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PART ONE: PHONOLOGY

A. Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three in each

question. (5 points)

1.

A. massage

B. carriage

C. voyage

D. dosage

2.

A. dimension

B. expansion C. confusion

D. tension

3.

A. increase

B. ink

C. pink

D. thank

4.

A. apology

B. classify

C. testify

D. verify

5.

A. beloved

B. naked

C. ploughed

D. learned

B.

Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each

question. (5 points)

1. A. obvious

B. notorious

C. credulous

D. numerous

2. A. dialect

B. diagram

C. diagonal

D. diamond

3. A. Europe

B. monument C. province

D. minority

4. A. obsolete

B. complete

C. compete

D. deplete

5. A. consent

B. obstinacy

C. condolence

D.equality

PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

A. Choose the best answer. (10 points)

1.

She loved tennis and could watch it till the

came home.

A. she

B. everyone

C. horses

D. cows

2.

Could you close the window? There is a bit of a

.

A. current

B. wind

C. draught

D. breeze

3.

Thousands of steel

were used as the framework of the new office block.

A. beams

B. girders

C. stakes

D. piles

4.

The ceiling fans were on, but unfortunately they only

the hot, humid air.

A. stirred up

B. poured through

C. turned into

D. cutback

5.

He set one alarm-clock for five o'clock and the other for five past so as to

that he did not

oversleep.

A. assure

B. ensure

C. insure

D. reassure

6.

When Tim was eating a cherry, he accidentally swallowed the

A. nut

B. stone

C. seed

D. core

7.

It was only

he told me his surname that I realised that we had been to the same school.

A. then

B. until

C. as soon as

D. when

8.

He got an excellentgrade in his examination

the fact that he had not worked particularly

hard.

A. on account of

B. because

C. in spite of

D. although

9.

Their eventual choice of house was

by the time Peter would take to get to the office.

A. related

B. consequent

C. determined

D. dependent

10.

It turned out that we

rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours.

A. hadn't

B. should have

C. mustn't

D. needn't have

B. Supply the correct form of the word provided in brackets in each sentence. (5 points)

1. His busy schedule made him completely (access) __________ to his students.

2. He works for UNESCO in a purely (advice) __________role.

3. The sun and the moon are often (person) __________in poetry.

4. I've never known such a (quarrel)__________person.

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