Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
garbage                encourage                massage               shortage
A. garbage                
B. encourage                
C. massage              
D.  shortage

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
window                  always                   drawing                     weather
A. window                  
B. always                   
C. drawing                     
D. weather

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
 I’ve known the twins for years, but I can still hardly ____________ them apart.
A. see 
B. say
C. tell 
D. notice

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:
More than 80% of home pages in the Web are in English, while the next greatest, German,
has only 4.5% and Japanese 3.1%.
A. More than
B. home pages
C. in
D. while

 Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
_____________ was the effective way to help people in remote and mountainousareas to read and write? 
A. When             
B.  How             
C. Why              
D. What

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
''Why didn’t you join your friends on the trip?'', she asked.
A.  She asked me why I didn't join her friends on the trip. 
B. She wanted to know why I hadn’t joined my friends on the trip.
C.  She asked for the reason I hadn’t joined my friends on the trip. 
D. She asked me why didn't I join my friends on the trip.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Their company was made ___________ 100,000 USD in taxes. 
A. pay          
B. to pay                
C. paying             
D. paid

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:
Although most people know that a list exists of the Seven World Wonders, but only few can name them.
A. most people
B. exists
C. but
D. can

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
It is high time we ________________ preparations for our farewell party next week.
 
A.  make                     
B. are making         
C. made                     
D.  had made

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
Due to his recent injury, Lee was not included in the team.
A. If Lee were not injured recently, he would be included in the team.
B. Lee would certainly have been included in the team, but for his recent injury.
C. Being injured recently, Lee was included in the team.
D. In spite of his recent injury, Lee was included in the team.