SHOULD YOU BE A
SCIENTIST ?
TEST 1
I. Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the others
1. a. heroic b. heroin c. heroine d.
heroism
2. a. son b. sonic c. some d.
sometime
3. a. injured b. injury c. injurious d. injure
4. a. rather b. hare c. father d. chance
5. a. hatred b. sacred c. warned d. decided
II. Choose the right word or phrase that best completes the sentence
6. It is necessary that you _____ here at 7 am tomorrow.
a. will be being b. be c. would be d. would
have been
7. Listen to what I am staying, _____ ?
a. don’t you b. mind you c. do you d. will you
8. I took it back to the shop _____ I had bought it.
a. where b. which c. that d. from
that
9. I wish you _____ me a new one instead of having it _____ as you did.
a. gave / to repair b. would give / to repair
c. had given / repaired d. had given / to be repaired
10. You can rely _____ him. He always keeps his promise.
a. with b. in c. for d. on
11. Our flight was delayed _____ the heavy fog.
a. as result b. because c. on account d. due to
12. I don’t think he’s qualified _____ that job.
a. in b. for c. to d. with
13. Eagles are protected by law, but they are _____ with extinction.
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c. could but he didn’t want to d. didn’t succeed in solving it
23. He’s always trying _____ me.
a. to avoid to meet b. to avoid meeting c. avoiding meeting d.
avoiding to meet
24. They hardly do anything nowadays, _____ ?
a. don’t they b. aren’t they c. isn’t it d. do they
25. He asked me _____ to her party the day before.
a. whether I come b. if I would come c. if I had come d.
whether I came
IV. Choose the words or phrases that not correct in standard English
26. I have been having headaches so often later that I think I ought to see a doctor.
a b c d
27. When given a choice between a microwave and an exercise machine, Helen said
she could
a b
c
rather have the former.
d
28. The young girl often wondered where at the estuary did the river form little rivulets.
a b c d
29. The writer Thomas Easley says I wanted to be a writer and that he still has the
urge to be one.
a b c
d
30. The salesman’s introduction was enough interesting to get me curious about what
he had to say
a b c
further.
d
31. Scientific people cooperate with together no matter what their nationalities are.

45. a. is b. were c. be d. are
VI. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c or d) that best
answers each of the questions about it
HOW INSTRUMENTS AID THE SCIENTIST
Instruments are means of extending man’s senses. What man could not see in the
sky with the naked eyes, he could see with the telescope. The microscope enables man
to see minute organisms that have been invisible. The radio helps him hear sounds
across vast distance.
Instruments tell man what conditions are like at the bottom of the ocean, among
stars in outer space, or within the firing champer of an internal combustion engine.
Instruments for these and other purposes extend man’s measurements of the physical
and biological worlds.
46. What instruments helps man see things in the sky ?
a. combustion engine b. the telescope
c. the microscope d. the radio
47. The microscope enables man _____ .
a. to see things in the sky
b. to make more accurate measurements
c. to hear sounds
d. to see minute organisms that are not visible
48. The radio helps man _____ .
a. to hear distant sounds
b. to see minute organism
c. to see invisible things
d. to make more accurate measurements
49. What don’t instruments do ?
a. They tell about conditions of the ocean. b. They give time duration.
c. They could see with their naked eyes. d. They give size.
50. How can instruments help man’s senses ?
a. They make his eyes wider. b. They make his senses last