Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
mineral             energy                 generate                introduce
A. mineral             
B. energy                
C.  generate               
D.  introduce

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
The station will be closed for some days because they are replacing the escalators.
A. They are replacing the escalators because the station will be closed for some days.
B. They are replacing the escalators, which means the station will be closed for some days.
C. They are replacing the escalators so that the station will be closed for some days.
D. Unless they are replacing the escalators the station will be closed for some days.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
release              reserve             demand             nuclear
A. release              
B. reserve             
C. demand             
D. nuclear

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:  
entertainment              complain               again                 mail
A. entertainment              
B. complain               
C. again                 
D. mail

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
The cinema was open until midnight and the theatre until ten. 
A. The cinema opened at midnight and the theatre at ten. 
B. The cinema closed at midnight and the theatre at ten. 
C. The cinema closed an hour later than the theatre. 
D. The cinema and the theatre closed at almost the same time.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
I hope _____________ to university next year.
A. to go            
B. go             
C. going          
D.  went

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
The school and the neighboring pub were destroyed by the explosion.
A. Not only the school but also the neighboring pub was not destroyed by the explosion.
B. The explosion destroyed either the school or the neighboring pub.
C. It was the explosion that was destroyed by both the school and the neighboring pub.
D. The explosion destroyed not only the school but also the neighboring pub.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
generate               excursion              gravity                  passenger
A. generate               
B. excursion              
C. gravity                 
D.  passenger

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
Jeff missed his first day of class due to the fact that he had overslept for several hours.
A. Despite the fact that having overslept for several hours, Jeff missed his first day of class.
B.  Having overslept for several hours, Jeff missed his first day of class.
C. If Jeff did not oversleep for several hours, he would not miss his first day of class.
D. Jeff had overslept for several hours to miss his first day of class.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
______________ the boss or the staff were blamed for causing the fire. 
A. Neither              
B. Either              
C. Both               
D. Only