ON-GOING TEST 1

A - PRONUNCIATION:

I/ Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:

1) A. want B. what C.water D.quality

2) A. merchant B. sergeant C. commercial D. term

3) A. cabbage B. baggage C. handles D. labour

4) A. donkey B. Tom C. women D. bomb

5) A. decision B. occasion C. expansion D. erosion

6) A. rear B. bear C. linear D. ear

7) A. double B. enough C. thorough D. dull

8) A. day B. quay C. pay D. may

II/ Choose one word whose stress is marked differently from the rest.

1) A. colonel B. suitcase C. machine D. purpose

2) A. cathedral B. satellite C. gallery D. different

3) A. receive B. abound C. sustain D. foreign

4) A. absurdity B. particular C. polyphony D. politician

5) A. official B. recommend C. informal D. disturbance

6) A. majority B. biology C. administer D. metabolic

7)A. bacteria B. domestic C. enemy D. material

B – VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR:

1) Quite a few students were absent today.

A. very few B. not few C. not many D. many

2) All through the faculty meeting Frank stood up for his friend who was being criticized so

severely.

A. supported B. played tricks on C. laughed at D. hit

3) I hadn’t seen him for ages and then he suddenly turned up on my door-step.

A. stood B. appeared C. sat down D. knocked

4) Veterinarians usually give dogs an aesthetic so that they don’t cry out in pain.

A. gulp B. flip C. yelp D. purr

5) The Congress respected Jefferson because although he was stern, he was fair.

A. emulated B. counted on C. looked up to D. obeyed

6) The bartender said, “The drinks are on the house.”

A. free B. home-made C. not good D. good

7) My wife has just given birth to twins.

A. brought up B. fed up with C. born D. fed

8) If you don’t know anything about mechanics, do not take your car apart.

A. repair your car B. take your car to a garage

C. drive your car D. separate the different parts of your car.

9) Sophia didn’t hesitate, and married him in 1821.

A. plan B. take a long time to decide C. want to D.

confide

10) Trees that block the view of oncoming traffic should be cut down.

A. alter B. obstruct C. improve D. spoil

11) People who live in the country enjoy a rustic life style.

A. slow B. difficult C. simple D. happy

12) Because light travels faster than sound, lightning appears to go before thunder.

A. prolong B. traverse C. repel D. precede

13) Springtime displays of fruit blossoms in the Shenandoah Valley draw thousands of tourists

each year.

A. attract B. delight C. console D. inspire

14) After many years of unsuccessful endeavouring to form his own orchestra. Glenn Miller finally

achieved world fame in1939 as a big band leader.

A. requesting B. trying C. offering D.

deciding

15) Ralph Bunch won a Nobel Prize in 1950 for his peacemaking efforts as a United Nations

diplomat.

A. requests B. attempts C. offers D. trips

16) They tried to play tricks on their teacher but he was too clever for them.

A. make their teacher the victim of a trick C. drop in on their teacher

B. be at strife with their teacher D. send for their teacher

17) Tennessee has about 140 newspapers, _________ 25 are issued daily.

A. which is about B. of which about C. which are about D. about which

18) When consumers cannot have everything they want, they have to choose _________ most.

A. they want what B. what they want C. they want it D. that they want

19) The temperature of an object rises when _________ into it.

A. heat flow B. flows hot C. heat flows D. hot flow

20) From ancient times, people _________ their land, air and water.

A. always have polluting B. always have pollution

C. have always polluted D. pollution always has

21) Jean Fragonard was a French artist __________ portraits of children.

A. whose paintings B. who has painted C. whose painted D. who painted

22) While working as a clerk, Edison spent much of his time _________ the stock ticker.

A. he studied B. to study C. on studying D.

studying

23) The nitrogen cycle _________ of nitrogen through the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere.

A. the circulation is B. is the circulation C. it is the circulation D. is it the circulation

24) Would you like to _________ the costume to see if it fits you?

A. try on B. experiment C. try out D. get over

25) He has gone _________ to continue his education.

A. to overseas B. for overseas C. in overseas D.

overseas

26) Because the vase is fragile, it must be handled with _________.

A. caring B. careful C. care D. carefully

27) Technology plays a key role in _________ future.

A. to shape B. shaping C. shaped D. shape

28) Some snakes lay eggs, but _________ give birth to live offspring.

A. other B. the other C. others D. the others

29) A _________ is a secret meeting between courting lovers, often during the afternoon.

A. tryst B. trysts C. the tryst D. to tryst

30) If Sharon lived in that house, she would _________.

