TEST 1

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.

1.

A. question B. condition

C. situation

D. action

2.

A. honest

B. honor

C. honey

D. lost

3.

A. rumor

B. humor

C. mutual

D. duty

II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.

1.

A. produce B. idea

C. effort

D. result

2.

A. attract

B. destroy

C. level

D. occur

III. Choose the best answer.

1. I’m sorry you’ve missed the train, it

five minutes ago.

A. had left

B. left

C. has left

D. has been left

2. Impalas cannot move as

cheetahs but they are more efficient runners.

A. faster than

B. fast as

C. fast

D. are fast as

3. Both are informative articles, but this one is

.

A. best

B. the best

C. most

D. better

4. Your house is

mine.

A. as big as

B. many times as big as

C. much big as

D. not many times big

5. Last year, it was not as cold as this year. This year is

.

A. is as colder than last year

B. is colder than last year

C. isn’t as cold as last year

D. isn’t colder than last year.

6. I wish I

yesterday evening. The traffic jam was so terrible.

A. has gone out

B. hasn’t gone out

C. hadn’t gone out

D. had gone out

7. My grandmother said that our city had changed dramatically

to the past.

A. comparing

B. compared

C. cojnpare

D. comparison

8. Liz prefers writing her private

in a diary to posting them on Facebook.

A. thoughts

B. thinking

C. think

D. thought

9. Our school now is much better

with modern learning facilities.

A. equipment

B. equipping

C. equip

D. equipped

10. John’s mother has bought a new car so she decides to stop

to work by bus.

A. for going

B. to go

C. to going

D. going

11. All the

to the party received a small gift.

A. attendance

B. attending

C. attendants D. attend

12. I didn’t like the noise in the city at first. But now

here.

A. I got used to living

B. I’m used to living

C. I used to live

D. I used to living

13. Galileo

his first telescope in 1609.

A. builds

B. built

C. has built

D. had built

14. “What should we do to prevent global warming?” - “

”

A. We can plant more trees.

B. I suggest we should call the police.

C. We can prevent global warming.

D. I think it is a good idea.

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