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TEST 9
I. PHONETICS
(1-3). Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. a. round
b. wound
c. mountain
d. cloudy
2. a. inventions
b. panels
c. disasters
d. cloths
3. a. natural
b. family
c. dangerous
d. bank
(4-5). Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
4. a. exchange
b. pagoda
c. economic
d. minority
5. a. alien
b. creature
c. charity
d. deposit
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. Vehicles account _______ air pollution in the city.
a. with
b. about
c. for
d. of
7. I’m sorry; I wasn’t paying close attention _______ what you said.
a. on
b. at
c. in
d. to
8. _______ the TV. There is nothing interesting on.
a. Turn on
b. Turn off
c. Turn down
d. Turn up
9. We came in quietly _______ not to wake the children.
a. as if
b. so as
c. so that
d. in case
10. _______ he said nothing he seemed to be very upset about it.
a. Despite
b. Because
c. Although
d. Even if
11. Peter cannot go to see the exhibition because he _______ his ticket.
a. lost
b. has lost
c. will lose
d. has been lost
12. Do you like playing basketball or volleyball? ~ _______. I prefer football.
a. Both
b. Either
c. None
d. Neither
13. I was _______ the Net looking for information on Indian music.
a. surfing
b. chatting
c. communicating
d. spending
14.
_______
it is! I hate such terrible weather.
a. What cold
b. How cold
c. How a cold
d. What a cold
15. Do you know the girl
_______
Tom is talking?
a. who
b. whom
c. to who
d. to whom
16. Old people must
_______
politely.
a. speak
b. speak to
c. be spoken
d. be spoken to
17. The question was
_______
that nobody could answer it.
a. too difficult
b. so difficult
c. such difficult
d. very difficult
18. You had a very good time at the party last night,
_______
?
a. hadn’t you
b. had you
c. don’t you
d. didn’t you
19. I’ve just bought a _______.
a. small wooden coffee table
c. coffee wooden small table