II. Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word from the box
translate                      matter                      meaning                    mistake
If you don’t know what a word means, try to guess the (1)..................., or look up the word in your dictionary. All foreign speakers have an accent, but that doesn’t (2).................. To make your pronunciation better, listen to English speakers and try to imitate. Don’t worry if you make mistakes or don’t try to correct a (3)........................ That’s normal! It’s often useful to (4)...................... words from one language to the others, but it’s best when you can start to think in the new language.

Part IV. Read the following passage and fill in each gap with a suitable word in the box. ONE word will not be used.

Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been hoping for the invention of a machine that would do all the necessary jobs around the house. If boring and repetitive factory work could be (26)________ by robots, why not boring and repetitive household chores too? For a long time the only people who really gave the problem their attention were amateur inventors And they came up against a major difficulty. That is, housework is actually very (27) ________. It has never been one job it has always been many. A factory robot carried one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn‟t run the whole factory. A housework robot on the other hand, has to do several different (28) ________ of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope (29) ________ all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs. (30) ________, there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to help the robot locate objects and avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the hardware. All that is missing the software- the programs that will operate the machine.

I. Choose a suitable word from the box to fill in each gap to complete the passage (1 point)

     There are two main kinds of sports: (1) …… sports and individual sports. Team sports (2) …… such sports as baseball, basketball and volleyball. Team sports require two separate teams. The teams play (3) …… each other. They compete against each other in order to get the best score. (4) …… example, in a football game, if team A gets 4 points and team B (5) …… 2 points, team A wins the game. Team sports are sometimes called competitive sports.

Fill each gap with suitable word from the box.

1. “Happiness” is a ……………………of “happy”.

2. In English, some questions have a rising …………………….

3. My English is a bit ……………………– I haven’t used it for years!

4. The system is capable of recording ……………………amounts of information.

5. The Scouse ……………………is characterized by the use of “youse” instead of “you”.

6. Since Maria is ……………………, she can speak both German and Spanish fluently.

7. We love the beautiful ……………………that the French have when they speak English.

8. The ……………………of the texts in this book makes it easier for students to study.

9. It is certain that English will continue to grow as the world’s ……………………language.

10. The ……………………of the English language means it is able to adapt very quickly to cultural and social changes.

Fill each gap with suitable word from the box.

1. “Happiness” is a ……………………of “happy”.

2. In English, some questions have a rising …………………….

3. My English is a bit ……………………– I haven’t used it for years!

4. The system is capable of recording ……………………amounts of information.

5. The Scouse ……………………is characterized by the use of “youse” instead of “you”.

6. Since Maria is ……………………, she can speak both German and Spanish fluently.

7. We love the beautiful ……………………that the French have when they speak English.

8. The ……………………of the texts in this book makes it easier for students to study.

9. It is certain that English will continue to grow as the world’s ……………………language.

10. The ……………………of the English language means it is able to adapt very quickly to cultural and social changes.

Fill each gap with suitable word from the box.

1. “Happiness” is a ……………………of “happy”.

2. In English, some questions have a rising …………………….

3. My English is a bit ……………………– I haven’t used it for years!

4. The system is capable of recording ……………………amounts of information.

5. The Scouse ……………………is characterized by the use of “youse” instead of “you”.

6. Since Maria is ……………………, she can speak both German and Spanish fluently.

7. We love the beautiful ……………………that the French have when they speak English.

8. The ……………………of the texts in this book makes it easier for students to study.

9. It is certain that English will continue to grow as the world’s ……………………language.

10. The ……………………of the English language means it is able to adapt very quickly to cultural and social changes.

I. Choose a suitable word from the box to fill in each gap to complete the passage. (1.5pts)

On Saturday morning, a mudslide (1)………........down the Ngan Pho River near the small village of Huong Son District, Ha Tinh Province. Authorities have (2)………......eight dead, eight injured, and as many as 108 people (3)……….......... The two-square-kilometre path of the mudslide also (4)………...........about 50 homes. A local resident (5)………..........that the mudslide was caused by ground which has been made (6)………..............by heavy rainfall.

II. Fill each blank in the following passage with a suitable word from the box.

in                 kitchen        an                          chairs                              is

my                live               room                      armchair               restaurants

I (1)………....... in a small room (2)………....... New York. It’s part of (3)………...... old house. I have one (4)………...... and a kitchen and I share a bathroom with three other people. In (5)………...... room, there’s a bed, an (6)………...... and a coffee table, and I have a television and a hi-fi, too. In the (7)………......, there (8)…… …......a cooker and a sink. There’s a small table and two (9)…… …......, too. The kitchen’s small, but it’s OK. There are lots of pubs, cafes and (10)…… …...... on the street, so I don’t cook a lot.