PRACTICE TEST 45
I. PRONUNCIATION
Part 1: Questions 1-10 Write the word whose stress pattern is different from the other three in each of the following questions
- A. disappearance B. Sympathetic C. capacity D. conversation
- A. argument B. achievement C. Involvement D. confinement
- A. completion B. behaviour C. material D. understand
- A. opinion B. comfortable C. powerful D. accurate
- A. penalty B. habitat C. decision D. Countryman
- A. Atmosphere B. emission C. disposal D. volcanic
- A. economic B. considerate C. territorial D. continental
- A. commit B. recipe C. index D. preview
- A. economic B. considerate C. territorial D. continental
- A. commit B. recipe C. index D. preview
Part 2: Questions 11-20 Write the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each of the following questions
- A. rained B. followed C. arrived D. jumped
- A. leather B. tea C. lead D. leave
- A. autumn B. summer C. sunny D. much
- A. considered B. stayed C. picked D. received
- A. prohibit B. co-exist C. frozen D. notify
- A. rational B. devastate C. parade D. danger
- A. Valentine B. determine C. examine D. heroine
- A. muddy B. punctual C. studious D. culture
- A. element B. election C. event D. eliminate
- A. dreams B. thinks C. hours D. gardens
II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Exercise 1. Complete each of the following sentences with the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
- Nathalie seems very tough at work. She’s a different person at home, _________.
A. though B. although C. as though D. even though
- I kept out of the conversation because it _________ me.
A. wasn’t concerned B. wasn’t concerning C. didn’t concern D. didn’t concern to
- The entire city was _________ electricity last night – it was chaotic.
A. no B. almost no C. hardly any D. without
- Henry was overweight, so he went on a strict diet and _________ twenty kilos.
A. missed B. lost C. failed D. fell
- He was arrested because he answered to the description of the _________ man.
A. searched B. pursued C. wanted D. hunted
- Humanity has done great damage to the environment in its search for _________ materials.