TEST 9
Part 1: Phonetics:
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group
1. A. food B. blood C. boots D. booth
2. A. promote B. promise C. proper D. profit
3. A. legal B. petal C. pedal D. level
4. A. conceal B. pizza C. zoo D. success
5. A. item B. idiom C. idle D. ideal
Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group
6. A. ere B. Japan C. April D. laser
7. A. divisible B. holiday C. dynamo D. surgery
8. A. indent B. remove C. function D. attach
9. A. manager B. feudalism C. telephone D. foundation
10. A. Germany B. gradually C. pavement D. reception
Part 2: Vocabulary - grammar and structures
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D
11. I regret_____ my friend to my party.
A. not to invite B. inviting not C. I didn’t invite D. not inviting
12. Surgeons use a_____ to perform an operation.
A. scalpel B. razor blade C. sword D. knife
13. We set off early_____ we wouldn’t stuck in the traffic.
A. because B. so that C. although D. in case
14. On arriving home I found that she_____ just a few minutes before.
A. left B. was leaving C. leaves D. had left
15. She is accustomed_____ getting up early
A. at B. in C. with D. to
16. He has been_____ from school very often recently.
A. absent B. present C. different D. safe
17. The hotel_____ we stayed wasn't very comfortable
A. which B. where C. that D. who
18. He always wears clothes_____ are too small for him

B. Traveling by air always makes me nervous
C. I never travel by air because I sometimes feel nervous.
D. I am always nervous, so I never travel by air
29. We couldn't go out because the weather was so bad.
A. It was so bad a weather that we couldn't go out.
B. It was such a bad weather that we couldn't go out
C. It was so bad weather that we couldn't go out
D. It was such bad weather that we couldn’t go out
30. They understand more than we do
A. we don't understand as much as they do
B. we don’t understand anything at all
C. they don't understand everything inside out
D. they are very intelligent
Choose a word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting
31. I went (A) to the library (B) to get (C) as many information (D) as I could.
32. (A) When (B) it is possible, I (C) will help you (D) later today.
33. (A) No matter what happens, he (B) will not let me (C) to borrow (D) his computer.
34. I think (A) it is a (B) spend (C) of money to buy (D) cigarettes.
35. (A) Tonight I'm (B) going to stay (C) at home (D) with meself.
Part 3: Reading
Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D.
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REBECCA STEVENS
Rebecca Stevens was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. Before she went up the highest
mountain in the world, she was a journalist and lived in a small flat in south London.
In 1993, Rebecca left her job and her family and traveled to Asia with some other climbers.
She found that life on Everest is hard. "You must carry everything on your back", she explained, "so
you can only take things that you will need. You can't wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn’t
even take a toothbrush. I am usually a clean person but there is no water, only snow. Water is very
heavy so you only take enough do drink"

already have no-smoking areas in public places, and that this should be enough. To my mind,
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however, non-smokers should also be free-free to go anywhere they choose without riskjing their
health.
Smoking is harmful not just to smokers but to non-smokers, too. If some people are foolish
enough to continue this dangerous habit, it seems to me that they should at least be prevented
(50)_______ doing so in public.
41. A. Surveys B. Conducts C. Statistics D. Evidence
42. A. damage B. destroy C. spoil D. hurt
43. A. thanks to B. in spite of C. because of D. due to
44. A. theyB. these C. those D. things
45. A. definite B. indefinite C. indefinitely D. definitely
46. A. sit B. to sit C. sitting D. sat
47. A. AddB. Adding C. To add D. Added
48. A. for B. as C. like D. such
49. A. protest B. object C. refuse D. deserve
50. A. for B. at C. from D. in
1. b 2. a 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. b 7. a 8. c 9. d 10.d
11.d 12.a 13.b 14.d 15.d 16.a 17.b 18.a 19.c 20.c
21.c 22.c 23.b 24.a 25.d 26.c 27.c 28.b 29.d 30.a
31.c 32.d 33.c 34.b 35.d 36.a 37.d 38.a 39.d 40.b
41.c 42.a 43.b 44.c 45.d 46.b 47.d 48.c 49.a 50.c
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