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

A.desks    
B.maps 
C.plants   
D.chairs

Mark the leter A, B, Cor D on your answer sheet to show the undertlined part that needs correction.
Ants were the first group of eusocial predatory insects (A) that both (B) lived and foraged primarily (C) in the soil and in rotting vegetation (D) on the ground.
A.eusocial predatory insects 
B.both
C.primarily
D.vegetation

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
I’ll spend the weekends hitting the books as I have final exams next week.
A.reviewing the books   
B.studying in a relaxing way
C.damaging the books    
D.studying in a serious way

Multiple choices
There should be no discrimination on _______ of sex, race or religion.
A.fields  
B.places
C.areas   
D.grounds

The city has __________ of young consumers who are sensitive to trends, and can, therefore, help industries predict the potential risks and success of products.
 
A.a high rate 
B.a high tendency
C.a high proportion
D.a great level

I recently went back to Paris,.............  I was born nearly 40 years ago.
A.which
B.where
C.that
D.when

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Books and magazines _________ around made his room very untidy.
A.which lied     
B.lying                                   
C.that lie        
D.laying

Learning English isn't so difficult once you_______ .
A.get on it            
B. get off it       
C. get down to it 
D. get down with it

From archeological evidences, we know that Egyptians were highly organized and civilized. Moreover, they were skillful in using crafts.
A.From archeological evidences
B.highly organized
C.were skillful
D.in using crafts

Read the passage carefully, then choose the best answer for each question.
SEEING THE IMPOSSIBLE
Can you believe everything you see? Not always! Sometimes our minds and our eyes make mistakes. At other times, our eyes and minds can become confused. This may be because we are looking at something called an optical illusion.
The word optical means "related to sight"—the way we see things with our eyes. An illusion is something that looks different from the way it really is. In short, an optical illusion is a kind of trick that our eyes play on us.
Look at these optical illusions and compare what you see with what your classmates see. The way we see things is often personal, so you may not see things the same way as someone else.
So can you trust your eyes? Perhaps the answer is “sometimes." Sometimes our eyes see something, and our minds understand it easily. At other times, we may need to look twice.
Which red dot is larger?
Most people say it’s the dot on the left. Now measure the dots. The red dot on the left may seem larger because of the blue dots around it, but they’re really the same size.
Look at this picture. What do you see?
Do you see a cup, or do you see two faces? Now look again! The illusion shows two different images at the same time. Therefore, our minds have to choose which image to look at. Scientists think this choice is difficult, because different parts of your brain are getting different information. One part "sees" the cup and another part "sees" the faces, so the image keeps changing.
Are the circles moving?
When you stare at this picture, your mind may tell you that the circles are moving, but this is impossible! How can a picture move? Some people think the circles seem to move because, often, when we see circle-in-circle shapes, like in car wheels or snake bodies, they are usually moving. Our brains are used to seeing these shapes move. So when our eyes see this shape, our mind infers that the image is moving. Other scientists believe the illusion of movement is caused by the tiny movements of our eyes as we look at the different colors and patterns of the picture.
What causes optical illusion 1?
A.The red dots aren’t close to each other.
B.We can see the blue dots clearly, but not the red dots.
C.We compare each red dot with the blue dots around it.
D.We can see that the blue dots are larger than the red ones.