Test: 17/G10/B I.

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others:
1.A. handicapped B. passionate C. volunteer D. cultural 6.A. disabled B. invalid C. obvious D. creative
2.A. interact B. understand C. volunteer D. contribute 7. priority B. ability C. community D. voluntary
3.A. self-interest B. bookshelf C. waterfall D. trainspotting 8.A. processor B. digital C. computer D. imitate
4.A. volunteer B. engineer C. committee D. referee 9.A. platinum B. melody C. contestant D. instrument
5.A. achievement B. audience C. performance D. recording 10.A. nurture B. remote C. needle D. martyr
II. Choose the best answer:
1. His performance at the concert was absolutely ____! A. phenomenon B. phenomenal C. phenomena D. phenomenity
2. Do you want a powerful iPad or a ____ one – the iPad Air or the iPad Mini? A. carrying B. travelling C. portable
3. People join and volunteer ____ they believe the cause is right. A. and B. but C. so D. because
4. Bio-artificial liver device ____ hope to all those who ____ from extreme liver failure since its introduction.
A. gives – is suffering B. has given – are suffering C. gives – suffers D. are giving – are suffering
5. These tennis courts don’t ____ very often. Not many people want to play. A. got used B. used C. get used D. get use
6. After waiting for an hour he realized that the bus was ___ to come. A. improbable B. impossible C. uncertain D. unlikely
7. ____ he failed in the entrance exam caused his family much sadness. A. That B. Which C. What D. The thing
8. It would be lovely if the children could see, ____, touch the animals. A. eventually B. at last C. if possible D. finally
9. ___ the two sisters, Daisy is ___ . A. Of/ the prettier B. Of/ prettier C. Between/ the prettier D. Between/ prettier
10. Ninety ____ the maximum length of time allowed for entrance exams to this school.
A. minute is B. minute are C. minutes is D. minutes are
11. I want to know ____ drugs. A. that you take B. if you take C. what you take D. do you take
12. Buses are not very ____. Sometimes they come every five minutes. A. on time B. in time C. punctual D. timely
13. The zoo ____ by the time we reach there. A. closes B. will close C. will have closed D. is closing
14. We have just built two ____ . A. public excellent tennis courts B. excellent public tennis courts
C. tennis courts excellent public D. tennis public excellent courts
15. He ____ the table for supper. A. lied B. layed C. laid D. led
III. Supply the correct form of the word to fill in the blank:
Healthy eating is (1. doubt) ____ the key to general well-being. Our bodies are made up of what we eat, so our
(2. fit) ____ cannot possibly escape the effects of bad diet and neither can our (3. vital) ____ . Sweets, chocolate
and cake are fine in (4. moderate) ____, but trouble arises when people just cannot leave them alone, (5. greed)
____ eating every possibly sticky item that comes their way. (6. treat) ____ is available for serious problems but (7.
avoid) ____ is normally better than cure. Make a careful (8. choose) ____ when it comes to desserts, and favour
cafes that offer a good (9. select) ____ of fruit to round off a meal. A (10. reduce) ____ in your sugar intake may
well hurt at first but you will feel better for it.
IV. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense of form:
I have been talking to extraterrestrials that live on the planet Zeton since 1964. They (1. be) ____ friendly and
very intelligent creatures. In 1985, I (2. buy) ____ my first computer, and we (3. send) ____ emails to each other
regularly since then. In the past few years, they have been telling me about their planet. They say it (4. get) ____
hotter and hotter since 1998 because their sun is dying. Their oceans (5. lose) ____ water very quickly and soon
there (6. not be) ____ enough left. They will bot be able to survive on Zeton for much longer.
Over the years, I (7. tell) ____ them a lot about our planet, Earth, and they have always listened with interest.
However, since their sun started dying, they (8. ask) ____ me about the other planets near Earth. They say that we
are lucky to have a sun that is so young. When I (9. tell) ____ them about Mars, they were very excited. Earlier this
year, they told me that they (10. build) ____ a spacecraft. They (11. plan) ____ to move to Mars because they
think it is the perfect planet for them. They (12. find) ____ a way to change the underground water on Mars into
oceans just like those we have on Earth. They (13. get) ____ ready to leave for Mars when I called them last week,
so they should be arriving there in about two years. I hope they (14. visit) ____ us as our new neighbours.
V. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one, using the word given:
1. There’s no point in worrying about jet lag. (worth)  Jet lag ……………………………………………………about.
2. I regret telling Paul my secret. (only)  If …………………………………………………Paul my secret.
3. Some people don’t seem able to change their bad habits. (incapable)  Some people seem to……their bad habits.
4. Her success is largely attributable to her rigorous training regime. (put)
 Her success can ………………………………………… her rigorous training regime.
5. Their decision not to complete in the event shocked everyone. (came)
 Their decision not to complete in the event ……………………………… everyone.
6. I really think you should get a new bicycle. (time)  It’s ………………………………………a new bicycle.
7. There seems to be hardly any similarity between our lives any more. (common) Our lives seem to …… any more.
8. That cream really improved my complexion. (wonders)  That cream ……………………………………my complexion.
9. They didn’t have enough money to go abroad on holiday. (afford)  They ……………………………abroad on holiday.