L MULTIPLE CHOICE (8.0 points) Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions. 1. A. hire B. horror C. heir D. hair 2. A. about B. account C.sound D. cousin 3. A. enough B. although C. laugh D.cough Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. 4. A. amazing B. apartment C. compliment D. delicious 5. A. capture B. distance C. finish D. invite 6. A. deception B. recipient •/ C. effective D. recipe Mark the letter Ay B, Cy or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the follo wing questions. Before you begin the exam paper, always read the ______ carefully. A. orders B. regulations C. rules D. instructions 8. The child was told to eat all his food or he would get no ice-cream. A. else B. in case C. nstead D. otherwise 9. The ticket one person to the show.   A. includes B. delivers C. admits D. enters 10. Could you please an appointment for me to see Mr. Smith? A. do B.take C. make D. get 11. We have had the roof of our house .   A. replace B. replaced C. to replace D. been replaced 12. If everyone of us the traffic rules, the road will be much safer. A. obey B. obeys C. obeyed D. will obey 13. There are far students in this school than in that school. A. fewer B. less C. fewest D. least 14. Susan rarely stays up late, ? '   A. is she B. isn't she C. does ^he D. doesn't she 15. - “Tom wasn't there last night?”     - “No, A. I wasn't either B. either was I C. I wasn't too D. neither I was 16. Unexpectedly the lights out and we were left in darkness. A. turned B. got C. went D. gave 17. James is very interested in mathematics and its   A. appliance B. use C. practice D. application 18. The children shouldn't watch the film tonight. They to bed before 9 p.m. A.can go B. are to go C. may go D. need go 19. The film “King Lear” was_______ on a play by Shakespeare. A. founded                   B. built                       C. based                     D. constructed Mark the letter A, By Cy or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. 20.      I suggested that he must come on time for the interview. A                 B                               CD 21.      The number of visitors to the exhibition dropped considerable in the second week. ABC                                                                              D 22.     There seems to be something wrong about the photocopier. A                     B                               CD 20.     When too many firms enter competitive markets, their share of profits will fell. A                                           BCD 21.     The term ‘‘middle class'’ describes people between the upper and the low social classes. A                          B                                 CD Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges. 22.     - “Let me help you with the box.” _ «                    >5 A. Yes. That's very kind of you.                B. I'm sorry. I'm busy now. C. What can I do for you?                         D. No. You must not touch it. 23.     - “How far is your house from here?” ____  it                            5J A. Is there a bus from here?                     B. No, it isn't. C. Yes, it's very far.                                      D. Two kilometers, at least. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 20.   After her parents' death, her chief inheritance was an old Bible, which she read and valued. A. pursuit                         B. possession                C. mistrust                 D. misery 21.     They need to cut       back on eating a        lot of salt and         sugary foods. They're not good for their health. A. reduce                         B. begin                      C. speed up                 D. carry out Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 29.1 find playing sports, like badminton, an exciting way to exercise. A. stimulating                    B. regular                    C. normal                 D. boring 16.     Population growth rates vary among regions and even among countries within the same region. A. come up                                                         B. stay unchanged C. remain unstable     D. go down w/ the following passage ami mark the letter A, It, C, or I) to indicate the Lorrtct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks. ll     has long been suspected that lack of sleep can actually lead to illness, particularly in young people. Research involving students aged 14-19 over a three-week period now appears to confirm (31 ) _ 1 he teenagers wore devices that recorded the movements they made, without being (32)__________ of them, that indicated they were asleep. The results were then compared to the number of illnesses that they had (33)____________________ from during the three weeks, in addition to the number of occasions on which they had been absent from school. What the study showed was that students who slept (34)_________________ than seven hours a night caught colds, flu and Other relatively minor illnesses more often. The problem is that as children enter their teens their natural sleeping patterns change, (35)__________ in them going to sleep later and therefore wanting to wake up later - but they still have to get up in the morning to go to school. B. that B. aware B. affected B. smaller B. producing C. these C. familiar C. suffered C. longer C. finishing 31.    A. this 32.    A. awake 33.    A. caught 34.    A. more 35.    A. resulting D. those D. sensitive I). experienced D. fewer I). forcing Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Every reader of this passage must spend the whole of his waking life looking at things. Looking, like breathing, is natural, we do it without noticing it. Looking is passive - but seeing is active. Once you start seeing things you really begin to wake up. People who see things which others have only looked at, and draw'conclusions from what they see, can add to man's knowledge and help progress. Someone recently discovered a place where metal had been worked continuously longer than anywhere else in England. He ‘saw’ a wall in the Forest of Dean. Thousands of people must have looked at it without really seeing it, but this man noticed that among the usual stones of that place were bits and pieces of a different color, they also felt different to the hand. A closer sight showed that these pieces had been left behind in the fires of ancient peoples who had melted rocks to get metals. Looking around, he found more and more information, until the history of what men had done at that place over tens of centuries was known. 36.     According to the passage, “his waking life” means____ . A. the times when he is waking up           B. all the time he is awake C. all the time he is alive                              D. all the time he is breathing 37.     According to the writer of the passage, “seeing” means____ . A.      noticing things which need explaining B.      doing something natural C.      looking at things D.      dong something without noticing it 38.     The man in the passage found a place where_____ . A.      men are starting to work metal B.      men built walls of metal C.      men had melted metal tens of centuries before D.      men first learned to make fire with stones 39.     The man who “saw” the wall got more and more information_____ . A.      from thousands of people who had looked at it B.      from a history book C.      from the usual stones of that place D.      from the unusual stones of that place 40.     What was it that “men had done at that place over tens of centuries”? A. Looked at the stones                               B. Melted metals C. Saw the stones                                          D. Built walls