Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time. They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music. They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out. Throughout the world many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.
The word “sensational” is closest in meaning to_________.
A.Shocking
B.Bad
C.Notorious
D.Popular

My friend has stopped eating fast food.
A.My friend sometimes eats fast food.                   
B.My friend doesn't like eating fast food.
C.My friend no longer eats fast food.      
D.My friend has never eaten fast food.

You should have persuaded him to change his mind.
A.It was essential to persuade him to change his mind but you didn’t.
B. You didn't persuade him to change because of his mind.
C.You should persuade him to change his mind.
D.You persuaded him to change his mind but he didn't listen.

It is essential that the sponsor_____ the file early.
A.make
B.makes
C.made
D.making

________(2)
A.in
B.student
C.because
D.usually

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.medieval        
B.malarial  
C.mediocre
D.magnificent

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.
The use of loud sounds to scare off predators serves as a viable strategy for survival.
A.attract                                 
B.locate                      
C.terrify                                 
D.disappoint

They stayed for hours, ______ my mother was very annoyed about.
A.which
B.this     
C.whom   
D.that

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
I didn’t know that you were at home. I didn’t drop in.
A.Not knowing that you were at home, but I still dropped in.
B.I didn’t know you were at home although I didn’t drop in.
C.Not knowing that you were at home, I didn’t drop in.
D.If I knew that you were at home, I would drop in.

Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the sentence printed before
I didn't use to like football.
A. I don't like football.      
B.When I was young I liked football, but now I don't.
C.Once I didn't like football, but now I do.       
D.I wasn't accustomed to football.