PRACTICE 37

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three
in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. defeat B. motel C. parade D. essay
Question 2: A. admirable B. adaptive C. innocent D. opposite
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. disable B. wholesale C. vacant D. stagnant
Question 4: A. dogged B. hatred C. naked D. seized
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the
following exchanges.
Question 5: Henry: “Sarah was the most talented singer in the production, wasn't she?”
Jack: “____”
A. Yeah, if you like. B. Sounds good. C. That won’t be necessary. D. No question about it.
Question 6: Ron: William looked very tired this morning.
Ann: “____”
A. He drove George’s car from Georgia to New York without stopping to sleep.
B. He slept all the way from Georgia to New York.
C. He falls asleep at the wheel.
D. He wasn’t half asleep all the time that he was driving.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 7: Let us get down to tackling practical matters such as getting those trade negotiations tied up.
A. start B. stop C. cease D. postpone
Question 8: Sow the seeds in rows about 20 centimeters apart.
A. Destroy B. Harvest C. Plant D. Dig
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 9: After they had drunk more wine, they started to become loud and boastful.
A. arrogant B. complex C. modest D. proud
Question 10: I have to come to know of your ‘hole and corner’ method of dealing with people.
A. open B. daunting C. secretive D. sneaky
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 11: All the necessary steps had been taken ____ their safety.
A. ensured B. ensuring C. ensure D. to ensure
Question 12: As well as ____ elegant rooms, the hotel also had extremely friendly and helpful staff.
A. had B. to have C. have D. having
Question 13: Everyone ____ quietly when suddenly the door open and a complete stranger rushed in.
A. is reading / burst B. were reading / were bursting
C. was reading / bursting D. was reading / burst
Question 14: Also, workers laid off from part-time jobs should be eligible ____ jobless benefits.
A. for B. to C. by D. at
Question 15: The ____ driver wondered whether to turn left or right when he drove to the T-junction.
A. confusing B. confused C. confusion D. confuse
Question 16: Too much ____ to X-rays can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body.
A. disclose B. attachment C. contact D. exposure
Question 17: In contrast to Antony's desire to blame anyone but himself, Cleopatra spends much of her
first speech ____ her breast.
A. working B. setting C. beating D. keeping
Question 18: Young people tend to think that ____ life was more difficult for ____ people in the past.
A. 0 / the B. a / 0 C. the / 0 D. 0 / 0

1
Question 19: They ____ serious doubts about her past and present conduct, and whether she should have
been allowed to settle in Australia.
A. rise B. raise C. bring D. take
Question 20: The problem with this new structure is that it does not replace or provide the kind of skills in
sufficient quantity now _____ in the new business environment.
A. need B. needing C. needed D. to need
Question 21: The Boy Scouts organization is _____ to helping boys become moral and productive adults.
A. focused B. vulnerable C. dedicated D. capable
Question 22: If you ____ properly, you ____ any problems in the test next week.
A. revise/ wouldn’t have had B. had revised/ won’t have
C. have revised/ won’t have D. revised/ won’t have had
Question 23: Saving people's lives is a doctor's life goal and I'll try to realize it at any ______.
A. charge B. expense C. price D. cost
Question 24: The Grand Canyon is also a place to find and explore the ____ of God's creation.
A. structures B. spectacles C. wonders D. constructions
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair
of sentences in the following questions.
Question 25: Janet wore such formal clothes to the party. She regrets doing that.
A. Janet wishes she had not worn such formal clothes to the party.
B. Janet regrets not having worn such formal clothes to the party.
C. Janet wishes she does not wear formal clothes to the party.
D. Janet would rather you had not worn such formal clothes to the party.
Question 26: Jim was not surprised by what I said. He was not shocked by what I said.
A. Jim was either surprised nor shocked by what I said.
B. Jim was neither surprised nor shocked by what I said.
C. Although Jim was surprised by what I said, he was not shocked by what I said.
D. Jim was both surprised and not shocked by what I said.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to
each of the following questions.
Question 27: The only explanation is that Evan was on the phone to someone in Australia.
A. Evan should have talked on the phone to someone in Australia.
B. Evan must have been talking on the phone to someone in Australia.
C. Evan may be talking on the phone to someone in Australia.
D. Evan cannot have been talking on the phone to anyone in Australia.
Question 28: I’m sure my sister will go to university because she is clever.
A. My sister is clever enough for me to go to university.
B. Although my sister is clever, I’m sure she will go to university.
C. My sister is so clever that I’m sure she will go to university.
D. My sister is so clever, but she will go to university.
Question 29: ‘Please think carefully before you take such a big step, ’ said her mother.
A. Her mother begged her to think carefully before she took such a big step.
B. Her mother persuaded her to not think carefully before she took such a big step.
C. Her mother told her to think carefully before she takes such a big step.
D. Her mother begged her to think carefully before such a big step had been taken.
Mark the letter A, B C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.

Question 30: Carmencita did very well on the exam, so she should have studied very hard.
A. did B. exam C. should D. hard
Question 31: Unlikely gas sports balloons, hot air balloons do not have nets.
A. Unlikely B. sports C. have D. nets
Question 32: Their experiments were based on the belief which you could make gold from other metals.

2
A. were B. on C. which D. metals
Use the correct form of the phrasal verbs below to rewrite the second sentence so that it means exactly
the same as the first sentence.

take up sort out settle up go off carry out

put off wear off grow up wear out get through
1. I don't think I'm going to pass the exams this year.
=> I don't think...
2. This milk tastes funny. I don't think it's fresh any more.
This milk tastes funny. I think …
3. She became less enthusiastic about her job as time went on.
=> Her enthusiasm for her job …
4. I need a new pair of boots. These ones have grown so old that they are useless.
=> I need a new pair of boots. These ones …
5. His mother is very good at solving other people's problems.
=> His mother…
6. Stop behaving like a child!
=> …
7. She spends a lot of her time looking after sick animals.
=> Looking after sick animals…
8. Do you know who was responsible for this terrible crime?
=> Do you know …?
9. I was discouraged from entering the building because there was a large dog in the doorway.
=> The large dog in the doorway …
10. You don’t have to pay now. You can pay in full at the end of the month.
=> You don’t have to pay now. You …