Don't leave the lights on when you _____ the classroom.
To our _____, his illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.
Sailors from Genoa in Italy wore clothes which _____ from Jean.
The smaller the room is, _____ furniture it needs.
Your father is always smoking, _____?
I have bought a _____ car.
Just as you arrived, I _____ ready to go out.
It was _____ from the most comfortable flight I’ve ever been on.
We used to _____ camping in Spain when I was a child.
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.
mention
nation
question
action
- Anne: “Make yourself at home.”
- John : “_____.”
John: "Why don't we go to a baseball game?"
Tim: "_____."
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Students should take every opportunity to widen their experience.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Many countries now allow and encourage women to join the army and the police forces.
Choose the word(s) which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The government will only provide a temporary solution to the crisis.
Choose the word(s) which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
They gradually slip the open bag into the tank and allow the fish to swim out in their own time.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
The earthquake destroys the city of Kobe in Japan in 1995.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
One of the keys to the survival of animals is its ability to adapt to changes in the environment.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
There were considerate amounts of money wasted on large building projects.
Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.
The plane had taken off. Paul realized he was on the wrong flight.
Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.
You arrive late all the time. I feel so annoyed about that.
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
Guests are not allowed to make noise after 10 p.m.
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
“I am having a wonderful time here,” she said.
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
I last saw him when I was a student.
Read the passage and choose the suitable word to fill in the blanks.
Homelessness is a problem in many big cities in the world. It occurs when a part of the population does not have any place to call home. Hundreds of millions of people in the world spend at least some time of the year homeless. This is an issue the authorities are trying to deal with. , there are more things that each person can do to help those people. One of the things that you can do to help the homeless is to volunteer your time. If you have a lot of free time, you might go on an extended trip to help set up homes or improve an impoverished area. Even with just hours a week, it is possible to an impact in your own city. You can also sign up to help at a local soup kitchen: most cities have a mission of some kind, helping food to the homeless and offering temporary shelter.
Read the following passage then choose the best answer to each question below.
Today, in many parts of the world, it is customary for people to shake hands upon meeting as a gesture of goodwill. Originally, however, the practice of shaking hands has a more practical purpose.
Shaking hands originated in medieval times. In those days, when a man came on a stranger, he would often automatically reach for his sword with his right hand, in case he had to use the weapon to defend himself. Sometimes, both parties found themselves circling around each other, weapons in hand, until it was mutually agreed that the weapons could be laid aside. Then, the two parties extended their right hands to show they had no weapons and clasped them. This was the beginning of the handshake.
The custom of shaking hands is not a universal one. In the Orient, people have, for centuries, clasped their own hands in front of them upon meeting to show that they held no weapons. In France, a custom developed in which people who met would kiss each other on both cheeks. The natives of some South Seas islands greet by rubbing noses.
What could be the best title for the passage?
At first, the purpose of shaking hands was _____.
Which of the following is NOT true about the handshake?
Read the passage then choose the correct answer to each question.
In the 1960s, it took pop and rock groups one or two days to record their songs. Nowadays, it can take months and months. Many rock groups start by recording one instrument, like the voice, and later add other instruments such as electric piano, synthesizer, guitars, and drums.
Next, they might use a computer to add special effects. Finally, they ‘mix’ all the instruments until they get the sound that they want. This means that a CD or cassette will always sound very different from a live concert.
Music engineers have developed a new computer program that will change the future of music. A computer can analyze a singer’s voice. Then if you give the computer the lyrics and music of a song, the computer can ‘sing’ it in that voice. This means that a singer only needs to record one song and the computer can then sing other songs in the singer’s own voice. Singers can sing new songs many years after they have died.
For the record companies, music is a product. When a record company finds a new group (or ‘band’), they first try to develop the band’s ‘profile’. They will try to create an ‘image’ for the band that they think will attract young people. Instead of allowing the band’s full artistic freedom, they will often tell the band what they should wear, what they should say and how they should sing and play.
In recent years, many rock groups have started their own record companies because they say that the big companies are too commercial.
The passage mainly focuses on _____.
Today, to record songs, it takes _____.
The word “mix” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.
Record companies don’t always _____.
The word “that” in the passage refers to _____.
The word “commercial” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to _____.