Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
The traffic jam prevented me from going to work.
A. I could go to work although there was traffic jam.
B. There was traffic jam but I went to work on time.
C. I couldn't go to work because of the traffic jam.
D. I went to work and there was traffic jam.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The coins are ____________ to be over a thousand years old.
A. described 
B. told  
C. said             
D. mentioned

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
education                 romantic                      conversation                      information
A. education                 
B. romantic                      
C. conversation                      
D. information

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
culture                   famous                   center                  protect
A. culture                   
B. famous                   
C. center                 
D. protect

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
aware                     share                     are                   compare
A. aware                     
B. share                     
C. are                   
D. compare

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
I'm afraid my parents do not allow me ___________ on a long journey.  
A. going              
B. to go             
C. to going    
D. will go

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
check                     touch                      kitchen                     technology
A. check                     
B. touch                     
C. kitchen                     
D. technology

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
This book will provide you ___________ all the information you need. 
A. for   
B. of   
C. with   
D. x (nothing)

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Rap music is becoming more and more _____________ among teenagers. 
A. popular                   
B. popularly                     
C. popularity                   
D. popularize

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
elephant                 enable                     better                    pretty
A. elephant                 
B. enable                     
C. better                    
D. pretty