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

16. “Do you mind if I borrow a chair?” - "__________. Do you need only one?”

     a. I'm sorry                        b. Not at all                        c. Yes, I do                                    d. Yes, I would.

17. Professor Kidd __________ three books since 1999, and she's working on her fourth.

     a. has been writing            b. has written                     c. wrote                             d. writes

18. I remember An, __________ rode the bus to school with.

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

19. Who __________ our bike? – Mike did.

            a did give you           b. did you give                  c. you gave                d. gave you
20. She finds ________ the guitar interesting.
     a. to playing                      b. play                               c. that playing                    d. playing
21. The farmers in my village have got a crop failure ________ pests and insects.
     a. because                          b. due to                           c. as                                    d. in spite of 
22. We _________ the lesson thoroughly because our teacher __________ it twice.
     a. will understand / was explaining                           b. had understood / explained
     c. understood / had explained                                    d. were understanding / has explained
23. He will see you in August when he __________ back.
     a. will be                            b. came                            c. will have come               d. comes
24. They would rather Mary __________ them when they are talking.
     a. not interrupt                   b. does not interrupt        c. did not interrupt             d. not interruptted
25. No sooner had they got on the plane than the engine started.
     a. They did not have enough time to get on the plane.
    b. They had trouble starting the engine of the plane.
    c. The engine started as soon as they got on the plane.
    d. They were too late to get on the plane. 

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   

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   

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

16. “Do you mind if I borrow a chair?” - "__________. Do you need only one?”

     a. I'm sorry                        b. Not at all                        c. Yes, I do                                    d. Yes, I would.

17. Professor Kidd __________ three books since 1999, and she's working on her fourth.

     a. has been writing            b. has written                     c. wrote                             d. writes

18. I remember An, __________ rode the bus to school with.

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

19. Who __________ our bike? – Mike did.

            a did give you           b. did you give                  c. you gave                d. gave you
20. She finds ________ the guitar interesting.
     a. to playing                      b. play                               c. that playing                    d. playing
21. The farmers in my village have got a crop failure ________ pests and insects.
     a. because                          b. due to                           c. as                                    d. in spite of 
22. We _________ the lesson thoroughly because our teacher __________ it twice.
     a. will understand / was explaining                           b. had understood / explained
     c. understood / had explained                                    d. were understanding / has explained
23. He will see you in August when he __________ back.
     a. will be                            b. came                            c. will have come               d. comes
24. They would rather Mary __________ them when they are talking.
     a. not interrupt                   b. does not interrupt        c. did not interrupt             d. not interruptted
25. No sooner had they got on the plane than the engine started.
     a. They did not have enough time to get on the plane.
    b. They had trouble starting the engine of the plane.
    c. The engine started as soon as they got on the plane.
    d. They were too late to get on the plane. 

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

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

    a. stall                                b. chat                                 c. talk                                  d. water

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

    a. entertain                        b. determine                        c. harbour                           d. interrupt

3. Which of the following words is stressed on the second syllable?

    a. private                           b. professor                         c. purchases                        d. educated

4. Which of the following words is stressed on the third syllable?

    a. impossible                      b. development                   c. specialization                  d. scientific

5. Which of the following words doesn't contain the final /t/ sound?

             a. worked               b. announced                         c. screamed                        d. stopped

V. WRITING

Choose the sentence (a, b, c, or d) which is closest in meaning to the sentence printed before.

1. When did you last ride a bike?

      a. How often did you ride a bike?                                       b. How long is it since you rode a bike?

      c. What time is it since you ride a bike?                             d. How much time did you ride a bike?

2. The train was due to leave five minutes ago.

      a. The train was supposed to leave five minutes ago.         b. The train is five minutes late in leaving.

      c. The train left five minutes ago.                                        d. a and b are correct

3. I didn't use to like football.

      a. I don't like football.                                             b. When I was young I liked football, but now I don't.

      c. Once I didn't like football, but now I do.            d. I wasn't accustomed to football.

4. The police blocked off the road, which caused a traffic jam.

      a. The road that caused a traffic jam was blocked off by the police.

      b. The police blocked off a traffic jam on the road.

      c. The police blocked off the road because it caused a traffic jam.

      d. The fact that the police blocked off the road caused a traffic jam.

5. Henry should have done his homework last night. but he watched TV instead.

      a. Henry didn't watch TV last night because he had to do his homework.

      b. Henry watched TV last night instead of doing his homework.

      c. Henry did his homework while watching TV.

      d. Henry had already done his homework before he watched TV.

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

The first school for blind, deaf and mute children in the Tibet Autonomous Region celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The school is built in the eastern suburb of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, and is designed to hold 200  students covers 20,000 square meters.

