Unit 14 practice 2

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UNIT 14: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

PRACTICE 2

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is

pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

1. A. industry B. agency C. poverty D. qualify

2. A. social B. colleague C. country D. technique

3. A. progam B. patient C. famine D. damage

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word which is stressed

differently from the rest.

4. A. establish B. educate C. regional D. operate

5. A. encourage B. dependent C. minister D. agreement

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the

following sentences.

6. One of the tasks of the Red Cross is to support local …………….. care projects.

A. health B. healthy C. healthful D. healthily

7. All payments to the ICRC are ……………….. and are received as donations.

A. volunteer B. voluntary C. voluntarily D. voluntariness

8. UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, …………. and Cultural organization.

A. Scientifically B. Scientist C. Science D. Scientific

9. She sustained severe head ……… after being thrown from her horse.

A. injure B. injured C. injuries D. injurious

10. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent ………….. occurs once every four years.

A. Globe B. Society C. Conference D. Nations

11. A ………… is a very large wave, often caused by an earthquake, that flows onto the land and

destroys things.

A. famine B. catastrophe C. tsunami D. flood

12. The WHO’s major task is to combat diseases, and to promote the general ……….of the people

around the world.

A. condition B. employment C. health D. wealth

13. The International Red Cross main …….. is to protect human life and health.

A. experience B. organization C. rule D. mission

14. Fifty per cent of road accidents results ……………… head injuries.

A. from B. with C. by D. in

15. The organization was ……………… in 1950 in the USA.

A. come around B. set up C. made out D. put on

16. The bomb ……………… in the garage; fortunately no one hurt.

A. put on B. went off C. got out D. kept up

17. They had to ……………… their trip because of the bad weather.

A. get through B. put off C. keep up with D. go over

18. Did your son ………………the university entrance examination?

A. make up B. get along C. go up D. get through

19. took me a very long time to ……………… the shock of her death.

A. turn off B. take on C. get over D. keep up with

20. What may happen if John will not ………………in time?

A. go along B. count on C. keep away D. turn up