TEST 9

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.

• citrus      

• city

• composer

• cinema

These new materials have additional resiliency and elasticity properties, as well as great _____.

    

• strengthening  

• strengthen

• strong   

• strength

I will phone you __________.

    

• as soon as I am receiving my result  

• as soon as I had received my result

• as soon as I receive my result

• as soon as I will receive my result

I often ____ football when I was a young man.

    

• playing

• have played

• played

• was playing

I don’t really_____winter sports very much.

    

• face up to

• deal with

• get round to

• go in for

Michael often returns to his hometown, _____?

    

• isn’t it

• does he   

• doesn’t he

• isn’t he

She got to office by bus this morning because she forgot ______ a new car.

   

• buying  

• buy

• to buy   

• bought

The company is going to ______ the product at the technology fair next month.

    

• float  

• start

• launch

• begin

The children _______ their homework when I got home.

   

• did

• were doing

• was doing  

• had done

After the debate, they dined on hamburgers and talked sports at a local joint before _____ a train back to Washington.

    

• clutching

• grasping

• seizing

• catching