Choose the best word or phrase (a, b,
c or d) to fill each blank.
(1) Roberta _____ from The
a) are
b) is
c) am
d) be
(2) Whats _____ name?
a) -
b) his
c) him
d) he
(3) My friend _____ in
a) living
b) live
c) lives
d) is live
(4) Where _____?
a) works Tom
b) Tom works
c) Tom does work
d) does Tom work
(5) I _____ coffee.
a) no like
b) not like
c) like dont
d) dont like
(6) _____ to
a) Did you ever go
b) Do you ever go
c) Have you ever been
d) Are you ever going
(7)
a) the most big
b) the bigger
c) the biggest
d) the more big
(8) A
vegetarian is someone _____ doesnt eat meat.
a) who
b) what
c) which
d) whose
(9) _____ these days.
a) I never a newspaper buy
b) I never buy a newspaper
c) I buy never a newspaper
d) Never I buy a newspaper
(10) I _____ watch TV tonight.
a) am
b) go to
c) going to
d) am going to
(11) I
wish I _____ more money!
a) have
b) had
c) would have
d) was having
(12) _____ be famous one day?
a) Would you like
b) Would you like to
c) Do you like
d) Do you like to
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b,
c or d) to fill each blank.
(13) Its my birthday _____
Friday.
a) on
b) in
c) at
d) by
(14) I _____ eighteen years old.
a) am
b) have
c) have got
d) -
(15) I _____ a headache.
a) am
b) do
c) have
d) got
(16) Do you _____ a uniform at
your school?
a) carry
b) wear
c) use
d) hold
(17) What time is it? I
have no _____.
a) idea
b) opinion
c) answer
d) time
(18) The
meal was very expensive. Look at the _____!
a) ticket
b) receipt
c) invoice
d) bill
(19) How many _____ of trousers
have you got?
a) items
b) pairs
c) sets
d) times
(20) Joel came back from his
holiday in
a) tanned
b) sunned
c) coloured
d) darkened
Read the text below. For questions 21
to 25, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Heavier than air flying machines are
impossible, said the well-known scientist Lord Kelvin in 1895. Thomas Watson,
the chairman of IBM in 1943, was wrong too when he said that he thought there
would be a world market for only five or so computers.
Predictions can, of course, be wrong, and it is
very difficult to predict what the world will be like in 100, 50, or even 20
years from now. But this is something
that scientists and politicians often do. They do so because they invent things
and make decisions that shape the future of the world that
we live in.
In the past they didnt have to think too much
about the impact that their decisions had on the natural world. But that is now
changing. An increasing number of people believe that we should live within the
rules set by nature. In other words, they think that in a world of fixed and
limited resources, what is used today will not be there for our children. We
must therefore look at each human activity and try to change it or create
alternatives if it is not sustainable. The rules for this are set by nature,
not by man.
(21) What was Lord Kelvin
suggesting?
a)
It is difficult to make
accurate predictions.
b)
It would be possible for
people to fly.
c)
It would be impossible for
people to fly.
d) There would only be a few computers.
(22) According to the text, which
of the following statements is TRUE?
a) Lord Kelvin and Thomas Watson were good friends.
b) The world does not have unlimited natural resources.
c) Our children will not make predictions about the future.
d) It is easy to predict what the world will be like 20 years from now.
(23) shape (line 6) is closest in meaning to:
a) do
b) create
c) look at
d) move
(24) The article suggests we
should live in a _____ way.
a) selfish
b) sustainable
c) predictable
d) scientific
(25) Choose the best title for the
article.
a) Predictions and more predictions!
b) Politicians and scientists
c) A sustainable future for our children
d) New inventions
Section 4 (26 to 33)
Write
a letter or email to your new pen-friend from abroad and introduce yourself.
Say where you come from, where you live and give a little information about
your family and friends as well as your hobbies and interests. Say how long you
have been learning English and how you would like to improve your English.
Write 80-100 words.
Section 5
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b,
c or d) to fill each blank.
