TEST YOURSELF 10

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. maneuver
2. synchronized
3. distribute
4. aquatic

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. various
2. integral
3. opponent
4. popular

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. acknowledge
2. physical
3. successful
4. continue

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. perform
2. invent
3. attempt
4. motion

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. activity
2. psychology
3. information
4. development 

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

They like aquatic sports, ______ the other hand, they cannot swimming.

1. on
2. in
3. at
4. off

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

I often think ________ reading books as a form of entertainment.

1. after
2. for
3. up
4. of

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

When you swim, you move ________ water by making movements with your arms and legs.

1. on
2. above
3. through
4. by

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The player of the visiting team scored the only goal in ______ first half.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. Ø

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Swimming is ________ integral part of almost all water-based activities.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. Ø

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

________ water ballet is one of my favorite aquatic sports.

1. A
2. An
3. The
4. Ø

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Scuba diving is still evolving, but general classifications have grown to describe various diving ________.

1. acts
2. actors
3. actions
4. activities

the original one.

To be safe under water, ________ need to be able to control their rate of descent and ascent in the water.

1. divers
2. dive
3. diving
4. dives

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Aquatic sports have long been acknowledged as excellent ways to take physical exercise.

1. reduced
2. encouraged
3. recognized
4. practiced

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

We choose from a ________ of shore excursions including tours of the islands, swimming, golf, sailing or snorkeling.

1. vary
2. various
3. varied
4. variety

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

When a diver is in the water, he uses a snorkel to ________ through.

1. chew
2. swallow
3. digest
4. breathe

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Underwater activities are less varied and the most popular of which are snorkeling and scuba diving.

1. portable
2. diverse
3. familiar
4. durable

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

I'm a great believer in the ________ of reading books and taking up a sport, which offer you both knowledge and healthy.

1. benefits
2. exercises
3. practices
4. points

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

When you play any sport, you may face the __ of being hurt and injure

1. invention
2. risk
3. process
4. support

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Of the sports, underwater or on the ground, football is the most ________, and World Cup is always the greatest sport event.

1. serious
2. various
3. informative
4. popular

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

________ become addicted to the Internet.

1. More and more people
2. The more and more people
3. More people and people
4. The most people

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Life is getting ________.

1. more and more complicated
2. more than complicated
3. most and most complicated
4. least and least complicated

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

________ you read, ________ you get.

1. The books more / the knowledge more
2. The most books / the most knowledge
3. More and more books / more arid more knowledge
4. The more books / the more knowledge

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Something ________ about global warming or else some types of penguins will perish from the earth.

1. should do
2. should be done
3. should be doing
4. should have done

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

A lot of cows ________ on a productive farm.

1. can raise
2. can be raising
3. can be raised
4. cannot raise

the original one.

The contract ________ by Mary,  new secretary in our company because it had some mistakes.

1. was seemed to typed
2. was seemed to be typed
3. seemed to type
4. seemed to be typed

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Nuclear waste ________ as a liquid in stainless-steel containers which are encased in concrete.

1. must store
2. must be storing
3. must be stored
4. must have stored

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Before he ________ the project, Bill had to contact an expert in pesticide-use management.

1. could finish
2. could be finished
3. had been finished
4. had to be finished

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

There are ________.

1. twice as much cars in this area as there was
2. as twice many cars in this area as they were
3. twice as many cars in this area than there used to be
4. twice as many cars in this area as there used to be

Choose a, b, c, or d that best fills in the blank.

"To Build a Fire", ________, was first published in 1908.

1. a short story by Jack London, he was an American author,
2. a short story was written by Jack London, an American author,
3. a short story by Jack London, an American author.
4. a short story by Jack London, an American author