Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
stamps
friends
relatives
guitars
well
get
send
pretty
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.
You're going to study abroad, _____?
If they worked more carefully, they _____ so many mistakes.
For those artisans, making the paintings is a career ______ it supports the life of many generations of the family.
I never bring along rain coat _____.
He ______ me since we ______ the argument.
Look ! There's a mouse over there _____ the corner of the room.
We should participate in the movements _____ the natural environment.
Up to now, they have not made a _____ whether they will go or not.
I was asked to hold ______ while the secretary went to fetch Mr. Winters.
I don't mean to blow my own ______, but this pasta sauce I made is quite delicious!
He promised faithfully _____ me every week.
I had to write a ______ of the house I wanted to buy.
A recycled plastic bottle saves enough _____ to run a 60-watt light bulb for 6 hours.
Choose the word(s) which is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Tet marks the beginning of spring and, for agrarian people who depend on the lunar calendar to manage their crops, the start of the year.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The first few days at university can be very daunting, but with determination and positive attitude, freshmen will soon fit in with the new environment.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Despite the clear warning signs, some drivers chose to violate the speed limit and put others at risk.
Choose the word(s) which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The earthquake hits once in a blue moon in this part of the earth, we never felt it.
Daisy is talking to Mary about the house.
Daisy: "What a lovely house you have!"
Mary: "_____"
Tom: "I thought your tennis game was a lot better today, Tony."
Tony: "_____ I thought it was terrible."
Read the following passage and choose the best option for each of the blanks.
We can communicate with people in many different ways. We can talk and write, and we can send messages with our hands and faces. There is also the phone (including the mobile!), the fax, and e-mail. Television, film, painting, and photography can also communicate .
Animals have ways of exchanging information, too. Bees dance and tell other bees where food. Elephants make sounds that humans can’t hear. Whales sing songs. Monkeys use their faces to show anger and love. But this is nothing compared to what people can do. We have language - about 6,000 languages, in fact. We can write poetry, tell jokes, make promises, explain, persuade, tell the truth, or tell lies. And we have a sense of past and future, not just present.
Radio, film, and television have had a huge influence on society in the last hundred years. We now have the Internet, is infinite. But is this doing to us? We can give and get a lot of information very quickly. , there is so much information that it is difficult to know what is important and what isn’t. Modern media is changing our world every minute of every day.
Read the following passage and choose the correct answers to the questions.
Tribal tourism is a relatively new type of tourism. It involves travellers going to remote destinations, staying with local people and learning about their culture and way of life. They stay in local accommodation, share facilities with local people, and join in with meals and celebrations. At the moment, less than one percent of holidays are tribal tourism holidays, but this is set to change.
Tribal tourism is often compared with foreign exchange visits. However, a foreign exchange involves staying with people who often share the same values. Tribal tourism takes visitors to places where the lifestyle is very different from that in their home location. Those who have been on a tribal holiday explain that experiencing this lifestyle is the main attraction. They say that it offers them the chance to live in a way they never have before.
Not everyone is convinced that tribal tourism is a good thing, and opinions are divided. The argument is about whether or not it helps the local population, or whether it exploits them. The main problem is that, because tribal tourism is relatively new, the long-term influences on local populations have not been studied in much detail. Where studies have been carried out, the effects have been found to be negative.
So, is it possible to experience an exotic culture without harming it in some way? “With a bit of thought, we can maximize the positive influences and minimize the negative,” says travel company director Hilary Waterhouse. “The most important thing for a tribal tourist is to show respect for, learn about, and be aware of, local customs and traditions. Always remember you're a guest.”
(Adapted from “Complete IELTS” by Rawdon Wyatt)
Which best serves as the title for the passage?
The word “they” in paragraph 1 refers to _____.
According to paragraph 2, what is the main attraction of tribal tourism?
The word “divided” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.
According to Hilary Waterhouse, the most important thing for a tribal tourist is to _____.
Read the passage and choose the correct answer.
Marianne Moore (1887-1972) once said that her writing could be called poetry only because there was no other name for it. Indeed her poems appear to be extremely compressed essays that happen to be printed in jagged lines on the page. Her subjects were varied: animals, laborers, artists, and the craft of poetry. From her general reading came quotations that she found striking or insightful. She included these in her poems, scrupulously enclosed in quotation marks, and sometimes identified in footnotes. Of this practice, she wrote, "Why many quotation marks?" I am asked ... When a thing has been so well that it could not be said better, why paraphrase it? Hence, my writing is, if not a cabinet of fossils, a kind of collection of flies in amber." Close observation and concentration on detail are the methods of her poetry.
Marianne Moore grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri, near St. Louis. After graduation from Bryn Mawr College in 1909, she taught commercial subjects at the Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Later, she became a librarian in New York City. During the 1920’s she was editor of The Dial, an important literary magazine of the period. She lived quietly all her life, mostly in Brooklyn, New York. She spent a lot of time at the Bronx Zoo, fascinated by animals. Her admiration of the Brooklyn Dodgers-before the team moved to Los Angeles - was widely known.
Her first book of poems was published in London in 1921 by a group of friends associated with the Imagist movement. From that time on, her poetry has been read with interest by succeeding generations of poets and readers. In 1952 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Poems. She wrote that she did not write poetry "for money or fame. To earn a living is needful, but it can be done in routine ways. One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one's happiness to express..."
Which of the following can be inferred about Moore's poems?
According to the passage, Moore wrote about all of the following EXCEPT ______.
What does Moore refer to as "flies in amber" in paragraph 1?
The author mentions all of the following as jobs held by Moore EXCEPT _____.
Where did Moore spend most of her adult life?
The word “it” in the third paragraph refers to _____.
It can be inferred from the passage that Moore wrote because she _____.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
Anyone reproducing copyrighted works without permission of the holders of the copyrights are breaking the law.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
Sleeping, resting, and to drink fruit juice are the best ways to care for a cold.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
Jan said that its been over a year since she last went to the dentist.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.
My mother can speak English better than my father.
Choose the sentence CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
"You should have finished the report by now," the boss said to his secretary.
Do not take pets into the pool area.
Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.
We arrived at the theatre. The play started then.
Don’t make a mess. Otherwise, you can’t play in the living room.