Practice 3

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
A. Islamic B. isle C. aisle D. island
A. Miss B. machine C. be D. police
A. Furnace B. fist C. quick D. light
A. People B. serious C. ingredient D. arena
A. Beating B. receive C. feature D. dead
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently from the others.
A. Colonel B. suitcase C. machine D. purpose
A. Substitute B. magnetic C. refusal D. unpleasant
A. Concentrate B. journalist C. justify D. occurrence
A. Example B. exercise C. arrangement D. destination
A. Analysis B. presidential C. apprehension D. destination
III. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
“Do you like London?” “I don’t know. I ____________ there.”
A. never went B. didn’t go
C. never gone D. haven’t been
I can’t help _____________ sorry for the hungry children. If only there ___________ peace in the world!
A. feeling / is B. feeling / were
C. to feel / is D. to feel / were
He ______________ drink whisky, but he does now.
A. used to B. only if
C. hadn’t use to D. didn’t use to
Chicken eggs will not hatch ____________ they are kept at the proper temperature.
A. because B. only if
C. unless D. even though
A nation’s balance of trade is considered unfavorable if it ____________ more money on imports than it gains from exports.
A. will spend B. would spend
C. can spend D. spends
IV. Select the appropriate words to fill the blank
Lily went out on a cold day without her coat and caught a / the __________.
A. chill B. fit
C. flu D. sneeze
Some people ____________ weight far too easily.
A. take on B. feel
C. put on D. waste
When it is ____________ and you cannot see far, you have to drive slowly and carefully.
A. sunny B. mild
C. frosty D. foggy
Cars skid on _______________ roads.
A. icy B. showery
C. sandy D. misty
The sky darkened and there was a distant ____________ of thunder.
A. clap B. clang
C. groan D. flash
V. Choose the word which synonymous with underlined word
She is running her own business
A. proceeding B. moving
C. operating D. sprinting
She needs to check her homework
A. ensure B. try out
C. examine D. invoice
The girl slipped out of her dormitory.
A. sneaked B. blurted out
C. fell down D. skidded
I think he was quite nuts when jumping into a mud pond.
A. crazy B. logical
C. psychotic D. seedy
He drives me to the edge because he never stops talking!
A. irritates me B. steers me
C. moves me D. frightens me
VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill vacancies
After a variety of jobs, Jerome Flynn became (1) _____________ successful with fellow Robson Green in the TV series Solider, Solider, and then when they (2) _______ up as singers in 1995, they had three number on hits. “It was a whirlwind, fantasy time,” says Jerome. “We made the records because we quite fancied the money, and it paid off. It was a lot