PART 1. PHONETICS

1. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. Read the words aloud.

1. A. wet B. met C. head D. hand

2. A. girl B. burn C. turn D. pearl

3. A. left B. debt C. fan D. dead

4. A. train B. tale C. mine D. rain

5. A. die B. bicycle C. high D. min

6. A. meet B. feed C. speed D. fit

7. A. limit B. lipid C. treat D. hit

8. A. curve B. term C. gear D. herm

9. A. truck B. drunk C. mug D. dark

10. A. sign B. light C. bye D. tin

. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. Read the words aloud.

1. A. wet B. met C. head D. hand

2. A. girl B. burn C. turn D. pearl

3. A. left B. debt C. fan D. dead

4. A. train B. tale C. mine D. rain

5. A. die B. bicycle C. high D. min

6. A. meet B. feed C. speed D. fit

7. A. limit B. lipid C. treat D. hit

8. A. curve B. term C. gear D. herm

9. A. truck B. drunk C. mug D. dark

10. A. sign B. light C. bye D. tin

Traffic congestion in many (1) .... around the world is severe. One possible solution to this (2) ... is to impose heavy taxes on car drivers and use this money to make public transport better. One of the first benefits of such a measure is that the heavy taxes would (3) ... car owners from using their cars because it would become very (4) ... to drive. This would mean that they would begin to make use of public (5) .. instead, thus reducing traffic problems and (6) ... as well. Another benefit would be that much more use would be made of public transport if it was improved. It is often the case that public transport in cities is very poor. For (7) ... , we often see old buses and (8) .... that people would rather not use. High taxes would generate enough money to make the necessary changes

a. Doctors have succeeded in finding a better _____ for the disease. (treat)
b. After she hit her head she was _____ for several minutes. (conscious)
c. Movement can be _____ when you've hurt your back. (pain)
d. This poor old man is _____ with hunger, let him sit down and eat. (chill)
e. Often her head seemed to turn round and round and sometimes she fell _____. (faint)
f. He's still _____ although he's fairly badly injured. (conscious)
g. The flowers will _____ in water. (revival)

Question 1. A. quiet            B. historic                  C. incredibly             D. big
Question 2. A. clean           B. treat                       C. beach                     D. great
Question 3. A. see               B. agree                      C. coffee                    D. free
Question 4. A. price            B. police                    C. advice                   D. nice
Question 5. A. exciting       B. expensive             C. excellent               D. expression
Question 6. A. temple         B. memorial              C. exciting                 D. terrible
Question 7. A. arrive          B. flight                      C. surprise                 D. cinema
Question 8. A. boring         B. convenient           C. building                D. decide
Question 9. A. cathedral    B. left                         C. helpful                  D. temple
Question 10. A. better        B. restaurant             C. people                   D. centre
Question 11. A. dirty          B. beautiful               C. minute                   D. police
Question 12. A. city            B. cathedral               C. central                   D. cinema
Question 13. A. memorial  B. cathedral               C. temple                   D. better
Question 14. A. narrow      B. crowded                C. pagoda                  D. memorial
Question 15. A. gallery      B. modern                  C. convenient           D. cathedral 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question. Humans now have to suffer the effects of global warming due to having treat the environment irresponsibly.

A. have to

B. effects of global warming

C. due to

D. treat the environment