Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. ⇱
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. ⇱
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. ⇱
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. ⇱
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. ⇱
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. ⇱
One of ___(25)___ important discoveries of the nineteenth century was a method of using natural gas for cooking and heating. Large amounts of natural gas are found in the United States, usually several thousand feet below the surface of ___(26)___ Earth.
For many years after natural gas was first discovered, it was thought to have no value. Finally, therefore, people began ___(27)___ its uses and to find ways of storing it and of moving it from place to place.
Today natural gas is stored in large tanks and used for lighting, cooking, and heating. In ___(28)___ ways, natural gas is one of our finest fuels. It is cheap and can be used for cooking without making the room hot. It can be moved ___(29)___ from one place to another through long pipelines, some of which are hundreds of miles in length.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest ỉn meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions. ⇱
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most meaningful sentence written from the given words. ⇱
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. ⇱
Moscow, the capital of Russia, is located in the far western part of the country. Since it was first mentioned in the chronicles of 1147, Moscow has played a vital role in Russian history. It became the capital of Muscovy (the Grand Principality of Moscow) in the late 13th century; hence, the people of Moscow are known as Muscovites. Today Moscow is not only the political centre of Russia but also the country’s most populous city and its industrial, cultural, scientific, and educational capital. For more than 600 years Moscow also has been the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The capital of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR., until the Union dissolved in 1991), Moscow, attracted world attention as a centre of communist power; indeed, the name of the seat of the former n a government and the successor Russian government, the Kremlin, a synonym for Soviet authority. The dissolution of the USSR brought tremendous economic and political change, along with a significant concentration of Russia’s wealth, into Moscow.