Circle the word whose stress is on the first syllable.

Question 1:

• a. fountain

• b. sustain
• c. contain
• d. retain

Question 2:

• a. prosperous 

• b. oblivious

• c. vigorous
• d. obvious

Question 3:

• a. ancestor
• b. gallery
• c. accurate

• d. surrender

Question 4:

• a. mosaic
• b. medieval

• c. monastery

• d. mornentum

Question 5:

• a. contain
• b. consult
• c. connect

• d. cancel

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence; substitutes the underlined part; or has a close meaning to the original one.

Question 6: Although we are close friends, we have totally ____ views.

• a. differ

• b. different

• c. differently
• d. difference

Question 7: There is no ____ to how much fresh fruit you can eat in a day, isn't there?

• a. limit

• b. limitation
• c. limited
• d. limiting

Question 8: We cannot grow enough food to ____ the increasing population.

• a. support

• b. supporter
• c. supportable
• d. supportive

Question 9: Gold is used ____ making jewelry.

• a. to

• b. for

• c. in
• d. at

Question 10: They are quite safe ____ the experimental test of the new method.

• a. on
• b. against
• c. within

• d. from

Question 11: What percent ____ the population is out of work?

• a. for
• b. among

• c. of

• d. in

Question 12: She gave ____ birth to a healthy infant last night.

• a. a
• b. an
• c. the

• d. Ø

Question 13: Their family earn a living by raising____ animals.

• a. a
• b. an
• c. the

• d. Ø

Question 14: It has been predicted that the world's population might ____ the figure of about 7 billion.

• a. take
• b. come

• c. reach

• d. start

Question 15: He has to work very hard to earn enough to ____ his big family.

• a. reach
• b. govern
• e. limit

• d. support

Question 16: _____ is work that involves studying something and trying to discover facts about it.

• a. Resource

• b. Research

• c. Organization
• d. Figure

Question 17: lt would be very nice if we had a true____ of how many people in this country have not got a job.

• a. figure

• b. growth
• c. amountf
• d. size

Question 18: We need a(n) ___ and reliable birth control option to decrease population growth.

• a. limited

• b. safe

• c. available
• d. average

Question 19: On _____, about 30% of the population in the area are jobless.

• a. figure
• b. safety
• c. research

• d. average 

Question 20: The doctor said ______ the patient did not stop smoking, he would be seriously ill.

• a. that if

• b. whether
• c. if that
• d. as if

Question 21: The sight was beautiful. If only we ____ our camera.

• a. take
• b. took

• c. had taken

• d. would have taken

Question 22: I sea water ____ salty, it would be more interesting when we spend our summer holidays by the sea.

• a. is not
• b. are not

• c. were not

• d. had not been

Question 23: “Don't press the alarm button ____ there is a real emergency”, the nurse said to the patlents relatives.

• a. if
• b. provided that
• c. even if

• d. unless

Question 24: Women can delay having children due to effective birth control methods.

• a. If there are not effective birth control methods, women cannot delay havIing children.
• b. Unless women could delay having children there were not effective birth control methods.

• c. If there were not effective birth control methods, women could not delay having children.

• d. If there had not had efective birth control methods, women could not have delayed having children.

Question 25: _____ now, we would go out.

• a. If it is not snowing
• b. Unless it were snowing

• c. Were it not snowing

• d. Weren't it snowing

Question 26: The bag was heavy, so we could not take it with us.

• a. If the bag were not heavy, we would take It with us.
• b. Unless the bag had not been heavy, we would have taken it with us.
• c. If had the bag not been heavy, we would have taken it with us.

• d. Had the bag not been heavy, we would have taken it with us.

Question 27: lf he had tried harder, he ____.

• a. Will not be sacked
• b. will not sack
• c. would not sack

• d. would not have been sacked

Question 28: She wants to be properly dressed for her photographs  ___ she is a little shy.

• a. although

• b. as if
• c. if
• d. provided that

Question 29: ____ going out, she stayed at home and read some magazines.

• a. Although
• b. If

• c. Instead of

• d. Even If

Question 30: The doctor told me unless you ____ the baby warm he ____ ill.

