TEST 36 : ME SO (08-11-2015)
I: a. pronounced differently :1. A. Tamil B. baggy C. casual D. article
2. A. cupboards B. cigarettes C. maps D. ghosts 3. A. great B. bread C. break D. steak
4. A. dropped B. looked C. laughed D. raised 5. A .cook B. flood C. book D. woman
b. Main stress in a different position : 6. A. necessary B. inform C. interest D. dangerous
7. A. control B. foolish C. broken D. greedy 8. A. movies B. answer C. article D. machine
9. A. agree B. internet C. radio D. travel 10. A. order B. customer C. museum D. brutal
II. Choose :1. He took his seat quietly_____ their conversation. A. in order that not to disturb
B. so as to disturb C. so as not to disturb D. in order not disturb
2. The ________noise startled the woman. A. frightened B. frighten C. frightening D. fright
3. His shoes are very dirty. They need………...A. cleaning B. cleaned C. to clean D. clean
4. His pronunciation causes me a lot of________ .A. difficulties B. difficult C. difficulty D. difficultly
5. _____ time you put your toys away. A. It’s the B. There’s C. It’s D. There is a
6. I caught ____of a lion lying under the tree, and my heart jumped. A. view B. scene C. look D. sight
7. The students are used to ___in the school library. A. work B. working C. worked D. being worked
8. I’d rather __until Jill comes back. Let’s go home.(not to wait / not wait / have not waited / I didn’t wait )
9. We tried a lot of hotels, but ________of them had any free rooms. A. neither B. none C. no D. not
10. You want to address an envelope to a whole family. You write:_____ .
A. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and family B. Family Wilson C. Family Mr. & Mrs. Wilson D. Wilson’s family
III: Error marked A, B, C or D. 1. I suggested that you taking his advice to treat your cough.
2. The pollution of the sea can be the result of careless or dumping of waste.
3. The bridge was hitting by a large ship during a sudden storm last week.
4. If you took more exercise, you might feel healthily.
5. A daily newspaper was published in Germany in 1650, didn’t it?
6. I think it is necessary to students to wear uniforms when they are at school.
7. Though being ill, Mr. Ba went to the meeting last Monday.
8. There was never any secret among my sister and me when we were growing up.
9. It was very nice of you inviting me to your party.
10. I looked all over the house for her, but I couldn’t find her nowhere.
IV: Word Form: 1. The ……………….. are scheduled to take off at 15:00 and 15:30. (FLY)
2. It was the most ……………visit to Hue Citadels.(EDUCATE)
3. There were 50 ……………………….in the talent contest. (COMPETE)
4. Sorry about the mistake, I ……………..the instructions you gave me. (UNDERSTAND)
5. His ……………………..has not improved much. (BEHAVE)
6. She has an ………………………..command of the language. (IMPRESS)
7. It was extremely …………………….of you to leave your library books on the bus. (CARE)
8. She always listens ………………………….to what she is told. (ATTENTION)
9. This knife is………………………….. . It can’t cut anything. (USE)
10. There is no easy……………………………..to the problem. (SOLVE)
V. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D : POLAR ADVENTURER
In March 1999, Amyr Klink, a Brazilian yachtsman and polar adventurer, became the first man to circle Antarctica while staying south of 50 degrees latitude. He took the most dangerous sea route in the world. Klink was already _(1)____ known because in 1984 he had rowed across the Atlantic in a small boat. The book which he wrote, based on his (2)____ on that trip, had by then (3)_____ millions of copies. For his polar adventure, Klink built his (4)____ boat. He(5)____ off in 1998 from South Georgia and he arrived back there 88 days later-although he _(6)____ eleven of those days on dry land in Antarctica. He did not stop there out of necessity, but because he wanted to see the Antarctic Peninsula.Klink knew that his (7)____ would be dangerous. On the way he had to be careful to (8)_____ huge floating blocks of ice. These icebergs, as they are called, were everywhere. As Klink knew that any rescue mission would have been impossible in the rough sea, he did not bother to take a life-boat. When he sailed into (9)_____winds 750 miles south of Tasmania, he met waves that were twenty-five meters high. This meant staying awake most of the time. He only managed to sleep for twenty- minute periods at a stretch. But he succeeded in the end, (10)____ all the difficulties that he had to face.
1. A. really B. widely C. broadly D. thoroughly 2. A. events B. incidents C. happenings D. experiences
3. A. sold B. printed C. bought D. produced 4. A. proper B. individual C. own D. single
5. A. set B. put C. left D. got 6. A. passed B. lived C. spent D. remained
7. A. excursion B. tour C. voyage D. cruise 8. A. expect B. avoid C. escape D. refuse
9. A. fast B. strong C. heavy D. hard 10. A. as far as B. apart from C. according to D. in spite of