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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. seat B. read C. wear D. meal
2. A. Christmas B. machine C. mechanic D. scholarship
3. A. needed B. worked C. stopped D. watched
Choose the word that has different stress pattern.
4. A. earthquake B. energy C. experience D. exercise
5. A. throughout B. volcanic C. unpleasant D. fashionable
Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c, or d) that best fits the blank in each sentence.
6. He had lived _________that farm all his life.
A. in B. at C. on D. with
7. Look_________! There’s a big hole in front of you.
A. at B. out C. on D. down
8. Hurricane Andrew swept through southern Florida _________August 1992.
A. in B. on C. since D. from
9. He was quietly proud _________his literary achievements.
A. on B. of C. at D. in
10. The report_________that thousands of people had seen UFOs.
A. warned B. suggested C. claimed D. blamed
11. These children, _________parents work late, are taken home by bus.
A. their B. that C. whom D. whose
12. You should have a _________check your motorcycle regularly.
A. plumber B. mechanic C. driver D. pilot
13. Are you looking forward _________abroad on your vacation?
A. to go B. going C. to going D. you go
14. Only in the last few years_________to use home computers.
A. have begun people B. have people begun C. when people began D. people have begun
15. It’s an interesting film. I _________it three times already.
A. saw B. had seen C. have seen D. was to see
16. Can’t we do something about the situation?- Something _________right now.
A. is doing B. is done C. is being done D. has been doing
17. _________it was a formal dinner party, James wore his blue jeans.
A. Since B. Even though C. Despite D. Therefore
18. _________taking me downtown on your way to work this morning?
A. Would you mind B. Can you C. Why don’t you D. Could you please
19. _________to fly if they had feathers instead of hair?
A. Should people able B. Were people able C. Will people able D. Would people be able
20. I wish you_________making that noise. It’s bothering me.
A. stop B. can stop C. would stop D. will stop
Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that needs correction.
21. Manufacturers are now producing such many inexpensive computers that many people can afford to buy one for their home.
A. such B. inexpensive C. to buy D. that
22. Not until the early 1900s women were allowed to vote in the United States.
A. the early B. women were C. to vote D. in the
23. I like lying on the beach. Therefore, I always spend my holiday to sunbathe.
A. to sunbathe B. like C. Therefore D. lying
24. Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is knowing as the ‘Ring of Fire’.
A. of B. as C. which is knowing D. occur
25. Don’t forget to come here in time, do you?
A. to come B. Don’t C. in time D. do you
Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.
26. Solid fuel would be more __________________ (economy)
27. Cinema is a medium of mass __________________ (entertain).
28. The advantage of living in the countryside is that the air is __________________(pollute)
29. We find advertising on the radio very __________________(effect).
30. Naturally, I was very eager to make a good first __________________(impress).
Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank in the following passage.
By using computers people can do things faster (31)_______by using other means. Computers can do any calculations (32)_______than