................he was in a hurry, he stopped to help the old man who fell down.
A.Although
B.But
C.However
D.Because

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
Michael Hart was the ____ of Project Gutenberg, one of the longest-lasting online library projects.
A.founder                   
B.author                     
C.architect                  
D.father

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
At the age of 50, Robby William ____ his career after spending his twenty years playing electric guitar.
A.moved                    
B.changed                  
C.adjusted                  
D.stopped

Exercise 7. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Nowadays, everybody knows Apples and (35) ____ everybody knows that the company was founded by Steve Jobs, an American inventor and entrepreneur. He is widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of microcomputer revolution. He helped design the first Macintosh computer, (36) ____ a small computer graphics company into Pixar, the company behind Toy Story and The Monster Inc.
His countercultural lifestyle and philosophy was a product of the time and place of his upbringing. Jobs was adopted and raised in San Francisco Bay Area during the 1960s. In 1972, Jobs attended Reed College from which he (37) ____ in next to no time. Jobs co-founded Apple in 1976 in order to sell Apple I personal computer. At that moment, he might hardly imagine that only a year later the company tasted impressive victory with Apple II, one of the first highly successful mass-produced personal computers. (38) ____, in 1985, following a long power struggle, Jobs was forced out of Apple. After leaving Apple, Jobs took (39) ____ of its members with him to found NeXT, a computer development company which was then bought by Apple. The purchase allowed Jobs to become the company's CEO once again.
Steve Jobs died in 2011 after battling with pancreatic cancer (40) ____ nearly a decade. Millions first learned of Job's death on a device which had been invented by himself.
(38) 
A.Generally                   
B.Frankly                   
C.Fortunately             
D.Unfortunately

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

A.swing                                  
B.sweet                      
C.answer                    
D.swan

There were several large holes in the road, ..................had to be repaired urgently.
A.some of them
B.some of that
C.some of which
D.some of where

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

A.loyalty
B.success
C.incapable
D.sincere

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

A.abroad                    
B.noisy                       
C.hundred                  
D.quiet

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

A.paper                      
B.tonight                    
C.lecture                     
D.story

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

A.wild
B.driven
C.alive
D.sign