Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1. A. looks B. laughs C. pens D. steps
Question 2. A. seat B. leave C. increase D. ready
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3. A. precede B. ancient C. labour D. habit
Question 4. A. particular B. competition C. ingredient D. spectator
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5. I think he will join us, ________?
A. won’t he B. don’t I C. will not he D. do not I
Question 6.Tom denied ________ part in the fighting at school.
A. to take B. take C. to taking D. taking
Question 7.If she had experience in medical research, she ________ for one of the positions at the hospital.
A. apply B. could apply C. could have apply D. can apply
Question 8.He ________ only three letters to his parents since he joined the army.
A. has written B. wrote C. would write D. had written
Question 9.Many exam candidates lose marks simply ________ they do not read the questions properly.
A. because of B. because C. due to D. owing that
Question 10.________ the homework, he was allowed to go out with his friends.
A. finishing B. finish C. to finish D. having finished
Question 11.My father is interested ________ playing chess with his friends.
A. on B. with C. of D. in
Question 12.There are dozens of TV channels, ________operate 24 hours a day.
A. some B. some of which C. some of those D. some of them
Question 13.John’s ________ and efficiency at the company led to his promotion to Sales Manager.
A. punctuality B. punctual C. punctuate D. punctually
Question 14.The manager is good at ________ difficult customers.
A. relying on B. dealing with C. showing off D. wiping off
Question 15.Nobody took any ________ of the warning and they went swimming in the contaminated water.
A. regard B. recognition C. notice D. attention
Question 16.Even if you are rich, you should save some money for a ________ day.
A. windy B. rainy C. foggy D. snow
Question 17.We were quite impressed by the ________ students who came up with the answer to our question almost instantly.
A. absent-minded B. big-headed C. quick-witted D. bad-tempered
Question 18. Pesticide residues in fruit and vegetable can be ________ to health.
A. crucial B. supportive C. receptive D. destructive
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 19. The discovery of the new planet was regarded as a major breakthrough in astronomy.
A. promised B. doubted C. considered D. refused
Question 20. It was late at night, the wind was howling and when she heard the knock on the door, she almost jumped out of her skin.
A. was surprised B. was asleep C. was terrified D. was delighted
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 21. 2008 is a memorable year for people around the world because of the global financial recession that hit practically every sector of world economy.
A. prosperity B. downturn C. crisis D. depression
Question 22. Jose had a hard time comparing the iPhone to the Samsung phone because to him they were apples and oranges.
A. containing too many technical details B. very similar
C. completely different D. very complicated
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Question 23. A student is asking the librarian to help her to fax a report.
- Student: “Could you help me to fax this
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