PRACTICE TEST 4

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. serves

B. hopes

C. likes

D. writes

Question 2: A. park

B. start

C. card

D. catch

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. express

B. enter

C. employ

D. reduce

Question 4: A. purity

B. chemical

C. habitat

D. destruction

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

Question 5: He rarely goes fishing, ____________?

A. doesn't he

B. is he

C. does he

D. isn't he

Question 6: The windows ______________for two hours.

A. is cleaned

B. was cleaned

C. have been cleaned D. has been cleaned

Question 7: The world people are now aware _______ the importance of environment protection.

A. of

B. for

C. about

D. to

Question 8: It gets _________ to understand what the professor has explained.

A. the more difficult

B. difficult more and more

C. more difficult than

D. more and more difficult

Question 9: At first sight I met her, I was impressed with her ______ eyes.

A. big beautiful round black

B. beautiful big round black

C. beautiful black big round

D. beautiful round big black

Question 10: A few months ago I moved into a very small flat ___________ for years with my parents.

A. after I have lived

B. before I had lived

C. before I was living D. after I had lived

Question 11: They go to the concerts of modern music________they really like it.

A. and

B. or

C. therefore

D. because

Question 12: The chairs will have removed from the ballroom _______.

A. before the dance begins

B. by the time the dance began

C. when the dance will begin

D. after the dance began

Question 13: I______ think that we should do something immediately to change the situation we are in.

A. person

B. personal

C. personally

D. personality

Question 14: _____ their farm work, the farmers returned home.

A. Finishing

B. Finish

C. Having finished

D. Being finished

Question 15: “Sorry for being late. I was _________ in the traffic for more than an hour.”

A. carried on

B. held up

C. put off

D. taken after

Question 16: There's a(n) ____________ of difference between liking someone and loving them.

A. world

B. earth

C. whole

D. entirety

Question 17: His answer was so confusing that it hardly made ___________.

A. meaning

B. interpretation

C. indelibility

D. sense

Question 18: The children are really getting in my___________. Tell them to go and play out side.

A. hair

B. nerves

C. mouth

D. books

Question 19: He was given a medal in ________of his service to the country.

A. gratitude

B. knowledge

C. recognition

D. response

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: Drunk driving can lead to some tragic results.

A. miserable

B. peaceful

C. delighted

D. lasting

Question 21: I hope things will start to look up in the new year.

A. get better

B. get worse

C. become popular

D. get bored

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.