UNIT 9 - LESSON 2
TEST 1PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others.
a. technology b. competitive c. facsimile d. document
a. courteous b. subscribe c. service d. customer
a. transit b. transmit c. transact d. translate
a. capacity b. communal c. secure d. imagine
a. installation b. disadvantage c. dissatisfied d. disappointed
LANGUAGE FOCUS
Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
I suddenfy came _____ a very valuable book when we was in the bookshop.
a. up b. into c. across d. down
Prices are going _____ in a worry way.
a. up b. over c. away d. off
Does he tell you how he is getting _____ his new colleagues?
a. on with b. on of c. away with d. out of
I`d like to send this parcel express. What`s the _____ on it?
a. cost b. price c. postage d. value
An extra copy of each document was supplied for onward _____ to head office.
a. transmit b. transmitted c. transmitter d. transmission
We _____ to several sports channels on television.
a. subscribe b. deliver c. offer d. notify
We offer a very _____ rate for parcels of under 15 kg.
a. competing b. competent c. competitive d. competition
If you want to send a document and do not want to lose, its original shape, our _____ service will help you.
a. express mail b. facsimile c. messenger call d. postal
_____ of all the staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.
a. On behalf b. In place c. Instead d. On account
` _____ send this document to my office by fax?` `Certainly.`
a. Would you like b. Would you mind c. Could you d. Why not
Choose the word or phrase- a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
Al painted his bedroom brown. It looks dark and dready. He _____ a different color.
a. had to choose b. should have chosen
c. must have chosen d. could have been choosing
You _____, too hard lately. Take a short vacation.
a. worked b. work c. were working d. have been working
In geometry, a tangent is a straight line _____ a curve at only one point.
a. it touches b. whose touching c. its touching d. that touches
Ellen Swallow Richards became the first woman _____, graduate from, and teach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
a. to enter b. enter c. entered d. who enter
I felt as if I _____ a confidence.
a. have betrayed b. would betray c. had betrayed d. am betraying
_____ finds the treasure is entitled to twenty five percent of it.
a. Who b. The people who c. Whoever d. Man who
The instrument panel of a light airplane has at least a dozen instruments _____
a. the pilot must watch b. what the pilot must watch
c. which the pilot must watch them d. such that the pilot must watch
Dr Seuss, _____ was Theodor Seuss Geisel, wrote and illustrated delightfully humorous books for children.
a. his real name b. who had as his real name c. with his real name d. whose real name
Diamonds are often found in rock formations called pipes, _____ the throats of extinct volcanoes.
a. in which they resemble b. which resemble c. there is a resemblance to d. they resemble
If we had known your new address, we _____ to see you.
a. came b. will come c. would come d would have come
Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that needs correcting.
One of the most influence newspapers in the U.S is The New York Times, which is widely distributed throughout the world.
The legal age which a person is considered to be an adult is customarily 18
Van Cliburn who studied piano from 1951 to 1954 and won multiple awards between 1958 and 1960.
Dr Harder, that is the professor for this class, will be absent this week because of illness.
The man, of whom the red