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