TEST 24

TEST 24

I- Phonetics (p)

a) Choose the word that has the bold part pronounced differently (p)
1- A-compulsory B-territory C-mausoleum D-comprise
2- A-difficult B-currency C-instruction D-puppet
3- A-display B-soil C-Islam D-correspond
4- A-remote B-relax C-respond D-reputation
5- A-minority B-deny C-costly D-widely
6- A-comprise B-communicate C-compulsory D-comment

b) Choose the word that has different stress pattern (p)
1- A-compete B-football C-acttract D-Brazil
2- A-interested B-serious C-wonderful D-immediate
3- A-military B-delicate C-preferential D-accurate
4- A-occasion B-discover C-industry D-arrange

II- Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets (p)

When I was a student, my father used to take me to school (taken)
I remember _____________________________________________________
I wish I could fly as a bird (am)
I ______________________________________________________________
The demand for tickets was so great that people queued day and night (such)
_____________________________that _______________________________
You must concentrate on your work more (apply)
You ____________________________________________________________
They paid me no nevermind (to)
They ___________________________________________________________
They decided to buy a new house at the end of the Le Hong Phong Street (their)
They ___________________________________________________________

III- Choose the best answers (p)

1- Her report was ________. It is based on
A-dramatic B-personal C-private D-objective
2- One problem for any teacher is that each student has his own ________ needs
A-separate B-divided C-individual D-distinctive
3- Good theories are imporatant of course, but we must have ________ evidence to support them
A-empirical B-true C-realistic D-first-class
4- To get a passport, you must send in your birth ________ and two photos
A-card B-licence C-paper D-certificate
5- There’s no ________ to book tickets in advance. There are always plenty of seats
A-problem B-matter C-need D-demand
6- The hotel has been built on the _________ of the lake
A-border B-edge C-boundary D-front
7- Take this road and you will ________ the hotel in five minutes
A-reach B-go C-arrive D-come
8- They have never ________ any experience of living in the country
A-had B-wished C-done D-made
9- They have to take that French course, _______ they?
A-haven’t B-mustn’t C-needn’t D-don’t
10-You can _________ your younger sister to my birthday party
A-take B-bring C-get D-carry

IV- Give the correct form of the words in brackets (p)

The conditions in the man’s prison were (human)__________________
In his family, he is a (trouble)________________ child
All the (city)________________ in this country have the right to vote
(Environment)_________________ are doing their best to make people aware of the danger of all pollution
He asked for a (receive)_________________ and the cashier gave him one
Her novel have gained (popular)_________________ over recent years
There are (various)________________ of animals in tropical forests
If you fail, don’t let it (courage)__________________ you
We export rice, coal and sea (produce)__________________ to European countries
If everyone could fly, how would we control air traffic? (Assure)_________________, we’d all be crashing into each other

V- Fill in each gap with a suitable word to complete the passage (p)

BEIJING, THURSDAY
“ … China said that there was heavy loss of life in the earthquake which struck Tangshan city yesterday. Survivors said that Tangshan, an industrial city of the one million people 160 kilometers east of Beijing, was completely ________________. Observers living in Beijing said it appeared that only a small part of the one million inhabitants escaped ______________ or injury. Many of the men of Tangshan ________________ working in the mines deep under the earth’s surface when the _________________ occurred. Unfortunately, few of these miners have __________________. A lot of people were also working in the city’s _________________. Regrettably, most were _________________ under falling concrete when the buildings _________________. The Chinese authorities have not yet given any information about the actual _________________ of casualties, but it is thought that tens of thousands of people have been killed. Hardly a ________________ has been left standing.”

VI- Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the passage

At first light, there is nothing unusual about the town of Cameron Park in