Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Larry drove all night to get here for his sister’s wedding. He _____ exhausted by the time he arrived.

A. ought to be 

B. must have been

C. could be

D. will have been

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Although he was very exhausted, he agreed to help his kid with his assignment.

A. Even if feeling very exhausted, he agreed to help his kid with his assignment. 

B. Exhausted as he was, he agreed to help his kid with his assignment. 

C. Despite of his exhaustion, he was enthusiastic to help his kid with his assignment. 

D. He would have helped his kid with his assignment if he hadn’t been exhausted.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions

Although he was very exhausted, he agreed to help his kid with his assignment

A. Despite of his exhaustion, he was enthusiastic to help his kid with his assignment.

B. Exhausted as he was, he agree to help his kid with his assignment

C. Even if feeling very exhausted, he agree to help his kid with his assignment.

D. He would have helped his kid with his assignment if he hadn’t been exhausted

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one.

Although Mike was exhausted, he kept on climbing

A. Despite of being exhausted, he kept on climbing

B. In spite of the fact that Mike was exhausted, he kept on climbing

C. Mike didn’t keep on climbing because he was exhausted

D. In spite of Mike was exhausted, he kept on climbing

1. He dressed but instead of returning to his duties, lay back on his bed, _____ depressed and exhausted.
 A. specifically      B. relatively           C. deeply                             D. particularly

2. She always has a _____ for being a bread maker, but her mother imposes her opinion that she must become a teacher on her.

A. hunger B. urge C. thirst D. peak

3. He didn’t want to _____ a fuss with his wife at the public place, so he just kept silent.

A. pass B. claim C. make D. run 

4. The monitor always goes to class on time to set a good _____ for the whole class.

A. motion B. example C. mistake D. hobby

5. For the _____ of those who have already read the chapter, I won’t go into it in too much detail here today. A. chance B. sake C. help D. invent

6. I don’t want to listen to any more of your half-_____ ideas. Come back when you have some ideas that aren’t impractical and stupid.

A. mashed B. peeled C. rinsed D. baked

7. You should take notice of warnings which state that guard dogs are on _____. 

 A. alert B. patrol C. defence D. watch

8. The experience of marvelling at the diversity of wildlife and stunning scenery does not _____ cheap.

A. cost B. come C. find D. charge

9. Daniel didn’t work here for very long, but he definitely made his _____ on the place. 

 A. impression B. mark C. point D. stamp

10. The interest in him _____ to such a degree that his exploits made front page news.
 A. mounted B. augmented C. elevated D. ascended

V. Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences by circling A, B, C or D.

1. Such____________ that he would stop at nothing.

A. his ambition was                                              B. did his ambition

C. does his ambition                                             D. was his ambition

2. Scientists are now beginning to conduct experiments on____________ trigger different sorts of health risks.

A. noise pollution can                                  B. that noise pollution

C. how noise pollution                                 D. how noise pollution can

3. ____________, we all went home.

A. Goodbye was said                                   B. Goodbye had been said                 

C. Goodbye said                                          D. When goodbye said

4. ~ “Goodbye, Susie!”.              ~   “____________”

A. So so                         B. The same                   C. Yeah                D. So long

5. You ____________ the washing up. I could have done it to you

A. hadn’t to do                                            B. needn’t have done               

C. couldn’t have done                                  D. mustn’t have done

6. He objects to ____________.

A. his mistakes being laughed at                            B. laughing his mistakes at

C. his mistakes laughing at                                    D. his mistakes at laughing

7. I can’t make____________ what it says; it’s a very old book.

A. for                             B. up                              C. out                   D. of

8. His name is Archibald, but everyone calls him Archie____________.

A. for short                    B. in brief                       C. for brief            D. in short

9. Bill: “What do you think of what Mr. Cook said at the meeting?”    

- Mary: “____________”

A. Well, I could help myself.                                 B. Sorry, I have no idea.

C. Oh, he was good- looking, wasn’t he?                         D. Oh, the meeting was boring.

10. When he returned home, he found the door____________.

A. unlocking                  B. unlocked                    C. to be unlocked  D. have unlocked

11. ____________ patient, and you will succeed.

A. To be                B. Are                                      C. Being               D. Be

12. “____________ the villagers, I’d like to thank you for your generous donation,” Mr. Lam said.

A. According to                                           B. On behalf of                        

C. In addition to                                          D. Thanks to

13. The woman____________ when the police told her that her husband had died.

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

14. There are nine kinds of fruit in my basket. One is an orange, one is a lemon and ____________ is an apple.

A. others               B. the other                    C. another             D. the others

15. I can’t give you a detailed description of the woman, as I only _________at her briefly.

A. gazed               B. glared                        C. glanced             D. stared

16. The boy ____________ in the accident was taken to hospital.

A. injuring            B. being injured              C. have injured     D. injured

17. I feel terrible.I didn’t sleep ____________ last night.

A. a jot                 B. a wink                        C. an inch             D. an eye

18. Alex can’t ____________ seeing his mother cry because she means a lot to him.

A. mind                B. avoid                         C. finish                D. stand

19. He thought the party was going to be boring, but it ____________ to be the most unforgettable evening of his life.

A. turned out                  B. looked around            C. passed away     D. fell back on

20. My friend in the United States ____________ a very good salary as a pharmacist.

A. make                B. makes                        C. do                    D. does

21. His answer was so confusing that I could hardly make any ____________ of it at all.

A. interpretation    B. meaning                     C. intelligibility     D. sense

22. The environment is ____________ almost everywhere and many species of animals are in danger of extinction.

A. threatening seriously                               B. serious threatened     

C. seriously threaten                                             D. seriously threatened

23. Jack went to the party, wearing a ___________ tie.

A. lovely red woolen bow                                     B. red lovely woolen bow        

C. woolen lovely red bow                                      D. lovely red bow woolen        

24.________ Professor Johns, __________ man whose new drug everyone is talking about, refused ________interview.

A. 0- the - an                  B. 0- a - the           C. The- a - the                 D. The - a- an

25. This factory produced ____________ motorbikes in 2014 as in the year 2012.

A. as twice as many                  B. twice as many           

C. as twice many            D. as many as twice

26. Don’t put David in charge of arranging the theater trip; he’s too______________.

A. organized                            B. well organized           C. unorganized      D. organizing

27. It ____________ to Fred that I secured a place at Havard.

A. had been                    B. had been up                C. was down                  D. helped

28. As a rule you shouldn’t argue with your hosts unless they _______ something openly offensive.

A. had said                     B. have said                    C. will say            D. would say

Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the rest in each group . Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A , B , C or D

1. A. energy B. exhausted C. natural D. plentiful

2. A. release B. supplies C. nuclear D. convenient

3. A. protect B. prohibit C. pollute D. cultivate

4. A. agriculture B. extinction C. environment D. establishment

5. A. nature B. dangerous C. interfered D. devastating