fixed
turned
helped
noticed
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
danger
transfer
change
stranger
Read the following passage and choose the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the blanks.
CHRISTMAS
The Christmas season begins very early in Britain. By the end of October, you may see Christmas decorations in the streets and Christmas cards and gifts in the shops. , people start to decorate their houses one or two weeks before 25th December is Christmas Day.
There are a lot of traditions connected to Christmas. The most important one is the giving of presents. Family members wrap up their gifts and leave them at the bottom of the Christmas tree on Christmas morning. Children leave a long sock or stocking Iat the end of their bed on Christmas Eve, 24th December, hoping that Father Christmas will turn during the night and them small presents, fruits and nuts. They are not usually disappointed. Sometimes on Christmas Day, the family will sit down for a big turkey dinner and Christmas pudding. Later in the afternoon, they may watch the Queen on television as she her traditional Christmas message to the United Kingdom and the Common wealth. If they have rooms for even more food, they may enjoy a piece of Christmas cake or eat a hot mince pie. 26th December is also a public holiday, Boxing Day, and this is the time to visit friends and relatives or watch football.
A: "Have you seen the news about the black man holding two hotdogs and the chicken head?"
B: “_____”
"Do you fancy going to a movie this evening?"
"_____”
Choose the underlined part that needs correction in the following question.
Before becoming successful, Charles Kettering, former vice president of General Motors, was so poor that he has to use the hayloft of a barn as a laboratory.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction in the following question.
In an essay writing in 1779, Judith Sargeant Murray promoted the cause of women's education.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in our large, industrial cities today.
Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined part.
Although it's a long day for us, we are all contented with what we do.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
New electronic devices have been developed to satisfy users' ever-changing needs.
Choose the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following question.
We paid for the meal. We wanted to say sorry for what we had done.
Choose the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following question.
He works in the same office with two women. They are very beautiful and tactful.
The tiger is _____ of extinction. It is difficult to find them in the wild.
Peter is much _____ his brother.
The students got the librarian _____ books for them.
Kenny and I _____ pen pal friends since I _____ Singapore.
I don't mind _____ you _____ the washing up.
I hate _____ newspapers, they're just full of gossip, scandal and lies!
Iphone 11 Pro Max is the latest _____ in the field of smartphone design of Apple.
I’d rather _____ than anything else.
They hope to _____ a cure for the disease.
Had he come earlier he _____ her.
He is very keen _____ English, but he is not good _____ listening.
Urbanization can bring social health and benefit. _____, it also has its drawback.
We need to act quickly to _____ to climate change, or it will be a disaster for the whole planet.
_____ tennis is my favorite sport. I play once or twice _____ week if I can, but I'm not _____ very good player.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in the following question.
The project has been put on ice until our boss decides what to do next.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in the following question.
Many Vietnamese teenagers used to idolize Ngo Ba Kha because of his weird dances and negative speeches.
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
Clara Barton became known as "The Angel of the Battlefield" during the American Civil War. Born in Oxford, Massachusetts in 1821, Clara Barton's interest in helping soldiers on the battlefield began when she was told army stories from her father. Another event that influenced her decision to help soldiers was an accident her brother had. His injuries were cared for by Barton for 2 years. At the time, she was only 11 years old. Barton began teaching school at the age of 15. She taught for 18 years before she moved to Washington, D.C in 1854.
The civil war broke out 6 years later. Immediately, Barton started war service by helping the soldiers with their needs. At the battle of Bull run, Clara Barton received permission from the government to take care of the sick and hurt. Barton did this with great empathy and kindness. She acknowledged each soldier as a person. Her endurance and courage on the battlefield were admired by many. When the war ended in 1865, she used 4 years of her life to assist the government in searching for soldiers who were missing during the war.
The search for missing soldiers and years of hard work made her feeble physically. In 1869, her doctors recommended a trip to Europe for a rest. While she was on vacation, she became involved with the International Red Cross, an organization set up by the Geneva Convention in 1864. Clara Barton realized that the Red Cross would be a best help to the United States. After she returned to the United States, she worked very hard to create an American Red Cross. She talked to government leaders and let American people know about the Red Cross. In 1881, the National Society of the Red Cross was finally established with its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Clam Barton managed its activities for 23 years.
Barton never let her age stop her from helping people. At the age of 79, she helped flood victims in 1.1 Galveston, Texas. Barton finally resigned from the Red Cross in 1904. She was 92 years old and had truly earned her title 'The Angel of the Battle".
According to the paragraph 1, which of the following is true of the young Barton Clara?
What is the main idea of the passage?
The word "this" in paragraph 2 refers to _____.
What does the author mention about the American Red Cross?
What can be inferred about the government?
What can be the best title of the reading passage?
The word "acknowledged" in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by _____.
The phrase "broke out" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.
Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all living things, the crucial problem of desert animals is to survive in a world where sources of flowing water are rare. And since man's inexorable necessity is to absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals, he can scarcely comprehend that many creatures of the desert pass their entire lives without a single drop.
Uncompromising as it is, the desert has not eliminated life but only those forms unable to withstand its desiccating effects. No moist-skinned, water-loving animals can exist there. Few large animals are found. The giants of the North American desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat. Since desert country is open, it holds more swift-footed running and leaping creatures, than the tangled forest. Its population is largely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth. Yet they are not emaciated. Having adapted to their austere environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere else in the word.
The secret of their adjustment lies in the combination of behavior and physiology. None could survive if, like Mad dogs and Englishmen, they went out in the midday sun; many would die in a matter of minutes. So most of them pass the burning hours asleep in cool, humid burrows underneath the ground, emerging to hunt only by night. The surface of the sun-baked desert averages around 150 degrees, but 18 inches down the temperature is only 60 degrees.
Man can hardly understand why many animals live their whole life in the desert, as _____.
The word "them" in the passage refers to _____.
The title for this passage could be _____.
According to the passage, creatures in the desert _____.
The phrase "those forms" in the passage refers to all of the following EXCEPT _____.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.
They got success since they took my advice.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to this one.
"I’ll call you as soon as I arrive at the airport," he said to me.
Choose the sentence closest in meaning to the following sentence.
He last had his eyes tested ten months ago.