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Part 1: PHONOLOGY

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the three ones in each group
1. A. ginger B. manage C. imagination D. league
2. A. curriculum B. accumulate C. accuracy D. community
3. A. draught B. laugh C. slaughter D. draft
4. A. garage B. advantage C. dosage D. percentage
5. A. nourish B. flourish C. courageous D. southern
II.Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other words in each group
6. A. resounding B. recompense C. reconcile D. recognize
7. A. honourable B. intimacy C. participate D. interviewer
8. A. support B. colleague C. bilingual D. evaluate
9. A. architect B. pioneer C. military D. principle
10. A. oblivious B. ferocious C. scandalous D. victorios
Part 2: vocabulary and grammar
* Choose the best answer:
1. You can lead the ……………to water but you can’t make it drink
A. horse B. monkey C. elephant D. dog
2. Dr Trong is really an authority …………physics .
A. in B. within C. on D. among
3. Jane had a difficult role to play but she ………..it ………….
A. come/on B. carried /on C. carried /off D. came /off
4. Sitting in the damp ………her cough .
A. brings off B. brings on C. takes on D. puts on
5. The other transport unions gave the railway workers their ………..
A. agreement B. solidarity C. backing D. alliance
6. I like to my tea very sweet ,so I always take six …………..of sugar .
A. knobs B. handfuls C. lumps D. blocks
7. Mother always takes everything on her ………,she never makes a fuss .
A. hand B. control C. management D. stride
8. The tenant must be prepared to deaconate the properly ………the terms of the agreements .
A. with regard to B. in relation to
C.in accordance with D. provided by .
9. The small boat drifted helplessly ………the mercy of the wind and waves .
A. in B.with C. to D. at .
10. My cousin obviously didn’t ………..much of an impression on you if you can’t remember her .
A. create B. do C. make D. build
11. The new speed restrictions were a ………….. detated issue .
A. heavily B. hotly C. deeply D. profoundly
12. Lack of sleep over the last few months is finally ……….Jane .
A. catching up with B. getting on with
C. coming over D.putting on
13. His change of job has ……him with a new challenge in life .
A. introduced B. initiated C. presented D. led
14. The prisoner made his escape under ……. of darkness .
A. protection B. disguise C. cover D. cloak
15………she’s got a job that she likes ,she’s a lot happier .
A.since when B. just as C. now that D. just now
III. Use the right form of the verbs in brackets
1. We ( catch ) the last bus if we ( leave ) the theatre five minutes ealier .
…………………………………………………………………….………………………………….
2. I hardly ( be ) there five minutes when Mrs Brown (come ) in with the coffee.
………………………………………………………………………………………….…………….
3. “ You ( do ) anything at the moment ,Ann? ”
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….….
“ Yes ,I ( pack) ; I ( catch ) a plane to London in three hours’ time”
………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
“ Lucky girl .How long you ( stay ) there ?”
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
“Two weeks”
……………………………….……………………………………………………………………….
4.Don’t worry . We ( finish )