Choose the best answer:

1. The new ................... that provide advice for older people is totally free.

A. emotion B. helpline C. co-founder

2. They had an awful fight one year ago, but now they've ................... their conflicts.

A. overcomed B. collaborated C. resolved

3. Some people think that schools put too much ..................... on students nowadays.

A. interest B. emotion C. pressure

4. Overcoming negativ feelings is a/an ................. control skill.

A. cognitive B. emotion C. housekeeping

5. Many young people are now involved in drug ..................

A. trafficking B. resolving C. housekeeping

6. This work would help her ............ her fear of being alone.

A. collaborate B. resolve C. overcome

7. He was proud of himself for being the ...... of the company.

A. co-founder B. helpline C. guidance

8. How can you ..... to stay calm under pressure?

A. overcome B. manage C. communicate

9. Her son showed an early ............. in music.

A. emotion B. expectation C. interest

10. He decided to drop .......... and set up his own company.

A. off B. out C. on

II. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. skill B. house-keeping C. tense D. decision
2. A. advice B. decision C. delighted D. helpline
3. A. study B. adulthood C. columnist D. frustrated
4. A. concentrate B. self-aware C. stressed D. tense
5. A. embarrassed B. depressed C. helpline D. empathise
6. A. embarrass B. missing C. classmate D. pressure
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. The word in brackets at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits
suitably in the blank.
1. They were brought up to behave in a way in public. (CIVILIZATION)
2. Many people limit their to the sun because their skin burns very easily. (EXPOSE)
3. Helen was worried about her test, and she didn’t sleep well. She was very tired after a night.
(SLEEP)
4. The price of the book is 10 dollar, including and packing. (POST)
5. How are you getting on with your course in French. (CORRESPOND)
6. It is for beginning students to make mistakes in English. (AVOID)
7. The of the trains and buses causes frustration and annoyance. (FREQUENT)
8. This issue is very . Don’t discuss it outside the group. (CONFIDENCE)
9. Do you know what the of the river is? (DEEP)
10. He was born blind, but despite this he still managed to become one of the top pop singers of
his generation. (ABLE)

1.Choose the word that is stressed differently from that of the other words.

1. A. encourage B. understand C. overcome D. volunteer

2. A.  emotion                              B.  artisan

C.  frustration D. forbidden

3. A. independent B. adolescence C. recognition D. affordable

4. A.  university B.  communicator

C. recreational D. individual

5. A. worried B. relaxed C. depressed D. informed

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

6. A. concentration B. question C. attraction D. emotion

7. A. Canada B. urban C. craft D. organize

8. A. opinion B. recognize C. conflict D. adolescence

9. A. artisan B. heritage C. machine D. handicraft

10. A. exchange B. expect C. extreme D. exist

PART I. LANGUAGE FOCUS AND VOCABULARY (3ms)

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1. A. helpline B. September C. embarrassed D. depressed

2. A. tense B. skill C. decision D. house-keeping

II. Find the word whose stress pattern is different from the others.

3. A. worried B. cognitive C. concentrate D. frustrated

4. A. wonderful B. emergency C. adulthood D. indicator

III. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D for each blank.

5. Could you tell me where …………….. my name?

A. to sign B. signs C. signed D. signing

6. There is not a lot of world news in this newspaper.

A. crowded B. international C. urban D. local

7. At weekends the city is always packed with people.

A. crowded B. busy C. noisy D. polluted

8. Our car ……………… at the side of the highway in the snowstorm.

A. broke into B. broke away C. broke in D. broke down

9. Jane had a difficult childhood. She ……………… a broken home.

A. came from B. came over C. came in D. came up with

10. The woman ……………… when the police told her that her son had died.

A. broke down B. broke away C. broke in D. broke into

11. We need to prepare food, do laundry and chores at home. It’s ………………

A. social skills B. self-care skills C. housekeeping skills D. cognitive skills

12. “Where did you spend your holidays last year?” she asked me.

A. She asked me where I had spent my holidays last year.

B. She asked me where I had spent my holidays the year before.

C. She told me where I had spent my holidays the year before.

D. She asked me where I had spent my holidays the following year.