TEST 1 I.Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 1.a. Spanish b.habit c. necessary d.satisfactory 2.a. mend b.semester c. letter d.report 3.a. comment b.promise c. shop d.improve 4.a. meaning b.heart c. eat d.speak 5.a. across b.come c.excellent d.satisfactory II.Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 6.He tried to give up smoking but couldn’t break the_______ . a. hobby b. habit c. pastime d. favor 7.Our team won the game because we played very a. good b. well c. goody d.better 8.You_____ take the baby to the doctor. a. should b. ought c. need d. has to 9.The doctor______ he should take a few days off. a. say b. said c. ask d. tell 10.He was more than a little proud _____ himself. a. about b. to c. of d.for 11.The Chinese team ______ in the competition. a.work very hard b.workedvery hard c.work very hardly d. worked very hardly 12. James is very ill; he ______ to the hospital. a. need to go b. needs to go c. nee d going d.needs going 13.His ______ towards me is very strange. a. behave b. behavior c. behaved d.behaving 14.I was born in Vietnam; Vietnamese is my______ . a. mother tongue b. first language c. foreign language d. a & b 15.How do you______ your name? a. pronunciation b. pronounce c.pronounced d. pronoun III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English. 16. He said that his mother was a badly cook. A B C D 17. I should work harder at my English pronunciation. A B C D 18. I got good grades at English and History. A B C D 19. They write the meaning of new words by their mother tongue. A B C D 20. Next I’d like you to make the grammar exercises on page 10. A B C D IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. Kenji and Ykari are new students in Peter’s class. They are from Japan. They said they (21) ____ together, (22) ____ a week. They studied their textbook (23) ______ it has the grammar at the back. They learned the rules (24) _____ heart and then they wrote (25) _____ of sentences and examples, and practiced with conversations. 21. a. revised b. revision c. learned d. learning 22. a. once b. one c. two d. a & b 23. a. so b. so that c. because d. in order to 24. a. with b. by c. on d. in 25. a. lot b. lots c. many d. much V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it. Dear Maria, At last! Hooray! We finished all our exams yesterday. The last one was History. It was horrible. I think History is really difficult because I can’t remember all the facts and the dates. I did seven subjects. The worst were Science and History. I found them very difficult. I always forget most of the things we’ve learned. The best subject this year was Geography, but we only had it twice a week. We’re going to Wales in the middle of August, to see my granddad. Would you like to come with us? Mum says it’s OK. Please write and tell me about your year at school. What was it like? Were your exams easy? Bye for now. Peter 26. This is a letter to _____ . a. a brother b. a sister c. a friend d. granddad 27. How many subjects did Peter take exams? a. two b. three c. four d. seven 28. Peter was good at _____ . a. History b. Science c. Geography d. Math 29. What does the word ‘forget’ in line 6 mean? a. not remember b. not know c. not understand d. not like 30. Peter wanted to______ . a. complain about his exams b. tell Maria about his year at school c. ask Mario to go toWales with his family d. b&c are correct . Science and History. I found them very difficult. I always forget most of the things we’ve learned. The best subject this year was Geography, but we only had it twice a week. We’re going to Wales. tell me about your year at school. What was it like? Were your exams easy? Bye for now. Peter 26. This is a letter to _____ . a. a brother b. a sister c. a friend d. granddad 27. How many subjects. last! Hooray! We finished all our exams yesterday. The last one was History. It was horrible. I think History is really difficult because I can’t remember all the facts and the dates. I did seven