A. have been more the lucky than I am B. be a more luckier

C. have more the luck than I do D. be luckier than I

31) Never in his life _________ feel unsafe of himself and his purpose.

A. did Thomas Edison B. do Thomas Edison

C. was Thomas Edison D. does he

32) Real estate prices in New York, like those of many other major cities, have declined _________.

A. over the few years B. over the past few years

C. over the past few year D. few years

33) It is natural that baby eagles, _________ to their mother.

A. while still in their nest, do submits B. while still in their nest, are submitted

C. while still in their nest, submit D. while still in their nest, submits

34) Although __________ more than 40 presidents in the US over the last 200 years, Americans can

seldom remember more than 15 at any given time.

A. there have been B. there has been C. has been D. have been

35) Eight ounces of skim milk contain _________ the same volume of regular milk.

A. more than protein as B. more protein than

C. more protein as D. as more protein

36) The bacteria in milk is destroyed when_________ to at least 620C.

A. it will be heated B. it is heated C. it be heated D. it heated

37) The two main _________ are permanent magnets and electromagnets.

A. kinds of magnets B. kind of magnets C. kinds magnets D. kind magnet

38) The writers of the realist movement embraced the notion that art should depict life _________.

A. accurately and objectively B. accuracy and objectivity

C. accurate and objective D. accurate objectivity

39) English and Scottish settlers _________ Belfast as a trading post in 1613.

A. they established B. established themselves

C. established D. establishing

40) Before Richard Bennett accepted the appointment as the prime minister of Canada in 1930, he

_______ as a lawyer.

A. had achieved a successful B. had been achieved successfully

C. has achieved success D. had achieved success

41) Since the 1970s, riding bicycles _________ in the United States.

A. becomes increasingly widespread B. become increasingly widely spread

C. has become increasingly widespread D. has increased and becomes spread widely

42) By the 1300s, the Spanish had learned that gunpowder could ____ propel an object with

incredible force.

A. use to B. be used to C. been used to D. using it to

43) A sharp sense of smell enables hunting dogs _________ wild animals.

A. to tracking B. track them to C. to be tracking D. to track

44) Before the 1700s, when children worked together with adults, childhood _________ did not exist.

A. as we have known B. as we know it C. it is known D. is

known as

45) A language laboratory has audio equipment placed in booths _______ students listen to

language tapes.

A. how B. in that C. where D. who

46) Cold temperatures, short growing seasons, and heavy snows prevent _________ at high

elevations.

A. and growth of trees B. trees are growing

C. the growth of trees D. grow trees

47) Wherever there is plenty of rain during the growing seasons, life is _________ in various forms.

A. abundant B. the abundance C. an abundant D. it abundant

48) The life of Benjamin Franklin, a practical man ____ many stories have been told, was usually

productive.

A. of B. about whom C. about D. of which

49) _________ all citrus fruit originated with the Chinese orange.

A. That the belief B. The belief that C. It is believed that D. To believe

that

50) _________ a liquid changes to a solid, heat is given off.

A. That B. Sometimes C. Whenever D. From

C- READING COMPREHENSION:

PARAGRAPH 1: Read the following paragraph and choose the best answer for each

question.

According to some scientists, migratory birds should be able to withstand the winter. A birds

feathery coat is good insulation against the cold. Because a bird is warm-blooded, its body

temperature always remains constant, even if the temperature of its surroundings changes.

The factors that trigger migratory behaviour in birds are difficult to explain. This behaviour

seems to be instinctive, not learned. For example, many northern species leave their summer

homes while the weather is still warm and the food supply plentiful. Young arctic terns born at the

arctic breeding grounds will take off with the flock for distant lands they have never seen.

Bird migrations are probably regulated by the glandular system. Scientists suspect that the

changing length of the day is the factor that triggers migratory behaviour. In an experiment,

migratory birds were kept in artificially lighted rooms. It was found that if periods of darkness were

lengthened proportionately, the glands of the birds became active. These glands secrete hormones,

which are chemicals that control numerous body functions. Shorter periods of daylight seem to

change the hormone balance of birds, so that they retain more fat. This stored fat is the fuel that

provides the energy for a long flight. The same experiment revealed that the birds became more

excited as the artificial night was lengthened. It is probably no coincidence that most flocks begin

their migratory flights during the night.

1) What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Common migratory paths for birds. B. Why birds migrate

C. Species of birds that do not migrate D. Migration in cold climate

2) According to the passage, which of the following protects birds against cold weather?

