Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: hunting                  essential                    extinct                    identify Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: coward           flower           shower             knowledge Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: honor                  high                    host                  hold Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: swimming                    post                   decision                 score Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: prohibit                     exhibit                     habit                    hunting Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: beds            doors               students               plays Choose a word that has different stress pattern: champion            common              foremost              respect Choose a word that has different stress pattern: reserve                 podium                 justice                  rainfall Choose a word that has different stress pattern: dissolve                 expand                 guideline                  reform Choose a word that has different stress pattern: workforce               keenness                   nervous                advice Choose a word that has different stress pattern: minority                  biologist                     intervention                  compulsory Choose a word that has different stress pattern: whistle               table                   someone                  receive Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The vicar passed __________ yesterday. No flowers by request. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: You __________ have my car if you like. I shan’t be using it tomorrow.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Many teenagers are not much ________________ in reading books, except for what they are made to read at school.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Provided that he _________ the car, we __________ able to drive to the country. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: What ____________ if somebody ____________ to you?   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Don't come into the compartment; the berth ____________ now.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The package _____________ carefully before it _____________. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: She solved the problem ______________ . Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The _____________________ of women earning Master’s Degrees has risen sharply in recent years.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence:  In such a bad situation, you should _____________ of hiring a lawyer.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: By the time a baby has reached his first birthday, he should _________ sit up or even stand up.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: John said that he ______________ for that company for ten years.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence:  The final _____________ was 3-0.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: We are going to stay in a little cottage, and that will be very nice because I haven't been to the seaside __________ two years at least. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: We found the exam extremely easy. We _______________ so hard.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: This is about the _____________ that people with epilepsy and their families successfully manage each and every day.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: She gets accustomed _________ working late at night.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: This time next week Mike ___________ for me at the station. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Crop circles, small areas of crops in ____________ patterns, are a modern-day mystery.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: When you are on the road, always consult the signpost which _____________ the right way to go.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: We are running out of natural resources due to the ______________ way of using it for a long time.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: She is in no mood of eating for the whole day after the ___________ breakfast.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: There are two ____________ school systems in England: state and public. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: “This handmade cloth is beautiful.” “To see such quality is ____________.''   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: This book is so long that I ___________________ .   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: If I __________ English well, I ____________ the article long ago. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I ______________ think that scuba diving is more of danger than adventure. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: We left after ___________________ called.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Please let it _____________________ clearly. I am not used ___________________ something twice. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Our company is ______________ contract to supply enough materials for them to produce.   Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank:                         ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL COMMUNITY             The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, in consonance with the goal set by ASEAN Vision 2020, envisages a Southeast Asia bonded (1)_______ in partnership as a community of caring societies and founded on a common regional identity.             The Community shall foster cooperation in social development aimed at (2)_____ the standard of living of disadvantaged groups and the rural population, and shall seek the active involvement of all sectors of society, in (3)_________ women, youth, and local communities.            ASEAN shall ensure that its work force shall be (4)_________ for, and benefit from, economic integration by investing more resources (5)_______ basic and higher education, training, science and technology development, job (6)_________ , and social protection.           ASEAN shall (7)_________ intensify cooperation in the area of public health, including in the prevention and (8)_________ of infectious and communicable diseases.          The development and enhancement of (9)___________ resources is a key strategy for employment generation, alleviating (10)__________ and socio-economic disparities, and ensuring economic growth with equity.   1. A. themselves                B. mutuality                  C. together                 D. commonly 2. A. raising                       B. rising                         C. upgrading              D. pushing 3. A. special                       B. particular                  C. excellent                 D. typical 4. A. awaited                     B. developed                C. mentioned               D. prepared 5. A. with                           B. at                              C. for                           D. over 6. A. creation                     B. employment              C. invention                 D. discovery 7. A. farther                       B. further                      C. more                        D. higher 8. A. conservation             B. protection                 C. safeguarding           D. control 9. A. human                       B. men                          C. mankind                  D. people 10. A. famine                      B. disaster                    C. poverty                  D. tragedy Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:          The camel can go without water for a long time. Some people think it store water in its hump. This is not true. It stores food in its hump. The camel’s body changes the food into fat. Then it stores the fat in its hump. It cannot store the fat all over its body. Fat all over an animal’s body keeps the animal warm. Camels live in the desert. They do not want to be warm during the day.         The desert is very hot. The camel gets hotter and hotter during the day. It stores this heat in its body because the nights are cool.         The Arabian camel has one hump. The Bactrian camel of Central Asia has two humps. It also has long, thick hair because the winters are cold in Central Asia.         There is a lot of sand in the desert. The camel has long eyelashes. Then sand cannot go into the camel’s eyes.         Arabic has about 150 words to describe a camel. Arabs need all these words because the camel is very important to them.     1. The camel can go without ________ for a long time. A. food                     B. fat                             C. water                 D. heat 2. The camel stores ___________ in its humps. A. water                   B. food                           C. heat                   D. hair 3. Long ___________ keep sand out of the camel’s eyes. A. eyelashes             B. thick hair                   C. humps               D. ears 4. The Bactrian camel has long thick hair because __________ . A. it lives in a hot desert B. it stores fat in its hump C. winters are cold in Central Asia                                                                                       D. the sand gets in its eyes. 5. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Fat keeps the animal warm.  B. It is cool in the desert during the night. C. There is a lot of sand in the desert. D. All kinds of the camel have two humps. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: As soon as the test was over in class yesterday, the student had left the room. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: The goal of Chinese economic reform was to generating sufficient surplus value to finance the modernization of the mainland Chinese economy. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: Jack was excused for school for several days so he could travel with his farther. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: In the whole book there was only one chapter who interested me. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it: Imagine an entirely wireless world where the Net is "always on, always there", we live in endless sea of data, and objects are alive with intelligent. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one: No one but the seven-year-old boy saw the accident. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning to the root one: I tried not to laugh at his face but it was impossible. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one: Who made you work so hard yesterday? Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one: We ought to pay our electricity bill next week. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one: They bought a gift that was very expensive for their son. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one: I cut the pie into eight equal pieces. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: Last / night /storm /damage / power / lines /so / town / without / electricity/ several / hour //. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: She/ music/ she/ can/ play/ flute/ piano. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: it / is / to / come / in / Japan / know / you / important / rank / people / of / in / the contact / whom / with. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given:  November 7, 2006 / Vietnam became WTO’s 150th member / after several years of preparation and negotiation. Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given: If I / not/ television/I / heard/ burglar alarm/ off.