PRACTICE TEST 34

1. Choose the words whose underlined part was pronounced differently

2. Choose the words which have different stress

3. Identifying the incorrect part of each sentence

4. Choose the best answer
5. Fill in an appropriate word
6. Choose the best answer
7. Give the correct form of words given
1. The company is keen to develop its own ________ in the area of computer programming.
( EXPERT)
2. He was ________ about his looks, spending hours in the gym. (VANITY )
3. They knew that a vaccine for the virus was ________ possible. (THEORY)
4. Over 30,000 ________ will run in the New York marathon. ( COMPETE)
5. The names of all the dead were ________ on the monument. (SCRIPT )
6. The new director of the TV station is likely to make major changes in ________
. ( PERSON)
7. They’ve got a model village that you can visit, with all the buildings and roads in
________ . ( MINI)
8. They claim that the fall in unemployment is based on a(n) ________ manipulation of
statistics. ( FRAUD)
9. The company was inefficient because it was highly ________. ( BUREAU)
10. Gathered all together in the church, they are going to _________ those who lost their
lives in the Great War.
(MEMORY)
11. He is the author of three books and ________ articles. ( NUMBER)
12. That was one of the most _________ exhibitions I’ve seen. (SPECTACLE )
13. They’ve got very ________ kids, as I remember. ( QUARREL )
14. Kate was driven to the church for her wedding in a horse-drawn ________ . ( CARRY)
15. There is something wrong with anyone who is so ________ rude. ( HABIT)
8. Cross out the extra word
9. Fill in the suitable preposition
10. Fill in the correct phrasal verbs from the list below

11. Rewrite the sentence

1.My bank manager and I get on together very well. TERMS

________________________________________________________________________________

2.That hotel is a bit too expensive for us, I am afraid. REACH

________________________________________________________________________________

3. Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission.

→Without _______________________________________________________________________

4.Immediately after his arrival home a water-heater exploded.

→Hardly _______________________________________________________________________

5.Rita doesn’t realize how serious her husband’s operation is going to be.

→Little _________________________________________________________________________

6.A waiter spilled soup over Lydia’s new dress last night.

→Lydia _________________________________________________________________________

7.It was the goalkeeper that saved the match for us.
→Had ___________________________________________________________________________

8.Tim insisted on being told the complete story.

→Nothing ________________________________________________________________________

9.Jane’s husband will be returning from South America quite soon.

→It won’t ________________________________________________________________________

10.The permit expires at the end of this month.

→The permit is not ________________________________________________________________

11.I don’t really like her, even though I admire her achievements.

→Much _________________________________________________________________________

12.Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child.

→Only _________________________________________________________________________

13.Martin may not be very well but she still manages to enjoy life.

→Martin’s poor __________________________________________________________________

14.The Pacific Ocean is on average deeper than the Atlantic.

→The average ___________________________________________________________________

15.Under no circumstances should you phone the police.

→The last ______________________________________________________________________

16. Please stop criticizing everybody! DOWN

________________________________________________________________________________
17. We don’t expect that the missing climbers have survived. HOLD
________________________________________________________________________________
18. Helen’s report is rather unclear in places. LACKING
________________________________________________________________________________
19. Everybody in the audience stood to applaud the actor’s performance. STANDING
________________________________________________________________________________
20. Taxpayers had to pay the cost of the privatization plan. FOOT
________________________________________________________________________________
21. The fact that he will never race again is something he cannot accept. TERMS
________________________________________________________________________________
22. A government official leaked the story to the world press. WIND
________________________________________________________________________________
23. Building societies will have to guard against their rivals. LAURELS
________________________________________________________________________________
24. He is becoming quite famous as an interviewer. NAME
________________________________________________________________________________
25. He makes sure that he isn't associated with policies he disagrees with. DISTANCES
________________________________________________________________________________
12. Choose the words in the list to complete the sentences
13.1. Reading comprehension
13.2. Gapped text