I. Choose the correct answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D to complete each of the numbered blanks in the following passage.

For many people sport is a popular part of school life and …(1)…in one of the school teams and playing in matches is very important. …(2)…someone is in a team it means a lot of extra practice and often spending a Saturday or Sunday away  …(3)…home, as many matches are played then.

            It  …(4)…also involve traveling to other towns to play against other school teams and then …(5)…on after the match for a meal or a drink. Some parents, friends  or other students will travel with the team to support  …(6)…own side.

            When a school team wins a match, it is the whole school which feels proud,  …(7)…only the players. It can also mean that a school …(8)…well-known for being good at cetain sports and people from that school may end up playing  …(9)…national and international teams so that the school has some really  …(10)…names associated with it.

II. Fill in each numbered blank of the following  passage with ONE suitable word. Write your answer  on your answer sheet.

To many people, their friends are most important (1)..... in their life. Really good friends (2)..... the good times and the bad times, help you when you’ve got problems, never judge you and never turn their back on you. Your best friend may be (3)...... you’ve known all your life, someone you’ve grown up with and been through lots of (4)....... and downs with. There are all sorts of things that can bring about this special relationship. It may be the  (5)....... of enjoying the same activities, having the outlook on life, or sharing similar experiences Most of us have met someone that we’ve immediately felt relaxed with, (6)....... if we’ve known them for years. However, usually it really does take you years to (7)........ to know someone well enough to consider him your best friend. To the majority of (8)......... this is someone we trust completely and who understands us (9)........ than anyone else. It’s the person you can turn to for impartial advice and a shoulder to cry on (10)........ life gets you down.

III- Read the following passage, then answer questions 50-53. After each question there are four options marked A,B,C or D. Choose the correct answer by writing down its corresponding letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet.

It is five o’clock in the evening when Rene Wagner come home from work. She walks into the living room and looks at her three children. They are 14,13 and 9 years old. They are watching TV. The living room is a mess. There are dirty socks on the floor and cookies on the sofa. Games and toys are everywhere. Rene is angry, “This place is a mess” she tells her children, “I can’t work all day and then do housework all evening. I’m not going to do housework!” Rene doesn’t do housework. She doesn’t clean or wash dishes. She doesn’t wash clothes, either. Every evening she sits on the sofa and watches TV.

            After two weeks, every plate, fork and glass in the house is dirty. All the children’s clothes are dirty. Every garbage basket is full. The house is a mess.

            Then, one day Rene comes home from work and gets a big surprise. The kitchen is clean. The children clean the kitchen !

            The next day, the living room is clean, and the children are washing their clothes. Rene tells the children “OK, I’ll do the housework again. But you have to help me.”

            Now Rene and her three children do the housework together. Then they all sit on the sofa and watch TV !

49. When Rene came home from work, she found the house ……………. .

A. clean and dirty       B. dirty and tidy         C. dirty and untidy     D. clean but untidy

50. Rene told her children ………………….. .

A. to do the housework                                B. she couldn’t do housework

C. not to do housework                                D. she wouldn’t do housework

51. Two weeks later, the house was ……………… .

A. very clean              B. a mess                    C. tidy              D. rather dirty

52. Some days later, the house was clean again because ……………………. .

A. she couldn’t let it that way                       B. her children did housework.

C. her children didn’t do housework.          D. she did housework again.

53. Now Rene does housework again because …………………. .

A. her children help her.                               B. they can watch TV together.

C. her children wash their clothes.              D. her children don’t do it.

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English.

They happily looked at their children to play in the yard.

A. happily looked

B. children

C. to play

D. the yard

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

1. Did you ever learn playing a musical instrument as a child?

    A             B                   C                                         D

2. Please discass about it with your father and tell me what you decide.

                                A            B                             C             D

3. Two miles of the coast, we sailed right into the storm.

                      A                          B           C           D

4. Trains running amongst Boston and New York were delayed.

                     A            B                                             C           D

5. The flight between New York to London took about 5 hours.

            A              B                       C                 D

6. "How about more pie?" No, but thanks. I ate too much.

              A             B                     C                   D

7. I turned out the radio and listened to the six o'clock news.

             A               B                               C                D

8. The school agreed sending students on the field trip.

      A                               B                          C                D

9. There was something wrong to one of the tires.

                 A         B                        C        D

IV. Choose the Words or Phrases that are not correct in Standard English.
26. Would you like to go to the cinema for me?
           A            B        C                            D
27. He Lives Very Far From School But He Never is late for class.
                A                B                                     C                 D
28. It Take Me 15 Minutes TO GO    to School Every Day.

      A    B                             C            D
29. Will you be homes for dinner Tonight?
        A          B       C       D
30. I Haven't See Her for Two Weeks.
             A        B    C             D

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

 Seeing the children playing hide and seek in the school yard,_________.

A. I thought of the times long ago when I did the same thing 

B. one of the children hid behind a huge tree 

C. it had a lot of fun 

D. my friends called me to pick them up at the bus stop