TEST 6
I. PHONETICS
(1-3). Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. a. couple
b. about
c. doubt
d. without
2. a. fear
b. dear
c. bear
d. hear
3. a. honest
b. honey
c. homeless
d. hope
(4-5). Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
4. a. industry
b. vehicle
c. erosion
d. energy
5. a. saucepan
b. migrant
c. pancake
d. typhoon
II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
(6-20). Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
6. I’d rather not have been absent _______ class yesterday.
a. in
b. for
c. from
d. of
7. She wants to be independent _______ her parents.
a. to
b. of
c. on
d. with
8. She got up when the alarm went _______.
a. in
b. up
c. over
d. off
9. The children were so _______ by the film on TV that they didn’t want to go to bed early.
a. interested
b. bored
c. attracted
d. attached
10. You’ll have to change your lifestyle _______ you like it or not.
a. because
b. whether
c. although
d. only if
11. Saving money is an obvious _______ of cutting energy use.
a. disadvantage
b. support
c. effect
d. benefit
12. It looks like they’re going to succeed _______ their present difficulties.
a. despite
b. because of
c. even though
d. yet
13. The salary of a computer programmer is _______ that of a teacher.
a. twice more than
b. as much as twice
c. more than twice
d. twice as much as
14. There’s plenty of time for you to make up your mind. You _______ decide now.
a. mustn’t
b. can’t
c. needn’t
d. oughtn’t
15. Robert asked what time _______ close that evening.
a. the office
b. will the office
c. would the office
d. the office would
16. Five million bottles of champagne _______ next year.
a. will produce
b. will be produced
c. will be producing
d. will have produced
17. What _______ if you _______ an alien from outer space?
a. will you do - meet
b. do you do - meet
c. would you do - met
d. would you do - would meet
18. In Viet Nam, people enjoy _______ newspaper and magazine.
a. read
b. to read
c. reading
d. in reading
19. We stopped _______ some magazines on our way to the station.
a. to buy
b. buying
c. for buying
d. having bought
20. ‘Would you like a cup of coffee?’ ‘_______’