Task 8. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Internet is the most important (26)______ of the new age media. The discovery of Internet can be called the biggest invention in mass media. In the earlier days, news used to (27)______ people only with the morning newspaper. But today, live updates reach us simultaneously as the events unfold. For example, the royal wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William was watched live on the Internet (28)______ millions of people around the world. It’s inspired interaction and connectivity through its social networking medium. Internet has a plethora of websites (29)______ to various people, companies, brands, causes, activities, etc. The most significant utility of these websites is for providing information, search engines, downloads through libraries, and interaction through the (30)______ networking sites. Because of these websites, carrying out e-commerce transactions has also become easy.
(29)




A.similar
B.addicted
C.devoted
D.dedicated

Task 7. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
She simply took it for granted that the check was good and did not ask him any questions about it.




A.look it over
B.accepted it without investigation
C.objected to it
D.permitted it

______(34)




A.nor
B.as
C.or
D.like

Task 4. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
______ messaging helps me exchange written messages with my friends very quickly.




A.Text
B.Instant
C.Fast
D.Quick

Task 2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.




A.promote
B.entire
C.create
D.damage

Don't worry . Give Anna my best wishings if you ever do get hold of her telephone number.




A.worry
B.wishings
C.hold of
D.telephone number

The weather was bad, ______we postponed our trip.




A.so
B.but
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Nobody at all came to the meeting.




A.Only a few people came to the meeting.
B.Not a single person came to the meeting
C.There was almost nobody at the meeting
D.Not many people came to the meeting.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
“What have you done to your hair?” she said to her son.




A.She asked her son what to do to his hair.
B.She wanted her son to know what he had done to his hair.
C.She wanted to know what did her son do to his hair.
D.She asked her son what he had done to his hair.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
In many countries, the domestic automobile are so strongly protected that foreign cars are seen rarely there.




A.countries
B.automobile
C.strongly protected
D.seen rarely