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.
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
tested
marked
presented
founded
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The year-end party was out of this world. We had never tasted such delicious food.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Strongly advocating healthy foods, Jane doesn’t eat any chocolate.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
How on earth could they do away with a lovely old building like that and put a car park there instead?
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
My mom is always bad-tempered when I leave my room untidy.
Mary: “The food is great. I'll get the bill.”
Peter: “_____”
Alice and Mary are talking about women’s roles.
- Alice: "In my opinion, women should go to work to share the household financial burden with their husbands."
- Mary: "_____."
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
Janet is finally used to cook on an electric stove after having a gas one for so long.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
Some people say often that using cars is not so convenient as using motorbikes.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
Simon would go to London next week if he gets a cheap flight.
We arrived just _____ time to see the beginning of the concert.
You should save your work on the computer often ________ the power goes off while you're working and the program shuts down.
I watched _____ television before going to bed last night.
On the way to the beach, we stopped _____ lunch at a traditional Greek restaurant.
The fireman _____ to get into the burning house when it collapsed.
I wish I didn’t have to stop my piano lesson because of too much schoolwork. It has really _____ me down.
Jim's got a plasma screen TV with _____ latest technology.
Read and choose the best answer for each space.
The story of the hamburger
The hamburger is one of the most popular foods in the world, but where did it come from? Nobody really knows.
One theory is that about 800 years ago Mongolian soldiers, who didn't have or cookers, put meat under their saddles while they rode their horses to make it soft. In the evening they ate the meat without cooking it.
Another story is that immigrants to America from the city of Hamburg in Germany brought their ‘Hamburg steak’ with them - a type of fried meat in .
Or perhaps Otta Kuasw from Hamburg made the first hamburger. Otto meat with eggs, then fried it and put it between bread and sold it to young, hard-working and sailors for their lunch. When the sailors went back to America they asked their families to make the same thing and so the hamburger was born.
Adapted from Close-up B1
Pain killers
In most countries of the world, there is one medicine that nearly everyone takes. It is called aspirin. People take aspirin when they have an ache or a pain, and sometimes when they have a fever. Doctors believe it can also help people who have heart disease and some other diseases, too. Some people, however, cannot take aspirin because it hurts their stomachs. Aspirin must never be given to children under 12 years old.
Before aspirin was invented some people made a drink with the bark of the white willow tree. This drink made their pain and fever go away. People had been drinking white willow bark for thousands of years, but no one knew why it helped.
Then, in the 1830s, scientists in England studied all the things that were in the bark of the white willow. They found out what thing in the plant stopped the pain. They called this pain stopping thing "salicin". Soon people were making medicine with the salicin and selling it.
Later scientists found out how to make salicin without using any plants at all. They called this new thing "acetylsalicylic acid", and this is what aspirin is made from. Aspirin was first sold in 1899 by the Bayer company of Germany.
(Adapted from New century readings Book 1)
The passage is about _____
People have been taking aspirin for _____
White willow bark has _____ in it which stops pain.
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about aspirin?
What does the word “stopped” in paragraph 3 mean?
Choose the best sentence that can be made from the words given.
Gary / borrow / my bike / so as / go / library.
Choose the best sentence that can be made from the words given.
Those shoes / expensive / that / I / never / afford / them.
Choose the best sentence that can be made from the words given.
We / have to / take / taxi / because / luggage
Choose the best sentence that can be made from the words given.
I / wish / I / know / how / use / DVD player.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence.
When I was sick, my best friend took care of me.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence.
My new school is a little farther than my old one.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence.
The last time I met him was last year.
Choose the correct sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.
I met the workers. Reporters interviewed them last week.