Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

Question 1:

• a. routine

• b. line
• c. combine
• d. dine

Question 2:

• a. heat
• b. repeat

• c. heart

• d. eating

Question 3:

• a. plough
• b. house
• c. compound

• d. touch

Question 4:

• a. little

• b. lighten
• c. liable
• d. climb

Question 5:

• a. worked
• b. pumped
• c. watched

• d. contented

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence; or that best substitutes the bolded part.

Question 6: What were you doing in the garage? — The tyres were flat, so I had to ____ them up.

• a. blow

• b. pump

• c. push
• d. repair

Question 7: ____ children under 6 years old get a free provision of medical services.

• a. a
• b. an
• c. the

• d. no article

Question 8: Did you hear any noise _____ the night? The neighbors had a party and they are very noisy ____ I was working.

• a. during / while

• b.in/ as soon as
• c. at / when
• d. as / during

Question 9: Many species of wild animals are ____ danger _____ extinction.

• a. of / in
• b. on / for

• c. in / of

• d. within / at

Question 10: The plane is due to leave at 10 o'clock, so we should hurry up or we will be late for it.

• a. must

• b. needn’t
• c. had better
• d. shouldn't

Question 11: He is one of the most ___ people I’ve met. He never says anything ____.

• a. boring / interesting

• b. bored / interested
• c. bored / interesting 
• d. boring / interested

Question 12: People gathered at the station and _____their eyes on thee brand-new train which was ready for its first journey.

• a. put

• b. fastened

• c. screamed
• d. looked

Question 13: When the passengers realized that the ship was flooded with water, they were very upset and ____ in panic.

• a. cheered
• b. laughed

• c. screamed

• d. hurt

Question 14: After going over the combine harvester, the mechanic advised the farmer to buy it.

• a. examining 

• b. running
• c. using
• d. starting

Question 15: The forest fire last week was the most terrible experience I have ever spent. I stared death in the ____.

• a. forehead
• b. leg
• c. hand

• d. face

Question 16: At last the explorers had to stop their journey because of ____ rain.

• a. continue

• b. continuous

• c. continuing
• d. continuously

Question 17: The machine used to be ____ most useful on the farm, but it is out of order now.

• a. a
• b. an

• c. the

• d. no article

Question 18: The classmates do not agree with the monitor ____.

• a. on what should be done

• b. on what being done
• c. on being done
• d. on being done what

Question 19: I had ____ hard in the field all the day. Now I am exhausted. I do not feel like ____ or _____ anything at all.

• a. work / working / to do
• b. worked / to work / doing

• c. to work / working / doing

• d. working / to work / to do

Question 20: We have not got ____ petrol. I think it is not enough for us to continue. 

• a. a lot
• b. little
• c. too

• d. much

Question 21: _____ on Sundays.

• a. Always he sets up late

• b. He always gets up

• c. Does he get up always late
• d. He gets always up  late

Question 22: _____, the patient passed away.

• a. As though the doctors acted promptly
• b. Despite the doctors acted prompuy

• c. In spite of the doctors’ prompt act

• d. Because the doctors prompt act

Question 23: The accident was ____ the slippery streets after the rain.

• a. although
• b. in spite of

• c. due to

• d. provided that

Question 24: Our farm is next to ____.

• a. Mr. Pike’s

• b. Mr. Pike
• c. Mr. Pike is
• d. Mr. Pike has

Question 25: My car is _____ hers.

• a. cheaper and more convenient than

• b. more cheap and convenient than
• c. more cheaper and convenient as
• d. as cheap and more convenient than

Question 26: Who _____ the boss tell him that? — Peter did.

• a. did hear
• b. does hear
• c. hears

• d. heard

Question 27: He ____ on the bank fishing when he ___ a man’s hat floating down the river.

• a. had sat / had seen

• b. was sitting / saw

• c. sat / was seeing
• d. was sitting / has seen

Question 28: ____, that poor old man had to spend more than five years in hospital.

• a. As his mental illness
• b. Although he is mental] illness

• c. Because of his mental illness

• d. In spite of he is mentally ill

Question 29: He did not get on well with his workmates. That’s the reason ____.

• a. why he gave up his work

• b. he gave up his work why
• c. for why he had given up his work
• d. why did he give up his work

Question 30: _____ I admire his courage, I think he should change his mind.

• a. As though

• b. Even though 

• c. As soon as
• d. Due to

Find the one mistake (a, b, c or d) in these sentences.

Question 31:  His mother used to make much him when he went home for holidays.

