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ENGLISH OLYMPIC CONTEST PRACTICE TEST 1

Time allowed: 180 minutes

PART A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (60 pts)

I. PHONOLOGY (10 pts)

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others. (5 pts)

1. A. mechanic B. salary C. many D. satisfy 2. A. typical B. demeanor C. fill D. hindrance 3. A. contentment B. trigonometry C. photography D. property 4. A. swift B. swallow C. sword D. sweatshop 5. A. individuals B. vacancies C. associates D. tissues

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. (5 pts)

6. A. curriculum B. scenario C. bewilderment D. devastation 7. A. appliance B. homecoming C. romantic D. dynamics 8. A. quarrel B. upset C. annoy D. dismayed 9. A. domestic B. parental C. disposal D. teenager 10. A. laundry B. housework C. divvy D. admit

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE (20 pts)

1. Frank said his brand new Ferrari could do 250 kph and Tony, not to be _____, claimed his Porshe

could drive at 300 kph. A. overridden B. outdone C. downgraded D. outspoken 2. The comforting news from my sister was a real _____ off my mind.

A. stone B. deal C. load D. mass 3. Our company was _____ for twenty thousand pounds by a rival on the grounds of an alleged

duplicating of their produce. A. sued B. sentenced C. accused D. tried 4. The protesters occupying the streets have _____ the traffic in the centre of the city.

A. dispelled B. dislocated C. disturbed D. disrupted 5. The number of the victims of the plane crash has been _____ at 53.

A. amounted B. counted C. estimated D. scored 6. He was claimed to be an unskilled writer, but his latest works have definitely _____ witness to his

great talent. A. constituted B. borne C. dealt D. displayed 7. Judging by the casual clothes he is wearing, he doesn't _____ much significance to being

elegant at work. A. devote B. assign C. entrust D. attach 8. Has anyone managed to _____ the meaning of the declaration?

A. seize B. snatch C. grip D. grasp 9. About two hundred illegal immigrants have been _____ from the country this year.

A. expelled B. enforced C. evicted D. expired 10. Any further details of the language course will be sent on _____ to all our subscribers.

A. request B. appeal C. plea D. wish 11. Albert was praised for having _____ with his research work in spite of terrible difficulties.

A. insisted B. lasted C. sustained D. persevered 12. Since the new machinery was purchased in 2001, the old type has fallen into _____.

A. decrepit B. damage C. dysfunction D. disuse

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13. It has never _____ my mind that Jane might be a notorious liar.

A. passed B. entered C. crossed D. reached 14. It's obvious each of us would like to have their _____ in such an important question as the

company privatization. A. talk B. word C. claim D. say 15. She says she's been on a diet for so long that she's enormously _____ of any kind of sweets.

A. wishful B. desirous C. tasty D. requisite 16. _____ smart he was, he couldn't figure out how to solve the puzzle.

A. Although B. However C. Much as D. Despite 17. The fire that broke out in the opera house has dealt a severe _____ to the performance of The

Figaro, which was due next month. A. blow B. failure C. hitch D. drawback 18. It required a harsh reprimand to _____ Joshua from leaving the camp at night again.

A. detain B. defy C. deter D. deprive 19. Has it been decided who is going to _____ the orchestra yet?

A. govern B. handle C. guide D. conduct 20. Will it make any _____ to them if we deliver their equipment tomorrow?

A. difference B. alteration C. conflict D. displeasure

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. III. READING COMPREHENSION (20 pts)

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