TEST 3 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest

1. 
   A. stretch B. charge C. achieve D. chemical
   
2. 
   A. played B. marked C. managed D. penalized
   
3. 
   A. style B. penalty C. pretty D. typical
   

4. 
   A. reduce B. aware C. action D. enjoy
   
5. 
   A. wonderful B. interest C. personal D. decision
   

6. 
   Unlike football, a water polo game is _________into quarters.
   

7. 
   This building _________finished by the end of 2012.
   

8. 
   We decided to join the English speaking club _________improve our English.
   

9. 
   This road is very narrow. It _________to be widened.
   

10. 
    _________learn how to use a computer, he decides to take lessons.
    

11. 
    Susan: “Shall we go to the cinema this Saturday?” -Alice: “_________”
    

12. 
    What’s the _________film you’ve ever seen?
    

13. 
    Pat: Would you like something to eat? -Kathy: _________. I'm not hungry now.
    

14. 
    The children were bored _________watching that film again and again.
    

15. 
    We had to wait _________all our friends to finish their work.
    

16. 
    By the time I _________back next year, I think, you _________me.
    

C. am / will be forgetting D. will be/ will forget

17. 
    Peter: Thanks a lot for your wonderful gift. – Mary: _________.
    

18. 
    If he _________the GCSE examination, he _________to take the entrance examination.
    

C. passes/ will allow D. passed / would allow

19. 
    She said she _________.
    

C. was very tired the night before D. had been very tired the night before

20. 
    _________that they can pass the written exam this time.
    

21. 
    He died _________pneumonia.
    

22. 
    Please tell me how _________to the nearest post office.
    

23. 
    Scientists are searching _________some other kinds of energy.
    

24. 
    I’d rather _________in the field than _________home.
    

25. 
    Thomas Edison was a famous American _________.
    

26. 
    Nowadays, many species of animals and plants are in _________of extinction.
    

27. 
    When their first child was born, they _________for three years.
    

28. 
    Shaking and bowing one’s head are non-verbal _________of communication.
    

29. 
    _________happens, I will support you.
    

30. 
    One of the major causes of species extinction is habitat _________.
    

31. 
    Although the increase in air fares, most people still prefer to travel by plane.
    

32. 
    All of the homework given by our teachers are useful to every student.
    

33. 
    He is so a good student that he can do all the exercises easily.
    

34. 
    Mr. Brown was died because of his old age.
    

35. 
    The students about who I told you like football very much.
    

36. 
    “Don’t forget to lock the door before leaving”, my father said.
    

B. My father remembered to lock the door before leaving.

C. My father left home without locking the door.

D. My father reminded me to lock the door before leaving.

37. 
    The car was too expensive for me to buy.
    

B. The car was not expensive enough for me to buy.

C. The car was such expensive that I couldn’t buy it.

D. It was such an expensive car that I couldn’t buy it.

38. 
    Mary and Jane like these stories because they are very interesting.
    

B. Mary and Jane like these stories, which are very interesting.

C. Mary and Jane like these stories, which they are very interesting.

D. Mary and Jane like these stories, that are very interesting.

39. 
    If I were you, __________________.
    

C. I would have helped that old woman D. I help that old woman

40. 
    The train was delayed __________________.
    

C. although it was flooded D. because it is flooded

Asian elephants used to live in the forests from Iraq to Southern China. Since these forests were cut down to make room for farms and villages, the elephants had to live in small, hilly regions. These small areas cannot supply enough food for them. An adult elephant eats about 331 pounds of grasses, leaves and other plants each day. When forests were larger, Asian elephants migrated with the seasons. In this way, they found new food supplies. The plants and trees could also grow again after elephants left.

Today, there is nowhere for the elephants to go. Experts say that the Asian elephant population is about 55,000 living on a habitat of about 19,000 square miles (30,400 square kilometres). In contrast to this, the African elephant population is about 10 times this size and live on almost 3 million square miles (4.8 million square kilometers) of available habitat.

41. 
    How much does an adult elephant eat a day?
    

B. About 150 kg of grasses leaves and other plants.

C. About 331 kg of grasses leaves and other plants.

D. About 30,400 kg of grasses leaves and other plants.

42. 
    How can Asian elephants find new food supplies?
    

C. They migrated with the seasons. D. They could grow plants and trees.

43. 
    How many African elephants are there today?
    

44. 
    Which of these sentences is true according to the text?
    

B. Asian elephants_’ habitat is as big as Africans’.

C. Africans’ habitat is bigger than Asian’.

D. Asian elephants_’ habitat is bigger than Africans’.

45. 
    According to the next, Asian elephant can be extinct because of_________.
    

Sue (46)______reading and often borrows books in the local library (47)_______is near her house. She goes to the library to change her books every evening. The library is open until 8 pm.

The library is (48)_______to everybody in the town. No one has to pay to borrow books. But (49)_______readers keep books for too long, they have to pay a fine. Sue's children have been encouraged to read books (50)_______they were very young. They often change their books on Saturday morning. They all love reading.

