Practice 12

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.

• A. campus    

• B. coral             

•          C. craft                 

•       D. central

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.

• A. fragrance 

•   B. anxiety                 

•       C. establish              

• D. standard

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.

• A. observe

• B. grassland

• C. career     

• D. correct

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.

                            

• A. functional  

• B. habitat  

• C. decisive  

• D. pesticide

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. The government is making an effort to ______ pollution levels in major cities.

                                                                       

• A. control

• B. stop 

• C. keep    

• D. protect

To achieve lasting success, one must invest ______ effort over a long period of time.

                                                                

• A. much 

• B. many

• C. few

• D. little

He wishes he ______ more time to finish reading the book we discussed in class last week.

                                                             

• A. has

• B. had

• C. will have 

• D. have

The city council is building a new metro system ______ will reduce traffic in the downtown area.

                                                                                 

• A. what

• B. who

• C. that

• D. where

John: "Do you think public transportation is reliable here?"

Linh: "Yes, I've never had to wait longer than 5 minutes!"

John: “______”

                           

                                 

• A. That's good to know!  

• B. I'll take a taxi instead.

• C. Thank you for the advice.

• D. No worries.

The more we practise speaking English, ______ we become at expressing ourselves clearly.

• A. the more confidently

• B. the most confident

• C. the more confident  

• D. more confident