PRACTICE TEST 2
I- Make the correct choice :
1.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. merely b. access c. address d. respect
2.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. regard b. master c. trade d. particular
3.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. property b. instruction c. scholarship d. lecturer
4.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. respect b. necessary c. involved d. language
5.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. automatic b. reasonable c. mathematics d. preservation
6. The pronunciation _____ me a lot of difficulties.
a. provides b. causes c. makes d. allows
7. Malaysian lecturers use English when _____ their students in Kuala Lumpur.
a. speaking b. saying c. giving d. addressing
8. More than half of the _____ and research journals are in English.
a. scientific b. scientist c. science d. scientifically
9. Instead _____ studying, Margaret went to a ballgame with some of her friends.
a.of b.with c.along d.off
10.Mrs Grant insisted _____ the whole truth.
a.in b.on c.up d.at
11.There are some differences _____ British and American English.
a.of b.about c.between d.with
12. I’m not going out yet. I’m waiting _____ the rain to stop.
a.in b.during c.on d.for
13. I wrote to the company asking them _____ more information about the job.
a.to b.about c.for d.with
14. I hope you succeed _____ finding the job you want.
a.in b.at c.of d.upon
15. Do you _____ smoke? There’s a fire down the road.
a. feel b. ever c. smell d. usually
16. Parks play an important _____ in helping to form the city’s character.
a. game b. thing c.roll d. part
17. It is _____ to regard any language as the possession of a particular nation.
a. reasoning b. reasonably c. unreasonable d. unreasonably
18. A Dane and a Dutch person _____ in Rome will almost automatically find themselves speaking to each other in English.
a. meeting b. met c. meet d. are meeting
19. People in _____ speak _____.
a. Portugal/Portugal b. Portuguese/Portugal c. Portugal/Portuguese d.Portuguese/ Portuguese
20. English is easily _____ by Chinese.
a. outrun b. outnumbered c. outlived d. outweighed
21. You had _____ the bill before the fifth of the month.
a. to pay b. been paid c. to be paid d. to be paying
22. The tea was ______for her to drink.
a. so hot b. very hot c. too hot d. extremely hot
23. If it doesn’t rain, they _______for a picnic.
a. go b. would go c. have gone d. will go
24. The child will die if _____ sends for a doctor.
a. people b. anybody c. nobody d. police
25. Nobody believed _____ a crazy story.
a. such b. so c. that d. with
II. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
26. She wanted to know how long it would take us getting there.
a b c d
27. The children were frightened with the noise.
a b c d
28. The crops are late this year because of the weather