PRACTICE TEST 24

I. PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A . future B. mature C. pasture D. nature
2. A. chore B. technology C. much D. exchange
3. A. threaten B. earth C. healthy D. breathe
Choose the word whose main stress is put differently from that of the others in the group.
4. A. different B. terrorist C. contrary D. domestic
5. A. future B. burden C. device D. certain
II. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
6. Many teenagers show signs of anxiety and _______ when being asked about their future.
A. depress B. depression C. depressing D. depressed
7. Constant _______ of attack makes everyday life dangerous here.
A. threat B. threaten C. threatening D. threateningly
8. No one can predict the future exactly. Things may happen _______.
A. expected B. unexpected C. expectedly D. unexpectedly
9. Someone who is _______ is hopeful about the future or the success of something in particular.
A. powerful B. optimistic C. stagnant D. pessimistic
10. There will be powerful network of computers which may come from a single computing _______ that is worn on or in the body.
A. device B. machinery C. equipment D. vehicle
11. Let`s put off that meeting to next Monday.
A. postpone B. schedule C. arrange D. appoint
12. A nuclear station may take risk going off due to unexpected incidents.
A. demolishing B. exploding C. developing D. running
13. She is looking _____ a new place to live in because she does not want to depend _____ her parents any more.
A. for / on B. after / with C. up / forward D. at / into
14. I was brought _______ in the countryside by my aunt after my parents had pass _______.
A. on / over B. for / on C. on / off D. up / away
15. _______ industrialization, we have to cope with the fact that many species are in danger of extinction.
A. Despite B. In spite of C. But for D. Due to
16. He is very worried about his new job _______ he is not quite prepared for working.
A. although B. but C. because D. so
17. Up to now, _______ space exploring still remains _______ very risky, complex, and expensive endeavor.
A. the / the B. a / the C. a / Ø D. Ø / a
18. Within _______ few years, _______ private space travel has gone from concept to reality.
A. Ø / an B. the / the C. the / a D. a / Ø
19. In the future, the number of tiny but _______ computers you encounter every day will number in the thousands, perhaps millions.
A. power B. powerful C. powerfully D. powered
20. What will the relationship between computing and _______ bring us over the next 15 years?
A. science B. scientific C. scientifically D. scientist
21. Not until the early 1900s ________ to vote in the United States.
A. women were allowed B. they allowed women C. were women allowed D. when women allowed
22. ________ hungry, he stopped to buy a bar of chocolate.
A. Feeling B. To feel C. felt D. feels
23. Nowadays, young men with a technical education _____because of the great demand for highly skilled workmen.
A. is well-paid B. should pay well C. are well-paid D. could pay well
24. It is no use ________to school if you ________ to work hard.
A. going / do not ready B. to go / do not ready C. going / are not ready D. go / are not ready
25. While they were laying the table, he ______ to the radio.
A. was listening B. listened C. has listened D. is listening
26. By the year 2010, many people currently employed ________their jobs.
A. will have lost B. will be losing C. have lost D. are losing
27. Jack made me ________him next week.
A. to promise to call B