Sample test 1

[FRIENDLYBOY]

I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS

A. Which word is stressed differently from the others?
1. A. accumulate B. generation C. scientific D. economics
2. A. industry B. variety C. modesty D. quality
3. A. insane B. conclude C. embrace D. bother
4. A. conventional B. participate C. sentimental D. economy
5. A. indoors B. stubborn C. obsess D. remove

B. Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
6. A. liked B. bothered C. swallowed D. earned
7. A. participate B. microwave C. likely D. mildly
8. A. honesty B. hour C. honor D. hair
9. A. remove B. wet C. below D. decide
10. A. waste B. steam C. press D. sugar



II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.

11. The woman was carrying …… plastic carrier bag in her hand.
A. a B. an C. the D. no article is needed

12. Did you leave very early last night, Mr. Smith?
Yes, but I wish I …… so early.
A. didn’t leave B. hadn’t left C. haven’t left D. couldn’t leave

13. If you have enough time, please …… the chair before you leave.
A. will paint B. paint C would paint D. painted

14. Mr. Green …… a color television set already.
A. buy B. buys C. has bought D. have bought

15. We arrived …… to have some coffee before class.
A. enough early B. early enough C. too early D. early too

16. Do you know ………
a. how often the buses run at night?
b. how often do the buses run at night?
c. how often the buses run at night.
d. how often the buses ran at night?

17. …… you …… the composition yet?
A. Are – do B. Will – do C. Are – doing D. Have – done

18. Why are you looking under the bed? Have you lost ……?
A. something B. anything C. anywhere D. anybody

19. It rained a lot last week but it …… much so far this week.
A. doesn’t rain B. didn’t rain C. hasn’t rained D. won’t rain

20. Have you heard from John this week, ……?
A. haven’t you B. didn’t you C. don’t you D. won’t you

21. It took weeks to get used to …… someone else around.
A. have B. having C. had D. has

22. Hurry up, there’s …… time left.
A. a little B. a few C. little D. few

23. You and I are busy right now, ……?
A. aren’t I B. aren’t we C. we aren’t D. aren’t you

24. You must check …… at least one hour before your flight.
A. out B. on C. at D. in

25. He could have bought a new car, ……?
A. couldn’t he B. could he C. haven’t he D. hasn’t he


26. When a plane takes ……, it leaves the ground.
A. in B. on C. off D. at

27. Everyone is responsible for …… own composition.
A. his B. her C. A & B are correct D. None is correct

28. It …… him over two months to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
A. took B. lasted C. cost D. spent

29. He could do nothing. He couldn’t do ……
A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything

30. Everyone thought that Jim …….
A. would come later B. came later C. will come later D. will have come later

31. It was a great success. He succeeded …… everyone work hard.
A. to make B. for making C. in make D. in making

32. …… he comes in half an hour, I shall go alone.
A. If B. Unless C. Because D. When

33. …… in 1963, John F. Kennedy was perhaps the most popular post-World War II president.
a. He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald
b. His being shot by Lee Harvey Oswald
c. Shot by Lee Harvey Oswald
d. Lee Harvey Oswald shot him

34. How many people …… in ancient myths?
A. believes B. believe C. are believing D. believing

35. “Did you like the new French movie?”
“My wife liked it but I was a little …….”
A. boring B. bored C. boredom D. bore

36. “Where are the hamburgers?”
“Over there. And the bowls of fruit …… on the table.”
A. are being B. is C. are D. have

37. Eventually, everything will turn out fine, ……?
A. won’t it B. will it C. won’t they D. will they

38. Today, many serious childhood diseases …… by early immunization.
A. are preventing B. can prevent C. prevent D. can be prevented

39. The problem is difficult therefore …… students could answer it.
A. few B. little C. a few D. a little

40. “Are you going by boat?”
“If John does, …….”
A. I do so B. I do too C. so will I D. will I too


III. CLOZE PASSAGE
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank.
Men are lazy in the home, according to an official survey (41)_______ today. They have about six hours’ a week more free time than wives, but play very little (42) _______ in cooking, cleaning, washing, and ironing, according to the Social Trends Survey by the Central (43) _______ Office.

Nearly three quarters of married women (44) _______ to do all or most of the housework, and among married men the proportion who admitted that their wives did all or most of the housework was only slightly lower.

The survey (45) _______ that washing and ironing was the least popular task among men, with only one per cent (46) _______ this duty, compared with 89 per cent of women, and 10 per cent sharing equally.
Only 5 per cent of men (47) _______ the evening meal, 3 per cent carry out household cleaning duties, 5 per cent household shopping, and 17 per cent wash the evening dishes.

But when household gadgets break down, (48) _______ are carried out by 82 per cent of husbands. The survey says that, despite our economic problems, the majority of Britons are substantially better (49) _______ than a decade ago. We’re healthier, too – eating healthier foods and smoking less.

The (50) _______ Briton, not surprisingly, is more widely traveled than a decade ago. More people are going abroad for holidays, with Spain the favorite destination.

41. A. emerged B. edited C. published D. furnished
42. A. role B. section C. work D. part
43. A. Numerical B. Ordinal C. Cardinal D. Statistical
44. A. pronounced B. uttered C. claimed D. emitted
45. A. pointed B. evolved C. planned D. showed
46. A. forming B. formulating C. performing D. burdening
47. A. prepare B. process C. undertake D. fit
48. A. repairs B. fixings C. fittings D. amendments
49. A. over B. off C. through D. on
50. A. medium B. average C. popular D. normal

IV. COMPREHENSION READING
Read the following passage. For questions 51 - 55, you are to choose one best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
Human memory, formerly believed to be rather inefficient, is really more sophisticated than that of a computer. Researchers approaching the problem from a variety of points of view have all concluded that there is a great deal more stored in our minds than has been generally supposed. Dr. Wilder Penfield, a Canadian neurosurgeon, proved that by stimulating their brains electrically, he could elicit the total recall of specific events in his subjects’ lives. Even dreams and other minor events supposedly forgotten for many years suddenly emerged in detail.
Although the physical basis for memory is not yet understood, one theory is that the fantastic capacity for storage in the brain is the result of an almost unlimited combination of interconnections between brain cells, stimulated by patterns of activity. Repeated references to the same information support recall. Or, to say that another way, improved performance is the result of strengthening the chemical bonds in the memory.

51. With what topic is the passage mainly concerned?
A. Wilder Penfield
B. Neurosurgery
C. Human memory
D. Chemical reactions
52. According to the passage, researchers have concluded that
A. the mind has a much greater capacity for memory than was previously believed.
B. the physical basis for memory is clear.
C. different points of view are valuable.
D. human memory is inefficient.
53. How did Penfield elicit dreams and other minor events from the past?
A. By surgery
B. By electric stimulation
C. By repetition
D. By chemical stimulation
54. According to the passage, the capacity for storage in the brain
A. can be understood by examining the physiology.
B. is stimulated by patterns of activity.
C. has a limited combination of relationships.
D. is not influenced by repetition.
55. The word “bonds” in the last line means
A. promises.
B. agreements.
C. connections.
D. responsibilities.




Keys to (1 – 2 )

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