TEST 1
Part 1: Phonetics:
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group
1. A. tolerant B. horrible C. occupied D. reasonable
2. A. resource B. preserve C. conserve D. position
3. A. odour B. honour C. pour D. vapour
4. A. paint B. reclaim C. drainage D. certain
5. A. lemon B. son C. bacon D. iron
Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group
6. A. eardrum B. abound C. decree D. account
7. A. anchor B. disposal C. adverb D. welfare
8. A. solidity B. supervisor C. perversity D. impudence
9. A. birthmark B. anthem C. guidance D. immense
10. A. applicant B. sulphuric C. odourless D. logical
Part 2: Vocabulary - grammar and structures
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D
11. He made too_______ mistakes in his writing.
A. little B. much C. few D. many
12. She hasn’t written to me _______ we met last time.
A. before B. since C. ago D. for
13. I worked_______ hard that I felt very tired.
A. such B. too C. enough D. so
14. He is bored_______ doing the same thing every day.
A. of B. to C. for D. with
15. This question is _______ difficult for me.
A. enough B. to C. such D. too
16. Vehicles also account _______ air pollution in the city.
A. on B. to C. with D. for
17. He said he _______ for five hours.
A. has been working B. has worked C. worked D. had been working
18. They were_______ when they read the result.

A. He isn’t good at getting a good job B. He isn't interested in getting a good job
C. He is good at getting a good job D. He is only interested in getting a good job
Choose a word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting
31. Every year Bob and Alice (A) spend a few (B) day (C) at the same hotel (D) by the sea.
32. (A) Because of the light, the town seemed (B) differently from the way I (C) had (D) remembered it.
33. James (A) which has (B) just received a promotion is the (C) best worker (D) of our Company.
34. The boy (A) whom I spoke (B) to on the phone last night (C) is very interested (D) on Mathematics.
35. Our teacher (A) told us that we (B) had done our (C) homeworks very (D) carefully.
Part 3: Reading
Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D.
Every year students from many countries learn English. Some of these students are young children.
Other are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English
just by hearing the language in films, on television, in the office or among their friends. But not many are
lucky enough to do that. Most people must work hard to learn another language.
Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and
girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and
mathematics… and English. In England or America, or Australia many boys and girls study their own
language, which is English, and Mathematics,… and another language, perhaps French, or German, or
Spanish….
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their
higher studies because some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn English
because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.
36. According to the writer.
A. English is popular in much of the world
B. Only adults learn English.
C. English is useful only to teenagers.
D. No children like learning English
37. Many people learn English by
A. taking with the film stars B. hearing the language in the office
C. watch video only D. working hard on their lessons.

11. d 12. b 13. d 14. d 15. d 16. d 17. d 18. a 19. a 20. b
21. B 22. a 23. a 24. b 25. d 26. a 27. b 28. a 29. d 30. b
31. b 32. b 33. a 34. d 35. c 36. a 37. d 38. d 39. b 40. c
41. a 42. d 43. d 44. a 45. c 46. b 47. c 48. c 49. b 50. d
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