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.comfortable
B.excellent
C.communicate
D.confident

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.




A.promise
B.devise
C.surprise
D.realise

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.




A.fossil
B.session
C.discuss
D.progress

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
The new policies include cutting _______ subsidies and trade barriers.




A.agriculture
B.agricultural
C.agriculturalist
D.agriculturally

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.




A.achievement
B.communist
C.constantly
D.government

Exploration of the Solar System is continuing, and at the present rate of progress all the planets will have been contacted within the near 50 years.




A.continuing
B.progress
C.within
D.near

Thinking aloud is a _____________ .




A.quick and noisy process of comprehension
B.step by step process towards reading
C.conversational method of reading comprehension
D.process in which students express their thoughts in spoken words

In helping students better comprehend the reading, visual reading ___________ .




A.combines the oral, visual and written information
B.associates the meanings with the descriptions
C.processes the information for students
D.provides a description of the learning process

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
A number of the American Indian languages spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late fifteen century have become extinct.




A.fifteen
B.spoken
C.A number of
D.at the time

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Choosing clothes can be difficult. Some people want to be fashionable, but they don't want to look exactly __(36)__ everybody else. Not all clothes are suitable for work or school, perhaps because they are not formal enough, or simply not comfortable. It is easy to buy the __(37)__ size, and find that your trousers are too tight, especially if you are a little bit overweight. Very __(38)__ clothes make you feel slim, but when they have __(39)__ in the washing machine, then you have the same problem! If you buy light cotton clothes, then they might not be __(40)__ enough for winter. If your shoes are not waterproof, and if you aren't dressed for the cold, you might look good, but feel terrible!
(39)




A.reduced
B.decreased
C.lessened
D.shrunk