ENGLISH PRACTICE 29

PART 1: PRONUNCIATION

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from

the other three in each of the following questions

1.

A. contributed

B. eradicated

C. developed

D. needed

2.

A. approached

B. unwrapped

C. obliged

D. sacrificed

3.

A. brush

B. crush

C. rush

D. push

4.

A. breathe

B. threaten

C. healthy

D. earth

5.

A. said

B. play

C. lemonade

D. plate

6.

A. bother

B. breakthrough

C. thoughtful

D. geothermal

7.

A. leaves

B. practices

C. wishes

D. introduces

8.

A. dough

B. doubt

C. county

D. blouse

9.

A. fracture

B. signature

C. culture

D. mature

10.

A. pride

B. life

C. combine D.

machine

PART II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

I. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer

among four options (A, B, C or D).

1. I'm addicted ______ these sweets. I loved them!

A. on

B. at

C. to

D. for

2. You are being thoroughly _________in refusing to allow this ceremony to take

place.

A. unrequited

B. unrepresentative

C. unreliable

D.

unreasonable

3. Nylon, a synthetic _______ from a combination of water, air, and a by-product of

coal, was first introduced in 1938.

A. to make

B. make

C. made

D. making

4. He ______ book the tickets, but he had no time to call at the Cinema.

A. would

B. might

C. could

D. was going to

5. It is necessary that an employee _________ his work on time.

A. finish

B. finished

C. finishing

D. finishes

6. This dress is eye-catching, and many people________ me on it.

A. complain

B. complement

C. compliment

D. complementary

7. Bill is jealous ________ your promotion.

A. with

B. of

C. at

D. about

8. _______ are sought by an elementary school.

A. Mentally retarded teachers

B. Teachers retarded for mental cases

C. Teachers for the mentally retarded

D. Mental retarded case teachers

9. Since I came in half an hour late this morning, I have to stay until 5:30 to

_______ for it.

A. make up

B. save up

C. keep up

D. hold up

10. Earthquake can damage a tree ______violently, and it can take several years

for the tree to heal.

A. to cause to shake it B. when shaking it

causes

C. to cause shaking it D. by causing it to shake

II. In the following text, some of the lines are correct, and some have a

word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√

). If a line

has a word which should not be there, write the word. There are two examples at the beginning.

We can tend to think of poverty as the main cause

0____ can ____

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