Choose the word whose main stress syllable is put differently.
A. remain B. seaman {sailor} C. contain D. retain
A. control B. patrol C. idol D. extol
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
A. parallel B. label C. vessel D. chapel
A. typist B. typical C. typing D. stylish
A. vein B. reign C. foreign D. main
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
With black hair and eyes, she is_________of the people from her country.
A. the same B. typical C. similar D. identical
Military is_________in this country. Every man who reaches the age of 18 has to serve in the army for two years.
A. compulsory B. optional C. illegal D. unnecessary
People tend to work hard at this_________of life.
A. distance B. stage C. space D. level
Concern for the environment is now at the_________of many governments` policies.
A. core B. aim C. target D. purpose
Why don`t you have the document
A. photocopy B. to photocopy C. photocopying D. photocopied
The strange disease_________to have originated in Africa.
A. thinks B. is thinking C. is thought D. thought
You can use my phone if yours
A. won`t be worked B. won`t work C. isn`t worked D. doesn`t work
We were rather late, but fortunately there were some tickets
A. to leave B. left C. leaving D. having left
It`s a beautiful photo. I`m going to
A. get it enlarging B. have it enlarging C. have it enlarged D. set it enlarged
_________these plants regularly or they will die.
A. Water B. If you water C. Unless you water D. Because you water
I took off my shoes before entering the room
A. in order to not dirty the floor B. so that I not dirty the floor
C. in order not dirtying the floor D. so as not to dirty the floor
What _________if you saw a pickpocket steal money from someone in the street?
A. do you do B. did you do C. will you do D. would you do
The living conditions of the population _________in the past years.
A. has been improved B. have been improved
C. improved D. were improved
His father used the money he won to set_________his own company.
A. on B. about C. up D. forward
Although I was very tired,
A. but I helped to clear up the mess after the party
B. I helped to clear up the mess after the party
C. and I tried to clear up the mess after the party
D. I didn`t help to clear up the mess after the party
We hope to have the law _________by December.
A. pass B. to pass C. passing D. passed
"How does the washing machine work?""
A. Not often B. Like this C. Too much D. A little
I_________like that dress. It`s really nice.
A. do B. very C. am D. have
We couldn`t find _________could take over his job.
A. anyone B. whom C. someone D. anyone who
Everything_________turned out to be imaginary.
A. she said it B. she said C. which she said it D. that said
I keep sneezing because I got wet_________the way home yesterday.
A. in B. from C. on D. during
Don`t you know what happened_________the people who went on holiday with us?
A. to B. with C. for D. at
Spain_________once a very powerful country.
A. was B. is C. used to D. has been
I _________tired. Let`s find somewhere to have a rest.
A. got B. am getting C. get D. was getting
By the end of this week, I_________here for ten days.
A. stay B. am staying C. will stay D. will have stayed
I found this