REVISION- THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST No.2 Time allotted: 60 mins I. Multiple choices: (5m) Pronunciation: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1) A. teacher B. scheme C. chemistry D. scholar 2) A. Autumn B. thank C. ring D. think 3) A. language B. large C. engineer D. marriage Choose a, b., c, d that best complete each unfinished sentence; substitutes the underlined part; or has a close meaning to the original one. 4). I always feel………… when I answer my teacher in front of the class A. embarrassed B. intimate C. impatient D. embarrassing 5) I was doing the test when my pencil suddenly………… A. broken B. broke C. to break D. breaking 6) When she finished dinner, everyone in her family………….to bed A. went B. gone C. was going D. had gone 7) He manages…………… as the leader of his high school. A. to be chosen B. being chosen C. to choose D. choosing 8)If she …………… a good student in the last school year, her parents…………….her computer A. had been/ would give B. is/ will give C. were/ would give D. had been/ would have given 9) Peter is busy mowing the lawn so he cannot answer the phone. A. cutting the lawn with a knife B. cutting the lawn with a pair of scissors C. cutting the lawn with a sickle D. cutting the lawn with a machine 10) The transition from school to work does not happen smoothly to everybody a. without difficulties B. full of troubles C. with problems D. plenty of challenges 11) If today were beautiful, we …………… to the beach A. would go B. will go C. had gone D. would have gone 12) They are whispering to avoid…………. by their friends A. being hearing B. hearing C. being heard D. to be heard 13) the customer said, “ I would like to buy a coat.” A. the customer wanted to buy a coat B. the customer said to buy a coat C. The customer told to buy a coat D. The customer warned her to buy a coat 14) They teacher recommended us………… those books because they have some knowledge that is necessary for us………… A. such much money B. such many money C. so much money D. so many money were hearing Error identification 15) Volunteers will be trained and placing according to the current needs and requirements, with A B C consideration of their skills and background. D 16) Illiterate in developing countries is still growing at an alarming rate and that fact has not changed much A B C D **. Reading: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage A YEAR WITH OVERSEAS VOLUNTEERS I was with Overseas Volunteers for a year after leaving university, and I was sent to and isolated village in Chad, about 500 km from the capital N’Djamena. Coming from a … (17) ….country, I got quite a shock as conditions were much harder than I had expected. But after a few days I soon got used to… (18) ….there. The people were always very friendly and helpful, and soon I began to appreciate how … (19)… the country was. One of my jobs was to supply the village water. The well was a long walk away. And the women used to spend a long time everyday…. (20)… heavy pots backwards and forwards. 17) A. rich B. comfortable C. well-paid D. luxurious 18) A. live B. lived C. living D. lives 19) A. beautiful B. good-looking C. handsome D. sweet 20) A. to carry B. carry C. carries D. carrying II. Writing: 5ms A. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets: (1m) 1) My parents make me………….(study) in the park, hand in hand with Jack 2) Before television ended, the children………………(go) to bed. 3) Stop asking your parents for money. If I ………….(be) you I would go out to find a job 4) If I had had any information about it, I ………………(phone) you immediately B. Rewrite the sentences. Using given cues: (2m) 1) “Why don’t we go to the cinema this evening” said Peter. Peter suggested……………………………………………………………………………………… 2) “ Don’t forget to post my letter, Sue” said Dianna Diana reminded…………………………………………………………………………………… 3) “If I come to work late another time, the boss will sack me immediately” said Jenny. Jenny said that ………………………………………………………………………………………… 4) He broke his mother’s vase I saw………………………………………………………………………………………… . C. Read the passage and answer the following questions: (2 m) I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND My name is Mary, and I came from Taiwan. Back there best friends always walk hand because holding hands is our way of showing friendship. Now that I have been here for several years. I know that the friend of the same sex, and even mothers and teenage daughters, seldom go hand in hand, but I didn’t know that when I first came to America. My first year in the United States, I met a girl who had been my classmate in Taiwan. We were excited that we had met again on the other side of the earth, and of course, we became best friends. No one really knew about us being best friends because we weren’t in the same class. Then one day, we were walking hand in hand down the street to get some ice cream. A classmate saw us and seemed very surprised to see us like that. She told us that in the United States, if people walk hand in hand, others will think they are lovers. Friends usually don’t hold hands. After that we never went hand in hand in public, but only we were in our own houses or among Chinese people. 1 In Taiwan, what does walking hand in hand express? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. How was Mary’s classmate like when she saw Mary and her friend walking hand in hand? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Is walking hand in hand in the United States a way to express close friendship? …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4. In the United States, if people walk hand in hand, what will others think? …………………………………………………………………………………………………. . REVISION- THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST No. 2 Time allotted: 60 mins I. Multiple choices: (5m) Pronunciation: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced. lawn with a knife B. cutting the lawn with a pair of scissors C. cutting the lawn with a sickle D. cutting the lawn with a machine 10) The transition from