English test

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I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS

A. Which word is stressed differently from the others?

1. A. cartoon B. prison C. basic D. mileage
2. A. violence B. dinosaur C. gorilla D. pharmacy
3. A. vegetarian B. prefabricated C. satisfactory D. hypothetical
4. A. decompress B. location C. depressing D. complaint
5. A. disappear B. monument C. irrigate D. generate
6. A. combination B. violation C. politician D. excavator
7. A. executive B. millennium C. gasoline D. publicity
8. A. statue B. rely C. nuisance D. wagon

B. Which underlined part is pronounced differently?

9. A. challenge B. mammal C. traffic D. canal
10. A. fossil B. successful C. passionate D. depressing
11. A. chocolate B. classmate C. negotiate D. violate
12. A. drop B. joke C. top D. confidence
13. A. executive B. successful C. commute D. utensil
14. A. ground B. found C. though D. sound
15. A. client B. resist C. confidence D. disease

II. VOCABULARY Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence. 16. Without the patronage _______ several large firms, the festival could not take place.A. for B. from C. of D. in17.Studies show that if a working environment is pleasant, ________ increases.A. productivity B. product C. crop D. harvest18. They ________ my contract in October.A. draw B. terminated C. entered D. finished19. He was appointed as a _______ priest in the diocese of York.A. waged B. salaried C. earned D. stipendiary20. I couldn't have managed at college if I hadn't had an ________ from my parents.A. grant B. allowance C. stipend D. all are correct21. He plays a melancholy _______ of music.A. piece B. part C. portion D. segment22. Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to ________ the government.A. remove B. unseat C. eliminate D. abolish23. Tintagel Castle, the reputed birthplace of King Arthur, is being _______ professionally for the first time in more than 50 years.A. exploded B. exceeded C. excavated D. expected24. The company director was ________ from his car by terrorists.A. abducted B. removed C. abandoned D. dismissed25. The area is still very _______ and undeveloped .A. urban B. remote C. rural D. municipal26. Her whereabouts have been shrouded in ________ since she received the death threat.A. veil B. excavation C. conscious D. secrecy27.Disagreements about defence cuts have opened up deep ________ within the military.A. divisions B. relations C. association D. connections28. He _______ of the race after two laps.A. hung out B. dropped out C. let out D. dropped off29. The ________ is highly contagious, so don't let anyone else use your towel.A. symptom B. bruise C. contusion D. infection 30. They were making the most _________ amount of noise last night. A. advanced B. complicated C. tremendous D. sophisticated31. Much of the coast has been ________ by nuclear waste. A. fertilized B. irrigated C. nourished D. contaminated32. The treatment has so far done little to ________ the spread of the cancer. A. capture B. catch C. arrest D. keep33. In the square in front of the hotel stands a monument to all the people killed in the war. A. landmark B. monument C. spot D. destination34. He was ________ to see Jeannie reach the other side of the river safely.A. relieved B. irritated C. ridiculous D. terrified35. This year the farmers were just able to gather in the ________ before the fine weather came to an end.A. collection B. seedC. plant D. harvest
III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE

Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
36. Do you know _________ ?
A. who how many people go on Sundays to church
B. who go to church on Sundays how many people
C. how many people who go on Sundays to church
D. how many people who go to church on Sundays
37. We watch the cat ________ the tree.
A. climbed B. climbC. had climbed D. was climbing38. If we had known your new address, we ________ to see you.A. came B. will come C. would come D. would have come39. You may borrow as many books as you like, provided you show them to ________ is at the desk. A. whoever B. who C. whom D. which40. He looked forward to ________ his first pay packet. A. receive B. have received C. be receiving D. receiving41. Carol refused; ________, her answer was “no”.
A. in other words B. otherwise
C. words for words D. however
42. If you see Tom _________ you mind _________ him to get in touch with me?
A. will / reminding B. will / to remind
C. would / reminding D. would / to remind
43. _________ I hear that song, I think of you.
A. Whatever B. Forever
C. Whenever D. However
44. “Let’s go dancing, _________?” – “Yes, let’s.”
A. will we B. don’t we
C. do we D. shall we
45. I wish I _________ all about this matter a week ago.
A. knew B. know
C. had known D. B & C are correct.
46. He was _________ he could not wake up.
A. very tired that B. such tired that
C. too tired that D. so tired that
47. Joan asked _________.
A. if there was coffee B. there was coffee
C. was there coffee D. where was the coffee
48. She didn’t know _________ to have fish or chicken for lunch.
A. both B. whether
C. neither D. as
49. For lunch, you may have _________ fish or chicken.
A. both B. neither
C. not only D. either
50. I suppose there’s a lot _________ between now and the first show.
A. to be done B. done
C. we do D. to have done
51. I ____ my house ____. That is why there is all this mess.
A. had – paint B. have – paint
C. am having – painted D. had had - paint
52. I warned him _________.
A. to be not late B. don’t be late
C. not to be late D. he is not late
53. I should have _________ my hair cut weeks ago, but just don’t seem to have had time.
A. let B. made
C. had D. gotten
54. I could not cut the grass because the machine _________ a few days previously.
A. broke down B. has been broken
C. had broken down D. breaks down
55. If you want to develop inner tranquility, you have to stop _________ by every little thing that happens.
A. bothering B. being bothered
C. to bother D. to be bothered
56. He was made _________ for two hours.
A. to wait B. wait
C. waiting D. waited
57. My boss is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work that I _________ last week.
A. should do B. should have done
C. must have done D. might have done
58. Ann is not at home. She’s __________ to dinner.
A. been B. gone
C. went D. being
59. “Where are my jeans?” “They _________ at the moment. Sorry.”
A. are washing B. were washed
C. are washed D. are being washed
60. The film was __________. There was so much blood in it.
A. horrify B. horrified
C. horrifying D. being horrified