Read the passage below and circle the best answer (A, or B, C, D) for each question. (10 pts)  

         Tamara Adams is fifteen years old. She normally catches the bus to school at 8.30. She meets her best friend, Stacey Thomas, at the bus-stop. Like all the other girls at Westin High School, Tamara wears the school uniform – a green shirt and a white blouse, with green shocks, a green tie, and a blue jacket. When she comes home in the evening, she does her homework and watches TV.

           But this week Tamara isn’t going to school. She isn’t living at home. She’s staying at an expensive London hotel. And she  isn’t definitely wearing her school uniform. She’s wearing the latest fashions.

          Six months ago Tamara won a competition in Flair magazine. The prize was to be a model in a top fashion show this week. So now it’s 11 o’clock on Wednesday morning. At this time tamara usually walks across the school playground to her next lesson. Nobody looks at her. She’s just another girl with her friends. But this week things are different. She isn’t walking across the playground. She’s walking along the catwalk at the London Clothes Show. Hundreds of people are watching and cameras are flashing.

1. How does Tamara usually go to school?

    A. on foot                      B. by bike                     C. by bus                D. by car

2.  What does Tamara often do in the evening?

    A. only does her homework                                

    B. watches TV and goes to bed

    C. does her homework and listens to the radio   

    D. does her homework and watches TV

3.  What does the word ‘definitely’ in line 6 mean?

    A. luckily                       B. certainly                 C. immediately       D. presently

4.  What does Tamara often do at 11 a.m on Wednesday?

    A. walks across the school playground to her next lesson.

    B. walk across the catwalk at the London Clothes Show.

    C. takes a lot of pictures.

    D. stay at an expensive hotel in London.

5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

    A. Tamara often wears green shocks to school.

    B. Tamara never wears tie to school.

    C. Tamara won a big competition six months ago.

    D. Tamara usually meets a friend at the bus-stop on the way to school.

Part 6: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. Write your answer A, B, C or D in the answer box below. (1.75p):

My school library is in a very large building. There are enough chairs and desk for hundreds of students. There are three librarians in the library. They are always ready to help students to find books. There are a lot of large bookshelves. On the shelves are books of various subjects and newspaper and magazines. There are also reference books and dictionaries for different languages. The library opens at ten past seven in the monring and closes at four in the afternoon. It opens from Monday through Friday.

29. what is the writer mainly talking about in the passage above ?

A. His/ her school library                    B. His/ her school

C. His/ her books                                D. His/ her favourite subjects.

30. How are the librarians in the library ?

A. hard- working              B. lazy            C. helpful          D. beautiful

31. How many days a week does the library open?

A. 4 days                B. 5 days                  C. 6 days                      D. 7 days

32. According to the passage, which of the following statement is NOT TRUE ?

A. There are a lot of books in the library.              B. The school library is very large

C. Hundreds of students go to the library to read books     D. There are no books for different laguages.

33. What does the pronoun “They” in the fourth sentence of the passage mean?

A. Magazines        B. Reference books          C. Librarians               D. Newspapers

IV. Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

   Marie was born in Poland in 1867. She learnt to read when she was four years old. She was very intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only fifteen years old. Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and Chemistry at the university. She won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903 and eight years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She died in 1934.

Questions:

Was she fifteen years old when she finished high school?

Read the passage below and choose the answer which best fits each gap.

    Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the space given on the right. (10 pts)

Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution (1) is as complicated as it is serious. It is complicated (2) much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, (3) from automobiles causes a large percentage of all air pollution. But the automobiles (4) transportation for millions of people. Factories (5) much of material that pollutes air and water, but factories give employment to a large number of people.

Thus, to end (6) greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to stop using many things that (7) them. Most of the people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be (8) reduced in several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that such things as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws that (9) businesses and (10) to stop, or cut down on certain polluting activities.

