choose world whose stress pattern is different from the rest of the group
A enjoy B collect C escape D answer
A summer B birthday C busy D machine
Aforget Brepeat C allow D morning
choose world whose stress pattern is different from the rest of the group
A enjoy B collect C escape D answer
A summer B birthday C busy D machine
A forget B repeat C allow D morning
I. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different to that of the rest in each group.
1. A. bargain B. construct C. accuse D. decline
2. A. garment B. campaign C. gradual D. province
3. A. mechanize B. handicraft C. industrial D. centralize
4. A. competitive B. economic C. equivalent D. security
5. A. drastically B. accommodate C. congratulate D. promotional
III. Choose A, B, c, or 0 to indicate the correct word for each blank to complete the following passage.Gold is a measure of wealth which is recognized all over the world. For centuries it was the foundation of the international monetary system and (31) ..... today, it remains one of the most important components of a country's foreign currency reserves.
What (32) ..... gold attractive is that it has a value of its own for both industrial and ornamental purposes, unlike paper bank notes, which are worthless (33) ..... themselves. As a result, gold is bought as an (34) ..... in times of financial uncertainty.
Until the 1930s, several European currencies were based on the Gold standard, which meant that the value of a (35) ..... of currency was fixed in terms of a stated quantity of gold. People could freely (36) ..... any bank notes they had for gold. In 1931, world-wide financial problems caused the Gold standard to be dropped. Then, in 1935, the USA, France and the UK (37) ..... the price of gold at $35 an ounce, which remained the price until 1971. Because the demand for gold (38) ..... so fast, however, the price of gold for ornamental and industrial purposes was allowed to rise. Today one ounce of gold costs $ 390 in London.
Gold for jewellery is mixed (39) .... a metal alloy and the purity of the gold is measured in carats. Most gold sold to the public has 40% gold and is called nine-carat rjold. Good investors can buy pure gold from dealers in the (40) ...... of gold bars or gold coins.
31. A. yet B. just C. now D.feven
32. A. makes B. turns C. gives D. forms
33. A. on B. for C. to D. in
34. A. expense B. allowance C. investment D. interest
35. A. unit B. piece C. bit D. part
36. A. convert B. exchange C. alter D. refund
37. A. fixed B. attached C. laid D. stood
38. A. grew B. raised C. heightened D. gained
39. A. down B. by C. up D. with
40. A. sort B. fashion C. form D. type
IV. Put the words in brackets in their correct form to finish the passage.
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
Public reaction to the Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs when it was first shown in 1937 was (41. ordinary) .................. It was received with great (42. excite) ................. and it immediately became enormously popular (43. through) ................. the world. Good advertising was not the only reason for this (44. world) ................. popularity; the film and its characters captured the (45. imagine) .................. of people all over the world like no film before it.
In Britain, there were (46. day) ................... newspaper articles about the film and how it was made. Snow White toys and books were on (47. sell) ............everywhere. Some people thought that it might be (48. upset) ............... for children but most people saw it as (49. harm) ................. entertainment. Since 1937, it has been re-issued every few years, giving (50. enjoy) ................. to many generations of children.
I. Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. stopped B. lived C. stayed D. planned
2. A. house B. honest C. homework D. habit
II. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
1. A. people B. enough C. picture D. father
2. A. depend B. begin C .agree D. Happen
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
A. smooth B. these C. although D. length
A. world B. work C. sword D. word
A. passage B. pension C. tradition D. pressure
A. garage B. luggage C. marriage D. massage
A. worry B. hurry C. sudden D. fury
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other three.
A. active B. behave C. hopeless D. manner
A. apply B. chapter C. oyster D. solar
A. coconut B. dominate C. tornado D. washable
A. cigarette B. nonsmoker C. solution D. tobacco
A. destination B. enthusiast C. technology D. environment
Part 2: Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group. (5 points)
1. A. muscle B. travel C. special D. disease
2. A. invent B. produce C. visit D. machine
3.A. computer B. important C. benefit D. alternative
4. A. memory B. digestive C. musician D. emotion
5. A. disadvantaged B. traditional C. priority D. immediate
Circle the word A, B, C or D whose stress pattern is different from the others. (0.5pt )
1. A. preservation B. recognition C. decision D. exhibition
2. A. artisan B. citadel C. paradise D. handicraft
Circle the word A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. ( 0.5pt )
1. A. hobby B. honest C. humor D. hole
2. A. measure B. dream C. weave D. team-building
Circle the word A, B, C or D whose stress pattern is different from the others. (0.5pt )
1. A. preservation B. recognition C. decision D. exhibition
2. A. artisan B. citadel C. paradise D. handicraft
Circle the word A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. ( 0.5pt )
1. A. hobby B. honest C. humor D. hole
2. A. measure B. dream C. weave D. team-building
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. (0.5 pt)
1. A. politics B. literature C. chemistry D. statistics
2. A. likeable B. oxygen C. museum D. energy
3. A. apology B. stupidity C. generously D. astronomy
4. A. television B. distinguish C. immediate D. acquaintance
5. A. experience B. introduce C. determine D. appliance
Choose the word whose stress patterm is different from that of the others.
1. A. sewage B. simple C. hobby D. dscribe
2. A. dancer B. cycling C. balloon D. traffic
II/ Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differenly from the rest
1. A. academic B. reputation C. experience D. intermediate
2. A. primary B. official C. tropical D. language
