36 CÂU HỎI
Mark the letter B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
breathe
lengthen
clothe
bother
Mark the letter B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
deepen
committee
agree
refugee
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
appearance
ancestor
measurement
counterpart
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
explanatory
astronomer
voluntary
geometry
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
overdrive
overboard
overdraft
overload
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My husband just won't be told. He'll argue about something till he's _____ in the face.
blue
black
red
white
Jane's flat affords ______ views over the valley and mountains beyond.
widespread
alternate
sweeping
general
She ________ fainted when she heard that her son had died.
rather than
nothing but
near
all but
Daniel roamed the supermarket the whole morning just to buy a __________ for his new house.
square wooden dining table
dining square wooden table
square dining wooden table
wooden square dining table
At first Tom insisted he was right but then began to back _______.
out
down
off
away
It's amazing how Jenny acts as though she and Darren _______ serious problems at the moment.
weren't having
aren't having
hadn’t been having
hadn't had
Thanks to her teacher's encouragement, she has made great ________ in her study.
contributions
strides
acquisitions
impacts
Last weekend, ________ nothing to watch on TV, we played chess together.
there being
there having
being
having had
Due to time ________, we’ll have to end the meeting at three o'clock.
functions
processes
constraints
boundaries
These stiff trainers take weeks to ________.
break in
look through
put up with
take to
Round and round ___________.
the wheels of the engine went
went the wheels of the engine
going the wheels of the engine
did the wheels of the engine go
What makes me so sad about our divorce is that we used to be _______.
head over heels
here and there
in the pink
in deep water
The endless parade of _______ on TV has made today's young girls obsessed with their bodies.
surgical celebrities enhanced
celebrities enhancing surgical
enhanced surgically celebrities
surgically-enhanced celebrities
Is it necessary that I _______ here tomorrow?
would be
am being
will be
be
If Charlie weren't such an absent-minded person, he ______ the house unlocked when going out last night.
wouldn't leave
wouldn't have left
won't leave
didn't leave
What is said about fashion in the last paragraph?
There has been little development of new trends in the arts.
It takes a long time for society to adopt new ways of speaking.
Differences in dress codes are becoming more exaggerated.
Many people find out about new fashions through music.
The word ‘counter-signaling’ in paragraph 5 is used in this text to refer to _________.
the way fashion goes in cycles across groups
the way the difference between social groups is maintained
the middle group imitating the low group
the high group adopting the fashion of the low group
The writer explains that people adopt a certain style as opposed to a fashion because _________.
they want to belong to an identifiable group
they enjoy the status associated with it
they agree with the attitudes and values it represents
they wish to create a new image
The word ‘grooming’ in paragraph 3 is CLOSEST in meaning to_____.
sprawling
ambling
preening
plunging
Why does the writer give an example from nature?
to explain that fashion is not a new phenomenon
to imply that humans use fashion to hide their true identity
to emphasise the lengths some people go to to follow fashion
to question why men are generally less interested in fashion than women
In the fourth paragraph, the writer suggests that copies of famous brands _____.
are looked down on by followers of fashion
retain much of the quality of the originals
fail to deceive true followers of fashion
become desirable in their own right
According to the first paragraph, why does fashion change?
to increase the choices available to people
to reflect developments in society
to satisfy business interests
to make it hard for outsiders to reproduce it
The word ‘dedicated’ in paragraph 4 is OPPOSITE in meaning to _____.
fervent
scrupulous
staunch
fickle
to safely release any (29)________ and anxiety.
jealousy
inadequacy
ignorance
frustration
why is such a beneficial activity (30)______ popular only among young children?
deeply
completely
terribly
immensely
Although colouring books for adults may (31)______ a few eyebrows, more and more people are seeking
raise
rise
arise
arouse
more and more people are seeking them (32)_____ as a way to relax and de-stress.
on
up
by
out
such as anxiety and other generally (33)_______ thoughts, are forced out.
threatening
pessimistic
conflicting
distressed
or the feeling of being (34)________ when faced with unlimited
weighed
excessive
affected
overwhelmed
it (35)_______ on the artist to first decide what to create and then create it to an
drains
depends
relies
resolves
make the activity accessible to everyone, regardless of (36)________ artistic ability.
inherent
integral
intangible
incompatible