TEST 8
A. MAKE THE CORRECT CHOICE :
1. Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others.
a. government b. selective c. January d. primary
2. Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others.
a. education b. compulsory c. technology d. intelligent
3. Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others.
a. essential b. average c. promotion d. deliver
4. Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others.
a. require b. select c. follow d. divide
5. Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others.
a. academic b. advanced c. achievement d. aggressive
6.School boards are usually made _______ of people who live in the area, often parents of children in the school.
a. up b. of c. into d. over
7.Mr. Bush did not appear fully aware ________the importance of this act.
a. to b. for c. of d. on
8.Does the quality of teaching depend ________class size?
a. in b. on c. of d. up
9.At school he had a good ________record, and also excelled at sports.
a. prevailed b. intellectual c. knowledge d. academic
10.It would be to your ________to prepare questions in advance.
a. chance b. experience c. advantage d. opportunity
11.In order to ________with his studies he worked through the summer.
a. take on b. catch on c. catch up d. take up
12.________allow some students from less affluent families to attend college.
a. Education b. Scholarships c. Compulsion d. Knowledge
13.The students failed to meet the necessary________for admission to the course.
a. fulfillments b. requirements c. qualities d. aptitudes
14.Dr Jones has received an award for her great________in treating leukemia.
a. deeds b. activities c. achievements d. undertakings
15.So many____people applied for the position that we won`t be able to make a decision for several weeks.
a. well-qualified b. well-behaved c. well-known d. well-mannered
16.Any child has the right to an education________of sex, creed, race, or nationality.
a. despite b. because c. regardless d. providing
17. ________have made great strides in recent years in combating the ignorance of the nation`s young about AIDS.
a. Educate b. Education c. Educating d. Educators
18.This course is one of the few English courses ________by the college each month.
a. offered b. required c. achieved d. received
19.The GCE "A" Level is a ________for advanced students who are able to study at the university.
a. degree b. level c. certificate d. grade
20.On July"20, 1969, Astronaut Neil Armstrong ________down onto the moon.
a. was stepping b. stepped c. has stepped d. was stepped
21.The first cotton mill in Massachusetts________in the town of Beverly in 1787.
a. built b. has built c. was built d. has been built
22. ________through a prism, a beam of white light beaks into all the colors of the rainbow.
a. When shines b. It shines c. It is shone d. When shone
23.By tomorrow morning everything ________up in time for the performance.
a. will be set b. will have been set c. have already been set d. had already been set
24.Seldom ________a child with so much talent.
a. I saw b. I had seen c. had I seen d. was I seen
25. Is there any chance to have the machinery ________.
a. repair b. be repaired c. repairing d. repaired
II. CHOOSE THE ONE THAT BEST COMPLETE THE SENTENCES:
26. a black singer and actor, first came to the public`s attention for his role in Eugene O`Neill`s play The Emperor Jones.
a. Paul Robeson was b. It was Paul Robeson,