• a. used to

• b. much

• c. when
• d. for holidays

Question 32:  It's terribly smoky in here - I'm just going on for a breath of fresh air.

• a. terribly
• b. in here

• c. going on

• d. fresh air

Question 33: Many pupils have  extra classes in the evenings with at weekends.

• a. extra
• b. in

• c. with

• d. at

Question 34: We've been having a little problems with the new computer.

• a. a little

• b. problems
• c. with
• d. new computer

Question 35: Remember going through the pockets before you put those jeans in the washing machine.

• a. going through

• b. before
• c. put
• d. in 

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

In 1970, Norman Borlaug won a Nobel Prize for his work in the Green Revolution in agriculture. The Green Revolution is an agricultural plan which has been developed as part of the effort to transfer agricultural technology to less agriculturally advanced areas. In his research, Norman developed high-yielding varieties of wheat which have made the amount of wheat increase significantly. In addition to his research on wheat, he and his colleagues also developed high-yielding varieties of other grains, such as rice and corn.

Everybody agrees that there is always a need to produce more food for the growing human population. It seems that the Green Revolution could end hunger and ensure an adequate supply of food far into the future. However, not all farmers can get benefits from the Green Revolution. Two important parts of the plan are irrigation and the application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides at certain times during the growth cycle. Because the plan requires irrigation of crops, that means digging a well. The poor farmers are not rich enough to afford as well a well, fertilizers, and pesticides as the plan requires. Moreove, if their wealthy neighbors apply the plan, they produce more grain to sell, get more money to buy machinery. And the machinery, in turn, helps them to get more grains and money. The poorer farmers cannot compete with their neighbors and their economic situation will become worse. Some of them even give up their land.

Question 36: What is the main idea of the text?

• a. Poor farmers do not appreciate the Green Revolution.

• b. The advantages and disadvantages of the Green Revolution.

• c. The Green Revolution cannot help to increase the amount of grain.
• d. Only poor farmers need to apply the Green Revolution.

Question 37: The Green Revolution _____.

• a. introduces new agricultural technology and high-yielding varieties

• b. is an agricultural plan which does not involve irrigation
• c. seems not to be able to solve the problem of food shortage
• d. is an agricultural plan which does not use any fertilizers and pesticides

Question 38: Human beings _____.

• a. are increasing in population

• b. need no more food
• c. have a plenty of food now
• d. will surely lack food in the future because of the Green Revolution

Question 39: When applying the Green Revolution plan, farmers do not _____.

• a. need to irrigate
• b. use chemical fertilizers
• c. spray pesticides

• d. feel worried about productivity

Question 40: The Green Revolution is ____.

• a. competitive

• b. undoable for poor farmers

• c. not developed
• d. still unknown

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

It is lunchtime on the farm. Marjorie Sand rings the bell outside the door to call her husband, Ivan, and her grandson Harwood in from the cattle (Question 41) ____.

Ivan (Question 42) ____ his muddy boots and comes into the kitchen. He was born on this farm sixty-eight years (Question 43) _____. His father worked on a two-hundred-acre farm with the help of six hired men and a team of horses. Ivan now works on a nine-hundred-acre farm with the help of his grandson and $138,000 worth of (Question 44) ____. The weather is hard in Kansas. (Question 45) ____ summer, it is very hot and by November, it is snowy. Behind the farm house there is a Cave (Question 46) _____ the family can take shelter if there is a heavy storm. The land is good for farming. It can produce three or four crops (Question 47) ___ year. And this year has been especially good. Ivan usually gets only two or three soya beans in each pod. This year many pods have four soya beans inside them. Ivan says, “Farmers have to sell their products for (Question 48) ___ low prices and the cost of fuel and equipment is so high. Our profits are right down. But the fields are lying out there. We have to keep (Question 49) ____ something, and the more we grow, (Question 50) _____ the price we get for it.

Question 41:

• a. nest
• b. net
• c. room

• d. shed

Question 42:

• a. takes off

• b. goes off
• c. puts out
• d. goes down

Question 43:

• a. then
• b. before

• c. ago

• d. since then

Question 44:

• a. mechanic
• b. mechanical
• c. mechanize

• d. machinery

Question 45:

• a. On

• b. In

• c. At
• d. For

Question 46:

• a. in which

• b. in where
• c. of that place 
• d. in which place

Question 47:

• a. a

• b. an
• c. the
• d. no article

Question 48:

• a. so
• b. so much
• c. so many

• d. such

Question 49:

• a. grow
• b. to grow

• c. growing

• d. grown

Question 50:

• a. the low

• b. the lower

• c. the lowest
• d. the more low