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(1) Grammar and Vocabulary
- This man has dark …………..
A) heads
B) head
C) hairs
D) hair - and a ………….
A) beard
B) barber
C) moustaches
D) facehair - You arrive at a party at 8 p.m. What do you say?
A) Goodnight
B) Good-bye
C) Good evening
D) Good afternoon - Someone offers you a drink. You don’t want it. What do you say?
A) Thank you
B) Please
C) No, thank you
D) No, please - Henderson ……………. going to work.
A) likes not
B) don’t like
C) doesn’t like
D) not like - …………….. early in the morning?
A) Does he get up
B) Gets he up
C) Do he get up
D) Get he up - I spoke slowly, but he …………….. understand me.
A) canned not
B) didn’t can
C) didn’t could
D) could not - He ………………. swim very well.
A) not can
B) cannot
C) doesn’t can
D) don’t can - Peter works in London. ……………….
A) He goes there by train
B) He there goes by train
C) He goes by train here
D) There goes he by train - He has a …………….. experience in marketing in Europe.
A) grand
B) wide
C) large
D) great - I remember ………………. him in London.
A) of meeting
B) to meet
C) to meeting
D) meeting - I won’t go to Cambridge if it ………………. tomorrow.
A) rain
B) would rain
C) rains
D) raining - Millions of cigarettes ………………..
- every year.
A) is smoke
B) are smoking
C) are smoked
D) are smoke - Smith went abroad last year …………………. abroad before.
A) He had never been
B) He had been never
C) He never went
D) He went never - Would you mind ………………. the door?
A) open
B) to open
C) opening
D) to opening - He took ……………….. cheese.
A) all of
B) all
C) the all
D) all of the - ……………….. since I came back to the office?
A) Did Robinson telephone
B) Was Robinson telephoning
C) telephoned Robinson
D) Has Robinson telephoned - He would have known that, if he ……………… the meeting.
A) had attended
B) would have attended
C) has attended
D) would attend - He never takes risks. He’s a very …………….. man.
A) mindful
B) anxious
C) attentive
D) cautious - He hasn’t come again today. If he doesn’t come, ……………… what to do tomorrow.
A) he wouldn’t know
B) he didn’t know
C) he will not have known
D) he won’t know - I’ll speak to him when he ……………….
A) will arrive
B) is arriving
C) arrives
D) would arrive - “Can you come tomorrow?” He asked ………………… tomorrow.
A) if I come
B) that i come
C) if I could come
D) that I can come - How do you do. …………….. sit down.
A) You
B) Please
C) Now
D) Let - we have very different ideas of the……………… of
- place we’d like to live in.
A) kind
B) piece
C) shape
D) area - He would have known that, if he ………………. the meeting.
A) had attended
B) would have attended
C) has attended
D) would attend - She is………………. a beautiful jacket.
A) wearing
B) carrying
C) having
D) holding - Could you please tell me where _?
(A) the office is located.
(B) Is located the office.
(C) Is the office located.
(D) the office locate - Several _ sent an e-mail to the instructor.
(A) student
(B) of students
(C) of the student
(D) of the students
(2) Reading Comprehension
Light from the candles bounced off the dark windows and made strange shadows on the walls.
After hearing Uncle Sal’s stories, we all sat nervously, listening for creaking footsteps and
squeaking doors. Leo was the first to speak.
“You don’t really believe all those stories about the old Potter place, do you, Uncle Sal?”
“I don’t know,” Uncle Sal said slowly, “no one has seen Mr. Potter in town for the last five years.
Some say he hasn’t set foot out of the house.” - What time of day is it in the story?
a) Morning
b) Noon
c) Afternoon
d) Evening - What kind of stories did Uncle Sal tell?
a) Peaceful
b) Scary
c) Sad
d) Funny
Television has been introduced to almost every country in the world, reaching a large number of
viewers on every continent. About 600 million people saw the first person walk on the moon, and a
billion people watched the twentieth Olympic Games. Television has in many ways promoted
understanding and cooperation among people. It does this by showing educational and cultural
programs. - From this passage, a reader can most reasonably conclude that the author believes that
A) people spend too much time watching television
B) not every country needs to have television
C) television can unify people from around the world
D) television is as important as schools
People have different ways of learning. Some are better at making mental pictures of new ideas.
Others are more comfortable with writing lists of things
to memorize. Certain people can learn best when listening to music, while others need silence to
concentrate. - Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
A) Mental pictures help many to learn.
B) Some people prefer lists to making mental pictures.
C) To learn well you need to be comfortable.
D) Different individuals have different ways of acquiring information
Many people own different pets. Dogs, cats, birds, and fish are common household pets. Other pets
are considered to be exotic animals. These include snakes, lizards, and hedgehogs. - According to the passage, snakes are:
A) uncommon pets
B) likely to be found in a household with dogs
C) found only in zoos
D) not allowed in people’s homes
When cartoonist Charles M. Schulz was a boy in elementary school, other boys teased him for being
small and not very good at sports, and his art teacher told him he had no talent for drawing. He had few
friends and was too shy to talk to a red-haired girl he admired. Later in life, Schulz used his childhood
experiences in his comic strip Peanuts: the strip’s main character, the sad and lonely Charlie Brown,
represents Schulz as a little boy. Peanuts was unique at the time because it contained no adult
characters. Readers fell in love with Charlie Brown, and Peanuts eventually became one of the most
popular comic strips of all time. - What is the main idea of the passage?
A) Peanuts was the world’s most widely read comic strip.
B) Schulz was a very famous cartoonist.
C) Schulz turned the pain of his youth into success as an adult.
D) The comic strip Peanuts featured children as its only characters.
Money has been used for thousands of years in nearly every culture as a means of exchange.
However, today, the use of cash is becoming less and less common in modern societies all over the
world. Every year, a higher percentage of purchases are made online, and even in stores customers
are now using credit cards more often than cash. Many people today do all their banking on the
internet rather than going to the bank in person. - The author of the passage probably assumes that
A) cash will become virtually obsolete in the near future
B) using cash will become popular again
C) C)paying with credit cards all the time is dangerous
D) societies that do business online will struggle
Dogs and cats make very different types of pets. Before deciding whether to buy or adopt a dog or a
cat, prospective owners need to carefully consider their own lifestyles and personalities. Dogs may
make more affectionate companions, but they require more care and attention. They must be taken
out several times a day and should not be left alone for more than a few hours. Larger dogs require
significant exercise to remain fit and healthy. Cats are usually more independent in nature and interact
less with their owners. Also, a cat can be left on its own all day, or even for several days, as long as it
has food and clean water to drink. - From this passage a reader can conclude that
A) owning a cat requires less work than owning a dog
B) people who are away from home during the day should not own a cat
C) people who like to play with their pets should own a cat
D) owning a cat is more responsibility than owning a dog