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Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others.

1. medical                
2. national                    
3. chemical                    
4. informal 

Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others.

1. medical                        
2. hospital                
3. politic                 
4. electric

Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others.

1. illustrate            
2. believe                     
3. affect                      
4. pollution

Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others.

1. mudslide 
2. earthquake 
3. typhoon 
4. debris

Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others.

1. emphatic
2. sympathetic
3. automatic
4. systematical

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. humor
2. duty
3. tutor 
4. public

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. blonde
2. fond
3. son 
4. nonsense

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. regarded
2. employer
3. women
4. dependence

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. character
2. chemistry
3. Christmas 
4. cheese

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.

If I had enough money, I ________ abroad to improve my English.

1. will go 
2. should go 
3. would go
4. should have to go

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.

If the car ______ larger, we would have bought it.

1. had been
2. have been
3. has been
4. been

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.

If I were in your place, I _______ a trip to England.

1. will make
2. had make
3. made
4. would make

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.

If only I ________ you wanted to invest money in business.

1. had known 
2. knew
3. have known
4. know

Put the verb in bracket into the correct form.

The US was the leading force behind the _________ (develop) of the Internet. 

Put the verb in bracket into the correct form.

If he (study) ________ harder, he can pass an exam.

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in bracket.

 I (can/ help) _________ you translate this text into Japanese if we had a dictionary. 

Read the text and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Earthquakes are one of the deadliest natural disasters.
2. In modern times, the number of deaths caused by an earthquake is limited.
3. China is the country with the deadliest earthquake in history.
4. Earthquakes cause lots of death toll, homelessness and injuries. 
5. Earthquakes do not cause tsunamis at all.

Complete the sentence, using the correct passive form of the verb in bracket.

Two naval ships ________ to the island to rescue fishermen. (send)

Choose the best answers to complete the sentence.

After Typhoon Linda, over 2,200 school rooms were destroyed; destroyed; was destroyed , and 4,000 school rooms were damaged; damaged; are damaged.

In many developing countries, water pollution is usually a leading cause of ______. (die)

1. death
2. died
3. dead
4. dying

 Many fish in the river die ________ the temperature of water increases. 

1. because
2. although
3. so
4. but

Plastic bags take so long to decompose, ________ nearly all of them still exist in the environment today. 

1. so
2. but
3. and
4. because

___________ elements have been found in both ground and underground water sources. (pollute) 

1. Polluted
2. Pollutant
3. Polluting
4. Pollution

I have to go to the bank _________ I want to change some money.

1. because 
2. so
3. but
4. therefore

After she (try on)____________ all the dresses in the shop, she bought the most expensive one. 

1. had tried on
2. has tried on
3. tried on
4. tries on