Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the

other words in the group.

1. A. modal B. model C. modality D. modem
2. A. dogged B. dragged C. begged D. plugged
3. A. mouths B. baths C. months D. clothes
4. A. montage B. massage C. sabotage D. savage
5. A. cello B. concerto C. cede D. cellist
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the
same group.
1. A. rhetoric B. ancestral C. intimate D. anecdote
2. A. aftermath B. underlie C. fusillade D. afternoon
3. A. arithmetic B. armadillo C. atmospheric D. adolescence
4. A. advent B. unique C. unite D. command
5. A. commissar B. committee C. communion D. commuter
Select the best option for each blank.
1. Toby’s extremely............; he turns up every day at nine o’clock on the dot.
A. temporary B. long-standing C. punctual D. subsequent
2 I lave vou considered applying for a job with the............service?
A. civil B. civic C. national D. governmental
3 Too many people work in the public............ in this country, in my opinion.
A. division B. zone C. area D. sector
4. Most teenagers go through a rebellious ............ for a few years but they soon grow out of
it.
A. stint B. span C. duration D. phase
5. I wonder if you could let me know what the............fare to Berlin is?
A. round B. double C. two-way D. return
6. Maria was just walking along the road when someone on a motorbike ............her handbag.
A. clutched B. clenched C. grabbed D. fumbled
7. Fred Astaire is one of my favourite dancers and I love the way he seems to ............across
the floor.
A. glide B. march C. skid D. dash
8. The conspirators were plotting the............of the government.
A. overthrow B.disaster C. demolition D. catastrophe
9. A: “Were you told to get dinner ready?" - B: “‘No, 1 did it of my own........."
A. desire B. accord C. idea D. will
10. Mr. Newrich invited his guests to an expensive restaurant. However, he felt ............at
ease.
A. sick B. painful C. ill D. unwell
1. Steel ..........with chromium to produce a noncorrosive substance known as
stainless steel.
A. is combined B. that is combined C. combining D. when combined
2. The assistant suggested..........the next day when the manager would be there.
A. we are coming back B. to come back
C. we will come back D. we come back
3. A fire must have a readily available supply of oxygen.......... it will stop burning.
A. Consequently B. Furthermore C. Otherwise D. However
4. Margaret was slow at school, but she went on..........Prime Minister.
A. being B. to be C. having been D. to have been
5...........is not clear to researchers.
A. Why dinosaurs having become extinct. B. Why dinosaurs became extinct
C. Did dinosaurs become extinct D. Dinosaurs became extinct
6...........the two sisters, Mary is..........
A. Of / the prettier B. Between / the prettiest
C. of / prettier D. Between / the prettier
7........begin their existence as rice crystals over most of the earth seems likely.
A. Raindrops B. If raindrops C. That raindrops D. What if raindrops
8. Sleeping, resting and..........are the best ways to care for a cold.
A. to drink fluids B. drank fluids
C. one drink fluids D. drinking fluids
9. Not only the child but also the grandparents..........the party.
A. is joining B. joins C. were joining D. has joined
10. I can't believe Mr. Wilkerson sent us a check for $50,000. I wish..........to get better
acquainted with him the day he was there.
A. we had able B. we had been able C. we are able D. we were able
1. When she died, she gave...........all her money to a charity for cats.
A. out B. away C. on D. off
2. Our new coach is popular...........the whole team.
A. for B. to C. by D. with
3. Van Gogh suffered from depression...........by overwork and ill-health.
A. taken up B. coming about C. brought on D. put through
4. When you are an old-age pensioner, you have to learn to...........a very small income.
A. live on B. live up to C. live out D. live down
5. I couldn't quite...........what they were doing because they were so far away.
A. bear out B. make out C. think out D. try out
6. They struggled...........the hurricane-force gusts that swept the pack ice.
A. for B against C. with D. among
7. They had a terrible row...........who should do the housework.
A. on B. with C. over D. relating
8. It's high time Bill got a steady job and...........He's almost thirty.
A. settled in B. settled down C. turned in D. turned down
9. He was convicted of using the firm's money to pay ____gambling debts.
A. in B. off C. back D. for
10. Although I'd never made a sandwich before, my first attempt turned ...........quite well.
A. over B. up C. out D. into
Many of us are trying to think of new (1) ...........to help the environment. Groups which are
involved in protecting the environment think they may have found a long-term (2) ...........
