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PHÀN I ____________________________ CÄC DE THI CHINH THÜC D E THI NÄM 1998 PART ONE: PHONOLOGY A. Pick out the word whose sound of the bold parts is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. 1. A. food B. look C. took D.good 2. A.than B. theatre C. theory D. thorough 3. A. nourish B. flourish C.courageous D.courage 4. A. orchestra B. orchard C. chasm D. chemical 5. A. mouths B. cloths C. booths D. months 6. A. vanish B. vapid C. valve D. various 7. A. bought B. sought C. drought D. fought 8. A. comfortable B. come C. some D. comb 9. A. whistle B. little C. gentle D. battle 10. A. subtle B. plumber C.doubt D. herbage B. Underline the stressed syllable of the following words. demonstrative monopoly impetus preferential extravagant prejudice personnel sabotage legitimate horoscope PART TWO: VOCABULARY A. Multiple choices Choose the best answers. L The charges brought against the government official finally hurt nothing but his vanitv. A. family B. prospects C. pride D. image 5 2. During the war, the shipping lanes proved vulnerable to be attacked. A. susceptible B. dangerous C. futile D. feasible 3. The manager told his assistant to ____ the mistake immediately. A. rectify B. maltreat C. sanction D. banish 4. Peter, Harry, and Chuck were first, second, and third in th e __________ school cross-country race. A. respectively B. actively C. responsively D. tremendously 5. Children can be difficult to teach because of their short attention_______. A. limit B. span C. duration D. time 6. The ticket ________ one person to the museum. A. allows B. admits C. permits D. accepts 7. The lamp is ________ to the ceiling by means of a hook. A. attached B. related C. connected D. installed. 8. The company director’s asked the government to ________in the dispute and prevent a strike. A. intervene B. interact C. intercept D. interpose 9. People believe there is a ________between the two crimes. A. joint B. chain C. link D. connector 10. Some people feel that television should give less______ to sport. A. programs B. coverage C. concern D. involvement B. Word formation Supply the correct form o f the words in brackets. 1. Meiling signed up for th e ________course, (.economy) 2. Various________ by police officers were brought to light by the enquiry. (practice) 3. Shd took the job to b e ________independent, (finance) 4. We can look forward to a period o f________. (prospects) 5. You must forgive m y________in these matters, (experience) 6. I’ve never known such a ________person, (quarrel) 7. She uses a good-quality oil for proper________. (lubricate) 8. Like oil, gas is a fossil fuel and is thus a ________ source of energy. (renew) 9. When Jean made up for the play, she w as________. (recognize) 10. Sam was accused of stealing some docum ents______ . (confidence) 6 PART THREE: GRAMMAR A. Prepositions and particles а. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions or adverbial particles. 1. Write in pencil then if you make a mistake you can easily rub it ______. 2. She was --------- the point ______ saying something, but, changing her mind, remained silent. 3. My name is William, they call me B ill________short. 4. The bus was held_________because a tree had fallen_______ the road. 5. You’ll have to work very hard today to make ________ the time you wasted yesterday. б. The police broke________the demonstration. 7. A new magazine has just com e__________. 8. She was converted_______Catholicism_______ near death-bed. 9. Don’t try to cheat in my class, it’s useless and you’ll never g e t_______it. 10. I w a s ________the impression that I had paid you th e _________work you d id ________for me. b. Complete the following sentences, using the verbs and particles provided. Verbs: show, draw, go, make Prepositions: through, up, for, off 1. A red car has ju st________in front of our house. 2. Some women invited to a wedding party always try t o ________their figures. 3. It was 10 o’clock when he finally__________ . 4. My father_________ _ the two world wars. 5. It’s getting late; we’d better turn round an d ________home. B. Verb tenses and forms Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense or form. 1. By the time you (finish) ________ your twelfth grade this summer, I (graduate)________from my university. 2. I could tell from the (frighten) ______________ look on her face that somethingterribele (happen)________. 3. You (know )________nothing (m ove)______________since you (send) ________away (cure)________ . 4. He resented (ask)________(wait)__________ . He (expect) the minister (see)________him at once. 7 5. Once (bite)________ , twice shy. 6. I’d rather (live)________ in the eighteenth century than in the nineteenth century. 7. The students requested that the test (postpone)______________, but the instructor decided against a postponement. 8. Next time we go (house-hunt)________, remember (a sk )________the agent for clear directions. 