I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
A. Which word is stressed differently from the others?
1. A. interesting B. exciting C. frightening D. boring
2. A. relaxed B. confused C. tired D. surprised
3. A. obligation B. necessity C. achievement D. stupidity
4. A. finish B. reduce C. oven D. paper
5. A. description B. umbrella C. jewelry D. creation
B. Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
6. A. introduce B. promise C. bother D. popular
7. A. arrange B. paper C. say D. stand
8. A. looked B. smiled C. stayed D. listened
9. A. pens B. books C. tables D. walls
10. A. include B. conclude C. surface D. stupid
II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
A. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
11. “How was the magic show?”
“It was …… .”
A. surprising entertaining B. surprisingly entertained
C. surprisingly entertaining D. surprisingly entertainment
12. What time do you
get through
work every day?
A. finish B. begin C. go to D. come back from
13. I can’t ride my bicycle …… there isn’t any air in one of the tires.
A. despite B. because C. although D. but
14. It will last for at least a week. So it might be …… than a week.
A. more B. less C. much less D. a good deal less
15. We have caught …… today.
A. as many as fishB. as many as ten fish C. as many as ten fishes D. many as ten fish
16. I’m not a tailor and this skirt is too long. If I were you, I should …… .
A. shorten it B. have it shortened C. have shortened it D. have it shorten

A. using B. use C. used D. useful
B. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.
31. Get a builder put in a lift and then you won’t have to climb up all these stairs.
A B C D
32. A secretary told me important file had been left in the lunch room just the other day.
A B C D
33. We have interviewed many people who is interested in the job we have been advertising in the trade newsletter that is
A B C D
distributed so widely.
34. An increasing number of companies has changed dress codes, allowing employees to wear casual clothing in the work
A B C D
place.
35. The applicants who meet the requirements for the position they will be contacted in order to schedule an on-site
A B C D
interview.
36. An important factor should be considered is Mrs. Lopez’s ability to keep the new restaurant going for several months
A B C
with limited revenue.
D
37. Even we had been behind schedule at one point, the proposal was submitted on time.
A B C D
38. Both cattle or railroads helped build the city of Chicago.
A B C D
39. We were made learning fifty new words every week.
A B C D
40. All the information you will need can find in the employees’ manual.
A B C D
III. CLOZE PASSAGE
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank.
“My home is in the air – I do an enormous amount of traveling. It is a fast life and (41) ______ of work, but I like it and

own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that
he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let’s end all this nonsense of grades, exams, marks. Let us throw them all out, and
let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know
what they know or do not know.
Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask
for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one’s life is nonsense in a world
as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, ‘But suppose they fail to learn something
essential, something they will need to get on in the world?’ Don’t worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn
it.
51. What does the other think is the best way for children to learn things?
A. by copying what other people do
B. by making mistakes and having them corrected
C. by listening to explanations from skilled people
D. by asking a great many questions
52. What does the other think teachers do which they should not do?
A. They give children correct answers.
B. They point out children’s mistakes to them.
C. They allow children to mark their own work.
D. They encourage children to copy from one another.
53. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are
A. not really important skills.
B. more important than other skills.
C. basically different from learning adult skills.
D. basically the same as learning other skills.
54. Exams, grades and marks should be abolished because children’s progress should only be estimated by
A. educated persons.
B. the children themselves.
C. teachers.
D. parents.
55. The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are