Most of the current ways of getting people involved in helping the environment mean that
people have to (3) .......... a large organization and they can sometimes feel the problem is too
large or (4)..........to manage. A new proposal is that groups are set up locally to deal with
small issues that affect just the community they live in. It is hoped this will make people
more (5)..........of the importance of helping. Also, this plan means that each community
works together by contributing (6) .......... the environment and this makes for a strong
community. If every community does this then organizers are (7) ..........the effect will be
national. The government may even offer some (8) ..........help for projects set up by these
local groups. The idea came from someone who thought that (9)..........the size of what we do
would actually be more productive. Also, it should mean that helping becomes a
(10) ..........rather than a chore.
1. A. access B. approaches C. paths D. routes
2. A. answer B. key C. reply D. solution
3. A. join B. enroll in C. engage in D. involve in
4. A- improbable B. impractical C. impossible D. unrealistic
5. A- conscious B. aware C. capable D. sure
6. A. to B. with C. about D. for
7. A. expecting B. dreaming C. hoping D. imagining
8. A. money B. monetary C. funding D. financial
9. A. lessening B. minimising C. reducing D. dwindling
10. A. happiness B. pleasure C. delight D. enjoyment
Passage A
There are 3 kinds of goals: short-term, medium-range and long-term goals Short-term goals
are (1) ..............that usually deal with current activities, which? we can apply on a daily basis.
Such goals can be achieved in a week or less, or two weeks or possibly months. (2) ..............
should be remembered that just as a building is no stronger (3) .............. its foundation, our
long-term goals cannot amount to very much (4) .............. the achievement of solid short-
term goals:
Upon completing our short-term goals, we should date the occasion and add new short-term
goals that will build on those that have been completed.
The intermediate goals that build (5)..............the foundation of the short-range goals. They
might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year or (6) ..............even extend
for several years. Any time you move a step at a time, you should never allow (7) .............. to
become discouraged or overwhelmed. As you complete each step, you will enforce the belief
in your ability to grow and (8) ..............And as your list of compassion dates grows, your
motivation and desire will increase.
Long-range goals may be (9)..............to our dreams of future. They might cover five years or
more. Life is not a static thing. We should (10) .............. allow a long-term goal to limit US or
our course of action.
Passage B
Sometimes you know things about people the first (1)............ you see them, for example, that
you want to be friends with them (2)...........that you don't trust them. But perhaps this kind of
intuition isn't as hard to explain as (3)............. may seem. For instance, people give out body
(4).............. signals all the time. The way you hold your body, head and arms tells people
about your (5)...........If you hold your arms tightly at your sides, or fold them across your
(6)................ people will generally feel that you are being defensive. Molding your head to
one side shows interest in the other, (7)............an easy, open posture indicates that you are
self-confident. All this affects the way you feel about someone.

Also, a stranger may remind you (8).............a meeting with someone. This may be because of
something as simple as the fact that he or she is physically similar to someone who
(9)...........you well or badly. Your feelings about a stranger could be (10)................by a smell
in the air that brings to mind a place where you were happy as a child. Since even a single
word can bring back a memory such as that, you may never realize it is happening.
1 Travelling in big cities is becoming more_______ everyday. (TROUBLE)
2 The situation is so_______ in some cities now that it is difficult to see any solution.
(CHAOS)
3 It is ________ for them to pretend that they were shocked at the news (HYPOCRITE)
4 'Profits grew last year by a _________ 5.7%. (HEAD)
5 You can say that she is a _________ because she works very hard and finds it difficult to
slop working and do other things. (WORK)
6 She speaks her lines very_________ (WOOD)
7 It is really quite_________that we should have been at the same college without having met
before. (ORDINARY)
8. Supporters, were__________removed from the court. (FORCE)
9. The outcome of the vote is a discussion (GO)
10. Somehow he always manages to his opponents. (WIT)
Complete the following passage by using the correct forms of the words given in the box.
