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Choose the word that has the different stress from the others: 1. A. private B. belong C. indeed D. emit 2. A. property B. nitrogen C. surgery D. furthermore 3. A. solidify B. miraculous C. intimacy D. appropriate 4. A. apprehension B. preferential C. conventional D. calculation 5. A. satisfactory B. alterative C. military D. generously Choose the best answer to complete the sentences: 6. What would happen if the water resources were contaminated? A. run out B. stricted C. polluted D. destroyed 7. ______ someone objects, the plan will be reconsidered. A. Although B. Despite C. In spite of D. Because 8. "______ children like ice-cream." "That's quite natural." A. Most of B. Most C. The most D. The most of 9. Nearly all of the reporters ______ the press conference had questions ______ A. attend / asked B. attended / to ask C. attending / to ask D. would attend / to be asked 10. Johnny sometimes visits his grandparents in the countryside. A. calls on B. keeps off C. takes in D. goes up 11. A: Lets go out and have a drink, shall we? B: Yes. _____ A. Go first, please B. Ill follow you C. After you, Sir D. We shall 12. 'These tablets really are ______. My headaches much better now.' A. affective B. effective C. efficient D. affected 13. Not until _______ home _______ that he had taken someone else's bike. A.did he get/ he realisedB. he got/ did he realise C.he got/ he realised D.he got/ he did realised 14. When _____ to explain his mistake, the new employee cleared his throat nervously. A. asking B. asked C. to be asked D. to be asking 15. The instructor warned the students _____ sailing alone on the lake. A. on B. for C. of D. against 16. I understand you dont like opera. _____ I go at least once a month. A. On contrast B. In contrast C. In the contrast D. On the contrast 17. My uncle is in _________of 60 engineers and workers. A. leadership B. management C. direction D. charge 18. There has been a recommendation that Peter _______ the president of the country. A. will be elected B. was elected C. be elected D. is elected 19. It was in this house ___________ A. where I was born B. in which I was born C. that I was born D. I was born in 20. My boss is angry with me. I didnt do all the work that I _________ last week. A. should do B. should have done C. must have done D. might have done Read the following text and choose the best answer for the questions below The Roman alphabet took thousands of years to develop, from the picture writing of the ancient Egyptians through modifications by Phoenicians, Greek, Romans, and others. Yet in just a dozen years, one man, Sequoyah, invented an alphabet for the Cherokee people. Born in eastern Tennessee, Sequoyah was a hunter and a silversmith in his youth, as well as an able interpreter who knew Spanish, French and English. Sequoyah wanted his people to have the secret of the talking leaves as he called his books of white people, and so he set out to design a written form of Cherokee. His chief aim was to record his peoples ancient tribal customs. He began by designing pictographs for every word in the Cherokee vocabulary. Reputedly his wife, angry with him for his neglect of garden and house, burned his notes, and he had to start over. This time, having concluded that picture-writing was cumbersome, he made symbols for the sounds of Cherokee language. Eventually he refined his system to eighty-five characters, which he borrowed from the Roman, Greek, and Hebrew alphabets. He presented this system to the Cherokee General Council in 1821, and it was wholeheartedly approved. The response was phenomenal. Cherokees who had struggled for months to learn English lettering school picked up the new system in days. Several books were printed in Cherokee, and in 1828, a newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix, was first published in the new alphabet. Sequoyah was acclaimed by his people. In his later life, Sequoyah dedicated himself to the general advancement of his people. He went to Washington, D.C., as a representative of the Western tribes. He helped settled bitter differences among Cherokee after their forced movement by the federal government to the Oklahoma territory in the 1930s. He died in Mexico in 1843 while searching for groups of lost Cherokee. A statue of Sequoyah represents Oklahoma in the Statuary Hall in the Capitol building of Washington. D.C. However, He is probably chiefly remembered today because sequoias, the giant redwood trees of California, are named of him. 21. The passage is mainly concerned with A. the development of the Roman alphabet B. the accomplishments of Sequoyah C. the pictographic system of writing D. Sequoyahs experiences in Mexico. 22. According to the passage, how long did it take to develop the Cherokees alphabet? A. twelve years B. twenty years C. eighty-five years D. thousands of years 23. There is no indication in the passage that, as a young man, Sequoyah A. served as an interpreter B. made things form silver C. served as a representative in Washington D. hunted game 24. According to the passage, Sequoyah used the phrase Talking leaves to refer to

