PRACTICE TEST 4
1-3. Choose the word which has the underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest
1. A. action B. grocer C. sure D. passion
2. A watch B. which C. lecture D. bridge
3. A. news B. passing C. place D. rice
4-5. Choose the word whose main stress syllable is different from the rest:
4. A. answer B. completed C. needed D. frightened
5. A. competitors B. exercises C. realizes D. seperated
6-30. Choose the best option A,B, C, D to complete the sentence.
6. He _____smoke a lot, but after he developed a lung disease, he decided to quit smoking.
A. used to B. was used to C. use to D. uses to
7. It is very difficult to enter_______partnership with a person you do not know very well.
A. on b. in C. at D. into
8. He is very naughty. He is _________the black list of the teacher.
A. in B. on C. at D with
9. My bank loan will be _________in five years time.
A. paid off B. paying off C. pay off D. payed off
10. If I had eight hours to chop down the tree, I _______six hours sharpening my axe.
A. would spend B. had spent C. would have spent D. spent
11. It was a very long voyage. We were___________sea for 50 days.
A. at B. on C. in D. off
12. My company has ________a new approach to staff meetings. We now have them standing up.
A. adapted B. adopted C. addressed D. admitted
13. It’s _______walk from here to the university.
A. hour B. an hours’ C. an hour’s D. an hour
14. Unfortunately, we have made ____________
A. few progresses B. little progresses C. few progresses D. little progress
15. There are_________casinos in Las Vegas. They’re everywhere you look.
A. lots B. numerous C. much D. several
16. There are bomb scare in the resort, and ________tourists stayed away.
A. consequently B. however C. though D. while
17. I’d better post the parcel today, ______it won’t get there in time.
A. alternatively B. despite C. furthermore D. otherwise
18. The letter ______here tomorrow.
A. is B. will be C. was D. shall be
19. I think we should spend more on space___________________
A. explore B. explorer C. expansion D. exploration
20. We must try to protect________animals, otherwise when a species disappears, the whole ecosystem is
affected.
A. ecological B. endangered C. extinct D. exotic
21. The tallest building where I live has 75__________
A. stores B. storages C. stories D. storeys
22. Our ________population will cause many problems in the future.
A. age B. ageing C. elderly D. elder
23. I don’t really appreciate classical music, I prefer the _______arts such as painting and sculpture.
A. festival B. literacy C. performing D. visual
24. I need to earn a lot more_______before I can afford to buy that car.
A. payment B. salary C. wages D. money
25. Helping poor people to find a job may help to ________crime