Practice test 01 pptx

Practice test 01

Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.

01. A. licence B. machine C. exciting D. prefer

02. A. relax B. mountain C. computer D. umbrella

03. A. information B. competition C. contribution D. television

04. A. receive B. frighten C. accident D.

promise

05. A. suitcase B. delayed C. police D.

together

Choose the word or phrase from the list that best completes each sentences.

06. Let's get her ................... us some water.

A. to bring B. brings C. bring D. bringing

07. We should get the house....................

A. rebuild B. to rebuild C. rebuilding D. rebuilt

08. He spoke in ................ that we couldn't hear him.

A. such a low voice B. such low voice C. so softly D. such a loud voice

09. There's been no ............... the weather for nearly three days now. It's rained non-stop.

A. improvement in B. improvement of C. improving D. improvement for

10. People have different ways of preparing....................

A. in exams B. to exams C. their exams D. for exams

11. Lack of sleep can have an noticeable .......................your performance at work.

A. effect on B. effect in C. affect in D. effect to

12. Next summer we are ........................ a swimming pool built in our back garden.

A. letting B. deciding C. having D. making

13. Recently there has been a marked reduction ......................... the number of people having foreign holidays.

A. in B. for C. of D. into

14. Some people deny the connection ..................... ill health.

A. of smoking and B. of smoking with C. between smoking and D. of smoking to

15. He lighted the candle ..................... I might read the note.

A. so that B. as long as C. because D. and

16. George took ....................... of the fine weather to do a day's work in his garden.

A. notice B. chance C. advantage D. charge

17. People who don't wait their turn in queues ....................... angry.

A. make me B. get be to me C. have me D. make me to be

18. Top fashion models often spend hundreds of pounds ............................

A. getting straightened their teeth. B. getting their teeth straightened.

C. straightening their teeth. D. having got their teeth straightened.

19. Some people tie a knot in their handkerchief ............................ they don't forget something important.

A. because B. so that C. so as D. in order

20. I agree with most of what you said, but I can't ........................ your idea of letting children leave school at 14.

A. keep up with B. put up with C. catch up with D. go along with

21. Tears not only ......................... foreign subtances from the eyes, but also contain chemicals that fight many

common pathogens.

A. washing B. are washing C. wash D. for washing

22. The first American ....................... a professional sculptor was a woman, Patience Lovell Wright.

A. she became as B. to become C. became D. who she become

23. ............................. forms of life, the most varied are the insect.

A. All are B. Of all C. All D. They are all

24. Every driver should carry a first ........................ kit in their vehicle.

A. aid B. emergency C. treat D. cure

25. When I told the doctor that I'd had earache for nearly a month he gave me a ................. for ear drops.

A. receipt B. recipe C. prescription D. ticket

26. Excessive exercise can ...................... a loss of appetite.