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I. Pronunciation
Pick out the words underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. message B. begin C. repeat D. repair
2. A. dinner B. drink C. child D. children
3. A. ready B. meat C. defeat D. beat
4. A. kitchen B. history C. time D. finish
5. A. arrive B. fit C. fine D. drive
Pick out the words that have the stress different from that of the others.
6. A. usually B. continue C. family D. buffalo
7. A. tobacco B. breakfast C. children D. several
8. A. biology B. alarm C. transplant D. sometimes
9. A. airport B. passenger C. technology D. chemistry
10. A. routine B. tobacco C. neighbor D. experience
III. Reading
Read the following passage and choose the best option for each blank.
The 29th of August in 2006 is a day I shall never forget. On that day, I stared 36. _____ in the
face. Our flight was 37. _____ to leave at 10:30 a.m., and arrived at the airport with plenty of time to
spare. We started boarding 10:00 a.m. Most of us were holiday makers and there 38. _____ a lot of
laughing and joking going on. It was raining slightly, but visibility was good and the plane 39.____on
time. The cabin staff were just beginning to bring round the duty- free goods when the plane began 40.
_____ . At first, we thought we had just hit bad weather. We were told to sit down and to fasten our seat
belts. Then suddenly, the front of the plane seemed to 41. _____ and we realized we were speeding
towards the ground. People screamed in 42. _____. Strangers joined hands and prayed. We thought we
had only minutes to live. Then, just when we had 43. ____ all hope, we felt the plane level out, and
slowly we began to gain height. A few minutes later, the pilot announced that everything was now 44.
_____ control, and we all began to clap and cheer hysterically. Twenty minutes 45.we landed safely.
36. A. die B. dead C. death D. deaden
37. A. due B. thought C. plan D. bound
38. A. was B. had C. were D. has been
39. A. went off B. got on C. got in D. took off
40. A. to shake B. shaking C. shake D. for shaking
41. A. chop B. dip C. down D. reduce
42. A. danger B. risk C. afraid D. panic
43. A. given up B. given back C. brought up D. brought back
44. A. of B. with C. under D. below
45. A. after B. later C. behind D. then
IV. Listening
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