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(1)TEST Part 1: Phonetics: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group A food B blood C boots D booth A promote B promise C proper D profit A legal B petal C pedal D level A conceal B pizza C zoo D success A item B idiom C idle D ideal Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group A ere B Japan C April D laser A divisible B holiday C dynamo D surgery A indent B remove C function D attach A manager B feudalism C telephone D foundation 10 A Germany B gradually C pavement D reception Part 2: Vocabulary - grammar and structures Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D 11 I regret _ my friend to my party A not to invite B inviting not C I didn’t invite D not inviting 12 Surgeons use a _ to perform an operation A scalpel B razor blade C sword D knife 13 We set off early _ we wouldn’t stuck in the traffic A because B so that C although D in case 14 On arriving home I found that she _ just a few minutes before A left B was leaving C leaves D had left 15 She is accustomed _ getting up early A at B in C with D to 16 He has been _ from school very often recently A absent B present C different D safe 17 The hotel _ we stayed wasn't very comfortable A which B where C that D who 18 He always wears clothes _ are too small for him A which B what C why D where 19 The people _ live next door to us are very nice A which B whom C who D whose 20 He is always busy He has _ time to relax A much B a little C little D a lot of 21 Would you like to _ to the United States? A trip B voyage C travel D went 22 Most people at some stage have a feeling _ Last saved by Janny Lop11.com 10/12/2007 (2) 23 24 25 A responsible B responsibility C of responsibility This stadium can hold _ A much audience B a large audience C much audiences When the mountain forests _ there can be large forest fires A become dry B becoming dry C become drying "What kind of work are you doing for that company?" "I'm _ as an administrator" A worked B occupied C hired D to be responsible D many audiences D drying D employed Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one? 26 The garden is too small to play football in A The garden is so small not to play football in B The garden is small enough to play football in C the garden isn’t big enough to play football in D The garden is such small that they can't play football in 27 Mary didn't wear the raincoat, so she got a cold A If Mary wore the raincoat, she wouldn't get cold B If Mary had worn the raincoat, she didn’t get a cold C If Mary had worn the raincoat, she wouldn't get cold D If Mary had worn the raincoat, she wouldn't get a cold 28 I am always nervous when I travel by air A Travel by air always makes me nervous' B Traveling by air always makes me nervous C I never travel by air because I sometimes feel nervous D I am always nervous, so I never travel by air 29 We couldn't go out because the weather was so bad A It was so bad a weather that we couldn't go out B It was such a bad weather that we couldn't go out C It was so bad weather that we couldn't go out D It was such bad weather that we couldn’t go out 30 They understand more than we A we don't understand as much as they B we don’t understand anything at all C they don't understand everything inside out D they are very intelligent Choose a word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting 31 I went (A) to the library (B) to get (C) as many information (D) as I could 32 (A) When (B) it is possible, I (C) will help you (D) later today 33 (A) No matter what happens, he (B) will not let me (C) to borrow (D) his computer 34 I think (A) it is a (B) spend (C) of money to buy (D) cigarettes 35 (A) Tonight I'm (B) going to stay (C) at home (D) with meself Last saved by Janny Lop11.com 10/12/2007 (3) Part 3: Reading Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D REBECCA STEVENS Rebecca Stevens was the first woman to climb Mount Everest Before she went up the highest mountain in the world, she was a journalist and lived in a small flat in south London In 1993, Rebecca left her job and her family and traveled to Asia with some other climbers She found that life on Everest is hard "You must carry everything on your back", she explained, "so you can only take things that you will need You can't wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn’t even take a toothbrush I am usually a clean person but there is no water, only snow Water is very heavy so you only take enough drink" When Rebecca reached the top of Mount Everest on May 17 1993, it was the best moment of her life suddenly she became famous Now she has written a book about the trip and people often ask her to talk about it she has a new job too, on a science programme on television Rebecca is well-known today and she has more money, but she still lives in the little flat in south London among her pictures and books about mountains! 36 37 38 39 40 Before Rebecca climbed Everest, she worked for A a factory B, a newspaper C a travel agent D a bookshop Rebecca went to Everest A with her family B without anyone C with a climbing group D with her close fiends Rebecca didn't take much luggage because she A didn’t have many things B had a bad back C didn’t like D had to carry it herself Rebecca didn’t wash on Everest because A it was too cold B there was not enough water C she is a dirty person D she was not permitted Rebecca became famous when she A got to the highest place in the world B was on a television programme C wrote a book about her trip D retied and lived in the little flat in London SHOULD SMOKING BE BANNED IN PUBLIC PLACES? (41) _ show beyond doubt that cigarette smoking can (42) _ the health, yet a surprising large number of people continue to smoke (43) _ all warnings By doing so they are not just shortening their own lives, they are also affecting the health of (44) _ around them It is time that non-smokers fought back Personally, I think smoking should (45) _ be banned in public places In the first place, it is very unpleasant (46) _ in a yourself smoke (47) _ to this, smoking can Last saved by Janny Lop11.com 10/12/2007 (4) be serious fire risk, especially in crowded places (48) _ discos Finally, in my opinion, nobody should be asked to risk his health just because of another person's bad habits Smokers may (49) _ that they should be free to as they like They say that we already have no-smoking areas in public places, and that this should be enough To my mind, however, non-smokers should also be free-free to go anywhere they choose without riskjing their health Smoking is harmful not just to smokers but to non-smokers, too If some people are foolish enough to continue this dangerous habit, it seems to me that they should at least be prevented (50) _ doing so in public 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 A Surveys A damage A thanks to A they A definite A sit A Add A for A protest A for B Conducts B destroy B in spite of B these B indefinite B to sit B Adding B as B object B at C Statistics C spoil C because of C those C indefinitely C sitting C To add C like C refuse C from D Evidence D hurt D due to D things D definitely D sat D Added D such D deserve D in b a a c b b a c d 10 d 11 d 12 a 13 b 14 d 15 d 16 a 17 b 18 a 19 c 20 c 21 c 22 c 23 b 24 a 25 d 26 c 27 c 28 b 29 d 30 a 31 c 32 d 33 c 34 b 35 d 36 a 37 d 38 a 39 d 40 b 41 c 42 a 43 b 44 c 45 d 46 b 47 d 48 c 49 a 50 c Last saved by Janny Lop11.com 10/12/2007 (5)