TEST FOR UNIT 1
I. PRONUNCIATION
A. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. scream b. death c. ready d. peasant
2. a. traveled b. stared c. landed d. seemed
3. a. chat b. panic c. park d. passenger
4. a. frightening b. brigade c. pilot d. fire
5. a. technology b. teaching c. purchase d. lunch
B. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. a. tobacco b. contented c. buffalo d. transplanting
2. a. passenger b. purchase c. district d. routine
3. a. technology b. comfortable c. activity d. experience
4. a. repair b. harrow c. arrive d. announce
5. a. interested b. serious c. wonderful d. immediate
II. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION
Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
1 . John isn`t content with his present salary.
a. excited about b. satisfied with c. disappointed about d. interested in
2. We.................the seedlings into peaty soil.
a. take b. plough c. raise d. transplant
3. We seldom set: each other anymore.
a. sometimes b. occasionally c. frequently d. rarely
She purchased a number of shares in the company.
a. invested b. sold c. exchanged d. bought
She got......................as soon as the alarm clock went
a. over/ on b. up/ down c. up! off d. on/ off.
The plane from Dallas ................. two hours late, so I missed my connecting flight from Frankfurt to London.
a. took on b. took in c. took over d. took off
We had a nice chat over a cup of tea.
a. formal talk b. informal talk c. serious talk d. long talk
It was time to................the kids ready for bed.
a. prepare b. get c. take d. make
9. Houses .................as a bomb exploded in the neighborhood.
a. dipped b. disappeared c. dropped d. shook
10. It was a difficult tune, but we never gave up hope.
a. stopped b. continued c. had d. offered
III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
1. I`ll see him when he .......................here tomorrow..
a. comes b. will come c. has come d. had come
2. We`ve given up..................... to persuade them
a. trying/ changing b. trying/ to change c. to try/ changing d. try/ to change
Maria is going to stop....................dinner, so she may be late.
a. eating b. to eat c. for eating d. eat
As soon as the light turned red, she....................the car.
a. stopped b. has stopped c. was stopping d. stops
5. The baby is so big! How much...........................now?
a. is she weighing b. she weighs c. does she weigh d. did she weigh
Harry works all the time. He.......................
a. never relaxes b. relaxes never c. often relaxes d. relaxes sometimes
These glasses are so dirty. You need.................them.
a. wash b. washing. c. to washed d. washed
The last time I ........... swimming was when we were in Spain.
a. had gone b. went c. has gone d. was going.
Johnny.................the paper when I............. him.
a. read/ interrupted b. read! was interrupting
c: has read/ interrupted d. was reading. interrupted
We were told.................and fasten our seat belts.
a. to sit down b. sitting down c. sit down d. that sit down
I ....................at six o`clock, but ......... to be up by five.
a. normally get up/ I have sometimes b. normally get up/ sometimes I have
c. get