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I. Phonetics A. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest 1. A. game​B. bridge​C. against ​D. garage 2. A. machinery ​B. march​C. cheerful​D. merchant 3. A. page​B. message ​C. danger​D. ringer B. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest 4. A. sympathy​B. loyalty​C. acquaintance​D. quality 5. A. rumor​B. believe​C. common​D. mutual II. Vocabulary and Grammar Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer 6. He was so ________ that he distrusted all his friends. ​A. suspect​B. suspicious​C. suspicion​D. suspiciously 7. Friendship offers us great ________ in life. ​A. pleasure ​B. pleasant​C. please​D. pleased 8. Man is engaged in a ________ struggle with nature. ​A. constantly​B. constancy​C. inconstantly​D. constant 9. __________ is a two-sided affair. ​A. Friendly​B. Friendship​C. Friendliness​D. Friend 10. He is always __________ in words and deed. ​A. loyalty​B. loyally​C. loyal​D. loyalist 11. Daisy made me _________ him next week. ​A. promise calling​B. to promise calling​C. to promise to call​​D. promise to call 12. Some companies never allow ________ in their offices ​A. to smoke ​B. smoke​C. smoking ​D. smoked 13. They would __________ go by plane than spend a week traveling by train. ​A. love ​B. like​C. prefer​D. rather 14. I can hear a cat __________ at the window. ​A. scratches​B. scratching ​C. to scratch ​D. was scratching 15. If we leave now for our trip, we can stop __________ lunch at 11:00 sharp. ​A. to have​B. having​C. to have had​D. being having 16. He is very stubborn, so it will be difficult to __________ him to go. ​A. make​B. suggest ​C. let​D. persuade 17. She is busy ___________ for her wedding. ​A. shopping​B. shop​C. to shop​D. shopped 18. __________ Mr. Green nor his wife can drive. ​A. Not​B. Either​C. Neither​D. Both 19. I couldn’t repair my bicycle, __________ I didn’t have the right tools. ​A. although​B. because​C. because of​D. therefore 20. Two of the factories in our small town have closed. ___________, unemployment is high. ​A. Consequently​B. Because​C. So that​D. However