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.

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

Peter has been studying for almost three years and he will have this degree and return to his country in ______ six months.

A. others     

B. the other  

C. other        

D. another

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

It’s always worth preparing well for an interview. Don’t just hope for the best. Here are a (25)_________tips. Practise how you say things, as well as what you (26)_________to say. If you don’t own a video camera, perhaps a friend of yours does. Borrow it and make a video tape of yourself. Find somebody to watch it with you and give you some (27)_________of advice on how you appear and behave. Before the interview, plan what to wear. Find out how the company expects its employees to dress. At the interview, believe in yourself and be honest, open and friendly. Pay attention and keep your answers to the point. The interviewer doesn’t want to waste time and (28)_________do you.

25. A. little                         B. several                           C. few                                D. lot

26. A. intend                      B. consider                         C. imagine                         D. think

27. A. numbers                  B. slices                              C. plenties                          D. pieces

28. A. so                             B. either                             C. neither                           D. or

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 questions

Each country has many good people who take care of others. For example, some of students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the elderly. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.

      Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do the shopping. For boys who don’t have fathers, there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to basketball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things those boys usually learn from their fathers.

      Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go and play games. Some of these clubs show movies or hold short trip to the mountains, the beaches, museums, or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of students as volunteers because they are young enough to understand the problems of younger boys and girls.

61. What do volunteers usually do to help those who are sick or old in their homes?

            A. They do the shopping, and repair or clean up their house.

            B. They tell them stories and sing dance for them.

            C. They cool, sew, and wash their clothes.         D. They take them to basketball games.

62. What do they help boys whose fathers do not live with them?

            A. To learn things about their fathers.  

  B. To get to know thing about their fathers.

            C. To get to know things that boys want from their fathers.

            D. To learn things that boys usually learn from their fathers.

63.Which activities are NOT available for the students at the clubs?

            A. playing games    B. learning photography      C. going to interest places         D. watching films

64. Why do they use many students as volunteers? – Because                  .

            A. they can understand the problems of younger boys and girls.

            B. they have a lot of free time.  

C. they know how to do the work.

            D. they are good at playing games and learning new things.

65. Where don’t students often do volunteer work?

A. hospitals  B. orphanages  C. clubsD. homes for the elderly

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

For more than (A) 450 years, Mexico City has been (B) the economic, culture (C) and political centre of Mexican people (D).

A. more than

B. has been

C. culture

D. Mexican people

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 questions.

One of the biggest trends in television in recent years has been the rise of “Reality TV”. These shows, in which ordinary people are placed in unusual situations and then filmed without a script, have become some of the highest rating shows on television. Early programs of this genre, including Big Brother (from the Netherlands) and Survivor (from the United States), have led to dozens of copycat programs in many different countries. A common element to many of these programs is that a number of contestants are placed in a closed environment in which they are filmed 24 hours a day, and every week contestants are thrown off the show. What is it about these shows that makes them so popular? Perhaps it is because viewers enjoy watching ordinary people with real emotions being placed in extraordinary, situations. Or perhaps it is that people are really voyeurs - they enjoy being a spy, looking secretly into other people’s lives.

1. In recent years, "Reality TV has become more and more_______.

A. interesting              B. unusual                   C. popular                   D. enjoyable

2. The underlined word ‘‘which” in the passage refers to_______.

A. a common element                                     B. a closed environment

C. every week                                                 D. the show

3. What is true about “Reality TV”?

A. They are made by ordinary people.           B. They create many copycat programs.

C. They describe people’s lives.                     D. They are filmed without a script.

4. We can infer from the passage that_______.

A. “Reality TV” used to be more trendy

B. “Reality TV" is becoming more and more competitive

C. viewers enjoy watching something real but unusual

D. viewers can become spies to look into other people’s lives

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

He has been studying for many years. He should have realized sooner that his grammar was incorrect

A. He has been studying for many years to have soon realized that his grammar was incorrect

B. He has been studying for many years that he should have realized sooner that his grammar was incorrect

C. No sooner has he been studying for many years than he should have realized that his grammar was incorrect

D. Though he has been studying for many years, he did not realize sooner that his grammar was incorrect

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

He has been studying English for many years. He should have realized sooner that his  grammar was incorrect.

A. He has been studying English for many years to have soon realized that his grammar was incorrect. 

B. He has been studying English for many years that he should have realized sooner that his grammar was incorrect. 

C. No sooner has he been studying English for many years than he should have realized that his grammar was incorrect. 

D. Though he has been studying English for many years, he did not realize sooner that his grammar was incorrect.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

For thousands of years, man has created sweet-smelling substances from wood, herbs, and flowers and using them for perfume or medicine.

A. man       

B. sweet-smelling  

C. using them       

D. or

THE RECIPE FOR GOOD COMMUNICATION
How many people do you communicate with in a day? Probably a lot more than you did ten years ago. With a few pieces of
equipment we can „talk‟ to people in more and more ways, not (15) ……..face-to-face and on the phone, but also through the
Internet. It is very important, therefore, for everyone to try and improve their communication skills. Despite all the
technological advances of (16) ……… years, the art of good conversation is still at the heart of successful communication. So
it is a good idea to remember the four golden rules of good communication. (17) ……., be as clear as you can.
Misunderstandings happen if we don‟t say correctly (18)……….we mean. Secondly, we have to
work hard at listening. Pay attention to what the other person is saying. Thirdly, ask other people what they think, don‟t only
tell them what you think. Fourthly, give them time to say what they want, and show interest in what they say. If you (19)……..
these rules, you will be a good communicator.