III. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
1. A. alternative B. academic C. variety D. biologist
2. A. architecture B. development C. vocational D. compulsory
3. A. injection B. professional C. management D. vocational
4. A. researcher B. leisure C. meaningful D. colleague
5. A. sympathetic B. dynamic C. consider D. adaptable
II. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
1. A. surface B. attraction C. bamboo D. technique
2. A. transfer B. publish C. accept D. remind
3. A. handicraft B. cultural C. museum D. sculpture
4. A. opinion B. embroider C. department D. drumhead
5. A. workshop B. authenticity C. grandparent D. village
III. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
1. A. bamboo B. village C. workshop D. famous
2. A. business B. chocolate C. grandparent D. experience
3. A. communicate B. generation C. historical D. environment
4. A. handicraft B. department C. embroider D. opinion
5. A. transfer B. accept C. publish D. remind
6. A. department B. historical C. technique D. pottery
7. A. prosperity B. experience C. complicated D. cooperate
8. A. balloon B. craftsmen C. markets D. local
9. A. sculpture B. temperate C. repeat D. culture
10. A. embroidery B. lantern C. formation D. behavior
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
I: Choose the word which has different sound in the underlined part in each line.
1. A. frustrated B. enjoyed C. cleaned D. played
2. A. surface B. conduct C. stuck D. multicutral
II. Choose the word which has the stress pattern different from the other words.
1. A. graduate B. design C. college D. medical
2. A multicultural B. development C. university D. international
C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (2.5 pts)
I. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences
1. He hasn't ............. up his mind yet.
A. found B. made C. gon e D. stood
2. I was born in Scotland but I ……………….in Northern Ireland.
A. grew up B. raised C. brought up D. rose
3. They can’t decided who ……… first.
A.go B. to go C. went D. going
4. Mary asked me why I…………..absent from class the day before.
A. was B. have been C. had been D.am
5. We were shown……….. the town by a volunteer student.
A. up B.off C. around D. away
6. The last exhibition was not………...................... this one
A. as interesting B. so interesting as C. most interesting D. more interesting
7. I wish my parents could put themselves in my………..
A. situation B. shoes C. feelings D. heart
8.The town council decided to pull……. The building ,as it was unsafe.
A. up B. over C. down D. off
Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
1. A. education B. facility C. development D. intelligence
2. A. metropolitan B. organization C. university D. multicultural
3. A. fascinate B. restaurant C. expensive D. difference
4. A. feature B. ancient C. drawback D. conduct
5. A. fabulous B. pagoda C. determine D. convenient
I. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. deposit B. festival C. institute D. resident
2. A. surprising B. astonishing C. amazing D. interesting
3. A. interview B. industry C. essential D difficult)
4. A. extreme B. generous C. lonely D. clothing
5. A. friendly B. extra C. along D. orphanage
V. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences.
31. I don’t see any _________ in arriving early at the theater if the show doesn’t start until 9 o’clock.
A. cause B. reason c. aim D.t point
32. The new manager's office has __________ new equipment.
A. many B. a lot of c. some of D. a few
33. I don't __________ to change mv job because I like it.
A. risk B. intend c. persist D. insist
34. You thought I did wrong but the result _____ my action.
A. agreed B. approved c. proved D. justified
35. Careless driving also accounts _______ the increasing number of traffic accidents.
A. on B. into c. for D. with
36. The new manager is ______ easy-going. He is always very serious about the work.
A. by no means B. by means of
c. by all means D. in the mean time
37. I' d rather ______ to the party with my parents because there was nothinginteresting there.
A. haven't been invitẹd B. hadn’t been invited
c. not be invited D. not have been invited
38. She ______ him of having lied to her.
A. threatened B. blamed c. criticized D. accused
39. We have bought extra food _______ our friends,stay to have dinner.
A. in case B. if c. provided D. as long as
40. Cut this cake into six ______ pieces.
A. same B. alike c. like D. equal
VI. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning
Example: 0. Successful
BECOMING A TOP ATHLETE
To be (0) .............. (SUCESS) in a sport requires a number of things including ambition and (41) ............ ( DEDICATE) Without these qualities, it is very difficult to compete at a high level. Most of the famous sportspeople we knowtoday began training during their (42) .............. (CHILD) in order to reach theirpeak while still comparatively young.
Athletes should pay careful (43) ........... (ATTEND) to their diet, because (44) .............. (NOURISH) food is essential for maintaining a strong body which is less liable to suffer injury. Diet is also important because it must beadequate to support such (45) .............. (ENERGY) activity.
It is also necessary to have the (46) .............. (DETERMINE) to succeed. Athletes will often encounter temporary (47) .............. (FAIL) on their road to eventual success, and they must mentally prepare themselves so that thistype of (48) ......... (COURAGE) doesn't have too strong a negative effect on their future (49) ............... (PERFORM) Even if a sufficiently talented athlete puts in the time and effort required, they will also need (50) ................. (PATIENT) and perhaps a little luck, in order to succeed.
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
I. Choose the word A, B, c or D that has different stress pattern in each line.
1. A. effect B. language c. throughout D. pronounce
2. A. institute B. industrial c. extensive D. existence
3. A. pessimism B. biography c. ordinary D. supervisor
4. A. electronics B exceptional c. electrify D. democracy
5. A. archeology B. personality c. appreciative D. architectural
II. Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer for each question.
Noah Webster’s goal in life was to promote the adoption of an'American language. He wanted to free Americans from British English as they had freed themselves from the British crown. To this end he published a series of three textbooks: a speller in 1783, a grammar in 1784, and a reader in 1785.
Webster objected to the way certain words had been borrowed from other languages, but had not been respelled. The result, he claimed, was a confusing mixture of letters, many of which were not pronounced the way they looked, and others of which were not pronounced at all.
Webster urged Americans to simplify their spelling. For example, he argued that “head” should be spelled “hed" and bread” should be spelled bred”. Most of Webster's suggestions did not catch on, but his textbooks sold millions of copies.
6. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Three books of Noah Webster
B. Noah Webster and the Adoption of an American Language
c. Simplification of Spelling
D. Noah Webster and the British Crown
7. According to Webster, Americans should .......
A. avoid reading his three books
B. be ruled from England
c. simplify their spelling
D. not borrow words from other languages
8. In the last paragraph, the phrase “did not catch on” means.......
A. were not appreciated B. did not please anyone
c. did not become popular D. were not intelligent
9. Webster’s books were very innovative, specially when we consider that they were written in the.......
A. late eighteenth century B. mid-seventeenth century
c. early eighteenth century D. late seventeenth century
10. The problems that Webster tried to solve did NOT include.......
A. unreliable spelling B. grammar errors
c. mispronounced words D. poor sales of his textbooks