(0) has been done as an example.
succeed narrate colour knowledge author ordinary
rived picture credit popular bankrupt
Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scot was the key figure in creating a (0) COLOURFUL image of Scotland's past,
initially with his bestselling (1) __________ poem, then with his even more celebrated
novels, the first of which was Waverley. It was published anonymously in 1814 and, in
subsequent years, its (2) __________ were described as being 'by the author of Wciverleÿ,
which accounts for the term 'Waverley novels'. Although Scott made no public 3)
__________ of his (4) __________ until 1827, the writer's identity was an open secret long
before then. He wrote (5) __________ quickly, and the first collected edition of the Waverley
novels was published as early as 1819. A set of illustrations by Alexander Nasmyth was
produced for the second collected edition and these drawings were used on the title pages.
Nasmyth has been called the father of landscape painting and, like Walter Scott, he helped to
(6) __________ his country's romantic and (7) __________ scenery. The drawings were
recently presented to the National Library of Scotland, which now boasts a superb and
(8)__________ collection of manuscripts and papers relating to Scott and his circle.
What is less well known about Sir Walter Scott is that after his (9) __________ in 1826, his
last years were spent in frantic literary activity to pay off all the (10) __________ to whom he
owed money.
The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Find and correct them. (0) has been done as an
example (from in).
The notion that there are two species of African elephant first emerged about a decade ago.
The animals are very different (0) from size; the savannah or bush elephants stand about a
meter taller, and weigh twice as many as their forest-dwelling cousins. But whether this
means they are truly different species hasn’t been clear. Now a team of researchers from the
UK, Germany and the US, say they’ve resolved the issue. Written in the journal Public
Library of Science Biology), they say their analysis proves the subsistence of two distinctive
species. This has been a hotly-disputed question and it’s entirely possible that other
researchers challenge the claim. If it is confirmed, there may be important implications for
conservation. Forest's elephants are mainly found in Central and Western Africa, the areas
where poaching and ivory smuggling are most serious. There, populations are declined.
Further south, in the domain of the savannah elephants, the animals are thriving.
Conservatives say proving the species split could help concentrate attention, where it’s most
needed, in nations that have done little to crack out on poachers and smugglers.
Write in the correct words.
We all know that life on earth can be depressing at times. But if it’s really _ _t _ _ _g (1) you
down, why not think about the possibility of moving to a different environment. It's assumed
that by the year 2050 technological solutions will _ _ _ b _ _ (2) people to settle on other
planets with a perfect potential for generating their own energy out of local _ _ s _ _ _ _ _
s(3). However, there are plenty of _ _ _ t _ _ _ _ s (4) to overcome until the first
successful settlement on Mars, for example, is viable. Outer space is known to be a hostile
environment with no oxygen to _ r _ _ _ _ _ (5) and extremely low temperatures a _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _g (6) absolute zero. The solar and cosmic radiation can also prove to be _ _ _ h _ _(7)
for fragile earthly organisms.
Although we take our elementary life support system for _ _ _ _ _ _ d (8) here on earth, there
is no saying what might happen if we set out on a trek in space without the protection of the
earthly atmosphere. Happily, the contemporary space expeditions have been thoroughly
planned to _ _ f _ _ _ (9) our astronauts against the immensely adverse i _ _ _ _ _ (10) of the
inhospitable surroundings of space. Therefore, they are located in hermetic and sealed cabins
with a fresh _ _ _ _ _ y (11) of air and conditions simulating those on earth.
The first step towards space colonization is still to be made. The prospects are that the
pioneers will only be provided with the most necessary equipment and that their advancement
will be carefully examined by the experts in a variety of _ _ _ i _ s (12) including astronomy,
medicine, physics and biology.