Test 1 Part 1: Phonetics

1. A. child B. chin C. check D. chemist

2. A. bury B. turn C. curtain D. cursing

3. A. editor B. entrust C. advent D. assemble

4. A. group B. coup C. cough D. soup

5. A. eight B. weight C. freight D. leisure

6. A. apprentice B. attendance C. atmosphere D. deposit

7. A. basic B. extra C. duty D. mature

8. A. offer B. direct C. forbid D. infer

9. A. mechanic B. diagram C. downhill D. emphasis

10. A. sequence B. sentence C. practice D. resource

11. "You are welcome to order the goods now".

"But payment should be made..."

A. for advance B. advancing C. in advance D. to advance

12. "Where do you live now?" "I live in Utah; my..."

A. parents too do B. parents do C. parents do, too D. parents also do

13. I cannot understand my neighbor’s accent. I wish she would....

A. speak clearer B. clearer speak C. more clearly speak D. speak more clearly

14. "Why are you driving so fast?" "I'm..."

A. must be hurry B. in hurry C. in a hurry D. hurrying

15. The station is too ... away for us to walk.

A. long B. far C. short D. distant

16. I have your music CD. I think I ... your concert video.

A. also have B. have too C. too have D. have further

17. I hear you have started a new job. ... like it?

A. How do you B. How C. What D. What do you

18. The football team won partly because they had been trained by their....

A. teacher B. director C. instructor D. coach

19. I ready have to go now. I have ... the doctor.

A. appointments to B. an appointment to C. appointment with D. an appointment with

20. I can meet you at Central Station. Will...?

A. convenient for you B. that convenient

C. that be convenient D. you be convenient

21. "Where ... last weekend?" "I went to see my aunt and uncle".

A. are you go B. do you go C. have you went D. did you go

22. I was very surprises ... that she didn't pass the exam".

A. hearing B. to hearing C. at hearing D. to hear

23. "Why ... she isn't speaking to us?"

"We must have done something that upset her. She is just too sensitive".

A. are you think B. are you imagine C. do you think D. you think

24. I hope that this winter won't be ... last.

A. as cold than B. so cold as C. as cold like D. so cold like

25. Sorry to be late. I was delayed by....

A. a heavy traffic B. heavy traffic C. some heavy traffic D. traffic being heavy

26. Tom can run faster than Jim.

A. Tim can run less fast than Tom

B. Tim can run as not fast as Tom

C. Tim cannot run as fast as Tom

D. Tim can run slower than Tom

27. I wish my English were good enough to go for the interview.

A. My English is too good to go for an interview

B. My English is good enough to go for an interview.

C. If only my English were good enough for me to go for the interview.

D. My English was good enough and I could go for the interview.

28. The fare of my airline ticket costs more than the hotel.

A. The face of my airline ticket costs more than the hotel does.

B. The face of my airline ticket costs more than any hotel.

C. The face of my airline ticket costs more than the price of the hotel.

D. The face which I paid for my airline ticket is cheaper than the hotel.

29. I regret going to bed so late last night.

A. I wish I didn't go to bed so late last night

B. I wish I went to bed early last night.

C. I wish I hadn't gone to bed so late last night.

D. I wish I had gone to bed early last night.

30. Unlike my sister, I exercise every day.

A. My sister exercises every day but I don't

B. My sister and I exercise every day.

C. I exercise every day but my sister doesn't

D. I don’t like my sister to exercise

31. Mr. Brown agreed (A) to let Tom (B) to work in (C) a department store for (D) a few hours a week.

32. Smoking (A) is not (B) good (C) to (D) very often.

33. He (A) has been (B) absent (C) at school (D) very often.

34. We (A) didn't see the (B) Browns (C) recently. (D) They must go abroad.

35. Let's (A) go out for a (B) drink. - No, I suggest (C) staying at home & (D) watch TV.

Australia is a big country, but nearly all Australians live near the sea. On hot summer days you can see thousands of people at the beach. Many beaches have waves that are very high. These large waves are known as surf and the people who ride them are called surfers. Surfing is a skill and needs learning. Don't expect to be able to surf properly the first time you try. However, by practicing a few times you will learn how to do it.

Surfing is not a new sport. Perhaps its origins need explaining. It started hundreds of years ago in Hawaii. Men swam out to sea to catch fish and found they could come back to land very quickly by riding the waves. These first surfers did not use a board. They were "body surfers". Many people still do this type of surfing today.

After a while, people started to use boards and rode the waves by lying, kneeling or standing on them. These first surfboards were made of wood and the water made them not after a while. Today surfboards are made of plastic or fiberglass instead.

