SECTION C – READING

Question 1. (10 points). Read the text and choose the best answer from A,B,C or D. Write the answer in ‘ Your answers’ Part.)

My Teacher

            My teacher, Miss White, is a young lady (1) _____ twenty-six. She is a nice lady. She loves her students (2) _____. She never (3) _____ angry with them. Miss White (4) _____ teaching her students. Sometimes she tells (5) ______ many interesting stories. I like to listen to her stories (6) ______ they all help us to learn some (7) _____ lessons. Sometimes she takes us out (8) ______ a picnic. Whenever she takes us out, she tries to teach us something (9) ______.

            It is my dream that (10) _____ I grow up, I can become a good teacher like her.

1.         A. of                            B. with                        C. from                       D. by

2.         A. very many              B. very much              C. too                          D. so

3.         A. is                            B. gets                         C. makes                     D. comes

4.         A. enjoy                      B. enjoying                 C. enjoys                     D. to enjoy

5.         A. we                           B. they                        C. I                              D. us

6.         A. because                  B. when                       C. where                      D. why

7.         A. use                          B. useful                     C. using                       D. to use

8.         A. from                       B. by                           C. for                           D. of

9.         A. old                          B. new                         C. bad                          D. well

10.       A. where                     B. why                         C. what                        D. when

Your answer.

Part 6: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. Write your answer A, B, C or D in the answer box below. (1.75p):

My school library is in a very large building. There are enough chairs and desk for hundreds of students. There are three librarians in the library. They are always ready to help students to find books. There are a lot of large bookshelves. On the shelves are books of various subjects and newspaper and magazines. There are also reference books and dictionaries for different languages. The library opens at ten past seven in the monring and closes at four in the afternoon. It opens from Monday through Friday.

29. what is the writer mainly talking about in the passage above ?

A. His/ her school library                    B. His/ her school

C. His/ her books                                D. His/ her favourite subjects.

30. How are the librarians in the library ?

A. hard- working              B. lazy            C. helpful          D. beautiful

31. How many days a week does the library open?

A. 4 days                B. 5 days                  C. 6 days                      D. 7 days

32. According to the passage, which of the following statement is NOT TRUE ?

A. There are a lot of books in the library.              B. The school library is very large

C. Hundreds of students go to the library to read books     D. There are no books for different laguages.

33. What does the pronoun “They” in the fourth sentence of the passage mean?

A. Magazines        B. Reference books          C. Librarians               D. Newspapers

Part I. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each sentence. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

1. A. suggestion          B. tradition                    C. action                    D. celebration

2. A. health                  B. ready                         C. heavy                    D. appear

3. A. developed          B. watched                     C. impacted               D. walked

4. A. hard                     B. honor                         C. harmful                 D. highland

5. A. rules                    B. shares                        C. arrives                         D. dates

Part II. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

6. They say that solar energy doesn’t cause………….

A. pollution                 B. pollute                       C. polluted                D. pollutant

7. Mai made a big beautiful cake….. her mother’s birthday.

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

8. The boy wishes he  ……….an astronaut when he grows up.

A. were                   B. will be                       C. would                          D. would be

9. The lady……works as a clerk is kind and generous.

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

10. The policemen ….. him to go with them to the station.

A. let                             B.  makes                       C.  forced                  D. made

11. …………….having a good job, he doesn’t feel very happy about it.

A. Although                 B. In spite of                  C. Because                D. Because of

12. If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, we ………a small party by the river.

A. will have                 B. have                           C. would have                 D. are having

13. “How about a game of chess?”                   “………………..”

A. I agree                     B. I don’t mind              C. Why not?              D. That’s right

14. My students rarely go to school late, …………?

A. do they                    B. don’t they                 C. doesn’t he            D. does he

15. On my last birthday, she bought me a………….

A. a leather brown bag                                 B. a bag brown leather  C. a brown leather bag D. a bag leather brown

Part I. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each sentence. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

1. A. suggestion          B. tradition                    C. action                    D. celebration

2. A. health                  B. ready                         C. heavy                    D. appear

3. A. developed          B. watched                     C. impacted               D. walked

4. A. hard                     B. honor                         C. harmful                 D. highland

5. A. rules                    B. shares                        C. arrives                         D. dates

Part II. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

6. They say that solar energy doesn’t cause………….

A. pollution                 B. pollute                       C. polluted                D. pollutant

7. Mai made a big beautiful cake….. her mother’s birthday.

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

8. The boy wishes he  ……….an astronaut when he grows up.

A. were                   B. will be                       C. would                          D. would be

9. The lady……works as a clerk is kind and generous.

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

10. The policemen ….. him to go with them to the station.

A. let                             B.  makes                       C.  forced                  D. made

11. …………….having a good job, he doesn’t feel very happy about it.

A. Although                 B. In spite of                  C. Because                D. Because of

12. If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, we ………a small party by the river.

A. will have                 B. have                           C. would have                 D. are having

13. “How about a game of chess?”                   “………………..”

A. I agree                     B. I don’t mind              C. Why not?              D. That’s right

14. My students rarely go to school late, …………?

A. do they                    B. don’t they                 C. doesn’t he            D. does he

15. On my last birthday, she bought me a………….

A. a leather brown bag                                 B. a bag brown leather  C. a brown leather bag D. a bag leather brown

I. Choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers in ‘Your answers’ part.

1. I don’t like rugby and ______.

A. neither does John                                                B. John doesn’t like it neither       

C. neither doesn’t John                               D. John likes it neither

2. The picture was sold for a great ______ of money.

A. price                      B. value                      C. sum                        D. cost

3. No one was able to explain the ______ of this old custom.

A. reason                   B. origin                     C. beginning              D. starting point

4. The doctor told him that the ______ he would gain from a healthy diet would be well worth the sacrifice.

A. interests                B. benefits                 C. profits                    D. advantages

5. The Red List is a special book that provides names of ______ animals.

A. extinct and killed                                                B. vulnerable and dangerous                     

C. vulnerable and endangered                   D. endangered and hunted

6. Nowadays children would prefer sciences ______ in more practical ways.

A. be taught               B. to teach                 C. teaching                D. to be taught

7. Staying in a hotel costs ______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.

A. twice more than          B. as much twice as       C. twice as much as        D. as much as twice

8. The children can stay here ______ that they don’t make too much noise.

A. unless                    B. whether                 C. providing              D. until

9. The tourists refused to ______ the poor service in the local hotel.

A. put up with           B. stand in for                       C. get away from                  D. get on with

10. It is an ______ car to run; it can do 20 kilometers on a liter of petrol.

A. economy               B. economical                       C. economist             D. economic

11. Jim ______ care of himself. He left home when he was 16 and has been on his own since then.

A. is used to take                  B. used to be taken               C. used to take          D. is used to taking

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

12. - “What did he say to you?”

- “He told me to clear off. He didn’t need my help.”

A. finish my work                B. tidy the place up              C. go away        D. throw the paper away

13. Sue and Daisy are as different as chalk and cheese. No wonder their friendship has

 broken up recently.

A. improved              B. appeared               C. changed                 D. ended

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

14. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was initially called "hot" and later "swing."

A. in fact                    B. at last                     C. shortly                   D. alphabetically

15. You can't enter this website without a password.

A. access                    B. detect                     C. convert                  D. exit

Your answers:

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage

 My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (1)_________ place where people (2)_________ flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous of its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh, however, the smell of the roses make people (3)___________ cool. In spring, my village looks (4)____________ a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time (5)___________ the roses.