The children sneaked out to go to the party without their parents’ ______.
A.consent
B.agreement
C.allowance
D.permit

Mike is responsible ______ collecting all relating material for our presentation.
A.for
B.
C.on
D.to

You’d better ______ a little bit if you want to arrive at our destination on time.
A.speed up
B.turn up
C.put up
D.take up

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
A.invasion
B.dimension
C.television
D.occasion

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
A.exist
B.exam
C.exhaust
D.excite

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
A.chamber
B.banyan
C.climbing
D.embassy

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
A.atmosphere
B.animal
C.attention
D.admirable

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest.
A.bargain
B.colonialist
C.financial
D.peculiar

We haven't been to the concert for two years.
A.Both a and b are correct.
B.We didn't go to the concert two years ago.
C.The last time we went to the concert was two years ago.
D.It's two years since we went to the concert.

Although they were very poor, the children seemed happy.
A.The children were very poor, so they seemed happy.
B.The children seemed unhappy because they were very poor.
C.The children seemed happy whether they were poor or rich.
D.Despite their poverty, the children seemed happy.