I) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently 1. A. danger B. habitat C. campus D. cactus 2. A. mechanize B. champion C. character D. chemical 3. A. count B. sound C. found D. country 4. A. eradicated B. defended C. unnoticed D. extended 5. A. construction B. procedure C. masterpiece D. present 6. A. windsurfing B. wilderness C. rhino D. philosopher II) Choose the word whose stress is different 7. A. environment B. pneumonia C. publication D. equality 8. A. kangaroo B. involvement C. biologist D. accelerate 9. A. parrot B. reserve C. vertical D. master 10. A. traveller B. prevail C. society D. successful III) Choose the right word or phrase to complete the sentences 11. More and more trees in the area are found __________ from the effect of polluted air. A. died B. to be dying C. having died D. to be dead 12. I get up early ____________ to go work on time. A. in order to B. so as not to C. so that D. in order that 13. This book provides students ____________ useful tips that help them to pass the coming exam. A. φ B. about C. for D. with 14. I ___________ to the author if I thought he would publish the article. A. write B. am writing C. would write D. had written 15. The children made ___________ a little poem and wrote it in the card. A. up B. over C. for D. off 16. After Mary ___________ her degree, she intends to work in her father’s company. A. will finish B. is finishing C. finishes D. will have finished 17. “Write to me when you get home”. “________________” A. I must B. I should C. I will D. I can 18. You _____________ the look on his face when he won the prize. A. would have seen B. can be seeing C. must see D. should have seen 19. The water will be further polluted unless some measures ___________. A. will be taken B. are taken C. were taken D. had been taken 20. “What do you think of the book?”- “Oh, excellent. It’s worth ____________ a second time”. A. to read B. to be read C. reading D. being read 21. I hurried ___________ I wouldn’t be late for class. A. since B. so that C. as if D. unless 22. A football fan is ____________ has a strong interest in football. A. a thing that B. something that C. a person that D. what 23. Antarctic ____________ we know very little is covered with thick ice all the year round. A. on which B. where C. that D. about which 24. He thought of his childhood ____________ he worked in the country. A. when B. where C. why D. which 25. Mary is one of the girls who ____________ often late for school. A. is B. are C. comes D. get 26. I _________ a novel ___________ by O. Henry at seven yesterday evening. A. read, written B. would read, to write C. was reading, written D. was to read, writing 27. My brother told me he was soon going to visit ____________. A. the United State B. the United States C. United States D. United State 28. The children are all _________ beautiful clothes on New Year’s Day. A. in B. on C. of D. by 29. I wonder if he ____________. If he ___________, please let me know as soon as possible. A. will come, arrives B. comes, arrives C. comes, will arrive D. will come, will arrive 30. He died ___________ pneumonia. A. for B. by C. in D. of IV) Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting 31. The early we leave, the sooner we will arrive. A B C D 32. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither. A B C D 33. Tree squirrels are active, noisy, and lively animals that make its home in tree trunks. A B C D 34. The Charles Dickens’s character Wilkins Micawber lived in optimistic expectation of a best fortune. A B C D 35. Daisy has such many things to do that she has no time to go out. A B C D V) Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the one given 36. “Do you believe in what the boy says, Mary?” said Tom. A. Tom asked Mary to believe in what the boy said. B. Tom asked Mary if she believed in what the boy said. C. Tom said that Mary believed in what the boy said. D.Tom asked Mary whether she believes in what the boy says. 37. John is fat because he eats so many chips. A. If John doesn’t eat so many chips, he will not be fat. B. If John didn’t eat so many chips, he would not be fat. C. John is fat though he eats so many chips. D. being fat, John eats so many chips. 38. People say he won a lot of money on the lottery. A. He is said that he won a lot of money on the lottery. B. He won a lot of money on the lottery, it is said. C. He is said to have won a lot of money on the lottery. D. He was said to win a lot of money on the lottery. 39. He started learning French six years ago. A. He has learned French for six years. B. It was six years ago did he start learning French. C. He hasn’t learnt French for six years. D. It is six years since he has learned French. 40. She is learning English because she wants to get a better job. A. She is learning English so that she gets a better job. B. She is learning English so as she gets a better job. C. She is learning English in order she can get a better job. D. She is learning English so that she will be able to get a better job. VI) Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable words TEENAGERS AND SPORT It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports. When you are young, you know how important (41) __________ to do physical exercise if you want to be healthy and strong, and for that reason you often concentrate on just one sport with so (42) _________ enthusiasm that in the end you can’t live without it. The problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less spare time. At your age you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to university, with perhaps only one afternoon a week to do any sport. This happens just when you are at the best (43) _________ for many sports, such as gymnastics and swimming. By the time you finish all your studies you will probably be too old to be really good at sports like those, but if you spend enough time on (44) _________ while you are young, then one day you will find that you are very good at your sport but too old to study, and you will find it (45) _________ to get a good job. Somehow, it doesn’t seem fair. 41. A. this is B. you are C. it is D. things are 42. A. keen B. many C. great D. much 43. A. stage B. age C. period D. time 44. A. training B. practice C. exercise D. sporting 45. A. impractical B. unlikely C. improbable D. impossible 2 Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable words O’ Henry’ s real name was William Sidney Porter. He was born in North California, the USA in 1862. His father was a doctor. His father died (46) _________ he was a small boy. After finishing school, he worked (47) _________ a secretary in his uncle’s chemist shop for 5 years. Then he went to Texas because he wanted to see new places. During that time, he worked in an office and then in a small bank. He became (48) _________ in literature. He married and lived happily with his wife and daughter but his happiness didn’t last long. One day, a thousand dollar was stolen at the bank (49) _________ he worked. He was put into prison (50) _________ he had not taken money. At that time, his wife died to get some money as present for his daughter on Christmas Day, in prison he wrote the story “Whistling Dick’s Christmas Present” in 1899. He signed under the penname “O’ Henry”. After the prisonment in 1901 he continued writing. He died in 1910. 46. A. while B. as soon as C. when D. until 47. A. to B. for C. of D. as 48. A. interest B. interesting C. interested D. interestingly 49. A. where B. when C. why D. which 50. A. despite B. although C. because D. in spite of . football fan is ____________ has a strong interest in football. A. a thing that B. something that C. a person that D. what 23. Antarctic ____________ we know very little is covered with thick ice. physical exercise if you want to be healthy and strong, and for that reason you often concentrate on just one sport with so (42) _________ enthusiasm that in the end you can’t live without it because he wanted to see new places. During that time, he worked in an office and then in a small bank. He became (48) _________ in literature. He married and lived happily with his wife and daughter