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(1)TEST
DURATION: 45 MINUTES I PHONETICS
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1/ A arrive B fit C frighten D drive 2/ A name B father C party D army 3/ A wonderful B month C tone D none
Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others
4/ A favorite B contented C interesting D usually 5/ A panic B busy C quiet D exact
II GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the best answer A,B,C or D for each sentence
6/ The fire alarm went off when smoke rose
A exploded B shouted C rang D burned 7/ During his break, Mr Pike is used to drink tea with his fellow peasants
A workers B associates C mechanics D farmers 8/ The New Year is coming so most of clothing stores are with people
A crowded B full C accustomed D fed up
9/ Mathematics is an important , which is required in most of examinations for high school students A object B subject C fact D syllabus
10/ What is your job?
A occupation B career C profession D all are correct 11/ Could you tell me the _ time when the meeting begins?
A exact B exactly C exactness D exacting 12/ _ you have an English lesson? –Three times a week
A How often B How long C How far D How many 13/ _ as he had promised? –Because of some unexpected trouble
A What didn’t John come B Why John didn’t come C Why didn’t John come D When did John come
14/ Many species of wild animals are _ danger extinction
A of/ in B on/ for C in/ of` D within/ at
15/ The forest fire last week was the most terrible experience I have ever spent I stared dead in the A forehead B leg C hand D face
16/ When the passengers realized that the ship was flooded with water, they were very upset and _ in panic
A cheered B laughed C screamed D hurt 17/ He very busy now He _ free time to go out
A is often/ rarely has B has often/ has rarely C often was/ had rarely D often is/ rarely has 18/ on Sundays
A Always he gets up late B He always gets up C Does he get up always late D He gets always up 19/ What you call a person who works in a library? a librarian
A calls B is called C called D calling 20/ At the moment, we with the council for the sale of development land
A have negotiated B negotiate C were negotiating D are negotiating 21/ How many language _ John speak?
(2)22/ The secretary the report two weeks ago
A had finished B finishes C has finished D finished 23/ Who _ the boss tell him that? –Peter did
A did hear B does hear C hears D heard 24/ It takes me about three hours _ the report?
A complete B to complete C completing D completed 25/ We are looking forward to _ from you soon
A heard B to hear C hear D hearing 26/ They planed in the evening
A to go dancing B going to dance C going dancing D go to dance 27/ It is no use _ impatient when you are at a doctor’s
A get B to get C getting D got
III READING
Choose the word or phrase among A,B,C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage
(28) Saturday morning, Charlie gets up later than he does on work days He goes downstairs to the kitchen and (29) a pot of tea He takes a cup to his wife, who is still in bed It is a quiet, leisurely way to start the weekend However, time off does not mean to nothing all the weekend Charlie enjoys
(30) _his house He spends a lot of his free time on “do-it- yourself” work (31) painting and wallpapering the rooms, or doing repair work Now he is fitting the cupboard in the kitchen He
(32) the morning working on the kitchen In the afternoon, he often takes his wife to her sister’s and they stay there for tea
28/ A On B in C For D At 29/ A gains B creates C does D makes 30/ A improve B to improve C improving D improved 31/ A so as B so many as C such many D such as 32/ A spends often B often spends C is often spending D often spent
IV WRITING (2 marks)
Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same
1/ It takes me an hour to the homework (WH- Question)
_ 2/ They will have finished the project by ext summer (WH- Question) 3/ We can’t possibly work in this noise (verb form)
It’s impossible 4/ She has studied Japanese for years (verb form)