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(1)TEST 11 Part 1: Phonetics: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group A me B free C prefer D repeat A India B river C finger D teacher A include B sun C gun D under A chocolate B office C forty D dog A tape B change C shave D thousand Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group A hospital B October C customer D heroism A coffee B mountain C daughter D escape A dentist B sailor C station D horizon A family B visitor C pyjamas D February 10 A industrial B marvelous C instant D dangerous Part 2: Vocabulary - grammar and structures Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D 11 "Are you _ in trying out the new diner?" "Yes, we are" A cared B attended C concerned D interested 12 It will be hard to say goodbye to Bill and Anne We are _ at the airport A see them off B see off them C seeing them off D seeing off them 13 "When did you get the bike?" "My father gave _" A me the bike last night B to me the bike last week C to me the bike last night D last night the bike to me 14 When John got home from work, _ A He has made a cup of coffee B he was making a cup of coffee C He makes a cup of coffee D He made a cup of coffee 15 Anne believes she is the _ young lady in the world A most pretties B most pretty C prettiest D most prettiest 16 He managed _ his way through the maze A to find B to find out C to found D to found out 17 I wasn't _ with my exam result A please B pleased C pleasing D pleasant 18 After _ his homework, Tom went out to play with his friends A finish B to finish C finishing D the finish of 19 _ go to on holiday to California or Florida? A Do you rather B Will you rather C Would you rather D Won't you rather 20 "Who was the woman I saw you laughing with yesterday?" "She was _" A the woman next B the next door woman C the woman next to the door D the woman next by the door Last saved by Janny Lop11.com 8/23/2019 (2) 21 22 23 24 25 Such news is always _ to be true A good B very good C so good This is the place _ the body was found A that B which C where David seems to be _ A in hurry B in a hurry C on a hurry Why don't you try to come home _ o'clock? A by B under C until My father _ to the Golf Club for the past 25 years A was belonging B has belonged C has been belonged D too good D there D hurrying D up to D has belonging Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one? 26 "I'm not feeling very well", Nam tells his mother Nam tells his mother (that) _ A she's not feeling very well B he's not feeling very well C I'm not feeling very well D they're not feeling very well 27 Mr Long is a strict teacher in our school Do you know him? A Do you know him Mr Long is a strict teacher in our school? B Do you know Mr Long, is a strict teacher in our school? C Do you know Mr Long, a strict teacher in our school? D Do you know a strict teacher in our school is Mr Long? 28 What a pity! They missed the football match on TV yesterday A They wish they missed the football match on TV yesterday B They wish the didn't miss the football match on TV yesterday C They wish they hadn't missed the football match on TV yesterday D They wish they would miss the football match on TV yesterday 29 Well, this tea is too hot for me to drink now A I wish I could drink this tea B I wish this tea weren't hot C I wish this tea wouldn’t be too hot D all are correct 30 "My teacher gave me this exercise yesterday", said the girl A the girl said (that) my teacher gave me this exercise yesterday B The girl said (that) her teacher gave her this exercise yesterday C The girl said (that) her teacher had given her this exercise yesterday D The girls said (that) her teacher had given her that exercise the previous day Choose a word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting 31 If you don't (A) mind I'd like to have (B) a few salt on my (C) food before it (D) gets any colder 32 He never (A) takes a day (B) off work and when he is (C) at work he always works very (D) hardly 33 My (A) language has (B) the same grammar (C) with (D) yours 34 He finds it very (A) difficult to communicate (B) with people who (C) doesn't have the same language (D) as his Last saved by Janny Lop11.com 8/23/2019 (3) 35 Time (A) spends very (B) slowly when you are waiting (C) for a bus (D) to arrive Part 3: Reading Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Few people can embody the spirit of early America as much as Benjamin Franklin He lived through almost the whole of the eighteenth century, being born six years after it began, and dying ten years before it ended In this time he saw the American colonies grow from tiny settlements into a nation, and he also contributed much to the development