Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
manage
escape
attract
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
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer.
In the last third of the nineteenth century a new housing form was quietly being developed. In 1869 the Stuyvesant considered New York's first apartment house was built on East Eighteenth Street. The building was financed by the developer Rutherfurd Stuyvesant and designed by Richard Morris Hunt, the first American architect to graduate from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Each man had lived in Paris, and each understood the economics and social potential of this Parisian housing form. But the Stuyvesant was at best a limited success. In spite of Hunt's inviting facade, the living space was awkwardly arranged. Those who could afford them were quite content to remain in the more sumptuous, single-family homes, leaving the Stuyvesant to newly married couples and bachelors.
The fundamental problem with the Stuyvesant and the other early apartment buildings that quickly followed, in the 1870's and early 1880's was that they were confined to the typical New York building lot. That lot was a rectangular area 25 feet wide by 100 feet deep-a shape perfectly suited for a row house. The lot could also accommodate a rectangular tenement, though it could not yield the square, well-lighted, and logically arranged rooms that great apartment buildings require. But even with the awkward interior configurations of the early apartment buildings, the idea caught on. It met the needs of a large and growing population that wanted something better than tenements but could not afford or did not want row houses.
So while the city's newly emerging social leadership commissioned their mansions, apartment houses and hotels began to sprout in multiple lots, thus breaking the initial space constraints.
The phrase "new housing form" discussed in the first passage refers to______
The word “inviting” in bold is closest in meaning to______.
It can be inferred that the majority of people who lived in New York's first apartments were _____.
It can be inferred that a New York apartment building in the 1870's and 1880's had all of the following characteristics EXCEPT _____.
The word “yield” in bold is closest in meaning to ____.
Why did the idea of living in an apartment become popular in the late 1800s?
Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underline part.
Smith's new neighbors appear to be very friendlỵ.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The clubs meet on the last Thursday of every month in a dilapidated palace.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
He didn’t bat an eye when he realized he failed the exam again.
Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.
The changes in a person's physical and emotional state caused by drinking alcohol are known as intoxication.
______ we're been having!
They ____ have seen the play last night as they went to a football match instead.
Something tells me that you _____ to a single word I _____ in the past ten minutes.
The ____ horse began to run as fast as he could.
The police spokesman said he was _____ to believe that the arrested man was the serial killer they had been looking for.
For lunch, I always have something quick and easy: a sandwich, a salad, toast and the ______
I don't think anyone understood what I was saying at the meeting, did they? I totally failed to get my point _____.
This fruit has been in the fridge for over three weeks! It is all ____.
As I have just had a tooth ____ , I am not allowed to eat or drink anything for three
We don't seem to have any more of that book, Sir. It is out of ____ but we are getting a new delivery next Thursday if you would like to pop back then.
As coal mines became deeper, the problems of draining water, bringing in fresh air, and ____ to the surface increased.
I'm _____ my brother is.
- "What do you think of football?"
- "_____"
- “____”
- “Not really.”
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer.
Are organically grown foods the best food choices? The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally grown and marketed food products are now being debated. Advocates of the organic foods - a term whose meaning varies greatly - frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.
The growing interest of consumers in the safety and more nutritional quality of the typical North American diet is a welcome development. However, much of this interest has been sparked by sweeping claims that the food supply is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional needs. Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific evidence, the preponderance of written material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general public to separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely publicized and form the basis for folklore.
Almost daily the public is besieged by claims for “no-aging" diets, new vitamins, and other wonderful foods. There are numerous unsubstantiated reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than fumigated grains and the like.
One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in common is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods. But in many cases, consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. So there is real cause for concern if consumers, particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the regular food and buy only expensive organic foods instead.
The word "Advocates" in the first paragraph is CLOSEST in meaning to _____.
The word "besieged" in the third paragraph is CLOSEST in meaning to _____.
The "welcome development" is an increase in ____.
According to the first paragraph, which of the following is true about the term "organic foods"?
The author implies that it would be worrisome if consumers preferred to buy organic foods over conventionally grown foods because _____.
According to the last paragraph, consumers who believe that organic foods are better than conventionally grown foods are often _____ .
What is the one thing in common that most organic food seem to have?
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
After the social science lecture all students are invited to take part in a discussion of the issues which were risen in the talk.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
A football match begins with the ball kicking forwards from a spot in the centre of the field.
Choose the underlined part that needs corrected.
They had a discussion about training not only the new employees but also giving them some challenges.
Choose the correct sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following question.
The match on Sunday is very popular. It was wise of him to buy the tickets in advance.
Choose the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following sentence.
We arrived at an airport. We realized our passports were still at home.
Choose the sentence which is the closest in meaning to the given one.
Friendly though he may seem, he's not to be trusted.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.
“You're always making terrible mistakes”, said the teacher.
Choose the sentence CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
The criminal is believed to be living abroad.
Read the following passage and choose the correct word for each of the blanks.
Any change in one part of an ecosystem can cause changes in other parts. Droughts, storms, and fires can change ecosystems. Some changes (A)_____ ecosystems. If there is too (B)_____ rainfall, plants will not have enough water to live. If a kind of plant dies off, the animals that feed on it may also die or move away. Some changes are good for ecosystems. Some pine forests need fires for the pine trees to reproduce. The seeds are sealed inside pinecones. Heat from a forest fire melts the seal and lets the seeds (C)_____. Polluting the air, soil, and water can harm ecosystems. Building (D)_____ on rivers for electric power and irrigation can harm ecosystems around the rivers. Bulldozing wetlands and cutting down forests destroy ecosystems. Ecologists are working with companies and governments to find better ways of (E)_____ fish, cutting down trees, and building dams. They are looking for ways to get food, lumber, and other products for people without causing harm to ecosystems.
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