MOCK TEST 9
PHONETICS
11. A. receipt B. recall C. recollect D. recover
12. A. abuse B. refuse C. fuss D. future
13. A. adventure B. future C. mature D. figure
14. A. admirable B. accessible C. compatible D. respiratory
15. A. technical B. origin C. agriculture D. cathedral
VERB TENSE
16. By the end of next month, we (FINISH) this assignment.
17. If John hadn’t decided to stop working to look after her children, her medical practice
(THRIVE) now.
18. No sooner (WE/ARRIVE) at the beach than it started pouring with rain.
19. (FIND) an optician close to the office, I made an appointment for that evening.
20. So much she (DANCE) that she couldn’t walk afterwards.
21. Suppose you (WON) the lottery last night, what would you have done?
22. The teacher suggested that this assignment (COMPLETE) on your own.
WORD FORMATION
23. The attack in the city center last night (EXAMPLE) the kind of behavior amongst young
people that many object to.
24. This matter is very (CONFIDENT). Don’t discuss it outside the office.
25. You shouldn’t interrupt someone in (SENTENCE)
26. I want to make sure all my (DEPEND) will be financially secure if I’m incapacitated in any
way.
27. There will be a (SHORT) of fresh water in a few decades.
28. The police have been criticized for being (SENSE) to complaints from the public.
29. If they want to increase output from the factory, they'll have to(MODERN).
30. It’s absolutely (EXPLAIN) why the council decided to close down the youth club.
ERROR FINDING
Hunnings was born in 1843 near London. He became a priest in Yorkshire and although much of
his time was taken up with Church mltters, he had a profound interest in all sorts 6f gadgets,
(61)................ A friend of Hunnings with similar interests, called Cox Walker, built a tJepione
receiver. In 1880 an American called Anders visited England and asked Walker (62)................. ft.
was impressed and offered Hunnings f,1,000 for the patent. The offer was accepted and the
Globe
Company was fonned (63)................. In 1881 Hunnings was granted fwo patents in the United
States
for his invention. But by this time so many people and companies were involved in telephone
design
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
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and manufacfure (64)... There was a famous court case in 1882 when the United Telephone
Company took the Globe Company to court for an alleged infringement of its patents. At first it
failed
to have the Hunnings patent declared invalid (65)................. It then brought the rights to the
entire
patent from tlunnings.
A. which few people had known about
B. but later it partially succeeded
C. except that Hunning's invention was superior
D. in breach of copyright
"E.
to make telephones in England
F. that conflict resulted
G. particularly those that dealt with magnetism and electricity
H. if he could inspect the Hunnings transmitter
