Choose the most suitable words or phrases to fill in the blanks.

We’d better ________ early so as to avoid the heavy traffic.

Mary lost her ticket. She didn’t go to the concert.

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

The shocking news in newspapers are what people are talking about this morning.

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

Every country has its own traditions, some of them have existed for centuries.

It is certain that he didn’t finish his homework last night because he spent all night playing computer games.

The suspect is believed _________ by the police some days ago.

The policeman wanted to know where he _________.

She suddenly left the job. We were all surprised at this.

The new retaurant looks good. However, it seems to have few customers.

Because I was short ________ money to buy a book yesterday, I had to borrow some from my friend.

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

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

Question: Sorry, I can’t come to your party. I am snowed under with work at the moment.

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

Question: Life on Earth is disappearing fast and will continue to do so unless urgent action is taken.

It never __________ his mind that his dishonesty would be discovered.

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

“Would you like a cup of coffee?” he said.

Pick out the word that has the primary stress different from that of the other words.