III. You are going to read a newspaper article about a young boy’s disappearance. In most lines of the text there is one unnecessary word. Write the unnecessary word in the space provided after each line. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (¥). There are two examples at the beginning (0).
Boy found ‘dinosaur-hunting’
A three-year-old boy who went missing at a remote beauty spot _________00
had spent the night was huddled under a bush, his rescuers said __________0
last weekend. Cameron Munro was found as safe and well by a __________1
rescue dog and his handler after about going missing for more than __________2
16 hours. He had disappeared at the Highland or beauty spot, the __________3
Falls of Shin, near by Dornoch, Sutherland, at around 4.30pm last __________4
Saturday, and was found the next few day about half a mile away. __________5
Flight Sergeant Al Sylvester, from among RAF Kinloss, one of 34 __________6
RAF rescuers who had spent the night searching for the boy, said: __________7
“He was perfectly fine. He wasn’t hurt or upset not at all. He was __________8
talking to himself about whole dinosaurs, and he had been looking __________9
for dinosaurs in the woods when he did went missing. __________10
Examples: 00. √ 0. was
II. Write the correct form of the words given in capital letters.
1. Their children have quite________ characters. DIFFERENCE
2. Some guests arrived ________ and caused trouble to the hostess. EXPECT
3. Mr. Jane runs his business very________. SUCCESS
4. Ba reads short stories in English every day to ________ his vocabulary. RICH
5. He takes ________ in his father. PROUND
6. Is there anything ________ on TV tonight? INTEREST
7. What is the correct ________ of this word? PRONOUNCE
8. My uncle often spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local ________ . ORPHAN
9. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more ________ . COMFORT
10. In electronics, we learn to repair ________ appliances. HOUSE
PART B: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
I. Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank.
1. When was Cuc Phuong forest _________Cuc Phuong National Park?
A. built B. named C. born D. developed
2. Without plants, water would run off and take away________ soil.
A. poisonous B. bad C. forest D. valuable
3. __________ of our poor condition, we tried to cure the injured dolphin.
A. Despite B. Because C. In spite D. Although
4. There’s a _________ look on his face. I’m _________ of him indeed.
A. frightening/scared B. frightening/scaring
C. frightened/ scaring D. frightened/scared
5. My mother has a ________ for a bargain.
A. big nose B. fast foot C. good eye D. keen sense
6. Everyday my boss gets his car ________ , so it looks very beautiful.
A. to be cleaned B. cleaned C. be cleaned D. cleaning
7. My daughter isn’t ________ to go to school alone.
A. enough old B. old enough C. young enough D. enough young
8. Karate hurt my hands at first, but I finally ________ it.
A. was used B. got used to C. used to D. got use to
9. I’d rather you ________ smoke in here.
A. do not B. didn’t C. won’t D. doesn’t