newspapers than read day morning national newspapers
A.newspapers
B.than
C.day
D.national

Choose the answer which has the same meaning with the underlined word

The conference continued after a ten-minutes break.
A.took part in  
B.struggled against  
C. went on   
D.came back

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.return                                  
B.market                     
C.process                   
D.office

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined words in each o f the following sentences.
After five days on trial, the court found him innocent of the crime and he was released.
A.benevolent
B.innovative
C.guilty
D.naive

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Wood that has been specially treated is_________regular wood.
A.more than water resistant               
B.water resistant much more than    
C.as water resistant much more than   
D.much more water resistant than

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If a machine stops moving or working normally, you can say that it has ______ . 
A.cut off
B.seized up
C.gone off
D.wiped out

Exercise 10. Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks from 46 to 50.
University researchers have taken samples from a preserved dodo specimen in an (46) _____ to uncover the extinct bird’s family tree. They worked with the British Natural History Museum to collect and study genetic material from large number of specimens: a preserved dodo, the extinct solitaire bird, and 35 kind of living pigeons and doves. Their analysis (47) _____ the doo and the solitaire to be close relatives with the Nicobar pigeon, their nearest living relative. The dodo lived on Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It was a flightless bird, bigger than a turkey. By 1681, all dodos had been (48) _____ by hungry sailors. The solitaire, which looked a bit like a dodo, had gone the same way by 1800. By extracting short pieces of the dodo’s DNA and (49) _____ these with the DNA of living birds, the scientists were able to deduce when the dodo evolved away from its relatives into a separate entity. The scientists can now (50) _____ assume that the dodo developed its distinctive appearance and features as a result of its geographical isolation. They are now convinced that it separated from the solitaire about 25 million years ago, long before Mauritius became an island.
(48) 
A.disappeared                        
B.vanished                 
C.killed                      
D.extinct

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

A.extinction
B.animal              
C.classify            
D.primary.

Ann's encouraging words gave me _______ to undertake the demanding task once again.  
A. an incentive  
B.a resolution   
C.a point
D.a  target

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.
We decided to pay for the furniture on the installment plan.
A.monthly payment
B.cash and carry
C.credit card
D.piece by piece