1.        The weather is too terrible for you to go out.

@ If the weather ________________________________________________________________

2.        All the students have to take the final exam.

@ The final exam________________________________________________________________

3.        Please don’t repeat what I said.

@ Would you mind______________________________________________________________

4.        I can’t swim as well as my friend can.

@ My friend____________________________________________________________________

5.        They didn’t have a map, so they got lost.

@ Because_____________________________________________________________________

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

1.                  A. seat                           B. read                                C. wear                             D. meal

2.                  A. Christmas                B. machine                         C. mechanic                    D. scholarship

3.                  A. needed                     B. worked                           C. stopped                       D. watched

Choose the word that has different stress pattern.

4.                  A. earthquake              B. energy                            C. experience                 D. exercise

5.                  A. throughout              B. volcanic                         C. unpleasant                  D. fashionable

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits the blank in each sentence.

6.      He had lived _________that farm all his life.

            A. in                               B. at                                     C. on                                 D. with

7.      Look_________! There’s a big hole in front of you.

            A. at                               B. out                                   C. on                                 D. down

8.      Hurricane Andrew swept through southern Florida_________August 1992.

            A. in                               B. on                                    C. since                            D. from

9.      He was quietly proud _________his literary achievements.

            A. on                              B. of                                     C. at                                  D. in

10. The report_________that thousands of people had seen UFOs.

            A. warned                     B. suggested                      C. claimed                       D. blamed

11. These children, _________parents work late, are taken home by bus.

            A. their                          B. that                                  C. whom                           D. whose

12. You should have a _________check your motorcycle regularly.

            A. plumber                   B. mechanic                       C. driver                          D. pilot

13. Are you looking forward _________abroad on your vacation?

            A. to go                         B. going                              C. to going                       D. you go

14. Only in the last few years_________to use home computers.

            A. have begun people                                             B. have people begun C. when people began D. people have begun

15. It’s an interesting film. I _________it three times.

            A. saw                           B. had seen                        C. have already seen     D. was to see

16. Can’t we do something about the situation?- Something _________right now.

            A. is doing                    B. is done                           C. is being doneD. has been doing

17. _________it was a formal dinner party, James wore his blue jeans.

            A. Since                        B. Even though                 C. Despite   D. Therefore

18. _________taking me downtown on your way to work this morning?

            A. Would you mind    B. Can you                          C. Why don’t you D. Could you please

19. _________to fly if they had feathers instead of hair?

            A. Should people able B. Were people able      C. Will people ableD. Would people be able

20. I wish you_________making that noise. It’s bothering me.

            A. stop                           B. can stop                          C. would stop D. will stop

Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that needs correction.

21. Manufacturers are now producing such many inexpensive computers that many people can

afford to buy one for their home.         A                        B                              C                                             D

22. Not untilthe early 1900s women were allowed to vote in the United States.

           A                B                           C                                    D

23. I likelying on the beach. Therefore, I always spend my holiday to sunbathe.

           A      B                                 C                                                               D

24. Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is knowingas the ‘Ring of Fire’.

                                A                           B                                                            C                  D

25. Don’t forget to come here in time, do you?

           A                  B                     C         D

Complete the second sentences without changing the meaning of the first sentences.

1.        The weather is too terrible for you to go out.

@ If the weather …………………………………

2.        All the students have to take the final exam.

@ The final exam…………………………..

3.        Please don’t repeat what I said.

@ Would you mind………………………..

4.        I can’t swim as well as my friend can.

@ My friend………………………………

5.        They didn’t have a map, so they got lost.-> Because……………………………

29. The weather is  too terrible for you to go out.

Ž If the weather …………………………………….……………………………………………..

30. All the students have to take the final exam.

Ž The final exam………..………………………………….

31. Please don’t repeat what I said.

Ž Would you mind…… … ……………………………………  ….

32. I can’t swim as well as my friend can

Ž My friend……………………………………………………….

33. We lost our way. We didn’t arrive on time.

Ž  Unless………………………………………………………………………………………………

33. It took me three hours to open the door. 

Ž  We spend…………………………………………………

34. I can’t answer all the questions.

Ž I wish……………………………………………………

36. The film was too boring for you to watch

Ž  The film was so……………………………………………………………………………

37. They don’t play football any more. 

Ž  They used…………………………………………………………

38. The man said to me,“Please tell me the way to the nearest post office?’

Ž The man asked me………………………………………………………………………………

38. All of the buildings in this town aren’t as high as yours.

Ž Your building………………………………

39. The show was interesting to the boy.

Ž The boy  was……………………………………………………

41. My father doesn’t smoke any more.

Ž My father used……………………………………………………

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

He asked, "Why didn’t she take the final exam?” - He asked why______the final exam.

A. she took

B. did she take

C. she hadn’t taken 

D. she had taken