I) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
1. A. danger B. habitat C. campus D. cactus
2. A. mechanize B. champion C. character D. chemical
3. A. count B. sound C. found D. country
4. A. eradicated B. defended C. unnoticed D. extended
5. A. construction B. procedure C. masterpiece D. present
6. A. windsurfing B. wilderness C. rhino D. philosopher
II) Choose the word whose stress is different
7. A. environment B. pneumonia C. publication D. equality
8. A. kangaroo B. involvement C. biologist D. accelerate
9. A. parrot B. reserve C. vertical D. master
10. A. traveller B. prevail C. society D. successful
III) Choose the right word or phrase to complete the sentences
11. More and more trees in the area are found __________ from the effect of polluted air.
A. died B. to be dying C. having died D. to be dead
12. I get up early ____________ to go work on time.
A. in order to B. so as not to C. so that D. in order that
13. This book provides students ____________ useful tips that help them to pass the coming exam.
A.
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B. about C. for D. with
14. I ___________ to the author if I thought he would publish the article.
A. write B. am writing C. would write D. had written
15. The children made ___________ a little poem and wrote it in the card.
A. up B. over C. for D. off
16. After Mary ___________ her degree, she intends to work in her father’s company.
A. will finish B. is finishing C. finishes D. will have finished
17. “Write to me when you get home”. “________________”
A. I must B. I should C. I will D. I can
18. You _____________ the look on his face when he won the prize.
A. would have seen B. can be seeing C. must see D. should have seen

A B C D
32. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither.
A B C D
33. Tree squirrels are active, noisy, and lively animals that make its home in tree trunks.
A B C D
34. The Charles Dickens’s character Wilkins Micawber lived in optimistic expectation of a best
fortune.
A B C D
35. Daisy has such many things to do that she has no time to go out.
A B C D
V) Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the one given
36. “Do you believe in what the boy says, Mary?” said Tom.
A. Tom asked Mary to believe in what the boy said. B. Tom asked Mary if she believed in what
the boy said.
C. Tom said that Mary believed in what the boy said. D.Tom asked Mary whether she believes in
what the boy says.
37. John is fat because he eats so many chips.
A. If John doesn’t eat so many chips, he will not be fat. B. If John didn’t eat so many chips, he
would not be fat.
C. John is fat though he eats so many chips. D. being fat, John eats so many chips.
38. People say he won a lot of money on the lottery.
A. He is said that he won a lot of money on the lottery. B. He won a lot of money on the lottery, it
is said.
C. He is said to have won a lot of money on the lottery. D. He was said to win a lot of money on
the lottery.
39. He started learning French six years ago.
A. He has learned French for six years. B. It was six years ago did he start learning
French.
C. He hasn’t learnt French for six years. D. It is six years since he has learned
French.

(49) _________ he worked. He was put into prison (50) _________ he had not taken money. At that
time, his wife died to get some money as present for his daughter on Christmas Day, in prison he
wrote the story “Whistling Dick’s Christmas Present” in 1899. He signed under the penname “O’
Henry”. After the prisonment in 1901 he continued writing. He died in 1910.
46. A. while B. as soon as C. when D. until
47. A. to B. for C. of D. as
48. A. interest B. interesting C. interested D. interestingly
49. A. where B. when C. why D. which
50. A. despite B. although C. because D. in spite of