The school curriculum includes Braille and sign language training, Tibetan, mathematics, writing, ethics training, physical education, arts, handicrafts, speech and walking courses. At the celebration, the audience was touched by a silent song expressed by the students with sign language.  Baiba Toinzhub, a 10-year-old blind child, can speak fluent Chinese and is good at singing and dancing. He told the visitors that life in the boarding school was comfortable.
1 What type of students attend the school?

a. Children who live in the Tibet Autonomous Region

b. Children with a variety of disabilities.

c. Children who cannot see, hear, or speak.

d. Children who are visually impaired.

2. The school is located in _______________.

a. the capital of Tibet                                         b. the suburb of the capital of Tibet

c. the eastern of Tibet                                        d. 20,000 square meters

3. The school is _______________.

a. able to hold 200 students                           b. the first boarding school in Tibet

c. 20.000 square meters in area                      d. a and c are correct

4. Which subject is taught in the school?

a. Physics                     b. Foreign languages                       c. Computers                       d. Braille

5. Which of the following is not true?

a. Tibet's first deaf-mute school celebrated its first birthday.

b. The visitors were welcomed with a beautiful song.

c. Life in the boarding school is comfortable.

d. Baiba Toinzhub can sing and dance very well

IV. READING COMPREHENSION

A. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the num ­bared blank.

Louis Braille was born in 1809 in Coupvray. He was a French (1) .................. of the blind. He (2) …................ was blind from the age of three, and in 1818 he went to the National Institute for the Young Blind in Paris. Soon showing marked (3) .................... in both science and music, he became famous in Paris as an organist and violoncellist. In 1826 Braille began teaching the blind in the school . Braille is known for his idea of (4) .................... the Briberies “point writing” system , used for coded army messages, to enable the blind to read. Point writing consists of embossed dots and dashes on cardboard; the Braille system (10) ................... from it is used successfully today, in slightly modified form, and in many countries.

1. a. designer                        b. doctor                           c. teacher                          d. lawyer

2. a. who                               b. whom                           c. himself                          d. for himself

3. a. activity                         b. ability                           c. intelligence                   d. determination

4. a. expressing                     b. learning                        c. bringing                        d. modifying

5. a. made                             b. taken                            c. done                             d. derived

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

1. When I was a child, summers would be warmer and winters colder than now.

                  A                                     B                                                      C    D

2. What do you use to do when you felt  afraid?

              A            B     C                   D

3. The number of people employed in agriculture have fallen in the last decade.
    A                                 B                               C              D

4. You have to buckle your seat belt now or you couldn^’t drive. It's the law.

                    A            B                                                C           D

5. She's always annoying about something.

               A     B         C           D

6. I can't find my diary, that is a real nuisance.

            A                                 B C      D

7. The serevely disabled needs full-time care.

        A            B                                  C           D

8. It took them at least two months learning how to pronounce these words.

        A                   B                               C                      D

9. Helen Keller, who was both blind and deafness, overcame her  inabilities with

                              A                                        B                C                   D

        he help of her teacher, Ann Sullivan.

10. Lake Superior, that lies on the US Canadian border, is the largest lake in North America.

                                 A       B                                                           C            D

III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE                             

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

1. _________ he was not a musician himself, Lawrence Hammond developed an electronic keyboar instrument called the Hammond organ.

    a. Although                          b. That                                   c. Despite                             d. For

2. __________ the storm,  I would have been home before eight.

    a. Instead of                         b. But for                              c. During                              d. Because of

3. The government is doing nothing to help ___________.

    a. the poor people                b. the poor ones                     c. the poor                            d. the pours

4. It rained all the time, ________ was a great pity.

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

5. ________ you really need is a long holiday.

    a. That                                  b. What                                  c. Which                               d. Who

6. I ________ like going to pop concerts when I was a teenager.

    a. would                               b. used to                               c. must                                  d. could

7. Rick left the party early because he _________ a headache.

    a. had                                   b. has                                     c. used to have                      d. was having

8. Claude didn't _________ in Canada.

    a. lived                                 b. use to live                          c. used to live                       d. used to living

9. I remember you. You _________ to school here.

    a. were used to going           b. have already gone             c. went                                  d. used to go

10. The old _________ a lot of experience of life and can deal with most situation.

    a. has                                    b. have                                   c. is having                           d. had

11. Can you show me _________ the film in this camera?

    a. how to change                  b. how change                       c. how changing                   d. how you changed

12. I didn't like the noise in the city at first. But now _________ here..

    a. I got used to living           b. I'm used to living              c. used to live                       d. I used to living

13. Galileo __________ his first telescope in 1609.

    a. builds                               b. built                                   c. has built                            d. had built

14. Last summer, we had _________ holiday in Spain.

    a. a two week's                     b. a two-weeks                       c. two-week                          d. a two-week

15. _________ at the party, we saw Ruth standing alone.                                  

    a. Arrived                             b. We arrived                         c. Arriving                            d. We were arriving