Unit 16 : Inventions : Test 2

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. behave
2. paper
3. taste
4. chocolate

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. refine
2. invent
3. facsimile
4. vanilla

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. button
2. crush
3. pulp
4. papyrus

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. touch
2. thousand
3. about
4. round

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. process
2. appliance
3. official
4. place

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

The rice crop______.

1. is harvesting
2. are harvesting
3. is harvested
4. are harvested

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

We had dinner_____did the washing - up.

1. and then
2. and after
3. and finally
4. and lately

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

The______machine has a lot of rollers.

1. papermaking
2. rnakingpaper
3. papermake
4. papermade

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

We delayed our trip due to the bad weather.

1. because
2. because of
3. therefore
4. however

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

Tell him_____.

1. wait
2. to wait
3. waiting
4. waits

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

At one time, coffee_____as a medicine.

1. used
2. was usd to                      
3. was used                                 
4. uses

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

_____is a machine that washes dishes.

1. Washing machine
2. Dishwasher
3. Microwave
4. Hairdryer

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

This food tastes______.

1. delicious
2. wonder
3. diliciously
4. wonderfully

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

Jack doesn’t know how_____the toaster.

1. fix
2. to fix
3. fixing
4. for fixing

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

She reheated the soup in the _____.

1. microwave
2. hairdryer
3. microphone
4. vonveyor belt

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

A sample of (A)chocolate given (B) after (C) visitors have toured (D) the factory.

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

In (A)the morning, the (B) Professor showed us up (C) the (D) university.

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

After met (A) the movie (B) star, I understood why (C) she was so (D) popular.

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

One quarter (A) to one third (B) of the world’s coffee are (C) produced by (D) Brazil.

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

The procedure is (A) almost (B) the same like (C)  it was 200 years ago(D).

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

NYLON was invented in the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists worked with his invention and finally on 27 October 1938, Nylon was introduced to the worl It was cheap and strong and immediately became successful, especially in the making of ladies’ stocking.

Today, nylon is found in many things: carpets, ropes, seat belts, furniture, computers, and even spare parts of the human body. It has played an important part in our byes for over 50 years.

Julian Hill was a! an _____.

1. chemist
2. Americai
3. inventor
4. all are correct

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

NYLON was invented in the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists worked with his invention and finally on 27 October 1938, Nylon was introduced to the worl It was cheap and strong and immediately became successful, especially in the making of ladies’ stocking.

Today, nylon is found in many things: carpets, ropes, seat belts, furniture, computers, and even spare parts of the human body. It has played an important part in our byes for over 50 years.

Nylon can be found in ____.

1. many things
2. spare parts of the human body
3. furniture
4. all are correct

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

NYLON was invented in the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists worked with his invention and finally on 27 October 1938, Nylon was introduced to the worl It was cheap and strong and immediately became successful, especially in the making of ladies’ stocking.

Today, nylon is found in many things: carpets, ropes, seat belts, furniture, computers, and even spare parts of the human body. It has played an important part in our byes for over 50 years.

What does the word ‘introduce’ in line 3 ffiean?

1. tell somebody your name
2. tell somebody the name of a person
3. bring in something new
4. bring something somewhere

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

NYLON was invented in the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists worked with his invention and finally on 27 October 1938, Nylon was introduced to the worl It was cheap and strong and immediately became successful, especially in the making of ladies’ stocking.

Today, nylon is found in many things: carpets, ropes, seat belts, furniture, computers, and even spare parts of the human body. It has played an important part in our byes for over 50 years.

Which of the following is not true?

1. Nylon was used to make ladies’ stocking.
2. Today, Nylon still plays an important part in our lives.
3. At first, people didn’t want to use Nylon.
4. We can found Nylon in computers.

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

NYLON was invented in the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists worked with his invention and finally on 27 October 1938, Nylon was introduced to the worl It was cheap and strong and immediately became successful, especially in the making of ladies’ stocking.

Today, nylon is found in many things: carpets, ropes, seat belts, furniture, computers, and even spare parts of the human body. It has played an important part in our byes for over 50 years.

Nylon_____.

1. was invented by Julian Hill
2. was strong but expensive
3. was not very popular
4. all are correct