TEST 7
Part 1: Phonetics:
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group
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. vapour C. late D. day
Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group
6. A. informal B. interested C. poisonour 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
Part 2: Vocabulary - grammar and structures
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D
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 nothings has arrived

D. The house costs less than we expect.
28. The hostess made every effort to please her guests
A. The hostess tried hard to please her guests.
B. The hostess didn't please her guests.
C. The guests tried hard to please their hostess.
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.
Choose a word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting
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.
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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.
Part 3: Reading
Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D.
Not so many years ago, the world vitamin was known only to a few scientists. Today it is very

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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. Malcom 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