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I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently

from that of the others.

1. A. descend B. decent C. delicious D. percentage

2. A. knowledge B. flower C. shower D. coward

3. A. thrill B. third C. enthusiasm D. thus

4. A. practice B. device C. service D. office

5. A. complete B. command C. common D. community

II. Choose the word whose primary stress is placed differently from
that of the others.

1. A. education B. development C. economic D. preparation

2. A. attend B. option C. percent D. become

3. A. literature B. entertainment C. recreation D. information

4. A. attractive B. perception C. cultural D. expensive

5. A. chocolate B. structural C. important D. national

III. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

1. Increased traffic in cities these days _____ widening the roads.

A. facilitates B. necessitates C. indicates D. exemplifies

2. He didn’t realize they had been talking at cross _____ until he was asked
an irrelevant question.

A. aims B. beliefs C. purposes D. intentions

3. People thought that the use of robots would _____ boring low-paid
factory jobs.

A. do away with B. put down to C. fit up for D. break out in

4. _____, including climate, mineral content, and surface water, wetlands

may be mossy, grassy, or wooded.

A. Factors depending on many B. Many factors depending on

C. Depending on many factors D. On many factors depending

5. To let them see the clear change in the case, the presenter put them in
the _____.

A. plan B. situation C. interpretation D. picture

6. Liam and Emma want to book a table for dinner in a famous restaurant in
the town.

- Liam: “We'll never get a table in there at such short notice.”

- Emma: “_____”

A. Want a bet? B. The more the merrier.

C. For better for worse. D. It’s on me!

7. People being overweight _____ the risk of having heart diseases.

A. bear B. gain C. make D. run

8. Nebraska has floods in some years, _____.

A. others in drought B. in others drought

C. while other droughts D. droughts are others

9. Frankly speaking, the theory they’ve been working on just doesn’t _____.

A. see reason B. hold water

C. share the burden D. face the music

10. The new speed restrictions on the highway are said to be a _____
debated issue.

A. deeply B. heavily C. profoundly D. hotly

11. A group of soldiers was stationed near _____ Ganges river, in a small
town under _____ Himalayas.

A. the - Ø B. Ø - Ø C. the - the D. Ø - the

12. This research is important _____ it is to look into some alternative

sources of renewable energy.

A. in that B. unless C. hence D. therefore

13. Six novels a year, you say? He's certainly a _____ writer.

A. prolific B. fertile C. effective D. fruitful

14. If only people in our parents’ generation _____ the school facilities that
we have today.

A. had B. had had C. have D. have had

15. I always clean the flat before my mother comes round, but she always
finds at least one _____ of dust and says it’s filthy.

A. speck B. scrap C. gust D. blade

16. _____ so incredible is that these insects successfully migrate to places

they have never seen.

A. The migration of the monarch butterflies is

B. What makes the monarch butterflies’ migration

C. The migration of the monarch butterflies, which is

D. That makes the monarch butterflies’ migration

17. The Parkers are going to move to a(n) _____ house in Hempstead.

A. Roman-style elegant brick solid B. solid brick elegant Roman-style

C. brick solid elegant Roman-style D. elegant solid Roman-style brick

18. _____ as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideas of the
period in which it was created.

A. To be ranked B. Ranking C. Being ranked D. To rank

19. I detest _____, but I often have to wait for the dentist for hours to have
my teeth checked.

A. to be kept waiting B. being kept to wait

C. being kept waiting D. to keep waiting

20. Nothing went wrong when the students came back to school after
Covid-19 pandemic, _____?

A. did they B. didn’t they C. did it D. didn’t it

IV. Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap.

TEENAGE AIRLINE BOSS

Martin Halstead is a young entrepreneur, best known for having managed

to launch his own airline at the age of eighteen. Martin started his first
business (1) _____, making flight simulators for use in pilot training, while
he was still a fifteen-year-old schoolboy, and at seventeen he left school to
(2) _____ as a pilot. It was whilst on the course that Martin realized that (3)
_____ of just being a pilot, he’d like to run an airline business, and so he
(4) _____ up with the idea for AlphaOne Airways. Martin (5) _____ planned
to fly between Oxford and Cambridge, and there was considerable public
(6) _____ in the idea. But when a big investor (7) _____ out at the last
minute, Martin was left with no option but to think again. But he was not to
be (8) _____. In November 2005, he relaunched the company, this time
planning flights from the Isle of Man to Edinburgh. The first flight departed
on November 7th, carrying invited guests and media in an aircraft Martin
had leased from another company. (9) _____ the airline suspended
operations in January 2006, AlphaOne Airways had carried some forty fare-
paying passengers on the route, and Martin had fulfilled his dream. It was
perhaps his naivety and youth that allowed him to ignore the problems and
barriers that someone older may have seen as a brick wall (10) _____ in
the way of achievement.
1. A. venture B. effort C. task D. event

2. A. train B. learn C. study D. prepare

3. A. instead B. rather C. preference D. alternative

4. A. dreamt B. thought C. hit D. came

5. A. largely B. principally C. initially D. primarily

6. A. attention B. support C. attraction D. interest

7. A. called B. pulled C. checked D. held

8. A. caught out B. sent back C. turned down D. put off

9. A. Since B. Although C. Despite D. Whether

10. A. blocking B. standing C. stopping D. impeding

V. Supply the correct form of the words given in brackets.

1. Many of the heroes in our history have been (MEMORY) _____ in the
names of streets.

2. The women employed in the mines were (DOMINANCE) _____ young

and unmarried.

3. His grandmother’s good looks and youthful energy (LIE) _____ her 60
years.

4. Many experts argue that students learn better when they are in classes
out of choice rather than (COMPEL) _____.

5. I’ve been given some financial advice that is (CONTRADICT) _____ and
confusing.

6. Hundreds of (EVACUATE) _____ from the war zone have arrived in the
city, and the authorities are trying to find

homes for them.

7. They have been waiting for the doctor’s (DIAGNOSE) _____ since
yesterday’s examination.

8. It is (ADVISE) _____ to travel to the areas affected by radioactive

pollution.

9. She stood there completely (EXPRESS) _____, so I had no idea what

she was thinking about.

10. Jack got into a lot of trouble for (PERSIST) _____ breaking school
rules.

VI. Supply the correct preposition in brackets.

1. When making decisions, people tend to weigh _____ their options

carefully, which is sensible as long as you don't lose sight _____ what's
important.

2. You should check all your files _____ the screen, then back them all
_____ onto a storage device.

3. Asking Barry to pay _____ meals is like getting blood _____ of a stone.

4. They have been struggling to rebuild the system _____ the ground
_____ in the past 10 years.

5. The eldest son of the Queen will succeed _____ the throne when she
passes _____.

6. The journalist reported that the city was _____ the brink _____ a crisis.

7. I could tell _____ his face that he was angry _____ something.

8. She is very knowledgeable _____ History, but she’s ignorant _____

Maths.

9. Rosy still failed to catch _____ to what the teacher was explaining about.
It was quite _____ her ability.

10. A teenage girl sat _____ a train chewing gum and staring vacantly
_____ space.