Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet 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 on your answer sheet 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 on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. ⇱
Question 5. The more she practices speaking English, _____ she becomes.
Question 6. Just as my daughter was about to leave the house on her wedding day, my son spilt some tea on her dress. Fortunately, we _____ the stain with some special soap before the wedding took place.
Question 7. We hope these images will help convince the government _____ national network of refuges for young runaways.
Question 8. I don’t think Jill would be a good teacher. She's got little patience, _____ ?
Question 9. Thanks to all the qualified staff, the event was _____ and flowed smoothly.
Question 10. The goal was to take action against the rapid and chaotic urban _____ by creating new green spaces to reduce the city's heat, improve the air, and capture moisture.
Question 11. _____ , the woman was visibly happy after the birth of her child.
Question 12. _____ , she spent nearly an hour walking all around the neighborhood looking for her car.
Question 13. His boss asked him to take _____ of the office for a few days while she was away.
Question 14. Giving up smoking is just one of the ways to _____ heart diseases.
Question 15. I bought my _____ camera from a friend of mine.
Question 16. In _____1950s, many people moved from _____ West Indies to _____ England because their life was so hard there.
Question 17. _____, the football match had started for 15 minutes.
Question 18. If you don't finish your homework early, I will breathe down your _____ all evening long until it is done.
Question 19. There was anger at the proposal that a UN peacekeeping force _____ to the area.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. ⇱
Question 20. If I say something odd, it's because I didn’t sleep at all last night. When I get extremely tired, I can sometimes get a bit weird.
Question 21. The way the team clinched the title in the last three minutes is one of the greatest moments in world football.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. ⇱
Question 22. When you're new in a school, it’s easiest to just go with the flow for a while, and see what people are like.
Question 23. The newly-weds agreed to be very frugal in their shopping because they wanted to save enough money to buy a house.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges. ⇱
Question 24. Lan is talking to Nam about her returning from the U.S.
- Lan: "Can you please pick me up at the airport next Sunday?"
- Nam: “_____. What time are you arriving?"
- Lan: "Can you please pick me up at the airport next Sunday?"
- Nam: “_____. What time are you arriving?"
Question 25. Emma and William are talking about the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Emma: "I think people should wear face masks everywhere to protect themselves and others."
- William: " _________ . COVID-19 is easily transmitted from person to person."
- Emma: "I think people should wear face masks everywhere to protect themselves and others."
- William: " _________ . COVID-19 is easily transmitted from person to person."
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. ⇱
(26) _____ in technology have made a lot of changes to our everyday lifestyles, but one of the biggest has got to be how we read books. Since the invention of the e-book, there has been a significant change to our reading habits. Given the choice between taking a couple of heavy paperbacks on holiday or an e-book device like a Kindle, most of us, including our parents and grandparents, would unsurprisingly opt (27) _____ Kindle.
But what would our lives be like with no books at all? It's a (28) _____ question. Some educational specialists are making predictions that in the future we won't even see books in classrooms - everything will be done online! (29) _ _ of the idea of getting rid of books say that there will always be a need for paper based versions of materials. (30) _____, to be realistic, we have to accept that there is a remote chance that in a decade's time, schools and classrooms will be book-free! What do you think of that?
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. ⇱
Question 31. Not until he entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.
Question 32. When searching for the buried treasure, we noticed a strange inhumane sound coming from a distant place, warning about an animal lurking somewhere.
Question 33. I invited 20 people to my party, some of them are my former classmates.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. ⇱
Question 34. They are always talking about it but do nothing.
Question 35. Sally paid for her travel in advance, but it wasn't necessary.
Question 36. My boss doesn't mind what time I start or finish work.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. ⇱
Question 37. She didn’t take her father's advice. That’s why she is bored with her work.
Question 38. I arrived at work. The assistant knocked at the door.