36. Surf is....

A. waves that are on the high sea B. waves breaking on the ship

C. high waves breaking n the seashore D. high and small waves

37. Surfing is a skill and therefore....

A. it is not easy to do it B. it is impossible to practice it

C. it is dangerous to do it D. it needs practice from day to day

38. Surfing started....

A. five decades ago in Hawaii B. hundreds of years ago in Australia

C. long ago in Australia D. in Hawaii

39. Men of long ago did surfing by....

A. using their bodies B. using a board

C. using fishing boats D. riding the waves on water skis

40. At first men did surfing....

A. because it was an interesting sport

B. because it was a quick way to come back to land after catching fish

C. because the fishermen wanted to keep fit.

D. because there wasn't any board at that time.

The influence of Alexander graham bell

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and became a very famous man. He also wrote an article which he presented in 1883. His research paper was about deaf people.

In his article, Dr. Bell explained why there were so many deaf children. He believed that when deaf adults married each other, they would have ... (41) ... children. He thought that this was bad. Bell blamed the schools for the deaf for causing marriages between deaf people. He did not like the idea of these intermarriages and tried to think of ways to ... (42) ... them. He would have preferred that deaf children be taught at hearing schools. He did not ... (43) ... schools or the deaf. Bell felt that deaf people would not mix with hearing people if they went to ... (44) ... schools.

Bell was ... (45) ... about other things, too. He noticed that deaf people socialized with other deaf people. He felt that socializing with other deaf people was bad. Deaf people should socialize with hearing people, he thought. bell tried to start a new law that would make it illegal for deaf people to marry each other. He ... (46) ... up his idea when he realized that such a law could not be enforced.

Bell also had strong feelings about the ... (47) ... of deaf children. He wanted deaf children to be with hearing children in school. He thought that the deaf children could learn normal behavior from the hearing children. Bell was against the use of deaf teachers, too, because he thought this added to the ... (48) ... of a deaf "race" in America.

Bell had another theory, which he never proved. He believed that deaf children who signed would not have good English ... (49) .... He could never prove this, and now many people have tried to prove the opposite! A lot of new research shows that many deaf children whose parents sign (and are deaf) do ... (50) ... schoolwork than deaf children who do not sign at home!

41. A. blind B. dumb C. deaf D. dead

42. A. stop B. support C. help D. encourage

43. A. observe B. describe C. support D. visit

44. A. larger B. separate C. nicer D. worse

45. A. selfish B. upset C. shy D. careless

46. A. fixed B. gave C. wrote D. talked

47. A. discipline B. health C. safety D. education

48. A. ability B. loss C. problem D. cost

49. A. skills B. language C. knowledge D. vocabulary

50. A. better B. more C. easier D. slower

1. A. Protect B. Rotation C. Growing D. Erosion

2. A. Different B. Element C. Enrich D. Taken

3. A. Dirty B. City C. Animals D. Timber

4. A. Drainage B. Storage C. Age D. Shortage

5. A. Plastic B. Vapor C. Late D. Day

6. A. Informal B. Interested C. Poisonous D. Natural

7. A. Similar B. Capable C. Different D. Successful

8. A. Concentration B. Development C. Improvement D. Agreement

9. A. Narrow B. Useful C. Emblem D. Afraid

10. A. Adapt B. Brother C. Timber D. Meeting

11. The children began throwing stones ... the mad man.

A. at B. to C. over D. for

12. I ... my glasses and broke them.

A. fell B. dropped C. wore D. was wearing

13. He was the most ... paid member of staff.

A. high B. highest C. highly D. highliest

14. I ... had a heart attack when she told me the news.

A. near B. nearly C. almost nearly D. nearly almost

15. Most of the others were so young that they had ... any experience.

A. ever B. had C. hardly D. never

16. He ... the glass to his lips and drank the wine.

A. rose B. raised C. lift D. rised

17. The injured man was ... motionless on his back.

A. lying B. laying C. lain D. lied

18. I am ... several important letters but nothing has arrived.

A. expected B. looked forward to C. waiting for D. expecting

19. You ... finish your soup if you don’t like it.

A. must B. mustn't C. needn't D. haven't to

20. He has some important business to attend....

A. for B. with C. to D. X

21. Let's go ahead and do it now. Nothing ... by waiting.

A. accomplishes B. will be accomplished

C. has accomplished D. accomplished

22. English is popular in the world because....

A. it's the mother tongue of some countries

B. it's used in almost every field of life

C. it's spoken in the USA

D. all are correct

23. It takes years to ... a foreign language.

A. access B. master C. outnumber D. address

24. To his parents' great ..., he failed the exam.

A. disappoint B. disappointed C. disappointment D. disappointing

25. The sky is getting dark. It ... rain is on its way.

A. looks B. looks like C. seems to D. will be

Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one?

26. I like football and my brother does, too.

A. Both my brother and I like football.

B. Neither my brother nor I like football.

C. I like football more than my brother does.

D. I like football but my brother likes it more than me

27. The house is more expensive than we expect.

A. The house is expected to be expensive

B. The house is expected to be more expensive than it is

C. The house costs more than we expect

D. The house costs less than we expect.

28. The host made every effort to please her guests.

A. The host tried hard to please her guests.

B. The host didn’t please her guests.

C. The guests tried hard to please their host.

D. The guests didn't like the hostess

29. Unless you have a driving license, you aren't allowed to drive a motorbike.

A. Anyone who doesn't have a driving license mustn't ride a motorbike/

B. You can ride a motorbike whether you have a driving license or not

If you don't have a driving license, you must get it.

