Unit 5 : Higher education : Test 3

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. veterinary
2. consequently
3. application
4. difficulty

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. maximum
2. decision
3. requirement
4. admission

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. institution
2. university
3. preferential
4. indicative

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. institution
2. university
3. preferential
4. indicative

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. available
2. majority
3. tutorial
4. differently

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. graduation
2. understanding
3. international
4. accommodation

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.

These are requirements _____ those who want to become a pharmacist.

1. of
2. in
3. about
4. for

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 will be sitting for our final examination in the last week _______ May.

1. in
2. on
3. for
4. of

the original one.

In all cases, applicants must meet the course requirements _______ by the admitting institution.

1. written
2. listed
3. typed
4. valued

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 A-level (short for Advanced Level) is a General Certificate of Education set of exams _______ in the U.K.

1. taken
2. spent
3. met
4. indicated

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.

Most universities _______ students who want to attend the university to pass three A-Levels.

1. receive
2. tell
3. require
4. ask

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.

An _______ is a student at a university or college who is studying for his or her first degree.

1. undergraduate
2. application
3. insurance
4. exam

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.

Entry to university is competitive so some _______ with the minimum entrance qualifications will find themselves without a place.

1. tutors
2. professors
3. teachers
4. applicants

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.

Students also have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of _______ courses in the university.

1. compulsory
2. optional
3. required
4. limited

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.

Mr. Pike provided us with an _______ guide to the full-time and part-time programs on offer to a range of candidates drawn from schools and colleges.

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

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.

Higher education _______ have risen this year for the first time in more than a decade.

1. applies
2. applications
3. applicable
4. applicants

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.

Not many places at the universities are left, so choice is on a severe _______.

1. limiting
2. limitation
3. delimitation
4. limited

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.

If you get _______ A as a mark for a piece of work or in _______ exam, your work is extremely goo

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

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.

It is _______ education that can make life of people in developing countries less miserable.

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.

English or French, you can choose _______.

1. not
2. either
3. both
4. so

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 leaving high school, a student can apply for a position either university _______ a vocational college.

1. with
2. and
3. nor
4. or

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.

If it last night, it _______ so hot today.

1. rained / is not
2. was raining / were not
3. had rained / would not have been
4. had rained / would not be

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.

Without your recommendation, we _______ any success last year.

1. had not got
2. did not get
3. will not have got
4. would not have got

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 gets here soon, we will have to start the meeting without him.

1. Suppose
2. Provided
3. Unless
4. If

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.

If my client _______ me her fax number, I _______ to post a letter to her.

1. gave,/ will not have
2. will give / do not have
3. had given / wouldn't have had
4. had given / will not have had

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.

Tom's company will almost certainly fire him _______ he improves his attitude.

1. unless
2. or
3. otherwise
4. if

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.

_______ as much money as Bill Gates of Microsoft, I would retire.

1. Did I have
2. If did I have
3. Unless I had
4. If I had had

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.

If I _______ it was a formal party, I wouldn't have gone wearing jeans and a jumper.

1. knew
2. had known
3. had been knowing
4. could know

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 had brought my laptop to the meeting yesterday.

1. If
2. If only
3. Even if
4. As if

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.

If I _______ the lottery last week, I _______ rich now.

1. had won / would be
2. had won / would have been
3. won / would be
4. won / would have been