Exercise 1: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1: |
A. spectator |
B. leisure |
C. popular |
D. television |
Question 2: |
A. memento |
B. solitude |
C. spectacular |
D. athletics |
Question 3: |
A. average |
B. instrument |
C. enormous |
D. generous |
Question 4: |
A. engrave |
B. indulge |
C. ability |
D. undertake |
Question 5: |
A. entertain |
B. recreation |
C. sophisticated |
D. population |
Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 6: |
A. admire |
B. avid |
C. variety |
D. while |
Question 7: |
A. practiced |
B. stamped |
C. indulged |
D. accomplished |
Question 8: |
A. occupy |
B. simply |
C. accompany |
D. hobby |
Question 9: |
A. popular |
B. music |
C. pursuit |
D. solitude |
Question 10: |
A. engrave |
B. pastime |
C. undertake |
D. spectator |
Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 11: This book is not really . It is a waste of money buying it.
A. inform B. information C. informative D. informatively
Question 12: I like books in which the story is told or illustrated with pictures.
A. comic B. thriller C. romantic D. science
Question 13: In the United Kingdom, over 12,000 periodicals, magazines, bulletins, annuals, trade i ournals, and academic j ournals are published a regular basis.
A. in B. on C. at D. with
Question 14: Mary enjoys reading adventure , and whatever else she can either buy or borrow.
A. romance B. romantic C. romanticize D. romanticism
Question 15: If you abook, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously.
A. dip into B. put away C. pick up D. put down
Question 16: There is an enormous range of holiday courses on in the summer.
A. demand B. suggestion C. advice D. offer
Question 17: Eating out is the national in France.
A. pastime B. interest C. hobby D. game
Question 18: Do you think computer games is just for kids? Then you should think again. You might be
to learn that the game industry now makes more money than Hollywood.
A. concerned B. admired C. startled D. surprised
Question 19: The novel has had a tremendous impact on entertainment and
A. publisher B. publishing C. published D. publishment
Question 20: comprisestransport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a vendor known as a tour operator.
A. package holiday B. holidaymaker C. holiday camp D. holiday packages
Question 21: There has been an increase in the of folk music over recent years.
A. popular B. popularity C. popularize D. popularization
Question 22: She always has a burning desire to become an excellent lawyer - she's conscientious and has a mind.
A. well-trained B. well-informed C. well-built D. well-intentioned
Question 23: I'm not very on going to a football match today.
A. keen B. enthusiastic C. happy D. interested
Question 24:1 hate camping because I can't an umbrella tent in the wind and I can't make a fire in the rain.
A. put up B. set off C. take over D. turn round
Question 25: Most children nowadays prefer watching TV reading.
A. from B. to C. than D. over
Question 26: He us for hours with his stories and jokes.
A. supported B. entertained C. regarded D. raised
Question 27: She enjoyed a few moments of peace in the of the garden.
A. loneliness B. lonesome C. solitude D. solitary
Question 28: Many people indulge in leisure pursuit such as watching television.
A. home-based B. homemade C. home-loving D. homegrown
Question 29:I used to swim twice a week, but I seem to have got recently.
A. out of place B. out of the habit C. out of question D. out of practice
Question 30: He himself in gambling and ended his future in debt.
A. prided B. engaged C. invested D. indulged
Question 31: If you do very little reading or if you read only material that offers no to your comprehension, your reading will be of very little use.
A. challenge B. challenging C. difficult D. complex
Question 32: Reading, as you know, is a andnever ending process.
A. continuous B. continuation C. continuity D. continual
Question 33: Hotels, airlines and other firms in the leisure may suffer from economic crisis.
A. enterprise B. agencies C. corporation D. industry
Question 34: Developments in technology mean we can now do banking transactions at our
.
A. recreation B. leisure C. entertainment D. pursuits
Question 35: The town lacks leisure such as a swimming pool or squash courts. Therefore young people have nothing to spend all their time playing games.
A. entertainment B. furniture C. facilities D. equipment
Question 36: you do in your free time, from golf to cooking to writing to art, you'll find an internet community for it.
A. No matter what B. No matter how C. Whatever D. However
Question 37: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is a proverb which means that without time work, a person becomes both bored and boring.
A. on and on B. off from C. on and off D. away from
Question 38: There's not much in the way of in this town - just the cinema and a couple of pubs.
A. entertain B. entertained C. entertainment D. entertaining
Question 39: Rollerblading might seem difficult in the beginning, but with a little practice, one would start enjoying it. Moreover, it is a good that burns a lot of calories.
A. workout B. breakout C. tryout D. takeout
Question 40: Leisure activities are necessary for development and also to maintain good health.
A. personnel B. personage C. personality D. person
Exercise 4: 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.
Question 41: Vietnamese cuisine is known to be one of the healthiest in the world, and each town will present you with an opportunity to test out your culinary skills in a cooking school.
A. a style of baking B. a style of making tea
C. a style of eating D. a style of cooking
Question 42: There are lots of activities that young adults can participate in. They can play games, go for camping trips, participate in adventure sports, and the list goes on.
A. and so off B. so so C. and so forth D. in addition
Question 43: Team building activities, though simple, help the participants to open up and get to know each other better.
Question 44: Most of his free time is spent coaching his daughter's softball team.
A. training B. introducing C. celebrating D. organizing
Question 45: You can't have it both ways - you either work longer and get paid more or have more
leisure time and get paid less.
A. busy time B. free time C. busy signal D. duty free
Question 46: In Britain, the most common leisure activities are home-based.
A. regular B. popular C. standard D. distinctive
Question 47: There are many TV commercials which distracting viewers from watching their favorite films.
A. economics B. businesses C. contests D. advertisements
Question 48: Whenever Jane goes on holiday, she buys something as a memento of her trip.
A. remainder B. heirloom
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