Anyone who is 18 can ride a motorbike.

30. It's difficult for me to do this test.

A. I'll try my best but I can't do this test.

B. I don't have any difficulty in doing this test.

C. I find it difficult to do this test.

D. I don't think I have any difficulty in doing this test.

31. I (A) have a very (B) interested job because (C) as a journalist I meet (D) many people.

32. My boss (A) watches me very closely and always lets me (B) know how I am (C) doing my job and always tells me if I am doing (D) bad.

33. You (A) probably have never (B) heard of my country or the town (C) where I live because they are very far (D) of your home.

34. I would like you (A) at see some pictures (B) of my country and I will attach them (C) to my next (D) report.

35. I (A) am trying since I was at school (B) to learn another foreign language (C) but it's very difficult (D) for me.

Not so many years ago, the world vitamin was known only to a few scientists. Today it is very widely used, and the importance of vitamins in our foods is common knowledge.

Vitamins are life-giving substances found in foods and are needed for the proper growth and general health of the body. The different kinds of vitamins are indicated by letters of the alphabet. At the present time, vitamins A, B1, B2, C, D, E and G are know. A proper diet should contain a collection of foods in which all of these vitamins are present. Vitamins are also prepared and sold in tablet and capsule form.

Each vitamin has its particular work to do in the life-giving process. Vitamin B1, for example, benefits appetite and digestion. It also helps the body grow. Another vitamin helps the blood to clot, so that danger of bleeding to death in case of injury is lessened. Still another makes the eyes stronger of seeing at night. Airplane pilots need plenty of this vitamin. Scientists think vitamins may have some effect on keeping the hair from turning gray.

36. Which of the following is not directly stated in the article but is a reasonable conclusion from the reading matter?

A. scientists have known about vitamins for centuries.

B. vitamins are medicines given to cure diseases.

C. to get all the vitamins a person must eat a variety of foods.

D. a few people know the value of vitamins.

37. This article as a whole is about....

A. diet in relation to health B. prevention of diseases

C. what vitamins are and what they do D. how scientists discovered vitamins.

38. We know the name of vitamins through....

A. the pictures B. the food

C. the letters of the alphabet D. the different tastes

39. The word "another" in the fourth sentence of the last paragraph refers to what word?

A. vitamin B. food C. diet D. medicine

40. Which sentence if NOT true?

A. vitamins can be taken only by eating the foods in which they are found

B. vitamins can be prepared in tablet and capsule form

C. vitamins have an important effect on health.

D. each vitamin has its particular work to do.

Captioned television

By the 1950s many American families owned television sets. During television's first 20 years, deaf people ... (41) ... most of the fun. They could not hear what was being said and had to guess.

Deaf people who watched television liked sports and action shows, but they were disappointed with ... (42) ... programs. If there was a lot of dialogue, deaf viewers couldn't follow the plot. Even the most skilled lip readers could only catch part of the talking. This frustrated many deaf people.

In the late 1960s, a man started experimenting. Malcolm Norwood thought that deaf people could ... (43) ... television programs, too. He wanted to develop captions for the programs. Norwood worked for the federal government's Media Services and Captioned Films Division at the Bureau of Education of the Handicapped.

Norwood surveyed many hearing Americans. He wanted to see how they felt about seeing captions on the television screen. Too many people were against the ... (44) .... Norwood realized he had to develop another way of captioning - one that would not ... (45) ... hearing people.

In October of 1971, Norwood's ... (46) ... signed a contract with WGBH-TV, a public television station in Boston. WGBH was hired to experiment with captions. They agreed to ... (47) ... a captioned television program for Norwood. That program was made. It was shown on television and at a special convention.

The type of captions made by WGBH could be ... (48) ... on any television. No special equipment was needed. These were called "open captions".

Later, a new machine was invented. This device was made to send signals on a special part of the television picture. The signals could be captions. If a family had another kind of machine in their home or in their TV set, then the captions (or signals) would ... (49) ... on their television screen. Without the machine, no captions would be seen. That special machine is called a decoder. It receives the signals transmitted from the television station. Captions that ... (50) ... a decoder are called "closed captions".

41. A. missed B. spoiled C. shared D. created

42. A. racing B. local C. color D. other

43. A. write B. recommend C. enjoy D. ignore

44. A. questions B. law C. idea D. sound

45. A. interest B. help C. bother D. teach

46. A. company B. office C. students D. channel

47. A. make B. do C. have D. write

48. A. describe B. confuse C. require D. block

49. A. appear B. disappear C. show D. happen

50. A. seen B. put C. turned D. had