Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:

His daughter continued to cry until he was out of sight.

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:

The list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is originally compiled around the second century BC.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:

expand              hostess              outlook             sneaky

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

The financial director kept us ______________ for almost an hour.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:  

servant            her             very             verse

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:

This is the first time I meet such a beautiful shell.

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:

I found that the number of universities which accept foreign students have been increasing.

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:

The Asian Games, which also called the ASIAD, is a multi-sport event held every four years

among athletes from all over Asia.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:

costumes            ceases                forces             decreases

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

He has a high fever, so the nurse needs to _____________ his temperature.

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:

I paint almost every day although sometimes I do not have so many time.

 Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:

You look pale. Why don’t you see a doctor, Mary?” Billy said.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:

influence                 notify                  increase               celebrate

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:

wear              pair              shear             square

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:

I am looking forward to see the final of the elocution contest which will be organized at the auditorium.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

We couldn't understand the teacher if he _____________ too fast.

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:

A little does he know (= He knows nothing about it), but we're flying to Geneva next weekend to celebrate his birthday.

Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given:

table / collapse / you / stand / on / it / .

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:  

luxury            example                 exist             exhaust

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:

I always feel safe tell my close friends my secrets.

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:

What problems do population explosion cause to the world?

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

How dare you ____________ my letter!
 

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

Should two close friends understand each other so well that ________ can be no suspicion between them?
 

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 

appear                 address                   area                     agree

Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given:

 English / borrow / words / more than 50 different languages

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

The concert _____________ I listened last weekend was boring.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:

statue              person                   suppose                 little

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:

The president was made resign by the rebels.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

Only prositive comments are ______________ on the first days of the new year.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:

She said to us, ''Don’t be late again.''
 

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 

height                bright                   mind                weight

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

There ___________ mutual understanding between friends.

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:

Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to

sympathize with a friend’s successful.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:

shoemaker              practical            generous              improvement

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 

chimney             child             line            sign

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

She stood in the mucky yard and hands plunged into the pockets of her ____________ coat.
 

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

It’s Winnie’s graduation tomorrow. She has finally _____________ her dream.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

The only sign of ________________________ is that he keeps glancing at his expensive watch.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

I had the roof _____________ yesterday.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:

envelope            pagoda           repentance           reunion

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:

coup                group               soup            tough

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

A person’s or animal’s hearing is the sense which makes it possible fo

them to be aware of ________________________ .

Choose the word whose stress is on the second syllable:

voluntary                  hospital                     victory                        sufficient

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:

come             capture               coexist             appreciate

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:

The students should be treat as individuals with both their strengths and

their weaknesses.

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:

These are the data collecting during our survey trip.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

Thank you very much for your_____________________ support you have given me.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:

reveal                  survey                 project                station

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

When you got lost in the forest you _________________________ very frightened.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:

purpose             complaint                 service                  package

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

I have invited some friends to our house for _____________________________ dinner.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:

dishes                   watches                     boxes                     potatoes

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:

generation                  adventurous                     aeronautics                   international

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:

His daughter continued to cry until he was out of sight.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

I always suffer from feelings of _________________ when I am talking about art with him.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

It is a waste of time ______________ such a boring party.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:

The traffic was making so much noise that I couldn't hear what he ___________.
 

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 

butter                 put                    sugar                        push

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:

What a pity you failed the final exam!

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:

While those efforts have helped Vietnam expand production of oil and natural gas, domestic

consumption of these resources has also increased as a result of rapid economic grow.

Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given:

I / arrived / the / at / station / train / the / had / left / when /.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions:

                                                  FAMILY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES

Family life in the United States is changing. Fifty or sixty years ago, the wife was called a “housewife”. She cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned the money for the family. He was usually out working all day. He came home tired in the evening, so he did not do much housework. And he did not see the children very much, except on weekends.

These days, however, more and more women work outside the home. They cannot stay with the children all day. They, too, come home tired in the evening. They do not want to spend the evening cooking dinner and cleaning up. They do not have time to clean the house and do the laundry. So who is going to do the housework now? Who is going to take care of the children?

Many families solve the problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, the husband and wife agree to do different jobs around the house, or they take turns doing each job. For example, the husband always cooks dinner and the wife always does the laundry. Or the wife cooks dinner on some nights and the husband cooks dinner on other nights.

Then there is the question of the children. In the past, many families got help with child care from grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The grandparents are often too far away to help in a regular way.

More often, parents have to pay for child care help. The help may be a babysitter or a day-care center. The problem with this kind of help is the high cost. It is possible only for couples with jobs that pay well.

