Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
One theory suggests that _______________ were used to build the pyramid. 
A. weight ramps                 
B. weight arms
C. spiral arms             
D. height ramps

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
We were best friends in high school, but we lost touch while we were studying at university. 
A. We no longer have any feelings for each other. 
B. We don’t speak to each other any more. 
C. We are angry with one another.
D.  We haven’t seen each other since university.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
You can send the report by fax or you can send it by email.
A. You can send the report neither by fax nor by email.
B. You can send the report either by fax nor by email.
C. You can send the report either by fax or by email.
D. You can send the report by no means.

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:
There are wide varieties of American dialects, some of that appear to be diverging markedly from others.
A. varieties
B. dialects
C. that
D. others

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
David, ______________ works in the central post office, is my best friend.
A. who
B. that
C. which
D. whom

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
She ______________________ to get her breath back and then carried on jogging.
  
A. paused                  
B. slipped             
C. quit                      
D.  kept

Choose the correct sentence which is built from the words and phrases given:
policeman / William / live / next door.
A. The policeman which is William lives next door.
B. The policeman whose name is William lives next door.
C. The policeman lives next door is William.
D. William is the policeman whom lives next door.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
extinct             decrease               affect                influence
A. extinct             
B. decrease               
C. affect                
D. influence

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
He ___________ on seeing the manager of the hotel. 
A. asked                    
B. convinced                    
C. insisted                  
D. expected

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
The rain began to fall during my walk in the country. 
A. While I walked in the country, it had rained. 
B. While it was beginning to rain, I had walked in the country. 
C. While I was walking in the country, it began to rain.
D.  While it began to rain in the country, I was walking.