Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
feather
feat
feasible
receipt
recall
recollect
recover
chimpanzee
interviewee
refugee
committee
architect
parachute
choir
psychology
Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Environmentalists appeal to the government to enact laws to stop factories from discharging toxic chemicals into the sea.
Choose the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word of the following question.
Paris is the ideal place to learn French; it’s a beautiful and hospitable city with Institutions for high-quality linguistic teaching.
Choose the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word of the following question.
Pitchforks were once carved entirely from wood, but today they have steel tines and wooden handle.
Choose the word(s) which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
People who do very important jobs sometimes have to work around the clock.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The power failure at dinnertime caused consternation among the city’s housewives.
What was it that _____________ her from her classmates?
My brother would rather we ____________ each other any more last month.
She was born in Japan but now __________ in the USA.
Read the text below and then decide which best fits each space.
THE GESTURE INTERFACE
What’s called the Gesture Interface is the latest idea in the field of personal technology, and it’s a great one. At the moment, if we want mobile to the Web, we have to travel around with things like laptop, smartphones and e-readers in our bags or pockets. The inventor of the Gesture Interface has up with a way of doing this using only something we’ve carried around with us for millions of years - our hands.
The idea is based on simple technology that is already in existence. carrying around the usual hardware, you have a small wearable device on your hands. This contains a projector, a camera and wireless technology to connect you to the Web. It also has sensors which read and interpret simple hand . For example, when you want to take a photograph, simply make a frame around the image with your hand and click your fingers. The device works what you want and operate the camera. If you want to a book, then the device projects the pages onto the palm of your hand.
It’s a great idea and I think it’s very to become a success. When I told my teenage son about it, he couldn’t to start using one.
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Culture is a word in common use with complex meanings and is derived, like the term broadcasting, from the treatment and care of the soil and of what grows on it. It is directly related to cultivation and the adjectives cultural and cultured are part of the same verbal complex. A person of culture has identifiable attributes, among them a knowledge of and interest in the arts, literature, and music. Yet the word culture does not refer solely to such knowledge and interest nor, indeed, to education. At least from the 19th century onwards, under the influence of anthropologists and sociologists, the word culture has come to be used generally both in the singular and the plural (cultures) to refer to a whole way of life of people, including their customs, laws, conventions, and values.
Distinctions have consequently been drawn between primitive and advanced culture and cultures, between elite and popular culture, between popular and mass culture, and most recently between national and global cultures. Distinctions have been drawn too between culture and civilization; the latter is a word derived not, like culture or agriculture, from the soil, but from the city. The two words are sometimes treated as synonymous. Yet this is misleading. While civilization and barbarism are pitted against each other in what seems to be a perpetual behavioral pattern, the use of the word culture has been strongly influenced by 6 conceptions of evolution in the 19th century and of development in the 20th century. Cultures evolve or develop. They are not static. They have twists and turns. Styles change. So do fashions. There are cultural processes. What, for example, the word cultured means has changed substantially since the study of classical (that is, Greek and Roman) literature, philosophy, and history ceased in the 20th century to be central to school and university education. No single alternative focus emerged, although with computers has come electronic culture, affecting kinds of study, and most recently digital culture. As cultures express themselves in new forms not everything gets better or more civilized.
The multiplicity of meanings attached to the word made and will make it difficult to define. There is no single, unproblematic definition, although many attempts have been made to establish one. The only non problematic definitions go back to agricultural meaning (for example, cereal culture or strawberry culture) and medical meaning (for example, bacterial culture or penicillin culture). Since in anthropology and sociology we also acknowledge culture clashes, culture shock, and counter-culture, the range of reference is extremely wide.
It can be inferred from the passage that since the 20th-century ________.
The word "It" in paragraph 1 refers to _______.
The passage mainly discusses ________.
the derivatives of the word culture
the figurative meanings of the word culture
the multiplicity of meanings of the word culture
Which of the following is NOT true about the word culture?
The author remarks that culture and civilization are the two words that __________.
The word "attributes" in paragraph 1 most likely means ___________.
The word "static" in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by ________.
It is stated in paragraph 1 that a cultured person ________.
Choose the most suitable response to complete the following exchange.
John and Mary are leaving the library.
- John: “Would you like to have lunch today?”
- Mary: "_______"
- “_____”
- "Never mind, better luck next time."
Karen: “As women live longer than men, should they retire later?”
Miss Diep: “_______”
- Phuc: “What factors affect tourism?”
- Khanh: “__________”
Choose the correct response.
- “I think it’s oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese.”
- "_______ Government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness."
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a.It’s $1.200 per month including gas and electricity.
b.It sounds great. How much do you charge per month again? I want to stay for only two months.
c.This apartment has just been redecorated, and what’s more, the neighbors are very quiet, too.
d.Oh, that’s a little expensive. Can I come back later? I want to go check out other places.
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. She will do fine as she always has a good rapport with them.
b. Sarah must be a very patient person.
c. I think the first few weeks will still be tough for her.
d. What is Sarah doing these days?
e. She will start her teaching career next week.
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. Oh, we just missed it.
b. Should we take a taxi to the conference?
c. I think we should take a taxi. We’re late.
d. There’s a bus now. We’ll have to run to catch it.
e. It’s impossible to get one during rush hour.
f. Let’s wait for another 20 minutes!
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. I do. But I will always be a fan of the arts.
b. Great! It’s always a pleasure to attend an art event with you, Suzanne.
c. The choreography of the dancers is incredible.
d. You were a talented ballerina. Do you miss dancing?
e. What a fantastic performance!
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. Sir, did I do anything wrong?
b. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see the stop sign at the corner. I didn't mean it.
c. Oh, sorry sir, I don't have it on me. Honestly, I forgot it back at the house. But I have the insurance policy with me. Here it is.
d. Yes, sir. You ran through the stop sign. May I see your driver license, please?
e. Please wait here, sir. I'll come back in a moment.
f. That doesn't justify your violation. May I see your license, please?
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
It is possible that the fire in the ship was started by a bomb.
Choose the sentence CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
Our company holds the monopoly over the import of these chemicals.
There is no doubt that Martin is the best candidate for the job.
He was such a wet blanket at the party tonight!
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to this one.
It is open to question as to whether Jane will get the job.
Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.
He had just finished eating his breakfast. Then he fell down.
Choose the correct sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following question.
She didn’t take her father’s advice. That’s why she is bored with her work.
Choose the correct sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following question.
The soccer team knew they lost the match. They soon started to blame each other.
Read the passage and choose the correct answer.
(1)_______. They did this by reading aloud, acting or playing a musical instrument. (2)_______, they were taken to public places of entertainment - the theatre, opera, circus or ballet. They looked forward to these occasions with great excitement and would remember and discuss what they had seen for many weeks afterward. (3)_______ , and children quickly accept these marvelous inventions as a very ordinary part of their everyday lives. For many children, the sense of witnessing a very special live performance is gone forever.
(4)_______. The presence of a TV set may have encouraged a very lazy response from viewers in their own homes, but the desire of those with ambitions to become performing artists themselves does not seem to have been at all diminished. (5)_______, albeit with an older, more specialist audience.
Choose the correct answer for (1)
Choose the correct answer for (2)
Choose the correct answer for (3)
Choose the correct answer for (4)
Choose the correct answer for (5)