46. 
    A. will love B. is loving C. loves D. has loved
    
47. 
    A. which B. when C. what D. where
    
48. 
    A. freedom B. freely C. free D. freeing
    
49. 
    A. whether B. if C. or D. so
    
50. 
    A. while B. during C. for D. since
    

1. 
   A. describe B. society C. political D. struggle
   
2. 
   A. difference B. immortality C. politician D. independence
   
3. 
   A. biology B. biographer C. biography D. bioscope
   
4. 
   A. accident B. accompany C. access D. animal
   
5. 
   A. environment B. department C. dependent D. demonstrate
   

6. 
   I was appalled ________ the lack of staff in the hospital.
   

7. 
   The new President said she would dedicate herself to ________ the rights of the old, the sick and the homeless.
   

8. 
   Poverty in this country has reached ________ proportion.
   

9. 
   The police are ________ to the public for any information about the missing girl.
   

10. 
    The damage was far more serious than ________ believed.
    

11. 
    Asian Games ________ come from many different countries.
    

12. 
    The Asian Games is one of the most important ________ in Asia.
    

13. 
    We decided to break ________ tradition and not spend Christmas without family.
    

14. 
    I lost my key. I'll have to ________.
    

C. have another key made D. make another key

15. 
    He works very hard. It's not ________ that he's always tired.
    

16. 
    He's one of the most ________ people I've ever met.
    

17. 
    I kept them in the ________.
    

C. black metal small box D. small metal black box

18. 
    They spoke ________ for us to understand.
    

19. 
    It's too noisy here. Can we go somewhere ________.
    

20. 
    It was ________ we spent the whole day at the beach.
    

C. such nice a weather than D. such a nice weather so

21. 
    – "You look nice in that red shirt." – "______________."
    

C. Oh, poor D. I'm interesting to hear that

22. 
    The 15^th Asian Games was organized at 34 sporting ________.
    

23. 
    – "John had an accident. He's been in hospital for 5 days. – "______________"
    

24. 
    The Opening Ceremony of the Asian Games was the most ________ one.
    

25. 
    Before ________, they used horse-drawn wooden carts.
    

C. having tractors farmers D. Farmers had tractors

26. 
    About twenty miles from Boston, ______ a little town named Concord that has a rich history.
    

27. 
    There was a ________ table in the kitchen.
    

C. beautiful round large wooden D. wooden round large beautiful

28. 
    – "Happy birthday! This is a small present for you."
    

C. Have a good time! D. How beautiful it is! Thanks

29. 
    He's a man with a ________.
    

30. 
    50,000 people attended the opening Ceremony of the 15^th Asian Games with more than billion television ________.
    

In the spring of 1934, storms swept across the Great Plains, but they were not rainstorms. They were the result of sun drought and a terrible wind that blew millions of tons of top soil from 300.000 square miles in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico. This was the dust Bowl. It buried fences, fields and home. It choked (unable to breathe) cattle and sickened the people who stayed. Three hundred and fifty thousand settlers fled, many becoming part of a slow, sad caravan along Route 66 to California.

But wind and drought were not the only factors that combined to create the Dust Bowl. Only fifty years earlier, a carpet of buffalo grass had covered the Great Plains, protecting the soil and retaining the moisture that had been used as rang land. The increased demand for wheat during World War I encouraged farmers to plow and plant even wider areas. Forty percent of the land that they plowed up had never been exposed to rain, wind or sun before. When the drought and wind came, the land had been prepared for disaster. (flee-fled-fled: run away, caravan: group of people)

31. 
    With which of the following topics is the passage primarily concerned?
    

32. 
    Where did many of the homesteaders go when they abandoned their farms?
    

33. 
    The word caravan in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to which of the following words?
    

34. 
    What does the author mean by the statement "By the turn of the century, farmers had settled, homesteading in regions that had been used as range land"?
    

C. Homesteaders were used for open range D. No homesteaders were left

35. 
    The author mentions all of the following as having contributed to the disaster EXCEPT.
    

36. 
    The heavy rain stopped me from going out.
    

B. Thanks to the heavy rain, I couldn’t go out.

C. Because of the heavy rain, I couldn’t go out.

D. Except for the heavy rain, I couldn’t go out.

37. 
    “I think you should go by bus,” he told us.
    

C. He advised us go by bus. D. He advised us to go by bus.

38. 
    Susan regretted not buying that villa.
    

C. Susan wished she could buy that villa. D. Susan wished she hadn’t bought that villa.

39. 
    The water was so cold that we couldn’t swim in it.
    

B. The water was very cold for us to swim in.

C. The water wasn’t warm enough that we couldn’t swim in it.

D. The water was too cold for us to swim in.

40. 
    People believe that there is another world after Death.
    

B. It was believed that there is another world after Death.

C. It is believed that there is another world after Death.

D. There is believe to have another world after Death.

41. 
    The number of the Asian Games participants have been increasing.
    

42. 
    Renewable energy sources are not use up when the energy is exploited.
    

43. 
    Non-renewable energy sources consists of fossil fuels and minerals.
    

44. 
    People may be used wind power to serve their life in the future.
    

45. 
    Smoke coming from fuel wood effects people's health.
    

The 23^rd Southeast Asian Games (also known as the 2005 SEA GAMES) was a biannual multi-sport event held in the Philippines from November 27, 2005 to December 5, 2005. The games were (46)______ by 11 countries located in Southeast Asia.

