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

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

The plane had taken off. Paul realized he was on the wrong flight.

_______, dolphins have no sense of smell.

Everyone laughed when he _____ the teacher so well.

He walked from the court a free man, having been _____ of murder.

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

I did not read his book. I did not understand what the lecturer was saying.

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.

Why read books?

          Is it worth reading books, (27) _____ nowadays there are so many other forms of entertainment? Some people say that even paperback books are expensive, and not everyone can borrow books from a library. They might add that television is more exciting and that viewers can relax as they watch their favourite (28) _____. All that may be true, but books are still very popular. They encourage the reader to use his or her imagination for a start. You can read a chapter of a book, or just a few pages, and then stop. Of course, it may be so (29) _____ that you can’t stop! There are many different kinds of books, so you can choose a crime novel or an autobiography, or a book (30) _____ gives you interesting information. If you find it hard to choose, you can read reviews, or ask friends for ideas. Personally, I can’t do without books, but I can (31) _____ up television easily enough. You can’t watch television at bus stops!

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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.

Polio is one of the top ten incurable diseases that modern medicine has failed to eradicate.