SECTION 1.

PHONETICS
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of
the rest by writing your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box.
1. A. code B. rode C. modest D. mode
2. A. theatre B. bathing C. breathe D. southern
3. A. ancient B. special C. ocean D. receive
II. Choose the letter (A, B, C or D) next to the word whose main stress is placed
differently from the others.
1. A. surprise B. escape C. machine D. offer
2. A. representative B. vocabulary C. anniversary D. personality
3. A. appliance B. activity C. adventure D. average
SECTION 2. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
I. Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) as the best answer to complete the following
sentences.
1. It’s the first time ……… all the answers right in the test.
A. I’ve got B. I’d got C. I’ve been getting D. I’d been getting
2. Dogs make very ……… pets, they’ll always stay by your side.
A. mental B. private C. royal D. digital
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3. I hope he doesn t keep us …….
A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. for waiting
4. Please don’t ……… me when I’m speaking.
A. break B. prevent C. pause D. interrupt
5. My parents used to ……. fables to me when I was small.
A. read B. reading C. telling D. told
6. I didn’t read the message carefully. I just glanced ……… it.
A. with B. to C. on D. at
[Link] out, or you ……… off the boat!
A. fall B. are going to fallC. are falling D. fell
8. When they let us go in, we ……… outside the exam room for over half an hour.
A. have stood B. had been standing
C. have been standing D. are standing
9. It’s easier to travel abroad when you can speak ……… language like English.
A. a strange B. a foreign C. an unknown D. an outside
10. This word is very difficult to say. I always ……. it.
A. unpronounce B. pronounces C. mispronounce D. dispronounce
11. We had a long way to go so we ……… off very early.
A. made B. put C. set D. had
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12. There s a law that says that you ……. throw trash on the streets.
A. don’t have to B. must not C. couldn’t D. might not
13. I don’t know much about computers, so I asked the assistant for ……… advice.
A. a lot B. many C. a few D. a little

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14. I have just bought __________________ from a book shop near here.
A. two beautiful black leather school bags B. two beautiful leather black school bags
C. beautiful two black leather school bags D. two beautiful black school leather bags
15. Janet: “Do you like going to the cinema this evening?”
Susan: “………”
A. I don’t agree, I’m afraid C. That would be great
B. I feel very bored D. You’re welcome
II. There is one mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it.
1. It’s important to get a good educate if you want a good job. → education
2. I spent my child on a farm, so I know a lot about animals. → childhood
3. Jodie and Jenny are splitting up because they are tired from arguing so much. → of
4. He tried to deny to take the money, but no one believed him. → taking
5. I wish I has studied harder instead of playing games when I was young. → had
III. Write the correct form of the word to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.
1. Is it ____dangerous_______ (DANGER) to swim in that lake?
2. High winds can be very _____destructive______ (DESTROY).
3. I took a lot of ____preparation____ (PREPARE) to get the show right, but it was worth
it.
4. She must have a lot of ____imagination____ (IMAGINE) to think of ideas like that.
5. You look so ____peaceful____ (PEACE) when you fell asleep on the sofa.
6. It’s ____unbelievable_______ (BELIEVE)! I’ve lost my glasses again.
7. Should I write ‘British’ or ‘English’ as my ____nationality___ (NATION)?
8. The ____length____ (LONG) of the train is exactly 100 meters.
9. Susie is so _____careless______ (CARE). She’s always breaking things.
10. I’m not sure I’ve got the _____confidence______ (CONFIDENT) to sing in public.
IV. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. (20 points)
1. Milk ______is usually kept_____ (usually / keep) in the fridge.
2. Careful! You ____are going to break____ (break) something with that ball! Go outside!
3. How did people communicate over long distances before the phone ___was invented__
(invent)?
4. By the time I arrived, everyone ____had left____ (leave)!
5. I know Jane ___worked__ (work) late at the office because I saw her when I _left_
(leave).
SECTION 3. READING
I. Read the following passage, then choose the letter (A, B, C, D) that best fits each of
the blanks.
Richard Branson
The British businessman, Richard Branson, has had an amazing (1) ____ . He was born in
1950 and it was always his (2) _____ to be successful. He opened a record shop in 1972 and
also (3) _____ up a record label, Virgin Records. This made him very rich and brought him
(4) _____ . He then started other businesses and today he's the (5) _____ of a huge business
empire. He may be extremely (6) _____ but Richard Branson has no plans to (7) _____ .
Apart from a chain of record shops, he runs an airline and a train (8) _____ and even has his
own private island - in the British Virgin Islands!
1. A. work B. jobs C. career D. profession
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2. A. want B. ambition C. purpose D. feeling
3. A. put B. made C. took D. set
4. A. fame B. achievement C. name D. advertisement
5. A. boss B. staff C. colleague D. employee
6. A. dear B. valuable C. wealthy D. expensive
7. A. retire B. strike C. earn D. fire
8. A. team B. band C. club D. company
II. Read the text below and think of one word which best fits each space.
Sometimes, scientists know what they (1) ___are____ looking for and they find it. At other
times, things (2) ___are_____ discovered by accident. Two famous examples of this are gravity and
penicillin.

Issac Newton, (3) ____who____ first used math to describe gravity, was sitting (4) ___in_____ his
garden when he saw (5) ___an_____ apple fall – some say it fell on his head! This made him think
about why, and he realized he (6) ____could____ explain it using math.

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, (7) ____which____ was the first antibiotic. It completely
changed medicine. He was working (8) ____in____ his laboratory when he saw that something
(9) ____had____ started growing on one of his experiments. He analyzed it and realized that it
(10) __would/could____ be very useful in fighting disease. Sometimes luck can be a big help!

SECTION 4. WRITING
I. Complete each each second sentence using the words given, so that it has a similar meaning
to the first sentence.
1. Have you ever participated in a swimming race? part
=> Have you ever taken part in a swimming race?
2. Remove any mistakes you make using a rubber. rub
=> If you make any mistakes, rub out with a rubber.
3. This website describes the history of communication. information
=> This website has information about the history of communication.
4. I found the photo by chance when I was tidying my room. across
=> When I was tidying my room, I came across the photo.
5. We need to go quickly or the shops will be closed up. up
=> If we don’t hurry up, the shops will be closed up.
II. Combine two sentences into one sentence.
1. Friendly People is a comedy. It’s my favorite program.
=> Friendly People, which is my favorite program, is a comedy.
2. This CD is scratched. I only bought it yesterday.
=> This CD, which I only bought it yesterday, is scratched.
3. New York is an enormous city. It’s where I was born.
=> New York, where I was born, is an enormous city.
4. Our neighbors have never invited us to dinner. Their house is directly opposite ours.
=> Our neighbors, whose house is directly opposite ours, have never invited us to
dinner.
5. My grandfather was an airline pilot. He is sixty-five years old now.
=> My grandfather, who is sixty-five years old now, was an airline pilot.

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