ENGLISH PRACTICE 41

I. Choose one word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the other words. Write
your answer in the answer sheet
1. A. minority B. disadvantage C. education D. appropriate.
2. A.agrarian B.together C. represent D.occasion.
3. A.special B. prepare C. throughout D. believe.
4. A.Stimulate B. similar C. confidence D. continue.
5. A. Distribution B. dissatisfy C. community D. technology.
II. Choose the best answer from the four options (A,B ,C or D) . Write your answer in the
answer sheet.
1. Can you help me? I need…… information.
A. a few B. a little C. few D. little.
2. About a thousand years ago there were very few people… in the Bristish Isles.
A. living B. moving C. existed D. stayed.
3. Global warming is…. increasing the sea level.
A. fastly B. in a hurry C. hastily D. rapidly.
4. I bought three books. here are two, but where is… one?
A. the other B. another C. others D. each other.
5. Tim studied really hard when he was at school. ………., he later became a successful person.
A. result B. as C.as result D. consequently.
6. The older miser spent all his time… his money and… up new hiding –place.
A. counting-thinking B. to count-thought C. of counting-thinking D. count-
think.
7. George and Paul were the two men…. on Mr. brown’s roof.
A. who were working B. to work C. work D. worked.
8. Many efforts have been …. to protect rare animals.
A.done B. taken C. made D. given.
9. A room with equipment for doing physical exercises is called a…
A. stadium B. pitch C. court D. gymnasium.
10….. refers to sports such as running and jumping.
A. Athletics B training C. fencing D. athlete.
11. How much longer do we have to wait? this is starting to get on my…
A. mind B. back C. nerves D. nose.
12. It is hard to get… parts for this car if something goes wrong.
A. spare B. extra C. additional D. emergency.
13. I’ve got to work late tonight-something has…
A. come out B. come up C. turned out D. turned off.
14. Mrs Robinson … great pride in her cooking.
A. gets B. finds C. has. D. takes.
15. More than thirty people… evidence to the court during the four-week trial.
 A. produced B. explained C. gave D. spoke.
16. If i… you again in my orchard, looking for oears, you’ll be sorry!
A. make eyes at B. catch sight of C. see through D. take a view of.
17. Don’t put …. Until tomorrow what you can do today.
A. down B. off C.out D. up.
18. He stood on the… of the ship and watched the seagulls dive for fish.
A. floor B. ground C. platform D. deck.
19. Veronica broke the school rules so many times that the headmistress finally had no
alternative but to… her
A. export B. deport C. expel D. eject.
20. The shopping centre is easily… from the motorway.
A. affordable B. available C. accountable D. accessible.
III. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.
1. When the movie was over, John and me went for a quick walk.
A B CI D
2. Mrs. Adams was surprised that her son and his friend had gone to the mountains to ski.
A B C D
3. My counselor suggested that I make my professor to change my grade
A B change
since I was sick the day of the exam.
C D
4. As soon as I saw the smoke, I called the fire department, but they haven’t arrived yet
A B C D
5. Jessica is only an amateur, but she sings sweeter than most professionals.
A B C` D
6. The American standard of living is still higher than most of the other countries of the world.
A B C D
7. If you want a particular book, the person to see is the librarian she is wearing glasses.
A B C D
8. Although Alice has been to the mountains many times before, she still loves it
A B C D
9. This house is more spacious as that white house I bought in Rapid City, South Dakota last
year.
A B C D
10 Gardening, according to recent surveys, it is the eighth most popular
A B C
American leisure-time activity.
D
IV. Reading
A. Read the pasage then fill in the blank with the most suitable word.
I was born in London and had lived in cities (1) for most of my life. The one exception is the
year I spent (2) with my uncle in Canada. he owned (3)an enormous farm, miles from anywhere.
Every morning i had to get up with (4) the sun and help my uncle on the field. he was such a
nice man, though that i couldn’t let him know how (5)sad i was.
So you can imagine my feelings when, because of my husband’s work, we (6)moved to
this small village three years ago. We arrived in the middle of january and (7)there was snow
everywhere. The heating didn’t (8)work and it was freezing cold. (9)However, the welcome
from our neighbours was warm and we continued to feel very much at home in the village. I
have never once (10)regretted coming here.
B. Read the second passage then choose one word from the four options A, B, C or D to fill
in each numbered blank
Captioned Television
By the 1950s many American families owned television sets. During television’s first 20years,
deaf people (1) most of the fun. They could not hear what was being said and had to guess.
