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 which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
charity
chemical
chaotic
character
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
washed
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
It would be both noticed and appreciating if you could finish the work before you leave.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
A calorie is the quantity of heat required to rise on a gallon of water one-degree centigrade at one atmospheric pressure.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
Harry, alike his colleagues, is trying hard to finish hard work early.
Coffee is the second most valuable _____ after oil.
We _____ on the beach now if we hadn’t missed the plane.
The noise from the nearby factory kept me _____.
Make sure you _____ us a visit when you are in town again.
I used to run a mile before breakfast but now I am _____.
The government is determined to _____ terrorism.
Out _____ for a walk after she finished doing her homework.
Lucia was surprised when her guests _____ late for the party.
Liquid milk is usually pasteurized in order to kill bacteria for a longer _____.
The majority of people accept that modern drugs are the most effective way to cure a(n) _____.
_____ the price is high, we can’t afford to buy a new car.
- A: “Your dress is lovely. I like it.”
- B: “_____”
You have gone to the doctor’s to have a check-up, but you _____. You just had one last week.
- “Happy Christmas!”
- “_____”
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The sailor is suffering from a deficiency of Vitamin C.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The nurse told her that she would have to wait for a few days for the outcome of the medical check-up.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The policemen broke up the fight between the two teenagers.
Choose the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part.
He has a good memory to retain facts easily.
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
In the explosion of the linguistic life cycle, it is apparent that it is much more difficult to learn a second language in adulthood than the first language in childhood. Most adults never completely master a foreign language, especially in Phonology – hence the ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often “fossilizes” into permanent error patterns that no teaching or correction can undo. Of course, there are great individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes, amount of exposure, quality of teaching and plain talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best circumstances.
Many explanations have been advanced for children’s superiority; they exploit Motherese (the simplified, repetitive conversation between parents and children), make errors un-self-consciously, are more motivated to communicate, like to conform, are not set in their ways, and have not the first language to interfere. But some of these accounts are unlikely, based on what is known about how language acquisition works. Recent evidence is calling these social and motivation explanations into doubt. Holding every other factor constant, a key factor stands out: sheer age.
Systematic evidence comes from the psychologist Elissa Newport and her colleagues. They tested Korean and Chinese – born students at the University of Illinois who had spent a least ten years in the United States. The immigrants were given a list of 276 simple English sentences, half of them containing some grammatical error. The immigrants who came to the United States between the age of 3 and 7 performed identically to American – born students. Those who arrived between ages 8 and 15 did worse the latter they arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the worst of all and showed huge variability unrelated to their age of arrival.
The passage mainly discussed_____
From the passage, it can be inferred that “Phonology” is the study of _____.
The word “cap” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____
According to the passage, young children learn languages quickly for all of the following reasons EXCEPT _____
The word “unrelated” in paragraph 3 is closet in meaning to _____
In the experiment in the passage, the Psychologists discovered _____
The word “who” in paragraph 3 refers to _____
According to the passage, what was the purpose of examining a sample number of immigrants?
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
The time when human crossed the Arctic land bridge from Siberia to Alaska seems remote to us today, but actually represents a late stage in the prehistory of humans, an era when polished stone implements and bows and arrows were already being used and dogs had already been domesticated
When these early migrants arrived in North America, they found the woods and plains dominated by three types of American mammoths. These elephants were distinguished from today’s elephants mainly by their thick, shaggy coats and their huge, upward-curving tusks. They had arrived on the continent hundreds of thousands of years before their followers. The wooly mammoth in the North, the Columbian mammoth in middle North America, and the imperial mammoth of the South, together with their distant cousins the mastodons, dominated the land. Here, as in the Old World, there is evidence that humans hunted these elephants, as shown by numerous spear points found with mammoth remains
Then, at the end of the Ice Age, when the last glaciers had retreated, there was a relatively sudden and widespread extinction of elephants. In the New World, both mammoths and mastodons disappeared. In the Old World, only Indian and African elephants survived.
Why did the huge, seemingly successful mammoths disappear? Were humans connected with their extinction? Perhaps, but at that time, although they were cunning hunters, humans were still widely settled and not very numerous. It is difficult to see how they could have prevailed over the mammoth to such an extent.
With which of the following is the passage primarily concerned?
The word “implements” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____.
The phrase “these early migrants” in paragraph 2 refers to ____.
Where were the imperial mammoths the dominant type of mammoth?
It can be inferred that when humans crossed into the New World, they _____.
Which of the following could be the best substitute for the word “remains” in paragraph 2?
The passage supports which of the following conclusions about mammoth?
Read the following passage and choose the correct word (s) for each of the blanks.
INTELLIGENCE TEST
School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take. They find out how much knowledge we have (A) _____. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn’t it a fact that some people who are very successful academically don’t have any (B) _____ sense? Intelligence is the speed at which we can understand and (C) _____ to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. Although scientists are now preparing advanced computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, for the present tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence. A person’s IQ is their intelligence as it is measured by a special test. The most common IQ tests are run by Mensa, an organization that was founded in England in 1946. By 1976 it had 1300 members in Britain. Today there are 44000 in Britain and 100000 worldwide, largely in the US. People taking the tests are judged in relation to an average score of 100, and those who score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This (D) _____ at 2% of the population. Anyone from the age of six can take the tests. All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if (E) _____ enough time. But that’s the problem – the whole point of the tests is that they’re against the clock.
Choose the correct answer for (A)
Choose the correct answer for (B)
Choose the correct answer for (C)
Choose the correct answer for (D)
Choose the correct answer for (E)
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
She gets up early to prepare breakfast so that her children can come to school on time.
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the following sentence.
The last time I went to the museum was a year ago.
Choose the sentence CLOSEST in meaning to the following sentence.
I think you should stop smoking.
Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.
John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill.
Choose the sentence that best combines this pair of sentences.
It doesn’t make any difference if it rains. They will still go.