KEY -TEST 17
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
1. a. trick b. music c. pipe d. sink
2. a. guest b. grip c. golden d. gender
3. a. face b. plate c. band d. label
4. a. remove b. dove c. prove d. approve
5. a. resign b. insight c. syllable d. soil
II. Read each of the following lists of four words and choose one word that does not belong in each list.
6. a. typist b. doctor c. engineer d. brother
7. a. March b. July c. Tuesday d. October
8. a. sing b. song c. come d. move
9. a. English b. Chinese c. Russian d. France
10. a. watery b. rainy c. sunny d. cloudy
III. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences
11. I should be very…………..if you would accept the invitation to the party.
a. thanking b. honourable c. pleased d. pleasing
12. Please don’t……….to put stamps on the letters I gave you to post.
a. remember b. remind c. realize d. forget
13. her mother asked her to………..the table for the evening meal.
a. lay b. put out c. serve d. place
14. “You will not find kangaroos anywhere else on……..” said the Australian.
a. earth b. world c. soil d. ground
15. “Will you………me your pen for my examination this afternoon?”
a. borrow b. lend c. allow d. permit
16. The picture was sold for a great………of money.
a. cost b. value c. sum d. price
17. it is difficult to………a secret from my family.
a. keep b. learn c. take d. hear
18. my father has…………..come home from abroad.
a. still b. already c. yet d. since
19. They are happy………having little money.
a. although b. despite c. in spite d. even
20. he invited us to the house………he was born and grew up.
a. which b. that c. who d. where
21. The weather was……………hot for us to go out.
a. too b. very c. so d. enough
22. When water freezes, it………into ice.
a. turns b. has turned c. would turn d. is turning
23. “Do the Pikes live next door to you?”= “No, but they………….”
a. were used b. used to c. used to was d. used to did
24. He often wishes that he……..a horse.
a. can ride b. can rode c. could ride d. could rode
25. The last train hasn’t arrived yet,………..?
a. is it b. has it c. did it` d. was it
IV. There is mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistakes ( a, b , c or d)
26. If we had a large garden, we will grow a lot of flowers.
a b c d
27. we enjoy to walk along the beach before sunrise.
a b c d
28. her ten-months old son is sick, so he has to stay at home to look after him.
a b c d
29. he is enough strong to carry the heavy luggage.
a b c d
30. I haven’t been there yet, and he hasn’t too.
a b c d
V.Read the following passage