THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION Time allowed: 60 MINUTES I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. a. around b. mouse c. count d. country 2. a. mechanic b. achievement c. chemistry d. school 3. a. cut b. fun c. pull d. button 4.a. camera b. famous c. glad d. family 5. a. seat b. leave c. increase d. ready II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others. 6. a. computer b. important c. viagers d. condition 7. a. television b. community c. atmosphere d. damage 8. a. documentary b. recommend c. photography d. information 9.a. channel b. cartoon c. headline d. popular 10. a. persuade b. relax c. research d. export III. Choose the word or phrase – a, b, c, or d - that best completes each sentence. 11. Yesterday, when I at the station, the train for 15 minutes. a. arrived/ had left b. arrived/ left c. had arrived/ left d. arrived/ has left 12. Would you mind me a hand with these bags? a. give b. to give c. giving d. to giving 13. When I was a child I fishing with my father on Sunday mornings. a. went b. had gone c. used to g o d. was used to going 14. Marie Curie harbored the dream of a career which was impossible for a woman at that time. a. scientist b. scientific c. science d. scientifically 15. The meeting had been cancelled the chairman's absence. a. because b. because of c. in spite of d although 16. My favorite at school was mathematics. a. topic b. class c. theme d. subject 17. This computer isn't capable running this software. a. on b. of c. in d. for 18. A personal communicator helps you to with other computers and with people around the-world. a. demonstrate b. transmit c. content d. interact 19. Students for English is a second language should consider taking the course. a. who b. whom c. that d. whose 20. When is not known. a. was the wheel invented b. inventing the wheel c. the wheel was invented c. the invention of the wheel 21. Every computer consists of a number of system together. a. by working b. work c. they work d. that work 22. The clothes are still dirty because I forgot on the machine. a. switching b. to switch c. switch d. switched 23. Ann quit her job at the advertising agency, surprised everyone. a. which b. that c. who d. that. is 24. If I John tonight, I …………… him my plans. a. saw/ told b. will see/ will tell c. see/ will tell d. will see/ tell 25. He asked me for him. a. how long have I been waiting b. how long I have been waiting c. how long had I been waiting d. how long I had been waiting IV. Choose the underlined part - A, B, C or D - that needs correcting. 26. She wanted to know if I saw Paul recently. A B C D 27. The installation of the new computer system will completed by next month A B C D 28. My car, that I have owned for five years, is a Ford. A B C D 29. Have the play already started when you got to the theater? A B C D. 30. Even though the extremely bad weather in the mountains, my friends decided not to cancel their A B C trip across the mountain pass. D V. Choose the correct sentence - a, b, c or d which has the same meaning to the given one. 31. My mother never allows me to go out alone at night. a. I was not allowed to go out alone at night. b. My mother never lets me go out alone at night. c. My mother never goes out alone at night. d. I usually go out with my mother at night. 32. We haven't been to the concert for two years. a. The last time we went to the concert was two years ago. b. It's two years since we went to the concert. c. We didn't go to the concert two years ago. d. Both a and b are correct. 33. Although they were very poor, the children seemed happy. a. The children seemed unhappy-because they were very poor. b. The children were very poor,- so they seemed happy. c. Despite their poverty, the children seemed happy. d. The children seemed happy whether they were poor or rich. 34. He used to travel around the country doing gigs. a. He liked traveling around the country to do gigs b. He no longer travels around the country doing gigs. c. He was accustomed to traveling around the country doing gigs. d. He never travels around the country doing gigs. 35. Don't forget to go to the supermarket after work. a. He requested me not forget to go to the supermarket after work. b. He asked; me not to forget to go to the supermarket after work. c. He told me that I shouldn't forget to go to the supermarket after work. d. He reminded me to go to the supermarket after work. VII. Choose the one option - a, b, c, or d - that best completes the passage. The last two decades have seen enormous changes in the way people's (36) are affected, by IT. Twenty years ago, few people had access to a computer whilst today (37) people use them at work, home or school and use of e-mail and the Internet is an every day event. These developments have brought many (38) to our lives. Email makes communication much easier and more immediate. This has numerous benefits for business. commerce, and education. The World Wide Web means that information on every conceivable subject is now (39) to us. Clearly, for many people this has made life much easier and more convenient. However, not all the effects of the new technology have been beneficial. Many people feel that the (40) use of e-mail is destroying traditional forms of communication such as letter writing, telephone and face-to-face conversation. With ever increasing use of information technology these (41) elements are likely to increase in the future. In addition, the huge size of the Web means it is almost (42) to control and regulate. This has led to many concerns regarding children (43) unsuitable websites. Yet perhaps the biggest threat to IT in years to come will be the computer (44) more sophisticated or more destructive strains are almost inevitable. In conclusion, developments in IT have brought many benefits. (45) I believe developments relating to new technology in the future are 'likely to produce many negative effects that will need to be addressed very carefully. 36. a. live b. lives c. living d. life 37.a. most b. most of c. most of the d. almost 38. a. services b. uses c. benefits d. effects 39. a. free b. convenient c. unused d. available 40. a. widespread b. immediate c. particular d. continued 41. a. positive b. negative c. careless d. trivial 42. a. possible b. impractical c. likely d. impossible 43. a. accessing, b. approaching c. entering d. getting 44. a. disease b. program c. virus d. software 45. a. so b. moreover c. therefore d. yet VII. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer. Galileo Galilei, one of the first modern scientists, was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1564. About twenty years later he attended the University of Pisa. At first he studied philosophy, but later he studied mathematics and astronomy. He was interested in the way the earth and other planets move around the sun. He made the telescope, which made far-away things look larger and easier to examine. He also started the new way of working in science. Before Galileo; scientists did not do experiments. They just guessed about how something happened. Galileo was different. He did not just make guesses. He did experiments and watched to see what happened. Galileo was famous for his study of how things fall. He was the first person to do experiments about this problem. Before, people thought that heavy things always fell faster than light things. He found out that this was not true. He took a heavy ball and a light ball and he dropped them both from a high place. They fell at the same speed. This meant that weight is not important. This is the law of failing bodies. it is an important law for understanding our world. The life of the scientist was not always easy in the 1500s. For example, Galileo got into trouble because of his scientific ideas. His ideas were not the same as the religious ideas at the time. Many religious people did not agree with him. During his whole life he had to worry about this. He even went to -prison for a while. But no one could stop him from thinking: He continued to look for scientific answers to his questions about the world. 46. Galileo Galilei studied all of the following EXCEPT a. philosophy b. mathematics c. astronomy d. experiments 47. Galileo started a new way of working in science in which a. he made guesses about how things happened. b. he did experiments to see how things happened. c. he made guesses about how things happened before doing experiments. d. he was interested in the way things happened 48. In his study of how thin g s fall. Galileo found out that a. heavy things did not fall faster than light things. b. light things always fell faster than heavy things. c. weight i5 not important. d. a and c are correct. 49. According to the passage, a. Galileo made the telescope to discover some new planets. b. Galileo's scientific ideas were different from the reli g ious ideas at that time. c. Galileo's scientific ideas were accepted by many religious people. d. Galileo found out lots of important facts about our world. 50. Which of the following is not true about Galileo? a. He was an Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist. b. He was the rst to do experiments about how thin g s happened . Have the play already started when you got to the theater? A B C D. 30. Even though the extremely bad weather in the mountains, my friends decided not to cancel their A B C trip across the. the University of Pisa. At first he studied philosophy, but later he studied mathematics and astronomy. He was interested in the way the earth and other planets move around the sun. He made the. THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION Time allowed: 60 MINUTES I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. a. around b. mouse