TEST 1
I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. 1. A. aware B. family C. planet D. married 2. A. sauce B. steam C. sugar D. stew 3. A. marinate B. grate C. shallot D. staple 4. A. maintain B. string C. present D. often
II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. 1. A. advice B. amazed C. reply D. gender 2. A. major B. female C. police D. famous 3. A. support B. women C. pursue D. employ 4. A. conflict B. married C. aware D. alone
III. BETTE NESMITH GRAHAM - A WOMAN IN BUSINESS
Bette Nesmith Graham had always wanted to be an artist, but in the 1940s, she was a (1) ______ mother with a child to (2) ______. She learned typing and found work as a secretary. She was an efficient employee who was (3) ______ of her work and tried to find a better way to correct typing. She remembered that artists painted over their mistakes, so why not typists? With this idea in (4) ______, Graham put paint, the same colour as the office stationary, into a bottle and took her brush to work. She used this to correct her typing mistakes and her boss never (5) ______. Soon everyone in the office was using it. In 1956, Graham started the Mistake Out Company from her home. Her kitchen (6)______ a laboratory in which she mixed up an improved product (7) ______ her food mixer. Although she worked (8) ______ hours, she made little money. Then, one day she made a mistake at work that she couldn`t correct, and her boss sacked her. She now had the time to (9) ______ to selling Liquid Paper, and the business boomed. By 1967, it was a million-dollar (10) ______.
1. A. single B. lonely C. alone D. solitary
2. A. carry B. support C. provide D. maintain
3. A. pleased B. arrogant C. boastful D. proud
4. A. heart B. mind C. head D. thought
5. A. found B. understood C. realised D. recognised
6. A. became B. converted C. turned D. developed
7. A. into B. by C. with D. through
8. A. large B. long C. great D. slow
9. A. pass B. spend C. invest D. devote
10. A. work B. production C. business D. trade

IV. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
(31) _____ history, women have always aimed for a recognized place in (32) _____. Guided by their own field of knowledge and expertise, women like Marie Curie in science, Mary Wollstonecraft in literary writing, Simone de Beauvois in philosophical existentialist debate, and Marie Stopes, in medicine, to name a few, have brought about (33) _____ awareness of the role of women in any walks of life. These women have helped redefine and consolidate the nature of women`s place in society. Today the (34) _____ of global women`s organizations and the impact of women`s contributions on society show that progress has been made and the progress in furthering the role of women in society has been some benefit to the individual woman. It is true to say that not all women have the same need. The need of the woman who stays at home and (35) _____ children will differ widely from the woman who works outside. Nonetheless, in the extensive field of equal opportunities, it would be good to know that access is given to both with equal measure according to the true value of respective abilities. It also would be good to know that the woman at home is recognized as a valued member of society just as much as the one who deals on business outside the home.
31. A. Among B. Throughout C. During D. Upon
32. A. society B. social C. socialize D. socialist
33. A. a B. an C. the D. no article
34. A. right B. belief C. limit D. spread
35. A. rises B. raises C. increases D. lift


V. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.
incomes
service
earnings