Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: minority                          intervention                          commitment                         ethnic Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: prefer          better           worker            teacher Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:   chair             cheap              chemist             child Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: structure                 yesterday                standard                  continue Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: bamboo                     room                         choose                         wood Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: improve               introduce                move                    lose Choose a word that has different stress pattern: family                 whenever                   obedient                 solution Choose a word that has different stress pattern: current                 global                  crisis                 mankind Choose a word that has different stress pattern: beloved             decision             motorbike             proficient Choose a word that has different stress pattern: incredible         humidity           enviroment             definition Choose a word that has different stress pattern: product            purpose             postcard           postpone Choose a word that has different stress pattern: expand                    require                   attract                  argue Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I ______ him for five years. I wonder where he is. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I telephoned David at 4.30, but ____________ . Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I think you __________ practise driving every day to become a safe driver.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The man ____________ son goes to school with us is very old. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I wanted ___________ by the head of the company, but it was impossible.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: That man has two _________________________ .   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Just be sincere and your ____________ will be accepted.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I Many birds will ___________ more than 3,000 miles to reach their winter homes.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: He was very sorry, but he was compelled to give me back my _____________ and ask me to leave the school.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: My brother _______ his job last month and since then he _____ out of work. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Some signs _____________ that the house had once been a famous meeting place for people who liked playing card games. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: After I ________________ lunch, I looked for my bag. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I think the quickest way for you to lose weight is to ______________ animal fats from your diet. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: “How does Jane like her new car?” “She’s _____________ with it.”   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: There is a pool of shoe styles available on the market. Which style you choose is just a matter of ___________.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The room is too dirty. It ________________ now.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I was ____________ the impression that I had paid you ___________ the work you did ____________ me. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Francis Bacon lived __________ about the same time as Shakespeare.    Choose the best answer for the following sentence: ____________ I was working as well as studying. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The teacher told his student ___________ to school late.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Only by _____________ for the exam carefully can you earn good mark and come up to your parents' expectations.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The bench would collapse if they ____________ on it.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Susan gives me more help than ____________. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Everybody agrees that no more staff _______________. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I had to to _______________ watch the match from the beginning as my exam was coming very close and I had to revise for it. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Alan pretended not _________________ hurt when his younger sister bit him.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: We spend more time watching TV than reading books. But _____________ fact. TV has not kill reading.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Just as I _____ what to do next, the phone _______. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: If you ___________ time, please write to me.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: ____________ passenger pigeon, one of several species of extinct birds, was hunted to extinction over _____________ few decades.   Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank:                                                  THE INTERVIEW           Susan was very nervous about her interview. For at least three weeks before it she was (1)________ about it. She really wanted the job but she knew that a lot of other people wanted it too. She had been told when she phoned the (2)_________ it the advert that there were a great many applicants for it, so she prepared herself. She made (3)_________ of what she might be asked and of what she wanted to ask. When the day came, she arrived half an hour early. There were six other people waiting to be interviewed. They all looked (4)__________ more confident than her. She began to feel even more nervous. One by one the others were called. Each of them came out looking (5)_________ . Susan was the last one to be called into the interview room. She had decided by then that she had no (6)__________ of getting the job, so she felt relaxed as she walked in; she felt that she had nothing to (7)________ . The three interviewers were all very serious and they didn’t seem to be interested in her. She (8)_______ all the answers she had prepared and said the first things that came (9)_________ her head. Afterwards she was sure she wouldn’t get the job, but two days later she got a letter telling her she had been chosen (10)________ she had been the only one who had acted naturally.   1. A. thought             B. bored              C. worried               D. amused 2. A. number             B. digit                 C. boss                    D. secretary 3. A. speeches          B. papers             C. phrases              D. notes 4. A. many                 B. muc                  C. a lot of                D. mostly 5. A. satisfying           B. satisfactory      C. satisfied             D. satisfaction 6. A. chance               B. method            C. hope                   D. dream 7. A. make                  B. lose                 C. hold                     D. talk 8. A. understood        B. reminded         C. remembered        D. forgot 9. A. with                    B. for                   C. into                      D. over 10. A. because           B. although          C. so that                D. unless   Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank:       Many of us get a bit nervous when meeting new people, especially if we’re(1) ______ in a large group of strangers. We worry about what we’ll say, how we’ll look, but in the end most of us can (2)_______ with this kind of situation and even enjoy it.       But for others it’s not so easy. People suffering (3)__________ social phobia have a deep-seated fear of social situations. At best they find (4)_______ impossible to enjoy these occasions, and at worst they may go to great lengths to avoid them. In a world (5)______ socialising with friends and family and ‘networking’ for your career are hugely important, this kind of problem (6)_______ make it impossible to live a normal life. People with social phobia may avoid promotion at (7)______ , and worry that others think they are boring. In extreme cases this can (8)_______to depression.          Luckily there are ways to cope. These include therapies (9)______ as cognitive behavioural therapy, social skills training to boost confidence, and even exposure therapy, in which people (10)______ exposed to frightening situations in a controlled way to help them deal with their fear. 1. A. alone                B. lonely               C. single                D. unique 2. A. puzzle              B. hope                 C. deal                  D. solve 3. A. of                      B. with                  C: in                      D. from 4. A. him                    B. it                      C. her                    D. them 5. A. which                 B. that                 C. where                D. when 6. A. can                    B. able                  C. must                  D. need 7. A. job                    B. employment      C. career                D. work 8. A. show                 B. lead                  C. cope                   D. focus 9. A. like                    B. so                     C. such                    D. much 10. A. be                    B. are                   C. to be                  D. being Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: Maria is not a citizen of the United States, so she has to pay income taxes anyway. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: There are dangerous times in a marriage, especially when the wife can come to feel such overburdened that she decides to end the relationship. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: While I waited for the bus, I noticed an old man lying on the ground.                                                                                 Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: Before Bob will leave for work this morning, he’s going to lock the door. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: Cars of the future will be using advanced technology to perform such functions as automatic cruise control, hazardous object avoidance, self-parking but driverless transportation. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one: They never made us do anything we didn’t want to do. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one: Don’t be so rude to people! Choose one sentence that has the same meaning to the root one: It is not until a Vietnamese girl getting 18 years old that she is allowed to get married legally. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one: I regret going to bed so late last night. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one: You can try as hard as you like but you won’t succeed. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one: Who wrote the novel “Peace and War”? Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: Remember/ lock/ door/ go out. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: Title Mrs./ indicate/ married/ while/ Miss/ unmarried one. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: Mary says/ she / put/ higher class. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: She/ music/ she/ can/ play/ flute/ piano. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: It / the sandiest / all deserts / no river / flow through / originate from it.