PRACTICE TEST 1 – MS HOA
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. serves B. hopes C. likes D. writes
Question 2: A. substantial B. initiate C. particular D. attention
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. express B. effort C. employ D. reduce
Question 4: A.reference B. attraction C. advantage D. infinitive
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5: I’d like to see that football match because I___________once this year.
A. haven’t seen B. don’t see C. weren’t seeing D. didn’t see
Question 6: They always kept on good ___________with their next-door neighbors for the children’s sake.
A. will B. friendship C. terms D.relations
Question 7: The opposition will be elected into government at the next election, without a ____________ of a doubt
A. shade B. shadow C. benefit D. hue
Question 8:___________her fiction describes women in unhappy marriages.
A. Many of B. A large number of C.A great volume of D. Much of
Question 9: It seems that the world record for this event is almost impossible to_____________.
A. get B. beat C. take D. achieve
Question 10: Housewives find it easier to do domestic chores thanks to ____________invention of labour- saving devices.
A.theB. a C. an D. some
Question 11: Helen has just bought__________.
A. new black wool two scarves B. two black wool new scarves
C.two new black wool scarves D. two scarves new wool black
Question 12:Another__________will be drawn from the experiment.
A.conclusion B. attention C. contrast D. inference
Question 13: Some candidates failed the oral examination because they didn’t have enough ___________.
A. confide B. confident C. confidential D. confidence
Question 14: Our new coach is popular ___________the whole team.
A. for B. to C. by D.with
Question 15: Everyone in both cars _________ injured in the accident last night, __________? A.were/ weren`t they B.was/ weren`t they C.was/ wasn`t he? D.were/ were they
Question 16: One man ____outside his own country is tipped to become the new President.
A.littleknowing B. toknowlittle C.littleknown D. to be littleknown
Question 17: Their apartment looks nice. In fact, it’s___________.
A. extremely comfortable B. extreme comfortably
C. extreme comfortable D. extremely comfortably
Question 18:It’s a small lamp, so it doesn`t _________ off much light.
A. cast B. give C. shed D. spend
Mark the letter A, B, C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 19: Mr. Gerstein was particularlytaken abackto hear that sleeping problems are often linked to physical problems.
A. surprised B. intended C. determined D. relieved
Question 20: I shouldn’t go outside without a raincoat because it’s raining cats and dogs.
A. it’s just started to rain B. it’s raining very heavily
C. it’s going to rain D. it’s drizzling
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 21: A trial must be fair and impartial.
A. hostile B. biased C. unprejudiced D. apprehensive
Question 22: Sorry, I can’t come to your party. I am snowed under with work at the moment.
busy with B. free from C. relaxed about D. interested in
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of
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