Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the other.
Question 1:
- a. proud
- b. pound
- c. double
- d. house
Question 2:
- a. roofs
- b. tickets
- c. tops
- d. waves
Question 3:
- a. since
- b. ride
- c. drive
- d. divide
Question 4:
- a. sun
- b. fun
- c. full
- d. run
Question 5:
- a. value
- b. use
- c. music
- d. currency
Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others:
Question 6:
- a. pollution
- b. excitement
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c. usually
- d. remember
Question 7:
- a. encourage
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b. tropical
- c. discover
- d. advancement
Question 8:
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a. atmosphere
- b. Atlantic
- c. athletics
- d. Canadian
Question 9:
- a. tomorrow
- b. continue
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c. popular
- d. informing
Question 10:
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a. population
- b. communicate
- c. ability
- d. continuum
Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.
Question 11: Elizabeth I has reigned as queen of England from 1558 to 1603.
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a. has reigned
- b. as
- c. queen of England
- d. from 1558 to 1603
Question 12: When it touches a cold surface, water vapor condensed.
- a. it
- b. a cold surface
- c. water vapor
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d. condensed
Question 13: Changes in the schedule have been indicate on the bulletin board.
- a. in
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b. have been indicate
- c. on
- d. bulletin board
Question 14: The piano concerto was beautifully performed by a sixteen-years-old.
- a. The
- b. piano concerto
- c. was beautifully performed
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d. sixteen-years-old
Question 15: The University of Michigan, which was found in 1817, is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- a. The University of Michigan
- b. which
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c. was found
- d. is located in
Question 16: Mail is send daily to all parts of the United States not only by the government but also by private carriers.
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a. send
- b. daily
- c. to all parts of the United States
- d. but also by private carries
Question 17: It recognized that insulation_containing formaldehyde can cause serious health problems for certain people.
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a. recognized
- b. containing formaldehyde
- c. can
- d. health problems
Question 18: This will be an occasional for us all to make a new start.
- a. will be
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b. occasional
- c. for
- d. to make a new start
Question 19: Few players have gained as much respect from their peer as Barry Bonds.
- a. Few players
- b. have gained
- c. respect from
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d. peer
Question 20. You will be given the uniquely opportunity to study with one of Europe's top chefs.
- a. will be given
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b. uniquely
- c. to
- d. one of Europe's top chefs
Find the one choice that best completes the sentence.
Question 21: “Homer is in jail for smoking marijuana.”
“He __ that it was against the law.”
- a. is telling
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b. was told
- c. told
- d. tells
Question 22: “The maintenance people didn’t remove the chairs from the ballroon."
“Don’t worry. They ____ them soon.”
- a. will be moved
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b. will move
- c. were moved
- d. moved
Question 23: Gold ____ in California in the nineteenth century.
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a. was discovered
- b. has been discovered
- c. were discovered
- d. discovered
Question 24: _____ that military spending is extremely high.
- a. We are felt
- b. It feels
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c. It is felt
- d. We feel that it
Question 25: All planes ____ before departure.
- a. will checked
- b. will has checked
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c. will be checked
- d. will been checked
Question 26: I wanted ____ by the head of the company, but it was impossible.
- a. to see
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b. to be seen
- c. seeing
- d. being to see
Question 27: Look what John ____ me!
- a. give
- b. gave
- c. has giving
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d. has given
Question 28: “Where did you get these old dresses?”
“We ____ them in the old trunk.”
- a. were found
- b. finding
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c. found
- d. have been found
Question 29: “What happened to the old mail carrier?”
“He ____ to a new neighborhood to work.”
- a. has sent
- b. was sending
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c. was sent
- d. sent
Question 30: The report notes the firm’s casual attitude _____ safety procedures.
- a. for
- b. in
- c. on
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d. towards
Question 31: It’s a pity if they have to close the school, but I can see the ___ of it.
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a. logic
- b. logical
- c. logically
- d. logician
Question 32: It was Carol who brought up the _____ of sports facilities.
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a. subject
- b. subjective
- c. subjection
- d. subjectively
Question 33: A crescent moon was the symbol ____ the old Ottoman Empire.