Deaf people who watched television liked sports and action shows but they were
disappointed with (2) programs. If there was a lot of dialogue, deaf viewers couldn’t follow the
plot. Even the most skilled lip readers could only catch part of the talking. This frustrated many
deaf people.
In the late 1960s, a man started experimenting. Malcom Norwood thought that deaf people
could (3) television programs, too. He wanted to delvelop captions for the programs. Norwood
worked for the federal government’s Media Services and Captioned films Division at the
Bureau of Education of the Handicapped.
Norwood surveyed many hearing Americans. He wanted to see how they felt about seeing
captions on the television screen. Too many people were against the (4) . Norwood realized he
had to develop another way of captioning – one that would not (5) hearing people.
In october of 1971, Norwood’s (6) signed a contract with WGBH-TV, a public television
station in Boston. WGBH was hired to experiment with captions. They agreed to (7) a captioned
televisiopn program for Norwood. That program was made. It was shown on television and at a
special convention.
The type of captions made by WGBH could (8) on any television. No special equipment
was needed. These were called “ open captions”.
Later, a new machine was invented. This device was made to send signals on a special
part of the television picture. the signals could be captions. if a family had another kind of
machine in their home or in their TV set, then the captions (or signals) would (9) on their
television screen. Without the machine, no captions would be seen. That special machine is
called a decoder. it receives the signals transmitted from the television station, Caption that (10)
a decoder are called “ closed captions”.
1. A. missed B. spoiled C. shared D. created.
2. A. racing B. local C. color D. other.
 3. A. write B. recommend C. enjoy D. ignore.
4. A. questions B.law C. idea D. sound.
5. A.interest B. help C. bother D. teach.
6. A.company B. office C. students D. channel.
7. A.make B. do C. habe D. write.
8. A. describe B. confuse C. require D. block.
9. A. appear B. disappear C. show D. happen.
10. A. seen B. put C. turned D. had.
C. Read the fourth passage then choose the best answer from the four options A,B C or D
for each question.
In the spring of 1934 , storms swept across the Great Plains, but they were not rainstorms.They
were the result of sun and drought and a terrible wind that blew millions of tons of topsoil from
300,000 square miles in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New mexico. This was the
dustbowl. It burried fences, fields, and homes. It choked cattle and sicken the people who stayed.
Three hundred and fifty thousand settlers fled, many becoming part of a slow, sad caravan along
Route 66 to California.
But wind and drought were not the only factors that combined to creare the DustBowl .
Only fifty years earlier, a capet of buffalo grass had covered the Great Plain , protecting the soil
and retaining the moisture in the ground. By the turn of the century, farmers had settled,
homesteading in regions that had been used as range land. The increased demand for the wheat
during World War I encouraged farmers to plow and plant even wider areas. Forty percent of the
land that they plowed up had nevr been exposed ton rain, wind, or sun before. When the drought
and wind came, the land had been prepared for disaster.
1. With which of the following is the passage primarily concerned.
A. The DustBowl B. The great Plain C. Homesteading D. World War I.
2. Where did many of the homesteaders go when they abandoned their farms.
A. To Kansas B. to New Mexico C. to Texas D. to California.
3.The word “ fled” in line 5 is closest in meaning to which of the following phrases?
A. passed away B. became ill C. ran away D. gave up.
4.The word “ it” in line 4 refers to :
A. topsoil B. the DustBowl C. wind D. result.
5. It can be inferred from the passage that
A. Ranchers caused the DustBowl by grazing too many buffaloes on the grasslands.
B. The DustBowl was brought to an end by rainstorm.
C. The Great Plain is a wheat-producing region in the United States.
D. All the homesteaders had to abandon their farms during the DustBowl
V. Writing.
A. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first.
1. He never thought of telling her.
It never………………………………………………………..
2. If you want to save your eyesight, we must operate immediately.
 Only by …operating immediately can we save your eyesight
3.The students’ riotous behaviour should have been severely punished.
The students deserved…severe punishment for their riotous behaviour.
4.I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye
…………………………………………………………..
5.He suddenly thought that he might have misunderstood her.
It crossed his mind that he might have misunderstood her
………………………………………………………..
6.If we wait long enough, we’ll get what we want.
It’s just…………………………………………………………..
7.Our present financial problems will soon be a thing of the past.
We soon find a solution to overcome our present financial problems.
8.I was not surprised to hear that Harry had failed his driving test.
It came as no surprise that Harry had failed his driving test.
……………………………………………………………
9.A lot of men think that it’s wrong for women to work.
A lot of men disapprove of women working………………………………………….
10. If nothing unfortunate happens, I’ll see you next week.
All being………………………………………………………….