1/5 High School english written test School year : 2013-2014 Grade 12- N.1- Time : 45 minutes Name: Class: 12 C…. Mark : I. Choose the word with underlined part pronounced differently from the rest (1 point ): 1 A. seats B. photographs C. drops D. bags 2 A. reads B. banks C. brothers D. lives 3 A. covered B. slipped C. snowed D. used 4 A. decided B. tried C. interested D. reminded II. Choose the word with the different stress pattern. (0.5 point ) 1. A. beauty B. mutual C. Europe D. reduce 2. A. attract B. destroy C. level D. occur III. Fill in each gap with one word from the table, there are more words than needed ( 1.5 points): chance nursing homes formal nightshift responsibility banquets well-behaved hospital pressure contractual 1. My father is a doctor, he works on a 3 times a week. 2. In my family, my main is to wash the dishes and take out the garbage. 3. Marriages that are decided by the parents are called marriages. 4. Old-aged parents in America live in 5. Nowadays, wedding are usually held at restaurants or hotels. IV. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses (2 points): 1. I ( buy) a new house last year but I (not sell) my old house yet so now I have two house. 2. We…………………………………her since 2001. (not, meet) 3. Rivers usually (flow) to the sea. 4. By the time you………………… (get) home, your parents………………….(go). V. Change the following sentences into reported speech beginning with given words (2.5 point): 1. Helen said " I have been here for six months ". Helen said 2. Helen said to John " I left home yesterday '. Helen told 3. Helen said to John " Where is the market ? ". Helen asked 4. John said to Helen " Remember to keep in touch ". John reminded Helen 5. Helen said "I'm sorry. I haven't written to you for a long time." Helen apologized VI. Read the passage below. Then answer the questions (2.5 points): If you are invited to someone’s house in America for dinner, you should bring a gift, such as a bunch of flowers or a box of chocolates. If you give your host a wrapped gift, he/she may open it in front of you. Opening a present in front of the gift-giver is considered polite. It shows that the host is excited about receiving the gift and wants to show his/her appreciation to you immediately. Even if the host doesn’t like it, he/she will tell a “white lie” and say how much they like the gift to prevent the guest from feeling bad. If your host asks you to arrive at a particular time, you should not arrive exactly on time or earlier than the expected time, because this is considered to be potentially inconvenient and therefore rude, as the host may not be ready. * Answer the questions. 1. What should you bring if you are invited to someone’s house for dinner? ……………………………………………………………………………………… 2. What will the host do if he/she doesn’t like the present? …………………………………………………………………………………………. 3. Why shouldn’t you arrive exactly on time if you are invited to a dinner at a particular time? ………………………………………………………………………………………. * Choose true or false 4. Americans can’t open a gift in front of you. 5. Americans aks you to arrive at a particular, you shouldn’t arrive exactly on. . 1/ 5 High School english written test School year : 2 013 -2 014 Grade 12 - N .1- Time : 45 minutes Name: Class: 12 C…. Mark : I. Choose the word with underlined. point ) 1. A. beauty B. mutual C. Europe D. reduce 2. A. attract B. destroy C. level D. occur III. Fill in each gap with one word from the table, there are more words than needed ( 1. 5 points): chance. into the correct tenses (2 points): 1. I ( buy) a new house last year but I (not sell) my old house yet so now I have two house. 2. We…………………………………her since 20 01. (not, meet) 3. Rivers usually