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Read and choose the best answer to complete the following passage: A WELSH FESTIVAL.. Wales has a population of about three million.[r]

Test for excellent students (time allowed :120 minutes)

Name School

I Circle the word that has a different sound from the others of each group.

1) A tool B moon C soon D cook

2) A population B hope C compose D control

3) A happened B crossed C followed D fluttered

4) A proud B about C around D would

5) A hour B honor C host D honest

6) A meeting B seen C cheer D been

7) A fear B tear C bear D hear

8) A think B though C thing D thumb

9) A publish B popular C documentary D refuse

10) A sew B few C drew D news

II Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.

1 A gather B

environment C exist D export

2 A government B experiment C expensive D explain

3 A extinction B explorer C failure D creation

4 A demonstration B disappear C distribution D discover

5 A prevention B function C predict D protect

6 A separate B protect C provide D release

7 A attract B advance C adventure D battle

8 A borrow B canal C camera D button

9 A design B cancer C cattle D dairy

10 A favorite B effective C Egyptian D electricity

III Choose the best answer to complete the sentences (2 marks). I ………… a letter to my friends

A posted B issued C collected D published

2 We can’t go camping today The weather is …………

A fine B warm C snowy D sunny

3 The purpose of the examination was to ……… the students’ knowledge of the subject

A try B inspect C prove D test

4 She asked me ………….I like eating chocolates

A if B and C that D but

5 He used to walk a long way to work Now he ………… to work

A still walks B no longer walks C walks D did not walk This is the place where the car turned …………

A on B off C up D over

A just B frequently C often D usually The children ………… to the zoo

A were enjoyed to take B enjoyed being taken

C were enjoyed talking D enjoy taking

9 Let’s go, ………….we?

A don’t B shall C will D

10 The synonym of the verb “deny” is …………

A permit B refuse C allow D admit

IV: Read the text below and look carefully at each line Some of the lines are correct and some have a word which should not be there If a line is correct, put a tick (√) If the line has a word which should not be there, write the word.

Cars became popular as a quick and comfortable way of getting _ (√)

_

around This is still true when you will drive along a quiet country 00. will

_

road or a modern motorway As far as you getting from one place

to another in the city is concerned, it is a different story Whenever

I want to get up anywhere in a hurry, I leave the car at home and go

on foot It often turns out to be much more quicker I still make

the mistake now and again of thinking the car is an efficient means

of a transport The other day my fife was feeling a bit under the

weather She had been having terrible headache for some long

time and she decided she couldn’t take it any more and asked from

me to give her a lift to the doctor, whose surgery is in the centre

part of the town We live in a suburb in the old quarter of the city 10. _

and it is twenty minutes away on foot

V Supply correct form of the verbs in brackets

I had two accidents last month First, my friend and I were riding on our bicycles and it (1) ……… (rain).We (2) ……….(ride) fast because we (3) ……… (want) to get home I (4) ……….(turn) the corner when suddenly, a cat (5) ……….(run) in front of my bike I tried (6)

few days after that, I (8) ……….(walk) up the stairs in my apartment when I

(9) ……… (hurt) my ankle Fortunately, I (10) ……….(not break)

it, but it wasn’t a good month

VI Fill in the blanks with correct form of the words given in brackets The families in our street are slowly being driven mad by the (1)……… (refuse) of the inhabitants of No 13 to have any form of (2)………

(communicate) with them The trouble started over what is known as noise (3) ……… (pollute) Every evening the (4) ……… (think)

neighbors used to turned up the volume on the TV so loud that no one in the (5) ……… (neighbor) was able to hear anything else Not knowing what (6) ……… (act) to take, local residents held a meeting to see if anyone had any (7)……… (suggest) as to how to deal with the problem A (8)

……… (decide) was made to send a number of people to talk to the family in

No 13 and ask them (9) ……… (polite) to turn their music down after six in

the evening (10) … … (Fortunately), the visit did not turn out to be successful, as the habitants of No 13 refused to talk to them, so on the advice of local police, the matter is now in the hands of the court

VI Read and choose the best answer to complete the following passage: A WELSH FESTIVAL

Wales has a population of about three million English is the main language and only twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English Every year, (1) ………… August there

is a Welsh-speaking festival It (2) ………… place in a different town each year so everyone has a chance for it to be near them Local people (3) _ years making plans

for when the festival will be in (4) _ town Each festival is (5) _ by about

160.000 people They travel not only from nearby towns and villages (6) _ also from

the rest of the British Isles and (7) _ from abroad There are concerts, plays and (8)

_ to find the best singers, poets, writers and so on Shops sell Welsh music, books,

pictures and clothes as (9) _ as food and drink The festival provides a chance for

Welsh-speaking people to be together for a whole week, with (10) _ Welsh language

all around them

2 a takes b finds c has d makes

3 a pass b put c spend d

4 a our b their c his d its

5 a arrived b attended c visited d come

6 a but b and c since d however

7 a just b hardly c quite d even

8 a tests b examinations c competitions d races

9 a long b far c good d well

10 a one b a c the d some

VII Find out and correct the mistake in each sentence below: Most of their farm work used to by hand

A B C D

2 This is the first time she forgot to give me a message A B C D

3 His family was very poor, because he had to work for a factory A B C D

4 This man on TV supposes to be the tallest person in the world A B C D

5 I haven’t finished to decorate the Christmas tree yet A B C D Tom wishes his neighbors don’t make so much noise

A B C D

7 He would go to England to study if he has enough money A B C D

8 Last Tuesday Mr Ha didn’t go to work because his illness A B C D

9 I haven’t visited my grandparents when they returned to the countryside A B C d 10 Although I liked the sweater, I decided to buy it

A B C D

VII Rewrite the following sentences without changing meanings of the ones given

1 That girl ' s mother used to work with mine That ' s the

girl They think the thief got in through the bathroom window

The

thief " I haven ' t got any siblings to play with "

She wishes “How much you think it will cost?” he asked

You need Did they return those books to the library?

Were The story of their sufferings was painful to listen to

It was The flight to Ho Chi Minh City lasted one hour and a half

It took Because the boy behaves well, every body loves him

Because of 10 Miss Lan began her job as a television presenter years ago

Miss Lan VIII Make all changes and additions necessary to produce a complete letter from the

words and phrases given 1.I/ be/ glad/ receive/ letter

I/ just/ wonderful/ news

I / pass/ final/ examination/ university

My father/ be/ please/ he/ hear this

He/ already/ promise/ pay/ holiday abroad/ I / pass

So/ I / come/ England

I / like/ study English/ school/ near/ home

I/ look for/ advanced course/ perhaps/ three/ four hours/ day

You/ help/ find/ one?

10.I/ look forward/ see/ soon