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

 Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
He tried to complete the work before the deadline in spite of his tiredness.
 
 
A. He did not succeed in completing the work before the deadline because of his tiredness. 
B. Me failed to complete the work before the deadline although he was tired. 
C. Tired as he felt, he tried to complete the work before the deadline. 
D. Although he was tired but he tried to complete the work before the deadline.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
guarantee               practical               positive             serious 
A. guarantee              
B.  practical               
C. positive             
D. serious

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
While she _____________ the room, she broke the vase. 
A. cleaned                    
B. was cleaning                   
C. has cleaned                 
D. had cleaned

Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given:
she / apologized / for / having / borrowed / my / bicycle / without / asking / permission/.
A. She apologized having borrowed for my bicycle without asking permission.
B. She apologized for having borrowed my bicycle without asking permission.
C. She apologized for having borrowed my bicycle without permission asking.
D. She apologized for having borrowed bicycle without asking my permission.

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:
The manufacture of automobile was extreme expensive until assembly-line techniques
made them cheaper to produce.
A. automobile
B. extreme
C. until
D. made

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:  
absent            parachute               mission              vicious
A. absent            
B. parachute               
C. mission              
D. vicious