VIII. Looking back

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

He recommended ___________ the book before seeing the movie.

1. not reading                       
2. not to read                    
3. not read                        
4. do not read

My uncle continued __________ although the doctor advise him ______________ the habit several times.

1. smoking/to quit                
2. to smoke/quit               
3. smoke/quitting             
4. for smoking/of quitting

The teacher expect Mary ___________ harder. She gave her a lot of homework ___________.

1. studied/do                        
2. studying/done              
3. study/doing                 
4. to study/to do

PHONETICS

Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1. comment                       
2. energy                          
3. media                           
4. chemical

1. computer                      
2. confused                      
3. remote                          
4. control

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

1. remote                          
2. involved                       
3. global                           
4. confused

1. laboratory                     
2. application                   
3. experiment                   
4. refillable

I’m sorry I cannot hear what you _____________ because everybody ___________ so loudly.

1. are saying/will talk           
2. were saying/has talked
3. have just said/is talking           
4. said/was talking

What ________when the accident ____________?

1. have you been doing/occurs                                       
2. are you doing/will occur
3. will you be doing/has occurs                                      
4. were you doing/occurred

Usually, Mr.Pile ___________ us Physics but today he ___________ ill so Mrs.Young __________us.

1. teaches/is/is teaching                                                  
2. has taught/is/teaches    
3. is teaching/has been/teaches                                       
4. taught/was/was teaching

I _________ the same car for more than ten years. I ____________ about buying a new one.

1. have had/am thinking                                                  
2. will have/think             
3. had/will think                                                              
4. am going to have/was thinking

The visitors complained about the heat, _________ they continued to play golf.

1. because                             
2. and                               
3. yet                                
4. since

It is important to protect landscapes from the harmful effects of ______ pollution.

1. environment                     
2. environmentalist          
3. environmentalism        
4. environmental

He looked at the picture ___________ without saying a word.

1. attentive                           
2. attention                       
3. attentively                    
4. attentiveness

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences.

Drake can’t stand buying unimportant things.

1. doesn’t mind buying        
2. doesn’t want to buy     
3. can’t afford to buy       
4. is willing to buy

Agnes is crazy about sports cars.

1. useless at                          
2. obsessed with              
3. afraid of                       
4. sad at