Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:
Absolutely nothing that floats, neither a corked bottle nor a 50,000-ton ships can escape the effects of water currents.
A. Absolutely
B. floats
C. ships
D. can escape

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
popular                    important                     psychology                        speaking
A. popular                   
B.  important                    
C.  psychology                       
D.  speaking

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
We should eat more fruit and vegetables to prevent ourselves from cancer.
 
 
A. Eating more fruit and vegetables leads to a chance of getting cancer. 
B. The more fruit and vegetables you eat, the more chance you have of getting cancer. 
C. Don’t eat more fruit and vegetables or you will have got a cancer. 
D. The more fruit and vegetables you eat, the less chance you have of getting cancer.

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:
By the ending of the 1960s, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first human beings
to walk on the moon.
A. ending
B. human beings
C. to walk
D. the moon

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
event                        ceremony                     establish                    spectacular
A. event                        
B. ceremony                    
C.  establish                    
D. spectacular

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
loud                           sound                         scout                       bought
A. loud 
B. sound  
C. scout 
D. bought

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The girl _____________ with Dr. Zhang is my classmate. 
A. whom talks                 
B. talking
C. is talking               
D. who talking

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
longevity                    occasional                    preparation                  especially
A. longevity                    
B. occasional                    
C. preparation                  
D. especially

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
His doctor advised him ____________, but he found it impossible ______________ his habit. 
A. stopped smoking / quit              
B. to stop to smoke / quitting
C. stopping smoking / for quitting
D. to stop smoking / to quit

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The fight _____________ illiteracy continued in the following summer. 
A. for                 
B. against                  
C. about                
D. with