I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1.   A. match                     B. pan                          C. transmit                  D. safety

2.   A. equipment              B. upset                       C. end                         D. help

3.   A. folk                         B. mother                    C. photo                      D. neighbor

4.   A. fairy                        B. train                        C. afraid                      D. wait

5.   A. excited                   B. prince                      C. once                        D. escape

6.   A. south                      B. sound                      C. mouth                     D. touch

7.   A. nice                         B. wife                        C. children                  D. knife

8.   A. fair                          B. straight                   C. awake                     D. moderate

9.   A. tall                          B. ball                          C. call                          D. adjective

10. A. worked                   B. looked                    C. naked                      D. cooked

II. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.

1.   You can use my bicycle                 you bring it back tomorrow.

      A. as long as                B. although                 C. nevertheless            D. in spite of

2.   My brother always             at cards. No wonder he won every game.

      A. cheated                   B. lied                         C. tricked                    D. deceived

3.   He was so tired that he wasn’t capable                 driving himself home.

      A. to                            B. for                           C. of                            D. from

4.   Fill in the form as indicated and return in the envelope               .

      A. provided                 B. offered                   C. prepared                 D. given

5.   I wish you                          to her why we couldn’t go.

      A. would explain        B. to explain                C. explained                D. will explain

6.   If we hurry, we might get there                 to catch the early train.

      A. right                        B. in time                    C. on time                   D. before time

7.   Cut the cake into six                      pieces.

      A. same                       B. like                          C. alike                        D. equal

8.   Our neighbors are very                   on camping holidays.

      A. eager                       B. enthusiastic             C. interested                D. keen

9.   The mosquito bit and made my eyelid                   and I couldn’t open my eye properly.

      A. swell                       B. grow                       C. stretch                     D. spread

10. I had to wear                      uniform when I worked in the hotel.

      A. a                             B. some                       C. any                          D. an

11. The doctor advised me not to take                        so much work in future.

      A. after                        B. on                           C. over                        D. to

12. If he phones,                      him to buy some potatoes on the way home.

      A. remember               B. recall                       C. remind                    D. recollect

13. Who was the first person               the South Pole?

      A. reaching                  B. who reaches            C. to reach                   D. reached

14. The                         of the murderer lasted six weeks

      A. process                   B. trial                         C. charge                     D. conviction

15. A chicken can                     up to three eggs a day.

      A. lie                           B. lay                           C. put                          D. place

16. The nurse was on               in the hospital all night.

      A. work                       B. alarm                       C. duty                        D. service

17. I suggest we                       outside the cinema tomorrow at 8:30.

      A. meeting                  B. meet                        C. met                         D. will meet

18.                   playing professional basketball, she also enjoys tennis.

      A. Besides                   B. Moreover                C. Apart                      D. Together

19. She                         him of lying to her.

      A. threatened              B. blamed                    C. criticized                 D. accused

20. Did Ms. Brown                  the operator’s manual from the library?

      A. loan                        B. borrow                    C. lend                        D. send