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

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

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

The minister ________ to say whether all the coal mines would be closed.

A. refused

B. avoided

C. denied

D. bothered

Exercise 12.Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

In the future, people will build houses on the moon. The best place for houses in a moon town will be underground. Underground houses will be safe, and the temperatures will not be very high during daytime and not very low at night.

Moon homes may be balloons with oxygen, and people will wear oxygen masks when they are away from home because the moon has no air around it. The house might have beds, tables, and chairs, so people will sleep, eat, and work in their home. Moon-house building will be easy.

96. In a moon town, what is the best place for house?

A. a balloon               B. on the ground                C. underground              D. in the air

97. Which of the following is true?

A. The people on the moon will not leave their homes.

B. The people on the moon will wear oxygen masks when they leave their homes.

C. The moon homes are very hot during daytime.

D. The temperatures will be very high during daytime and very low at night.

98. Why do people need oxygen when they stay on the moon?

A. Because the moon is too large.

B. Because the moon houses are full of air.

C. Because people sleep, eat, and work outside their houses.

D. Because the moon has no air.

99. How comfortable are the houses on the moon?

A. They have furniture for people to sleep, eat, or work.

B. They have many balloons.

C. They don't have any furniture.

D. They have all kinds of furniture.

100.In the writer's opinion, will people build houses on the moon?

A. No, they can't.                            B. They might not do it.

C. Of course, they will.                   D. People only think so.

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

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S. government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.

Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and giving food, doing general labour (such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring/mentoring young people.

28.   What percentage of American population does volunteer work?

A. 1/4                               B. 1/2                               C.  1/5                               D.  1/3

29.   How long have Americans had the tradition of volunteering?

A.     They have never had.                                         B. since the early daysof the country.

C.  less than 50 years.                                               D. since the Independence Day.

30.   Which activity is NOT a traditional volunteer activity in the United States?

A.     raising money                                                      B. cooking meals

C.  teaching young children                                    D. donating blood

31.   What does the phrase “people in need” mean?

A.     People need help.                                                B. People are rich.

C.  People are poor.                                                  D. People are disable.

32.   According to the passagewhich statement is TRUE?

A.     Traditional volunteer activities include raising money and providing care for animals.

B.     Americans volunteer because they are paid for it.

C.     A few American people do volunteer work.

D.     American people enjoy volunteering.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions : Traffic rules _______ by all people. *

A. must be obeyed

B. must obey

C. must obeyed

D. must have obeyed

Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions: Someone has robbed the bank near our house. *

A. The bank have been robbed near our house.

B. The bank near our house has been robbed.

C. The bank near our house had been robbed.

D. The bank near our house has robbed

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions: The weather was _______ bad _______ we couldn’t go out. *

A. such/that

B. too/that

C. such a/that

D. so/that

Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions: I am sorry that I didn't learn English when I was younger. *

A. I regret not to have learned English when I was younger.

B. I regret not to be learned English when I was younger.

C. I regretted not to learn English when I was younger.

D. I wish that I had learned English when I was younger.

Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions: I don't know the answer, so I can't tell it to you. *

A. If I knew the answer, I wouldn't tell it to you.

B. If I knew the answer, I will tell it to you.

C. If I had known the answer, I would tell it to you

D. If I knew the answer, I would tell it to you.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions: The people _______ live in Greece speak Greek, don’t they? *

A. whom

B. who

C. which

D. where

Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions: I'm grateful that you helped my brother do that work. *

A. Thank you for helping my brother do that work.

B. Thank you about helping my brother do that work.

C. Thank you because you helped me do that work.

D. Thank you that you help my brother do that work

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions: A(n)______ is a sudden, violent shaking of the earth’s surface. *

A. snowstorm

B. volcano

C. earthquake

D. typhoon

Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions: The day was so cold that we stayed indoors. *

A. It was such a cold day that we stayed indoors.

A. It was such cold a day that we stayed indoors.

C. It was a so cold day that we stayed indoors.

D. It was a cold day so that we stayed indoors.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions: I couldn’t go to the party _______ a sudden cold. *

A. because

B. because of

C. in spite of

D. although

Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions: When did you last ride a bike? *

A. What time is it since you ride a bike?

B. How long is it since you last rode a bike?

C. How much time did you ride a bike?

D. How often did you ride a bike?

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

Each of us must take ________ for our own actions

A. responsibility 

B. possibility 

C. probability 

D. ability