Question

I/ Pronunciation.

      Identify the underlined letters that are pronounced differently from the others.

1-    A. pizza                    B. bring              C. drive                       D. promise

2-    A. great                    B. teach              C. cream                      D. team

Identify the words whose main stresses are different from the others.

3-    A. water                   B. polar              C. penguin                   D. exam

4-    A. temperature         B. November      C. continent                D. telephone

II/ Vocabulary and grammar.

      Choose the best option to complete the following sentence.

5/ A______can take off vertically.

A-    cable car             B- spaceship       C- ferry                       D- helicopter

6/ A holiday in the USA is   _________.

A-    expensive           B- cool               C- cheap                      D- huge

7/Theme parks are _________ in Japan.

A-    cold                    B- boring            C- magnificent            D- popular

8/ She _____  a tennis club next week.

A-    join                     B- joins               C- joining                    D- is going to join

9/ If I have time, I ________ with you more.

A-    won’t talk           B- will talk         C- talk                         D- talks

10/ It  _______  rainy tomorrow morning.

A-   will be                      B- is                    C- be                           D- not be

B/ LISTENING. (2 PTS)

 

 

Listen to a talk about Jeanne Calment and choose the best option, A, B or C.

 

 

Question 1: When was Jeanne Calment born?

A)    In 1875

B)    In 1876

C)    In 1877

 

Question 2: Where did she live?

A)    In the USA

B)    In France

C)    In England

 

Question 3: Why did she become famous?

A)    She lived quietly.

B)    She lived to a very old age.

C)    She wrote many well-known books.

 

Question 4: How old was she in 1988?

A)    111

B)    112

C)    113

 

Question 5: What did she eat?

A)    Healthy food

B)    Snacks

C)    Only vegetables

 

 

C/ READING. (2 PTS)

            I/ Read the text and answer the questions.

The coldest place – Vostok Station in Antarctica is probably the coldest place on Earth. The lowest temperature ever was -89.2 ° C in 1983! Antarctica is the icy continent at the South Pole, with about 87% of the world’s ice. It can also be very windy. The strongest wind ever was 327 kilometers an hour in 1972.

The foggiest place – The foggiest place in the world is Argentia in Canada. About 200 days every year are foggy. Newfoundland can also be very stormy, with a lot of thunder and lightning.

 

1)      What was the lowest temperature in 1983 in Vostok Station?

A)    -89.0 ° C

B)    -80.2 ° C

C)    -89.2 ° C

2)      Where is Antarctica?

A)    At the South Pole

B)    At the North Pole

C)    In the center 

3)      Vostok Station can be very … .

A)    sunny

B)    windy

C)  cloudy

4)      Where is Argentia?

A)    In the USA

B)    In Russia

C)  In Canada

5)      200 days every year are … .

A)    foggy

B)    cold

C)    hot