V. Choose the best answer

1. I finish ………….. the book and went to bed.

A. read                             B. to read                             C. reading                          D. reads

2. That man can tell us where …………….

A. does John live               B. is John living                   C. John lives                        D. John live

3. …………… clothes do you prefer, T- shirt or pullover?

A. Which                        B. What                                C. Where                                D. How

4. Can you …………… your paper with you when I come there, please?

A. collect                              B. bring                                C. get                           D. take

5. Smoking is harmful …………….. your health.

A. on                                   B. for                                      D. about                            C. to

6. Do you find anything …………….. there?

A. interested                     B. useful                               C. bored                                 D. easily

7. Ann is very busy these days. She has …………… free time.

A. a little                              B. few                             C. a few                                 D. little

8. It’s raining very ……………

A.wet                             B. badly                                C. hard                               D. firmly

9. A new shoppig is ……………. In my neighborhood today.

A. being opened               B. opened                            C. opening                           D. be opened

10. The stolen machines were ………………. a lot of money.

A. valued                           B. cost                                C. price                               D. worth

II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE (2.5 points / 0.25 each)
Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to complete each of the following sentences.
4. I finished _______the book and went to bed
A. reading B. to read C. read D. to be read
5. The meeting will ______ in London next week.
A. be held B. be hold C. is held D. are hold
6. I wish you ______ so fast. It makes me nervous.
A. drive B. won’t drive C. can’t drive D. weren’t driving
7. Bill asked where _______ from.
A. do I come B. I come C. did I come D. I came
8. The weather was bad, _______ we didn’t go on a picnic.
A. however B. but C. so D. because
9. If you study at The Brighton Language Center –UK , you can live in a _______on campus
A. dormitory B. mobile room C. hotel D.private room
10. Have you read this article________ the website?
A. in B. at C. on D. for
11. Air _______ is now a serious problem in the world.
A. pollutes B. polluted C. pollute D. pollution
12. Jean cloth is very strong and hardly ______.
A. wear out B. put on C. go up D. wear on
13. Would you like to go to the concert with me tonight? - _________.
A. I’d love to B. No, thanks C. I go home now D. Never mind

IV. READING

 * 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 the numbered blanks.

We don’t only choose clothes to make us look (1)___. We use them to tell the world (2)____ our personality. The clothes we wear and our appearance as a whole  give other people useful information about what we think and (3)____ we feel. If we feel cheerful, we usually wear colorful clothes and if we feel depressed we sometimes (4)_____ on dark clothes. But why do teenagers ( 5)_____black so frequently? It is because they feel miserable in any way? This is unlikely to be the case. It is probably just because it is (6)___ to wear black, and young people are real fans of fashion.

Question 1. A. attracting      B. attractively C. attractive D. attraction

Question 2. A. about      B. of C. to D. from

Question 3. A. when      B. what C. how D. which

Question 4. A. put                 B. take C. get D. set

Question 5. A. wear      B. make C. take            D. hate   

Question 6. A. convenient   B. fashionable C. impressive          D. beautiful

1.      

 The city centre was (crowded)......................................that morning as

Ex 4: Choose the best answer A, B, C,  or D.

1. Does she fancy …… a book to the younger children?A.  reads                B. reading            C. to read        D. read

2.  They enjoy …………… on Sundays.A. garden               B. gardening   C.  gardened                        D. gardens

3. They love ……………with their friends.A. eat out           B. ate out        C. having eaten   D. to eat out

4. I prefer …………… people.A. text                       B.  texting                   C.  texted                        D.  texts

5. They detest ……… so early in the morning.A. getting up B. get up   C. to get up                        D.  gets up

6.  My dad doesn’t mind…………… my mom from work every day.

            A. pick up                   B. picked up                C. picking up  D. picks up

Choose the best answer

1. I finish ………….. the book and went to bed.

A. read B. to read C. reading D. reads

2. That man can tell us where …………….

A. does John live B. is John living C. John lives D. John live

3. …………… clothes do you prefer, T- shirt or pullover?

A. Which B. What C. Where D. How

4. Can you …………… your paper with you when I come there, please?

A. collect B. bring C. get D. take

5. Smoking is harmful …………….. your health.

A. on B. for D. about C. to

6. Do you find anything …………….. there?

A. interested B. useful C. bored D. easily

7. Ann is very busy these days. She has …………… free time.

A. a little B. few C. a few D. little

8. It’s raining very ……………

A.wet B. badly C. hard D. firmly

9. A new shoppig is ……………. In my neighborhood today.

A. being opened B. opened C. opening D. be opened

10. The stolen machines were ………………. a lot of money.

A. valued B. cost C. price D. worth

Choose the best answer

1. I finish ………….. the book and went to bed.

A. read B. to read C. reading D. reads

2. That man can tell us where …………….

A. does John live B. is John living C. John lives D. John live

3. …………… clothes do you prefer, T- shirt or pullover?

