PRE-TEST 9
I. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced different from the rest.
a. great b. heat c. meat d. seat
a. churches b. chairman c. chemist d. changes
II. Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the best option.
Recently more and more people _____ for bills by credit cards.
a. pay b. paid c. are paying d. have paid
We _____ TV last night when our cousin came.
a. are watching b. watched c. were watching d. have watched
Clean air _____ us with a healthy supply of oxygen.
a. is providing b. provides c. provided d. has provided
When I opened the door, I saw a little girl _____ soundly there.
a. sleeping b. sleep c. to sleep d. slept
I’m afraid I’m not accustomed to _____ in public.
a. speaking b. speak c. spoke d. be spoken
Without hydropower plants like Song Da, Tri An or Yaly, we ____have enough electricity for production.
a. shan’t b. won’t c. wouldn’t d. don’t
I’d recycle the metal in discarded products if I ____ the factory manager.
a. am b. will be c. had been d. were
He will have arrived ____ HaNoi by 8.30 tonight.
a. at b. for c. in d. to
I’m afraid you are confusing ____ the time. He’ll be there at 10:00
a. about b. at c. for d. to
We hope that everyone has been ready ____ the test.
a. for b. in c. on d. to
We all felt glad for Nguyen Thi Huyen, ___ was among the world’s top beauties.
a. she b. that c. who d. whom
Is this the factory _____phosphate fertilizer is produced?
a. that b. there c. which d. where
Forests, which provide timber, must be _____ with care.
a. kept b. manage c. cut down d. destroyed
In London, I ____ an explanation for left hand traffic in a book.
a. found b. look for c. searched d. sought
Smoking will certainly cause _____ diseases.
a. danger b. dangerous c. endanger d. endangering
Portuguese is spoken as the _____ language in Brazil.
a. foreign b. international c. offical d. second
Don’t give up hope yet. Be _____ in your success!
a. confiding b. confident c. confidence d. confidential
Using too much chemical fertilizer may do ____ to the atmosphere.
a. harm b. harmful c. harmless d. harming
We spent a/ an ______ night talking about our plant.
a. sleepless b. sleepy c. unslept d. unsleeping
Recent achievements in medicine have brought hope to _____ couple.
a. childish b. childless c. childlike d. childproof
She goes ____ a lot. She hardly ever spends an evening at home.
a. out b. over c. down d. along
Sara speaks so ____ that I can’t understand her.
a. fastest b. fastly c. faster d. fast
I remember ____ you about this before.
a. telling b. tell c. to tell d. told
Some species of rare animals are in _____ of extinction.
a. dangerous b. dangerously c. danger d. endanger
Would you mind _____ me a hand with this bag?
a. to giving b. to give c. give d. giving
She doesn’t understand ___ I am saying.
a. where b. that c. whose d. what
We need more sugar. There is ___ sugar in the pot.
a. much b. any c. little d. many
I didn’t have umbrella with me, so I got wet.