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ENGLISH EXAM FOLDER 28

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
1. A. telegram B. telephone C. telegraph D. telepathy
2. A. oblige B. guideline C. ground D. grumpy
3. A. thought B. threat C. thrift D. those
Choose the word whose primary stress is placed differently from that of the others in each group.
4. A. fluctuate B. footnote C. freedom D. erase
5. A. problematic B. procedure C. experiment D. unfortunate
Choose the best word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences.
6. Electric engines are very clean, for there is no burning fuel to make _____ .
A. smoke or dirty B. smoky or dirt C. smoke or dirt D. smoky or dirty
7. Ancient civilizations were not aware that the earth _____ a sphere.
A. is B. was C. had been D. has been
8. At the races a man _____ Taylor bought a lot of winning tickets on “Speed King”.
A. call B. called C. calling D. that calls
9. Mr Brown receives _____ salary than anyone else in the company.
A. a big B. a bigger C. bigger D. the bigger
10. Jane, I’d like to _____ my behaviour last night. It was all my fault.
A. say sorry B. be sorry C. apologize D. apologize for
11. “What instructions did your boss give to you?” – “He required that Alice _____ the meeting.”
A. would attend B. attends C. attend D. attended
12. You mustn’t forget _____ tomorrow morning.
A. turning in your assignment B. to turn over your assignment
C. to turn back your assignment D. to turn in your assignment
13. Don’t let your brothers _____ the present.
A. to see B. seeing C. be seen D. see
14. Pests occur in large numbers, and they can _____ terrible damage, particularly to growing crops, that
in some parts of the world people frequently suffer from famine.
A. do such B. do so C. make such D. make so
15. The most _____ of all insect pests _____ the locust.
A. dreaded/ is B. dreaded/ are C. dreading/ is D. dreading/ are
Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
16. Nobody knows what the _____ of the explosion was.
A. source B. cause C. reason D. reaction
17. Banks only _____ money if they are sure it will be paid back.
A. borrow B. lend C. interest D. charge
18. Don’t forget to _____ the alarm clock _____ six o’clock tomorrow morning.
A. put/ on B. set/ for C. wind/ at D. ring/ by
19. _____ stay the night if it’s too difficult to get home.
A. At all costs B. By all means C. In all D. On the whole
20. She went _____ a bad cold just before Christmas.
A. down with B. in for C. over D. through
21. Since I moved house, I haven’t had much _____ with those friends.
A. connection B. contact C. business D. relation
22. The mosquito bite made my eyelid _____ and I couldn’t open my eye properly.
A. grow B. stretch C. swell D. spread
23. The doctor advised me not to take _____ so much work in future.
A. after B. on C. over D. to
24. She kindly offered to _____ me the way to the station.
A. explain B. direct C. show D. describe
25. I can’t find my dictionary at the moment. I hope it will _____ up soon.
A. come B. clear C. look D. turn
Read the text and choose the best answer to fill in each of the blanks.
The first bicycle
The history of the bicycle goes back more than 200 years. In 1791, Count de Sivrac (26) _____ onlookers in a
park in Paris as he showed off his two-wheeled invention, a machine called the “celerifere”. It was basically an
(27) _____ version of a children’s toy which had been in (28) _____ for many years. Sivrac’s “celerifere” had a
wooden frame, made in the (29) _____ of a horse, which was mounted on a wheel at either end. To ride it, you sat
on a small seat, just like a modern bicycle, and pushed (30) _____ against the (31) _____ with your legs – there

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were no pedals. It was impossible to steer a “celerifere” and it had no brakes, but despite these problems the
invention very much (32) _____ to the fashionable young men of Paris. Soon they were (33) _____ races up and
down the streets. Minor (34) _____ were common as riders attempted a final burst of (35) _____ . Controlling the
machine was difficult as the only way to change (36) _____ was to pull up the front of the “celerifere” and (37)
_____ it round while the front wheel was (38) _____ in the air.
“Celerifere” were not popular for long, however, as the (39) _____ of no springs, no steering and rough roads
made riding them very uncomfortable. Even so, the wooden “celerifere” was the (40) _____ of the modern
bicycle.
