Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.




A.microscopic
B.redundant
C.reluctant
D.acquaintance

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.




A.malaria
B.eradicate
C.character
D.spectacular

lt’s no use talking to her because she’ll do as she pleases whatever we say.




A.Nothing we can say will make her change her ways, so it’s pointless for us to say anything.
B.It makes no difference who talks to her because she refuses to listen to either of us.
C.We’ve told her it’s not important, and we don’t need to say anything more about it.
D.She only cares about herself and never talks to either of us.

Which analogy (= a comparison) does the author use to discuss the soil of the forest?




A.laboratory
B.a tunnel
C.a vehicle
D.a building

It can be inferred from the passage that the forest soil is______




A.densely inhabited
B.sparsely inhabited
C.devoid of life
D.unknown to man

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
The students _____ by Mrs. Monty. However, this week they _____ by Mr. Tanzer.




A.have usually been taught/ have been teaching
B.usually teach/ are teaching
C.were usually teaching/ are teaching
D.are usually taught/ are being taught

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the numbered blanks.
TREES FOR LIFE
Trees are among the biggest and longest-living things on Earth, some dating back longer than the oldest buildings. But (38)_______ being nice to look at, trees also play an important role in improving the quality of our lives.
On a world-wide (39)_______, forests help to slow down the effects of global warming by using up the gas known as carbon dioxide and giving (40)_______ the oxygen we need to breathe. At local neighborhood level, trees also (41)_______ important environment benefits. They offer shade and shelter, which in (42)_______ reduces the amount of energy needed to heat and cool nearby buildings; at the same time, they also remove other impurities from the air we breathe.
(39)______




A.range
B.size
C.scale
D.area

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.
Schools exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of test we take. They find out how much knowledge we have gained. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, it isn't a (31) that some
people who are very academically successful don't have any common sense?
Intelligence is the speed (32) which we can understand and react to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. Although scientists are now preparing (33) computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, for the present, tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence.
A person's IQ is their intelligence as it is measured by a special test. The most common IQ tests are (34) by Mensa, an organization that was founded in England in 1946. By 1976, it had 1,300 members in Britain. Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 worldwide, largely in the US.
People taking the tests are judged in (35) to an average score of 100, and those who score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This works out at 2 percent of the population. Anyone from the age of six can take tests. All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if allowed enough time. But that's the problem, the whole point of the test is that they're against the clock.
(33)




A.advanced
B.forward
C.ahead
D.upper

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the numbered blanks.
An ecosystem is a community of animals, plants and microbes that sustain themselves in the same area or environment by performing the activities of living, feeding, reproducing and interacting. Like many of Africas large mammals, giraffes have (46)______ in numbers and in range over the last century. At one time, herds of over 100 animals were common in savanna regions across the continent, however, today concentrations like these exist only in East Africa particularly Tanzania Serengeti National Park.
The decline of giraffe populations has largely been due to hunting. In Africa, the giraffe is a traditional source of hide and hair and also of tough but (47)______ meat. The hunting of giraffes has not yet had a catastrophic effect, (48)______ on some of Africas big-game animals, but it is a cause for concern. The natural habitat of the giraffe is also being impacted more and more by human activities, (49)______ the animals range. The giraffe is currently a protected species throughout most of its range and is classed as conservation-dependent by the World Conservation Union. The giraffe’s prospects for survival are good for (50)______ living in national parks and game reserves, but for animals living outside these areas the future is less secure.
(49)______




A.extending
B.providing
C.reducing
D.controlling

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
According to the theory of natural selection, the man who was able to use the hands and feet most freely to walk and grasp was the one who survived and evolved.




A.the hands and feet
B.freely
C.to walk and grasp
D.who