I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined
part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 1
A. bushes
B. wishes
C. researches
D. headaches
Question 2
A. debt
B. climbing
C. timber
D. lamb
Question 3
A. enough
B. cough
C. thorough
D. tough
Question 4
A.apply
B. maximum
C. cactus
D. national
Question 5
A. funny
B. rubbish
C. upper
D. student
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
Question 6: Generally, the South of England is as ______ as the North.
A. flat
B. less flat
C. flatter
D. the flattest
Question 7: Helen is traveling to Germany tomorrow on her first working trip and she is very
excited ______ it.
A. for
B. against
C. about
D. with
Question 8: He’d hardly finished doing his homework when you arrived, ______?
A. didn’t he
B. had he
C. would he
D. hadn’t he
Question 9: John: “Would you like to have a get-together with us next weekend?” Mickey:
“______.”
A. No, I won’t
B. No, I wouldn’t
C. Yes, let’s
D. Yes, I’d love to
Question 10: Had they arrived at the shop earlier, they ______ a better selection of clothes.
A. will find
B. would be finding
C. would have found
D. will have found
Question 11: Before you start cooking, you should gather together all the necessary ______.
A. ingredients
B. factors
C. substances
D. elements
Question 12: What ______ views do Americans and Asians have about love and marriage?
A. tradition
B. traditionally
C. traditionalism
D. traditional
Question 13: I can’t ______ this noise any longer. I’m going to write a letter of complaint to the
local authority about this problem.
A. put up with
B. take away from
C. get back to
D. make out of
Question 14: Helen: “Would you rather go to the beach or to the mountains?” Kim: “______.”
A. That’s very nice of you
B. The beach definitely
C. I’d love to go
D. Thanks for the mountains
Question 15: George: “_____.” Michelle: “Thank you for your compliment.”
A. You’ve done your work
B. This is a present for you
C. I’m glad that you’re well again
D. You look pretty in this dress
Question 16: Bill managed to get to the train station himself ______ his leg was broken.
A. because
B. because of
C. in spite of
D. although
Question 17: Dr. Smith is the person in ______ I don’t have much confidence.
A. which
B. whom
C. him
D. that
Question 18: This director has ______ some famous films but I think this one is the best.
A. done
B. conducted
C. made
D. composed
Question 19: He wondered ______ his sister looked like, because they hadn’t seen each other
for a long time.
A. why