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TEST 14 Part 1: Phonetics:
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from the rest in each group
646. A. meat B. eat C. each D. bread
647. A. hurt B. further C. sure D. burn
648. A. round B. noun C. found D. rough
649. A. thank B. that C. think D. thing
650. A. noticed B. booked C. stopped D. provided

Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from
the rest in each group
651. A. apple B. butter C. mother D. advance
652. A. ordinary B. massage C. adventure D. addition
653. A. preservation B. aspiration C. miraculous
D. graduation
654. A. manage B. moustache C. maintain D. arrive
655. A. protection B. referee C. dictation D. increasing

Part 2: Vocabulary  grammar and structures
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D
656. John is______ soccer magazines.
A. interested B. interesting C. interested in D. interest
in
657. I like the job better than Bob______.
A. did B. do C. has done D. done
658. I'll give you another hour______

C. Would you mind to help D. Would you mind helping
669. ______ to the beach on the weekend.
A. Let's go B. Let's going C. Let's went D. Let's to go
670. Your taste in movies is very different______ mine.
A. from B. to C. with D. as

Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one?
671. I haven't been to London since I left my college
A. I went to London when I left my college
B. The last time I went to London was when I left my
college.
C. I have just been to London
D. I have been to London to visit my college.
672. The journey to Bristol took six hours.
A. It was a sixhour journey to Bristol B. It was a
sixhours journey
C. The journey to Bristol was short D. It was six
hour journey to Bristol
673. Mr. Smith is not as keen on gardening as he used to be.
A. Mr. Smith is very keen on gardening
B. Mr. Smith used to be keener on gardening
C. Mr. Smith likes gardening
D. Mr. Smith didn’t use to do the gardening
674. "Can I borrow your car, Helen?" said Mary.
A. Mary asked Helen if she can borrow her car.
B. Mary asked Helen if she could borrow her car
C. Mary asked Helen she can borrow her car.
D. Mary asked Helen she could borrow her car.
675. I didn’t tried hard, so I didn’t succeed
A. If I tried hard, I would succeed B. If I had

decided to build a house there, it became very fashionable.
The King continued to visit it until 1827, but Queen Victoria
did not like the house. It is open to the public every day and
there is a special exhibition there in the summer.
Brighton offers all kinds of entertainment, from concerts
and plays in the Theatre to local attractions like the
Aquarium.
The area of old houses known as The Lanes is a very
attractive shopping centre, where visitors can buy souvenirs
and antiques. The houses were once lived in by fishermen but
have now been converted into shops. Not far from The Lanes is
a modern shopping centre with licensed restaurants and tables
outdoors where you can enjoy a drink in good weather.
Brighton is within easy reach of London and has been a
popular day out for Londoners for many years.

681. When did Brighton begin to be popular with tourists?
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A. When Queen Victoria arrived B. When houses
were built
C. When King George IV arrived D. After 1800
682. Why did the town become popular?
A. because it's on the sea B. Because it was a fishing
village
C. Because Queen Victoria liked it D. Because the
King built a house there
683. What things does the text say can you do in Brighton?
A. Visit the fisherman B. Fish, shop
and swim

pullovers. Jenny couldn't find her favourite blue pullover and
it made her cry. I (46)_______ the whole wardrobe upside down
to find it, but of course it was no good. We were running
twenty minutes behind schedule when we left the house. In the
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car, Tony asked me if I had had his watch repaired. This might
make you believe that I'm a careless father, but I hadn't. I
told him that I had (47)_______ to the watchmaker's, but it
wouldn't be ready till Friday. Then Jenny tried to get me to
drive faster because she enjoys speed. We were late anyway, so
I obliged. But only till the next corner, where I was forced
to stop by a police car. They (48)_______ a breath test and
fined me for speeding. When I arrived at the office, I found
that my assistant hadn't been able to (49)_______ my letters.
That was the end. I decided I had had enough. I simply got my
secretary to bring me a cup of coffee and told her to
(50)_______ for that day. I sat down to my coffee and spent
the rest of the morning reading the papers.

686. A. have serviced it B. have it serviced C.
serviced it D. make it serviced
687. A. have her hair dyed B. have had
her hair dyed
C. have dyed her hair D. have her
hair to dye
688. A. got me fry B. made me fry C. had me to
fry D. made me to fry
689. A. got me feel bad B. made me feel bad C. had me
feel bad D. made me to feel bad