Name: Class: . 15 minutes test (No 1) I. Pick out the word wunderlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others 1. A. decided B. stopped C. cooked D. watched 2. A. conducted B. hoped C. started D. celebrated 3. A. discussed B. missed C. helped D. arrived 4. A. letters B. persons C. effects D. friends 5. A. secrets B. partners C. problems D. employees II. Choose the word with the different stress pattern. 6. A. return B. parents C. weekend D. household 7. A. visit B. promise C. travel D. forgive 8. A. mistake B. reply C. machine D.walking 9. A. support B. open C. decide D. agree 10. A. shampoo B. copy C. cancel D. mother III. Choose the best answer: 11. After she the letter, she put it down and started to cry. A. read B. reads C. has read D. had read 12. In May of last year, she .hard of the examination. A. studies B. studied C. was studying D. had studied 13. I've known him I left high school. A. when B. since C. until D. during 14. Verbal or non-verbal forms of communication is a way to .someone's attention. A. take B. do C. make D. attact 15. These children are sometimes but obedient. A. helpful B. mischievous C. close-knit D. supportive 16. I .here for 5 years. A. worked B. had worked C. was working D. have worked 17. When we .there last night, the tickets had been sold out. A. get B. got C. was getting D. had got 18. She .a bath when her friends came. A. was having B. had C has had. D. is having 19. "I haven't met him for many years." Lan said. Reported speech: Lan said that . A. I haven't met him for many years. B. She hasn't met him for many years. C. She hadn't met him for many years. D. She hadn't been met him for many years. 20. "If I have time, I will come to see you.", John said. John said that . A. If I have time, I will come to see you. B. If he had time, he would come to visit me. C. If he has time, he will come to visit me. D. If I had time, I would come to visit him. Name: Class: . 15 minutes test (No 2) I. Pick out the word wunderlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others 1. A. dates B. halves C. speeds D. countries 2. A. determined B. extended C. arrived D. failed 3. A. mothers B. doors C.arguments D. days 4. A. missed B. mended C. helped D. educated 5. A. decided B. washed C. accepted D. attacted II. Choose the word with the different stress pattern. 6. A. prepare B. travel C. mention D. dislike 7. A. across B. rewrite C. promise D. between 8. A. friendly B. cancel C. answer D. machine 9. A. answer B. happen C. alone D. visit 10. A. hotel B. baloon C. garden D. kitchen III. Choose the best answer: 11. A true friend is someone you can .your secrets with. A. tell B. report C. share D. confide 12. Some people think it is .to ask soneone's age. A. impolite B. impatient C. impossible D. impractical 13. I haven't seen her .she was a little girl. A. as B. when C. since D. while 14. After she dinner, she went to sleep. A. had B. has C. had had D. has had 15. John English for 2 years. A. learnt B. was learning C. has learnt D. learns 16. While he was doing his homework, his brother .toys. A.played B. was playing C has played. D. had played 17. At 4 p.m yesterday, the children TV. A. was watching B. watched C. were watching D. are watching 18. Lan has taught in this school 1989. A. until B. when C. for D. since 19. " I will buy a new book for you tomorrow." , his mother said. His mother said that . A. she would buy a new book for him the following day. B. she would buy a new book for me the following day. C. she will buy a new book for me tomorrow. D. I will buy a new book for you tomorrow. 20. "What are you going to do next weekend?" He asked me. He asked me A. What am I going to do next weekend? B. What was I going to do the next weekend. C. What I was going to do the next weekend. D. What he was going to do the next weekend.