A. Glands B. Feathers C. Hormones D. Artificial light

3) According to the passage, birds exposed to longer periods of darkness experience all

of the following changes EXCEPT

A. activated glands B. excited behaviour

C. retention of more fat D. increased appetite

4) The word “constant” in line 3 is closest in meaning to

A. invariable B. predictable C. persistent D. responsive

5) In the experiment mentioned in the passage, the scientists adjusted the birds’

A. brain chemistry B. body temperature C. exposure to light D. food

supply

PARAGRAPH 2: Read the following paragraph and choose the best answer for each

question.

Barbara Tuchman was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who knew how to stand

out from the crowd. Author of books such as The First Salute, her best-selling account of the

American Revolution, Tuchman had a special talent for making history appealing to common

people. Unlike other published historians, Tuchman did not limit herself to a dry retelling of fact.

Her prose skillfully combined scholarly treatment with high drama.

Tuchman also distinguished herself by declining to pursue a doctorate degree, which won her the

disrespect of many of her mainstream colleagues. To them, the lack of advanced training made her

books suspect as literary works and teaching tools. A few others, however, maintained that her art

of historical investigation might actually have suffered if she had acquired a Ph.D. degree. They

point to the boring efforts of historians whose works, for the most part, lie buried on library shelves.

Tuchman, on the other hand, succeeded in bringing history to the attention of the masses.

1) Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historians B. The Works of Barbara Tuchman

C. An Account of the American Revolution D. Barbara Tuchman: A Unique Historian

2) According to the passage, Barbara Tuchman had the special ability to

A. make historical facts interesting B. write many best-selling books

C. overcome the effects of advanced training D. limit her accounts to historical facts

3) In line 8, the word “others” could best be replaced by which of the following?

A. literary works B. colleagues C. teaching tools D. common

people

4) It can be inferred from the passage that many mainstream historians

A. viewed Tuchman with great respect

B. suffered as a result of Tuchman’s literary success

C. dismissed Tuchman’s works as popular prose

D. never attained advanced degrees

PARAGRAPH 3: Read the following paragraph and fill in each blank with one suitable

answer.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau, famous undersea explorer, is very 1)________ over the pollution of the

seas and oceans. He 2)__________ man against the dumping of toxic chemicals into the ground.

Chemical 3)_________ is more harmful than oil pollution. He 4)________ how it happens: “If you dump

something in land, it doesn’t stay there unless you bury it under special 5)________. Instead, it is

6)_________ by rains to the rivers and thus to the sea.” When toxic chemicals flow into the sea they

become 7)_________ in plankton. Fish eat the plankton and in 8)_________ are eaten by bigger fish. So

on it goes until it all ends up in man.

“Finally, instead of one part per million, you have a hundred or two hundred parts per million

in the liver of an animal,” Cousteau said. He suggested that 9)___________ chemicals should be 10)_________ from industrial waste material and then 11)__________ in a safe place. Perhaps in salt

mines which do not allow water to 12)__________.

1) A. worried B. careful C. fearful D. wary

2) A. reprimands B. warns C. rebukes D. chastises

3) A. contamination B. defilement C. pollution D.

wastage

4) A. informs B. explains C. instructs D. teaches

5) A. conditions B. situations C. positions D. cases

6) A. moved B. carted C. lugged D. carried

7) A. encrusted B. embedded C. encased D. encroached

8) A. turn B. position C. addition D. result

9) A. toxic B. odorous C. malevolent D. odious

10) A. extinguished B. withdrawn C. exterminated D. extracted

11) A. inhumed B. exhumed C. buried D. secreted

12) A. permeate B. porous C. perforate D. percolate

D- ERROR IDENTIFICATION:

1) (A) Science (B) requires the (C) careful collect and (D) organisation of data.

2) (A) Liquids (B) take the shape of (C) any container (D) which in they are replaced.

3) (A) The Sun (B) supplies the light and the warmth (C) that permit life on Earth (D) existing.

4) (A) Boolean algebra is most often (B) used to solve problems (C) in logic, probability, (D) and

engineer.

5) (A) A wooden barrel (B) is made from strips of wood called staves (C) holding (D) together with

metal hoops.

6) Unlike folk (A) dancers, which are the (B) product of a single (C) culture, ballet is an (D)

international art form.

7) (A) Peach trees grow (B) good in (C) a variety of soil types, but (D) do best in sandy loam.

8) (A) The unit of measuring called the foot (B) was originally based on (C) the length of (D) the

human foot.

9) Tiny pygmy shrews (A) breathe ten (B) times (C) as fast as (D) humans beings .

10) (A) The first living structures (B) to appear on Earth thousands of years (C) ago were (D) alike

viruses.

11) The Soay sheep, the (A) old breed of sheep in (B) existence, (C) has changed little (D) since

3500 B.C.

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