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TEST 28
I. PHONETICS
(1-5). Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. a. poetry
b. grocery
c. terrify
d. sticky
2. a. heat
b. seat
c. great
d. meet
3. a. churches
b. chemist
c. chairman
d. changes
4. a. used
b. washed
c. matched
d. walked
5. a. closure
b. pleasure
c. conclusion
d. pressure
6-10). Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
6. a. meteor
b. typhoon
c. highlands
d. spacecraft
7. a. carriage
b. damage
c. parade
d. earthquake
8. a. provide
b. persuade
c. conserve
d. access
9. a. campus
b. scenery
c. respond
d. viable
10. a. primary
b. compulsory
c. occasion
d. appliance
II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
(11-35). Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
11. The president refused to make any judgement ___________ the situation.
a. on
b. with
c. for
d. to
12. Can we move ___________ to the next item on the agenda?
a. in
b. by
c. up
d. on
13. Mars, the small red planet that is fourth in order of distance from the sun, was named ___________
the god of war.
a. in
b. with
c. for
d. after
14. This accounts ___________ 90 percent of reported pollution incidents.
a. on
b. for
c. of
d. in
15. Unfortunately, the company will have to cut ___________ on staff.
a. back
b. away
c. out
d. off
16. They stepped ___________ the stairs many times just for fun.
a. to and fro
b. back and forth
c. up and down
d. in and about
17. Ernest Hemingway’s books have been translated ___________ many languages.