I. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
1. My mother can’t ____ seeing me at home all day.
a. stop c. give up
b. stand d. suffer
2. When the company had to lay off a number of workers, he became _____
a. considerate c. delyberate
b. redundant d. dismissed
3. Dr. Johnson is a very _______ man in our neighborhood.
a. impossible c. unpopular
b. unlike d. disliked
4. This time next week they ________ to the United States.
a. will be flying c. are flying
b. will fly d. have flown
5. My uncle Tom,_______ you met the other day, is one of the best lawyers in the city.
a. whose c. whom
b. that d. both b and c are correct
6. Mike always keeps his promise, so you can rely ___ him.
a. to c. on
b. for d. at
7. They asked me ______ I had read “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville.
a. what c. whether
b. if d. both a and c are correct
8. I will have your bicycle ______ before returning it to you.
a. repaired c. repairing
b. to repair d. repair
9. Only when you are old enough ________ the truth.
a. do you know c. will you know
b. you do know d. you know
10. We are ______ listening to her advice.
a. interested with c. tired in
b. bored in d. tired of
11. He has been a war ______ for many years and covered the war in Rwanda last year.
a. correspondent c. editor
b. newsman d. reporter
12. She was ________ in the countryside and sent to a little village school.
a. brought on c. taught
b. brought up d. learned
13. The meeting was attended by nearly one hundred scientists, several of ____ were very young.
a. them c. who
b. those d. whom
14. He doesn’t write to his parents as often as he ______
a. used to c. got used to
b. was to d. had to
15. My hair needs¬¬¬ _____ ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬, but I’ve been too busy to have it cut.
a. being cut c. cutting
b. to cut d. cut
16. Had they arrived at the fair early, they ¬¬¬________ what they wanted.
a. would have found c. had found
b. found d. find
17. After having been held ____ for 5 years, he was released yesterday.
a. passive c. pensive
b. active d. captive
18. You cannot ______ the truth when that detective questions you yesterday.
a. release c. contain
b. reveal d. captive
19. There is great ____ in climbing Mr.Everest, but many people have made the attempt.
a. trial c. drill
b. pause d. peril
20. His parents are trying to ______ him to get married.
a. cause c. deserve
b. determine d. persuade
II. Read the passage and then choose one answer for each of the following questions:
Chess must be one of the oldest games in the world. An Arab traveller in India in the year 900 wrote that it was played “long, long ago”. Chess was probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan to Europe since 1400. The name “chess” is interesting. When one player is attacking the other’s King, he says in English, “Check”; when the King has been caught and cannot move anywhere he says “Check mate”. These words come from Persian. “Shah mat” means” the king is dead”, that is when the game is over and one player has won.
Such an old game changes very slowly. The ruler have not always been the same as they are now. For example, at one time the queen could only move one square at a time. Now she is the strongest piece on the board. It would be interesting to know why this has happened! Chess takes time and thought, but it is a game for all kinds of people. You don’t have to be a champion in order to enjoy it. It is not always played by two people sitting at the same table. The first time the Americans beat the Russians was in a match played by radio. Some of the chess masters are able to play many people at the same time. The record was when one man played 400 games! It is said that some people play chess by post. This must make chess the slowest game in the world.
1. Which of the following is known to be true?
a. Chess is an old Indian travelling game
b. Chess is the oldest game in the world
c. Chess was played in Japan and Europe before 1400
d. Chess was played in India long before 900
2. One player has won the game when the other player’s King can not move anywhere.
a. he attacks the other player’s King
b. he says some Persian words
c. the other player’s King can not move anywhere
d. he says “check” to the r other player
3. According to the old rules of the game the queen could move no more than one square at a time.
a. the queen was the attacked all the time
b. the King had to attacked all the time
c. the queen could move no more than one square at a time
d. the king could not move anywhere
4. Which of the following will you hear when one player has won the game?
a. “Shah mat” c. “the King is dead”
b. “check” d. “check mate”
5. Which of the following is NOT correct?
a. All kinds of people can play chess.
b. only two people can play chess sitting at the same table.
c. Some people write each other playing chess.
d. The Russians lost the game player by radio.
