TEST 45’ I. MULTIPLE CHOICE A. PRONUNCIATION : Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest : 1.a.needed b. worked c.stopped d.booked 2.a. lose b. women c. prove d. movie 3.a. cheap b. child c. chair d. chemist 4.a. lift b. sign c. light d. might 5.a. books b. cats c. dogs d. maps B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR: Choose one word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence: 6. The yearly golf ______ will be held in that resort next month. a. tournament b. organization c. governing d. finalist 7. Barcelona was chosen to be _____ of the 1992 Olympic Games. a. championship b. representative c. host d. spectator 8. The ______ of SARS caused some certain loss in tourism of many countries. a. increase b. blow c. outbreak d. reach 9. Although established not long ago, the Women’s World Cup is growing in popularity. a. put up b. made up c. given up d. set up 10. The World Cup is the most interesting ______ that millions of people all over the world are looking forward to. a. tournament b. event c. championship d. outbreak 11. Football is certainly the biggest ___________ sport in Britain. a. finalist b. spectator c. establishment d. champion 12. Walking and golf increased in _____ during the 1980s. a. popular b. popularly c. popularize d. popularity 13. In my ______ there were about 20 thousand spectators at the stadium. a. estimate b. estimaIion c. estimated d. estimative 14. _____ at football is always the most crowded. a. Attend b. Attendance c. Attendant d. Attendee 15. Due to the outbreak ______ the epidemic, the games had to be cancelled. a in b.for c.of d.to 16. She was determined that she would be equal _______any other athlete a. for b. as c. to d.with 17. Taking exercise is very important ______ our health. a. to b. with c. for d. on 18. The crowd at a football match are very _______. a. excitement b. exciting c. excited d. excitedly 19. The trainer made a public ______ for the team’s poor performance. a. apologize b. apologizing c. apology d. apologist 20. Universities are very ______ for the best students. a. compete b. competition c. competitor d. competitive 21. Most of the students enjoyed the mental ________ of that challenging assignment a. stimulate b. stimulation c. stimulus d. stimulative 22. Mary often found her teacher’s remarks stimulating. a. participating b. interesting c enjoying d. encouraging 23. Some English Competition are ______ to stimulate the spirit of learning English among students. a. explained b. participated c. competed d. organized 24. He has only one aim in life, which is to become wealthy. a. purpose b. sponsor c. contest d. score 1 25. Johnny will have completed his five-year course at university next month. a. finished b. found c. tried d. enjoyed C. ERROR IDENTIFICATION: Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect: 26. Although taking a taxi, Bill arrived late for the concert. a b c d 27. She worked too hard that she became ill. a b c d 28. The crops are late this year because of the weather is cold. a b c d 29.We went out for a walk after we have had our dinner. a b c d 30. I wish that he is here now. a b c d D. COMPREHENSION: 1. Read the passage and make the correct choice Many people have recognized television a type of (31) _____ that exists in many countries. Nowadays, people usually (32) _____ most of their spare time (33) _____ T.V. Films of all kinds are the favourite programs of many viewers, young and old alike. However, television (34) _____ us on the native way, too. We have seen a lot of movies about (35) _____ on T.V every day. 31. a. basement b. accomplishment c. achievement d. entertainment 32. a. take b. spend c. pay d. use 33. a. taking b. waiting c. watching d. interesting 34. a. affects b. efforts c. makes d. brings about 35. a. violence b. importance c. distance d. acceptance 2. Read the following passage and choose the best answer: The modern Olympic Games began again in 1896. They takes place every four years. They cannot be held in a country which is at war, and during the two world wars there were no Olympic Games. During the Olympic Games there are competitions in many kinds of sports. They are, for example, running, jumping, athletics, swimming, boxing, basketball, football and others. The Winter Olympic Games took place in 1924, and now they also takes place every four years. At the Winter Games, many countries take part in competitions in skiing, skating, ice hockey and other winter sports. The sportmen who take first, second, and third places receive gold, silver and bronze medals. The Olympic Games are very popular. All the lovers of sports watch the games on TV and many of them come to see them from all over the world. The Olympic Games really help strengthen world peace and friendship. 36.The Olympic Games are organized ________. a. every year b. every four years c. in the winter d. in a country which is at war 37. The Winter Olympic Games were first held _______. a. in 1896 b. during the two world wars c. four years ago d. in 1924 38. The sportman who comes second in a competition receives _______. a. no medal b. a gold medal c. a silver medal d. a bronze medal 39. The Olympic Games _______. a. bring about peace and friendship b. help strengthen the hostility among countries c. are held only for winter games d. are not known by all the lovers of sports 40. The phrase ‘take part in’ can be replaced by______. a. enter b. be interested in c. like d. refuse II. WRITING: Rewrite the following sentences: 41. It was such a warm evening that we had dinner outside in the garden. - The evening was so ________________________________________ 2 42.Getting up early doesn’t suit me at all. - I’m not used ______________________________________________ 43. “I’m sorry I’m late”, Ben said. -Ben apologised ____________________________________________ 44.The book was so interesting that I couldn’t put it down. It was ____________________________________________________ 45.I spent one hour doing my homework last night. - It took____________________________________________________ 3 . TEST 45’ I. MULTIPLE CHOICE A. PRONUNCIATION : Choose the word which has the. are looking forward to. a. tournament b. event c. championship d. outbreak 11. Football is certainly the biggest ___________ sport in Britain. a. finalist