Derek’s Sporting Goods now has over 400 stores ................... located in more than 40 states across the country.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions: 

The TV company is also preparing to cancel foreign channels ............... advertisers agree to substantial discounts.

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The festival was a failure. It was ______.

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Mr. Katz was confident that ______________   could do a better job with database maintenance than his highly skilled team.

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The passengers had to wait because the plane............ off one hour late.

What makes Mr. Yansen such an ............... speaker is that he is smart and selfaware.

On the first days of the year, Vietnamese people not only _______ the table for meals, but they also put food on the altar for their ancestors.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in the following question.

There were so much books in the library that I didn’t know which one to choose.

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Let us do............ these regulations.

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The building in the Jamison Complex are open until 7:00 pm on workdays, but staff with proper ____________ may enter at any time.

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The major goals of primary education is to achieve basic literacy and numeracy among all students.

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The Cottonwood Gallery guarantees that ------- of the items it sells is an original and comes with an official certificate of authenticity.

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Airport officials have announced that more  ____________  security checks will be adopted to eliminate any potential threats.

Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

You must apply yourself to your work more

When my daughter was a baby, I noticed that she developed a ______liking for classical music, and when she was six I signed her up for violin classes.

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You can always ............Ann to give you sound advice.

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To increase the stability of large data transfers, the technical crew will _____________   an upgraded software program on Friday.

Most Americans eat three meals (1) ______ the day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast begins between 7:00 and 8:00am, lunch between 11:00 am and noon, and dinner between 6:00 and 8:00 pm. On Sundays "brunch" is a (2) ______ of breakfast and lunch, typically beginning at 11:00 am. Students often enjoy a "study break" or evening snack around 10:00 or 11:00 pm. Breakfast and lunch tend to be light meals, with only one (3) ______. Dinner is the main meal. 4) ______ breakfast Americans will eat cereal with milk which are often mixed (5) ______ in a bowl, a glass of orange juice, and toasted bread or muffin with jam, butter, or margarine. Another common breakfast meal is scrambled eggs or (6) ______ omelet with potatoes and breakfast meat (bacon or sausage). People who are on (7) ______ eat just a cup of yogurt. Lunch and dinner are more (8) ______. When eating at a formal dinner, you may be overwhelmed by the number of utensils. How do you (9) ______ the difference between a salad fork, a butter fork, and a dessert fork? Most Americans do not know the answer (10) ______ But knowing which fork or spoon to use first is simple: use the outermost utensils first and the utensils closest to the plate last.
(6).......................

The Web has become a  _______ for many companies selling products or services, and a forum for people to exchange opinions and information.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.