Jenny and Jimmy are talking about university education.
Jenny: “I think a university degree is the only way to succeed in life.”
Jimmy: “ _____. There are successful people without a degree.”
Laura is telling Bob about her exam results.
Laura: “_____.”
Bob: “That’s great. Congratulations.”
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
Because they can fly, bats are often mistaken for birds; _____, bats are mammals, not birds.
_____ you plan to be walking after dark or not, it is a good idea to take a torch along when you are hiking in rough terrain.
While _____ the historical building, they had to get some of the missing tiles specially _____.
Some roads in Ho Chi Minh city don't provide enough pavements for the pedestrians _____ on safely.
All the inhabitants in the area have been asked to _____ at home if the storm returns.
This fund has been set up to help protect those _____ of animals that are endangered with extinction.
In most countries, photocopying books without the publisher's permission is clearly a copyright _____.
Marine reptiles are among the few creatures that are known to have a possible life span greater than _____.
According to some, one way to cut ____ a school system's budget with minimal impact on the rest of the system is to do _____ the twelfth grade.
The car swerved to avoid a cyclist and just missed hitting a passer-by by _____.
You'd better not place a bet on Stalion. In my opinion, the horse doesn't _____ a chance of winning the race.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
Drawing on her own experience in psychology, the writer successfully portrayed a volatile character with dramatic alternatives of mood.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
In England, as early as the twelfth century, young boys enjoyed to play football.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
Some methods to prevent soil erosion are plowing parallel with the slopes of hills, to plant trees on unproductive land, and rotating crops.
Choose the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in the following question.
It is firmly believed that books are a primary means for disseminating knowledge and information.
Choose the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in the following question.
Moving to a new town brought about many changes in his life.
Choose the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in the following question.
She has always been honest with me, and I respect her for that.
Choose the word(s) which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
With price increases on most necessities, many people have to tighten their belt for fear of getting into financial difficulties.
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 sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.
Laura practised playing the instrument a lot. She could hardly improve her performance.
Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.
Lucy paid a visit to the local orphanage. She then decided to donate part of her savings to the children there.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to this sentence.
My friend has stopped eating fast food.
Choose the sentence closest in meaning to the following sentence.
"You should take better care of your health," said Tom's mother.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.
They report that soil pollution has seriously threatened the livelihood of many local farmers.
Read the passage. Choose a suitable word for each blank.
Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world’s climate. Many scientists the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase in the world’s temperatures and are convinced that, more than ever before, the Earth is at risk from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts, even more and causing sea levels all around the world to rise.
Environmental groups are putting pressure on governments to take action to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide which is given by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in favour of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices. which could then replace existing power stations. Some scientists. , believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is here to stay.
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When we meet people for the first time, we often make decisions about them based entirely on how they look. And of course, we too are being judged on our appearance. Undoubtedly, it's what's inside that's important but sometimes we can send out the wrong signals and so get a negative reaction, simply by wearing inappropriate clothing.
When selecting your clothes each day, it is therefore important to think about who you're likely to meet, where you are going to be spending most of your time and what tasks you are likely to perform. Clearly, on a practical level, some outfits will be more appropriate to different sorts of activity and this will dictate your choice to an extent. However, there's no need to abandon your individual taste completely. After all, if you dress to please somebody else's idea of what looks good, you may end up feeling uncomfortable and not quite yourself.
Some colours bring your natural colouring to life and others can give you a washed-out appearance. Try out new ones by all means, but remember that dressing in bright colours when you really like subtle neutral tones or vice versa will make you feel self-conscious and uncomfortable. You know deep down where your own taste boundaries lie. It may be fun to cross these sometimes, but do take care not to go too far all at once.
Reappraising your image isn't selfish because everyone who comes into contact with you will benefit. You'll look better and you'll feel a better person all round. And if in doubt, you only need to read Professor Albert Mehrabian's book Silent Messages, which showed that the impact we make on each other depends 55 percent on how we look and behave, 38 percent on how we speak, and only seven percent on what we actually say.
The word "outfits" in paragraph 2 mostly means _____.
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Glaciers are large masses of ice on land that show evidence of past or present movement. They grow by the gradual transformation of snow into glacier ice. A fresh snowfall is a fluffy mass of loosely packed snowflakes, small delicate ice crystals grown in the atmosphere. As the snow ages for weeks or months, the crystals shrink and become more compact, and the whole the ground mass becomes squeezed together into a more dense form, granular snow. As new snow falls and buries the older snow, the layers of granular snow further compact to form firm, a much denser kind of snow usually a year or more old, which has little pore space. Further burial and slow cementation - a process by which crystals become bound together in a mosaic of intergrown ice crystals - finally produce solid glacial ice. In this process of recrystallization, the growth of new crystal at the expense of old ones, the percentage of air is reduced from about 90 growth to less than 20 percent for glacier ice. The whole process may take as little as a few years, but more likely ten or twenty years or longer. The snow is usually many meters deep by the time the lower layers are converted into ice.
In cold glaciers those formed in the coldest regions of the Earth, the entire mass of ice is at temperatures below the melting point and no free water exists. In temperate glaciers, the ice is at the melting point at every pressure level within the glacier, and free water is present as small drops or as larger accumulations in tunnels within or beneath the ice. Formation of a glacier is complete when ice has accumulated to a thickness (arid thus weight) sufficient to make it move slowly under pressure, in much the same way that solid rock deep within the Earth can change shape without breaking. Once that point is reached, the ice flows downhill, either as a tongue of ice filling a valley or as thick ice cap that flows out in directions from the highest central area where the most snow accumulates. The up down leads to the eventual melting of ice.
Which of the following will be lost as a glacier forms?