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TEST 9 FOR BICH”S GROUP
Mark A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs in the position of the main stress in the following questions.
Question 1: A. explanation   B. preparation  C. considerate       D. information
Question 2: A. appearance   B. ambitious     C. performance     D. telephone
Question 3: A. individual     B. competitive     C. occupation        D. documentary
Question 4: A. relation            B. arrange            C. summary           D. eliminate
Question 5: A. different           B. important         C. essential          D. negation
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 6: To solve this problem, it is advisable__________
A. a drastic measure to be adopted             B. that to adopt a drastic measure
C. that a drastic measure be adopted        D. that a drastic measure is adopted
Question 7: John: "Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?"
      Laura. " _______" A. Yes, it’s an absurd idea         B. There’s no doubt about it
C. Of course not. You bet               D. Well, that’s very surprising
Question 8: On the second thought, I believe I will go with you to the theater.
A. On reflection                           B. For this time only
C. After discussing with my wife    D. For the second time
Question 9: On_____he had won, he jumped for joy.
A. he was told    B. having told     C. being told          D. telling
Question 10: I must take this watch to be repaired; it _____ over 20 minutes a day.
A. gains            B. accelerates        C. increases            D. progresses
Question 11: When a fire broke out in the Louvre, at least twenty _________ paintings were destroyed, including two by Picasso. A. worthless       B. priceless          C. valueless             D. worthy
Question 12: His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else’s point of view. He is very____
A. open-minded  B. kind-hearted      C. narrow-minded     D. absent-minded
Question 13: The story he invented was completely ______ . I don’t believe it.
A. true                B. truth                 C. truthful                 D. untrue
Question 14: What chemical is this? It’s_______a horrible smell.
A. giving over       B. giving off              C. giving down         D. giving up
Question 15: In many ways, she _______ me of someone I knew at school.
A. remembers      B. reminds C. recalls             D. resembles
Question 16: Learning English isn’t so difficult once you_____
A. get down to it     B. get off it                C. get on it              D. get down with it
Question 17: Geogre wouldn’t have met Mary ______ to his brother’s graduation party.
A. had he gone               B. hadn’t he gone C. if he had not gone      D. if he shouldn’t have gone
Question 18: Nowadays children would prefer history ____ in more practical ways.
A. to be taught       B. teach               C. be taught              D. to teach
Question 19: John has a monthly bank ___ sent to him so that he knows how much there is in his account.
A. statement      B. overdraft           C. cheque             D. balance
Question 20: Can you list the problems ____ poor and ____ countries?
A. facing/ overpopulation  B. facing/overpopulated C. face/ overpopulated    D. facing/overpopulating
Question 21: The sheep were huddled into a ____ to protect them from overnight frosts.
A. cage        B. pen           C. kennel         D. hutch
Question 22: There is ____ in my bedroom. A. a square wooden old table    B. an old square wooden table
C. a wooden old square table             D. an old wooden square table
Question 23: There seems to be a large ________ between the number of people employed in service industries and those employed in the primary sectors. A. discrepancy    B. discretion         C. discriminate     D. distinguish
Question 24: "I am sorry. I broke the vase". " _____".
A. OK. Go ahead          B. Yes, certainly        C. Don’t worry. Things break          D. I’d rather not.
Question 25: _____, he felt so unhappy and lonely. A. In spite of his being wealth          B. Rich as was he
C. Rich as he was                   D