TEST 29
I. PHONETICS
(1-5). Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. a. exhausted
b. experiment
c. extinction
d. explained
2. a. junior
b. humor
c. nuclear
d. purify
3. a. hall
b. doll
c. chalk
d. forecast
4. a. brother
b. breathing
c. either
d. death
5. a. excursion
b. question
c. nation
d. impression
(6-10). Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
6. a. evidence
b. disappear
c. slavery
d. regularly
7. a. humor
b. forecast
c. Easter
d. toward
8. a. solar
b. solid
c. tidal
d. typhoon
9. a. tornado
b. volcano
c. typhoon
d. hurricane
10. a. festival
b. culture
c. worldwide
d. champagne
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 new highway will be finished ahead ___________ schedule.
a. to
b. with
c. in
d. of
12. I hope we’ll find a solution ___________ the problem.
a. in
b. of
c. for
d. to
13. Are you annoyed ___________ me for being late?
a. to
b. with
c. on
d. about
14. Does he tell you how he is getting ___________ his new colleagues?
a. on with
b. along of
c. away with
d. out of
15. I apologizes ___________ Sarah ___________ keeping her waiting so long.
a. to/ for
b. at/ of
c. in/ for
d. to/ of
16. It’s a busy airport. There are planes ___________ or landing every few minutes.
a. going up
b. taking off
c. getting up
d. driving off
17. Here’s some good news. It will ___________.
a. turn you up b. put you up
c. blow you up
d. cheer you up