MOCK TEST THREE

1 – 3. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the others:

1. A. purple B. thirst
C. journey D. there
2. A. month B. boss
C. shop D. got
3. A. rate B. late
C. private D. educate

4 – 5. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of
the others:

4. A. employment B. recycle
C. recorder D. interesting
5. A. valuable B. impossible
C. responsible D. conditional
4 – 5. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space
in each sentence:
6. Paris lies_______ the river Thames
A. over B. next
B. on D. at
7. The child hurt himself badly when he fell_______ the bedroom window.
A. out from B. out of
C. down D. over
8. He liked to sit _______ the river and fish.
A. at B. next

18. ________ amount of money can buy true friendship
A. no B. never
C. none D. not only
19. When you _______ him give him my best wishes.
A. will visit B. would visit
C. visit D. have visited
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20. She ______ drive to the station everyday but then she suddenly decided to walk
instead.
A. was used to B. had used to
C. was using to D. used to
21. _______ you hurry, you won’t catch the bus.
A. as B. although
C. except D. unless
22. I _______ be delighted to show you round the factory.
A. ought to B. would
C. might D. intend to
23. Her father won’t _______ her drive his car.
A. allow B. let
C. leave D. permit
24. If you ______ to London tomorrow, telephone me first.
A. are going B. were going
C. run D. had been going
25. Don’t hurry! There is no need _______
A. running B. to run
C. run D. you run
26 - 35. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in
the following passage:
In the past few years ballooning has become a (n) (26) _______ sport in the UK .
Although it is still quite expensive (27) ________ with other sports, many people now

34. A. are B. be
C. were D. have
35. A. likes B. same
C. ones D. similar
36 - 40. Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C
or D
Acid rain is rain containing a certain amount of nitric acid which has been
discharged into atmosphere from factories. It is extremely harmful to out health and the
environment.
In America , the people are becoming more concerned about the dangers caused
by acid rain. Researchers have found that an increasing number of babies have died
because of it. Acid rain harms the lungs of the babies.

Acid rain is also harmful to the lives of fishes. When acid rain is mixed with the
water of the rivers and lakes, the fishes cannot reproduce themselves. This is because
the water is too acidic. If we consume such fishes, we can get food poisoning. Such rain
destroys the natural vegetation and causes fertile soil to be infertile. Buildings and
statues can also be corroded.
Since acid rain is caused by the release of certain chemicals into the atmosphere,
the government recommends that health measures be taken seriously. Certain industries
are prevented by law to release nitrogen acid and sulphur dioxide into the air. This
reduces the health hazard. The problem of acid rain is clear which has not been solved.
The rain from one country can be a danger another. It happens when the wind brings the
acid rain to a nearby country.
36. What has recent research found out about acid rain?
A. Acid rain evaporates fast.
B. Acid rain is good.
C. Acid rain can increase the death of babies as well as damage lungs.
D. Acid rain is very powerful.
37. What happens when lakes and rivers become too acidic?

B. develop otitis media
C. the development of otitis media
D. to develop otitis media
43. Many bugs possess defensive scent glands and emit disagreeable odors when
________
A. disturbed B. are disturbed
C. they disturbed D. are they disturbed
44 – 45. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that is nearest in meaning to the
sentence printed before them.
44. The river was rough and they did not dare to swim across it.
A. If the river were rough, they would to swim across it.
B. It was such a rough river that they swim across it.
C. The river was so rough that they didn’t dare to swim across it.
D. The river was not rough enough for them to swim.
45. He couldn’t come because of his serious illness.
A. He was so ill that he could come.
B. He could come because he was ill.
C. Because he had been seriously ill, he could come.
D. His serious illness prevented him from coming.

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46 – 50.Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting:
46. Light can travels from the Sun to the Earth in eight minutes and twenty
A B C
seconds.
D
47. Every human typically have twenty-three pairs of chromosomes in most cells.
A B C D
48. Most sedimentary rocks start forming when grains of clay, silt , or sandy settle
A B C