Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differentlyfrom that of the others
UNIT 15
TEST1
I.
PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently
from that of the others.
1. a. foot
b. moon
c. look
d. would
2. a. gravity
b. aspiration
c. biography
d. possible
3. a. technical
b. conquest
c. psychology
d. launched
4. a. national
b. venture
c. fortunate
d. suggestion
5. a. support
b. shuttle
c. success
d. venture
II.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
A. Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the
sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon ______ 20 July
1969.
a. in
b. at
c. on
d. of
7. She is never satisfied ______ what she's got.
a. to
b. with
c. for
d. in .
8. In 1961 Yuri Gagarin lifted ______ into space aboard the Vostok 1.
a. off
b. up
c. on
d. Ø
9. After landing, the team members were greeted like ______ heroes.
a. conquer
b. conquering
c. conqueror
d. conquest
10. No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space.
a. exactly
b. clearly
c. carefully
d. vividly
11. Neil Armstrong, an American ______, was the first man to step on the
moon's surface.
a. scientist
b. cosmonaut
c. astronaut
d. astronomer
12. The 27-year-old Soviet cosmonaut became the first person to eat and
drink in ______.
a. weight
b. weighting
c. weightless
d. weightlessness
13. About 100 Russian satellites are the earth.
a. flying
b. orbitting
c. traveling
d. circuiting
14. Many people are demonstrating to express their ______ with the new
land law.
a. satisfied
b. satisfactory
c. satisfaction
d. dissatisfaction
15. The astronauts were able to send the information back to the earth.
a. spaceships b. space stations c. spacemen
d. space shots
B. Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the
sentence.
16. No one is better cook than his mother, ______?
a. is she
b. isn't she
c. are they
d. aren’t they
17. Do it right now, ______?
a. will you
b. shall you
c. do you
d. don't you
18. There are no easy ways to learn a foreign language, ______?
a. are they
b. are there
c. aren't they
d. aren't there
19. He seldom goes to the library, ______?
a. doesn’t he b. is he
c. does he
d. isn’t he
20. Let's go for a long walk, ______?
a. will we
b. shall we
c. don't you
d. do you
21. I'd lost my key, so I ______ the door when I got home.
a. could lock
b. wasn't able to lock
c. couldn't unlock
d. was able to unlock
22. When Mr. Lee was younger, he ______ work in the garden for hours.
a. has got to
b. should be able to
c. can
d. could
23. Yesterday I ______ to a furniture store. I bought a new lamp there.
a. could go
b. could have gone
c. went d. ought to have gone
24. Do you think there ______ less conflict in the world if all people ______
the same language?
a. would be/ spoke
b. were/ would speak
c. were/ spoke
d. would have been/ had spoken
25. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, ______ eleven times the
size of the earth.
a. being
b. has
c. is
d. having