PRACTICE TEST 39
I. Make the correct choice:
1.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. choice b. guidance c. intimacy d. prospect
2.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. place b. chase c. phrase d. purchase
3.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. smooth b. door c. tooth d. foot
4. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. Canadian b. relaxed c. humanity d. poverty
5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. hesitation b. revolution c. incomplete d. sentences
6. Hunger is a problem _____ the world.
a. through b. throughout c. all d. over
7. Mrs. Mai is sad _____ her poverty.
a. about b. with c. of d. at
8. Some forms of cancer are now ____ if they are discovered early.
a. curing b. cured c. to cure d. to have cured
9. Many people think _____ Faraday is the great inventor in history.
a. about b. if c. that d. of
10. The young man broke the chemical glassware because of his _____.
a. care b. carefulness c. careless d. being careless
11. Gary is ______ of the fact that he is never late.
a. sorry b. disappointed c. proud d. full
12. My new hi-fi kept _____ a funny noise.
a. making b. to make c. make d. made
13. ____ the students in our class speak English well.
a. Most b. A lot c. A few d. All
14. Every ____ in our company respects Mr. Ward.
a. employment b. employee c. employed d. unemployment
15. I’m not used ______ English on the phone.

30. I promised ________ on time. I mustn’t ________ late.
a. being / be b. to be / to be c. to be / be d. being / being
II.Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
31. Lots of people don’t seem to get used to queue.
a b c d
32. If you work hard, you would be successful in anything that you do.
a b c d
33. There are some interesting foreign students stay with your family.
a b c d
34. Jack London, that was the great American writer, wrote many famous novels.
a b c d
35. The United States lie between Canada and Mexico.
a b c d
III. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
Some people believe that soon schools will no longer (36) _____ necessary. These people say that (37) _____ the
Internet and other new technology, there is no longer any need for school buildings, formal classes, or teachers. Perhaps
this will be true one day, but it is hard (38) _____ me to imagine a world without schools. In fact, we need to look at (39)
_____ we can use new technology to make schools better not to eliminate them. We should invent a new kind of school that
is (40) _____ to libraries, museums, science centers, laboratories, and even corporations.
36.a. open b. close c. be d. make
37.a. in spite of b. because c. although d. because of
38.a. for b. of c. about d. with
39.a. what b. how c. if d. which
40.a. connected b. opened c. linked d. communicated
IV. Read the text carefully and then choose the correct answers:
Ernest Hemingway was one of the greatest American writers of his age. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in the family of
a doctor. In his schooldays, Ernest became an excellent sportman. He played football, swam, and boxed. At school he was a
successful pupil. He wrote poems for the school library magazine and edited the school newspaper. In 1918, he joined the
army and was given a job of driving American Red Cross ambulances on the Italian front. Two months later, he was badly
wounded in the leg. He was taken to a hospital in Milan where he had twelve operations. In 1923, his first work, “Three

50. house / white wall / my uncle’s.
a. The house whose wall is white is my uncle.
b. The house where wall is white is my uncle’s.
c. The house which wall is white is my uncle’s.
d. The house whose wall is white belongs to my uncle.