KEY Test 2

I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest or choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. A. share B. rare C. are D. declare
2. A. clothes B. cloths C. roofs D. books
3. A. appeared B. agreed C. coughed D. loved
4. A. family B. whenever C. obedient D. solution
5. A. believe B. marriage C. response D. maintain

II. Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

6. Are you sure that boys are more _______ than girls?
A. act B. active C. action D. activity
7. It is parents` duty and responsibility to _______ hands to tae care of their children and give them a happy home.
A. shake B. hold C. join D. take
8. In the past, people _______ to the beach more often.
A. have gone B. used to go C. were going D. had gone
9. When you are in a restaurant, you can raise your hand slightly to show that you need assistance.
A. bill B. menu C. help D. food
10. Reagan _______ an actor years ago.
A. is said to be B. was said being
C. was said have been D. is said to have been
11. He was the only _______ that was offered the job.
A. apply B. application C. applicant D. applying
12. _____ instructed me how to make a good preparation for a job interview.
A. John Robbins to that I spoke by telephone, B. John Robbins, that I spoke to by telephone,
C. John Robbins I spoke to by telephone, D. John Robbins, whom I spoke to by telephone,
13. Economic reforms are often carried _______ to promote the developing of a country.
A. out B. on C. for D. in
14. No one can predict the future exactly. Things may happen _______.
A. expected B. unexpected C. expectedly D. unexpectedly
15. I went to buy a Rolling Stones CD ________ the shop didn`t have it.
A. and B. but C. therefore D. so
16. _______ is a branch of Natural Science, and is the study of living organisms and how they interact with their environment.
A. Biology B. Biological C. Biologist D. Biologically
17. The train ________ by bad weather. I am not sure.
A. might delay B. might be delaying
C. might have delayed D. might have been delayed
18. The referee had no hesitation in awarding the visiting team a _______.
A. penalty B. penalize C. penal D. penalization
19. My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that _______ it is at night, _______ he plays his music!
A. the less / the more loud B. the less / less
C. the more late / the more loudlier D. the later / the louder
20. During the flood, Army helicopters came and tried to evacuate _______ injured.
A. a B. an C. the D. Ø
21. Birth control methods have ________ women from the endless cycle of childbearing and rearing.
A. free B. freely C. freedom D. freed
22. _______ the firemen arrived to help, we had already put out the fire.
A. Until B. No sooner C. By the time D. After

23. She said she _______ collect it for me after work.
A. would B. did C. must D. had
24. She was the first in her family to enjoy the privilege of a university _____.
A. schedule B. education C. science D. technology
25. If I _______ 10 years younger, I _______ the job.
A. am / will take B