III. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below:

1. I have to leave to pick up the kids at school.
          A. ought to            B. should              C. must                D. need to

2. Come _____ and see the garden!
          A. inside               B. outside             C. outsides            D. insides

3. Are you going to visit anybody_______?
          A. last night          B. tomorrow          C. yesterday          D. yesterday morning

4. ______ is a building in which movies are shown.
          A. Aquarium         B. University        C. Movie theater   D. Restaurant

5. Jenny’s not here now. Can I take a(n) _______?
          A. information      B. advice               C. news                D. message

6. He called about his furniture ___________________ this afternoon.
          A. deliver              B. delivering         C. delivery            D. deliverment

7. ______ is a telephone you can carry around with you.
          A. Mobile phone                                B. Public telephone
          C. Telephone directory                       D. Answering machine

8. I can’t reach him by phone.           

          A. arrive at            B. achieve             C. come to            D. contact

9. She came _____ with a new idea for increasing sales.

          A. up                    B. on                    C. to                      D. in

10. Tonight I’ll come  __________ to pick you ____________ at 7pm.

A. in /for               B. up / off             C. over / up           D. on / with

11. They _______ to Canada to find work.

A. emigrated         B. immigrated       C. became             D. left

12. I’ll ask my personal ________________ to deal with this.

          A. assistant           B. assist                C. assistance         D. assisting

13. We _______ a big party for our form teacher last week.

          A. held                  B. appeared          C. did                   D. invented

14. Tom: “Can I speak to Nancy, please? This is Tom.”

Lisa: “ I’m sorry.  She is out at the moment. Would you like to _____ her a message?”

          A. leave                B. make                C. take                  D. tell

15. Bell experimented with ways of transmitting _______ between deaf-mutes over a long distance.    

          A. speech              B. device               C. sound               D. signal 

16.    Can you hurry up in the bathroom, I can’t hold _________ much longer.

          A. against             B. onto                  C. on                     D. with

17.    That book_________ neither interesting nor helpful.

          A. were                 B. isn’t                  C. is                      D. weren’t

18.    I thought I heard a noise_________.

          A. upstairs            B. upstair              C. downstair          D. B & C

19.    The school decided to try an _________ in language teaching.

          A. experiment       B. experimented    C. experiments      D. experimental

20.    I tried to phone him countless times but he wasn’t there.

          A. few                   B. many                C. much                D. little

Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle A, B, C or D.

1. The weather has turned _____ .

  A. coldy and windily B. coldly and windy C. cold and windy        D. cold and windily

2. It was not easy to understand her _____ to the situation.

A. feelings    B. conduct        C. outlook  D. reaction

3. He was pleased to have the _____ to hear such a fine musician play his favorite piece of music.

A. occasion B. possibility C. opportunity D. fate

4. Be quiet! It’s rude to _____ people when they are speaking.

A. interfere            B. interrupt    C. prevent            D. introduce

5. I wish you’d stop chatting and _____ with some work.

A. get down    B. get on    C. come on      D. come back

6. He won $ 200.000, _____ he gave his parents.

A. half of which B. half of that C. half of them D. half of it

7. The bus company has _____ the fare by 50%.

A. raised B. arisen C. rose D. risen

8. You have read this book, _____ ?

A. do you B. don’t you C. have you D. haven’t you

9. There was no _____  in waiting longer than half an hour so we left.

A. good B. point C. worth D. use

10. If we built more hospitals, we could _____ better care of people.

A. get B. do C. give  D. take

11. Twenty-five dollars _____ too much to pay for that shirt.

A. is B. are C. were D. have been

12. The kidnappers have been caught, and the child is no longer _____ danger.

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

13. Jim’s parents wouldn’t _____ him go to the demonstration.

A. agree B. allow C. permit D. let

14. Tony always goes to work _____ his car.

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

15. My watch stopped some days ago. I must have it _____ .

A. repaired B. repair C. repairing D. repairs

III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE

A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.

