Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.

34. Jenny is a good friend. She always shares things with her classmates.

          A. gives                       B. listens                   C. takes                     D. wants

Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.

35. He is so generous that he often pays for our drink.

          A. mean                       B. kind                       C. nice                      D. reliable

VII. Reading the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions below. (1.0 point)

            I am going to tell you about my best friend, Katie. She has long, dark brown hair and grey green eyes. She is always happy and cheerful. We often sit together in class, and help one another with our schoolwork. We always go home together and play badminton for an hour. Katie is very good at sports, and she usually wins. Katie is learning to play piano. I am learning to play the flute. We practice together every day. We play simple songs for piano and flute. They are fun. At weekends sometimes Katie stays the night at my flat, or I stay the night at her house. We always have a lovely time.  

1. What is the topic of the passage?

A. My best class                                              C. My best friend

B. My best teacher                                          D. My best school

2. What is TRUE about Katie?

A. She is good at studying.                             B. She plays sports very well.

C. She has long black hair.                             D. She never comes to school late.

3. What do they often help each other?

A. study                      B. play badminton      C. ride to school          D. sing

4. The word “simple” in line 6 is best replaced by ______.

A. hard                                    B. complex                  C. easy                        D. interesting

5. All of the following statements are true EXPECT ________.

A. They play piano together.

B. They have a good time together.

C. After school, they play badminton together.

D. They often stay the night at the other’s house.

XI. Write each of the sentences in the other way without changing its meaning. (1.0 point).

1. Are there eight hundred pupils in your school?

→  Does _________________________________________________________________

2. It’s good for us to do exercise every morning.

→ We  __________________________________________________________________

3. My teacher walks to work every day.                                           

→ My teacher goes ________________________________________________________

4. No one in my family is so careful as my father.

→ My father _____________________________________________________________

5. She knows about it more than I do.           

→ I don’t know ___________________________________________________________

IX. Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the passages below with ONE suitable word (2.0 points).

       Of all my relatives, I like my aunt Emily the (1) _______. She’s my mother’s youngest (2) ______. She has never married and she (3) _______ alone in a small village near Bath. She’s forty years old, (4) _______ she looks much younger than her age. She has a fair complexion, thick blonde hair and dark brown eyes. She has a kind face, and when you meet (5) _______, the (6) _______ first thing you notice is her smile. Her face is a little wrinkled now, but I think she is still rather attractive. She is the sort of person you can always go to if you (7) _______ a problem and she’s extremely generous. She likes reading (8) _______ gardening, and she still goes for long walks over the hills. I hope I will be (9) _______ active as she is when I’m at her (10) ______.

VIII. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) that fits the blank in the following passage. (2.0 points).

It’s Sunday morning. The Browns are sitting in (1) ______ living room. They are talking about the (2) ______ this evening. David likes beef and Susan does, too. He says that beef is good for children. Their father, Mr. Brown, prefer chicken (3) ______ beef. He asks his wife to buy (4) ______ for him. But Helen, their youngest daughter, doesn’t want any meat. She would (5) ______ cakes and sweets. Mrs. Brown doesn’t like beef. She doesn’t like chicken, either. She likes fish, vegetables and fruit. She says that fish and vegetables (6) ______ good for old men and everybody (7) ______ to eat fruit. At last they decide to go out (8) ______ dinner (9) ______ Mrs. Brown says that she can’t cook so (10) ______ food for everybody in the family.

1. A. his                                          B. their                          C. an                          D. a

2.  A. movie                                   B. lunch                         C. dinner                    D. party

3. A. than                                       B. to                              C. more                      D. better

4.  A. little                                      B. some                         C. any                        D. none

5.  A. like                                       B. likes                          C. have                      D. has

6.  A. is                                           B. have                          C. are                         D. do

7.  A. need                                     B. needs                        C. should                   D. have

8.  A. to                                          B. of                              C. with                       D. for

9.  A. because                                B. but                            C. so                          D. and

10.  A. many                                  B. little                          C. much                     D. lots of

VI. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. (1.0 point).

1. Mary is traveling by bus and visit a lot of interesting places.

                   A               B              C                         D

2. Would you like an apple or any strawberries for dessert?

        A                    B                 C                        D

3. Look! The Sun is shining, and the children are lieing down on the grass.

      A                           B                                         C                        D

4. Playing sports are a good way to keep our body healthy.

         A                 B           C            D

5. Mary is one of my best friend, she is a little bit talkative but very lovely and kind.

                   A                       B                     C                         D