TEST A (UNIT 1)

NAME: ________________________________ CLASS: _____________

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. south B. truth C. smooth D. wealthy
Question 2: A. dynamic B. typical C. hyper D. cycle
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the
position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. courteous B. polite C. equip D. express
Question 4: A. expansion B. subscriber C. consequence D. discourage
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: When I got up at 7 this morning, the sun _________ brightly.
A. shone B. is shining C. shines D. was shining
Question 6: We __________ the value of health until we lose it.
A. don’t know B. won’t know C. aren’t known D. didn’t know
Question 7: If we boil water, it ____________
A. had vapored B. would vapor C. vapors D. is vaporing
Question 8: We were expecting to win, so a draw was a __________ result for us.
A. disappointing B. disappointed C. disappoint D. disappointment
Question 9: The leftovers ____________ back in the fridge.
A. mustn't put B. mustn’t be putted C. mustn’t be put D. mustn't putted
Question 10: She is the teacher about ____________ I told you.
A. whom B. who C. that D. whose
Question 11: I'm so grateful ____________ all that you've done.
A. to B. of C. for D. with
Question 12: The police ____________ arrested the thief.
A. have B. has C. having D. to have
Question 13: Linda never goes to school late, __________ she ?
A. does B. doesn’t C. will D. won’t
Question 14: My cousin bought a ____________ bowl.
A. blue ancient lovely small B. lovely blue small ancient
C. small blue ancient lovely D. lovely small ancient blue
Question 15: _____________ for two hours, they went home.
A. Playing basketball B. While playing basketball
C. After playing basketball D. Before playing basketball
Question 16: I _____________ what was troubling her.
A. turned up B. found out C. got over D. went on
Question 17: He was not asked to leave, he went ___________.
A. volunteer B. voluntary C. voluntarily D. volunteered
Question 18: The lower tax rate is particularly ____________ to poorer families.
A. advantage B. advantaged C. advantageous D. disadvantaged
Question 19: There is nothing ____________ about being poor.
A. shame B. shameful C. shamed D. ashamed
Question 20: She's certainly gained ____________ over the last couple of years.
A. confidence B. confident C. confidently D. confide
Question 21: Any alcoholic beverage consumed ____________ can lead to problems.
A. irresponsible B. responsibility C. responsible D. irresponsibly
Question 22: There's very little ____________ between the two countries.
A. cooperation B. coordination C. coexistence D. coeducation
Question 23: As a leader, he's been criticized for his ____________ in foreign affairs.
A. inexperience B. skill C. knowledge D. information
Question 24: Why don't you vote - how can you be so ____________ to what is going on?

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A. selfish B. conservative C. indifferent D. impatient
Question 25: It's been a pleasure and a ____________ to work with you all.
A. privilege B. mischief C. rebellion D. solution
Question 26: All the buildings on the campus are architecturally ____________.
A. obedient B. secure C. willing D. harmonious
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each
of the following exchanges.
Question 27: Pat and Sam are talking about air pollution.
- Pat: “Air pollution is a serious problem nowadays.”
- Sam: “__________. It has many bad effects on our health.”
A. You’re welcome B. It’s not true C. No problem D. I quite agree
Question 28: Daisy wants to invite her classmate, Joe, to her birthday party.
- Daisy: “Listen, I am having a birthday party next Friday. Do you want to come?”
- Joe: “___________. What time does it start?”
A. Sorry. I’m busy then B. I can’t agree with you C. Sure, I’d love to D. I like a party
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 29: The maintenance of these old castles must cost a lot of money.
A. building B. foundation C. destruction D. preservation
Question 30: Some operations may have to be halted unless more blood donors come forward to help.
A. offer B. claim C. attempt D. refuse
Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined words in each of the following sentences.
Question 31: The leaflet has been produced with the aim of raising public awareness of the disease.
A. fostering B. reducing C. building D. developing
Question 32: The teacher scolded the young boy after she found the bag of chips that he was eating on the
sly under the table.
A. frankly B. sincerely C. openly D. noisily
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.
Question 33: A new branch of the shop has been opened in our town two weeks ago.
A. branch B. has been opened C. our D. ago
Question 34: When the floodwater had receded, people began to move back into his homes.
A. When B. had receded C. to move D. his
Question 35: They would show the enormous difference between flammable and inflammable materials.
A. enormous B. difference C. between D. inflammable
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to
each of the following questions.
Question 36: People have discovered a new source of energy.
A. A new source of energy have been discovered by people.
B. A new source of energy has discovered.
C. A new source of energy has been discovered.
D. A new source of energy have been discovered.
Question 37: He was the first man to leave the party.
A. He was the first man who was leaving the party. B. He was the first man who leaves the party.
C. He was the first man that left the party. D. He was the first man that leave the party.
Question 38: The last time I went swimming was nearly a year ago.
A. I have not gone swimming for nearly a year. B. I learned to swim last year.
C. My swimming learning lasted one year. D. I am used to going swimming for nearly a year.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair
of sentences in the following questions.
Question 39: We didn't go on holiday last year because we didn't have enough money.
A. If we hadn’t had enough money, we wouldn’t have gone on holiday last year.
B. If we had had enough money, we would have gone on holiday last year.

