The editor, preferring a more terse writing style, cut 500 words from the 2000-word article.
A.A. elegant
B.B. factual
C.C. descriptive
D.D. concise

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.A. precede
B.B. offer
C.C. follow
D.D. listen

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.A. employ
B.B. apologize
C.C. sacrifice
D.D. maintain

When he revisited his village, he quickly realized that
A.the village changed a lot in appearance.
B.everything has almost changed
C.all the pretty cottages as well as the farmhouses have been rebuilt.
D.the residents of the village are all commuters.

Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A.The writer has visited the village several times before.
B.The writer revisited his village last week.
C.The village has undergone significant changes.
D.The village nowadays has become another suburb.

My father gave up smoking.
A.My father smokes a lot.
B.My father used to smoke.
C.My father stopped smoking for a while.
D.My father likes smoking.

Would you like some coffee?' Peter asked me.
A.Peter asked me if I liked coffee.
B.Peter offered to give me some coffee.
C.Peter asked me to make him a cup of coffee.
D.Peter wanted to know if I-would like to make coffee.

The coffee was not strong enough. It didn't keep us awake.
A.The coffee was too strong to keep us awake.
B.We were kept awake because the coffee was strong.
C.The coffee was very strong. but it couldn't keep us awake.
D.The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake.

Harry spent five hours knocking on doors, but he didn't sell a single magazine.
A.Harry sold no magazines even though he spent five hours knocking on doors.
B.Harry sold only one magazine.
C.Harry has knocked the doors for five hours to sell a magazine.
D.Harry spent five hours to sell magazines at one house.

A.A. letters
B.B. groups
C.C. systems
D.D. goods