9. It was our fault to keep Mary (wait)_____so long. We (inform) ______ her in advance. PART FOUR: WRITING A. Sentence transform ation Finish each o f the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the printed one. 1. He is more a lecturer than a teacher. ■ H e__________________________________________________________ 2. You won’t find a school anywhere whose pupils get such results. Nowhere____________________________________________________ 3. You may be very intelligent, but you should be careful about this. No matter___________________________________________________ 4. Even though I admire his courage, I think he’s foolish. M uch_______________________________________________________ 5. They are soon accustomed to swimming. It i s ______ __ _______________________________________________ 6. Customs officials arc stopping more travelers than usual this week. An increased_______________________________________________ 7. The police arc advising vigilance as there have been more robberies lately. 8. I’m the only child in my family. My mother gave_____________________________________________ 9. He never suspected that the money had been stolen. At no tim e___________________________________________________ 10.1 don’t understand a single word of this letter. / can't m ake________________________________________________ 8 B. Key-word transformation Rewrite the following sentences as directed by using exactly the words in brackets. 1. I can nearly remember the word, (tongue) 2. She was smoking in the bathroom, I went in to the bathroom and knew that, (caught) 3. Many people nowadays find it increasingly difficult to exist on the money they earn, (ends) 4. He was forced to apologize, (choice) 5. If it costs too much, we’ll have to consider, (event) 6. The explorers disregarded the mosquitoes, (notice) 7. Try not to panic even if you don’t know what is going to happen, (your head) 8. John inflated the tires of his bicycle, (blew) 9. The first sign of the disease is a feeling of faintness, (onset) PART FIVE: READING A. Cloze test Fill in each blank with one suitable word. In British English this standard accent is known as R.P. or Received Pronunciation. This coupled with the sort of English described in grammar books is the accepted (1) ________. Its use, however, is restricted (2) ________ geographically and socially; it is most (3) ________ used among the middle classes in the south of England. Its speakers, (4) ________, carry both a geographical and (5) ________ label, as do the speakers of all its variants, although the more socially mobile someone is the more complex his accent becomes, and so the more ( 6 ) ________he is to label. Attitudes towards this vary, from the parents (7 )________train their children not to speak with a local ( 8 ) ________ so that “they will have a better chance in life”, to the liberal, trendy young manager who adopts a local accent (9) ________ a form of inverted snobbery. But these stances are extreme, but, nevertheless, the (10) ________between language and social status is a potentially explosive subject in British society. B. Reading comprehension Read the following passage and choose the best answers. A Japanese construction company plans to create a huge independent city-state, akin to the legendary Atlantis in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The city. 9 dubbed “marin-nation”, would have about one million inhabitants, two airports, and possibly even a space port. Marin-nation, if built, would be a separate country but could serve as a home for international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. Aside from the many political social problems that would have to be solved, the engineering task envisaged is monumental. The initial stage requires the building of a circular dam 18 miles in diameter attached to the bed in relatively shallow place in international waters. Then, several hundred powerful pumps, operating for more than a year, would suck out the sea water lrom within the dam. When empty and dry, the area would have a city constructed on it. The actual land would be about 300 feet below sea level. According to designers, the hardest task from engineering point of view would be to ensure that the dam is leak proof and earthquake proof. 1 all goes well, it is hoped that marin-nation could be ready for habitation at 1 the end of the second decade of the twenty-first century. Whether anyone would want to live in such an isolated and artificial community, however, it will remain an open question until that time. 1. To what does the underlined phrase “the city” refer? A. A Japanese construction company C. The United Nations B. Atlantis D. A future city 2. What kind of city will marin-nation be? A. underground B. underwater C. marine D. Legendary 3. The tone of the passage is ________. A. sarcastic B. humorous C. judgmental D. informative 4. The problem of Marin-nation focused on here is mainly______ A. human C. political B. engineering D. social 5. By referring to Atlantis in the passage, the author is saying that A. marin-nation will never be built. B. marin-nation is a city in the ocean. C. even if built, marin-nation will fail. D. marin-nation is only a dream. 