I. Find out the word which has the main stress in the second syllable.
1. A. refugee B. referee C. employee D. committee
2. A. follow B. fellow C. allow D. yellow
3. A. actually B. evening C. symbolic D. suddenly
4. A. educate B. actually C. contaminate D. organism
5. A. malice B. office C. police D. practice
II. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct.
6. One of (A) the best collection of (B) paintings can (C) be found in that famous (D) museum of arts.
7. (A) The main (B) advertising media include direct mail, (C) radio, television, magazines and (D) newspaper.
8. (A) Hot in the summer causes (B) a lot of problems for people who (C) live in this part of (D) the country.
9. (A) Liquids take the shape of any container (B) which in they (C) are (D) placed.
10. The local (A) hot springs now (B) serve as a bathhouse for (C) them tranquil (D) little town.
11. Weather is the expression of (A) climate that (B) can change (C) great from day to day (D) or season to season.
12. Beethoven (A) wrote and (B) performance some of his greatest works (C) while he was almost (D) totally deaf.
13. (A) Financial considerations (B) play an important (C) partly in the choice (D) of a collage.
14. If (A) one is invite (B) out to a dinner, it is perfectly proper (C) to go either with or without (D) no a gift.
15. (A) Smoker is (B) the number one (C) preventable cause (D) of death in the world.
III. Choose A, B, C or D to fill in the gap.
Helen packed a small suitcase, said goodbye to her mother and hurried out of the house to ... (16) ........ to the station. There was no one ... (17) ........ waiting at the bus stop, so it looked as if a bus had just left. Helen looked at her watch anxiously; it was already two o'clock. Her train left at two thirty, and since it would ... (18) ........ at least twenty minutes to reach the station, she did not have much time to ... (19) ........ , even if a bus came along at once.
Just then a taxi came slowly down the road. Helen knew that the ... (20) ........ to the station was at least five dollars, which was more than she could ... (21) ........ , but she quickly made up her ... (22) ........ that it would be well ... (23) ........ the extra expense in order to be sure of catching the train. So she stopped the taxi and got in. She told the driver that she had to catch the train which left at half past two. The man nodded and said that he would take a short ... (24) ........ to get her to the station in good time.
All went well until, just as they were coming out of a side street into the ... (25) ........ that lead to the station, the taxi ran ... (26) ........ a car. There was a loud crash and Helen was thrown ... (27) ........ so violently that she hit her head on the front seat. Both drivers got out and began ... (28) ........ each other. Helen got out as ... (29) ........ to ask them to stop quarrelling, but ... (30) ........ took any notice of her at all.
16. A. catch the bus B. drive taxi C. go on bus D. get the bus
17. A. person B. more C. else D. other
18. A. lose B. take C. be D. waste
19. A. wait for B. spend C. go D. spare
20. A. fare B. expense C. cost D. money
21. A. give B. pay C. afford D. have
22. A. decision B. mind C. own D. head
23. A. done B. cheap C. for D. worth
24. A. way B. road C. time D. cut
25. A. main road B. alley C. main side street D. train
26. A. for B. into C. up D. off
27. A. up B. hard C. over D. forward
28. A. to shout for B. shouting C. shouting to D. to shout at
29. A. soon B. well C. much D. if
30. A. no one B. none C. neither D. both of them
IV. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
31. A. though B. cough C. rough D. tough
32. A. hard B. carry C. yard D. card
33. A. are B. there C. wear D. fair
34. A. stop B. mode C. drop D. hot
35. A. soon B. look C. book D. good
36. A. deal B. heal C. steal D. stealth
37. A. think B. thick C. thus D. thin
38. A. triangle B. trial C. distribute D. tribe
39. A. flew B. threw C. knew D. grew
40. A. home B. woman C. don't D. open
V. Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.