- a. in
- b. to
- c. as
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d. of
Question 34: The sea ____ many of the artist’s later paintings.
- a. inspired for
- b. inspire for
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c. inspired
- d. inspire
Question 35: These shoes have gone out ____ style, but I like them.
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a. of
- b. off
- c. for
- d. over
Read the following passage and choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) for each space.
CLOTHES
Clothes can tell a lot (Question 36) ____ a person. Some people like very colorful clothes because they want everyone (Question 37) ____ at them and they want to be the center of things. (Question 38) _____ people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not (Question 39) ____ or fancy. They do not like people (Question 40) ____ . Clothes today are very different (Question 41) ____ the clothes of the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For example, in the 1800s, all women (Question 42) ____ dresses. The dresses all had long skirts. But today, women do not always wear dresses with long skirts. Sometimes they wear short skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another difference between 1800s and today is the (Question 43) ___ . In the 1800s, clothes (Question 44) ____ natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk or linen. But today, there are (Question 45) ____ kinds of man -made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made from nylon, rayon or polyester.
Question 36:
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a. about
- b. at
- c. with
- d. on
Question 37:
- a. look
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b. to look
- c. looked
- d. looking
Question 38:
- a. each other
- b. others
- c. another
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d. other
Question 39:
- a.color
- b. colorful
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c. colorfully
- d. colored
Question 40:
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a. to look at them
- b. to looking at them
- c. looking at them
- d. looked at them
Question 41:
- a. at
- b. to
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c. from
- d. in
Question 42:
- a. wear
- b. worn
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c. wore
- d. wearing
Question 43:
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a. cloth
- b. clothing
- c. clothe
- d. clothes
Question 44:
- a. were made only by
- b. were made only of
- c. were made only in
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d. were made only from
Question 45:
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a. many
- b. any
- c. much
- d. alittle
Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
The business of tennis clothes has grown astoundingly in the past few years. Over $250 million is spent annually on the trappings of tennis. Apparently everyone wants to look like a pro, even though 20% of the clientele has never even played the game.
Manufacturers pays the stars lucrative fees for wearing their brands of clothes and wielding their racquets on center court. Chris Evert-Lloyd, for example, is rumored to have signed a five-year contract for $5 million with Ellesse, a producer of fancy, expensive tennis wear. John McEnroe gets a reported $600,000 for playing with a Dunlop racquet, $330,000 for sporting Tacchini clothes, and $100,000 for tying his Nike tennis shoes. Obviously, in a bad year. these stars make more as fashion models than as athletes
Not only tennis players get free clothing, but also all the people involved in the game — the referees, linespeople, ball boys and girls — are living advertisements for tennis wear producers. Where, traditionally, conservative white clothing was required for the entire tennis coterie, changing times have seen a new vogue in tennis outfits. Flamboyant colors, designers’ nameplates, geometric figures, and bold lines distinguish the new tennis togs from their predecessors.
Question 46: What can be understood from this reading?
- a. Tennis clothing appeals to everyone.
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b. Tennis stars can get huge sums for wearing a manufacturer’s brands of clothes and wielding his or her racquets.
- c. The price of tennis racquets has remained stable.
- d. Bright colors tempt people to buy tennis wear.
Question 47: What is the writer trying to do?
- a. Explain why the cost of tennis clothes has risen.
- b. Defend tennis wear manufacturers from complaints about their high prices
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c. Describe the means of advertising expensive tennis clothes.
- d. Describe the new tennis clothing.
Question 48: What is the best title for the passage?
- a. The Tennis Stars
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b. Big Business in Tennis Wear
- c. The High Cost of Playing Tennis
- d. Tennis Stars’ Flamboyant Clothes
Question 49: It is stated that John McEnroe ____.
- a. wears flamboyant clothing on the court
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b. may be earning over $1 million for using tennis products
- c. make more as fashion models than as athletes
- d. has had a bad year in tennis competitions
Question 50: Which of the following is true?
- a. Tennis clothing is only bought by the well-to-do.
- b. Those who wear expensive tennis clothes play tennis.
- c. Tennis clothing appeals to fashion models.
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d. The coloration of tennis wear has changed.