10 B E THI NAM 1999 PART ONE: PHONOLOGY A. Pick out the word whose sound of the bold parts is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. I. A. tickled B. published C. produced D. replaced 2. A. baths B.speeds C.forgoes D. drags 3. A. break B. weight C. plane D. said 4. A. watch B. want C. bank D. what 5. A. gaiety B. gene C. gesture Drmargarine 6. A. says B. bays C.days D. rays 7. A. choke B. churen C. chirp D. choir 8. A. foot B.shoot C. cook D. shook 9. A. keen B. deep C. sheer D. meet B. Underline the stressed syllables of the following words. photographer ancestor documentary improvement premium abyss prosecute sympathetically necessary employee PART TWO: VOCABULARY A. Multiple choices Choose the best answers. 1. A person who has drunk too much alcohol would A. stagger B. swagger C. tramp D. prowl 2. It takes roughly 4,000 pounds of petals to make a single pound of rose oil. A. as much as B. amazingly C. more or less D. relatively 3. Six novels a year, you say? He’s certainly a ________writer. A. fruitful B. fertile C. virile 4. The party’s election________proved to be successful. A. campaign B. movement C. struggle D. prolific D. fight 5. No one appreciated his work during his lifetime, b u t________ it is clear that he is a great artist. A. in the aftermath B. by the time C. in retrospect D. in this eventuality 11 6. Who would take the Hippocratic oath? A. a barrister B. a priest C. a doctor D. a soldier 7. Nations that live in concord are nations that live together in peace. A. war B. harmony C. conformity D. happiness 8. ________ receipt of your instructions, I immediately sent a telex message to Algeria. A. On B. In C. With D. By 9. My passport_______last month, so I will have to get a new one. A. elapsed B. expired C. ended D. terminated 10.1 am never free on Tuesday evening as I have a _____________ arrangement to go to the cinema with a friend. A. long-standing B. long-lived C. long-range D. long-lasting B. Word formation Supply the correct forms o f the words in brackets. 1. The student failed the math exam because he forgot the_____ . (formulaic) 2. My car is too much________to take on a long journey, (rely) 3. The new ________ has certainly made things a lot easier in the town center since it has taken away the through traffic, (pass) 4. Nobody gets________ treatment in this office, (prefer) 5. He’s m ore________than expected, (tolerate) 6. The museum doesn’t charge fo r________on Sundays, (admit) 7. We can look forward to a period o f________. (prosper) 8. This kind of activity can b e ________. (benefit) 9. Our education must put an end to ________. (literate) 10.Please________ our letter of the 14th. We have not had a reply, (know) PART THREE: GRAMMAR A. Prepositions Fill in each blank with a correct preposition. 1. After the operation, he had to g e t________on crutches. 2. I want you to copy carefully________the model. 3. 1 turned________ at the meeting but the others didn’t come. 4. My shoes w ear_______very quickly since I started walking to the office. 5. The African elephant will be extinct within twenty years if an international campaign______the ivory trade is not started immediately. 6. The ship was bound________Japan when it ran into typhoon. 12 7. The gun w ent________in his hand while he was cleaning it. 8. This is a very important decision. All our lives a re ________ stake. 9. It always pays to buy high-quality goods ________ the long run it’s cheaper. B. Verb tenses and forms Supply the correct forms o f the verbs in brackets. 1. Does that road need________(broad). 2. It’s obligatory that the voyage________(cancel). 3. Were I ________(know) the truth, I would tell you about it. 4. I’d rather you________(keep) your mouth________ (shut). 5. He suggested that a petition________(draw) up. 6. We must take an umbrella. It ._____(rain). 7- S he________(be) here but sh e________ (go) down with flu. 8. Without your assistant, we ______ (not be) able to complete our last project in our allotted time. PART FOUR: WRITING A. Sentence transformation Finish each o f the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the printed one. 1. Alternative medicine is a complete mystery to some people. Some people a re __________________ __________________________ 2. The number of people killed in industrial accidents this year is now fifteen. Already this year_____________________________________________ 3. You may be disqualified if you don’t obey the regulations. Failure__________ _________________________________ ' 4. He tried hard so that he would win the first prize. With________________________________________________________ 5. Having made all the arrangements, they decided to go any way. Since_______________________________• ____________________ 6. Most students can work very hard when they feel like it. Most students are capable____________________________ _______ 7. I only recognized him when he came into the light. Not until________ 13 8. They declared war on the pretext of defending their territorial rights. The excuse__________________________________________________ 9. You needn’t make an appointment to see the personnel manager. There’s ______________________________________________________ 10. Can I speak to someone about my problem? Would i t ____________________________ ________________________ B. Key-word transform ation Rewrite the following sentences using the given words. Do not alter these words. 