PART ONE : PHONETICS A/.Pick out the word whose underlined part has the pronunciation different from that of the other words. 1 a. steal b. break c. wake d. hate 2a. increase b. independent c. ink d. income 3a. book b. put c. brook d.booth 4a musket b. business c. muscle d. muscular 5a. brother b. mathematics c. think d. dethrone B/. Mark the main stress on these words: 1. perseverance 2. opportunities 3. industry 4 . refugee 5.artificial 6. persuade 7. museum 8. imperialist 9. decade 10. military PART TWO : VOCABULARY Put the word in brakets in their appropriate form: 1. AIDS is the most dangerous…………… disease of the 20 th century. ( infect) 2. The D war zone was the famous military base during the two……………wars. ( resist). 3. There has been a……………. crisis in Asia ( money) 4. When a small bar of a magnet is attached to a pigeon, it is……… to navigate. (able) 5. The Titanic was not only the largest ship that has ever been built but was regarded as ……. (sink) 6. …………………… drugs has theatened the young generation. (legal) 7. UFO stands for an ………………………. Flying object . ( identify) 8. A new economic……………………… zone has been established in our province. ( process) 9. Most of the surgical instruments are made of………………steel. (stain) 10.The French …………… were defeated at Dien Bien Phu on 7-5-1954. (colony) 11. PART THREE : GRAMMAR Rewrite the sentences so that they have the exact meaning as the original ones. 1. He speaks more persuasively than his brother. He is a…………………………………………………………………. 2. Mary told the police about the burglary. Mary reported………………………………………… 3. I never intended to go to the meeting. I never had……………………………………………………. 4. He forgot about the gun until he got home. Not until…………………………………………………… 5.You really should be able to dress yourself by now ! It / s high time……………………………………………………… PART FOUR : CLOSE TEST Fill in each number space with one appropriate word. Pop music has (1) ……. Been influenced by ( 2)…… forms of music: an important (3) ……… is folk music. Folk songs are the songs (4)………… and sung by (5)…………. People. The songs may be hundereds of years old, so (6)……………… knows who originally composed them. Modern musis is (7)……………… music (8)…… dancing. In Britain it was traditionally played (9) ………… instruments (10)……………………. Flute, accordion. PART FIVE : WRITING Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce complete sentences. Write each sentence in the space provided. Dear Bill, 1. I /expect / you be surprise / get / letter/ me. 2. As /can/see/ address above/ I be/ hospital. 3. Last Wednesday/ I have/ accident/ when I / drive / work. 4. Child / run out/ front/ my car / and I/ HAVE/ STOP/SUDDEN/ that car behind/ crash/ me. 5. Luckily/ I wear/ seat belt/ so /I/ not injure badly/ although/ have/ stay/ here/ next Friday. 6. It/ be/ very boring/ I be pleased/ see/ if you/ have spare time. 7. Visiting hours/ be/ 7.00 to 9.00/evening. 8. I/hope/ able/ come. 9. Give/ my/ regards your family. 10. Look forward/ see you/ again. - The end - KEY PART ONE : PHONETICS A/.Pick out the word whose underlined part has the pronunciation different from that of the other words. ( 2m) 1A 2C 3D 4B 5A B/. Mark the main stress on these words: (4m) 1. perse / verance 2. oppor / tunities 3. / industry 4 . refu / gee 5.arti / ficial 6. per / suade 7. mu / seum 8. im / perialist 9. / decade 10. / military PART TWO : VOCABULARY Put the word in brakets in their appropriate form: (4m) 1. infectious 2. resistance 3. monetary 4. unable 5. unsinkable 6. illeglal 7. unidentified 8. processing 9. stainless 10. colonialists. PART THREE : GRAMMAR Rewrite the sentences so that they have the exact meaning as the original ones.(2m) 1. He is a more persuasive SPEAKER/ ORATOR than his brother. 2. Mary reported the burglar to the police 3 .I never had any intention of going to the meeting 4. Not unti he got home did he remember about the gun 5. It / s high time you were able to dress youself. PART FOUR : CLOSE TEST (4m) 1. always 2. other 3. form 4 composed 5.country 6. nobody 7. often 8. for 9.with 10. like PART FIVE : WRITING Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce complete sentences. Write each sentence in the space provided.(4m) Dear Bill, 1. I expect you will be surprised to get a letter from me. 2. As you can see from the address above I am in hospital. 3. Last Wednesday I had an accident when I was driving to work. 4. A child ran outin front of my car , and I Had to STOP so SUDDENly that the car behind crash into me. 5. Luckily I was wearing a seat belt so I wasn / t injured badly although I may have to stay here until next Friday. 6. It is very boring, and I would be pleased to see if you have any spare time. 7. Visiting hours are 7.00 to 9.00 in the evening. 8. I hope you are able to come. 9. Give my regards to your family. 10. Look forward seeing you again. THE END . mathematics c. think d. dethrone B/. Mark the main stress on these words: 1. perseverance 2. opportunities 3. industry 4 . refugee 5.artificial 6. persuade 7. museum 8. imperialist 9. decade 10. military . in our province. ( process) 9. Most of the surgical instruments are made of………………steel. (stain) 10. The French …………… were defeated at Dien Bien Phu on 7-5-1954. (colony) 11. PART THREE : GRAMMAR Rewrite. forms of music: an important (3) ……… is folk music. Folk songs are the songs (4)………… and sung by (5) ………. People. The songs may be hundereds of years old, so (6)……………… knows who originally composed