26. A. delighted B. cheered C. appreciated D. overjoyed
27. A. increased B. enormous C. extended D. enlarged
28. A. use B. play C. operation D. service
29. A. resemblance B. shape C. body D. appearance
30. A. fast B. deeply C. heavily D. hard
31. A. surface B. ground C. earth D. floor
32. A. attracted B. appealed C. took D. called
33. A. going B. getting C. holding D. making
34. A. wounds B. trips C. injuries D. breaks
35. A. velocity B. energy C. pace D. speed
36. A. direction B. route C. heading D. way
37. A. roll B. drive C. turn D. revolve
38. A. cycling B. circling C. winding D. spinning
39. A. mixture B. link C. combination D. union
40. A. origin B. design C. model D. introduction
Read the text and choose the best answer to fill in each of the blanks.
The ruins of Pompeii
In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending out a huge cloud of dust and rock that darkened the sky. It came
without warning, and the (41) _____ of the explosion was so great that it was felt from hundreds of miles away. In
the town of Pompeii, at the foot of the volcano, the inhabitants picked up whatever belongings they (42) _____
carry and (43) _____ the open countryside. In the terrible storm that followed, dust and rock from the volcano
rained down onto the town, filling the streets with deep layers of ash and poisonous gas, (44) _____ it impossible
for the people to (45) _____ . The town of Pompeii was completely (46) _____ by the rain of death, and (47)
_____ lost to the world for centuries.
Excavation work did not begin (48) _____ 1748, when Rocco Alcubierre found some wall paintings while he
was digging at the site. In the years that followed, archaeologists realized that they had(49)_____ one of the most
astonishing ruins of all time. Almost everything in Pompeii had been (50)____ preserved. Several houses still had
their roofs, and inside the furniture and the decorations were (51) _____ as they had been centuries (52) _____ .
There were also the remains of over 2,000 people. Some of the (53) _____ had made the mistake of sheltering in
their cellars, where they were killed by poisonous gases from the volcano. Others had been (54) _____ from
escaping, and in the prison were men who had been chained to the wall and (55) _____ to die.
41. A. energy B. fuel C. power D. efficiency
42. A. managed B. succeeded C. achieved D. could
43. A. made up B. made out C. made over D. made for
44. A. having B. leaving C. making D. turning
45. A. get down B. get over C. get away D. get on
46. A. damaged B. hurt C. collapsed D. destroyed
47. A. lay B. lied C. laid D. lain
48. A. by B. until C. for D. since
49. A. come up B. come across C. come over D. come on
50. A. exactly B. perfectly C. accurately D. precisely
51. A. same B. alike C. just D. similar
52. A. earlier B. previous C. former D. preceding
53. A. injured B. victims C. sufferers D. deaths
54. A. avoided B. blocked C. arrested D. prevented
55. A. deserted B. abandoned C. left D. rejected
Read the passage and choose the best answer.
The invention of the electric telegraph gave birth to the communications industry. Although Samuel B. Morse
succeeded in making the invention useful in 1837, it was not until 1843 that the first telegraph line of consequence
was constructed. By 1860 more than 50,000 miles of lines connected people east of the Rockies. The following
year, San Francisco was added to the network.

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The national telegraph network fortified the ties between East and West and contributed to the rapid expansion
of the railroads by providing an efficient means to monitor schedules and routes. Furthermore, the extension of the
telegraph, combined with the invention of the steam-driven rotary printing press by Richard M. Hoe in 1846,
revolutionized the world of journalism. Where the business of news gathering had been dependent upon the mail
and on hand-operated presses, the telegraph expanded the amount of information a newspaper could supply and
allowed for more timely reporting. The establishment of the Associated Press as a central wire service in 1846
marked the advent of a new era in journalism.
