MID-TERM TEST

To __________ over something is to feel or express worry, annoyance, or anxiety about it.

• Fret

• Freak

• Fear

Something that is __________ is not only characteristic or distinctive of a type but goes a step further to capture the pure and essential essence of it — or to embody it perfectly.

• Quintessential

• Standard

• Normal

To ____________ something suggests taking forceful measures to prevent something undesirable.

• Consider

• neglect

• Safeguard

To ____________ something suggests taking forceful measures to prevent something undesirable.

• Consider

• neglect

• Safeguard

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.

• A. post

• B. cold

• C. sport

• D. home

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.

Returning home after the earthquake, Simon saw that his house was extremely chaotic.

• A. organised

• B. tidy

• C. messy

• D. neat

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of stress in each of the following questions.

• A. important

• B. terrific

• C. exciting

• D. confident

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

The Youth International Conference ______ by a lot of young people from around the world.

• A. was attending

• B. attended

• C. attends

• D. was attended

The man ______ home when his car broke down.

• A. was driving

• B. drives

• C. has driven

• D. is driving

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.

Mark started learning Spanish seven years ago.

• A. Mark has learned Spanish for seven years.

• A. Mark has learned Spanish for seven years.

• C. Mark has learned Spanish since he was seven years old.

• C. Mark has learned Spanish since he was seven years old.