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 primary stress in each of the following questions.

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

Tom and Mary are doing exercise in class.

- Tom:“ Pass me that pen, please!”

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

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

I regret going to bed so late last night.

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

Lan and Mai are in the campus.

- Lan:“Why don’t we have a look round the campus?”

- Mai:“ ”

the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to (25)_______ people of Babbage’s work.

The house is small. I like living in it.

Read the followingpassage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age.But actually the idea for a computer was (21)_______ out over two centuries ago by a man called Charles Babbage.

Babbage was born in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician.He drew up plans for several calculating machines (22)_______ he called “engines”.But despite the fact that he started building some of these he never finished any of them.Over the years people have argued (23)_______ his machines would ever work.Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building an engine based on one of Babbage’s designs.