1. The scheme allows students from many countries ________________  with each other.

       a. communicate                 b. to communicate           c. communicating           d. communicates

2. ______________ the storm warnings, wee did not go out last night.

       a. Since                             b. In spite of                    c. Because of                   d. The result

3. This is the fifth time you ________________ me the same question.

       a. ask                                 b. asked                            c. are asking                     d. have asked

4. When I arrived at the party, Lucy _______________ home.

       a. has already gone            b. had already gone         c. already went                  d. already was going

5. English people spent 18 hours per week _______________ TV.

       a. watching                        b. to watch                       c. watch                           d. for watching

6. I've lived in a small house near the coast _______________ .

       a. from 1990                     b. since 1990                    c. in three years               d. for last year

7. She left home in 1993 and _______________ since.

       a. hasn't seen                     b. didn't see                     c. hasn't been seen          d. wasn't seen

8. It's time we ________________ this old car and bought a new one.

       a. will sell                          b. have sold                     c. had sold                       d. sold

9. Since Mr Hassan ________________ president, both taxes and unemployment _________________.

       a. has become/ increased                                           b. became/ increased

       c. became/ have increased                                         d. has become/ have increased

10. ______________ all my warnings, he tried to fix the computer himself.

       a. Although                      b. In spite of                     c. Because                      d. Instead of

11. Some television programs _________________.

       a. may make children to be violent.                         b. make children be violent.

       c. may make children violent.                                  d. make children being violent.

12. I _______________ away most of my old books when I moved house.

       a. threw                           b. have thrown                  c. had thrown                 d. was throwing

13. You _______________ whisper. Nobody can hear us.

       a. needn't to                    b. don't have to                 c. mustn't                        d. need to

14. The children ________________ to the Botanical Garden.

       a. were enjoyed taken                                              b. were enjoyed taking

       c. enjoyed taking                                                      d. enjoyed bein^g taken

15. So far this week there _________________ three burglaries in our street.

       a. are                              b. were                               c. have been                   d. had been

Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.  Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the correct word or phrase. 

1. We don't allow  ................. in the classrooms.

      A. people smoke B. smoke C. people to smoke D. to smoking

2.   What a dangerous thing to do! You .................. have been killed!

      A. may B. can C. must D. might

3.   By the time I applied, all the hoilday vouchers  ................. used up.

      A. had been B have been C. were D. are

4.   I felt as if I ................... a confidence.

      A. have betrayed             B. would betray C. had betrayed D. am betraying

5.   His job was to………….out the good apples from the bad ones.

      A. sort            B. find             C. choose D. share

6.  How could you have  ..........................  him for your brother?

      A. confused B. considered C. thought D. mistaken

7.  The book …………consists of 4 parts, has been translated in French.

      A. which B. in which C. to which D. on which

8.  If we want to ……….up with them we’d better be hurry.

      A. come B. arrive C. approach D. catch

9.   The grocer's shop ................... since the supermarket opened.

      A. closed B. has closed C. has been closing D. is closed

10. In ten year's time the population of the world...................... to 500 million.

      A. grows B. is growing C. has grown D. will have grown

SECTION C. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (25 points)

Part I. Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence. (5 points)

1. He always takes full _____________ of the mistakes made by these competitions.

    A. advantage                         B. benefit                     C. profit                            D. advice

2. My mother goes to ____ church ____ Sunday morning.

    A. the / every                      B. the / on                     C. Æ / every                     D. Æ / in

3.  “Have they arrested the thieves yet? ”  - “It’s only a _____________ of time.”

    A. period                              B. matter                      C. length                            D. waste

4. Those interested in the post of Assistant manager are requested to apply _____________.

    A. as a person                      B. in person                  C. as persons                    D. by person

5. I think you should _____________.

     A. have your hair be cut                                           B. cut your hair

     C. have your hair cut                                                D. have your hair been cut

6.  If only I_____________ more time.

7. This young tree could not have been damaged by accident. I believe it was done _____________.

     A. in fact                             B. on purpose               C. by appointment             D. by plan

8. Tony never comes to class on time and______.        

     A. neither does Pedro        B. so does Pedro           C. so doesn’t Pedro          D. neither doesn’t

9. Nobody was injured in the accident, _____________?

     A. was there                      B. weren’t they            C. were they                    D. wasn’t it

10. I had to get up early, _____________I would miss the train.

     A. so that                           B. if not             C. but                                D. otherwise

I. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentences or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase below (10pts)