(34) Harry can _____ English.
a) to speak
b) speaking
c) speak
d) speaks
(35) Im not interested _____
sports.
a) for
b) about
c) in
d) to
(36) She likes _____ expensive
clothes.
a) wearing
b) to wearing
c) wear
d) is wearing
(37) Harry _____ his fathers car
when the accident happened.
a) was driving
b) drove
c) had driven
d) has been driving
(38) I was wondering _____ tell me
when the next plane from
a) could you
b) can you
c) if you could
d) if could you
(39) If I _____ him, I would have
spoken to him, wouldnt I?
a) saw
b) had seen
c) have seen
d) would have seen
(40) I
like your hair. Where _____?
a) do you have cut
b) have you cut it
c) do you have cut it
d) do you have it cut
(41) I think Joey must _____ late
tonight. His office light is still on.
a) have worked
b) work
c) be working
d) to work
(42) John tells me Jacks going
out with Helen, _____ I find hard to believe.
a) which
b) who
c) whose
d) that
(43) What _____ this weekend,
Lance?
a) will you do
b) are you doing
c) will you have done
d) do you do
(44) The weather has been awful.
Weve had very _____ sunshine this summer.
a) little
b) a little
c) few
d) a few
(45) Did you hear what happened to
Kate? She _____.
a) is arrested
b) arrested
c) has been arrested
d) is being arrested
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b,
c or d) to fill each blank.
(46) I usually _____ up at about
7.30.
a) go
b) be
c) do
d) get
(47) I _____ football every week.
a) play
b) go
c) do
d) have
(48) My sister _____ the cooking
in our house.
a) does
b) makes
c) cooks
d) takes
(49) Dont
forget to _____ the light when you leave the room.
a) turn up
b) turn in
c) turn off
d) turn over
(50) She was in _____ when she
heard the tragic news.
a) crying
b) tears
c) cries
d) tearful
(51) He _____ that he hadnt
stolen the computer, but no one believed him.
a) reassured
b) informed
c) insisted
d) persuaded
(52) Could you _____ me that book
for a couple of days, please?
a) lend
b) owe
c) borrow
d) rent
(53) Greg is _____ a lot of time
at Yvonnes house these days!
a) taking
b) spending
c) having
d) doing
Read the text below. For questions 54
to 58, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Many hotel
chains and tour operators say that they take their environmental commitments
seriously, but often they do not respect their social and economic
responsibilities to the local community. So is it possible for travellers to
help improve the lives of locals and still have a good holiday?
The charity, Tourism Concern, thinks so. It has
pioneered the concept of the fair-trade holiday. The philosophy behind
fair-trade travel is to make sure that local people get a fair share of the
income from tourism. The objectives are simple: employing local people wherever
possible; offering fair wages and treatment; showing cultural respect;
involving communities in deciding how tourism is developed; and making sure
that visitors have minimal environmental impact.
Although there is currently no official
fair-trade accreditation for holidays, the Association of Independent Tour
Operators has worked hard to produce responsible tourism guidelines for its
members. Some new companies, operated as much by principles as profits, offer a
fantastic range of holidays for responsible and adventurous travellers.
(54) Tourism Concern
a) is a tour operator.
b) is a hotel.
c) is a charity.
d) his a chain of hotels.
(55) Which of the following is NOT
one of Tourism Concerns objectives?
a) Good pay for local people .
b) Showing respect for local cultures.
c) Saving tourists money.
d) Protecting the local environment.
(56) According to the text,
fair-trade travel is all about
a) making money for charity.
b) money from tourism going to local people.
c) travellers getting a good deal.
d) a great cultural experience.
(57) According to the text, there
are _____ companies that are operated on principles as well as profits.
a) a few
b) no
c) some old
d) many
(58) Choose the most appropriate
title for the article.
a) Holidays from heaven
b) Cheap adventure holidays
c) Fair-trade holidays
d) Great holiday deals
Section 8 (59 to 66)
You
are going to take part in a magazine competition for a story with the title A Perfect Day. Write your story and use
at least three of the following linking words: after, before, then, as soon as, by the time, just as, during,
while. Write 150-200 words.
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Section 9
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b,
c or d) to fill each blank.
(67) Who _____ in that house?
a) does live
b) lives
c) does he live
d) he lives
(68) Ill call you when I _____
home.
a) get
b) ll get
c) ll have got
d) m getting
(69) If you _____ me, what would
you do?
a) was
b) would be
c) were
d) have been
(70) I dont know where _____ last
night.
a) did he go
b) he did go
c) went he
d) he went
(71) John and Betty are coming to
visit us tomorrow but I wish _____.
a) they wont
b) they hadnt
c) they didnt
d) they werent
(72) Im so hungry! If only Bill
_____ all the food in the fridge!
a) wasnt eating
b) didnt eat
c) hadnt eaten
d) hasnt eaten
(73) I regret _____ harder in
school.
a) not studying
b) not to study
c) to not study
d) not have studied
(74) Surely Sue _____ you if she
was unhappy with your work.
a) will tell
b) would have told
c) must have told
d) had told
(75) Our neighbours arent very
polite, and _____ particularly quiet!
a) neither they arent
b) either they arent
c) nor are they
d) neither did they be
(76) We had expected that they
_____ fluent English, but in fact they didnt.
a) were speaking
b) would speak
c) had spoken
d) spoke
(77) Id rather _____ next
weekend, but I do!
a) I dont have to work
b) I didnt have to work
c) not to work
d) no working
(78) Harriet is so knowledgeable.
