PART I - PHONETICS

a. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group
by circling A, B, C or D and - write your answers in the box below. (0,5 pts)
1. A. cough B. weigh C. enough D. laugh
2. A. thanks B. think C. there D. three
3. A. computer B. statue C. telephone D. teacher
4. A. advanced B. accomplished C. watched D. averaged
5. A. sword B. switch C. listen D. muscle
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
b. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others by circling A, B,
C or D and - write your answers in the box below. (0,5 pts)
6. A. language B. stimulate C. science D. available
7. A. energetic B. energy C. luxury D. exercises
8. A. discussion B. assistant C. character D. expensive
9. A. correspond B. compulsory C. communicate D. comprise
10. A. exist B. planet C. routine D. advance
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART II – GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
a. Choose the word or phrase which best completes these sentences or best replace the underlined
word(s) by circling A, B, C or D and - write your answers in the box below. (1 pts)
11. What do you think about the girls who are always proud _________ their beauty?
A. to B. for C. of D. on
12. Kate’s been at my house __________ 8 o’clock this morning.
A. at B. since C. for D. in
13. Things are changing all the time. It is difficult to keep ____________ all these changes.
A. out of B. back from C. up with ` D. on about
14. Your English is improving. It’s getting ___________.
A. better and better B. good and good C. good and better D. best and best
15. The flight was put off because of the bad weather.
A. changed B. cancelled C. confirmed D. postponed
16. You never tell anyone your password, _________?
A. do you B. don’t you C. did you D. didn’t you
17. If he worked more slowly, he _________ so many mistakes.
A. wouldn’t make B. won’t make C.didn’t make D. doesn’t make

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 18. Don’t talk loudly. No one _________ noise in the reading room.
A. is allowed to making B. allows to make C. allows making D. is allowed to make
19. To the one _________ feelings for me are so strong that the word love can’t describe them.
A. whom B. who C. whose D. that
20. The roof needs __________. You’d better have it ___________ as soon as possible.
A. to repaire - done B. reparing - done
C. to be repaired – to be done D. being repared – doing
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
b. Fill one suitable preposition in each gap to complete the sentences. (1 pts)
21. Next summer we are going ___________ a trip to Canada.
22. She burst __________ laughing – she couldn’t help herself.
23. I am going away __________ the end of January.
24-25. The wind blew __________ from the desert and covered everything _________ sand.
26. American English is significantly different __________ British English.
27-28. Whether we need more food depends __________ how many people turn __________.
29. Many people are very concerned __________ global warming.
30. She works quite hard. You can’t accuse her __________ being lazy.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
c. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that needs correcting, and correct them.
(0,5pts)
31. It is really annoyed to talk to so stubborn a person like him.
A B C D
32. When I came in, everyone were watching a film on television.
A B C D
33. The Internet is available only in cities, so I cannot easily get access for it.
A B C D
34. The Chinese team have worked very hardly to get this far in the competition.
A B C D
35. When we go on vacation, we prefer swim and active sports to sightseeing.
A B C D
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.

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d. Give correct forms of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences and -write your answers
in the box below. (1pts)
36. I don’t like dogs because I’m afraid of (bite) _________.
37- 38. He (work) _________ hard all the week, but today he (have) __________ a good time.
39- 40. We (have) ________ only bread and butter to eat with our tea as the other tourists (eat) __________
all the sausage and cakes.
41-42-43. This morning, when I (enter) ________ the classroom, the teacher (finish) ___________ going
over the previous lesson and (write) __________ something on the blackboard.
44. If he saves up, he soon (be able) _________ to affort a new car.
45. “Where is Jane?” “Down stairs sir”. “She (greet) _________ the guests.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

e. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following passage. Write your answer
in the box below. (1pts)
The families in our streets are slowly being driven mad by the ____________ (46- refuse) of the
inhabitants of No.13 to have any form of _____________ (47- communicate) with them. The trouble started
over what is known as noise ______________ (48- pollute). Every evening, the _____________ (49- think)
neighbours used to turn up the volume on the TV so loud that no one in the ____________ (50- neighbour)
was able to hear anything else. Not knowing what _____________ (51- act) to take, local residents held a
meeting to see if anyone had any _____________ (52- suggest) as how to deal with the problem. A decision
was made to send a number of people to talk to the family in No.13 and ask them _____________ (53- polite)
to turn their music down after six in the evening. Unfortunately, the visit did not turn out to be ____________
(54- succeed), as the inhabitants of No.13 refused to talk to them. So on the ____________ (55- advise) of
local police, the matter is now in the hands of the court

46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed
before it. (1 pts)

56. She’s always nervous when she takes an exam.

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 Taking _________________________________________________________________________

57. Jane isn’t going to take part in the race and I am not either.

Neither Jane _____________________________________________________________________

58. People say that the car driver was driving very fast at the time of the crash.

The car driver ___________________________________________________________________

59. “Can you remember where you put the camera, Philip?” said Sarah.

Sarah asked ______________________________________________________________________

60. A big man was standing in front of them.

In front of them ________________________________________________________________