MATERIALS FOR TESTING UNIT ONE

I. PHONETICS

A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
A. simple B. little C. dimple D. sweet
A. defeat B. unleaded C. believe D. leader
A. monkey B. donkey C. grey D. key
A. creature B. creamy C. creative D. crease
A. meeting B. receive C. feature D. deafen

B. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from that of the others.
A. routine B. office C. technology D. biology
A. history B. education C. literature D. chemistry
A. passenger B. peasant C. quarter D. tobacco
A. buffalo B. neighbour C. happily D. occupation
A. arrive B another C. fellow D. contented
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES

I will see him when he ……………………. here tomorrow.
A. comes B. will come C. has come D. had come
The boys broke a window when they ……………………. football.
A. played B. were playing C. had played D. are playing
What ……………………. to you yesterday?
A. happened B. did happen
C. had happened D. has happened
I ……………………. about him when suddenly he came in.
A. talk B. talked C. am talking D. was talking
Please don’t touch anything before …………………….
A. the police will come B. the police comes
C. the police come D. the police would come
She used to …………………. her living by delivering vegetables to local hotels.
A. earn B. gain C. get D. win
‘When …………………….? _ “ In 1928”
A. penicillin was discovered B. was penicillin discovered
B. did penicillin discovered D. did penicillin discover
Nobody knows what the ……………………. of the explosion was.
A. source B. cause C. reaction. D. reason
The newspaper report contained ……………………. important information.
A. many B. another C. an. D. a lot of
Don’t make noise. My mother ……………………. with her friends.
A. is talking B. was talking C. talks D. talked
My sister has a baby daughter yesterday, and she is my first …………………….
A. nephew B. cousin C. niece D. relation
……………………. the teacher gave me a passing grade.
A. After taking the test B. After I take the test.
C. After I took the test D. After I taken the test.
The traffic lights ……………………. to green and the cars drove on.
A. exchanged B. turned C. removed D. shone
It’s at least a month since ……………………. Tom
A. I last seen B. I last see
C. I have last seen C. I last saw
We’ll play tennis and ……………………. we’ll have lunch.
A. then B. straight away C. immediately. D. so
Not until darkness fell ……………………. he hadn`t done half of his work.
A. that he realized B. did he realized
C. that he didn’t realize D. didn’t he realize
Take the number 7 bus and get …………………… at Forest Road
A. up B. down C. outside D. off
I …………………… her since I …………………… a student.
A. know/am B. knew/was
C. have known/am D. have known/ was
The policeman …………………… me the way.
A told B. said C. explained D. directed.
He …………………… his job last month and since then he ……………………out of work.
A. has lost /is B. had lost / was
C. lost /has been C. lost/ had been
My mother was …………………… of making a cake when the front door bell rang.
A. at the center B. on the way
C. in the middle D. halfway through
Yesterday, when I ………………… at the station, the train …………………for 15 minutes.
A. arrived/had left B. arrive /has left
C. arrived/left d. had arrived/left
Is there a bank where I can …………………… these pounds for dollars?
A. exchange B. turn C. alter D. arranger
……………………with the book I lent you last week?
A. Had you finished B. Have you