Part I. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
1. A. take | B. catch | C. face | D. famous |
2. A. slow | B. town | C. how | D. power |
3. A. though | B. through | C. thought | D. throw |
4. A. borrowed | B. listened | C. annoyed | D. visited |
5. A. clean | B. call | C. cute | D. city |
Part I. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
6. Peter saw an accident while he _________ the street. | |||
A. was crossing | B. has crossed | C. crossed | D. crosses |
7. This dress may be quite similar _________ the one you bought last week. | |||
A. with | B. from | C. for | D. to |
8. Anna: “Shall we eat out tonight?” | - Jane: “_________” | ||
A. That’s understandable. | B. That’s a great idea. | ||
C. It is very kind for you to invite me. | D. You are very welcome. | ||
9. My younger brother promised _________ too much time playing computer games. | |||
A. not to spending | B. did not spend | C. not to spend | D. to spend |
10. If you_________ to their party, they would be very disappointed. | |||
A. don’t come | B. wouldn’t come | C. hadn’t come | D. didn’t come |
11. She is talking about the author_________ book is one of the best-sellers this year. | |||
A. which | B. whose | C. who | D. that |
12. That was a _________moment when we won the first prize in an English speaking contest. | |||
A. memory | B. memorize | C. memorable | D. memorably |
13. Your mother doesn’t like drinking coffee, _________? | |||
A. does she | B. isn’t she | C. is she | D. doesn’t she |
14. I’m too busy. I wish I _________ enough time to read that interesting book. | |||
A. have | B. have had | C. had | D. will have |
15. Don’t _________ to conclusions, we haven’t known all the relevant facts yet. | |||
A. jump | B. hurry | C. rush | D. run |
Part III. Fill in the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word from the box. Write your answers on the answer sheet. There is ONE extra word.
completely lasts stop because article if beautiful impossible leftovers |
Two years ago, Richard and Rachelle Straus and their daughter Verona read an (16) ______ about plastic bags and how they cause pollution and harm sea creatures. The decided to (17) _______ using plastic bags (18) _______. Now, when they buy food, they reuse their own bags each time. They recycle as much as they can - glass bottles, plastic bottles, paper, cardboard, cans - and they simply don't buy things (19) ________ they can't recycle the packaging. They buy their toothpaste in aluminum tubes (20) ______ aluminum can be recycled. And they never throw food away - they eat their (21) _______or use them to make compost. At the moment, it's (22) ______ to recycle plastic crisp packets and sweet wrappers - and Verona loves crisps. If she bought a packet of crisps a day, she'd have to throw away lots of plastic. So she buys the biggest packets she can find - and each packet (23) ______ for a week! The family are keeping a record of their lifestyle on their website. They hope that other people will read it and reduce their waste. If everyone recycled a bit more, it would make a huge difference.
Part III
16. article
17. stop
18. completely
19. if
20. because
21. leftovers
22. impossible
23. lasts
Part I. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. Write your answers on the answer sheet. 1. A. take B. catch C. face D. famous
2. A. slow B. town C. how D. power
3. A. though B. through C. thought D. throw
4. A. borrowed B. listened C. annoyed D. visited
5. A. clean B. call C. cute D. city
Part I. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
6. Peter saw an accident while he _________ the street.
A. was crossing B. has crossed C. crossed D. crosses
7. This dress may be quite similar _________ the one you bought last week.
A. with B. from C. for D. to
8. Anna: “Shall we eat out tonight?” - Jane: “_________”
A. That’s understandable. B. That’s a great idea. C. It is very kind for you to invite me. D. You are very welcome.
9. My younger brother promised _________ too much time playing computer games.
A. not to spending B. did not spend C. not to spend D. to spend
10. If you_________ to their party, they would be very disappointed.
A. don’t come B. wouldn’t come C. hadn’t come D. didn’t come
11. She is talking about the author_________ book is one of the best-sellers this year. A. which B. whose C. who D. that
12. That was a _________moment when we won the first prize in an English speaking contest
A. memory B. memorize C. memorable D. memorably
13. Your mother doesn’t like drinking coffee, _________?
A. does she B. isn’t she C. is she D. doesn’t she
14. I’m too busy. I wish I _________ enough time to read that interesting book. A. have B. have had C. had D. will have
15. Don’t _________ to conclusions, we haven’t known all the relevant facts yet. A. jump B. hurry C. rush D. run
