Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
- A. chemist
- B. scheme
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C. church
- D. school
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A. well-done
- B. so
- C. go
- D. alone
- A. children
- B. check
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C. machine
- D. charity
Pick out the word that has the different stress from that of the others.
Question 4:
- A. excellent
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B. gymnastic
- C. stadium
- D. volleyball
- A. champion
- B. qualify
- C. penalty
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D. respect
- A. haven’t we
- B. we have
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C. have we
- D. we haven’t
- A. begin
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B. began
- C. beginning
- D. which began
Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
Question 8: Her friends advised her to stop doing the housework because her old age.
- A. her
- B. to stop
- C. housework
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D. because
- A. Although
- B. is
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C. but
- D. a lot of
- A. first
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B. celebrated
- C. in
- D. 1890
- A. should
- B. is
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C. at
- D. teeth
- A. it
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B. hardly
- C. concentration
- D. such
Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the root one.
Question 13: In spite of their differences, Peter and John plan to be roommates.
- A. Peter and John do not like each other.
- B. Peter and John will be different roommates.
- C. Peter and John are too different to be roommates.
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D. Peter and John intend to be roommates even though they are different.
- A. There's likelihood that her husband won't return soon.
- B. Her husband will come back later than planned.
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C. Her husband will be returning quite soon.
- D. Possibly, her husband won't come back as soon as he wants
- A. On the whole, Tim was satisfied with the story.
- B. Tim wouldn't be satisfied with anything.
- C. Tim wanted to know just the end of the story.
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D. Tim insisted on being told the complete story
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A. I couldn't study last night because I was very tired.
- B. I studied last night because I was bored.
- C. I studied last night because I had to.
- D. I tried to study last night, but the homework was too hard.
- A. I have never felt well.
- B. I have always felt well.
- C. I felt better before.
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D. I feel well now.
HARNESSING THE WIND
Wind power is an (18)______ option for collection alternative electric power. Wind power works by (19)______ the energy from the wind with a rotor that turns and powers a generator. The (20)______ is then stored or used to power machinery, lighting, and even homes. Wind power is (21)______ even if you don't have much land, but is not (22)______ for city areas where nearby buildings will block most of the wind.
Question 18:
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A. inexpensive
- B. expensive
- C. inexpense
- D. expensively
- A. collected
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B. collecting
- C. collect
- D. collection
- A. electric
- B. electrical
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C. electricity
- D. electrically
- A. inconvenient
- B. convenience
- C. conveniently
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D. convenient
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A. recommended
- B. recommend
- C. recommending
- D. recommendation
Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage:
NASA officials expressed a great deal of concern over the descent of Skylab, a satellite which was slowly making its way back to Earth and was expected to reenter our atmosphere within the two weeks. The aluminum Skylab was not expected to burn up on reentry. In fact, it was feared that some 400 to 500 pieces, some weighing up to 1,000 pounds, could survive reentry. These pieces would not all land in one area, but would be spread over hundreds of miles causing a great deal of damage to property and endangering human lives. At this point, we just don't know where or when it will come down or how much damage it might cause.
Question 23: In this passage, the word "satellite" means.
- A. a plane
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B. a space station
- C. a spaceship
- D. a TV station
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A. aluminum
- B. steel
- C. aging
- D. burnable
- A. It would burn on reentry to the earth's atmosphere.
- B. It would collide with aircraft on reentry.
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C. It might cause considerable damage.
- D. It would not survive its atmospheric descent.
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A. The pieces would be concentrated in one area.
- B. The Skylab would not completely bum before reentry.
- C. There could be considerable property damage.
- D. Some 400 to 500 pieces might survive.
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A. worry
- B. annoyance
- C. damage
- D. reentry
Choose the word which best fits each gap of the passage
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937, in Russia. She went to work in a textile mill (28) ... She was 18 years old. She became an active (29) ... of the Young Communist League while she worked at the mill. In November 1963, she marries (30) ... Andrian G. Nikolayev. Tereshkova became interested in parachuting (31) ... a hobby. She made more than 125 jumps before (32) ... for space-flight training school. Tereshkova also received training as an airplane pilot. In the (33) ... Vostock 6, Tereshkova made 48 revolutions around the earth I 70-hour 50 minute space (34) ... From June 16 to June 19, 1963. Tereshkova orbited the earth once every 88 minutes during her (35) ... journey. She operated her spacecraft by manual controls. Tereshkova parachuted from the Vostok 6 after re-entering the earth’s atmosphere. She (36) ... In Kazakhstan, in central Asia and became the first (37) ... to travel in space.
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A. when
- B. as
- C. during
- D. while
- A. employer
- B. employee
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C. member
- D. person
- A. spacecraft
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B. cosmonaut
- C. space station
- D. spaceship
- A. like
- B. to be
- C. just
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D. as
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A. volunteering
- B. volunteer
- C. to volunteer
- D. volunteered
- A. station
- B. aircraft
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C. spacecraft
- D. airship
- A. ship
- B. craft
- C. voyage
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D. flight
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A. historic
- B. history
- C. historian
- D. historical
- A. stopped
- B. ended
- C. dropped
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D. landed
- A. person
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B. woman
- C. Russian
- D. being
- A. bases
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B. causes
- C. courses
- D. discusses
- A. notify
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B. bother
- C. mobile
- D. postal
- A. history
- B. audience
- C. cinema
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D. existence