Key Test 4

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. hurry B. under C. pressure D. rush
2. A. attempts B. shares C. looks D. beliefs
3. A. laughed B. weighed C. helped D. missed
4. A. confident B. important C. together D. exciting
5. A. attractiveness B. traditional C. generation D. American

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. Most doctors and nurses have to work on a _______ once or twice a week at the hospital.
A. solution B. night shift C. household chores D. special dishes
7. They _______ for 3 hours when the storm suddenly broke.
A had been running B. have been running
C. are running D. will be running
8. My mother used to be a woman of great _______, but now she gets old and looks pale.
A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. beautify
9. It will take more or less a month to prepare for the wedding.
A. approximately B. generally C. frankly D. simply
10. It _______ that learning a foreign language _______ a lot of time.
A. says / is taken B. is saying / has been taken
C. is said / takes D. was said / was taken
11. A _______ is an official document that you receive when you have completed a course of study or training.
A. vocation B. subject C. certificate D. grade
12. _______ one of the most creative artists in rock `n roll, came from California.
A. Frank Zappa, who was B. Frank Zappa was
C. Frank Zappa, that was D. Frank Zappa whom was
13. There was a shortage _______ food and safe water after the flood.
A. on B. with C. for D. of
14. Someone who is _______ thinks that bad things are going to happen.
A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. threatened D. hopeful
15. This is an expensive ________ very useful book.
A. but B. so C. therefore D. however
16. Almost half of turtles and tortoises are known to be threatened with ____.
A. extinct B. extinction C. extinctive D. extinctly
17. Two tablets ________ twice a day to have you recover from the illness quickly.
A. must take B. must be taken C. must have taken D. must be taking
18. The referee`s _______ is the most important in any sport competition.
A. decide B. decisive C. decision D. decider
19. Peter is _______ John.
A. younger and more intelligent than B. more young and intelligent than
C. more intelligent and younger than D. the more intelligent and younger than
20. The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for _______ health.
A. a B. an C. the D. Ø
21. In some most Asian countries women are undervalued and they never have the same ________ as men.
A. formality B. basis C. limit D. status
22. We saw many beautiful birds _______ in the lake.
A. when we are fishing B. while fishing C. while fished D. fishing

23. Laura said she had worked on the assignment since _______.
A. yesterday B. two days ago C. the day before D. the next day
24. Fee-paying schools, often called "independent schools", "private schools" or “_______ schools"
A. college B. primary C. secondary D. public
25. I would send her a fax if I _______ her number.
A. know B. knew C. had known D. could know
26. Qualifications and _______ are two most important factors that help you get a good job.
A. politeness