Question I: Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. (10points)
1. Alex didn't come to see the film last night because he _______ it before.
A. saw B. had seen C. has seen D. was seen
2. Astronauts_______ the earth in space capsules are weightless.
A. orbit B. to orbit C. orbiting D. orbited
3. Even though he didn’t have much _______, he still became a great scientist.
A. scholar B. study C. trial D. schooling
4. Without engineers there _______ on television, no radio, no telephone, no telegraph lines and no cables.
A. is B. are C. will be D. would be
5. I think in the future many people will prefer ____________ by using social media.
A. to communicate B. will communicate
C. communicate D. to be communicated
6. A holiday in America can be ________ cheap.
A. surprise B. surprisingly C. surprised D. surprised
7. ____ from Bill, all the students said they would go.
A. Except B. Only C. Apart D. Separate
8. If only he _______ told us the truth in the first place, things wouldn't have gone so wrong.
A. had B. has C. would have D. should have
9. Our visit to the beach made the holiday more _______ everyone was __________ by the story about our holiday.
A. amuse/amusing B. amused/amusing C. amusing/amused D. amused/amuse
10. Would you be _______ my letters while I am away ?
A. too good as to forward C. as good as forward
B. so good as to forward D. so good as forwarding
Question II: The word in capital letters at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill in the blank in this way. (20 points)
Some recent research into (1) ____________ (CONVERSE) between men and women has produced results which will surprise few women. Men are always interrupting women when they talk. One (2) ____________ (RESEARCH) feels that men regard female talk as a kind of conversational (3) ____________ (HOUSE). They expect women to play a (4) ____________ (SUPPORT) role. So a man interrupts in a display of dominance or control. Men also have a much more (5) ____________ (PLEASANT) listening style. Whereas a woman uses gestures or say: "mm", a man will say such thing as "right" or "okay" thus settle the stage for an (6) ____________ (INTERRUPT). Conversation of this kind, then, hardly has (7) ____________ (MEAN) communication. Male talk is often (8) ___________ (ARGUE) while women are more tentative, asking more questions and tending to build up their replies on what the other person had said. The research would indicate that women are better (9) ____________ (LISTEN) than men. Yet, listening secretly to conversation between groups of women, one has the (10) ____________ (IMPRESS) of several simultaneous monologues into which no man would be able to get a chance to speak.