1. I found the story she told me very interesting, (fascinated) 2. I’ve lost interest in going to the same place all the time, (fed up) 3. Mass tourism has been one of the causes of the problems, (blame) 4. The rain was coming down in torrents, (cats) 5. People’s race, creed or color is not taken into account when they apply for a job with us. (irrespective) 6. All teachers like Kate, (popular) 7. That jumper you knitted for my daughter no longer fits her. (grown) 8. He is said to be a very hard bargainer, (reputation) 9. He doesn’t appreciate his wife, (granted) 10. The amount the firm spent on the project initially was $15,000. (outlay) PART FIVE: READING COMPREHENSION A. Cloze test Fill in each blank with one suitable word. “Being in space is an exhilarating experience”, recalls astronaut Buzz Aldrin, member of the three-man (1 )________which made history 25 years ago (2) they succeeded in (3) ______ the first men ever to set (4) ________on the moon. Just being (5) _________to float around IS amazing. Unfortunately, the space suits were very restrictive so we weren’t (6 )________ to move about very easily”. They made the job of (7 )________moon rock and soil to bring ( 8 ) ________ to Earth, we were put in quarantine. It was still not known (9) ________ life existed on the Moon, Neil’s famous first footprint should (10)________ be there until it is disturbed by other visitors. 14 B. Reading comprehension Read the following passage and decide whether the statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). The plan to join the British Isles to the European continent by boring a tunnel under the sea between Dover, England, and Calais, France, was originally proposed in the second half of the nineteenth century. The bill authorizing the work was rejected in 1883. The plan was again proposed in 1930 by many enthusiastic supporters. The tunnel was to be the longest ever made and an engineering wonder. However, the estimated cost, the military risks, and the doubt as to the feasibility of construction lead to the rejection of the proposal in June 1930. Finally, in the 1980s, the proposal was accepted and tunneling began. ^................. 7............... The plan to unite the British Isles with the European continent has been proposed three times. The plan to unite the British Isles with the European continent has been rejected three times. 3 ............ 1 was believed by some that the tunnel posed a threat to national 1 security. 4 ............ Some people did not believe that the tunnel was a viable idea in the 1930s. 5............... 6............... 7............... Tunneling originally began in Calais, France. The plan was rejected in 1883 because the people were bored. Theconstruction of the tunnel ledto the rejection of the proposal in 1930. 8 ............ ^............... 10............... The tunnel made in 1930 was the longest ever made. The supporters of the tunnel wanted to hức a onderful engineer. The estimated cost of the tunnel was prohibitive in 1930. Đ Ể THI NĂM 2000 PART ONE: PHONOLOGY A. Pick out the word whose sound of the bold parts is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. 1 .A. canary B. share C. baron D. pharaoh 2. A. pug B. puke C. pumice D. pustule 3. A. chaperon B. charity C. challenge D. Charlie 4. A. this B. mother C. think D. that 5. A. furl B. fur C .furze D. furrier 15 C. telefilm B. telemetry 6. A. course C. telefilm B. telemetry 7. A. telecast B. resound C. resonant 8. A. resign C. common 9. A. complete B. command C. comb B. sob 10. A. nib Underline the stressed syllables of the following words. decimeter abacus synonymous ambuscade tarpaulin fertile epticaemia revenue D. teleology D. teleology D.resource D. community D. curb formica comparable PART TWO: VOCABULARY A. Multiple choices Choose the best answers. 