Pick out the word that has the stress different from that of the other words.
Example:
A. catalogue
B. solidify
C. marvelous
D. militant

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
The telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman who became a US citizen. The word 'telephone' had been (1)......... existence since the 1830s and had been (2)..........to a number of inventions designed to produce sound. Bell had become interested in the possibility of long-distance speech through his work with the deaf. He was twenty-eight and his assistant, Thomas Watson, was (3)..........twenty-one when they (4)........their great success on 10th March 1876. Despite their long and close association, Bell's first communication by telephone was not 'Tom, come here, I want you'. (5)........ 'Mr. Watson, come here, I want you'. (6).......... with excitement, Bell and Watson demonstrated their invention to a US telegram company. The company wrote to Bell, saying that his invention was interesting. However, after (7).........it careful consideration, they had

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
Secular festivals and feasts have many uses and values (1)..........the public enjoyment of a celebration, in prehistoric societies, festivals provided an (2)..........for the elders to pass on (3).........knowledge and the meaning of (4)..........lore to younger generations. Festivals celebrating the founding of a nation or the date of withdrawal of foreign (5).........from its borders bind its citizens in a (6)..........that rises above personal concerns.
Modern festivals and feasts centering on the (7)..........of national or ethnic groups enrich understanding of their (8)......... Contemporary festivals related to regional developments, such as westward (9)...........on the North American continent, aid the local economy by attracting visitors to a pageant of historic authenticity that also fulfills an informal (10).........function.

Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one.
Example:
The coffee was not strong, so it didn't keep us awake.
A. The coffee war very strong, but it couldn't keep us awake.
B. We were kept awake because the coffee was strong.
C. The coffee was so hot that didn't keep us awake.
D. The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake.

Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one.
Example:
I expect that he will get there by lunchtime.
A. At any rate, he must get there by lunchtime.
B. I don't want him to get there by lunchtime.
C. I expect him to get there by lunchtime.
D. He will get there by lunchtime with me.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
Example:
I would never have encouraged you to go into this field........it would be so stressful for you. I'm sorry it's been so difficult for you.
A. had I known
B. and I had known
C. should I know
D. but I knew

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
Example:
Tonight I'll do the assignment........gave us last week.
A. the teacher
B. who the teacher
C. whom the teacher
D. of the teacher

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
Example:
She's never.........with what she's got.
A. satisfied
B. satisfying
C. unsatisfied
D. unsatisfying

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
Example:
He spent much of this time..........with nature.
A. communing
B. to commune
C. communed
D. commune

Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence.
Example:
Do you know the man about ___________ they’re talking?
A. whom
B. whose
C. that
D. A & C