Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
A come B. love C. some D. dome
A. dread [fear] B. bead C. bread D. thread
Choose one word whose stress pattern is different.
A. computer B. musuem C. important D. visitor
A. calculator B. intelligent C. impossible D. American
A. compare B. compose C. company D. consist
Choose the one best answer to complete each sentence.
Neil Amstrong was the first man to ________ foot on the moon.
A. try B. let C. put D. set
Scientists try to ________ a breakthrough in manufacturing new materials for space exploration.
A. make B. achieve C. get D. A and B
Yuri Gagarin was the first human being ________ around the Earth.
A. to whirl B. to spin C. to orbit D. to run
Her name is Jane, ________?
A. is she B. is it C. isn’t she D. isn’t it
No one knows this answer, ________?
A. does he B. doesn’t he C. do they D. don’t they
He never tells a lie, ________?
A. does he B. doesn’t he C. he does D. he doesn’t
I have heard nothing from him since ________.
A. he had left B. he leaves C. he has left D. he left
Don’t talk in class, ________?
A. will you B. do you C. won’t you D. don’t you
Everything is alright, ________?
A. is it B. isn’t it C. are they D. aren’t they
Let’s go, ________?
A. do we B. don’t we C. shall we D. shall not we
No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space.
A. exactly B. clearly C. carefully D. vividly
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon ______ 20 July 1969.
A. in B. at C. on D. of
She is never satisfied ______ what she`s got.
A. to B. with C. for D. in.
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted ______ into space aboard the Vostok 1.
A. off B. up C. on D. Ø
After landing, the team members were greeted like ______ heroes.
A. conquer B. conquering (adj.) C. conqueror D. conquest
Neil Armstrong, an American ______, was the first man to step on the moon`s surface.
A. scientist B. cosmonaut C. astrononaut D. astronomer
The 27-year-old Soviet cosmonaut became the first person to eat and drink in ______.
A. weight B. weighting C. weightless D. weightlessness
About 100 Russian satellites are ______ the earth.
A. flying B. orbitting C. traveling D. circuiting
Many people are demonstrating to express their ______ with the new land law.
A. satisfied B. satisfactory C. satisfaction D. dissatisfaction
The astronauts were able to send the information back to the earth.
A. spaceships B. space stations C. space man D. space shots
Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning
It is easy to do this exercise.
( To do
It was happy to win a prize.
( To win
It is impossible to grow rice in salty water.
( To grow .
It is impossible to plant flowers in poor soil.
( People can’t possibly
It is difficult to learn German.
( To learn
It is nice to work in an air-conditioning room.
( To work
It was ashamed to copu friends’paper.
( To copy
It will be nice to live in a palace.
( To live
It was hard to live without electricity.
( To live .
It is kind to help the poor.
( To help
Give question tag.
Bill came on a bicycle, ________________?
The Smiths have two cars, ________________?
It could be done, ________________?
She’s got lovely blue eyes, ________________?
That’s him over there, ________________?
Fill in each blank of the sentences with a suitable preposition.
Your profession is similar ______ mine
My house is next ______ the post office
I was absent ______ class yesterday
He is different ______ his wife
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