Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: foot              shoot             cook                shook Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: appropriate                                 approach                                     attitude                            attraction Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: neglect                          hesitation                            incredible                             expedition Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: pull              during              pure            cure Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: sense            sentence               seize           sequence Choose a word that has different stress pattern: equal                       survey                        contain                          special Choose a word that has different stress pattern: photography         qualification          occasion            Canadian Choose a word that has different stress pattern: tropical                           commercial                        primary                         chemical Choose a word that has different stress pattern: delicate            promotion               volcanic                 resources Choose a word that has different stress pattern:  parents              project                 breakfast                unlike Choose the best answer for the following sentence: He stopped ____________ Park Avenue.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The train ________________ half an hour ago.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I won’t lend you this money _________ you promise to pay it back.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The bigger _______________ of the story was the race discrimination although it is not mentioned in a direct way.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The team snatched a(n) ____________ victory in the last minute of the game.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Ann looked ____________ the mirror and admired her new blouse.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: If you as I told you, you in such predicament now.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It ___________ everything in its path.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: “How ______________ we are to hear that you got the scholarship!” “Thank you. It was really a surprise.”   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: We are all very excited. ____________________ are very excited.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Airlines were required to ______________ new safety recommendations.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: President Kennedy __________ when he __________ through Dallas.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: He lives in a court or lane running out of Long Acre, and he offers _____________ to persons interested in recovering missing objects of any sort. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: A plan had to be devised to enable him to enter into successful _____________.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: She gets accustomed _________ working late at night.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: He ___________________ he had read that story-book before.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he _____________ it.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: She told me that she'd rather ___________ on the committee.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I ____________ coffee when he came to see me. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: When ____________ Rome do as the Romans do.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Despite the lack of language, animals possess other ways to ___________ with each other.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: “What time do you expect your parents?” “They _________ come round 4.00.” Choose the best answer for the following sentence: “Have you ever played bridge?” “Yes, we _________ all the time when I was in college.” Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The leaders of the Student Association ______________ highly the results of the students’ volunteer work.    Choose the best answer for the following sentence: You ______________ go to the shop. I have already bought the milk.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The train ____________ by bad weather. I am not sure.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Players can move the ball by throwing it ___________ a teammate or swimming while pushing the ball in front of them.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The importance of reading should be stressed as it adds multiple _______________ to a child's growth.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Roeun said, "I have got to pick up my cousin from the airport at three o'clock." Roeun said that he ____________ to pick up his cousin from the airport at three o'clock.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Sally asked me if they __________ on time. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank:                 Our family has got many books. All the (1)___________ of our family buy books and read them. My mother says that books help us in self-education. In ancient times books (2)_______ written by hand. It was difficult to write a book (3)_______ a pen. Then printing came into our life. Printing played an important (4)_______ in the development of literature and culture. Now there are a lot of books in the shops, there are many books in our flats. But it is difficult to buy all books (5)______we want to read. That's why we get books in public libraries. There are some problems in our life and sometimes it is difficult to (6)_________ them. I think that books can help us. Last year I read a very interesting book "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser.          This novel was (7)______ at the beginning of the 20th century. The novel (8)_____ the tragic fate of a boy and a girl, Clyde and Roberta (9)_______ name. It is a sad story. This novel was written many years ago, but it is (10)______ nowadays. Books must be our friends during all our life.   1. A. members                B. partners                C. groups                 D. relates 2. A. are                         B. were                      C. have                    D. had 3. A. in                            B. by                          C. with                     D. at 4. A. step                        B. stage                    C. chain                    D. role 5. A. who                        B. which                     C. when                   D. where 6. A. deal                        B. imagine                 C. create                   D. solve 7. A. published               B. presented             C. opened                 D. constructed 8. A. writes                    B. prescribes              C. describes              D. mentions 9. A. on                          B. by                          C. of                          D. with 10. A. amazing               B. favorite                  C. popular                D. worth     Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank:            The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert and the world's second largest desert after Antarctica. At over 9,000,000 square kilometres, it (1)_________ most parts of Northern Africa; an area (2)_______ from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean. To the south, it is delimited (3)_________ the Sahel, a belt of semi-arid tropical savanna separating the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa.            The Sahara is almost (4)___________ as the continental United States, and is larger than Australia. The Sahara has an intermittent history that may go (5) _____ as much as 3 million years. Some of the sand dunes can reach 180 meters (6)_______ height. Its name comes from the Tamajaq Tuareg language word "Tenere”, (7)_______ means the desert, translated into the Arabic it gave Sahara "desert". But the (8)______ name of the Sahara is Tinariwen (the deserts),(9)______ for the indigenous people of the Sahara, the Tuareg people, the Sahara is not a desert, (10)_______ many deserts, distinct and different in nature and lanscapes.   1. A. includes                B. covers                 C. occupies                    D. gains 2. A. stretching             B. widening             C. extending                  D. lengthening 3. A. for                         B. in                        C. at                              D. by 4. A. large                     B. as large              C. so large                     D. larger  5. A. forward                B. toward                 C. back                          D. above 6. A. at                         B. in                         C. on                              D. of 7. A. that                      B. when                   C. where                        D. which 8. A. original                 B. primitive              C. ancient                       D. Old 9. A. like                       B. so                        C. as                               D. else 10 A. and                     B. but                       C. however                     D. therefore Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: I have a problem to memorizing names of people. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: In this summer, I went to Finland with my girlfriend. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: Future is a time when most people assume that everything will keep getting better and future generations will enjoy life in a more better world. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: This information is rather out of the date,so we can’tuseit in our new brochure. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: A species that faces overexploitation is one that may become severely endangered or even extinct due to the rate in that the species is being used. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one: I'm sure I told him to stay at home, but he’s gone out. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one: The house didn’t burn down because the fire brigade came immediately. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning to the root one: His wages are small, and so are his needs. Choose one sentence that has the closest meaning to the root one: The man suddenly realized that the neighbor was watching him. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one: He got over his illness in three months. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: I / let/ borrow/ novel/ but/ you/ promise/ return/ next week. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: The first white man / traverse / this desert / H. St.John Philby / in the 1930s. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: I / explained/ neighbor/ she/ have/ send in/ application. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: He/ promise/ send/ me/ postcard/ as soon as/ arrive/ Madrid. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: Interview/ you/ care/ appearance/ gather/ information/ company/ as/ can.