Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
hero
soldier
poetry
compost
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
anxiety
cuisine
childhood
biography
Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
What did you do while _____ for the others to come?
The people of _____ Philippines have voted to elect a new president.
Scientists studying the _____ of life on Earth estimate that more than 8 million different species live here.
Cold deserts can be covered in _____ snow or ice, and frozen water is unavailable to plant life.
The hospital gives mothers no quiet private time in which to _____ with their babies.
The old factory site is _____ with chemicals, so it's unsafe to play there.
The _____ of the Internet in teaching has grown recently.
After mopping the floor, I need to _____ out the mop bucket with clean water.
Learning about the _____ Party of Vietnam helps understand Vietnamese history.
The picnic has been _____ until next week due to bad weather.
Instead of throwing away the old magazines, I decided to _____ them for crafting.
Our teacher often makes the students divide _____ small discussing groups.
_____, Khalid found $10 on the sidewalk.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
I tried a new kind of fruit at the market today and it was surprisingly tasty.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The couple in the mansion often looked down on their working-class neighbors.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
We have to get to the root of the problem to find the best solution to it.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
It only takes a few minutes to tidy this small apartment.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
My father taught me to play a piano when I was only 4 years old.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
He felt on top of the moon after he learned that his favorite band was coming to town.
Danny: I won the photography contest!
Kate: _____ Your hard work paid off.
Mark: Do you think we'll have a test next week?
Amy: _____ The teacher didn't mention anything about it.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence.
It is not necessary for you to wear formal clothes to the party this evening.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence.
“It was nice of you to call me last night, Tom,” said Benz.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence.
It was your assistance that enabled us to get the achievement.
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
Herman Melville, an American author best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used the knowledge gained during his travels as the basis for his early novels. In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville signed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841 Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). After three years away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around Cape Horn. The novel White-Jacket (1850) describes this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman.
With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations. However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville's popularity started to diminish. Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white whale, was also a heavily symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle of man against the universe. The public was not ready for Melville's literary metamorphosis from romantic adventure to philosophical symbolism. It is ironic that the novel that served to diminish Melville's popularity during his lifetime is the one for which he is best known today.
What is the topic of the passage?
In what year did Melville’s book about his experiences as a cabin boy appear?
According to the passage, Melville’s early novels were _____.
The passage implies that Melville stayed in Tahiti because _____.
According to the passage, Moby Dick is _____.
Read the text and choose the best answer to fill in the blanks.
Imagine you are buying an apple in a supermarket. Which do you choose, one with a small brown mark or one without? Be honest - you'd go for the apple looks perfect. Supermarkets do this too, but on a much larger scale when buying fruit and vegetables from farmers. And what of the ones with marks on them? They are thrown away. So are the ones that are a funny shape or size.
reason for waste is that people buy more food than they can eat and supermarkets do everything they can to encourage this, for example with offers like 'Buy one, get one free'. Developed countries waste about 650 million tons of food each year and so do developing countries. , the waste happens for very different reasons. As the world's population grows, this problem will only , so we need to take action urgently.