In 1955, after completing his technical schooling, he entered military flight training at the Orenburg Pilot’s school..[r]
(1)Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1. A design B exist C biography D iron
2. A travel B survey C space D accommodate
3. A event B enjoy C energeticD experiment
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others: 4. A excursion B passenger C frontier D astronaut
5. A attack B exact C ancient D behave 6. A remain B famous C relax D pretend
Choose A, B, C or D that best completes each of the following sentences 7. He was the first guest _at the party last night
A arrives B arriving C arrived D to arrive
8. Neither of these roads _to the airport
A lead B leading C leads D A&C
9. None of the shops _open at ten o’clock last night
A were B are C is D have been
10. It was through the Internet _they got that song
A which B whom C who D that
11. My mother together with her friends often _in this park
A jog B jogged C jogging D jogs
12. We can _ dance _sing well
A neither/nor B either/or C meither/or D either/nor
13. I’m really not interested in sports I like _football _tennis
A either / nor B either/ or C neither/ or D neither/ nor 14. You have eaten nothing all day You _be very hungry
A could B might C should D must
15. He wasn't able to cope _the stresses and strains of the job
A in B with C to D at
16. I’m talking to the man _for more than 20 years
A I have known B to whom I have known
C which I have known D whose I have known
17. Even though I’d hurt my leg, I _swim back to the boat
A can B could C was able to D am able to
18. This restaurant is well-known for its friendly atmosphere and excellent service
A famous B outstanding C renowned D all are correct 19. The information you told me was so _that it made me _
A surprising/surprised B surprised / surprising C surprising/surprising D surprised/surprised 20. _I bought the golden fish
A It was this shop which B It was from this shop where C It was this shop that D It was from this shop that 21. The participants' efforts were much appreciated when they won some gold medals
A accepted B encouraged C understood D highly valued 22. Some films about violence have badly _on children
A taken B influenced C entertained D offered
23.My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play
A skillful B famous C perfect D modest
24. _ working for a research institute
A Both of they are B Both of them is C Both of them are D Both they Which of the following sentences expresses the same idea?
25. He hasn’t smoked a cigarette for nearly a week A It’s a cigarette that he smoked a week ago
(2)D It’s a week ago that he smoked a cigarette 26. Having put the child in bed, I phoned the doctor
A After I put the child in bed, I phoned the doctor B After I had put the child in bed, I phoned the doctor C After putting the child in bed, I phoned the doctor D After I have put the child in bed, I phoned the doctor 27. Although he is intelligent, he doesn’t well at school
A In spite of being intelligent, he doesn’t well at school B In spite of he is intelligent, he doesn’t well at school C Despite of being intelligent, he doesn’t well at school D Be intelligent, he doesn’t well at school
28. The men whom I don’t like are angry
A The men I don’t like are angry B The men who I don’t like are angry C The men that I don’t like are angry D All are correct
Choose the underlined part that needs correction 29. My teachers congratulated me for my success [on]
A B C D
30. There is a door at either ends of the corridor [end]
A B C D
31. I had an artist drawn my portrait It looked just like me [draw]
A B C D
32. The house which she lived was destroyed by the storm [in which/where]
A B C D
Read the following passage and choose the best answer to complete each blank YURI GAGARIN
Yuri Gagarin was born in Klushino near Gzhatsk, a region west of Moscow, Russia, on March 9, 1943 He was a Soviet (33) _who in 1961 became the first person in space and the first person to (34) _the Earth The adjacent town of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin in 1968 in his (35) _ His parents worked on a collective farm His mother was reportedly a voracious reader, and his father a skilled carpenter He was the third of four children (36) _his family His teachers described him as intelligent and hard-working (37) _starting an apprenticeship in a metal works as a foundry worker, he was (38) _for further training at a high technical school in Saratov While there, he joined the “AeroClub”, and learned how to (39) _a light spacecraft In 1955, after completing his technical schooling, he entered military flight training at the Orenburg Pilot’s school While there he met Valentina Goryacheva, (40) _he married in 1957, after gaining his pilot’s wings in a MiG-15 33. A cosmonaut B pilot C driver D sailor
34. A orbit B travel C set on D move
35. A name B honor C death D life
36. A on B for C in D at
37. A If B After C Because D Although 38. A decided B approved C invented D selected
39. A drive B take C ride D fly
40. A which B that C Ø D whom