MOCK TEST TWENTY – NINE
1 – 3. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that or
the others:
1. A. sound B. touch C. down D. account
2. A. blood B. pool C. food D. tool
3. A. university B. unique C. unit D. undo
4 – 5. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others:
4. A. astonished B. obstacle C. disposal D. apparent
5. A. advertiser B. history C. difficulty D.adventurous
6 – 25. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fist the blank space in each
sentence:
6. They can only cure him_____ his illness if they operate_____ him
A. of / on B. at / with C. in / at D. over / to
7. I won’t stay_____ bed. I’ll just lie down_____ the bed for half an hour.
A. in / on B. into / out C. at / in D. on / in
8. I’m disgusted_____ Stephen_____ the way Stephen treats Julia.
A.with / at B. at / in C. for / off D. to / over.
9. Emma’s mother will be______ the crowd.
A. between B. among C. beside D. around
10. I’ve seen the Prime Minister on television, but I’ve never seen him_____ person.
A. by B. on C. of D. in
11. Building a new factory there would be_____ disastrous.
A. environment B. environmental
C. environmentalist D. environmentally
12. _____ about the company’s future meant that few people wanted to invest money in
it.
A. certain B. uncertain C. certainly D. uncertainly
13. People with very_____ skin shouldn’t go sunbathing for long periods.
A. sensitive B. sensible C. sensitivity D. sense
14. If you walk along this lane you wiil see the signpost_____ to the beach.
A. pointing B. showing C. directing D. indicating

In most cases, you can transplant a tree (26)_____ at any time if you (27)_____
the instructions for planting a tree. The most important thing is to (18)_____ enough
roots, but this (29)_____ is difficult with a large tree.
When you dig out the tree, leave (30)_____ of earth around its roots. This ball of
earth should (31)_____ about s foot wide for every inrich of the tree trunk’s diameter.
Dig (32)_____ enough to avoid (33)_____ too many taproots.
Its is wise to call in a (34)_____ tree expert to (35)_____ a tree more than a few
inches in trunk diameter.
26. A. successfully B. wonderfully
C. splenddidly D.majestically
27. A. accept B. approve

C. follow D. obey
28. A. find out B. dig out
C. take out D. excavate
29. A.method B. procedure
C. way D. process
30. A.mass B. bunch
C. ball D. block
31. A. measure B. occupy
C. take D. appear
204
32. A. far B. wide
C. shallow D. deep
33. A. falling off B. cutting off
C. taking off D. damaging
34. A. well – known B. celebrated
C. noted D. professional
35. A. plant B. transplant
C. grow D. cut

factors except_____.
A. have patience
B. making personal contacts with people in the company
205
C. understanding how a record company functions
D. playing music that sounds like music of famous bands
39. According to the passage, the Publicity and Promotions department_____.
A. has the final decision in producing an album
B. handles the recording arrangements for the band
C. sends representatives to look for new talent
D. visits bars and nicht clubs
40. I can be inferred from the passage that_____
A. the music industry is full opportunities for yuong bands
B. the A&R department has a very large staff
C. most bands do not fully understand how record companies operate
D. the cost of recording an album is very expencive
41 – 43. Complete the sentence by choosing A, B, C or D:
41. Helen Kelly lost both her sight and hearing after a severe illness_____.
A. of her age in 19 momths
B. she was 19 months old
C. when she was 19 months old
D. when 19 months old she was
42. Total weight of all the ants in the word is much grester than_____
A. to all human beings B. all human beings is that
C. that of all human beings D. is of all human beings
43. Some of the rainwater from clouds evaporates before_____
A. reaching the ground B. to reach the ground
B. reach the ground D. the ground reaches
44 – 45. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that is nearest in maening to the
sentence printed before them:

A B C
the planet Pluto evident .
D
_______o0o_______
THE END