TEST 6
A. MAKE THE CORRECT CHOICE :
1. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
a. discuss b. jump c. argument d. public
2. 1. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
a. excited b. excuse c. exchange d. example
3. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
a. approach b. attract c. decent d. install
4. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
a. verbal b. polite c. common d. social
5. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
a. compliment b. absolute c. fashionable d. suppose
6. Why did you object______ the scheme for building a kindergarten in our neighborhood?
a. to b. against c. at d. in
7. She received several compliments ______ her speech.
a. to b. on c. for d. about
8. They were very apologetic ______the trouble they`d caused.
a. on b. to c. about d. with
9. Dust storms most often occur in areas where the ground has little vegetation to protect ___ of the wind.
a. from the effects b. it the effects c. it from the effects d. the effected from it
10. He`ll be very upset if you his offer `of help.
a. turn away b. turn into c. turn off d. turn down
11. Despite being a big star, she`s very ______.
a. approachable b. fashionable c. acceptable d. accessible
12. It`s no more than common______ to hear what she has to say.
a. polite b. impolite c. politeness d. impoliteness
13. Gestures such as waving and handshaking are ______forms of communication.
a. direct` b. regular c. verbal d. non-verbal
14. She was a devoted nurse, always very ______to the needs of her elderly patients.
a. observant b. attentive c. careful d. delicate
15. I think access to cinemas and theaters is the main______of city life.
a. amenity b. attraction c. leisure d. recreation
16. I make no ______for encouraging my children to succeed in school.
a. apologize b. apologetic c. apologies d. apoplectic
17. The visitors were complaining ______ in the rain.
a. for waiting b. me about waiting c. about having to wait d. that they have to wait
18. By analyzing high pressure systems, fronts, and other influences, weather forecasters can determine the direction toward which ______ to travel.
a. a storm is expected b. is expected a storm c. is a storm expected d. an expected storm
19. The effects of cigarette smoking ______to be extremely harmful so far.
a. is proved b. will be proved c. are proved d. have been proved
20. When I last______ my cousin Lucy, she______hard preparing for her final exams.
a. saw - was working b. saw - worked c. have seen - worked d. see - is working
21. The accused denied ______ in the vicinity of the murder scene.
a. to have ever been b. have ever been c. having been ever d. ever having been
22. She told me that she ______ physiology.
a. has studied b. has been studying c. had been studying d. would have studied
23. The doctor has advised ______too much coffee.
a. me not drink b. I don`t drink c. me not drinking d. me not to drink
24. Angie warned ______anyone what she had told me.
a. that I didn`t tell b. that I told not c. me to tell not d. me not to tell
25. My mother told me ______my books ______ about on the living room.
a. don`t leave - lying b. didn`t leave - lie c. not to leave - lying d. not to leave - to lie
26. She wondered ______now, after so many years away.
a. how her father looked like b. whose her