Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:  
ancient               ceremony                century                   accident
A. ancient               
B. ceremony                
C. century                  
D.  accident

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Everybody found the talk _____________. Some students even fell asleep.
A. bore
B. boring
C. bored
D.  to bore

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Yes. My most embarrassing experience happened some months ____________ . 
A. ahead        
B. before             
C. ago             
D.  past

Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given:
houses/ situate / city centre / expensive / those / suburb.
A. Houses situating in the city centre are more expensive than those ones in the suburb.
B.  Houses which situate in the city centre are more expensive than those in the suburb.
C. Houses are situated in the city centre which are more expensive than those in the suburb.
D. Houses situated in the city centre are more expensive than those in the suburb.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
If you go on like this, you will end _____________________________ in prison.
 
A.  on                          
B. for
C. up
D. of

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
    She _______ a sort of breakdown some years ago, and since then she ______ very shy.
 
A. has had / was           
B. had / has been            
C.  has / is                       
D. was having / will be

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
dictionary                   competitive                    enthusiasm                   associate
A. dictionary                   
B. competitive                    
C. enthusiasm                   
D. associate

Choose the word whose stress is on the first syllable:
respond                    model                  mistake                      object
A. respond                    
B. model                  
C. mistake                      
D. object

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
The rain is starting to let up a little. 
A. The rain has just begun. 
B. It’s not raining as hard now. 
C. It only rained a little bit.  
D. It’s raining too hard to go out.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Our office is equipped ______________ advanced technology.
A. with
B. for
C. on
D. about