Test 8 I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS A. Which word is stressed differently from the others? 1. A. antibiotic B. idiomatic C. verbalization D. incongruity 2. A. vaccine B. taboo C. laughter D. visual 3. A. management B. penicillin C. operation D. medication 4. A. benefit B. complement C. examine D. comical 5. A. donation B. prescription C. determine D. designate B. Which underlined part is pronounced differently? 6. A. caricature B. display C. inspiration D. degrade 7. A. occurred B. prescribed C. inspired D. liked 8. A. benefit B. complement C. brighten D. model 9. A. heal B. treat C. measles D. search 10. A. superior B. occur C. turn D. surgeon II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE A. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence. 11. Tom said, “Please tell me about it. ________ if I’ve heard the story before.” A. I stopped you B. I’ll stop you C. I’ve stopped you D. I’m stopping you 12. Mr.Kim lives on a boat; _________, he does not know how to swim. A. however B. moreover C. consequently D. therefore 13. Mothers usually warn their children ________with strangers. A. not talking B. not to talk C. that talking D. to be talked 14. When I went back to the shop, they ________ the book I wanted. A. sell B. sold C. have sold D. had sold 15. I ________ ‘detective stories’ but I don’t any more. A. am used to enjoy B. used to enjoy C. am used to enjoying D. am getting used to enjoying 16. The decision ________ was exactly what he wanted was postponed. A. which B. whom C. who D. none is correct 17. “Sorry I am late.” “That’ s all right. I ________ long.” A. am not waiting B. don’t wait C. won’t wait D. haven’t been waiting 18. Don’t forget ________ all the exercise before ________to school. A. doing / to go B. doing / going C. to do / going D. to do / to go 19. There’s not been a great response to the sale, ________ ? A. does there B. hasn’t there C. hasn’t it D. has there 20. My brother did not go to school yesterday. Neither _________. A. went I B. did I C. I did D. had I gone 21. There was _________ rain last week that several roads were flooded. A. too many B. so many C. so much D. such much 22. Paper money _________ for over a thousand years. A. is used B. has been used C. has used D. used 23. We had difficulty _________ a suitable meeting place. A. providing B. to provide C. for providing D. in provided 24. I wish I _________ my letter of application earlier. A. would write B. had written C. wrote D. should write 25. You mustn’t forget_________ tomorrow morning. A. turning in your assignment B. to turn in your assignment C. turn in your assignment D. turn your assignment in 26. We wasted a lot of time _________ unnecessary things. A. do B. to do C. doing D. for doing 27. _________ on a small salary when one has a large family is not easy. A. Having to live B. Having living C. Have to live D. To have live 28. _________ you are I don’t want to see you now. A. Who B. Whoever C. Whomever D. Whom 29. The smaller the room is the _________ furniture it needs. A. fewer B. less C. more D. smaller 30. No one claimed the abandoned car; _________, it was towed away by the police. A. nevertheless B. however C. in contrast D. consequently 31. The XYZ Company won a four-year contract to serve the new computer system. _________, the XYZ Company will receive a one million dollar bonus for designing the system. A. Therefore B. Consequently C. In fact D. In addition B. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect. 32. There have been little snow in Arctic areas for a long time because the A B atmosphere cannot get much moisture from a frozen ocean. C D 33. I am sure that your system seems as strange to us as ours do to you! A B C D 34. She wishes that we didn’t send her the candy yesterday because she is on a diet. A B C D 35. In the twenties, the Golden Age of Sports, Babe Ruth became a national baseball hero because his sixty home A B C D runs in 1927. 36.The next important question we have to decide is when do we have to submit the proposal. A B C D 37.Before playing tennis, Simon had to get his hair cutting. A B C D 38. Each banking transaction handled quickly and efficiently by well-trained tellers. A B C D 39. I find him absolutely fascinated when talking with him. A B C D 40. That client is used to receive prompt attention. A B C D 41. Although her severe pain, Pat decided to come to the meeting so that there would be a quorum. A B C D III. CLOZE PASSAGE Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank. Ever since humans have inhabited the earth, they have made (42)________of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral (43)________. When there is a language (44)________ communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions (45)________ for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to (46)________ to this form of expression. Many of these symbols of whole words are very picturesque and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot. Body language (47)________ ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally or unintentionally. A wink can be a way of flirting or indicating that the party is only joking. A nod (48)________ approval, while shaking the head (49)________ a negative reaction. Other forms of nonlinguistic language can be (50)________ in Braille (a system of raised dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs also guide, warn, and instruct people. (51)________ verbalization is the most common form of language, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings. 42. A. usage B. use C. employment D. utility 43. A. address B. speech C. utterance D. claims 44. A. barrier B. obstacles C. divisions D. separation 45. A. point B. signify C. imply D. stand 46. A. refer B. rotate C. resort D. revolve 47. A. progresses B. transmits C. remits D. emits 48. A. signifies B. signs C. registers D. presents 49. A. predicates B. indicates C. abdicates D. implicates 50. A. traced B. trailed C. found D. explored 51. A. While B. As C. Because D. Until IV. COMPREHENSION READING Read the following passage. For questions 52 – 55, you are to choose one best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question. Probably the most famous film commenting on 20 th century technology is Modern Times, made in 1936. Charlie Chaplin was motivated to make the film by a reporter who, while interviewing him, happened to describe working conditions in industrial Detroit. Chaplin, together with healthy young farm boys, was lured to the city to work as automotive assembly lines. Within four or five years, these young men’s health was destroyed by the stress of work in the factories. Scenes of factory interiors account for less than one-third of the footage of Modern Times, but they contain some of the film’s most pointed social commentary as well as its funniest comic situations. No one who has seen the film can ever forget Chaplin vainly trying to keep pace with the fast-moving conveyor belt, almost losing his mind in the process. Cleary, Modern Times has its faults, but it remains the best film treating technology within a social context. It does not offer a radical social message, but it accurately reflects the sentiments of many who felt they were helpless victims of an over-mechanized world. 52. The author’s main purpose in writing the passage is to ________. A. criticize the factory system of the 1930s C. explain Chaplin’s style of acting B. describe an important film D. discuss how film reveals the benefits of technology 53. According to the passage, Chaplin got the idea for the film Modern Times from ________. A. a newspaper article B. a scene in a movie C. a job had once held D. a conversation with a reporter 54. The author would probably use all of the following words to describe the film Modern Times except ________. A. revolutionary B. humorous C. memorable D. satirical 55. The author of the passage is probably an expert in the field of ________. A. film criticism B. journalism C. labor relations D. industrial design . Test 8 I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS A. Which word is stressed differently from. management B. penicillin C. operation D. medication 4. A. benefit B. complement C. examine D. comical 5. A. donation B. prescription C. determine D. designate