Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following question.

 A. preparation B. transportation C. diagnostic D. technology

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

A. decent B. reserve C. confide D. appeal

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following underlined questions

A. example B. exotic C. excellent D. exhaust

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following underlined questions.

A. attempts B. learns C. obeys D. studies

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

 With so many daily design resources, how do you stay-up-date with technology without spending too much time on it?
A. connect to the Internet all day

B. update new status

C. use social network daily

D. get latest information

Mr. George is a famous author. Mr. George is also an influential speaker.

A. Mr. George is neither a famous author nor an influential speaker.

B. Mr. George likes writing famous books and making speeches.

C. Mr. George is a famous author, and he is also an influential speaker.

D. Mr. George writes famous books, but he doesn’t know much about speeches.

Transportation has been made much easier thanks to the invention of car. However, cars are the greatest contributor of air pollution.

A. The invention of cars has made transportation much easier, but cars are among the greatest contributors of air pollution.

B. However easier the invention of cars has made transportation, it is cars that among the greatest contributors of air pollution.

C. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, cars are the greatest contributor of air pollution of air.

D. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, people use cars to contribute to the pollution of air.

I thought she was the right person for the position, yet it turned put that she was quite useless.

A. Because I was expecting her to be competent, I was shocked to see her perform rather badly.

B. I was mistaken about her suitability for the position since she proved rather incompetent.

C. Contrary to my initial impression, she was not totally unsuitable for the position.

D. I was right in thinking that she was totally useless for the job

The boy was too fat to run far.

A. The boy was very fat and couldn’t run far.

B. The boy’s fatness didn’t stop him running far.

C. The boy had to run a lot because he was too fat.

D. The boy became ill because he was too fat.

She has known how to play the piano for 5 years.

A. She didn’t play the piano 5 years ago.

B. She started to play the piano 5 years ago.

C. She played the piano 5 years ago.

D. The last time she played the piano was 5 years ago