56. The main topic of the passage is _____.
A. the history of journalism
B. the origin of the national telegraph
C. how the telegraph network contributed to the expansion of railroads
D. the contributions and development of the telegraph network
57. The word “gathering” can be best replaced by _____ .
A. delivering B. collecting C. sending D. printing
58. The author’s main purpose in this passage is to _____ .
A. compare the invention of the telegraph with the invention of the steam-driven rotary press
B. propose new ways to develop the communications industry
C. show how the electric telegraph affected the communications industry
D. criticize Samuel B. Morse
59. This passage would most likely be found in a _____ .
A. U.S. history book B. science C. book on train D. computer magazine
60. It can be inferred from the passage that _____ .
A. Samuel Morse did not make a significant contribution to the communications industry
B. Morse’s invention did not immediately achieve its full potential
C. the extension of the telegraph was more important than its invention
D. journalists have the Associated Press to thank for the birth of the communications industry
Read the passage and choose the best answer.
According to the cencus of 1800, the United States of America contained 5,308,483 people. In the same year
the British Islands contained upwards of fifteen million; the French Republic, more than twenty-seven million.
Nearly one-fifth of American people were black slaves; the true political population consisted of four and a half
million free whites, or less than one million able-bodied males, on whose shoulders fell the burden of a continent.
Even after two centuries of struggle the land was still untamed; forest covered every portion, except here and there
a strip of cultivated soil; the minerals lay undisturbed in their rocky beds, and more than two-third of the people
clung to the seaboard within fifty miles of tidewater, where alone the wants of civilized life could be supplied.
61. In the United States of America in 1800 _____ .
A. one out of every twenty-five Americans was a black slave
B. one out of every four Americans was a black slave
C. two out of every three Americans were black slaves
D. one out of every five Americans was a black slave
62. Free white men in America numbered _____ .
A. about four-fifths of the population B. about four and one-half million
C. 5,308,483 D. less than one million
63. More than two-thirds of the American people _____ .
A. lived where the wants of civilized life could not be supplied
B. lived in Washington
C. lived on the seaboard
D. lived within fifteen miles of tidewater
64. The struggle to tame the American continent had been going on _____ .
A. about two hundred years B. about fifty years
C. a little more than a century D. since 1750
65. This description of the United States in 1800 suggests that _____ .
A. most of the new nation was undeveloped
B. the people of the new nation had succeeded in taming the continent
C. strips of cultivated land were everywhere
D. settlers were beginning to mine the valuable minerals of the continent
Identify the mistake in each of the following sentences.
66. The political candidate talked as if she had already been elected to the president.
A B C D
67. Even though she looks very young, she is twice older than my twenty-year-old sister.
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68. We thought our cameras were the same, but his is different than the one that I bought.
A B C D
69. The President refuses to accept either of the four new proposals made by the contractors.
A B C D
70. Why don’t you stop and tell me why you always avoid to meet me?
A B C D
Transform the following sentences.
71. I will get the housework done by a neighbour.
I will hire ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
72. If you were my mother, you would do the same.
You don’t ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
73. “I don’t like to talk about this so don’t ask me,” the man said.
The man told ……………………………………………………………………………………………
74. My boss works better when he’s pressed for time.
The ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
75. I remember very few things about my childhood.
Scarcely ………………………………………………………………………………………………...
Choose the best phrase to complete each of the following sentences.
76. Jane changed her major from French to business, _____ .
A. with hopes to be able easier to locate employment
B. hoping she can easier get a job
C. with the hope for being able better to find a job
D. hoping to find a job more easily
77. He has received several scholarships _____ .
A. not only because of his artistic but his academic ability
B. for both his academic ability as well as his artistic
C. because of his academic and artistic ability
D. as resulting of his ability in the art and the academy
78. Harry will wash the clothes, _____ .
A. iron the shirts, prepare the meal, dusting the furniture
B. ironing the shirts, preparing the meal, and dusting the furniture
C. iron the shirts, prepare the meal, and dust the furniture
D. to iron the shirts, prepare the meal, and dust the furniture
79. _____ that new information to anyone else but the sergeant.
A. They asked him not to give B. They asked him not give
C. They were asked him not to give D. He was asked not give
80. The manager was angry because somebody _____ .
A. had let the photographers to enter into the building
B. had allowed the photographers to enter the building
C. permitting the photographers enter the building
D. allowed the photographers enter the building

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