Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
Mary is going shopping with John.
Mary: "What do you think of fashion?"
John: "_____”
Tom and John are talking about a tennis game.
Tom: "I thought your tennis game was a lot better today, John. "
John: “_____! I thought it was terrible.”
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
The Complex of Hue Monuments was the first site in Viet Nam recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Find the underlined part that needs correction in the following question.
For thousands of years, man has created sweet - smelling substances from wood, herbs, and flowers and using them for perfume or medicine.
Find the underlined part that needs correction in the following question.
Two billion dollars are not enough for the victims of the tsunami.
Choose the word that has different pronunciation.
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
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Read the passage. Choose one suitable word for each blank.
As a small-business owner, you can avoid many problems simply by improving communication in your office. By clarifying everyone's expectations and roles, you'll help to build greater trust and increased productivity among employees. Here are a few tips for doing so.
Practice active listening. The art of active listening includes close attention to what another person is saying, then paraphrasing you've heard and repeating it back. Concentrate on the conversation at hand and avoid unwanted interruptions (cell phone calls, others walking into your office, etc.). Take note of how your own experience and values may color your perception.
Pay attention to non-verbal cues. We don't communicate with words alone. Every conversation comes with a host of non-verbal cues - facial expressions, body language, etc. - that may contradict what we're saying. addressing a staff member or leading a project conference, think carefully about your tone of voice, how you make eye contact, and what your body is "saying." Be consistent throughout.
Be clear and to the point. Don't cloud instructions or requests with irrelevant details, such as problems with past projects or issues with long-departed personnel. State what you need and what you expect. Ask, "Does anyone have any questions?" Demonstrate that you prefer questions up-front as to misinterpretation later on.
Find the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
The emblem of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was designed basing on rice - the most important crop for the Southeast Asian people.
Find the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
When the police arrived the thieves took flight leaving all the stolen things behind.
In Britain, most shops close at 6 p.m, _____ in other countries they often open in the evening too.
No one should be exempt _____ prosecution if they have commited a crime.
He had to explain the lesson very clearly _____.
Don't be _____ by these slick - talking salesmen.
She was _____ out of 100 applicants for the position of managing director.
One third of ____ world's population consumes two thirds of _____ world's resources.
_____ the stories about people who reduced their carbon footprint, we started to change our daily consumption habits.
In order to avoid boredom, the most important thing is to keep oneself _____.
Find the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
They were forced to leave as part of a government drive to expel illegal immigrants.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
At first, no one believed she was a pilot, but her documents lent colour to her statements.
Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.
I had never seen her before. However, I recognized her from a photograph.
Choose the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following question.
The substance is very toxic. Protective clothing must be worn at all times.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence.
People say that at least ten applicants have been selected for the job interview.
Choose the answer that is closest in meaning to this sentence.
"You'd better work harder if you don't want to retake the exam!" the teacher said to Jimmy.
Choose the answer that is closest in meaning to this sentence.
I'm sure Luisa was very disappointed when she failed the exam.
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The organization that today is known as the Bank of America did start out in America, but under quite a different name. Italian American A.P. Giannini established this bank on October 17, 1904, in a renovated saloon in San Francisco’s Italian community of North Beach under the name Bank of Italy, with immigrants and first-time bank customers comprising the majority of his first customers. During its development, Giannini’s bank survived major crises in the form of a natural disaster and a major economic upheaval that not all other banks were able to overcome.
One major test for Giannini’s bank occurred on April 18, 1906, when a massive earthquake struck San Francisco, followed by a raging fire that destroyed much of the city. Giannini obtained two wagons and teams of horses, filled the wagons with the bank’s reserves, mostly in the form of gold, covered the reserves with crates of oranges, and escaped from the chaos of the city with his clients’ funds protected. In the aftermath of the disaster, Giannini’s bank was the first to resume operations. Unable to install the bank in a proper office setting, Giannini opened up shop on the Washington Street Wharf on a makeshift desk created from boards and barrels.
In the period following the 1906 fire, the Bank of Italy continued to prosper and expand. By 1918 there were twenty-four branches of the Bank of Italy, and by 1928 Giannini had acquired numerous other banks, including a Bank of America located in New York City. In 1930 he consolidated all the branches of the Bank of Italy, the Bank of America in New York City, and another Bank of America that he had formed in California into the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association.
A second major crisis for the bank occurred during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Although Giannini had already retired prior to the darkest days of the Depression, he became incensed when his successor began selling off banks during the bad economic times. Giannini resumed leadership of the bank at the age of sixty-two. Under Giannini’s leadership, the bank weathered the storm of the Depression and subsequently moved into a phase of overseas development.
The word "consolidated" is closest in meaning to _____.
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The human criterion for perfect vision is 20/20 for reading the standard lines on a Snellen eye chart without a hitch. The score is determined by how well you read lines of letters of different sizes from 20 feet away. But being able to read the bottom line on the eye chart does not approximate perfection as far as other species are concerned. Most birds would consider us very visually handicapped. The hawk, for instance, has such sharp eyes that it can spot a dime on the sidewalk while perched on top of the Empire State Building. It can make fine visual distinctions because it is blessed with one million cones per square millimeter in its retina. And in water, humans are farsighted, while the kingfisher, swooping down to spear fish, can see well in both the air and water because it is endowed with two foveae – areas of the eye, consisting mostly of cones, that provide visual distinctions. One foveae permits the bird, while in the air, to scan the water below with one eye at a time. This is called monocular vision. Once it hits the water, the other fovea joins in, allowing the kingfisher to focus both eyes, like binoculars, on its prey at the same time. A frog’s vision is distinguished by its ability to perceive things as a constant motion picture. Known as “bug detectors”, a highly developed set of cells in a frog’s eyes responds mainly to moving objects. So, it is said that a frog sitting in a field of dead bugs wouldn’t see them as food and would starve.
The bee has a “compound” eye, which is used for navigation. It has 15,000 facets that divide what it sees into a pattern of dots, or mosaic. With this kind of vision, the bee sees the sun only as a single dot, a constant point of reference. Thus, the eye is a superb navigational instrument that constantly measures the angle of its line of flight in relation to the sun. A bee’s eye also gauges flight speed. And if that is not enough to leave our 20/20 “perfect vision” paling into insignificance, the bee is capable of seeing something we can’t – ultraviolet light. Thus, what humans consider to be “perfect vision” is in fact rather limited when we look at other species. However, there is still much to be said for the human eye. Of all the mammals, only humans and some primates can enjoy the pleasures of color vision.