Sample test 3

[FRIENDLYBOY]

I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS

A. Which word is stressed differently from the others?

1. A. memorize B. urgency C. unable D. violent
2. A. reality B. literacy C. participant D. ironical
3. A. static B. pleasant C. foreign D. extreme
4. A. sensation B. similar C. creative D. original
5. A. financial B. summarize C. realize D. lemonade

B. Which underlined part is pronounced differently?

6. A. normal B. order C. oven D. origin
7. A. shorthand B. symptom C. confuse D. memorize
8. A. highlight B. unwind C. stupid D. entire
9. A. mood B. shoot C. food D. foot
10. A. suppose B. sugar C. species D. surprise

II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE

A. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
11. David was …… anyone else in his class.
A. as clever as B. as clever than C. cleverer than D. more clever than
12. I want to have my suit …… . I’m going to a wedding on Sartuday.
A. cleaned B. cleaning C. clean D. to clean
13. As a result, small fires …… everywhere and quickly spread.
A. were breaking out B. would break out C. have broken out D. broke out
14. …… any wine left?
A. Is it B. Is there C. Has there D. Is
15. It’s very …… to drive a bus.
A. excited B. exciting C. excite D. excitedly
16. Summer is …… than Autumn.
A. hot B. hottest C. hotter D. more hot
17. He worked …… than his brother.
A. more careful B. more carefully C. carefully D. very carefully
18. He …… fast when a dog crossed the street.
A. is driving B. drove C. was driven D. was driving
19. Do you know …… ?
A. what his name B. what his name is C. what is his name D. his name is what
20. It is impossible for him to answer. He …… answer.
A. might not B. could not C. cannot D. may not
21. The clerk said she was tired …… hearing complaints day after day.
A. with B. of C. about D. for
22. The new Ford is designed to use …… fuel than earlier models.
A. smaller B. fewer C. less D. lesser
23. He …… in the café when she came in.
A. sat B. has sat C. has been sitting D. was sitting
24. “When did your sister arrive?”
A. Since a week B. In five days C. For two weeks D. Last Monday
25. Big Ben is the …… clock in London.
A. famousest B. most famous C. more famous D. famouser
26. Joe speaks Russian. He speaks a little Arabic …… .
A. so well B. either C. equally D. too
27. “Who are these visitors?”
“They’re all ……, I think.”
A. mathematic students B. students mathematics
C. mathematics students D. students of the mathematics
28. He …… chemistry for three years and then gave it up.
A. studied B. was studying C. studies D. has studied
29. He drove through the town …… a hundred miles an hour.
A. at B. with C. in D. no word is need
30. I have been trying to contact her …… last Monday.
A. since B. for C. through D. until

B. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.
31. Mrs. Barnes, who was so proud of her new car, drove to work when the accident happened and damaged her car.
A B C D
32. The new employees enjoyed their first day at work, although everyone agreed that the lunch was the bad food they had
A B C
ever eaten.
D
33. They asked a lot of questions, checked their figures, and came up with a best solution.
A B C D
34. Were you sleeping when I was walking into your office, or were your eyes just closed because you were thinking?
A B C D
35. I can’t leave the office because I expect a fax about transferring some people who are coming from our Atlanta office.
A B C D
36. When we were talking about relaxing after work, Yafet said he enjoyed listening to music, Carla said she preferred to jog,
A B C
and I mentioned I was considering to take up tennis.
D
37. We will be interviewed all job applicants as soon as their papers have been processed.
A B C D
38. Since the company has been doing so well, the CEO has decided to place less advertisements in newspapers and
A B C D
magazines.
39. Almost everyone has heard the more famous Olympic saying: “Stronger, Higher, Faster.”
A B C D
40. This telephone isn’t as cheap the other one, but it works much better.
A B C D
III. CLOZE PASSAGE
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank.
I have always found it difficult to say (41) ______ certain what my memories from my early childhood are. Are these memories learnt at a later age from overhearing our parents tell of our exploits? However, there is a particular (42) ______ that I would love to claim as a (43) ______ memory.
When I was just three years old, I went to the post office with my mother where she was going to buy some stamps. While she was being served, I happened to(44) ______ a small stocking which was hanging from the counter. It was there to collect (45) ______ for a (46)______ for the blind. While her back was (47)______ I took the stocking and emptied the (48) ______ into my coat pocket. Of course I was too young to know any better. When it was realized what I had done, everybody roared with laughter except, that is, for my mother who was a little embarrassed. She quickly emptied the money back into the stocking (49)______, incidentally, a few pennies of my own. One of the clerks was something of an amateur cartoonist and he did a drawing of me robbing an old lady. This cartoon was (50) ______ in the post office for the next couple of years.
41. A. with B. for C. by D. in
42. A. activity B. accident C. item D. incident
43. A. realistic B. right C. genuine D. distinct
44. A. perceive B. notice C. locate D. point
45. A. contributions B. offerings C. givings D. sacrifices
46. A. charity B. pity C. sympathy D. care
47. A. twisted B. shown C. turned D. covered
48. A. inside B. internals C. containers D. contents
49. A. not knowing B. unexpecting C. unsuspecting D. including
50. A. paraded B. performed C. projected D. displayed

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.
Traditionally, mental tests have been divided into two types. Achievement tests are designed to measure acquired skills and knowledge, particularly those that have been explicitly taught. The proficiency exams required by some states for high school graduation are achievement tests. Aptitude tests are designed to measure a person’s ability to acquire new skills or knowledge. For example, vocational aptitude tests can help you decide whether you would do better as a mechanic or musician. However, all mental tests are in some sense achievement tests because they assume some sort of past learning or experience with certain objects, words, or situations. The difference between achievement and aptitude tests is one of degree and intended use.
51. The author’s main purpose in this passage is to
A. show importance of testing
B. relate a story about aptitude and achievement tests
C. compare and contrast achievement and aptitude tests
D. criticize the use of testing to measure a person’s ability
52. This passage would most likely appear in
A. an art journal
B. a novel
C. a psychology book
D. a medical journal
53. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from this passage?
A. Aptitude and achievement tests are interchangeable.
B. An aptitude test might be helpful to a person contemplating a career move.
C. All high school students should take proficiency exams.
D. Tests are a means of acquiring skills and knowledge.
54. From the passage:
A. All mental tests are achievement tests.
B. All mental tests are partly achievement tests.
C. Achievement tests are completely different from aptitude tests.
D. No ideas above are drawn from the passage.
55. The author’s attitude toward the subject of testing is
A. indifferent
B. critical
C. objective
D. emotional

Keys to (1 – 4)

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