41. When he worked here, Simon _____ mistakes.
A. was always making B. made always C. was making always D. always made
42. Someone must have taken my bag. I clearly remember _____ it by the window and now it has gone.
A. to have left B. leave C. to leave D. leaving
43. He _____ me by asking me stupid questions while I am working.
A. annoys B. quarrels C. interferes D. damages
44. The job was more difficult than I _____ expected it to be.
A. have B. had C. would D. might
45. A good friend will stand _____ you when you're having problems.
A. by B. against others C. out for D. up with
46. You have no right _____ my daughter.
A. seeing B. to see C. to have seen D. see
47. The child was told to eat all his vegetables or _____ he would get no ice-cream.
A. else B. in case C. instead D. in fact
48. BARNEY&FRIENDS gave children _____ pleasure.
A. a great deal of B. a large quantity C. a large deal of D. a great number of
49. Do you have any objections _____ this new road scheme?
A. at B. with C. to D. for
50. I went to Tom's house last night and rang the doorbell. There was no answer. He _____ out.
A. must have gone B. must go C. should have gone D. should go
51. Despite a lot of hardship, the Green City Project will go _____.
A. before B. forward C. advance D. ahead
52. The question of the late payment of bills was _____ again at the board meeting.
A. risen B. brought C. taken D. raised
53. I have told him never _____ here again.
A. should come B. come C. to come D. coming
54. I'm sorry! I didn't break that vase on _____.
A. my mind B. time C. purpose D. intention
55. _____ the lion did not try to hurt him, Androcles went nearer to pull out the thorn.
A. Seeing that B. In order that C. So that D. Although
56. I don't feel like _____ to the cinema now.
A. go B. to have gone C. going D. to go
57. Since my mother died, my closest _____ is my cousin.
A. related B. parent C. relative D. person
58. _____ you have no key, you will have to get back before I go out.
A. Unless B. Provided C. Although D. As
59. He has _____ money in the bank.
A. a large number of B. a lots of C. a lot of D. lot of
60. I didn't realized that somebody was recording our conversation.
A. I didn't realized that our conversation was recorded.
B. I didn't realized that our conversation was being recorded by someone.
C. Our conversation wasn't realized to be recorded.
D. I didn't realized that our conversation was being recorded.
VII. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one.
71. Judges are usually people of conservative temperament.
A. Judges' temperament usually is conservative.
B. Judges usually have conservative temperament.
C. Judges have usually conservative temperament.
D. Judges' temperament usually have conservative.
72. I wish my English were fluent enough to go for the interview.
A. My English is too fluent to go for the interview.
B. If only my English were fluent enough for me to go for the interview.
C. My English is fluent enough to go for the interview.
D. My English were fluent enough and I could go for the interview.
73. I'd prefer to go swimming rather than go surfing.
A. Swimming is better than surfing, in my opinion. B. Swimming is more interesting than surfing.
C. I would like to go swimming, not go surfing. D. I like going swimming to going surfing.
74. Nixon was being victimized by the media.
A. The media was victimizing Nixon. B. The media were victimizing Nixon.
C. The media was being victimizing Nixon. D. The media were being victimizing Nixon.
75. It 's a pity that you didn't tell us about this.
A. I wish you have told us about this. B. I wish you had told us about this.
C. I wish you would tell us about this. D. I wish you told us about this.
76. In order to settle the matter, I will accept their suggestion.
A. Settling the matter, I accept their suggestion.
B. I will accept their suggestion in case the matter is settled.
C. I will accept their suggestion to settle the matter.
D. To settle the matter, you should accept their suggestion.
77. William runs faster than any boys in his class.
A. No one in William's class can run as fast as him.
B. William runs the fastest in his school.
C. William is running faster than anyone else in his class.
D. William is the quickest boy in his class.
78. Barbara Cartland is a writer of romantic fiction.
A. Barbara Cartland writer is romantic fiction. B. Writer Barbara Cartland is romantic fiction.
C. Barbara Cartland is romantic fiction writer. D. Barbara Cartland writes romantic fiction.
79. The landslide had swept debris down the hill.
A. Debris had be swept by the landslide down the hill.
B. The hill had been swept by the landslide down debris.
C. The hill had been swept down the landslide by debris.
D. Debris had been swept down the hill by the landslide.
80. No one but you and me knows who the robber was.
A. Only I know who the robber was. B. Only you know who the robber was.
C. Only you and I know who the robber was. D. Only one knows who the robber was.