1. Students live and study in a / an _____________ school. They only go home at weekends.

            A. international           B. small                       C. boarding                 D. oversea

2. We are moving _____________ a new house in the city centre soon.

            A. in                            B. at                            C. from                        D. to

3. There _____________ some dirty clothes on the floor. It’s messy.

            A. is                             B. do                           C. are                           D. aren’t

4. Our new school will be great. You’ll see!

            A. You’ll know           B. You know               C. You’ll find             D. You’ll find out

5. The film is very _____________, so we can’t see the end.

            A. exciting                  B. boring                     C. funny                      D. wonderful

6. My best friend is kind and _____________. He often makes me laugh.

            A. funny                      B. shy                          C. creative                   D. curious

7. Next summer Mike’s parents _____________ him to New York to see a new film.

            A. taking                     B. is taking                  C. are taking                D. take 

8. Nga is __________ the phone, chatting __________ friends.

            A. on – to                    B. on – on                   C. to – with                 D. to – to

9. I am having a math lesson but I forgot my ____________. I have some difficulty.

            A. calculator              B. bike                         C. pencil case              D. pencil sharpener

10. It is called the tiger room __________ there is a big tiger on the wall.

            A. so                            B. because                   C. but                          D. like

II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase: 1.I have to leave to pick up the kids at school. a. must b. should c. ought to d. need to. 2.Come ______and see the garden! a. inside b. outside c. insides d. outsides 3.They ______ buy a new car next month. a. are going to b. will c. Ø. 4 . He fell _______and broke his leg. a. up-stair b. upstairs c. down-stair d. downstairs. 5. I _______with some friends until I find a flat. a. live b. am living c. lives d. lived. 6.I said it was a good film, but Jason_______with me. a. agrees b. disagrees c. agreed d. disagreed. 7.Are you going to visit anybody _______? a. last night b. tomorrow c. yesterday d. yesterday morning. 8. _______ is a building in which movies are shown. a. Movie theater b. University c. Aquarium d. Restaurant. 9.There was a(n) ________about the meeting. a. message b. news c. advice d. information. 10.I ________town next Saturday. a. am going to b. am going c. go to d. am going to go.

Choose the word or the phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished sentence below or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase.

We can eat at home or, ________ you prefer, we can go to a restaurant.

A. when

B. whether

C. if

D. which

TEST 2

II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unginished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

1. Please tell me ___ to get to the bus station

a. what                b. which               c. why              d. how

2. The ___ festival is a in which people have their bulls fight agains each other

a. whale watching                              b. bull-fighting

c. nountain-climbing                          c. ice skating

3. Tom will be  ___ to the picnic

a. invite                     b. invites                  c. ingving                 d. invited

4. ____ you mind finising the work yoursself?

a. Will               b. Do                   c. Can                  d. Should

5. ___ is a religious song that people sing at Christmast

a. Carol             b. Poem          c. Christmast card            d. Patrosaint

6. It's important ___ wildlife in the area

a. to conserve          b. conserving          c. conservation             d. conserve 

7. Let's play tennis instead of __ television

a. watch        b. watching            c. watches            d. to watch

8. Would you mind ____ I borrowed your dictionary ?

a. if                b. when       c. that          d.∅

9. Would you mind ___ the window ?

a. to close     b. closing            c. about closing               d. closed

10. ___ is a large hole in the side of a mountain or under the ground

a. Water fall            b. Cave            c. Bay               d. Lake

11. Calm ___ and tell me that happened

a. out             b. down               c. in                 d. up

12. Cool the berns immediately so as to __ tissue damage

a. ease             b. relieve        c. minimize              d. maximize

13. Don't overheat the victim with blankets or coat

a. make someone too hot                     b. make someone too cold

c. hurt someone                                    d. destroy someone

14. He is working very hard ___ get poor grades

a. in order to          b. in order not to              c. to           d. not to

15. ___ the patient's feet, or lower his/her head below the level of the heart

a. Elevate               b. Cool           c. Cover              d. Overheat

16. ___ is a type of bed used for carrying the sick or injured people

a. Stretcher                 b. Ambulance                b. Bandage             d. Crutch

17 ___ the door, please?

a. Will you shut                       b. Do you shut

c. Are you shutting                 d. Are you going to shut

18. Tree leaves ____ to wrap things

a. should used                          b. should be used

c. should been used                 d. should be use

19. Glass is broken up, melted and made into new

a. silverware              b. hardware              c. ironware             d. glassware

20. James likes climbing mountain. He has just joined a ___ club

a. climb-mountain                        b. clmbing-mountain

c. mountain-climbing                   d. mountain-climb

25. He __ me when to come

a. told              b. said                 c. spoke                d. promised