Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. casual B. case C. cashier D. cash
2. A. admit B. advance C. advent D. admire
3. A. command B. compose C. complain D. comment
4. A. humor B. honest C. human D. horror
5. A. reserved B. locked C. forced D. touched
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
6. It was just a friendly get-together. Everyone was wearing_________clothes. No one needed to be well-dressed.
A. formal B. casual C. unimportant D. unfriendly
7. _________candidates are likely to succeed in job interviews.
A. Nervous B. Self-conscious C. Self-doubt D. Self-confident
8. In his latest speech, the Secretary General_________the importance of wildlife conservation.
A. stressed B. excused C. extorted D. remained
9. Nobody seemed to be interested in the news. It was greeted with a lack of _________.
A. enthusiastic B. enthusiasm C. enthusiastically D. enthusiast
10. I don`t like_________jobs. In fact, I never want to work under high pressure.
A. stress B. stressed C. stressing D. stressful
11. The voters were overwhelmingly against the candidate_________proposals called for higher taxes.
A. who his B. who he had C. whose D. that his
12. Was_________I said a moment ago clear ?
A. when B. which C. that D. what
13. The medicine _________had no effect at all.
A. the doctor gave it to me B. the doctor gave me
C. which the doctor gave it to me D. which given to me by the doctor
14. My bike, _________I had left at the gate, had disappeared.
A. when B. which C. that D. –
15. The new shopping mall is gigantic. It`s advertised as a place_________you can find just about anything you might want to buy.
A. which B. where C. in where D. in that
16. Annie has three brothers, _________are pilots.
A. who they all B. who all of them C. that all of them D. all of whom
17. -"Is April twenty-first the day _________?" -``No, the twenty-second."
A. you`ll arrive then B. on that you`ll arrive
C. when you`ll arrive D. when you`ll arrive on
18. They have an apartment _________the park.
A. overlooking B. that overlooking C. overlooks D. overlooked
19. "_________having a swim in the river?" -"That`s a good idea."
A. Why don`t B. How about C. Why aren`t D. Shall we
20. There`s nothing you can do _________me change my mind.
A. to make B. make C. making D. makes
21. "My uncle has been a writer for many years." "How many books_________so far?"
A. did he write B. has he been writing C. has he written D. was he writing
22. Housework is _________shared between them.
A. equally B. equal C. equality D. equalizing
23. "Would you like a drink?" "Oh, yes. _________a Coke. Thank you."
A. I have B. I`ll have C. I`m having D. I`m going to have
24. Hard _________he tried, the second runner could not catch up with the first one.
A. as B. for C. so D. that
25. Do you know _________this handbag might be?
A. whom B. who`s C. to whom D. whose
26. The weather was very nice, so he found_________a raincoat with him.
A. it necessary to take B. it unnecessary taking
C. unnecessary to take D. it unnecessary to take
27. _________these lessons carefully or you won`t understand the information on the test.
A. If you read B. When you read C. Unless you read D. Read
28. Joe, who is one of my elder sister`s sons, is my favorite_________.
A