Choose the words whose main stress is placed differently from the others

A.enjoyment 
B.pagoda       
C.collection  
D.business

Nobody has arrived yet,                  ?
A.has she
B.has he
C.have they
D.haven’t they

              are you listening to English songs? – To improve my English listening skill.
A.How much
B.How often
C.What for
D.Why

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

A.volunteer      
B.struggle 
C.promise
D.concentrate

Choose the word or phrase A, B, C, or D  that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
People judged to be functionaIly .... lack the basic reading and writing skills.
A. literate
B.literacy  
C. illiterate   
D.illiteracy

How can we save ourselves from ...... disasters? (nature)
A.natural
B.natures
C.naturalise
D.naturalism

The man who .......... America in 1492 was Chrisopher Columbus. (discovery)
A.discovered
B.discovery
C.disovering
D.discover

Choose the sentence, A, B, C or D, which is closest in  meaning to the printed one.
I would never have lent Mike my car if I had known that he had a past record of driving violations.  
A. I refused to lend Mike my car.
B.Mike got a speeding ticket while driving my car.
C.I knew nothing about Mike's driving record, so I lent him my car.
D.Mike drove my car without his driver's license.

Despite....., she looks strong
A.she is ill
B.an illness
C.heart disease
D.her health

Choose the correct word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the passage.
The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to, read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level (31) _______ for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and communicate ideas in a literate society,' so as to take (32) _______ in that society. The United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has drafted the following definition: “Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written 'materials (33) _______ with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an Individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his, or her (34) _______ and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society." . This claim is made on the (35) _______ that literate people can be trained less expensively than illiterate people, generally have a higher socio-economic (36) _______ and enjoy better health and employment prospects.
Many policy analysts consider literacy rates a crucial measure of a region's human capital. A Policy makers also argue that literacy increases job opportunities and access to higher education. In Kerala, India, for example, female and child mortality rates declined (37) _______ in the 1960s, when girls who were educated in the education reforms after 1948 began to raise families. Recent researchers, (38) _______, argue that correlations such as, the one listed above may have more to do with the effects of schooling rather than literacy in general. Regardless, the (39)_______ of educational systems worldwide includes a basic (40) _______ around communication through test and print, which is the foundation of most definitions of literacy.
(37)
A.actually 
B.drammatically
C.extremely 
D.accurately