12. He took charge of the firm after his father had resigned, but he couldn’t do the business well because of his lack of __________.
     a. experiment                    b. service                            c. hobby                             d. experience
13. After every semester some best students are always __________ prizes and scholarship.
     a. awarded                         b. devoted                          c. obtained                         d. prevented
14. Vaccinating is the best __________ of some certain infectious disesases.
     a. prevent                           b. prevention                     c. preventing                      d. preventor
15. The course required regular __________. Peter was not allowed to take the examination because of his several absences.
     a. entertainment                 b. compliment                   c. attendance                      d. expectation   

VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
46. No one has seen Peter since the day of the party.
à Peter _____________________________________________________________________________.
47. We haven’t seen him for over twenty years.
à It’s ______________________________________________________________________________.
48. She went to the zoo last year and that is where she saw a real tiger for the first time.
à Before she ________________________________________________________________________.
49. We couldn’t drive because of the fog.
à The fog prevented __________________________________________________________________.
50. He used to depend on his parents for money.
à No longer _________________________________________________________________________.
51. It is the most interesting novel I’ve ever read.
à I have ____________________________________________________________________________.
52. Although she lived in difficult conditions, she worked very hard.
à In spite of _________________________________________________________________________.
53. The flight to London lasted more than three hours.
à It ________________________________________________________________________________.
54. The weather was so bad that we couldn’t go sailing.
à The weather was not ________________________________________________________________.
55. The big oak tree was in the garden, but then they cut it down.
à There used ________________________________________________________________________.  

VI. Read the passage, then choose the correct answer - b, c, or d.

          Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Sweden. His important invention was dynamite - a power explosive. This dynamite business made him a very rich man. One day, Alfred Nobel read about his death in a newspaper. In fact, it was his brother's death. The reporter called him a salesman of death, 'The Dynamite King'. Nobel was very upset. He had invented dynamite to save lives-lives that were lost because other explosives were dangerous to use. He hated violence and war. And he did not like the world to think of him as a man of war.
         He thought of the best way for people to use his fortune for years. Finally he knew what to do with his fortune. Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize, an annual award to honor leaders of science, literature, and world peace. Alfred Nobel died on December 10, 1896. He was unmarried and had no children. His important decision changed the way the world thought of him. He was remembered the way he wanted: Alfred Nobel, man of peace.
41. Dynamite, invented by Nobel, is __________________.
    a. a business                         b. an explosive                           c. a king                             d. a prize
42. Alfred Nobel invented dynamite ________________.
    a. to make money                                                                    b. to make war           
    c. to be the “Dynamite King”                                                 d. to save people’s lives
43. The newspaper called him a salesman of death when _______________.
    a. he invented dynamite              b. he died              c. his brother died               d. he became a rich man
44. Alfred Nobel died at the age of ______________.
    a. thirty-three                       b. sixty                                       c. sixty-three                     d. ninety-six
45. The Nobel Prize is awarded to leaders of science, literature and world peace ______________.
    a. every year                    b. every month                     c. every two years                     d. every four years

VI. Read the passage, then choose the correct answer - b, c, or d.

          Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Sweden. His important invention was dynamite - a power explosive. This dynamite business made him a very rich man. One day, Alfred Nobel read about his death in a newspaper. In fact, it was his brother's death. The reporter called him a salesman of death, 'The Dynamite King'. Nobel was very upset. He had invented dynamite to save lives-lives that were lost because other explosives were dangerous to use. He hated violence and war. And he did not like the world to think of him as a man of war.
         He thought of the best way for people to use his fortune for years. Finally he knew what to do with his fortune. Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize, an annual award to honor leaders of science, literature, and world peace. Alfred Nobel died on December 10, 1896. He was unmarried and had no children. His important decision changed the way the world thought of him. He was remembered the way he wanted: Alfred Nobel, man of peace.
41. Dynamite, invented by Nobel, is __________________.
    a. a business                         b. an explosive                           c. a king                             d. a prize
42. Alfred Nobel invented dynamite ________________.
    a. to make money                                                                    b. to make war           
    c. to be the “Dynamite King”                                                 d. to save people’s lives
43. The newspaper called him a salesman of death when _______________.
    a. he invented dynamite              b. he died              c. his brother died               d. he became a rich man
44. Alfred Nobel died at the age of ______________.
    a. thirty-three                       b. sixty                                       c. sixty-three                     d. ninety-six
45. The Nobel Prize is awarded to leaders of science, literature and world peace ______________.
    a. every year                    b. every month                     c. every two years                     d. every four years

V. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the num­bered blank.

The table tennis match was very enjoyable before someone lit a cigarette and ruined the evening.  After (36) ________ smoking, they let the cigarette fall on the wooden floor. Unfortunately, they dropped it without putting it out but (37) _________ paid any attention to it. Even the^. woman (38) ________ next to the man with the cigarette did not notice. Soon, however, there was a lot of smoke. Suddenly flames (39) ________ up into the air. Someone immediately ran out of the room to phone the fire brigade. Two or three men got some buckets of water to put out the fire, but it was useless. Everyone in the large hut (40) _________ very frightened. The next moment people rushed towards the main doors. Be­fore the fire brigade arrived, the whole building was on fire. On entering the burning building, one of the firemen^. succeeded in rescuing an old woman.

36. a. finish                               b. finishing                            c. finished                            d. finishes

37. a. someone                          b. anyone                              c. no one                               d. everyone

38. a. she was                           b. was                                    c. who was                           d. she

39. a. shoot                               b. shoots                                c. shot                                   d. shooting

40. a. was                   b. were                          c. has                                 d. have

IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase – A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.

26. I'm usually right about the weather, am not I?

       A       B                                               C     D

27. An old man walking along the road stopped talking to us.

       A                     B             C                               D

28. Mike usually drives to work, but today he walks.

                    A         B                            C            D
29. Hypnosis is sometimes employed as a means of helping people quit to smoke.

                               A                          B                        C                              D

30. Despite most mushroom are edible, some species cause serious poisoning.

           A                                          B                              C                       D

31. Today we know that the earth is one of nine planets whose orbit the sun.

                  A            B                                                        C       D

32. Do you want to get up by yourself, or would you like me to wake up you?

                                   A                                                 B    C              D      

33. I bought this new software for learning Chinese.

            A       B                                  C              D

34. Are you ready? It's time we go.

       A                       B           C  D

35. By the age of five, about eighty-seven percent of American children go to school. Most of them attend
                    A                                                    B                                                                      C

pre-academic classes calling kindergarten.
                                       D

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

6. Which _________ does your company manufacture?
     a. produce                         b. product                           c. production                      d. productive

7. The morning's work was constantly _________ by phone calls.

     a. made                             b. interrupted                      c. created                            d. changed

8. _________ they are tropical birds, parrots can live in temperate or even cold climates.

     a. Even though                 b. In spite of                       c. Nevertheless                   d. Despite

9. People are fleeing the area in panic.

     a. excitement                    b. fear                                 c. gust                                 d. danger

10. Before the plane takes off, passengers must __________ their seat belts.

     a. fasten                            b. flee                                  c. emit                                 d. unbind

11. My morning __________ is to get up at seven, have breakfast, then leave home at eight.

     a. timetable                       b. habit                                c. routine                               d. action
12. He took charge of the firm after his father had resigned, but he couldn’t do the business well because of his lack of __________.
     a. experiment                    b. service                            c. hobby                             d. experience
13. After every semester some best students are always __________ prizes and scholarship.
     a. awarded                         b. devoted                          c. obtained                         d. prevented
14. Vaccinating is the best __________ of some certain infectious disesases.
     a. prevent                           b. prevention                     c. preventing                      d. preventor
15. The course required regular __________. Peter was not allowed to take the examination because of his several absences.
     a. entertainment                 b. compliment                   c. attendance                      d. expectation