of the new state At the age of 17 Franklin ran away to Philadelphia he had already received some training as a printer's apprentice, and this helped him seven years later, with his first publication, the Pennsylvania Gazette He also received a contract to government printing work, which helped him to rise from his poor background to become a successful entrepreneur Some of his experience in business was hared in his famous Poor Richard's Almanak, which established his reputation throughout the American colonies In another of his works, the Autobiography, which was written toward the end of his life, he shows the same quiet common sense He was deeply interested in science and natural history, and his experiments with electricity and lightning led directly to the invention of the lightning rod he was also interested in improving the conditions of his fellow men He was involved in a number of projects in his native Philadelphia, including the setting up of a library, a university, a philosophical society, and - because he was a pragmatic man - a fire prevention service In 1753, he became Postmaster - General of the colonies Through this experience he began to develop the idea that the colonies of North American should be a single nation Later, he went to London to try to persuade the British government to change the conditions, especially the taxes, that latter led the American colonists into rebellion Whatever Benjamin Franklin's personal feeling about the rebellion of the American states, he worked hard to make it succeed As ambassador to France, he encouraged the French to help George Washington After the war he attended the American constitutional congress This was his last contribution, for he died later that year He is still fondly remembered by Americans as one of the creators of the United States 36 37 38 What is a good description for this test? A An autobiography of Benjamin Franklin B The life of Benjamin Franklin C The works of Benjamin Franklin D Franklin and American Independence When was Benjamin Franklin born? A 1806 B 1794 C 1717 D 1706 Which of these did he not help to create? A The lightning rod B The Postmaster General of the colonies Last saved by Janny Lop11.com 8/23/2019 (4) 39 40 C A university D The United States How did Franklin feel about the British government? A It should change its policies B It should help the French C It should have never governed America D It should make the colonies into a nation In which countries did Franklin live? A England and France B Philadelphia and England C London and America D England, America and France EARLY EUROPEAN DOLLS Dolls have existed as children's playthings for thousands of years However, they were (41) _ manufactured as toys in large numbers in Germany in the (42) _ century The centres of the industry were factories at Nuremberg, Augsburg, and Sonneberg The dolls were primitive and (43) _ of wood, clay, rags, and wax They were dressed in clothes to look like German women of the time Soon factories in England, France, Holland, and Italy, as well as Germany, began (44) _ dolls dressed in fashions typical of their respective countries Another (45) _ of doll, "lady" dolls, were extremely expensive and elegant, and were used as gifts (46) _ the aristocracy These dolls, and the "fashion" dolls, which were later manufactured in Paris, have remained popular (47) _ since Such dolls were often used to model the latest clothing trends and were sent from one country to another to show off the latest fashions Today they are prized collector's items By the 17th century, however, (48) _ dolls began to appear, made of cloth or leather, and these were very (49) _ as toys for both boys and girls There were several improvements in manufacturing Dolls' heads became more realistic, and new materials we used (50) _ in the 18th century manufactures developed soft leather which felt like human skin, and this was used in the more expensive dolls Dolls began to look, feel, and move more like humans 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 A initially A recent A fabricated A production A brand A among A also A latest A adapted A Soon B factored B fifteenth B construction B produce B make B for B for B cloth B suitable B But C first C fifteen C fabric C producing C breed C to C ever C then C useful C Early D final D fiveteen D made D produced D type D with D until D simpler D utilized D When c d a c d b d d c 10 a 11 d 12 c 13 c 14 d 15 b 16 b 17 c 18 c 19 c 20 a Last saved by Janny Lop11.com 8/23/2019 (5) 21 d 22 c 23 b 24 a 25 b 26 b 27 c 28 c 29 d 30 d 31 b 32 d 33 b 34 c 35 a 36 b 37 d 38 b 39 a 40 d 41 c 42 b 43 d 44 c 45 d 46 a 47 c 48 d 49 b 50 c Last saved by Janny Lop11.com 8/23/2019 (6)