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A.However                
B.As a result    
C.For example      
D.Therefore

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.snow             
B.know          
C.town           
D.slow

My father is tired _____working hard all day.
A.by
B.at
C.of
D.from

How is a radio-equipped buoy operated?
A. By operators inside the vehicle in the part underwater
B.By operators outside the vehicle on a ship
C.By operators outside the vehicle on a diving plat form
D.By operators outside the vehicle in a laboratory on shore

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
His eel soup is better than any other soups I have ever eaten.
A.Of all the soups I have ever eaten, his eel soup is the best.
B.I have ever eaten many soups that are better than his eel soup.
C.His eel soup is the worst of all soups I have eaten.
D.His eel soup is good but I have ever eaten many others better.

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 from 3 to 5.
Dreams commonly made up of either visual or verbal images.
A.commonly                          
B.made up of    
C.either                      
D.or

The word "erase" is closest in meaning to ________ .
A.impact 
B.obliterate               
C. erupt      
D.change

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A.like
B.as
C.to
D.with

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of  the following question.
Not until he was twenty five years old______ pursuit a scientific career.
A.he had
B.has he   
C.he has  
D.did he

Choose the underlined letter in the word that has the differently pronounced from the others:
A.regulated     
B.requested     
C.asked    
D.needed