PRACTICE TEST 5

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.

Question 1: A. bushes

B. headaches

C. researches

D. wishes

Question 2: A. dream

B. mean

C. peace

D. steady

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.

Question 3: A. shadow

B. lifelong

C. worship

D. unique

Question 4: A. benefit

B. pesticide

C. cinema

D. aquatic

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 5: I remember you have told me that I am your best friend, _________?

A. don’t I

B. haven’t you

C. aren’t I

D. all are correct

Question 6: The book about artificial intelligence _______ by tomorrow, then you can borrow it.

A. will be finished

B. will be finishing

C. will have been finished

D. finish

Question 7: 15,589 species (7,266 animal species and 8,323 plant species) are now considered _______ risk

of extinction.

A. at

B. on

C. for

D. in

Question 8: He spent a year in India and loves spicy food. _______ the food is, the more he likes it.

A. Hotter

B. The hotter

C. The more hot

D. The hottest

Question 9: She really treasures the ______ car that she inherits from her grandfather.

A. big old green antique

B. green old big antique

C. green big old antique

D. old big green antique

Question 10: ___________, I had finished my homework.

A.

By the time you returned

C. As soon as you returned

B.

After you return

D. At the time you return

Question 11: The second-hand car Patrick bought was almost new ______ it was made in the 1995s.

A. or

B. because

C. although

D. however

Question 12: _______ my homework, I will go to bed.

A. After I finish

B. After finished

C. When I finished

D. After I had finished

Question 13: _____ noodles are a precooked and usually dried block invented by Japanese.

A. Instantaneous

B. Instance

C. Instant

D. Instantly

Question 14: _________ her face in cold water, she came up to the window and shut it.

A. Have washed

B. Had washed

C. Having washed

D. Washed

Question 15: The government has __________ new proposals to tackle the problem of increasing crime.

A. brought over

B. brought through

C. brought round

D. brought forward

Question 16: It would be to your advantage to prepare questions___________.

A. by chance

B. on the whole

C. in advance

D. for short

Question 17: Even if that laptop is the most expensive in the store, it doesn’t ______ mean that it is the best.

A. severely

B. valuably

C. doubtfully

D. necessarily

Question 18: When someone is down on their __________, friends are not easy to find.

A. mood

B. luck

C. fortune

D. merit

Question 19:

Every year she

a large donation to a worthy cause.

A. takes

B. gets

C. does

D. makes

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.

Question 20: Dark clouds began to spread out across the sky, so we rushed to the house as fast as possible.

A. shrink

B. diminish

C. lessen

D. extend

Question 21: Darwin's theory of evolution incorporates the principle of natural selection.

A. radical revolution

B. gradual development

C. radical resolution

D. practical involvement

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in

each of the following questions.

Question 22: We greatly respect my teacher for all of the best things that she brought to us.