Task 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

A.clothes                    
B.gone                        
C.drove                      
D.ghost

Give the correct form of verbs given:
A: In your places, I (a. go) .............  by air.
B: If I (b. have) .................. enough money, I (c. take) ............... your advice.
A.a. would be gone
b. had
c. would take
B.a. would go
b. had
c. would take
C.a. would go
b. had
c. would have taken
D.a. would go
b. had had
c. would take

Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.
Some of my classmates spend most of their spare time to surf the Net.
A.Some of 
B.most of 
C.spare 
D.to surf

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
Not only (A) knowledge and skills (B) or attitudes need (C) to be cultivated for students’ future (D) adjustment to society.
A.knowledge
B.or
C.to be cultivated 
D.adjustment

lt’s not my nature to _____over the price of something.
A.haggle
B.discuss
C.challenge
D.transact

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The local press has been pouring ______ on the mayor for dissolving the council.
A.scorn  
B.blame     
C.disapproval    
D.hatred

A.house
B.hire
C.honest   
D.here

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
I could not eat _______ I was very hungry.
A.even though
B.in spite  
C.despite  
D.in spite the fact that

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My parents hope to travel around ______ world next summer.
A.a
B.an
C.the
D.x (no article)

The earth was flat, was believed by most people in the fifteenth century.
A.The earth
B.was believed 
C.most people
D.the fifteenth