Basic test 2

PHONETICS
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
a. but b. cut c. sun d. put
a. skill b. fine c. dinner d. since
a. easy b. seat c. learn d. eat
a. close b. pop c. cold d. rose
a. lake b. plane c. plan d. state
a. tiny b. tiger c. tin d. time
a. planet b. animal c. man d. decay
a. season b. sometimes c. sea d. stop
a. thing b. threaten c. thought d. than
a. whole b. forest c. open d. role

2. Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
a. attract b. level c. destroy d. solar
a. spaceship b. another c. surround d. centigrade
a. another b. gravity c. energy d. energy
a. evaporate b. impossible c. experiment d. temperature
a. brilliant b. extreme c. daily d. protein

VOCABULARY
Choose the best answer
The young worker war …………………because he was lazy.
gone b. sacked c. proposed d. recommended
Children are……………to overcome problems
suggested b. insisted c. determined d. decided
There is a……………..to use domestic products.
Tendency b. sample c. fashion d. model
Most governments now………….. paper money.
issue b. hold c. have d. need
Mr. Pike invited some……….. to his house for dinner.
hostess b. guests c. hosts d. cookers
…………….swamps is necessary to reclaim land
cultivating b. planting c. draining d. growing
Conservation also includes searching for……………fuels
changing b. alternative c. safeguarding d. replacing
Farmers can protects their land by growing different……………..
trees b. planting c. seasons d. crops
Farmers apply ………into their fields after the crops have been planted.
rotation b. tractors c. fertilizer d. chemicals
10. The tender plants need …………..against the cold weather.
protection b. protective c. protecting d. protector.

Read the passage and choose the best answer.
For many people, travelling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the whole idea quite terrifying, (1)…………..flying is no more dangerous (2)…………….any other form of travel and some experts says it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accidents occur (3)…………..take-off and landing when a (4)…………decisions are virally important.
The people (5) ………………job is to look(6)………………the passengers - the stewards and stewardesses -play an important part in helping passengers to ( 7)…………to safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (8)……………….such care of it all part of the total experience. (9)…………other form of travel involves waiting on people in quite the same (10)…………….., with food, drink, newspaper, magazines, music and even video films.
a. although b. too c. and d. because
a. than b. as c. then d. with
a. while b. during c. for d. through
a. leader’s b. chief’s c. driver’s d. pilot’s
a. shoes b. which c. their d. that
a. for b. up c. after d. round
a. feel b. rest c. experience d. lie
a. given b. kept c. shown d. taken
a. any b. no c. all