at hearing D. to hear 23. "Why______ she isn't speaking to us?" "We must have done something that upset her. She is just too sensitive" A. are you think B. are you imagine C. do you think D. you think 24. I hope that this winter won't be______ last. A. as cold than B. so cold as C. as cold like D. so cold like 25. Sorry to be late. I was delayed by______. A. a heavy traffic B. heavy traffic C. some heavy traffic D. traffic being heavy Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one? 26. Tom can run faster than Jim A. Tim can run less fast than Tom B. Tim can run as not fast as Tom C. Tim can not run as fast as Tom D. Tim can run slower than Tom 27. I wish my English were good enough to go for the interview. A. My English is too good to go for an interview B. My English is good enough to go for an interview. C. If only my English were good enough for me to go for the interview. D. My English was good enough and I could go for the interview. 28. The fare of my airline ticket costs more than the hotel. A. The face of my airline ticket costs more than the hotel does. B. The face of my airline ticket costs more than any hotel. C. The face of my airline ticket costs more than the price of the hotel. D. The face which I paid for my airline ticket is cheaper than the hotel. 29. I regret going to bed so late last nigh. A. I wish I didn't go to bed so late last night B. I wish I went to bed early last night. C. I wish I hadn't gone to bed so late last night. D. I wish I had gone to bed early last night. 30. Unlike my sister, I exercise every day. A. My sister exercises every day but I don't B. My sister and I exercise every day. C. I exercise every day but my sister doesn't D. I don’t like my sister to exercise Choose a word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting 31. Mr. Brown agreed (A) to let Tom (B) to work in (C) a department store for (D) a few hours a week. 32. Smoking (A) is not (B) good (C) to (D) very often. 33. He (A) has been (B) absent (C) at school (D) very often. 34. We (A) didn't see the (B) Browns (C) recently. (D) They must go abroad 35. Let's (A) go out for a (B) drink. - No, I suggest (C) staying at home & (D) watch TV. Part 3: Reading 2 Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D. Australia is a big country, but nearly all Australians live near the sea. On hot summer days you can see thousands of people at the beach. Many beaches have waves that are very high. These large waves are known as surf and the people who ride them are called surfers. Surfing is a skill and needs learning. Don't expect to be able to surf properly the first time you try. However, by practicing a few time you will learn how to do it. Surfing is not a new sport. Perhaps its origins need explaining. It started hundreds of years ago in Hawaii. Men swam out to sea to catch fish and found they could come back to land very quickly by riding the waves. These first surfers did not use a board. They were "body surfers". Many people still do this type of surfing today. After a while people started to use boards and rode the waves by lying, kneeling or standing on them. These first surf-boards were made of wood and the water made them not after a while. Today surfboards are made of plastic or fiberglass instead. 36. Surf is A. waves that are on the high sea B. waves breaking on the ship C. high waves breaking n the seashore D. high and small waves 37. Surfing is a skill and therefore. A. it is not easy to do it B. it is impossible to practice it C. it is dangerous to do it D. it needs practice from day to day 38. Surfing started A. five decades ago in Hawaii B. hundreds of years ago in Australia C. long ago in Australia D. in Hawaii 39. Men of long ago did surfing by A. using their bodies B. using a board C. using fishing boats D. riding the waves on water skis 40. At first men did surfing A. because it was an interesting sport B. because it was a quick way to come back to land after catching fish C. because the fishermen wanted to keep fit. D. because there wasn't any board at that time. THE INFLUENCE OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and became a very famous man. He also wrote an article which he presented in 1883. His research paper was about deaf people. In his article, Dr. Bell explained why there were so many deaf children. He believed that when deaf adults married each other, they would have (41)_______ children. He thought that this was bad. Bell blamed the schools for the deaf for causing marriages between deaf people. He did not like the idea of these intermarriages and tried to think of ways to (42)_______ them. He would have preferred that deaf children be taught at hearing schools. He did not (43)_______ schools or the deaf. Bell felt that deaf people would not mix with hearing people if they went to (44)_______ schools. 3 Bell was (45)_______ about other things, too. He noticed that deaf people socialized with other deaf people. He felt that socializing with other deaf people was bad. Deaf people should socialize with hearing people, he thought. bell tried to start a new lar that would make it illegal for deaf people to marry each other. He (46)_______ up his idea when he realized that such a law could not be enforced. Bell also had strong feelings about the (47)_______ of deaf children. He wanted deaf children to be with hearing children in school. He thought that the deaf children could learn normal behavior from the hearing children. Bell was against the use of deaf teachers, too, because he thought this added to the (48)_______ of a deaf "race" in America. Bell had another theory which he never proved. He believed that deaf children who signed would not have good English (49)_______. He could never prove this, and now many people have tried to prove the opposite! A lot of new research shows that many deaf children whose parents sign (and are deaf) do (50)_______ schoolwork than deaf children who do not sign at home! 41. A. blind B. dumb C. deaf D. dead 42. A. stopB. support C. help D. encourage 43. A. observe B. describe C. support D. visit 44. A. larger B. separate C. nicer D. worse 45. A. selfish B. upset C. shy D. careless 46. A. fixed B. gave C. wrote D. talked 47. A. discipline B. health C. safety D. education 48. A. ability B. loss C. problem D. cost 49. A. skills B. language C. knowledge D. vocabulary 50. A. better B. more C. easier D. slower 4 . was delayed by______. A. a heavy traffic B. heavy traffic C. some heavy traffic D. traffic being heavy Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one? 26. Tom can run faster than Jim A syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group 6. A. apprentice B. attendance C. atmosphere D. deposit 7. A. basic B. extra C. duty D. mature 8. A. offer B. direct C. forbid D. infer 9 Reading 2 Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D. Australia is a big country, but nearly all Australians live near the sea. On hot summer days you can see thousands of people