Written test 45'''' B (second term 2nd time) potx

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CLASS: Written test 45' B (second term 2nd time)

I.A Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently

1. A. penalty B. eject C. defeat D. enthusiast

2. A. minor B. rival C. title D. windsurfing

3. A. prepared B. determined C. competed D. admired

B. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the other.

4. A. result B. digest C. wilderness D. compose

5. A. precision B. spectator C. reliable D. final

II. Choose the best answer:

6. Television __________ only for the last forty or fifty years.

A. must be existed B. has been existed C. was existed D. has existed

7. So far, many beautiful buildings, __________ built in Bangkok.

A. were B. have been C. are D. had been

8. __________ I’m sure he would have eaten it.

A. Had he been hungry C. However he had been hungry

Unless he had been hungry D. As if he had been hungry

9. I hope you don’t mind __________ to come and meet her.

A. to be asked B. you were asked C. being asked D. we asked you

10. The more you talk about the matter, __________.

A. the situation seems worse C. the worse the situation seems

B. the worse seems the situation D. the situation seems the worse

11. If the prisoners attempt to escape from prison __________.

A. he will catch B. they will catch

C. they will be caught D. the prisoners will have caught

12. If you like skiing, there is a ski _________ under an hour's drive from London.

A. station B. resort C. place D. port

13. In water polo only the goalie _________ the ball with both hands.

A. is allowed to touch B. is allowed touching

C. lets to touch D. is permitted touch

14. Snooker is a very popular ___________ sport in Britain. Most of the major tournaments are televised.

A. spectacle B. spectator C. audience D. viewed

15. Which of these is not a swimming style?

A. butterfly B. crawl C. breaststroke D. diving

III. Choose the word which best fits each gap of the passage:

HOW WE READ

Why did you decide to read this, and will you keep reading to the end? Do you expect to understand every

single part of it and will you remember anything about it in a fortnights’ (16)__________? Common sense (17)

__________that the answers to these questions depend on “readability” – whether the (18) ________ matter is

interesting, the arguments clear and the (19)_____ attractive. But psychologists are discovering that to (20)

__________ why people read – and often don’t read – technical information, they have to (21) __________ not so

much the writing as the reader.

Even the most technically confident people often (22) __________ instructions for the video or home

computer in favour of hands-on experience. And people frequently (23) __________ little notice of consumer

information, whether on nutritional labels or in the small print of contracts. Psychologists researching reading (24)

________ to assume that both beginners and (25) ________ readers read everything put in front of them from start

to finish. There are (26) __________ among them about the (27) __________ of eyes, memory and brain during the

process. Some believe that fluent readers take (28) __________ every letter or word they see; others (29)

__________ that readers rely on memory or context to carry them from one phrase to another. But they have always

assumed that the reading process is the same: reading starts, comprehension (30) __________ then reading stops.

16. A. term B. period C. time D. gap

17A. suggests B. transmits C. advises D. informs

18. A. subject B. topic C. content D. text

19. A. pattern B. formation C. layout D. assembly

20. A. ensure B. determine C. value D. rate

21. A. examine B. inquire C. trace D. calculate