III. Read the article below and put a cross on the letter next to the word that best fits each space.
Should smoking be banned in public laces?
Statistics (1) show beyond doubt that cigarette smoking can (2) damage the health, yet a surprisingly large number of people continue to smoke (3) in spite of all warnings. By doing so they are not just shortening their own lives, they are also affecting the health of (4) those around them. It is time that non-smokers fought bach!
Personally, I think smoking should (5) definitely be banned in public places. In the first place, it is very unpleasant (6) to sit in a smoke-filled room, such as a restaurant or cinema, if you do not yourself smoke (7) added to this, smoking can be a serious fire risk, especially in crowed places (8) like discos. Finally, in my opinion, nobody should be asked to risk his heath just because of another person’s bad habits.
Smokers may (9) protest that they should be free to do as they like. They say that we already have no-smoking areas in public places, and that this should be enough. To my mind, however, non-smokers should also be free to go anywhere they choose without risking their health.
Smoking is harmful not just to smokers but to non-smokers too. If some people are foolish enough to continue this dangerous habits, it seems to me that they should at least be prevented (10) from doing so in public.
1. a. Survey b. Conducts c. Statistics d. Evidence
2. a. damage b. destroy c. spoil d. hurt
3. a. thanks to b. in spite of c. because of d. due to
4. a. they b. these c. those d. things
5. a. definite b. indefinite c. indefinitely d. definitely
6. a. sit b. to sit c. sitting d. sat
7. a. add b. adding c. to add d. added
8. a. for b. as c. like d. such
9. a. protest b. object c. refuse d. deserve
10. a. for b. at c. from d. in
IV. Fill in each gap in the passage below with one suitable word.
For over a hundred years, the (1) people of London have gone to bed and (2) got up in the morning to the deep sounds of the world (3) famous bell called Big Ben. The (4) bell appeared in Westminster Tower a year before the clock, in 1858. It (5) weighs 13.5 tons, and it is the (6) largest bell in all England.
As we have (7) mentioned the clock that the bell serves appeared one year later, in 1859. Each of the clock’s four (8) faces is almost 6.5 metres (9) in deameter. The munute hand is over 4 metres (10) long and weighs over 100 kilograms.
(11) Although the clock is so big, it is very exact, it is seldom more than one second (12) wrong in 1924 hours. English scientists use an original method to correct (13) mistake in the clock. There is a small tray in the middle of the pendulum.If the clock is running slow, they put a penny coin in the tray, and the clock begins to run (14) faster If the clock begins to run fast, they take (15) away the penny. The little coin is enough to make the giant clock run a second faster or slower every day.
V. Use the word to make sentences.
Dear Betty
1. Thank you / invite me / your birthday party.
Thank you for inviting me to your birthday party.
2. I / afraid / not be able / come
I’m afraid I’m not able to come
3. We / have / many things to do / this week
We have got many things to do this week
4. The boss / ask / me / work overtime
The boss asked me to work overtime
5. I / promise / do so / and / have to keep / promise
I promise to do so and have to keep my promise
6. I / wish / can go to party
I wish I coould go to the party
7. If I / be there / all of us / have good time
If I were there, all of us would have good time
8. I’ll be thinking / you / when I / type / piles of letters
I’ll be thinking of you when I type these piles of letters
9. I / hope / your party / a success
I hope your party will be a success
10. I / wish happy returns
I wish you many happy returns.
VI. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the one printed before it.
1. He started investigating the case a week ago.
He has been investigating the case for a week.
2. I’m quite sure that she didn’t steal the necklace.
She can’t have stolen the necklace.
3. The flat’s very noisy but we enjoy living there/
Even though the flat’s very noisy we enjoy living here.
4. “If I were you I wouldn’t trust Peter”, she told John.
She advised John not to trust Peter.
5. She is a far serious student now than she used to be.
She studies far more seriously now than she used to.
6. Your car does not give as much trouble as mine.
Your car gives less trouble than mine.
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