If we renovate and ______ roads, they won’t be flooded and muddy when it rains.
A.pick up
B.rise
C.raise
D.increase

The children sneaked out to go to the party without their parents’ ______.
A.consent
B.agreement
C.allowance
D.permit

Mike is responsible ______ collecting all relating material for our presentation.
A.for
B.
C.on
D.to

You’d better ______ a little bit if you want to arrive at our destination on time.
A.speed up
B.turn up
C.put up
D.take up

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
A.invasion
B.dimension
C.television
D.occasion

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
A.exist
B.exam
C.exhaust
D.excite

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
A.chamber
B.banyan
C.climbing
D.embassy

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
A.atmosphere
B.animal
C.attention
D.admirable

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest.
A.bargain
B.colonialist
C.financial
D.peculiar

We haven't been to the concert for two years.
A.Both a and b are correct.
B.We didn't go to the concert two years ago.
C.The last time we went to the concert was two years ago.
D.It's two years since we went to the concert.