She can talk about _____ subject that comes up.
a) whatever
b) whenever
c) wherever
d) whoever
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b,
c or d) to fill each blank.
(79) I always _____ milk in my
coffee.
a) have
b) drink
c) mix
d) make
(80) I _____ TV every evening.
a) watch
b) look at
c) see
d) hear
(81) Can you give me a _____ with
my bag.
a) leg
b) back
c) hand
d) head
(82) Before you enter the
triathlon, please bear in _____ that youre not as young as you used to be!
a) thought
b) question
c) mind
d) opinion
(83) The breath test showed he had
consumed more than three times the legal limit of alcohol, so the police
arrested him for _____.
a) trespassing
b) mugging
c) speeding
d) drunk driving
(84) The
meeting was _____ and not very interesting.
a) time-wasting
b) time-consuming
c) time-using
d) out of time
(85) After the movie was released,
the main _____ point was its excessive use of violence.
a) discussion
b) speaking
c) conversation
d) talking
(86) There have been several big
_____ against the use of GM foods recently.
a) campaigns
b) issues
c) boycotts
d) strikes
Read the text below. For questions 87
to 92, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Standards of spelling and grammar among an
entire generation of English-speaking university students are now so poor that
there is a degree of crisis in their written use of the language, the
publisher of a new dictionary has warned. Its research revealed that students
have only a limited grasp of the most basic rules of spelling, punctuation and meaning,
blamed in part on an increasing dependence on automatic tools such as
computer spellcheckers and unprecedented access to rapid communication using
e-mail and the Internet. The problem is not confined to the
Students were regularly found to
be producing incomplete or rambling, poorly connected sentences, mixing
metaphors with gusto and overusing dull, devalued words such as interesting
and good. Overall they were unclear about appropriate punctuation, especially
the use of commas, and failed to understand the basic rules of subject/verb
agreement and the difference between there, their and theyre.
Kathy Rooney, editor-in-chief of
the dictionary, said, We need to be very concerned at the extent of the
problems with basic spelling and usage that our research has revealed. This has
significant implications for the future, especially for young people. We
thought it would be useful to get in touch with teachers and academics to find
out what problems their students were having with their writing and what extra
help they might need from a dictionary. The results were quite shocking. We are
sure that the use of computers has played a part. People rely increasingly on
automatic tools such as spellcheckers that are much more passive than going to
a dictionary and looking something up. That can lull them into a false sense
of security.
Beth Marshall, an English
professor, said, The type of student were getting now is very different from
what we were seeing 10 years ago and it is often worrying to find out how
little students know. There are as many as 800 commonly misspelled words,
particularly pairs of words that are pronounced similarly but spelled
differently and that have different meanings for example, faze and phase,
and pray and prey.
(87) grasp (line 4) is closest in meaning to:
a) ability
b) use
c) understanding
d) skill
(88) We can infer from the style
of the text that this article was printed in a
a) newspaper.
b) dictionary.
c) novel.
d) guidebook.
(89) Kathy Rooney carried out
research to see
a) if students could spell certain words.
b) how widespread the use of computers is.
c) if academics were in touch with their students.
d) how dictionaries can help students.
(90) them (line 22) refers to:
a) spellcheckers
b) computers
c) people
d) dictionaries
(91) According to Beth Marshall,
students today
a) spell 800 words incorrectly on average.
b) like using spellcheckers.
c) mispronounce and misspell words.
d) are not as knowledgeable as they were in the past.
(92) Choose the best title for the
article.
a) Standards of spelling and grammar
b) Dictionaries of the future
c) Students dont know their there from their theyre
d) Automatic tools
Section 12 (93 to
100)
Write
a review of a film you have seen for a local English-language newspaper.
Include information about the plot, the acting, the cinematography and anything
else you think is relevant. Write 200220 words.
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