TEST 2
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. band b. later c. fax
d. back
2. a. tonight b. introduce c. movie
d. humor
3 a. mute b. humor c. junior
d. music
4. a. deaf b. reach c. speak
d. dream
5. a. speech b. March c. machine
d. children
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or
substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. Can you hurry up in the bathroom, I can’t hold _____ much longer.
a. against b. on
c. onto d.with
7. It’s raining _______ .Let’s go.
a. inside b. outside c.
insides d.outsides
8. You _________ hard today.
a. work b. are working c. works
d.worked
9. We _____ a big party for Debbie’s birthday.
a. annoyed b. arranged c. arrived
d.appeared
10. Don’t put the box there. - Put it _____ .
a. near b. here c. that
d.nearby
11. Jenny’s not here now. Can I take a(n) ________?
a. message b. advice c. news

605. Could you tell her to call me?
Secretary: OK, Ms. Curtis. I’ll give her the (26) ______ .
Ms. Curtis: Thank you very much. Goodbye.
21. a. with b. to c. about
d. 0
22. a. in b. out c. upstairs
d. downstairs
23. a. take b. leave c. give
d. hear
24. a. ask b. tell c. talk
d. speak
25. a. number b. numbers c. address d. place
26. a. telephone b. note c. news d.
message
V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of
the questions about it.
Nowadays, you don’t need to be at home or at the office to use the phone. You can carry a
mobile phone in your pocket or keep one in your car. With a mobile phone, anyone who can talk
and walk can also phone and walk. You don’t have to look for a pay phone to make a call
anymore.
Now you can take your calls with you everywhere.
pay phone = public telephone
27. What is the passage written about?
a. the office b. public telephone c. mobile
phone d.making a call
28. Nowadays, you ______ be at home or at the office to use the phone.
a. shouldn’t b. ought not to c.
mustn’t d.don’t have to
29. What does the word ‘one’ in line 2 refer to?
a. home b. office