I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

1. A. pressure

2. D. wanted 

II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in each position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

3. C. horizon 

4. C. wonder

III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

5. A. ambitious

6. A. destroy

IV. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

7. D. frequent

8. B. compulsory

V. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

9. B. is going to

10. D. spending

11. C. between

VI. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

12. B. has been painting

13. D. Although

14. D. exhausted  

15. C. being criticised

16. A. located

17. C. will have

18. B. risk

19. C. take

20. A. driving

21. D. seriously 

22. B of

23. B. All of the food had been sold

24. C. mild

25. D. doesn't she

26. C. no article 

VII. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is the closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

27. D. She asked her son what he has done to his hair.

28. C. Adults tend to learn English worse than children.

29. A. The Smiths shouldn't have sent their first child into a boarding school.

VIII. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your anwer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

30. C. I would have understood the lesson if I hà paid attention to the teacher.

31. D. No sooner had Peter arrived at the meeting than he told us about his leaving the school.

IX. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following questions.

32. B. Thank you for the compliment.

33. B I couldn't agree with you more.