The first gold medal of the games was (47)______ to Singapore on November 25^th when the water polo team came out unbeaten in the round-robin tournaments, with the Philippine team taking the silver medal and the Malaysian (48)______ taking the bronze.

The Games were also considered both a spectacular event and a valuable (49)______ for athletes to gain competition experience and preparation for the upcoming Asian Games and Olympics Games. It was purposely created to (50)_______ countries in the region.

46. 
    A. participating B. participated C. participation D. to participate
    
47. 
    A. rewarded B. prized C. presented D. awarded
    
48. 
    A. group B. pair C. team D. individual
    
49. 
    A. opportunity B. change C. moment D. fortune
    
50. 
    A. strong B. strengthen C. strength D. to strengthen
    

Read the passage and choose the best answers:

Sometimes young people pay for their own weeding. This is especially true if they have been working for a while. In other cases, the family of the bride pays for most of the weeding and reception afterward.

1. In the U.S, men and women …….don’t have to pay attention to the law when they get married.

1. 
   must have their parents’ permission if they are supposed to get married.
   
2. 
   must win their friends’ agreement if they are supposed to get married.
   
3. 
   could have their own choice in the matter of marriage.
   

1. 
   must prove to be good future husband. C. must promise to behave properly at the weeding.
   
2. 
   could have one good last time as a bachelor. D. could have one last chance of freedom.
   

1. 
   can ask for parental help to pay for the weeding.
   
2. 
   can borrow from their friends to pay for the weeding.
   
3. 
   at times pay for the weeding.
   
4. 
   completely rely on the families for their weeding.
   

1. 
   Order B. request C. agreement D. remarks
   

A. piece of furniture B. gifts C. a piece of advice D. gift

1. The best title for the passage could be ………

A). A Flight for change B). Nineteenth – the Century of Reform.

C). American Education in the Beginning of the 19^th Century.

D). The Beginnings of Reform in American Education

2. The passage implied that to go to a private school, a student needed ………….

A). a strong educational background B). good grades

C). a lot of money D). a high level of intelligence

3. The word “desperately” in the passage mostly means ………

A). completely B). partly C). obviously D). urgently

4. According to the passage, Horace Mann wanted a better educational system for Americans because ……

A). people had nothing else to do except go to school B). education at the time was so cheap

C). all citizens should be educated in a republic

D). Massachusetts residents needed something to do with their spare time

5. According to the passage, which sentence is NOT TRUE?

A). Horace Mann brought about changes in many schools in the United States.

B). Horace Mann began raising teacher’s salaries.

C). Horace Mann was a famous US educational reformer.

D). Horace Mann suggested schools prepare children for their life’s work.

Passage 3: Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these How-to books are useful. In fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words “How to”. One book may tell you how to earn money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away.

Many How-to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can buy the book “How to Turn Failure into Success”. If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “How to Make a Millionaire”. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called “How to Live on Nothing”.

One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read “How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life”. If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a house.

Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. How-to books help people deal with modern life.

1. 
   From the first paragraph, we know How-to books are ___.
   

C. very helpful in life D. needed a lot

2. 
   The passage tells us that How-to books sell well on how ___.
   

C. to deal with business D. to make money

3. 
   If you often read How-to books, you ___.
   

C. will become a man in life D. needn’t think any more in the world

4. 
   How-to books appear only because ___.
   

B. people meet more problems than their parents

C. people may have more choices from How-to books than any other books

D. modern life is more difficult to deal with

5. 
   The word “step-by-step” would probably mean ___.
   

Do you, learners of English, ever wonder whether repeating and trying to remember various everyday English expressions, such as ‘Excuse me, could you tell me where the nearest taxi rank is?’ has any value other than in exams? Well, I must admit that such things didn’t cross my mind until last February when I got a letter from the British Council, saying that I had won a language course in England. The polite mentioned was the one I had to ask on arrival in Parkston, a picturesque part of Poole with lots of semi-detached houses on either side of each street. What struck me most was the kindness of an old lady, who happened to leave Safeway’s just after my getting off the coach. Not only did she show me where to phone for a taxi, but she also gave me a hand with the luggage. I was really surprised, too, when the taxi driver got out of the car and helped me put the bags into the boot. I immediately thought of Polish taxi drivers who usually do not make the slightest effort to help you, apart from pressing the right button and waiting for the boot to open.

1. 
   According to the passage, where does the author come from?
   

2. 
   How did the old lady help the author?
   

3. 
   What does the author think of the English?
   

4. 
   What did the author see when arriving in Parkston?