Exercise 2. Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others.

A.courteous         
B.subscribe 
C.service
D.customer

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the questions.
The airline requested a confirmation call to ensure a seat on my flight back home.
A.The airline made sure I got a seat on my flight home.
B.I secured a seat on my flight home.
C.The airline confirmed a seat on my flight home.
D.It was necessary to confirm seat on my flight back home.

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
I was late for work because my alarm clock did not ____ off.
A.turn                         
B.put                          
C.send
D.go

According to the passage, the pizza maker made the pizza colourful to______
A.make it look delicious
B.give it an interesting look
C.catch the king and queen’s attention
D.show he loved his country

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Many of the beautiful buildings in our cities ______ by exhaust gases from cars and factories. We must do something to stop this.
A.were destroyed      
B.are destroyed
C.are being destroyed        
D.have been destroyed

Animals like frogs (A) have waterproof skin (B) that prevents (C) it from drying out quickly in air, sun or (D) wind.
A.have 
B.that 
C.it
D.wind

_________ (26)
A.in
B.to
C.on
D.with

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
When he _______ us to go in, we _______ outside the exam room for over half an hour.
A.let – are standing
B.let – have stood
C.let – had been standing
D.let – have been standing

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
The Prime Minister is to consider changes to sexually discrimination laws to enforce equal opportunities.
A.is
B.to
C.discrimination 
D.enforce

When you do something, you should_______
A.get through to
B.turn over a new leaf
C.weigh up the pros and cons
D.go down well with