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 word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions. ⇱
Question 5. The burglar has got cold feet, when the dog started barking.
Question 6. The businessman inspected the contract carefully before signing it.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. ⇱
Question 7. To many children, playing computer games is a form of_____.
Question 8. I hope that they can find out a cure for the disease, because they are on the _____ track.
Question 9. Many new roads in my neighborhood _____ by foreign workers next month.
Question 10. Reading the article about damages caused by the heavy storm really brought a lump to my_____ .
Question 11. My brother used to work as_____ doctor in this hospital.
Question 12. Her new apartment is different _____ her old one.
Question 13. John will start doing homework _____ .
Question 14. They _____ the floor when their mother came home.
Question 15. I could hear voices but I couldn't _____ what they were saying.
Question 16. We need to do this _____ than we are at the moment.
Question 17. Violent crime has been reduced since the laws came into _____ .
Question 18. He promises_____ the assignment before 5 p.m.
Question 19. Mr. Robert, _____ from the company, is now facing legal charges.
Question 20. You'll get a better_____ of exchange at our bank in a few days.
Question 21. His bag is on the table, _____ ?
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 from 22 to 23. ⇱
Question 22. Mary doesn't come to class today. She contracts a serious illness.
Question 23. The train arrived at the station. Shortly after that the passengers rushed towards it.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges from 24 to 25. ⇱
Question 24. Mary has just had dinner at Linh's house.
- Mary: "Thank you, Linh. A lovely dinner!"
- Linh: “_____ ”
- Mary: "Thank you, Linh. A lovely dinner!"
- Linh: “_____ ”
Question 25. Tom and Susan are talking about their plan to help disadvantaged children.
- Tom: "Why don't we send them some textbooks and warm clothes?"
- Susan: "_____”
- Tom: "Why don't we send them some textbooks and warm clothes?"
- Susan: "_____”
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 from 26 to 28. ⇱
Question 26. Last summer, I spend all my vacation in the countryside with my parents.
Question 27. These clothes are being sold at a discount, but few people buy it.
Question 28. The main cause of the strike was the management's refusal to give further consideration to the question of pay differences.
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 from 29 to 30. ⇱
Question 29. Don't take it as read that you'll be promoted in your job, other colleagues stand a good chance, too.
Question 30. Council members strongly objected to plans to sell off the land, didn't they?
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 from 31 to 35. ⇱
WATER
Water is one of our most precious resources; to (31) _____ it simply, without water there would be no life. Unfortunately, many of us seem to have forgotten this fact, and as a result the world is facing the danger of running out of water. The actual amount of water on earth has changed (32)
_____ since the time of dinosaurs. The problem has been caused by people's misuse of our water supply. This not only means that we have polluted our rivers and seas, but also that we are (33) _____ a great deal of this precious resource.
Unfortunately, the destruction of the rain forests has made this problem worse since much of the rain (34) _____ falls is lost because it runs off into the sea. The population of the earth is increasing daily, (35) _____ it is vital that we find a solution to this problem before it is too late.
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 36. I last drove to work in 2000.
Question 37. Tom said: "Why do you keep staring at me, Janet?"
Question 38. It is unnecessary for you to finish the report until tomorrow afternoon.