SECTION B: Phonetics (1.0pt)
Mark the letter A, B or C on your answer sheet to indicate the the word whose underline part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. You will listen TWICE . (1.0 pt)
9. a. come b. once c. love d. continue
10. a. busy b. visit c. museum d. conversation
11. a. who b. what c. where d. while
12. a. invite b. tropical c. divide d. primary
SECTION C : Grammar and vocabulary. (3 pts)
Mark the letter A, B or C on your answer sheet to indicate the appropriate answer to each of the following questions.
13. If he ……me, I will be ready to help him.
A. ask B. will ask C. asks D. to ask
14. Paola needs ............her writing skill or she will fail in the coming written examination.
A. to improve B. improve C. improving D. to be improved
15. .............you want to keep fit, you should do more exercises.
A. Although B. If C. When D. Whether
16. They enjoy..............to music in the evening.
A. being listened B. listened C. listening D. listen
17. A daily newspaper was published in Germany in 1550, ……….?
A. isn’t it B. is it C. was it D. wasn’t it
18.“Can I try your new camera?” – “__________”
A. I’m sorry, I can’t. Let’s go now B. I’m sorry. I’m home late
C. Sure. I’d love to. Sure D. But please be careful with it.
19. In the summer my brother always wears shirts with short……
A. hands B. arms C. sleeves D. shoulders
20. This new blouse is lovely, and very…….
A. fashion B. style C. lifestyle D. fashionable
21. Lunar New Year is the festival ………..popular in China, too.
A. which was B. which are C. which is D. in which
22.”Goodbye . have a nice weekend”. – “ Goodbye , …………….”
A. Me,too B. You are welcome C. not at all D. the same to you
23.Last night we came to the show late ............................. the traffic was very bad.
A. despite B. so C. although D. because
24. ould you give me the reasons for……………the Mother's Day?
A. celebrated B. celebrating C. celebration D. celebrate
SECTION D: Reading comprehension (2pts)
Part 1: Reading the following passage and mark the letter A, B or C on your answer sheet to indicate the the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 28 . (1.0 pt)
I went to Australia on a student program last year and I like to (25)_______you about it. I was very (26)_______when I knew I was going to Australia because I had never been there before. I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English (27)_______I met my host family. At first I couldn’t communicate with them because my English was so bad. All the five years I had been learning English wasn’t much used at all (28)_______we didn’t have real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t. My problem is pronouncing ‘l’ and ‘r’. For example, Australian people often asked “What do you eat in Vietnam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat lice”…
25. A. say B. tell C. talk D. speak
26. A. exciting B. excites C. excited D. excite
27. A. after B. until C. when D. while
28. A. although B. even C. because D. so
Part 2: Read the passage and mark the letter A, B or C on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions (1.0pt).
Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday, and now he is not worried any more. At the station he was told by a smiling police-man that his bicycle had been found. Five years ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It’s now being sent to his home by train. Ted was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen.
29. Ted was worried because_________.
A. he didn’t know why the police wanted him B. he received a letter
C. the police would catch him D. he went to the police station yesterday
30. The police who talked to Ted was_________.
A. worried B. surprised C. pleasant D. small
31. Why was Ted very surprised when he heard the news?
A. Because his bicycle was found when he was a boy of fifteen.
B. Because his bicycle was stolen 20 years ago.
C. Because the bicycle was sent to him by train.
D. Because he thought he would never find the bicycle.
32. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Ted is no longer anxious now.
B. Ted is 35 years old now.
C. The policeman told Ted the good news 5 days ago.
D. The police asked Ted to go to their station.
