PRACTICE TESTS

PRACTICE TEST 1
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
A. machine B. change C. teacher D. choose
A. condition B. option C. suggestion D. relation
A. believe B. readily C. friend D. pleasure
A. good B. gossip C. game D. geometry
A. trust B. mutual C. number D. uncertain
II.Choose the one word or phrase - A, B, B, or D - that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
It was so relaxing to be ________ old friends.
A. in B. between C. among D. around
She`s made friends________ a little girl who lives next door.
A. to B. of C. by D. with
The children seem to be totally capable ________ working by themselves.
A. on B. of C. in D. for
Your friendship should be based on ________ trust.
A. basic B. fragile C. mutual D. blind
The company expects ________ from its employees.
A. constancy B. quality C. interest D. loyalty
I`ve got lots of ________, but only a few are really good friends
A. close friends B. acquaintances C. neighbors D. partners
Friendship is a two-sided ________, it lives by give-and-take.
A. affair B. event C. aspect D. feature
Unselfishness is the very essence of friendship.
A. romantic part B. important part C. difficult part D. interesting part
They ________ a close friendship at university.
A. created B. became C. promoted D. formed
We stayed friends even after we ________ and left home.
A. brought up B. turned up C. grew up D. took up
III. Choose the word or phrase - A, B, C, or D -that best completes the sentence.
He finds it ________ lasting friendships.
A. difficult to make B. difficulty in making C. is difficult to make D. difficult making
You ________ any friends if you ________ talking like that.
A. will win/ carry on B. won`t win/ carry on
C. wouldn`t win/ carried on D. would have won/ had carried on
The aim of the culture festival is ________ friendship between the two countries
A. promote B. promoting C. to promote D. being promoted
People he ________ turned out to be only fair-weather friends.
A. trusted B. has trusted C. was trusting D. had trusted
How can youlet such a silly incident ________ your friendship?
A. wreck B. to wreck C. wrecking D. that wrecks
It has become necessary ________ water in the metropolitan area because of the severe drought.
A. rationing B. ration C. to ration D. to have rationed
All the passengers were made ________ their seat belts during the turbulence.
A. buckle B. to buckle C. buckling D. for buckling.
________ good ice cream, youneed touse a lot of cream.
A. Make B. Making C. To make D. For make
I got my friend ________ her car for the weekend.
A. tolet me toborrow B. to let me borrow C. let me borrow D. let me to borrow
They ________ good friends, but they`ve fallen out recently.
A. used to be B. would be C. were D. are
IV. Identify the oneunderlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D -that must be corrected.
Whatever happened, I didn`t wantto lose friendship of Vera.
A. happened B. didn`t want C. to lose D. of
The basic aims of science and magic are very similar - to understand and to control nature.
A. aims of B. similar C. to understand D. to control
It was a period of her life when she made some lifelongfriendship.
A. a period of B. made C. lifelong