Choose a word in each line that has a different stress pattern.
Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence or replace the underlined word.
Find ONE mistake in each of the following sentences.
Read the passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D before the correct answer to each question below.
THE BEATLES
In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational the Beatles were at that time. They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music. They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them - their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out. Throughout the world many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.
Read the following passage and choose the best option for each numbered blank.
Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world's ___(46)___ PC software company. He is ___(47)___ the richest people in the world. Bill Gates' interest in computers started ___(48)___ he was a teenager. After high school, he was accepted to several top colleges in the USA: Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. He ___(49)___to go to Harvard to study law. At Harvard, he focused more ___(50)___ his interest in computers than on coursework. He often relaxed by playing video games in Harvard's computer lab. He left Harvard before graduating ___(51)___ he wanted to open a software company with his friend Paul Allen. However, he later said, "I don't think dropping ___(52)___ is a good idea." In 2007, he received an honorary ___(53)___ from Harvard. He began his speech by saying this to his father in the audience. "I've been waiting ___(54)___ than 30 years to say this: Dad, I always told you I'd come back and get my degree." Bill Gates is no longer working full time for Microsoft. He is now, with his wife, ___(55)___ The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which aims to improve healthcare, reduce poverty, and promote education around the world.
Complete the second sentence using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write no more than five words in each gap.