Exercises 12
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PRACTICE TEST
I. PHONETICS
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each
group.
1. a. young b. about c. account d. sound
2. a. astronaut b. anchor c. spaceman d. capsule
3. a. Christmas b. anchor c. chemistry d. cheque
4. a. deliver b. different c. diagram d. disease
5. a. hurl b. pull c. June d. would
6. a. allow b. how c. account d. country
7. a. trade b. payment c. relation d. bank
8. a. value b. change c. actual d. transaction
9. a. holder b. bore c. important d. score
10. a. credit b. service c. letter d. specified
2. Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
1. a. farmer b. farewell c. factory d. fairy
2. a. cattle b. country c. canal d. cover
3. a. money b. machine c. many d. mother
4. a. borrow b. agree c. await d. prepare
5. a. government b. condition c. Parliament d. fortunate
II. VOCABULARY
1. Choose the best answer
1. The person who writers symphonies or concertos is a _____ .
a. composer b. conductor c. pianist d. playwright
2. We call the very large group of musicians that includes string and wind instruments a(n) _____ .
a. band b. musical c. orchestra d. trio
3. The police are _____ an incident which took place this afternoon.
a. inspecting b. searching c. looking out d. investigating

8. a. viewing b. seeing c. sightseeing d. looking
9. a. picnic b. trip c. guide d. entertainment
10. a. flights b. travels c. journeys d. trips
III. GRAMMAR. Choose the best answer
1. Tuberculosis _____ an infectious disease. a. was b. has been c. would be d. is
2. Pasteur _____ in the 19th century.
a. was living b. lived c. had lived d. has lived
3. Since 1980, scientists the world over _____ a lot of things to fight against AIDS.
a. have done b. are doing c. did d. had done
4. At present, they _____ with the medicines to cure this terrible disease. a. have experimented
b. are going to experiment c. are experimenting d. have been experimenting
5. Many people _____ of malaria, smallpox before the process of vaccination was invented in the 19th
century. a. have diedb. had died c. would die d. were dying
6. Our government _____ a system of private schools in a near future.
a. was developing b. has developed c. would develop d. is going to develop
7. The doctor said that his appetite _____ him restore his health quickly.
a. has helped b. helps c. would help d. is helping
8. Now my sister _____ a bicycle of her own.
a. is having b. are having c. has d. had
9. A football team _____ chiefly of 12 players.
a. composed b. composes c. comprised d. comprises
10. This is the first time I _____ here. a. am b. have been c. was d. be
11. Last week, my professor promised that he _____ today.
a. would come b. will come c. comes d. coming
12. My girl friend arrived after I _____ for her about half an hour.
a. was waiting b. had been waiting c. have been waiting d. have waited
13. Did she say she _____ him tomorrow?
a. has visited b. will visit c. would visit d. is going to visit
14. _____ to rain before you woke up this morning?
a. Did it begin b. Has it begun c. Had it begun d. Would it begin

10. (A) The members of the orchestra (B) had to arrived an hour (C) prior to (D) the performance for a
short rehearsal.
V. READ THE TEXT CAREFULLY AND THEN CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWERS.
Galileo Galileo was born in 1564 in the city of Pisa, Italy. About twenty years later he attended the
University of Pisa. At first he wanted to become a doctor, but while he was there he became interested in
science and decided to become a scientist. In 1592, a year after his father's death, the University of Padua
invited him to be a professor of mathematics. He stayed there for 19 years, where he became interested in the
stars. He made an instrument which made far-away things look larger and easier to examine. This was called
the telescope. When he was studying the stars, he discovered that the "stars" which moved were not really
stars, but worlds like the earth. He proved the Copernicus was right; the earth and the planets indeed moved
around the sun.
1. Galileo attended the University of Pisa in _____ .
a.1564 b.1584 c.1592 d.1593
2. Galileo's father died _____ .
a. in 1591 b. in 1592 c. in 1593 d. when he was studying the stars.
3. He made the telescope because he wanted _____ .
a. to become a good professor of mathematics b. to prove that Copernicus was right
c. to discover some new planets d. to study the stars
4. The telescope helped him _____ . a. to examine far-away things easily
b. to look everything around him early c. to see the earth d. to discover new planets
5. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Galileo was interested in the stars b. Galileo made an instrument to study the stars
c. Galileo proved that the earth and the planets moved around the sun.
d. Galileo discovered that the stars which moved were not really stars
VI. STRUCTURES
Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one.
1. Somebody cleans the room every day.
a. The room every day is cleaned. b. The room is every day cleaned.
c. The room is cleaned every day. d. The room is cleaned by somebody every day.
2. They cancelled all flights because of fog.

1.b 3.a 5.b 7.c 9.b 2.b 4.a 6.b 8.d 10.b
V.
1.b 2.a 3.d 4.a 5.c
VI.
1.c 2.b 3.a 4.b 5.a
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