l. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
1. A. private B. belong c. indeed D. emit
2. A. property B. nitrogen c. surgery D. furthermore
3. A. solidify B. miraculous c. intimacy D. appropriate
4. A. apprehension B. preferential c. conventional D. calculation
5. A. satisfactory B. alternative c. military D. generously
III. Read the text below and took carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (V) at the end of the line. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word at the end of the line. There are two examples at the beginning (0) and (00).
0. I am not sure what I'm going to do with myself ...........V.........
00. when I leave from school. Next week, our class are ......... from..........
21 having a meeting with the school careers officer .........................
22 who they say is he going to tell us all about the different .........................
23 jobs available. We'll also have be able to ask questions ..........................
24 I am thinking of taking up evening classes to improve .........................
25 my marks in maths because of my dream is to become ......................
26 a doctor. Although my parents don't disagree with my .....................
27 ambition they doubt whether I'm going for to get good .........................
28 enough marks to get into university to do medicine. But .........................
29 they don't want to discourage me from so I think they'll .........................
30 agree with to the extra lessons. By the time I finish school .........................
31 I will have been formed a much better idea of what I'd like .........................
32 to do, but the problem is we are going to be have to .........................
33 decide which subjects to study for university two years .........................
34 before we will finish school. Anyway, whatever happens .........................
35 I'm going to have to get on down to some hard work if .........................
I want to achieve my aims.
IV. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences.
36. From the north to the south, the weather in China _____ from very cold to quite mild.
A. changes B. alters c. varies D. differs
37. - “I take no interest in fishing.”
- " ________ "
A. I do, too. B. Neither ño I. c. Aren't you? D. So am ft
38. I suppose he is not yet twenty, _______ ?
A. do you B. don't you c. is he D. isn't he
39. It was after two o'clock in the morning ______ the surgeon arrived at the hospital.
A. when B. before c. as D. that
40. Output has been doubled ______ the introduction of a new assembly line.
A. consequently B. in the resul c. in consequence D. as a result of
41. With his _______ contribution to our club, we are able to organize more activities.
A. generous B. modest c. adequate D. genuine
42. Never _________ newspapers, he knew nothing about current events.
A. having read B. reading c. read D. being read
43. The price of fruit has increased recently ______ the price of vegetables has gone down.
A. whenever B. however c. whereas D. otherwise
44. Since he lied to me, he will never persuade me ______ his sincerity or truthfulness.
A. of 8. for c. in D. at
45. He ______ to your home, because he doesn't know your address.
A. can't have been B. shouldn't have bee
c. mustn't have been D. wouldn't have been
