Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions. ⇱
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of stress 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 on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following sentences. ⇱
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following sentences. ⇱
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges. ⇱
- Mrs. Smith: “___________. The sign says ‘No feeding the animals.”
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. ⇱
All of our energy comes from the Sun, which is our nearest star. The Sun sends out huge amounts of energy through its rays every day. We call this energy solar energy or radiant energy. Without the Sun, life on Earth would not exist, since our planet would be totally frozen. We use this solar energy in many different ways. The sunlight lets US see and warms US. Plants use the light from the Sun to grow. They store it as chemical energy. This process is called photosynthesis. The energy is stored in their roots, fruits, and leaves. This energy feeds every living thing on the earth. When humans and animals eat plants and the food made from plants, we store the energy in our bodies, in our muscles and in our brain cells.
Just as humans store energy in their bodies, the Earth stores the Sun’s energy too. The Sun’s energy is stored in coal, natural gas, water and wind. Coal, oil, and natural gas are known as fossil fuels. Fossil fuels were formed over millions of years ago when the remains and fossils of prehistoric plants and animals sank to the bottom of swamps and oceans. These animal and plant remains were slowly covered and crushed by layers of rock, mud, sand, and water. The pressure of all those layers caused the plants and animals to break down and change into coal, oil, and natural gas. We use the energy in these fossil fuels to make electricity. We use electricity in many different ways. We light and heat our homes, schools, and businesses using electricity, and to run computers, refrigerators, washing machines, and air conditioners. Our cars and planes run on gasoline, which comes from oil. As of the year 2013, most of the energy we use comes from fossil fuels.
However, fossil fuels are known as non-renewable sources of energy. They cannot be used over and over again. This means that one day they will run out!
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer that best fits each of the numbered blanks. ⇱
Are you job hunting? Are you looking for a ___(26)___ within your company? Do you just want to keep your professional options open? Learning English is an important ___(27)___ forward to all of those goals.
The global job market has even ___(28)___ new positions for bilingual people. By learning English, you could become a translator, a language teacher or an English marketing professional ___(29)___ a global company.
No matter what career path you decide to ___(30)___ learning English is a valuable skill. It’ll help you become a better, more sought-after employee as well as a more well-rounded person.