III. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.

16. He came in and didn't say anything, ____________ worried all of us.

     a. that                                    b. who                                      c. whom                               d. which

17. Nobody ventured outdoors ____________ the hurricane warnings.

     a. despite                               b. although                               c. because of                        d. because

18.  “Why did you buy all this sugar and chocolates?” _ “ I _______________ a delicious dessert for dinner
      tonight.”

     a. make                                  b. will make                             c. am going to make           d. will have made

19. Who _____________ was coining to see me this morning?

     a. you said                             b. did you say                          c. did you say that               d. you did say

20. 'I took the TOEFL. It was really hard.' _____________ a lot before you took it?

     a. Have you studied               b. Did you study                      c. Had you studied                        d. Do you study

21. Michael Caine  _____________ to London two times this year.

     a. is                                        b. was                                     c. has been                            d. had been

22. 'We're still looking for Mark.' . ' Hasn't he _____________ yet?'

     a. been found                        b. been finding                        c. being found                      d. found

23. We _____________ Switzerland four times during the 1970s.

     a. will visit                             b. visited                                  c. would visit                       d. used to visit

24. Nowhere in the world ______________ such fine emeralds as in Colombia.

     a. tourists can purchase                                                        b. can tourists purchase

     c. where tourists can purchase                                              d. that tourist can purchase

25. The assembly line, ______________ by Henry Ford, has brought about many sig­nificant changes in automobile production.

     a. that was invented                                                              b. what was invented

     c. was invented                                                                     d. which was invented

6. You'll probably see Dave on the 4.30 bus. He _____________ catches it to school.

     a. sometimes                          b. traditionally                        c. routinely                            d. usually

7. Don’t speak to me in that _____________ of voice.

     a. tone                                    b. volume                                c. stress                                  d. way

8. You can ____________ a lot of information from the Internet onto your own computer, but it t can take a
    lot of time.

     a. take                                    b. print                                    c. save                                    d. download

9. When they were in Cairo they took a ______________ to see the Pyramids.

     a. voyage                               b. travel                                  c. trip                                     d. journey

10. Martha Thomas was an American educator who stood for equal _____________ rights for women.

     a. educated                            b. educational                         c. educating                           d. educationally

11. There is a fault at our television station. Please do not _____________ your set.

     a. change                                b. adjust                                  c. repair                                  d. switch

12. He is very stubborn, so it will be difficult to _____________ him to go.

     a. persuade                            b. suggest                                c. make                                  d. encourage

13. _____________ is a camera which records moving  pictures and sound.

     a. Cell phone                         b. CD-ROM                            c. Camcorder                        d. Modem

14. The Super Bowl was _____________ via satellite to over 100 countries.

     a. transmitted                        b. received                               c. spread                               d. showed

15. This man is a criminal known to the police under ______________ names.

     a. variety                                b. vary                                      c. to vary                              d. various

I. Choose the words that best answer the following questions.

1. Which of the following words has the underlined part pronounced differently?

    a. laugh                                   b. taught                                 c. fault                                   d. August

2. Which of the following words is stressed differently from the rest?

    a. entertain                              b. magazine                            c. industry                             d. volunteer

3. Which of the following words contains a different vowel sound?  

    a. team                                    b. week                                   c. health                                 d. cheap

4. Which of the following words has a different consonant sound?

    a. school                                  b. champagne                         c. machine                             d. washing

5. Which of the following words is stressed on the first syllable?

    a. electricity                            b. activities                             c. scientific                            d. accuracy

II. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d that best completes the sentence.

