1.1. Choose the word whose underlined part is differently pronounced from the others. 1. A. threaten B. earth C. healthy D. breathe 2. A. passion B. discussion C. expression D. decision 1.2. Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. 1. A. employment B. remember C. concentrate D. position 2. A. express B. effort C. office D. comment 3. A. incidence B. tendency C. difference D. importance II. READING COMPREHENSION 2.1. Read the text below and decide which answer A,B,C or D fits each space. What is the world largest desert? I'm sure the first that (1)……………to mind is the legendary Sahara - but that's 3rd. It's actually the desert on the Antarctic (2)……………, measuring just under 14,000,000kms2, closely followed by the Arctic desert. Most people living away from deserts associate this kind of (3)……… with sand, but only 10% of deserts are actually made up of sand (4) .…………… The term ‘desert' in fact describes a (5)……………which receives almost no (6) ……………, meaning rainfall, snow, ice or hail. The term can also apply to regions where there is greater evaporation of (7)……… than rainfall. In other words, more water is absorbed back into the (8)……………than stays on or within the ground. So, in (9)……………deserts, you're mainly talking about ice sheets and a little rock, not sand, of course. The surface of many other deserts is comprised of loose rock where the finer particles of dust and sand have been (10)……………away. 1. A. jumps B. leaps C. rises D. springs 2. A. country B. continent C. territory D. pole 3. A. terrain B. plain C . horizon D. nature 4. A. hills B. dunes C. piles D. slopes 5. A. base B. landscape C. ground D. soil 6. A. wildlife B. agriculture C. precipitation D. alteration 7. A. moisture B. drops C. dampness D. drizzle 8. A. setting B. atmosphere C. environment D. surroundings 9. A. extreme B. Mediterranean C. typical D. polar 10. A. left B. disappeared C. blown D. removed