Parents may get another kind of help form the companies they work for. Many companies now let people with children work part-time. That way, parents can spend mo re time with their children. Some husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with the children. For these men there is a new word: they are called “househusbands”. In the USA more and more men are becoming househusbands every year.

These changes in the home mean changes in the family. Fathers can learn to understand their  children better, and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may also find changes in their marriage.

Question: Nowadays, there are __________.      

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions:

                                                  FAMILY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES

Family life in the United States is changing. Fifty or sixty years ago, the wife was called a “housewife”. She cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned the money for the family. He was usually out working all day. He came home tired in the evening, so he did not do much housework. And he did not see the children very much, except on weekends.

These days, however, more and more women work outside the home. They cannot stay with the children all day. They, too, come home tired in the evening. They do not want to spend the evening cooking dinner and cleaning up. They do not have time to clean the house and do the laundry. So who is going to do the housework now? Who is going to take care of the children?

Many families solve the problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, the husband and wife agree to do different jobs around the house, or they take turns doing each job. For example, the husband always cooks dinner and the wife always does the laundry. Or the wife cooks dinner on some nights and the husband cooks dinner on other nights.

Then there is the question of the children. In the past, many families got help with child care from grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The grandparents are often too far away to help in a regular way.

More often, parents have to pay for child care help. The help may be a babysitter or a day-care center. The problem with this kind of help is the high cost. It is possible only for couples with jobs that pay well.

Parents may get another kind of help form the companies they work for. Many companies now let people with children work part-time. That way, parents can spend mo re time with their children. Some husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with the children. For these men there is a new word: they are called “househusbands”. In the USA more and more men are becoming househusbands every year.

These changes in the home mean changes in the family. Fathers can learn to understand their  children better, and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may also find changes in their marriage.

Question: The word “laundry” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ___________.  

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions:

                                                  FAMILY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES

Family life in the United States is changing. Fifty or sixty years ago, the wife was called a “housewife”. She cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned the money for the family. He was usually out working all day. He came home tired in the evening, so he did not do much housework. And he did not see the children very much, except on weekends.

These days, however, more and more women work outside the home. They cannot stay with the children all day. They, too, come home tired in the evening. They do not want to spend the evening cooking dinner and cleaning up. They do not have time to clean the house and do the laundry. So who is going to do the housework now? Who is going to take care of the children?

Many families solve the problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, the husband and wife agree to do different jobs around the house, or they take turns doing each job. For example, the husband always cooks dinner and the wife always does the laundry. Or the wife cooks dinner on some nights and the husband cooks dinner on other nights.

Then there is the question of the children. In the past, many families got help with child care from grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The grandparents are often too far away to help in a regular way.

More often, parents have to pay for child care help. The help may be a babysitter or a day-care center. The problem with this kind of help is the high cost. It is possible only for couples with jobs that pay well.

Parents may get another kind of help form the companies they work for. Many companies now let people with children work part-time. That way, parents can spend mo re time with their children. Some husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with the children. For these men there is a new word: they are called “househusbands”. In the USA more and more men are becoming househusbands every year.

These changes in the home mean changes in the family. Fathers can learn to understand their  children better, and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may also find changes in their marriage.

Question: Sixty years ago, most women ___________.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions:

                                                  FAMILY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES

Family life in the United States is changing. Fifty or sixty years ago, the wife was called a “housewife”. She cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned the money for the family. He was usually out working all day. He came home tired in the evening, so he did not do much housework. And he did not see the children very much, except on weekends.

These days, however, more and more women work outside the home. They cannot stay with the children all day. They, too, come home tired in the evening. They do not want to spend the evening cooking dinner and cleaning up. They do not have time to clean the house and do the laundry. So who is going to do the housework now? Who is going to take care of the children?

Many families solve the problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, the husband and wife agree to do different jobs around the house, or they take turns doing each job. For example, the husband always cooks dinner and the wife always does the laundry. Or the wife cooks dinner on some nights and the husband cooks dinner on other nights.

Then there is the question of the children. In the past, many families got help with child care from grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The grandparents are often too far away to help in a regular way.

More often, parents have to pay for child care help. The help may be a babysitter or a day-care center. The problem with t his kind of help is the high cost. It is possible only for couples with jobs that pay well.

Parents may get another kind of help form the companies they work for. Many companies now let people with children work part-time. That way, parents can spend mo re time with their children. Some husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with the children. For these men there is a new word: they are called “househusbands”. In the USA more and more men are becoming househusbands every year.

These changes in the home mean changes in the family. Fathers can learn to understand their  children better, and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may also find changes in their marriage.

Question: The changes in the American home mentioned in this passage may ___________.      

