Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The noise got………….as the car disappeared into the distance.
A.fainter
B.slighter
C.weaker
D.smaller

A.diligent
B.diagnosis
C.diagram
D.drastically

The word “this” in the passage refers to the ______.
A.carrying of lots of film and processing equipment
B.stopping of photographers from taking photos
C.fact that daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities
D.taking of pictures of people and moving things

Daguerre took a picture of his studio with ______.
A.a new kind of camera
B.a very simple camera
C.special equipment
D.an electronic camera

II:
Choose the word whose stress position is different from that of the others:

A.obligatory
B.geographical
C.international
D.undergraduate

II:
Choose the word whose stress position is different from that of the others:

A.difficulty
B.simplicity
C.discovery
D.commodity

A.coincide
B.intervene
C.manufacture
D.academy

The word “lifelike” in the passage is closest in meaning to “______”.
A.moving
B.realistic
C.touching
D.manlike

A.opponent
B.appliance
C.discriminate
D.customary

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It was horrible ride through pouring rain....................he had a puncture and for the last hour had to push the bicycle.
A.To make matters worse
B.Therefore
C.As a matter of fact
D.Even so