Test unit 5,6,7

I. Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the others: (1pt)
1. a. customer b. truck c. include d. custard
2. a. gather b. waste c. mass d. trash
3. a. nuclear b. fuel c. dust d. confuse
4. a. few b. dew c. new d. sew
II. Find the choice that best completes the sentences: (3pts)
1. We invited fifty people to the party, but only fifteen (turned off/ turned down/ turned up/ turned in)
2. (Since/ However/ Although/ Because) the teacher was in a hurry, he stopped to answer his student’s questions.
3. They took the old man to the hospital (before/ after/ when/ while) the accident.
4. It will takes me years to (take up/ put up/ save up/ pay up) enough money to travel around the country.
5. However, one danger is in getting rid of the radioactive (wastes/ garbage/ rubbish/ trash) which are produced.
6. Tom suggested (to work/ work/ should work/ working) late tonight.
7. I think we should the shower (because of/ instead of/ in spite of/ is case of) bath to save water.
8. If he (go/ goes/ going/ went) on telling lies nobody will believe a word he says.
9. I think we should burn trash to reduce the amount of (message/ garbage/ things/ products) we produce.
10. Tom and Bill have hardly done their homework, (haven’t they/ did they/ do they/ have they)?
11. All right. Stop talking. I’m beginning (to understand/ understanding/ to be understood/ being understood.)
12. I’ll probably get lost unless (come/ came/ comes/ will come) with me.
III. Word form: (1pt)
1. Air (pollute) _______________ makes us unhealthy.
2. It was one of his most important (achieve) _______________.
3. Butter is one of the (produce) _______________ of milk.
4. Our (fly) _______________ from London to Sydney took 24 hours.
IV. Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standards written English: (1pt)
1. How about going to the cinema and eat out afterwards?
A B C D
2. Because she was sick, she still turned up for her music lesson.
A B C D
3. After his mother died, he was brought in by his grandmother.
A B C D
4. Why don’t you get a cat? If you keep a cat the mice wouldn’t run about everywhere.
A B C D
V. Read the following passage and choose the best answers: (2pts)
When the first learned how to make a fire, he began to use fuel for the first time. The first fuel he used was probably wood. Coal (1) very widely as a source of energy until the last century. With the coming of the industrial revolution, it was soon realized that production (2) if coal was used instead of wood. Nowadays, many of the huge factories and electricity generating stations would be unable to function if there were no coal. In the last twenty or thirty years, (3), the use of coal has declined. As a result, there have been changes in the coal industry. It is believed that more people (4) if oil and gas were not so (5) availed.
There is more than (6) coal in the world for man’s needs for the next two hundred years if our use of coal (7). Unfortunately, however, about half of the world’s coal may never be used. Mining much of it would be very expensive (8) it was possible to use new equipment.
1. a. not used b. didn’t use c. not using d. wasn’t used
2. a. doubles b. had doubled c. would double d. will double
3. a. although b. however c. moreover d. because
4. a. use b. used c. will use d. would use
5. a. ready b. readily c. readiness d. unready
6. a. enough b. too