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PRACTICE TEST 02
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three
in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1: A. repeats
B. amuses
C. attacks
D. coughs
2: A. academic
B. grade
C. behave
D. examination
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of
the primary stress in each of the following questions.
3: A. contain
B. conquer C conserve
D. conceal
4: A. conical
B. sacrifice
C. approval
D. counterpart
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
5: One moment you say you love me, the next moment you are dating another girl, __________?
A. don’t you
B. aren’t you
C. won’t you
D. do you
6: The World Health Organization ______in 1948 in order to carry out medical research and improve
international health care
A. established
B. had established
C. was established
D. had been established
7: He put suntan oil on his body to protect his skin_________ the sun.
A. from
B. off
C. with
D. through
8: The more you pull on it, _______ it gets.
A. more tightest
B. the tightest
C. the tighter
D. the most tightest
9: When I met her, she was wearing a ___________ dress.
A. white long wedding
B. long white wedding
C. wedding long white
D. wedding white long
10:
I.
__________
TV when the telephone rang.
A.
watched
B.
was watching
C.
are watching
D.
have watched
11: Children are encouraged to read books _____they are a wonderful source of knowledge.
A. in spite of
B. although
C. because of
D. because
12: Mary will have finished all her work _______.
A. as soon as her boss returned
B. until her boss will return
C. by the time her boss returns
D. when her boss will return
13: More than a mile of roadway has been blocked with trees, stones and other debris, __________ by the
explosion.
A. causing
B. caused
C. having caused
D. to cause
14: I think mobile phones are ___________ for people of all ages.
A. usage
B. usefully
C. useful
D. use
15: I________ an old friend of mine in the street this morning. We haven't seen each other for ages.
A. ran into
B. ran out
C. came over
D. came round
16: It ______ to reason that Jason passed the exam with flying colours on account of his working hard
during the term.
A. comes
B. gets
C. stands
D. lays
17: Whistling or clapping hands to get someone’s attention is considered ______ and even rude in some
circumstances.
A. suitable
B. unnecessary
C. appropriate
D. impolite
18: Your store needs a bold sign that will catch the _____ of anyone walking down the street. That may help
to sell more products.
A. eye
B. peek
C. flash
D. glimpse
19: In spite of their disabilities, the children at Spring School manage to _____ an active social life.
A. save
B. lead
C. gather
D. take
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions.
20: Veronica broke the school rules so many times that the headmistress finally had no alternative but to
expel her.
A. force her to leave a school
B. make her meet the headmaster
C. punish her severely
D. beat her violently