A. redwood trees B. books C. symbols for sounds D. newspaper 25. What was Sequoyahs main purpose in designing a Cherokee alphabet? A. to record Cherokee customs B. to write books in Cherokee C. to write about his own life D. to publish a newspaper. 26. The word Cubersome is closest in meaning to A. awkward B. radical C. simplistic D. unfamiliar 27. In the final version of the Cherokee alphabet system, each of the characters represents a A. word B. picture C. sound D. thought 28. All of the following were mentioned in the passage as alphabet systems that Squoyah borrowed from except A. Egyptian B. Roman C. Hebrew D. Greek 29. According to the passage, a memorial statue of Sequoyah is located in A. Oklahoma B. Mexico C. Tennessee D. Washington. D.C 30. Why does author mention the giant redwood trees of California in the passage? A. Sequoyah took his name from those trees. B. The trees inspired Sequoyah to write a book. C. Sequoyah was born in the vicinity of the redwood forest. D. The trees were named in Sequoyahs honor. Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best rewrites each of the following sentences: 31. It was only because his wife helped him that he was able to finish his book. A. But for his wifes help, he couldnt finish his book. B. If only he had been able to finish his book. C. Without his wifes help, he couldnt have finished his book. D. If it werent for his wifes help, he couldnt have finished his book. 32. You have to finish your homework if you want to go to the party. A. Finish your homework, you can go to the party. B. Unless you finish your homework, you can go to the party. C. Finish your homework, otherwise you can go to the party. D. Finish your homework, or else you cannot go to the party. 33. Mrs. Jones told me that her neighbors were moving to Florida. A. Mrs. Jones is planning to move to Florida with her neighbors. B. Mrs. Jones and her neighbors live in Florida. C. I knew that Mrs. Jones had moved to Florida because her neighbors told me. D. My neighbors are moving to Florida, said Mrs. Jones. 34. He was driving so fast that he could have had an accident. A. If he had been driving very fast, he would have had an accident. B. An accident happened, and it was caused by his very fast driving. C. He didnt have an accident although he was driving very fast. D. He wasnt driving fast enough to avoid an accident. 35. No matter how hard Fred tried to start the car, he didnt succeed. A. Fried tried very hard to start the car, and succeeded. B. Fried tried hard to start the car, and with success. C. Its hard for Fried to start the car because he never succeeded. D. However hard he tried, Fried couldnt start the car. Choose the underlined part that needs correcting. 36. After studying (A) all the new (B) materials, the student was able (C) to rise (D) his test score by twenty-five points. 37. In order to survive, trees rely to (A) the amount of (B) annual rainfall they receive, as well as (C) the seasonal distribution (D) of the rain 38. Neither of the girls (A) have (B) turned in the term papers to the (C) instructor yet (D) 39. The book that (A) you see (b) laying (C) on the table belongs (D) to the teacher. 40. He has less (A) friends in his (B) class now than (C) he had last year (D) Choose the correct word or phrase to fill in the blank in the following passage from 21 to 30. Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life(21)______ human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world carries on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so (22)______ to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the (23)______ resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (24)______ built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (25)______ We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (26)______ the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (27)______increasingly heavy demands on it. The Earth's (28)______ resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (29)______ us fed, comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use the resources they will (30)______ indefinitely. But if we use them wastefully and excessively they will soon run out and everyone will suffer. 41. A. Still B. Despite C. Yet D. Although 42. A. for B. just C. already D. entirely 43. A. lone B. individual C. lonely D. alone 44. A. sooner B. rather C. either D. neither 45. A. completely B. quite C. greatly D. utterly 46. A. result B. product C. development D. reaction 47. A. having B. doing C. taking D. making 48. A. natural B. real C. living D. genuine 49. A. stay B. keep C. maintain D. hold 50. A. last B. stand C. remain D. go