Test Yourself 4
Test Yourself 4
Test Yourself 4
A. PHONETICS
1. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlinded. (1.0 pt)
1. A. traffic B. tomato C. grand D. happy
2. A. impact B. yard C. garden D bath
3. A. Nose B. cold C. flower D. hole
4. A. father B. monthly C. gather D. math
5. A. market B. park C. catch D. math
2. Find the words which has stress syllable differently from the others (1.0pt)
1. A. waterfall B. desert C. landscape D. behave
2. A. behave B. backpack C. compass D. famous
3. A. relative B. complete C. advice D. receive
4. A. bedroom B. behind C. teacher D. picture
5. A. pagoda B. fantastic C. cathedral D. family
4. Put a suitable word in each blank to complete the passage. (2.0 pts)
As you know, there are many causes of pollution. There (1) _____________ also many ways to prevent
pollution. We need to keep on thinking of ways to (2) ___ pollution. Some (3) _____________ to prevent pollution are
to try to persuade families to only have one car. They would save some (4) _____________ and it would save our
planet. If you are really good at persuading, you might want to talk to a car dealer and tell him to tell families to only
have (5) _____________ car. You could ask some truck (6) _____________ to not drive as much. They could try to
put more food (7) _____________the trucks to save time. You could also make some flyers and give them to some
neighbours that live near you. You could encourage more (8) ________ who live close to work to walk or ride a bike.
6. Choose the best option A, B, Cor 0 to complete the passage. (1.0 pt)
Franklin Roberts was a commercial airline pilot with more than 21,000 hours of flying time behind him.
However, (1) _________________ of his great experience, he could not explain something which happened (2)
__________ him in the summer of 1981. As he was flying over Lake Michigan, an object (3) _________________ in
the sky which took him completely by surprise. (4) _________________ it was, it raced through the sky ahead of his
plane and then turned across his path, before finally disappearing into the distance. (5) _________________ is
the kind of incident that fascinates Richard Haines, a psychologist who works at a research institute (6)
_____________ Caiifornia, and investigates reports like these as a hobby. Over the last twelve years, he (7)
_________________ collected thousands of reports on UFOs seen by plane crews. He has concentrated on the
stories told to him by pilots (8) _________________ he believes they are more likely to be accurate. Pilots are
trained in observation and make reliable witnesses. They would generally know what they were looking at (9)
_________________ it were something familiar. Critics of Haines's work say that there is, in fact, nothing special
about pilots. They claim that pilots are as capable of making mistakes as (10) _________________ else. However,
none of this has stopped Haines, who continues to investigate UFO reports with enthusiasm.
1. A. though B. although C. in spite D. despite
2. A. with B. to C. for D. on
3. A. was appeared B. appears C. was appearing D. appeared
4. A. Whatever B. What C. However D. How
5. A. It B. Those C. These D. This
6. A. at B. in C. on D. from
7. A. was B. X C. has D. had
8. A. because B. because of C. but D. though
9. A. whether B. or C. unless D. if
10. A. everyone B. anyone C. somebody D. ones