1. They began constructing the bridge in 1960, but several y ears________ before the project was completed. A. advanced B. clasped C. proceeded D. progressed 2. The pointed______of the church could be seen from miles away. A. dome B. building C. summit D. steeple 3. I wish we’d never bought him a TV. All he ever does is s it________to the box. A. fixed B. stuck C. glued D. sealed 4. I was proud to be _______ out for special praise for my performance. A. selected B. singled C. separated D. distinguished 5. She was ________ out of 115 applicants for the position of Managing Director. A. short-changed B. short-listed C. short-sighted D. short-handed 6. You’ll feel better after you have taken a ______ of cough medicine. A. ration B. helping C. dose 7. In recent years, many hills have been A. demolished B. levelled D. portion to give way to buildings. C. flattened D. felled 8. The house possesses extensive________with gardens, tennis courts, and an orchard. A. grounds B. property C. fields D. surroundings 9. The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people________ into icy water. A. drowned 16 B. emerged C. plunged D. repulsed 10.No one knows precisely how much he earns a month, but $2,500 can’t be ________of the mark. A. wide B. far C. broad D. distant B. Word formation Supply the correct forms o f the words in brackets. 1. I was late because I ________how much time I would need, (estimate) 2. 1 don’t care if you’d had too much to drink. Your behaviour last night was quite________. (defend) 3. The cat is in the sunshine________. (luxury) 4. Don’t judge the matter by my opponent’s ________statement, but wait till you have heard the other side, (lateral) 5. Some phones can recognise your voice and b e ________by it. (act) 6. Are all those________they put in food really necessary? (add) 7. The bicycle I lent Tom had been in good condition, but he returned it in . (repair) 8. She complained about his rudeness________. (cease) 9. I try to an occasion when I might be 600 feet below sea lev el________ . (vision) 10. ______ and overpopulation are two of the most difficult problems in the Third World countries, (forest) PART THREE: GRAMMAR A. Prepositions Fill in each blank with a correct preposition. 1. He lost his jo b ________no fault of his own. 2. Her bright red hair made her stand________from the others. 3. There should be some new s________the hour. 4. Stop wasting time! Get to my office________the double. 5. I have already told her that I won’t goto Spain, but she’s still trying to talk m e ________. 6. 7. 8. 9. Before they hire anyone they should check______ his background. You must account________the manager for the money you used. I met him at the party and he asked________you. I applied for a part-time job at the supermarket. They’re going to take me 10. He had taken over an old cor THir VifiN ThM BiNH THUAN M ±A/y /A O I.Q hr 17 B. Verb tenses and forms Supply the correct forms o f the verbs in brackets. 1. Congress has decreed that the gasoline tax (abolish)________. 2. I could tell at a glance that the pile of letters on my desk ________ (disturb) while I (b e)________out. 3. He took a risk investing money with them. I’d rather he (not do)____ it. 4. - He had two bottles of Coke and got drunk. - He (not g e t)________drunk on Coke. 5. The laundry has a nice fresh smell from (dry)________in the sun. 6. He was far from satisfied with the way things (turn)________out. He sat (lose) ________ in thoughts. 7. Before changing lifestyles (begin)________to separate modern families, several generations of the same family (often live)________together. PART FOUR: WRITING A. Sentence transformation Finish each o f the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the printed one. 1. It was a red-letter day. That day___________ _________________________________________ 2. Our present financial problems will soon be a thing of the past. We shall______________________________ ______________________ 3. Fancy you and I meeting in the middle of Africa like this. It’s really odd___________________________________________ ____ 4. We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful. Much to ________________________________ ______ ______________ 5. You’ve got a nerve, implying that it was all my fault. How dare____________________________________________________ 6. He made no bones about helping me. He didn ’t _________________________ _______________ ___________ 7. Its lack of irregular verbs makes Esperanto a unique language. Unlike______________________________________________________ 8. He never thought of telling her It never_______________________________________________ _____ 9. The dress was so tempting that I bought it. / couldn 't resist_____________ 18 10. The idea no longer interests her. She has gone________________________________________________ B. Key-word transformation Rewrite the following sentences using the given words. Do not alter these words. 