Practice Test

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

• variety

• influential

• appreciate

• accountancy

Tomatoes ________ before they are completely ripe.

• can pick

• needn't pick

• should be picking

• can be picked

"I think that the youth are high-flying but inexperienced."- "_______"

• Are you kidding me?

• There's no doubt about it.

• That's alright.

• It's nice of you to say so.

The boys we met on the train ______ soldiers on leave. They were young, with very short haircuts.

• had to be

• could be

• may be

• may have been

If each gene in the human genome __________ thoroughly understood, many human diseases could be cured or prevented.

• were

• would be

• is

• had been

ASEAN is an organization on the Southeast Asian region that aims to _______ economic growth, social progress, and cultural development.

• include

• account

• accelerate

• respect

Someone must have taken my bag. I clearly remember_______ it by the window and now it has gone.

• to leave

• leaving

• to have left

• leave

About 1.3 billion people live in absolute poverty on_______ income of less than one US dollar a day. 70% of these people are women.

• Ø

• a

• the

• an

UNESCO hopes to encourage universal respect for justice, laws, human _______, and fundamental freedoms.

• programs

• protests

• rights

• projects

To preserve that ________, it was necessary to preserve the people that had created it.

• civility

• civilize

• civilization

• civil