PRACTICE TEST 4

Questions 1 - 3: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Mark your
choice on the answer sheet.
1. A. dead B. meat C. heat D. tease
2. A. books B. dogs C. cats D. maps
3. A. plough B. town C. cow D. tow
Question 4 – 5: Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others by
circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.
4. A. hunger B. famine C. believe D. painful
5. A. register B. devotee C. catalogue D. maximum
Questions 6 - 30: These are incomplete sentences. Choose one best option to complete each
sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. Mark your choice on the answer
sheet.
6. ________ please get in touch with the police.
A. Anyone who saw the accident B. Anyone who would see the accident
C. Would anyone who saw the accident D. Would who saw the accident
7. The bathroom is ________ the bedroom and the kitchen.
A. right B. next C. between D. left
8. The news _______ may not be true.
A. that the prisoner will be released B. when the prisoner will be released
C. of released the prisoner C. about the prisoner release
9. Go straight on and ________ the third turning on the right.
A. take B. get C. make D. catch
10. At the station, we often see the sigh “________ for pickpockets”.
A. Watch on B. Watch out C. Watch up D. Watch at
11. The school ________ a system of monthly tests in place of an annual exam.
A. gathered B. took C. collected D. adopted
12. Would you be kind ________ to open the door for me?
A. much B. enough C. of D. with
13. ________ he has continued to work on his thesis.

24. ________ she burst into tears.
A. When to see her father B. When seeing her father C. On seeing her father D. If
seeing her farther
25. She left very early ________.
A. so she be at home when he arrived B. so as to be at home when he
arrived
C. so as that to be at home when he arrived D. so that to be at home when
he arrived
26. They _________ for Japan at 10.30 tomorrow.
A. will be leaving B. have left C. are left D. will
have left
27. I _________ the hot weather in the south.
A. used to B. use to C. uses to D. am
used to
28. My mother said _________ my study results the year before.
a. she is satisfied with b. she is satisfied to c. she was satisfied to d. she
was satisfied with
29. _________ told me this refused to give his name.
a. The man whom b. The man whom was c. The man who was d. The
man who
30. The police are searching for a tall dark man _________ a beard.
a. on b. in c. and d. with
Question 31 – 35: In these sentences, each one has four underlined words or phrases marked
A, B, C, and D. Choose the one word or phrase that must be changed in order for the
sentence to be correct by circling letter A, B, C, or D. Mark your answer in the answer
sheet.
31. It was not until the 1920s that publicity about valuable stamps encouraging a large
increase in the number of
A B C D
stamp collectors.

fully the food, minerals, and energy source of the sea will be largely solved.
36. The major things that the sea offers man are ________
A. fish and oil B. minerals and oil C. food, energy sources, and minerals D.
ocean currents and waves
37.

The sea serves the needs of man as _________

A. it provides man with food B. it offers oil and other valuable sources
C. it provides man with modern technology D. both A and B
38. We can conclude from the passage that ___________
A. the sea resources have largely been used up. B. the sea, in a broad sense, has not yet
been developed.
C. the problems that prevent us from fully exploiting the sea have already been solved
D. by the year 2000, the technology will be good enough to exploit all the se resources
39.The words Oriental people in the fourth paragraph means ________________ _
A. people in Asia B. people in Africa C. European people D. American people
40. The best title for this paragraph is __________
A. Seafood B. Technology for Exploiting the Sea C. Sea Harvest
D. Man and the Sea

Questions 41 - 45
: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option
to fit each space by circling the letter A, B, C, or D. Mark Your choice on the answer
sheet.
If women choose to pursue a career once they have children, they often miss out on a
close (41) ______with their children. Helen Jamieson is a mother of three who has given (42)
______work to look after her children full-time. She strongly believes that women are pressurized
to do too much, driving themselves to the absolute limit. In her own case, after six years of paid
employment, Helen finally decided to call it a day. She says she initially found it hard being at

D. It was stupid for him to give up his job when he needed the money.
49. We! not survive! start/ work! cleaner/ safer/ energy/ sources.
A. We won't survive so we start working on cleaner, safer sources of energy.
B.We won't survive although we start working on cleaner, safer sources 0 energy.
C. We won't survive unless we start working on cleaner, safer sources 0 energy.
D. We won't survive otherwise we start working on cleaner, safer sources 0 energy.
50. Opinion/ violent movies/ not/ show/ television.
A.With my opinion, violent movies should not be shown on television.
B.For my opinion, violent movies should not be shown on television.
C.In my opinion, violent movies should not be shown on television.
D.To my opinion, violent movies should not be shown on television.