1. Very little money was raised by the charity appeal, (response) 2. His irresponsible attitude is endangering his career as a doctor, (jeopardy) 3. That wasn’t what I meant at all. You’ve completely misunderstood me as usual, (stick) 4. I don’t like him because he boasts a lot. (mouth) 5. He liked the new job straight away, (duck) 6. Your attitude will have to change if you want to succeed, (leaf) 7. The new musical has delighted theatre audiences throughout the country, (storm) 8. Even though the election is tomorrow, many voters still haven’t decided on the candidate they are going to vote for. (fence) 9. He’s not sure whether to go or not. (minds) lO.She has extensive knowledge of ancient Egypt, (very) PART FIVE: READING A. Cloze test Fill in each blank with one suitable word. Society does not encourage crying as a form of ( 1 ) ________ expression. The shedding of tears to make people feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. The (2) race is the only species that sheds emotional tears. What (3) _______ docs crying serve? It has been suggested that emotional tears play a role in the (4 )________of stress. Scientific studies have revealed that emotional tears contain a chemical which is one of the body’s natural (5) ________killers. The chemical is not found in tears (6 )________as a response to slicing onions. Scientists think that tears may (7 )________to remove substances that accumulate in the body under stress. This would explain why many people feel much better after crying. As a result of the view that it is not (8 )________to cry, men tend to hold back their tears. This may explain when men develop more stress - related diseases than women. 19 (9 )_______ emotion, be if a feeling of sadness or happiness, is stressful. Tears are therefore shed as a response to sorrow, anger or joy. It is natural to cry. Indeed, it may be (10)________to hold back tears. B. Reading comprehension Rearrange the follow inf; sentences into the correct order to make a passage. EYEWITNESS GUIDES 1. It all started just six years ago with Birds. Since then, Eyewitness Guides have become a publishing sensation - 50 subjects covered, 40 countries conquered, 15 million copies sold. 2. We live in an age of television, video and interactive computing, in which children are skilled at absorbing data from images at a glance. While this makes them respond favourably to visual learning, the disadvantage is that they sometimes lack confidence with words. 3. One of the main reasons behind the books’ success is the discovery that, against a white background, even the most familiar objects can look wonderful. 4. Eyewitness Guides are the outcome of a unique approach, in which photographs, models, maps and diagrams are specially produced. 5. But the success of Eyewitness Guides cannot be measured in statistics alone, for these high-quality reference books have established a completely original way of presenting information. 6. Everything is done to make certain that they compete with the impact of television images. 7. So, what the Eyewitness Guides have done is to combine the two elements, words and pictures, treating them as just one thing entertainment. 8. Often a single photographic image will lake up an entire double page spread grabbing your attention. 9. But these books have one major advantage children can return to them again and again, finding something fresh to read every time. 10. Whatever the image, you’ll always find the text right along side, building your understanding of the subject. 20 D E THI NAM 2001 PART ONE: PHONOLOGY A. Pick out the word whose sound is different from that of the others in each group. 1. A. ransom B. ancient C. danger D. change 2. A. putsch B. putt C. pussy D. pulpit 3. A. debt B. nib C. absorb D. absent 4. A. fluoride B. hide C. arid D. miserly 5. A. wicked B. hatred C.sacred D. looked 6 A. laugh B. plough C.enough D.cough 7. A. delicate B. concentrate C. private D.accurate 8. A. thunderstorm B. greengrocer C. prefer D. louder 9. A. carriage B.voyage C. massage D. dosage 10. A. months B. paths C. wreaths D. youths B. List the words given in each column according to their stress patterns. petrogenecist, cumulative, cinematographer, suffragette, monetarism, gastronomy, educator, memorabilia, chivalrous, luxuriance, pharmaceutical, demonstrative, voluntary, personify, presidium, ascertain, tattoo, documentary, triangle, incomprehensible PART TWO: VOCABULARY A. Multiple choices Choose the best word from A, B, C, or D that fits each blank. 1. The drivers have rejected proposals to end the strike and the other workers have come out in __________ . A. consent B. return C. sympathy D. collaboration 2. If you make her laugh while she’s eating, she’ll __________ . A. choke B. gasp C. sneeze D. swallow 3. The ending of the joke was s o __________ that no one laughed. A. predictable B. potential C. foreseen D. anticipated 4. Her allergy to fish is so severe that th e __________sight of it makes her feel sick. A. simple B. easy C. plain D. mere 21 5. After leaving school, Nigel decided to __________in the army. A. enlist B. enroll C. register D. sign 6. Unless you give up smoking, you’ll __________the risk of damaging your health. A. bear B. suffer C. make D. run 7. I’m n o t__________ to your plan, but it needs modifying. A. objected B. disputed C. opposed D. conflicted 8. The audience________his appearance on stage with thunderous applause. A. clapped B. protested C. rewarded D. hailed 9. The shop assistant was arrested_________thefts from the store. A. in response to B. in connection with C. referring to D. with regard to 10.For a while I was at a _________ to know what to say. A. blank B. pain C. loss D. crisis B. Word formation Use the correct form o f the word given in parentheses to fill in the blank in each sentence. 