deny
physics
supply
typhoon
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
smoked
admired
opened
dreamed
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.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
I go sometimes to the park with my parents because they are quite busy.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
This car has broken down so it needs to repair.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
The country's economics is in a lot of trouble.
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to this one.
New cars are much quieter than old cars.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to this sentence.
Jack asked Jane , "What time does the party start?"
Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.
I want to go to Mozambique this summer. However, I don’t have enough money.
The Internet is ______ useful invention of modern life.
If we are not busy this weekend, we _____ the new fruit farm in the countryside.
She hurt herself while she _____ hide-and-seek with her friends.
_____ my parents are very busy at work, they try to spend as much time with their children as possible.
My friend apologized _____ being so late.
______, Tom stayed late at work and had instant noodles for dinner.
_______, the villa remained a residence for quite some time until it was opened as a restaurant 35 years ago.
They told me that my old car needs _____.
Don't forget to _____ the alarm clock for six o'clock tomorrow morning.
I read a _____ of all the supermarkets, and this one is the best.
The teacher was ______ angry when John forgot his homework for the fourteenth time.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The two teams agreed to postpone the game until next week.
Choose the word(s) which is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
She met her second husband not long after her first marriage broke up.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
They declined to tell me how they had got my address.
John and Mary are in their office.
- Mary: "John, would you like to come over to my house for dinner tonight?"
- John: "_____"
- "Hey, look at my new ring, isn’t it cool?"
- "_____ It really suits you."
Read the following part of a short story.
When Chloe moved to a new town and had to attend a new school, she was very excited. After all, she was someone who looked forward to new experiences and adventures. She was sad to (1).... her old friends but was excited about the idea of (2).... new ones. Chloe had always had friends who were girls, so she was surprised that the first friend she made was a boy named Timothy.
"Hi, I'm Timothy and this is my dog, Pat," said Timothy (3).... he played with his dog on Chloe's quiet street. "We're always looking for people to play with." After that, Chloe and Timothy met every day after school, teaching each other new things about the world. Chloe had traveled a lot with her family and told Timothy about the places where she had been (4).... Timothy taught Chloe about dogs and the history of the town (5).... they lived.
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Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions underneath.
Today's grandparents are joining their grandchildren on social media, but the different generations' online habits couldn't be more different. The over-55s are joining Facebook in increasing numbers, meaning that they will soon be the site's second biggest user group, with 3.5 million users aged 55–64 and 2.9 million over-65s.
Sheila, aged 59, says, “I joined to see what my grandchildren are doing, as my daughter posts videos and photos of them. It's a much better way to see what they're doing than waiting for letters and photos in the post. That's how we did it when I was a child, but I think I'm lucky I get to see so much more of their lives than my grandparents did.”
Ironically, Sheila's grandchildren are less likely to use Facebook themselves. Children under 17 are leaving the site – only 2.2 million users are under 17 – but they're not going far from their smartphones. Chloe, aged 15, even sleeps with her phone. “It's my alarm clock so I have to,” she says. “I look at it before I go to sleep and as soon as I wake up.”
Unlike her grandmother's generation, Chloe's age group is spending so much time on their phones at home that they are missing out on spending time with their friends in real life. Sheila, on the other hand, has made contact with old friends from school she hasn't heard from in forty years. “We use Facebook to arrange to meet all over the country,” she says. “It's changed my social life utterly.”
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions underneath.
The Life of a Professional Gamer
Gordon Hayward has a pretty cool job – he plays basketball for the team Utah Jazz in the American National Basketball Association (NBA). But in his free time, he also works as a professional gamer, competing in StarCraft 2 tournaments. Even as a top-level athlete, Gordon is impressed with the amount of commitment needed for these competitions. “These guys are professionals”, he says. “They play this game for their job, so they take this as seriously as I take playing basketball for a living.”
Competitive gaming has been around for almost as long as video games themselves, but it’s only recently that people have started earning money from it. This is because companies sponsor gamers and tournaments. The gaming industry is now worth about $6 billion, and it is growing every year. Michel Masquelier, President of IMG Media (one of the world’s largest entertainment companies), called gaming the number one activity in the world for men aged 18 to 24. Just as young people aspire to play in the NBA, many also dream of becoming professional gamers.
There are now big global tournaments like World Cyber Games and Major League Gaming Championships, where hundreds of gamers come to compete in popular games like StarCraft, WarCraft, Counterstrike, and the football game FIFA in front of an audience. The prize money in a tournament can reach a few million dollars.
One thing gamers and athletes have in common is that they often play in teams. These “clans", as gamers call them, usually play tournaments together and practice against one another. Professional gamers and their clans earn money through sponsorships, winning tournaments, and teaching and training people to play video games better.
Like athletes, gamers must train long and hard to become the best at the games that they play. Most gamers only compete one game, the same way that most professional athletes only play one sport. Adrian Kwong, a professional gamer, says that he usually practices StarCraft 2 for more than three hours a day. Some days he even plays for more than five hours. “To become a pro player, it takes determination, skill, and extensive practice,” says Katie Goldberg, who is vice-president of communications at Major’s League Gaming.
Gordon Hayward isn’t going to give up his basketball career anytime soon, but he says that athletes and gamers are not that different: “You have to train hard if you want to be the best, and that goes for everything, not just basketball. That also goes for video games like StarCraft”.
What best describes the main idea of the passage?
Why does the writer say in paragraph 1 that Gordon is impressed “even as a top-level athlete”?
Why does the passage say gamers have recently started earning money?
What is a “clan”?
Which is true about gaming tournaments?
Professional gamers like Adrian Kwong _______.
The word “everything” in the last paragraph refers to _______.
The purpose of the final paragraph is to show _______.