TEST 1
D. reasonable D. position D. vapour D. certain D. iron B. horrible B. preserve B. honour B. reclaim B. son C. occupied C. conserve C. pour C. drainage C. bacon
D. account D. welfare D. impudence D. immense D. logical B. abound B. disposal B. supervisor B. anthem B. sulphuric C. decree C. adverb C. perversity C. guidance C. odourless
D. many B. much C. few
C. ago B. since D. for I worked_______ hard that I felt very tired. C. enough B. too D. so
D. with
C. such D. too B. to
D. for Part 1: Phonetics: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group 1. A. tolerant 2. A. resource 3. A. odour 4. A. paint 5. A. lemon Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group A. eardrum 6. A. anchor 7. A. solidity 8. 9. A. birthmark 10. A. applicant Part 2: Vocabulary - grammar and structures Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D 11. He made too_______ mistakes in his writing. A. little 12. She hasn’t written to me _______ we met last time. A. before 13. A. such 14. He is bored_______ doing the same thing every day. A. of B. to C. for 15. This question is _______ difficult for me. A. enough 16. Vehicles also account _______ air pollution in the city. C. with B. to A. on 17. He said he _______ for five hours. C. worked D. had been working
A. has been working B. has worked 18. They were_______ when they read the result. B. disappointment C. disappoint D. disappointing 19. A. disappointed I am very _______ in the news. A. interested C. interest D. exciting B. interesting 20. There is always_______ traffic in the city centre in the rush-hour. B. heavy C. strong D. big 21. A. full I usually wear skirts but today I _______ trousers. A. wearing B. am wearing C. wear D. wears
22. Preserving natural resources_______ of great importance C. have been B. are being D. are 23. A. is _______ books on this shelf were written by Charles Dickens. A. All the B. The all C. All D. Every 24. We avoid_______ our environment. A. polluted B. polluting C. pollute D. to pollute 25. The factory has a _______ to choose young, qualified people for the job. A. trend B. preference C. privilege D. tendency
Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one? 26. Peter was too ill to get up. Peter was very ill for getting up
Peter was not very well to get up
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B. They haven’t met for a long time D. They didn’t meet a long time ago
A.Peter was so ill that he couldn't get up B.Peter was not strong enough for getting up It has been a long time since they met A. They haven’t met since a long time C. They didn't meet for a long time 28. This flat is too small for my family.
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B. This flat is not rather big for my family D. This flat is not very big for my family 29.
A. This flat is not big enough for my family C. This flat is not enough big for my family "Where are you going?" he asked her. A. He asked her where she is going C. He asked her where was she going B. He asked her where you were going D. He asked her where she was going
30. Getting a good job doesn't interest him. A. He isn’t good at getting a good job C. He is good at getting a good job B. He isn't interested in getting a good job D. He is only interested in getting a good job
Choose a word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting 31. Every year Bob and Alice (A) spend a few (B) day (C) at the same hotel (D) by the sea. 32. (A) Because of the light, the town seemed (B) differently from the way I (C) had (D) remembered it. 33. James (A) which has (B) just received a promotion is the (C) best worker (D) of our Company. 34. The boy (A) whom I spoke (B) to on the phone last night (C) is very interested (D) on Mathematics. 35. Our teacher (A) told us that we (B) had done our (C) homeworks very (D) carefully.
Part 3: Reading Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D.
Every year students from many countries learn English. Some of these students are young children. Other are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in films, on television, in the office or among their friends. But not many are lucky enough to do that. Most people must work hard to learn another language.
Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and mathematics… and English. In England or America, or Australia many boys and girls study their own language, which is English, and Mathematics,… and another language, perhaps French, or German, or Spanish….
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.
36. According to the writer.
A. English is popular in much of the world B. Only adults learn English. C. English is useful only to teenagers. D. No children like learning English 37. Many people learn English by
A. taking with the film stars C. watch video only B. hearing the language in the office D. working hard on their lessons. 38. Many boys and girls learn English because
D. It is included in their courses A. they have to study their own language B. their parents make them C. English can give them a job 39. Many adults learn English because. B. It helps them in their work D. They want to go abroad 40.
A. Most of their books are in English C. Their work is useful In America or in Australia, many schoolchildren study A. Their own language and no foreign language B. English and mathematics only. C. Such foreign languages as French, German and Spanish D. English as a foreign language
There’s now increasing concern about the world's energy resources, particularly about those involving fossil (41)_______. In less than a hundred years we shall probably (42)_______ all the present (43)_______ of oil and gas. The world's coal (44)_______ should last longer but, once used, these can not be (45)_______ It is important, therefore, that we should develop such (46)_______ sources of energy as solar energy and nuclear energy as well as water and wind (47)_______ (classed as (48)_______ energy). Until these 2
energy (49)_______ are widely used, it is important for the developed countries to reduce energy (50)_______ as much as possible
C. forms
41. A. fuelsB. powers 42. A. end B. complete C. total 43. A. findings 44. A. reserves 45. A. updated 46. A. traditional 47. A. force 48. A. repeatable 49. A. goods 50. A. exhaustion B. productions B. stores B. repeated B. alternative B. strength B. continual B. supplies B. destruction D. energies D. exhaust C. amounts C. mines C. renewed C. surprising C. power C. renewable C. provisions C. waste D. sources D. contents D. produced D. revolutionary D. motion D. continuous D. materials D. consumption
1. d 11. d 21. B 31. b 41. a 2. c 12. b 22. a 32. b 42. d 3. c 13. d 23. a 33. a 43. d 4. d 14. d 24. b 34. d 44. a 5. b 15. d 25. d 35. c 45. c 6. a 16. d 26. a 36. a 46. b 7. b 17. d 27. b 37. d 47. c 8. b 18. a 28. a 38. d 48. c 9. d 19. a 29. d 39. b 49. b 10. b 20. b 30. b 40. c 50. d