• a. did not keep / would be

• b. kept / would be 

• c. do not keep / will be
• d. keep / will be

Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

Question 31: “How does the human brain work?” remains one of the rmost profound questions confront modern science.

• a. does
• b. remains
• c. profound

• d. confront

Question 32: Most of the food what elephants eat is brought to their mouths by their trunks.

• a. Most

• b. what

• c. is brought
• d. their

Question 33: Despite resistance in some parts of Canada, the conversion to metric measurernent have been said to be largely successful. 

• a. some parts
• b. metric

• c. have been

• d. largely

Question 34: Never in the history of humanity has there been more people living on this relatively small planet.

• a. of humanity

• b. has

• c. living
• d. relatively

Question 35: It is common knowledge that a flash of lightning is seen before a clap of thunder heard.

• a. It is
• b. knowledge
• c. a flash

• d. thunder heard

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer. 

The world's population inereased from 3 billion in 1959 to 6 billion by 1999, a doubling that occurred over 40 years. The Census Bureau's latest projections imply that population growth will continue into the 21st century, although more slowly. The world's population is projected to grow from 6 billion in 1999 to 9 billion by 2042, an increase of 50 percent that will require 40 years.

The world's population growth rate rose from about 1.5 percent per year from 1950 to 1951 to a peak of over 2 percent in the early 1960s due to reductons in mortality. Growth rates thereafter started to decline due to rising age at marriage as well as Increasing availability and use of effective contraceptive methods. Note that changes in population growth have not always been steady. A dip in the growth rate from 1959-1960, for instance, was due to the Great Leap Forward in China. During that time, both natural disasters and decreased agricultural output in the wake of massive social reorganization caused China's death rate to rise sharply and its fertility rate to fall by almost half.

Question 36: How many people did the world's population increase between 1959 and 1999?

• a. 3 billion

• b. 6 billion
• c. 40 million
• d. 9 billion

Question 37: Which sentence is true?

• a. Population growth in the 20th century was more than that in the 21th century.

• b. Population growth in the 21th century was more than that in the 20th century.
• c. The world's population is dramatically decreasing.
• d. In 1999, there are about 6 billion people all over the world.

Question 38: The word “require” means _____.

• a. spend
• b. demand
• c. pass

• d. take

Question 39: The population growth rate decrease due to _____.

• a. reductions in mortality
• b. early marriage
• c. good health care

• d. the effective use of birth control methods

Question 40: In 1959 - 1960, the population growth in China ____.

• a. Increased rapidly

• b. decreased

• c. was steady
• d. was unchangable

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

(Question 41)____ we could bring the worlds population down to about 2 billion, the earth would be able to (Question 42) ____ all humans, (Question 43) ____ all animals and plant in the wild world, with room to spare for the slow changes of evolution. The quality of life would be (Question 44) ____ for all. With a stabilized populaiion we could begin to (45) ____ all of the problems that population growth (Question 46) _____. We must observe a one child policy (Question 47) _____ the worlds population come down to the sustainable number. This would (Question 48) ____ several generations, (Question 49)_____ the pressures on natural systems can decrease. The environment and nature will have to change radically. Men are the only specIes (Question 50) ____ are unable to keep themselves In balance by natural processes and will therefore have to use their brain power to achieve a proper balance.

Question 41:

• a. Although
• b. Instead

• c. If

• d. Unless

Question 42:

• a. support

• b. save
• c. bring
• d. eradicate

Question 43:

• a. as soon as

• b. as well as

• c. as much as
• d. as many as

Question 44:

• a. risen

• b. raised

• c. decreased
• d. continued

Question 45:

• a. save
• b. create
• c. invent

• d. solve

Question 46:

• a. makes

• b. causes

• c. develops
• d. evolves

Question 47:

• a. until

• b. when
• c. as
• d. so that

Question 48:

• a. do
• b. get
• c. spend

• d. take

Question 49:

• a. as
• b. although

• c. but

• d. so

Question 50:

• a. which
• b. whom

• c. that

• d. whose