1. The unresponsive audience made the lecturer somewhat _________ (heart). What a shame! 2. A list o f_______ (come) events will be posted on the notice board. 3. She’s quite a n __________ (eye)! 4. Listening to that doctor’s talk was a very______ (rich) experience. 5. His family suffered from his__________(expend). 6. We have_________ (zero) temperatures every night in mid-winter. 7. T h e__________(edit) staff consists of ten experienced journalists. 8. The two nations finally agreed to sign a(n )________ (aggressive) pact to normalize their diplomatic relations. 9. This leads to more pressure being put on th e ________(adequate) public transport system. 10-_________ (accompany) children will not be allowed to cross busy roads. PART THREE: GRAMMAR A. Prepositions and particles Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition or particle to make meaningful sentences. 1. He was punctual_________ the minute. 22 2. Paul won’t do anything without asking his wife first. She’s really got him her thumb. 3. You need to show that picture__________a dark background. 4. I’ll keep your application__________ file for the time being. 5. Now that everybody is here. Let’s com e__________ to business. 6. He looks like his father__________appearance. 7. Geology is a science I am not conversant __________ . 8. I’m always so shy __________ strangers. I know I should have more confidence myself but I can’t help it. 9. The milk smells horrible. It must have g o n e__________ , so you have to put lemon in your tea. 10. I think he’s not serious__________becoming a teacher. He just plays __________ the idea. 11. His aunt just died, so he will com e__________a lot of money. 12 . ________ first, they couldn’t make_______ who was_______ the plan. 13. Nowadays, many youngsters try to keep________________ the Joneses. 14. If you have any difficulty, I will help you__________ . 15. He still worked although it was w ell__________ in the night. B. Verb tenses and forms Put the verbs given in brackets into their appropriate tense or form. 1. The accident_________(report)________ (cause) by a reckless motorist. 2. When I get my degree, I _________(study) at this school for four years. 3. I don’t know why you always__________ (talk) in class, boys. 4. I didn’t do the test well. I __________ (prepare) it very carefully at home. 5. Who was that girl you_________(talk) to when I ________ (pass) you in the street? 6. Today is the first anniversary of Grandpa Max’s death, and I __________ (think) about him all day. How fortunate I __________ (b e )___________ (have) a Grandpa like him! 7. - I found that everything I said on the phone had been reported to the police. - Your phone (tap)__________ . 8. This time next year I probably_________(live) on the other side of the world. 9. By the time the war was over, thousands of innocent people______(kill). 23 10. My uncle would rather that I __________(not, leave) yesterday. 11. When I see my sister again, she__________(finish) all her exam. 12. The w eather_________ (be) bad, they couldn’t b u t__________ (cancel) the camping trip. 13. It’s a great pity you __________ (not, come) to Brighton with us last Sunday. As y o u __________ (never, see) the sea before, i t __________ (be) a new experience. PART FOUR: WRITING A. Sentence transform ation (structure) Complete the sentences in such a way that each o f the sentences means almost the same as the sentence printed before it. 1. We were very impressed by the new camera but found it rather expensive. Impressed___________________________________________________ 2. He brought the umbrella along but it didn’t rain. He needn ' t ___________________________________________________ 3. “I’m innocent,” she said, and the court believed her. She convinced_______________________________________________ 4. Under no circumstances should you phone the police. The last_____________________________________________________ 5. I would like, moreover, to choose my own clothes. What's______________________________________________________ 6. The team is the same as it was for last Saturday’s match. There have__________________________________________________ 7. Couldn’t you have got a bus to the station? Wasn 7 __________________________________________________ ___ 8. You were so gullible! How could you believe the lies he told you? Weren 7 ______________________________________________________ 9. Success in the academic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications. The m ore___________________________________________________ _ 10. While I strongly disapprove of your behaviour, I will help you this time. Despite_______________________________________________ ______ 24