MOCK TEST TWENTY – NINE

1 – 3. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that or the others:
A. sound B. touch C. down D. account
A. blood B. pool C. food D. tool
A. university B. unique C. unit D. undo
4 – 5. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others:
A. astonished B. obstacle C. disposal D. apparent
A. advertiser B. history C. difficulty D.adventurous
6 – 25. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fist the blank space in each sentence:
They can only cure him_____ his illness if they operate_____ him
A. of / on B. at / with C. in / at D. over / to
I won’t stay_____ bed. I’ll just lie down_____ the bed for half an hour.
A. in / on B. into / out C. at / in D. on / in
I’m disgusted_____ Stephen_____ the way Stephen treats Julia.
A.with / at B. at / in C. for / off D. to / over.
Emma’s mother will be______ the crowd.
A. between B. among C. beside D. around
I’ve seen the Prime Minister on television, but I’ve never seen him_____ person.
A. by B. on C. of D. in
Building a new factory there would be_____ disastrous.
A. environment B. environmental C. environmentalist D. environmentally
12. _____ about the company’s future meant that few people wanted to invest money in it.
A. certain B. uncertain C. certainly D. uncertainly
13. People with very_____ skin shouldn’t go sunbathing for long periods.
A. sensitive B. sensible C. sensitivity D. sense
14. If you walk along this lane you wiil see the signpost_____ to the beach.
A. pointing B. showing C. directing D. indicating
15. The old ship will be towed onto harbour and_____.
A. broken down B. broken in C. broken up D. broken off
16. “_____ does she go camping?”
“ Every two or tree weeks”
A. How much B. How often C. Since when D. How long
17. I regret not_____ you that I was unable to come yesterday.
A. to tell B. telling C. tell D. to have told

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18. It’s eleven PM already. It’s time you_____ to bed, my dear child.
A. go B. went C. would D. have gone
19. Grandmother told me not to make noises_____ bother our neighbors.
A. in order that not B. so that not C. so not D. so as not to
20. The house_____ he lives_____ is a three-story building.
A. that / within B. where / on C. which / in D. where / in
21. Picasso had many paintings_____ are inestimable.
whose value B. its value
C. of its value D. value of which
22. You’d better check the details_____ there are some mistakes.
however B. in order that C. so that D. in case
23. How long_____ here by the end of next year?
A. will you study B. will you have studied C. are you studying D. will you have been studying
24. I can’t help_____ him in spite of his faults.
A. admire B. admiring C. admiried D. to admire
25. The stimulation that intant animals receive affects their behaviour_____ they
become adults.
A. during B. since C. because D. when
26 – 35. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage: