TEST YOURSELF 6

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1.  machine                   
2.  change           
3.  children                   
4.  lunch

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1.  follow                     
2.  show                       
3.  allow                       
4.  slow

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1.  reply                       
2.  safely                      
3.  quickly          
4.  yearly

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. noisy                        
2.  Brazil                      
3.  lazy                         
4.  pizza

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.

He analyzed our country's economic problems profoundly. He must be a/an _______.

1.  fiction writer           
2.  expert            
3.  messenger      
4.  scientist

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. grown                       
2.  own                         
3.  known                     
4.  down

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 can take our photographs with a _______.

1.  labor-saving device
2.  computer       
3.  camera          
4.  screen

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.

He ___ of being a famous journalist, but he is not really keen on learning.

1.  daydreams             
2.  prepares                  
3.  chooses                   
4.  needs

the. original one.

Economic _______ are very necessary in a certain time to help develop a country.

1.  reforms                   
2.  transformations      
3.  changes                   
4.  conversion

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.

_______ refers to books and stories about imaginary people and events, rather than books about real people or events.

1.  Science          
2.  Fiction           
3.  Reference                
4.  Dictionary

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 did not have enough lexical knowledge to _______ that article from Vietnamese into English.

1.  translate                 
2.  convert                    
3.  transmit                  
4.  reform

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.

Those books are necessary for your thesis. They are really _______.

1.  inform                     
2.  information             
3.  informer            
4.   informative

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.

He fixed his eyes to the computer _______ without paying attention to what happened aroun

1.  slide                        
2.  curtain           
3.  layer                        
4.  screen

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 Japanese are _______ at lowering manufacturing costs.

1.  expert                     
2.  expertise                 
3.  expertly                   
4.  expertises 

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.

After a nature disaster, there is always an ____ need for food and water.

1.  urgent                     
2.  urge                         
3.  urgently                   
4.  urgency 

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 am still not accustomed _______ the weather in London. Except _______ weather, I like everything there.

1.  up / over                 
2.  on / with                  
3.  to / for           
4.  with / from

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'll be ready to leave _______ about twenty minutes. Please come and pick me to the station.

1.  away / toward         
2.  in / up           
3.  for / on          
4.  at / out

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.

Don't keep shouting _______ me. I hate it.

1.  in                                      
2.  for                           
3.  with                         
4.  at

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.

What's the matter _______ you? You look pale and tired?

1.  on                                    
2.  with                        
3.  for                           
4.  upon

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.

Computers have had a great effect _____ our lives since its appearance.

1.  on                           
2.  at                             
3.  for                           
4.  to

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 are tired _______ doing the same work day after day.

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

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.

He had a terrible cold _______ he insisted on going swimming.

1.  despite                    
2.  although                  
3.  in spite of                
4.  but

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 plane took off late, we still reached our destination on time.

1.  Though                  
2.  In spite          
3.  Despite          
4.  As though 

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.

Mary is ____ independent woman with ____ wise and ____ enthusiasm.

1.  an / Ø / Ø               
2.  a / the / the              
3.  the / a / an               
4.  Ø / a / the

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.

_______, he managed to complete the race.

1.  In spite he was severely hurt               
2.  Despite he was severely hurt
3.  Even though being severely hurt          
4.  Despite being severely hurt

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 became a millionaire, I would carryon working.

1.  Even though
2.  Despite of               
3.  In spite     
4.  Although that

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.

In spite _______, we understood most of what he was saying.

1. of he was lisping           
2. his lisp                   
3. of his lisp         
4. he was lisping

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.

Peter, likes to play ______ volleyball, but he is not _______ good player.

1.  the /                         
2.  Ø / a                        
3.  the / the                   
4.  a / the

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.

One of _______ students said, "_______ professor is late today."

1.  the / A                     
2.  the / The                 
3.  Ø / A                       
4.  a / 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.

My daughter is learning to play _______ violin at _______ school.

1.  the / a                      
2.  a/ the                       
3.  the / Ø           
4.  Ø / the