Reading comprehension: Choose the words or phrases that best fit the blank spaces.. New Year’s Day.[r]
(1)I Pronunciation: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others
1 A overcome B worry C wonder D involve
2 A transit B silly C little D child
3 A task B start C sack D past
4 A stamped B laughed C whistled D walked
5 A natural B fuels C fumes D human
II Find the one choice that best completes the sentence: A> Vocabulary.
6 Thank you for inviting me to the rice-cooking
A holiday B festival C tour D excursion
7 The competition tests the players’ ability to make a fire without matches or lighters
A fire-made B fire-making C making fire D fire maker
8 In the competition, a team member must take a bottle of water and return to their team
A fetching water B water-fetched C water-fetcher D water-fetching
9 – Why did that man shout? – He his teammate to run faster
A urged B encouraged C persuaded D Both A and B
10 Six people from each team in the rice-cooking contest
A get B make C work D participate
11 They have to the rice from the husk and then cook the rice
A separate B take up C get out D divide
12 – they decide who win the contest? – By adding the points
A Which B What C How D Why
13 The judges try the products and the most delicious rice is the winner
A finish B finished C finishing D finisher
14 Then all the points are added and the is awarded
A grand price B great prize C final prize D grand prize
15 The was pleased to award the prize to the winner team
A council leader B group worker C group leader D council advisor
B> Grammar & Structures.
16 I said that I my own apartment
A have B has C had D having
17 He said “I don’t like living in the dorm.” He told me that living in the dorm
A he didn’t like B he hadn’t like C he doesn’t like D he wouldn’t like
18 “I will answer the phone.” He says the phone
A he would answer B he would answer C will he answer D would he answer
19 “I go to school by bike.” She said that by bike
A she goes to school B she did go to school C she went to school D I went to school
20 “We always try to please you.” Ha said that
A they always try to please me B they always tried to please you
C they always try to please you D they always tried to please me
21 I told him that I on seventh Avenue
A lived B am living C live D has lived
22 Donna answer that she
A is ready B will be ready C was ready D had ready
23 She said that
A she’s looking forwards to seeing me B she was looking forwards to see me
C she’s looking forwards to seeing you D she was looking forwards to seeing me
24 Many different styles of watches today
A can be bought B can bought C can buy D can be buying
25 Do you own a watch? Where ?
A is it made B it is made C was it made D is it being made
26 The town by an earthquake last month
A were destroyed B were being destroyed C was being destroyed D was destroyed
27 I couldn’t sleep last night the noise me awake
A keeps B kept C has kept D is keeping
28 Nobody has ever done it before This before
A has never done B is being done C has never been done D was being done
29 my room every day
A is cleaned B was cleaned C has been cleaned D were cleaned
30 My car for two weeks Now it looks new
A is being repaired B was repaired C has been repaired D is repaired
(2)31 A machine could this much mare easy
A B C D
32 How are you? I didn’t see you for a long time
A B C D
33 The newspaper supposes to come every morning at eight
A B C D
34 A new parking garage being built for our office now
A B C D
35 Tom said that he had so much work to that he can’t go to the cinema with us
A B C D
36 Jane told me that she was at Jack’s party the night before
A B C D
37 What was happen at the party last night?
A B C D
38 Did you tell everyone the shocked news?
A B C D
39 I’d like to take part in the English-spoken contest at our school next week
A B C D
40 The Christmas Carol “Silent Night” is written by Franz Gruber in the 19th century.
A B C D
IV Reading comprehension: Choose the words or phrases that best fit the blank spaces
New Year’s Day
People (41) the world observe (42) customs on January 1st, the (43) day of the year on the
western calendar Some people clean and brightly (44) their houses; some people attend special church (45) In some places, there (46) fireworks In the United States and Canada, many people stay up late the night before, the New Year’s (47) , to celebrate at parties New Year’s Day is a time for peace and (48) During the day, people visit friends and (49) , giving each other best (50) for the new year
41 A all B over C through D throughout
42 A different B same C like D alike
43 A one B first C second D last
44 A wash B tidy C decorate D make
45 A doing B work C songs D services
46 A are B is C be D being
47 A Day B Eve C night D midnight
48 A love B like C hate D dislike
49 A visitors B comrades C relatives D family
50 A things B sentences C words D wishes