MOCK TEST ONE

Choose the word or phrase (A,BC or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence

1.Excuse me .I’m doing may homeword.______turning down your radio abit ?
A.Would you please B.Can you
C.Could you D.Would you mind
2.I’d rather go to the football field instead_____being in class today.
A.in B.to
C.of D.at
3.-Would you like a piece of cake? -________.
A.Yes,I would B.Yes.I do like
C.Yes,please D.Yes,of course
4.I couldn’t find Jo at the party last night.If I______him,we’d have been happy.
A.meet B.met C.had met D.have met
5.How_____foreign stamps have you collected so far,Jack
A.many B.much
C.little D.few
6.-Can you see anybody in that classroom?
A.is B.are
C.has been D.have been
7. How far is your house______your office,John?
A.to B.at
B.from D.in
8. The boy decided to go out _____it was raining very heavily outside.
A.because B.despite
C.even if D.although
9.When I saw him yesterday, he was______a taxi.
A.running after B.walking up
C.coming along D.running over
10.Why do you sell this old house________such a high price?
A.by B.on
C.at D.with
11.-Your house looks so new and strange,doesn’t it?
-Well.__________?
A.it’s being painted B.it’s just been painted
C.it’s painted D.it was painted recently
12.-Do you often see each other?
-Oh,no! Rarely_______dates.
A.do we have B.will we have
C.have we D.we have
13.-Where do you think Mike is from?
-__________
A.Maybe he comes from Australia B.He lives in Australia
C.He is Australia D.Australian man,of course
14.Janet is abeautiful but arrogant girl.She always looks_____other people.
A.into B.up to
C.after D.down upon
15.The collector_______his set by the end of the year.
A.will be completing B.has completed
C.will have completed D.will have been completing
16._______, many houses are going to be demolished to make ways for a new supermarket.Many people abject to the idea.
A.Fortunate B.Unfortunate
C.Fortunately D.Unfortunately
17.The ____ was asuccess;the patient will fully recover ina month’s time.
A.operate B.operation
C.operator D.operating
18.He’s doing a course in business______for further advancement in his career.
A.manageability B.manager
C.management D.managerial
19.Call the TV stations for the______of the opening of our new store
A.publicity B.publicize
C.public D.publicizing
20.I like my work because Ihave the ______ to make my own decision
A.freed B.freedom
C.freely D.free

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
21. A.advanced B.accomblished C.watched D.averaged
22. A.denies B.mistakes C.deelines D.conserves
23. A.stomach B.cheap C.headache D.architecture

Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
24. A.interesting B.surprising C.amusing D.successful
25. A.mathematics B.engineer C.benefit D.Japanese

Choose the word or phrase ( A , B , C or D ) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Many American customs will surprise you, the same thing happens to us when we (26)_______ another country. People from various cultures handle many small daily things differently. What a