Regarding as one of the leading figures in the development of the short story, O Henry is the author of many well- known American novels.

A. Regarding as

B. leading figures

C. the

D. novels

After spending two days arguing about where to go for their holidays, is was decided that they shouldn’t go anywhere. 

A. arguing 

B. for  

C. is was decided  

United States is aimed at develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of people.

A. develop

B. based

C. principle 

D. people

Each of the beautiful cars in the shop was quickly sold to their owner.

A. Each

B. cars 

C. quickly 

By the time Robert will finish writing the first draft of his paper, most of the other students will have completed their final draft.

A. will finish

B. writing 

C. most 

D. their 

What we know about certain diseases are still not sufficient to prevent them from spreading easily among the population.

A. What we know

B. are

C. from spreading

The grass needs cutting, so let us have one of the men to take lawn-mower and do it.

A. needs

B. cutting

C. let

D. to take

People in every part of the world readily and easily communicates by means of electronic mail.

A. every part

B. readlily

C. communicates

D. by means

Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from Canada, are planning to attend from wood, herbs and flowers and using them for perfumes or medicine.

A. man

B. sweet-smelling

C. using them

D. or

If one type of manufacturing expands, it is like that another type will shrink considerably.

A. expands

B. like

C. another

D. considerably

Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from Canada, are planning to attend the firework display in Da Nang, Vietnam.

A. with

B. her cousins

C. are

D. to attend

The longer the children waited in the long queue, the more impatiently they became. 

A. the longer

B. waited

C. the long queue

D. impatiently

Not until he got home he realized he had forgotten to give her the present.

A. got

B. he realized

C. her

The earth is the only planet with a large number of oxygen in its atmosphere. 

A. the

B. number

C. oxygen

D. its

The leader demanded from his members a serious attitude towards work, good team spirit, and that they work hard.

A. leader

B. his members

C. attitude

D. that they work hard

A novel is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in that the characters and events are usually imaginary.

A. long enough

B. complete

C. that

D. imaginary

The assumption that smoking has bad effects on our health have been proved.

A. that

B. effects

C. on

Developing new technologies are time-consuming and expensive.

A. developing

B. technologies

C. are

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. walked

B. involved

C. missed

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. missed

B. filled

C. published

D. watched

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. ocean

B. official

C. sincere

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. Wednesday

B. handsome

C. dependent

D. grandchild

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. exported

B. enjoyed

C. existed

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. definition

B. suggestion

C. situation

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. canal

B. journal

C. refusal

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. hood

B. hook

C. stood

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. find

B. think

C. drive

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. walk

B. call

C. take

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. dressed

B. dropped

C. matched

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. date

B. face

C. page

D. map

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. justice

B. campus

C. culture

D. brush

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. supported

B. approached

C. noticed

D. finished

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. deal

B. teach

C. break

D. clean

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. species

B. invent

C. medicine

D. tennis

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. assure

 B. pressure

C. possession

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. eleven

B. elephant

C. examine

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. work

B. form

C. stork

Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. justice

B. campus

C. culture

D. brush

Pick out the word that has the primary stress different from that of the other words.

A. Award

B. Enroll

C. Music

Pick out the word that has the primary stress different from that of the other words.

A. Empire

B. Employ

C. Conduct 

D. Improve