UNIT 4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
TEST 2
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. campus b. candidate c. award d. examine
2. a. exercise b. persuade c. detail d. intermediate
3. a. dormitory b. edition c. examine d. terrible
4. a. order b. scholarship c. oral d. foreign
5. a. scenery b. advance c. grocery d. notice

II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
6. a. edition b. linguistics c. persuasive d. scenery
7. a. dormitory b. institution c. intermediate d. reputation
8. a. comprise b. equal c. picnic d. poet
9. a. puppet b. novel c. language d. until
10. a. information b. inspiration c. logically d. separation
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English.
11. If she has driven all that way since this morning, she will tired and hungry.
A B C D
12. If I can’t finish the job this weekend, I will try to get it does during the week.
A B C D
13. If John is pick for the team, he will be boasting about it for weeks!
A B C D
14. If eggs aren’t kept at the proper temperature, they wouldn’t hatch.
A B C D
15. My uncle explains that I had to put soil all round the plant.
A B C D
16. Tom suggested us to go home early.
A B C D
17. He asked if New York was the biggest city on America.
A B C D
18. Parents are sent a reading list a few weeks on advance of the start of the school year.
A B C D
19. Born on India, he attended high school and medical school in Madras.
A B C D
20. He refused to give precise details of how the law will be changed.
A B C D
IV. Find the one choice that best completes the sentence.
21. If it ......................... fine tomorrow, we will go for a picnic.
a. is b. will c. will be d. was
22. If you are still ill tomorrow, you ......................... to stay at home.
a. should b. need c. ought d. has
23. Greg ......................... me if I liked rock music.
a. asked b. told c. said to d. ordered
24. Sally told him ......................... home early.
a. come b. coming c. to come d. comes
25. Peter offered ......................... the dishes for her.
a. washing b. to wash c. washed d. about washing
26. Oh, it’s history – my favorite .........................
a. knowledge b. study c. subject d. matter
27. I usually like history, but I didn’t care for the ......................... last year. We did nineteenth century European history. It was boring!
a. syllabus b. study c. plan d. timetable
28. We’ve put down a deposit ......................... a new house.
a. at b. in c. on d. to
29. Please write to us for further ......................... of this offer.
a. details b. detail c. detailed d. detailing
30. It is reported that he will have to pay legal fees ......................... $2,000.
a. for b. of c. with d. by
31. Working in a ......................... country takes some getting used to.
a. foreign b. foreigner c. forested d. forester
32. The cells have a series of .........................stages before they develop fully.
a. intermediate b. intermediately c. intermediary d. interminable
33. The medicine is taken .........................
a. oral b. orally c. mouthful d. watering
34. There was no way she could persuade him ......................... her innocence.
a. for b. about c. of d. onto
35. That child is far ......................... advance of the rest of the class.
a. in b. at c. on d. with

V. Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
English has more than a century and (36) ......................... half (37) .........................