PRACTICE TEST NO. 3
I. PHONETICS
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each question.
1. A. ease B. deaf C. feature D. reveal
2. A. browse B. raise C. base D. compose
3. A. endanger B. ancient C. humane D. camcorder
4. A. disabled B. pressed C. stopped D. cooked
5. A. dolphin B. appropriate C. apology D. conference
B. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the rest in each question.
6. A. dedicate B. classical C. variety D. atmosphere
7. A. cartoon B. serene C. subtract D. software
8. A. picturesque B. romantic C. computer D. semester
9. A. miraculous B. documentary C. communicator D. curriculum
10. A. submarine B. interrupt C. biosphere D. antiwar
II. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
A. Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences.
11. The interviwer told Alison that she would earn 30,000 a year, _____ she to be offered the job.
A. were B. should C. lest D. would
12. She is _____ I'm surprised she didn't go into music professionally.
A. such good pianist B. so good a pianist that
C. too good a pianist that D. a pianist so good
13. I don't want to do the course in applied statistics, but it's _____ .
A. compulsory B. inevitable C. bound D. indecisive