A. Which B. What C. Where D. How

4. Can you …………… your paper with you when I come there, please?

A. collect B. bring C. get D. take

5. Smoking is harmful …………….. your health.

A. on B. for D. about C. to

6. Do you find anything …………….. there?

A. interested B. useful C. bored D. easily

7. Ann is very busy these days. She has …………… free time.

A. a little B. few C. a few D. little

8. It’s raining very ……………

A.wet B. badly C. hard D. firmly

9. A new shoppig is ……………. In my neighborhood today.

A. being opened B. opened C. opening D. be opened

10. The stolen machines were ………………. a lot of money.

A. valued B. cost C. price D. worth

III. Choose the best answer A, B, C,or D to complete the sentences:

1 . …………. turning off the TV and lights, they went  to bed.

A. Behind                     B. In front of                          C. Before                D. After

2. I ………….a lot of information about her recently.

A. have learnt               B. would learn                        C. learnt                   D. will learn

3. She failed the test ……………she studied hard.

         A. as                               B. despite                                C. although               D. in spite of

4. If you were the president, what .  .  .  .  . you do to help the environment ?

            A. will            B. would                                 C. do                            D. are

5. The Statue of Liberty is a major monument in New York which…. freedom.

A.    attracts                             B. symbolises               C. decides                   D. understands

6. An example of a natural disaster is a…………….

A. rain                                    B. sunlight                    C. thunder                   D. tornado

7. Hundreds of people were made …………. after the flood.

A.    helpless                             B. homeless                  C. careless                   D. careful

8.While I ………………the performance, I met one of my old friends.

A. watched                     B. was watching                    C. watch                        D. am watching

9.  He will go out tonight, …. he?

A. won’t                                 B.does                           C.isn’t                       D. will

10.A custom is something that has become an ……………. way of doing things.

       A. to be accept             B. to accept                         C. accepting             D. accepted

III. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

1. Water pollution can be harmful _______ fish and animals that live along the river.

A. to                  B. at                   C. for                      D. in

2. Ways must be found to prevent the poisonous gases ________ polluting the air.

A. without           B. from              C. off                     D. by

3. She’s come up ________ amazing new ideas to help protect the environment.

A. to                B. at                     C. with                    D. of

4. Too much of light pollution results ________ increase in the energy consumption.

A. in                  B. of                   C. to                    D. on

5. Children should be aware ________ the environmental issues we’re facing.

A. with                                    B. at                                        C. in                                        D. of

6. Air pollution has many effects _______ the environment and living organisms.

A. in             B. of                   C. for                       D. on

7. The volcano has erupted approximately once every ten years_________ 1970.

A. since               B. in               C. from                       D. for

8. We can see the stars at night ________ light pollution.

A. since                                   B. as                                            C. because                               D. due to

9. Water pollution________ the death of all forms of life in the water bodies.

A. occurs                                 B. results                                     C. creates                                D. leads to

10. Many flights were cancelled ________ the smoke from forest fires.

A. so                                        B. because                                  C. because of                          D. result in

11. _________  plastic takes so long to break down, it pollutes the land and water.

A. Even though                       B. While                                       C. Since                                   D. Because of

12. ________ the tsunami warning, there were still lots of people on or near the beach.

A. Due to                                B. Although                                   C. Because                              D. Despite

13. Since 2005, India_________ the world’s largest English-speaking population.

A. has                                      B. is having                                 C. had                                     D. has had

14. Over the past five years, Australia’s population_______ by 1.86 million people.

A. increases                             B. is increasing                           C. has increased                      D. is increased

15. The 12th English Teaching Conference________ on 5 – 12 next month.

A. takes place                          B. took place                               C. will take place                    D. has taken place

16. Everyone__________ when the earthquake_________the small town two days ago.

A. was sleeping/ hit                B. were sleeping/ hit                     C. slept/ was hitting                D. slept/ hit    

17. English__________ as the primary language in many countries around the world.

A. speak        B. is spoken         C. spoken            D. speaks

18. An average of 10 people in Florida_________ by lightning strikes annually.

A. is killed                               B. are killed                                     C. were killed                          D. have been killed

19. Scientists predict the South coast_________ by a large hurricane in two days.

A. will be killed      B. will kill        C. was killed          D. is killed

20. By the time the rescuers_________ , they_________ out of food and water.

A. arrived/ ran                         B. arrived/ have run                     C. arrived/ had run                  D. arrived/ had ran

21. Before that day in Hawaii, we_________ a volcanic eruption.

A. never saw                           B. has never seen                       C. had never seen                    D. were never seen

22. So far, some of the storm damaged roads and bridges_________.

A. already repaired                    B. had already repaired          

C. were already repaired             D. have already been repaired

23. If we all use public transport more, we_________ reduce air pollution.

A. help                                           B. will help                             C. would help                          D. helped

24. Many wildlife habitats will be destroyed if people________ polluting the environment.

A. keep             B. keeps             C. will keep                 D. kept

25. If global warming________, temperatures_________ even higher.

A. continues/ would rise               B. continued/ will rise             C. continue/ will rise              D. continues/ will rise