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Class 12…. ENGLISH TEST 2
PART I: PHONETICS
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others.
1. A. says B. bays C. days D. rays
2. A. repeats B. coughs C. amuses D. attacks
3. A. walks B. begins C. helps D. cuts
4. A. happen B. calculate C. add D. radius
5. A. missed B. worked C. realized D. watched
II. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from the others.
6. A. majority B. minority C. partnership D. enjoyable
7. A. appearance B. measurement C. counterpart D. cultural
8. A. romantic B. following C. summary D. physical
9. A. determine B. appearance C. develop D. difference
10. A. contractual B. significant C. Asian D. demanding
PART II: VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
I. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, D that best complete each sentence.
11. A ……… knit community is the one in which relationships are very close.
A. close B. closely C. tightly D. B and C
12. Mr Brown is bored with doing the ………… chores.
A. household B. housework C. homework D. house-keeping
13. Our parents ……………. to give us a nice house and a happy home.
A. shake hands B. give hands C. join hands D. close hands
14. The boys are …………… sometimes.
A. mischievously B. mischievous C. mischief D.mischieve
15. An article in the newspaper …………….my attention.
A. caught B. attracted C. got D. All are correct
16. I’m going on holiday on Sunday. This time next week I ………. on a beach.
A. will lie B. am lying C. will be lying D. should be lying

American families fit the traditional mold and another third consists of married couple who
either have no children or have none still living at home. Of the final one, about 20 percent of
the total number of American households are single people, usually woman over sixty-five years
old. A small percentage, about 3 percent of the total, consists of unmarried people who choose to
live together, and the rest, about 7 percent, are single, usually divorced parents, with at least one
child. Today, these varied family types are typical, and therefore, normal. Apparently, many
Americans are achieving supportive relationships in family forms other than the traditional one.
26. With what topic is the passage mainly concerned?
A. The traditional American family
B. The nuclear family
C. The current American family
D. The ideal family
27. The author implies that
A. there have always been a wider variety of family arrangements in the United States.
B. racial, ethnic, and religious groups have presented the traditional family structure.
C. the ideal American family in the best structure.
D. fewer married couples are having children.
28. The word “current” in the second sentence of paragraph 2 could be best replaced by
which of the following?
A. typical B. present C. perfect D. traditional
29. According to the passage, married couples whose children have grown or who have no
children represent
A. 33 percent of households. B. 20 percent of households.
C. 7 percent of households. D. 3 percent of households.
30. Who generally constitutes a one-person household?
A. A single man in his twenties B. A elderly man.
C. A single woman in her late sixties. D. A divorced woman II. Choose the word or phrase that best fit the blank in the following passage.