I. PRONUNCIATION

A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. a. media                              b. television                        c. scene                               d. secret

2. a. cartoon                            b. moon                              c. flood                                 d. too

3. a. wild                                 b. try                                  c. mystery                            d. violent

4. a. paper                               b. famous                           c. rain                                  d. channel

5. a. enjoy                               b. taught                             c. thought                             d. saw

B. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

1 . a. channel                           b. media                               c. cartoon                             d. comment

2. a. documentary                    b. advantage                         c. magazine                          d. popularity

3. a. newspaper                       b. encourage                         c. responsible                       d. effective

4. a. beautiful                           b. television                          c. Internet                             d. interfere

5. a. enjoy                               b. relax                                 c. recommend                      d. intend

II.  VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION

Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
1. There was a report ___________ The Independent __________ this new law.
   a. on / for                            b. in / to                               c. in /about                         d. on / in
2. There is a comedy program __________ between 10:15 and 11:00.
   a. in                                     b. at                                     c. for                                   d. on
3. Were you aware ___________ the regulation against smoking in this area.  
   a. of                                     b. with                                c. on                                    d. to
4. Radio presents information and entertainment ___________ and we receive them through our ears.
   a. orally                               b. visually                          c. aurally                             d. vitually
5. I don’t quite like television ____________. They encourage people to buy things that they don’t need.
   a. commerces                      b. commercial                    c. commercials                   d. commercially

6. You can hear BBC news ____________ all over the world.

   a. shows                               b. announcements              c. receipts                           d. programs

7. Television can make things ___________ because it presents information in an things effective way.

   a. memory                            b. memorial                        c. memorable                      d. memorably

8. Do you understand this _____________ ? “ 200 WOMEN GIVEN WRONG DIAGNOSIS ” .

   a. report                               b. headline                          c. news                               d. advert

9. Children often prefer looking at _____________ to reading books.

       a. newspapers                    b. comics                          c. articles                             d. commercials

10. In Britain, there are some 'terrestrial' ____________ on TV such as BBCI, BBC2, ITV1, …

       a. programs                       b. series                            c. channels                           d. cables

11. 'Is the paper published every day?'. 'No, it ____________ out once a week.'

       a. turns                              b. goes                              c. produces                          d. comes        

12. Editorial ____________ in 'The Guardian' tended to support the government in this matter.

       a. comments                      b. complaints                    c. commands                       d. comedies

13. A ____________ is a film with factual information, often about a problem in society.

       a. series                             b. soap opera                    c. documentary                   d. drama

14. You can ______________ information on the computer through a modem.
a. download                      b. access                          c. scan                                 d. store

15. _____________ is a system connecting millions of computer worldwide.

       a. The television              b. The Internet                c. The media                       d. The phone

III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE

A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.

1. The scheme allows students from many countries ________________  with each other.

       a. communicate                 b. to communicate           c. communicating           d. communicates

2. ______________ the storm warnings, wee did not go out last night.

       a. Since                             b. In spite of                    c. Because of                   d. The result

3. This is the fifth time you ________________ me the same question.

       a. ask                                 b. asked                            c. are asking                     d. have asked

4. When I arrived at the party, Lucy _______________ home.

       a. has already gone            b. had already gone         c. already went                  d. already was going

5. English people spent 18 hours per week _______________ TV.

       a. watching                        b. to watch                       c. watch                           d. for watching

6. I've lived in a small house near the coast _______________ .

       a. from 1990                     b. since 1990                    c. in three years               d. for last year

7. She left home in 1993 and _______________ since.

       a. hasn't seen                     b. didn't see                     c. hasn't been seen          d. wasn't seen

8. It's time we ________________ this old car and bought a new one.

       a. will sell                          b. have sold                     c. had sold                       d. sold

9. Since Mr Hassan ________________ president, both taxes and unemployment _________________.

       a. has become/ increased                                           b. became/ increased

       c. became/ have increased                                         d. has become/ have increased

10. ______________ all my warnings, he tried to fix the computer himself.

       a. Although                      b. In spite of                     c. Because                      d. Instead of

11. Some television programs _________________.

       a. may make children to be violent.                         b. make children be violent.

       c. may make children violent.                                  d. make children being violent.

12. I _______________ away most of my old books when I moved house.

       a. threw                           b. have thrown                  c. had thrown                 d. was throwing

13. You _______________ whisper. Nobody can hear us.

       a. needn't to                    b. don't have to                 c. mustn't                        d. need to

14. The children ________________ to the Botanical Garden.

       a. were enjoyed taken                                              b. were enjoyed taking

       c. enjoyed taking                                                      d. enjoyed bein^g taken

15. So far this week there _________________ three burglaries in our street.

       a. are                              b. were                               c. have been                   d. had been