PRACTICE TEST 38
I. Make the correct choice:
1. This river has been _______ by industrial waste.
a. purified b. contaminated c. cleaned d. darkened
2. Smoke from factories is a kind of ______ .
a. fertilizer b. smog c. pollutant d. vapour
3. A volcano ______ smoke and ashes.
a. emits b. throws c. gives d. erupts
4. Pure water is _____.
a. unpleasant b. colourful c. tasty d. odourless
5. He liked _______stamps.
a. collect b. collected c. collecting d. collection
6. They prefer beef ______ pork.
a. to b. than c. more than d. rather than
7. Don’t worry. I will protect you ______ harm.
a. with b. from c. about d. in
8. She reminds me ______ a girl I was at school with.
a. to b. about c. of d. with
9. We are looking forward ______ her again.
a. to see b. of seeing c. at seeing d. to seeing
10. I’m _____ of listening to the same thing again and again.
a. bored b. tired c. fed up d. interested
11. The President is going to ______ a speech about the international situation.
a. make b. perform c. do d. take
23.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. choice b. guidance c. intimacy d. prospect
24.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. place b. chase c. phrase d. purchase
25. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. Canadian b. relaxed c. humanity d. poverty
26. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:

3. What is the advantage of using the laser in ear surgery?
a. it can carry sounds to the nerves b. it doesn’t touch the surrounding tissues
c. it causes deafness d. it solidifies the bone
4. The word “invaluable”in line 1 is nearest in meaning to _____.
a. with no values b. penniless c. very valuable d. very cheap
5. Birthmarks absorb the laser beam strongly because_____.
a. they are almost untreatable b. they are conspicuous
c. they are red d. they can be treated
6. How is the laser used in birhmark treatment?
a. to seal blood vessels b. to absorb the laser beam
c. to harm normal cells d. to become conspicuous