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




A.philosopher
B.discriminate
C.individual
D.significant

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It’s difficult to think of the anything nice to say about my neighbour’s naughty boys, ________, they are at least honest.




A.therefore
B.even though
C.however
D.as a result

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Seals can _________ because they have a thick layer of blubber under their fur.




A.keep them warm
B.keep their warm
C.they keep warm
D.keep themselves warm

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
Jane joined the English Club____.




A.because of she wanted to improve her English
B.because she wanted to improve her English
C.thanks to her improving English
D.due to her improvement of English

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
____ than his friend called.




A.He had no sooner arrived home
B.Before he had arrived home
C.Not until he arrived home
D.As soon as he arrived home

(27)




A.few
B.little
C.lot
D.many

IV. Choose the underlined part (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting.
He wouldn’t have known (A) the news (B) if (C) you had told him (D).




A.have known
B.news
C.if
D.him

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50.
SPORTS COMMENTARY
One of the most interesting and distinctive of all uses of language is commentary. An oral reporting of ongoing activity, commentary is used in such public arenas as political ceremonies, parades, funerals, fashion shows and cooking demonstrations. The most frequently occurring type of commentary may be that connected with sports and games. In sports there are two kinds of commentary, and both are often used for the same sporting event. “Play-by-play” commentary narrates the sports event, while “colour –adding” or “colour” commentary provides the audience with pre-event background, during-event interpretation, and post-event evaluation. Colour commentary is usually conversational in style and can be a dialogue with two or more commentators.
Play-by-play commentary is of interest to linguists because it is unlike other kinds of narrative, which are typically reported in past tense. Play-by-play commentary is reported in present tense. Some examples are “he takes the lead by four” and “she’s in position.” One linguist characterizes radio play-by-play commentary as “a monologue directed at an unknown, unseen mass audience who voluntarily choose to listen…and provide no feedback to the speaker.” It is these characteristics that make this kind of commentary unlike any other type of speech situation.
The chief feature of play-by-play commentary is a highly formulaic style of presentation. There is distinctive grammar not only in the use of the present tense but also in the omission of certain elements of sentence structure. For example “Smith in close” eliminates the verb, as some newspaper headlines do. Another example is inverted word order, as in “over at third is Johnson.” Play-by-play commentary is very fluent, keeping up with the pace of the action. The rate is steady and there is little silence. The structure of the commentary is cyclical, reflecting the way most games consist of recurring sequences of short activities---as in tennis and baseball---or a limited number of activity options---as in the various kinds of football. In racing, the structure is even simpler, with the commentator informing the listener of the varying order of the competitors in a “state of play” summary, which is crucial for listeners or viewers who have just tuned in.
It can be inferred from the passage that the author most likely agrees with which of the following statements about sports commentary?




A.Sports commentators should work hard to improve their grammar.
B.Sports commentators do not need special knowledge of the sport.
C.Colour commentary is more important than play-by-play commentary.
D.Commentary enhances the excitement and enjoyment of sports.

Nobody ..............to leave the building without the permission of the police.




A.must
B.will
C.can
D.is

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks in the following passage.
Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution problem is as complicated (31)______ it is serious. It is complicated because much pollution is caused by things that (32)______ people. For example, exhaust emissions (33)______ automobiles cause a large percentage of all air pollution. (34)______, automobiles provide transportation for millions of people. Factories (35)______ a lot of waste which pollutes air and water, but factories give employment to a large number of people.
(31)




A.as
B.than
C.since
D.because