The garden is too small to play football in A.. The garden is so small not to play football in B.. The garden is small enough to play football in.. The garden is such small that they can
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Part 1: Phonetics:
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group
1 A food B blood C boots D booth
2 A promote B promise C proper D profit
3 A legal B petal C pedal D level
4 A conceal B pizza C zoo D success
5 A item B idiom C idle D ideal
Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group
6 A ere B Japan C April D laser
7 A divisible B holiday C dynamo D surgery
8 A indent B remove C function D attach
9 A manager B feudalism C telephone D foundation
10 A Germany B gradually C pavement D reception
Part 2: Vocabulary - grammar and structures
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D
11 I regret _ my friend to my party
A not to invite B inviting not C I didn’t invite D not inviting
12 Surgeons use a _ to perform an operation
A scalpel B razor blade C sword D knife
13 We set off early _ we wouldn’t stuck in the traffic
A because B so that C although D in case
14 On arriving home I found that she _ just a few minutes before
A left B was leaving C leaves D had left
15 She is accustomed _ getting up early
16 He has been _ from school very often recently
A absent B present C different D safe
17 The hotel _ we stayed wasn't very comfortable
A which B where C that D who
18 He always wears clothes _ are too small for him
A which B what C why D where
19 The people _ live next door to us are very nice
A which B whom C who D whose
20 He is always busy He has _ time to relax
A much B a little C little D a lot of
21 Would you like to _ to the United States?
A trip B voyage C travel D went
22 Most people at some stage have a feeling _
A responsible B responsibility C of responsibility D to be responsible
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A much audience B a large audience C much audiences D many audiences
24 When the mountain forests _ there can be large forest fires
A become dry B becoming dry C become drying D drying
25 "What kind of work are you doing for that company?"
"I'm _ as an administrator"
A worked B occupied C hired D employed
Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one?
26 The garden is too small to play football in
A The garden is so small not to play football in
B The garden is small enough to play football in
C the garden isn’t big enough to play football in
D The garden is such small that they can't play football in
27 Mary didn't wear the raincoat, so she got a cold
A If Mary wore the raincoat, she wouldn't get cold
B If Mary had worn the raincoat, she didn’t get a cold
C If Mary had worn the raincoat, she wouldn't get cold
D If Mary had worn the raincoat, she wouldn't get a cold
28 I am always nervous when I travel by air
A Travel by air always makes me nervous'
B Traveling by air always makes me nervous
C I never travel by air because I sometimes feel nervous
D I am always nervous, so I never travel by air
29 We couldn't go out because the weather was so bad
A It was so bad a weather that we couldn't go out
B It was such a bad weather that we couldn't go out
C It was so bad weather that we couldn't go out
D It was such bad weather that we couldn’t go out
30 They understand more than we do
A we don't understand as much as they do
B we don’t understand anything at all
C they don't understand everything inside out
D they are very intelligent
Choose a word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting
31 I went (A) to the library (B) to get (C) as many information (D) as I could
32 (A) When (B) it is possible, I (C) will help you (D) later today
33 (A) No matter what happens, he (B) will not let me (C) to borrow (D) his computer
34 I think (A) it is a (B) spend (C) of money to buy (D) cigarettes
35 (A) Tonight I'm (B) going to stay (C) at home (D) with meself
Part 3: Reading
Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D.
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Rebecca Stevens was the first woman to climb Mount Everest Before she went up the highest mountain in the world, she was a journalist and lived in a small flat in south London
In 1993, Rebecca left her job and her family and traveled to Asia with some other climbers She found that life on Everest is hard "You must carry everything on your back", she explained, "so you can only take things that you will need You can't wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn’t even take a toothbrush I am usually a clean person but there is no water, only snow Water is very heavy so you only take enough do drink"
When Rebecca reached the top of Mount Everest on May 17 1993, it was the best moment of her life suddenly she became famous
Now she has written a book about the trip and people often ask her to talk about it she has a new job too, on a science programme on television
Rebecca is well-known today and she has more money, but she still lives in the little flat in south London among her pictures and books about mountains!
36 Before Rebecca climbed Everest, she worked for
A a factory B, a newspaper C a travel agent D a bookshop
37 Rebecca went to Everest
A with her family B without anyone
C with a climbing group D with her close fiends
38 Rebecca didn't take much luggage because she
A didn’t have many things B had a bad back
C didn’t like D had to carry it herself
39 Rebecca didn’t wash on Everest because
A it was too cold B there was not enough water
C she is a dirty person D she was not permitted
40 Rebecca became famous when she
A got to the highest place in the world B was on a television programme
C wrote a book about her trip D retied and lived in the little flat in London
SHOULD SMOKING BE BANNED IN PUBLIC PLACES?
(41) _ show beyond doubt that cigarette smoking can (42) _ the health, yet a surprising large number of people continue to smoke (43) _ all warnings By doing so they are not just shortening their own lives, they are also affecting the health of (44) _ around them It is time that non-smokers fought back
Personally, I think smoking should (45) _ be banned in public places In the first place,
it is very unpleasant (46) _ in a yourself smoke (47) _ to this, smoking can be serious fire risk, especially in crowded places (48) _ discos Finally, in my opinion, nobody should be asked to risk his health just because of another person's bad habits
Smokers may (49) _ that they should be free to do as they like They say that we already have no-smoking areas in public places, and that this should be enough To my mind,
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Smoking is harmful not just to smokers but to non-smokers, too If some people are foolish enough to continue this dangerous habit, it seems to me that they should at least be prevented (50) _ doing so in public
41 A Surveys B Conducts C Statistics D Evidence
42 A damage B destroy C spoil D hurt
43 A thanks to B in spite of C because of D due to
44 A theyB these C those D things
45 A definite B indefinite C indefinitely D definitely
46 A sit B to sit C sitting D sat
47 A AddB Adding C To add D Added
48 A for B as C like D such
49 A protest B object C refuse D deserve
50 A for B at C from D in
1 b 2 a 3 a 4 c 5 b 6 b 7 a 8 c 9 d 10.d
11.d 12.a 13.b 14.d 15.d 16.a 17.b 18.a 19.c 20.c
21.c 22.c 23.b 24.a 25.d 26.c 27.c 28.b 29.d 30.a
31.c 32.d 33.c 34.b 35.d 36.a 37.d 38.a 39.d 40.b
41.c 42.a 43.b 44.c 45.d 46.b 47.d 48.c 49.a 50.c
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