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions:

                                                  FAMILY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES

Family life in the United States is changing. Fifty or sixty years ago, the wife was called a “housewife”. She cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned the money for the family. He was usually out working all day. He came home tired in the evening, so he did not do much housework. And he did not see the children very much, except on weekends.

These days, however, more and more women work outside the home. They cannot stay with the children all day. They, too, come home tired in the evening. They do not want to spend the evening cooking dinner and cleaning up. They do not have time to clean the house and do the laundry. So who is going to do the housework now? Who is going to take care of the children?

Many families solve the problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, the husband and wife agree to do different jobs around the house, or they take turns doing each job. For example, the husband always cooks dinner and the wife always does the laundry. Or the wife cooks dinner on some nights and the husband cooks dinner on other nights.

Then there is the question of the children. In the past, many families got help with child care from grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The grandparents are often too far away to help in a regular way.

More often, parents have to pay for child care help. The help may be a babysitter or a day-care center. The problem with t his kind of help is the high cost. It is possible only for couples with jobs that pay well.

Parents may get another kind of help form the companies they work for. Many companies now let people with children work part-time. That way, parents can spend mo re time with their children. Some husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with the children. For these men there is a new word: they are called “househusbands”. In the USA more and more men are becoming househusbands every year.

These changes in the home mean changes in the family. Fathers can learn to understand their  children better, and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may also find changes in their marriage.

Question: They, too, may have a better understanding of each other. This article is about ________.      

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions:

                                                  FAMILY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES

Family life in the United States is changing. Fifty or sixty years ago, the wife was called a “housewife”. She cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned the money for the family. He was usually out working all day. He came home tired in the evening, so he did not do much housework. And he did not see the children very much, except on weekends.

These days, however, more and more women work outside the home. They cannot stay with the children all day. They, too, come home tired in the evening. They do not want to spend the evening cooking dinner and cleaning up. They do not have time to clean the house and do the laundry. So who is going to do the housework now? Who is going to take care of the children?

Many families solve the problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, the husband and wife agree to do different jobs around the house, or they take turns doing each job. For example, the husband always cooks dinner and the wife always does the laundry. Or the wife cooks dinner on some nights and the husband cooks dinner on other nights.

Then there is the question of the children. In the past, many families got help with child care from grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The grandparents are often too far away to help in a regular way.

More often, parents have to pay for child care help. The help may be a babysitter or a day-care center. The problem with this kind of help is the high cost. It is possible only for couples with jobs that pay well.

Parents may get another kind of help form the companies they work for. Many companies now let people with children work part-time. That way, parents can spend mo re time with their children. Some husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with the children. For these men there is a new word: they are called “househusbands”. In the USA more and more men are becoming househusbands every year.

These changes in the home mean changes in the family. Fathers can learn to understand their  children better, and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may also find changes in their marriage.

Question: It can be inferred from paragraph 5 that__________.  

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions:

                                                  FAMILY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES

Family life in the United States is changing. Fifty or sixty years ago, the wife was called a “housewife”. She cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned the money for the family. He was usually out working all day. He came home tired in the evening, so he did not do much housework. And he did not see the children very much, except on weekends.

These days, however, more and more women work outside the home. They cannot stay with the children all day. They, too, come home tired in the evening. They do not want to spend the evening cooking dinner and cleaning up. They do not have time to clean the house and do the laundry. So who is going to do the housework now? Who is going to take care of the children?

Many families solve the problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, the husband and wife agree to do different jobs around the house, or they take turns doing each job. For example, the husband always cooks dinner and the wife always does the laundry. Or the wife cooks dinner on some nights and the husband cooks dinner on other nights.

Then there is the question of the children. In the past, many families got help with child care from grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The grandparents are often too far away to help in a regular way.

More often, parents have to pay for child care help. The help may be a babysitter or a day-care center. The problem with this kind of help is the high cost. It is possible only for couples with jobs that pay well.

Parents may get another kind of help form the companies they work for. Many companies now let people with children work part-time. That way, parents can spend mo re time with their children. Some husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with the children. For these men there is a new word: they are called “househusbands”. In the USA more and more men are becoming househusbands every year.

These changes in the home mean changes in the family. Fathers can learn to understand their  children better, and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may also find changes in their marriage.

Question: The word “they” in paragraph 6 refers to ____________.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions:

Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing (as far as we can tell from surviving evidence) for at least 5000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings.

When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write. In the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly.

To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disparage the latter. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.

Question: We sometimes think of writing as more real than speech because ______.      

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions:

Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing (as far as we can tell from surviving evidence) for at least 5000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings.

When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write. In the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly.

To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disparage the latter. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.

Question: The author of the passage argues that ______.  

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions:

 Question 37: What does the word "magni" stand for?