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C. If we hadn't had enough money, we would have gone on holiday last year.
D. Unless we had enough money, we would go on holiday last year.
Question 40: In spite of his poverty, he led a devoted life to the revolutionary cause.
A. He could not devote his life to the revolutionary cause because of his poverty.
B. If he had not been so poor, he could have devoted his life to the revolutionary cause.
C. Poor as he was, he led a devoted life to the revolutionary cause.
D. He led a devoted life to the revolutionary cause, but he was so poor.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word(s) for each of the blanks.
There was a time when parents who wanted an (41) ____________ present for their children used to buy
a typewriter, a book or a dictionary. (42)____________ that computers are the key to success, parents are
insisting that children be taught to use them in school as early as possible. They tend to fear that their children
will be unemployable if they haven't mastered computer technology. The use of computers (43) ____________
school is becoming more and more widespread. However, many teachers welcome computers, while others
remain reluctant. They argue that using computers in studies is a waste that "too much money is going for
computerized educational materials". (44) ____________, it is widely agreed that children should be taught
computer programming, (45) ____________ does more to develop their problem-solving skills and ability to
think systematically.
Question 41: A. educational B. educationally C. education D. educated
Question 42: A. Convincing B. Convinced C. Convince D. Convincingly
Question 43: A. on B. at C. from D. in
Question 44: A. Because B. However C. Therefore D. Moreover
Question 45: A. that B. whom C. which D. where
Read the following passage, and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
Online news and social media have outpaced print as the main source of news among those under 35
years of age, according to the Reuters India Digital News Report 2019. As many as 56% of the respondents
said they prefer online news while 28% said they prefer social media. Only 16% said they prefer print.
According to the report, which studies how digital news is being used in India. 68% of respondents identify
smartphones as their main device for online news and 31% say they only use mobile devices for accessing
online news. These figures are markedly higher than in other markets. including developing ones such as
Brazil and Turkey. Further analysing how the sample accesses news, the report says that only 18% of the
respondents consider direct access their main way of getting news online. An overwhelming majority of
respondents identify various forms of distributed discovery as their main way of accessing news online with
‘search’ at 32%, and various kind of social media sources at 24%. Within social media. Facebook and
WhatsApp are particularly widely used, with 75% of the respondents using Facebook (52% saying they get
news there), and 82% using WhatsApp (with 52% getting news there). Other social media platform widely
used for news are Instagram (26%), Twitter (18%) and Facebook Messenger (16%). Navigating news on social
media: 56% of respondents say they decide on the basis of who shared the post, while for 63%, the headline
is very important, and for 58%, the brand. WhatsApp widely used for news: 82% use the messaging
application, and 52% reported getting news on WhatsApp, far higher numbers than most markets in Europe
and North America, but comparable, for example, to Brazil. Online and offline sources of news: Among the
respondents over 35, online (38%) and television (34%) are about equally widely named as the main source
of news, and print (27%) still more widely relied on than social media (19%).
Question 46: What does the given passage highlight?
A. Popularity of online news over paperback newspaper.
B. Analysing of online news as means of information.
C. Role of social media as a means of information.
D. Facebook and WhatsApp are particularly widely used in Brazil.
Question 47: According to the information ___________ of people prefer to seek information on the basis
of its source.
A. 16% B. 34% C. 56% D. 27%
Question 48: Which source of digital news and information is more popular in India than any other country?
A. Instagram B. WhatsApp C. Messaging application D. Twitter

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Question 49: The word “overwhelming” is closest in meaning to .
A. vast B. trivial C. paltry D. insignificant
Question 50: How many respondents over 35 prefer print, according to the report?
A. 27% B. 16% C. 26% D. 31%

A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
1 11 21 31 41
2 12 22 32 42
3 13 23 33 43
4 14 24 34 44
5 15 25 35 45
6 16 26 36 46
7 17 27 37 47
8 18 28 38 48
9 19 29 39 49
10 20 30 40 50