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

What he did came as no surprise to me

A. He told me that he was not surprised

B. His behaviour surprised me

C. I was not surprised by his actions

D. He was surprised when I came

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.

I think Michael hit the nail on the head when he said that what is lacking in this company is the feeling of confidence.

A. interpreted something indirectly

B. described something unconsciously

C. said something correctly

D. misunderstood something seriously

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

Thinking that my friends had played a joke on me, I went sufficiently close to hear what they were saying

A. in harmony 

B. too far 

C. near the door 

D. near enough

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

“What did Maria ask you?”

                      “She asked me____________I had ever been abroad.”

A. that

B. for

C. whether

D. about

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 mean stress in each of the following questions

A. argument

B. different

C. employee

D. tired

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 mean stress in each of the following questions

A. familier 

B. impatient

C. uncertain

D. arrogant

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

What do you like doing in your spare time?

A. enjoyable

B. free

C. quiet

D. busy

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.

What do you like doing in your spare time?

A. enjoyable

B. free 

C. quiet

D. busy

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.

It might not be a surprise to find that life in affluent cities is improving, but what about cities that aren’t rich

A. busy

B. wealthy

C. Overcrowded

D. poor

Read the following passage 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 from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 28

How the Internet Is Changing Our Language

There are words that we say today that 70 years ago weren’t even in (25) ____. If a person were to remark to a 1950s businessman, “Go and check this website out on the Internet and get back to me via Facebook,” the businessman would have no clue as to what had just been said. We know exactly what the words mean, though, so they (26) _____ perfect sense to us.

The problem that people are encountering today is the same as the 1950s businessman would have encountered - he would have come (27)____a word that would mean nothing because he lived in a world where Internet technology is changing and progressing today at an even faster (28)_____, and this is creating changes in the way we communicate. Our words are different, and even our means of (29) _______ those words across are different as well. Forget about a 60-plus year difference; we speak much differently than we did even 10 or 20 years ago.

A. step

B. pace

C. move

D. movement