Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
check
chocolate
change
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
enough
rough
Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress.
Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress.
The school was closed for a month because of a serious _____ of fever.
Many plant and animal species are now on the _____ of extinction.
There you are: the_____ person I was looking for.
My wallet ______ at the station while I ______ for the train.
The new manager laid down very strict rules as soon as he had ____ the position.
Newspaper publishers in the States have estimated _____ reads a newspaper every day.
It's not in my nature to ____ over the price of something.
Although the conditions weren't ideal for a walk, we decided to _____ a go of it.
Her outgoing character contrast ______with that of her sister.
She clearly joined the firm with a (an)_____ to improving herself professionally.
The curriculum at the public school is _____ of any private school.
Where have you been? You were _____ to be here half an hour ago.
Choose the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Patient: "Can I make an appointment to see the doctor, please?"
Receptionist: "______"
- “Wow! What a nice coat you are wearing!”
- “_____ ”
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
Scientists do not yet thoroughly understand just how the body of an individual becomes sensitive to a substance that is harmless or even wholesome for the average person. Milk, wheat, and egg, for example, rank among the most healthful and widely used foods. Yet these foods can cause persons sensitive to them to suffer greatly. At first, the body of the individual is not harmed by coming into contact with the substance. After a varying interval of time, usually longer than a few weeks, the body becomes sensitive to it, and an allergy has begun to develop. Sometimes it's hard to figure out if you have a food allergy, since it can show up so many different ways.
Your symptoms could be caused by many other problems. You may have rashes, hives, joint pains mimicking arthritis, headaches, irritability, or depression. The most common food allergies are to milk, eggs, seafood, wheat, nuts, seeds, chocolate, oranges, and tomatoes. Many of these allergies will not develop if these foods are not fed to an infant until her or his intestines mature at around seven months. Breast milk also tends to be protective. Migraines can be set off by foods containing tyramine, phenathylamine, monosodium glutamate, or sodium nitrate. Common foods which contain these are chocolate, aged cheeses, sour cream, red wine, pickled herring, chicken livers, avocados, ripe bananas, cured meats, many Oriental and prepared foods (read the labels!).
Some people have been successful in treating their migraines with supplements of B-vitamins, particularly B6 and niacin. Children who are hyperactive may benefit from eliminating food additives, especially colorings, and foods high in salicylates from their diets. A few of these are almonds, green peppers, peaches, tea, grapes. This is the diet made popular by Benjamin Feingold, who has written the book “Why your Child is Hyperactive”. Other researchers have had mixed results when testing whether the diet is effective.
The topic of this passage is ________.
According to the passage, the difficulty in diagnosing allergies to foods is due to_______
The phrase "set off" in lines 11 is closest in meaning to_____
The author states that the reason that infants need to avoid certain foods related to allergies has to do with the infant's________.
The word "these" in line 16 refers to___.
According to the article the Feingold diet is NOT______
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
Televisions are now an everyday feature of most households in the United States, and television viewing is the number one activity leisure.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
The flamingo constructs a cylindrical mud nest for its egg, which both parents care for it.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
The rapid growth of the world's population over the past 100 years have led to a great decrease in the acreage of land under cultivation.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
If it's raining tomorrow, we 'll have to postpone the match till Sunday.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
We should find ways to improve our products in terms of quality and packaging.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The government is encouraging everyone to save water by limiting car washing.
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
Until recently, hunting for treasure from shipwrecks was mostly fantasy; with recent technological advances, however, the search for sunken treasure has become more popular as a legitimate endeavor. This has caused a debate between those wanting to salvage the wrecks and those wanting to preserve them.
Treasure hunters are spurred on by the thought of finding caches of gold coins or other valuable objects on a sunken ship. One team of salvagers, for instance, searched the wreck of the RMS Republic, which sank outside the Boston harbor in 1900. The search party, using side-scan sonar, a device that projects sound waves across the ocean bottom and produces a profile of the sea floor, located the wreck in just two and a half days. Before the use of this new technology, such searches could take months or years. The team of divers searched the wreck for two months, finding silver tea services, crystal dinnerware, and thousands of bottles of wine, but they did not find the five and a half tons of American Gold Eagle coins they were searching for.
Preservationists focus on the historic value of a ship. They say that even if a shipwreck's treasure does not have a high monetary value, it can be an invaluable source of historic artifacts that are preserved in nearly mint condition. But once a salvage team has scoured a site, much of the archaeological value is lost. Maritime archaeologists who are preservationists worry that the success of salvagers will attract more treasure-hunting expeditions and thus threaten remaining undiscovered wrecks. Preservationists are lobbying their state lawmakers to legally restrict underwater searches and unregulated salvages. To counter their efforts, treasure hunters argue that without the lure of gold and million-dollar treasures, the wrecks and their historical artifacts would never be recovered at all.
The author uses the phrase "mint condition" in line 12-13 to describe___
All of the following were found on the RMS Republic EXCEPT______
From the passage, you can infer that a preservationist would be most likely to_____
The second and third paragraphs are an example of_____
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence.
Had he known more about the internet, he would have invested in some computer.
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
You should have persuaded him to change his mind.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence.
Tom regrets to say that he has left his tickets at home.
Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.
John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill.
Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.
"Cigarette?", he said. "No, thanks.", I said.
Read the following passage and choose the correct word for each of the blanks
How men first learned to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a (A)_____. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed (B)_____ certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. These sounds, (C)_____ spoken or written in letters, are called words. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words that appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literacy type. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can (D)_____ his meanings in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should, therefore, learn to choose our words carefully, (E)_____ they will make our speech silly and vulgar.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)