1.        A. work                           B. problem                         C. accident                        D. event                              

2.        A. because                     B. so                                  C. that                                D. while                                       

3.        A. exhaust                      B. fire                                 C. gas                                D. liquid                                       

4.        A. carries                        B. takes                             C. gives                              D. provides                                       

5.        A. offer                            B. bring                              C. discharge                      D. cause                                       

6.        A. to                                B. or                                   C. so                                  D. that

7.        A. benefit                        B. harm                              C. motivate                        D. encourage                                       

8.        A. little                            B. gradually                       C. extremely                      D. a bit                                   

9.        A. require                       B. forbid                             C. prevent                          D. request                                       

A. commercials           B. surroundings          C. individuals               D. traffic 

Reading the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions below.

This writing is about my best friend, Mai. We go to the same school and we"ve been together for three years. Mai is very pretty. She has short black hair and big brown eyes. She is clever and hard-working but she is also very funny. She makes jokes and we all laugh. She loves reading and writing short poems. I like being with her. We often do our homework together and she helps me a lot. I also like her because she knows a lot about astronomy and we can chat about it for hours. At the moment we"re making a Space minibook. We"re doing a lot of searching on the Internet. This Saturday we"re going to the National Museum to take some photos for our project. Then we"re watching a new film on the Disney channel together. It"s going to be fun!

Are they watching a Disney film?

 A.

Yes, they are.

 B.

Yes, they is

 C.

No, they aren’t.

 D.

Yes, she is

VII. Read the passage then choose the correct answer to each question. Circle A, B ,C or D

    The play now on at the New Theater as part of the Eastern Arts Festival is not among the best plays for which the director, Army Fielding, has been responsible.The action takes place in the home of Professor Spear. One night his landlady comes to the house for a chat. After inviting her in, the professor hears a sound and thinking it is a burglar coming to rob the house, fires his gun. By mistake the wrong person is shot and the thief gets away. The scene of the second act is a law court, in which everyone waits to find out if the professor is guilty of murder.

    I did not care for the acting in some cases. Norman Jones is normally seen in some comedies and it is not satisfactory as the professor. He doesn’t look like a wise old man. Also Simon Fry, as the servant, shouted at the top of his voice through the play. The hit of the evening, however, was James Smith as the judge. On the whole, the play appeared to be a little out of date. I can think of many other plays which would have been more suitable for a group of clever young actors to perform. The play continues until the end of the month.

1. The passage is from ________.

A. a review of the play.                         B. an instruction to a book.

C. a letter.                                             D. an advertisement.

2. What is the writer trying to do ?

A. To give advice to the writer of the play.        B. To warn people not to go and see the play.

C. To give his own opinion of the play.           D. To persuade the director to change the play.

3. The writer’s opinion about the play is that ______.

A. there were not enough actors for the parts.      

B. the actors would have performed better in a modern play.

C. the play was being performed at the wrong time of the year.   

D. the play was a comedy but the audience did not find it amusing.

4. The writer thought the actor who played the professor was unsatisfactory because ____.

A. he made the audience laugh too much.        B. he did not look like a professor .

C. he had the wrong kind of moustache.           D. he was not clever enough to play the part

5. Who, among the four following persons, will probably enjoy the play ?

A. “I don’t care much for serious subjects. I like comedies, especially about the young. Norman Jones is great, so young and lively. I like the way he jumps about the stage. He can never stand still.”

B. “I only like going to the theatre when there is something on with a lot of songs. Simon Fry is a good singer. I saw him in a show last year. I hope he’ll be singing again when I next go to the theater.”

C. “I really prefer plays with a good story . I like to wonder about what to happen in the end. I’m a great fan of James Smith.”

D. “I prefer modern plays . This director did one that I liked last year. There were a group of actors on a bare stage without any scenery . It showed what is wrong with modern society.” 

IV. Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

   Marie was born in Poland in 1867. She learnt to read when she was four years old. She was very intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only fifteen years old. Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and Chemistry at the university. She won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903 and eight years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She died in 1934.

Questions:

When did she win the Nobel prize for physics?

IV. Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

   Marie was born in Poland in 1867. She learnt to read when she was four years old. She was very intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only fifteen years old. Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and Chemistry at the university. She won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903 and eight years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She died in 1934.

Questions:

Did she learn to read when she was six years old?