PRACTICE TEST 35 I. Make the correct choice: 1. She certainly looks ____ her mother. a. like b. alike c.

likely d. unlikely 2. _____ of us decided to go out to dinner together. a. A great deal b. A few c. A little d.An amount 3. I will come to the party _____ I accept the invitation. a. so that b. if c. though d. because . !he national news _____ after the international news. a. come b. comes c. have come d. are coming ". !he sky suddenly ____and it began to pour heavily. a. darker b. darkening c. darkened d. darkly #. I will let you ____ my decision tomorrow. a. to know b. knowing c. knew d. know $. !he book was a great _____ and it was translated into ten languages. a. success b. succession c. successful d. successfully %. !he &nglish test was ____ difficult. a. lovely b. lively c. e'tremely d. unlikely (. )ou may use a dictionary to look _____ this new word. a. up b. after c. for d. into 1*. She is very _____ at cooking &uropean dishes. a. interested b. bored c. good d. proud 11. +e is used ____ her snoring in sleep. a. by b. to c. for d. with 12. !his car belongs to ,r. -ohn. It is _____. a. ,r -ohn car b. ,r -ohn car.s c. car.s ,r -ohn d.,r -ohn.s car

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1 . 0lean air provides us with a _____ supply of o'ygen. a. healthful b. healthy c. healthily d. unhealthy 1". ,r and ,rs -ones have been married for ten years. !hey have no children. !hey are a ____ couple. a. childlike b. childish c. childhood d. childless 1#. 0omputers can add1 subtract1 multiply and divide with _____. a. accurately b. accurate c. accuracy d. inaccuracy 1$. !hings are going along ____. a. well b. nice c. good 1%. I.m worried ______ my final e'am in statistics. a. to fail b. about failing c. with failing d. in failing 1( ______ the scholarship really surprised me. a. ,ike got b. ,ike getting c. ,ike had got d. ,ike.s getting 2*. 2______ taking me downtown on your way to work this morning34 5 2 6ot at all4 a. 7ould you like b. 7ould you mind c. 7ould you d. 0ould you 21.0hoose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others8 a.beam b.deal c.wealth d.mean 22.0hoose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others8 a.cut b.bus c.full d.shut 23.0hoose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others8 a.stay b.say c.nation d.face 2 . 0hoose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others8 a.summer b.against c.labor d.publish 2". 0hoose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others8 a.imperfect b.intelligent c.colorful d.reserve 2#. 0hoose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others8 a.history b.mathematics c.literature d.physics II.Identify one underlined word or phra e that i incorrect: 2$. I have lost my keys. 0an you help me looking for them3 A 9 0 : 2%. I wrote to the company asking them for more informations about the /ob. A 9 0 : 2(. ,any people regard him as one of the greatest pianists in the world. A 9 0 : 3*. 7hat was the name of the man who car broke down this morning3 A 9 0 : 31. 9ecause it was raining hardly1 the children couldn.t get out. A 9 0 : 32. !he teacher said me that I had to learn the lesson by heart. A 9 0 : 33. +e found that lying on the beach was /ust as boring as to sit in his office. A 9 0 : 3 .!he trousers you bought for me doesn.t fit me.

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A 9 0 : 3".7e met a lot of interesting people during we were on holiday last month. A 9 0 : 3#. ;nly by shouting was he able to make him heard. A 9 0 : III. Read the pa a!e and "ake the correct choice: &nvironmental pollution is one of the most serious problems <1= ____ mankind today. Air1 water and soil are <2= ____ to the survival of all living things. ,an operates machines and motor vehicles <3= ____ fill the air with disturbing noise. !hey also dirty the air with gases and smoke. 9adly polluted air can < = ____ illness and even death. ,an ruins natural beauty by scattering /unk and litter on the land and in the water. !hey poison the water with chemicals and <"= ____ substances. >olluted water kills fish and other marine life. !hey <#= ____ the soil with too many fertili?ers and pesticides. >ollution of soil reduces the amount of land that is available <$= ____ growing food. &nvironmental pollution also brings ugliness to man.s naturally beautiful world. It.s time people and governments <%= ____ the world did something about the pollution problem. >eople should stop using many things that <(= ____ to the environment. @overnments would have to pass and enforce laws that reAuire individuals and businesses to stop or <1*= ____ down on certain polluting activities. 1.a.taking b.facing c.killing d.offering 2.a.able b.impossible c.useless d.necessary 3.a.that b.to c.so as to d.can .a.make b.affect c.cause d.treat ".a.much b.a great deal of c.a lot d.other #.a.damage b. enlarge c.rich d.make $.a.by b.with c.for d.about %.a.over b.all over c.through d.out (.a.kind b.helpful c.harmful d.healthful

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I#. Choo e the correct entence which ha the a"e "eanin! a the a$o%e one : 1. She sometimes walks with her pet dog. a. She sometimes has a walk with her pet dog. b. She sometimes has a walking with her pet dog. c. She sometimes has walk with her pet dog. d. She sometimes has walked with her pet dog. 2. They decided to go to the zoo in spite of the heavy rain. a. !hough it rained heavy1 they decided to go to the ?oo. b. :espite it rained heavily1 they decided to go to the ?oo. c. !hough it rained heavily1 they decided to go to the ?oo. d. !hough it rains heavily1 they decided to go to the ?oo. 3. Because the weather was not fine,the plane couldn t take off. a. 9ecause of the fine weather1 the plane couldn.t take off. b. 9ecause of the not fine weather1 the plane couldn.t take off. c. 9ecause of the good weather1 the plane couldn.t take off. d. 9ecause of the bad weather1 the plane couldn.t take off. !. They had no intention of travelling around the world. a. !hey didn.t intend travelling around the world. b. !hey intended to travel around the world. c. !hey didn.t intend to travel around the world. d. !hey intended no travel around the world. ". #e said to me, $% don t want you to make such a silly mistake again.& a. +e told me that I didn.t want him to make such a silly mistake again. b. +e told me that he didn.t want you to make such a silly mistake again. c. +e told me that I didn.t want you to make such a silly mistake again. d. +e told me that he didn.t want me to make such a silly mistake again. '. She asked him, $#ave you read this (ook )& a. She asked if he had read that book. b. She wanted to know him if he had read that book. c. She wondered him if he had read that book. d. She asked him if she had read that book. *. Some(ody has taken some of my (ooks away. a. Some of my books has been taken away. b. Some of my books have been taken away. c. Some of my books away have been taken . d. Some of my books have been being taken away. +. ,eople spend a lot of money on advertising every year. a. A lot of money are spent on advertising every year. b. Advertising is spent on a lot of money every year. c. A lot of money is spent on advertising every year. d. Advertising are spent on a lot of money every year. -. They can t make tea with cold water. a. !ea can.t be made by cold water. b. 0old water can.t be made with tea. c. !ea can.t be made with cold water. d. 0old water can.t be made by tea. 1.. /e didn t go on holiday (ecause we didn t have enough money. a. If we had had enough money1 we would have gone on holiday b. 9ecause of having enough money1 they went on holiday. c. Although they didn.t have enough money1 they didn.t go on holiday . d. If we hadn.t had enough money1 we wouldn.t have gone on holiday.