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

Personal computers, or PCs, are an important part of our everyday lives. Many people cannot imagine life without them. One of the most important people in making these machines work is Bill Gates. Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Allen. When they were in eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making more.

In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he would get over his obsession with computers and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.

Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the United States. He was the "King of Software". He achieved his success with a lot of hard work. For more than ten years, he worked sixteen-hour days, seven days a week. He had a dream and the will to succeed. By 1997, he was the richest man in the United States.
1. According to the writer,    
    a. people cannot live without personal computers.
    b. computers play an important part of our lives.
    c. Bill Gates invented personal computers.
    d. Bill Gates is the most important people in computer science.
2. The words “dropped out” of in line 8-9 mean?     
    a. graduated from           b.  got over                      c. took part in       d. stopped taking class at
3. According to the passage,  
    a. Bill Gate's parents wanted him to become a computer programmer.
    b. Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft because they want to sell their program for personal computers.

    c. Alien left Microsoft because he wanted to start his own company.

    d. Bill Gates met his business partner at Harvard.
4. How old was Bill Gates when he became the richest man in the United States?

    a. 34                                 b. 51                                 c. 42                                d. 44

5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text?

    a. In a few years, Microsoft became a very large company.

    b. Bill Gates and Paul Allen first wrote programs for business computers when they were about fifteen.

    c. Bill Gates earned his success by working very hard.

    d. Bill Gates is the richest man in the United States.        

V.  READING COMPREHENSION

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

Marie Curie, the Polish-born French (1) ..................... was a courageous and determinal woman. She left her home for Paris to (2) ..................... her interest in science. Living in (3) ….................. , she still (4) …….............. to graduate at the top of her class. She met Pierre Curie (5) ..................... after graduation and (6)     …………… him a year later. Together, Pierre and Marie (7)...................... the most famous husband-and-wife (8) ...................... in science history. They (9) ….................. the Radioactive elements, Polonium and Radium. They (10) …….............. the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

1. a. biologist                   b. mathematician            c. chemist                           d. physicist and chemist

2. a. follow                      b. take                             c. pursue                             d. satisfy

3. a. poverty                    b. loneliness                    c. wealth                             d. difficulty

4. a. made                        b. managed                     c. harbored                         d. worked

5. a. immediately             b. soon                            c. shortly                             d. rightly

6. a. married                  b. left                              c. divorced                         d. devoted

7. a. built                       b. organized                    c. established                      d. formed

8. a. couple                    b. partnership                  c. scientists                         d. partners

9. a. discovered            b. invented                      c. built                                d. made

10. a. had awarded         b. awarded                      c. were awarded                 d. were awarding

IV. SPEAKING

Choose the sentence or phrase that best completes the dialogue.

Tony : (1)_______________________________________________

Ann :   In a house near Brighton.

Tony : (2) _______________________________________________                    

Ann :   For three years.

Tony : (3) _______________________________________________                    

Ann :  The house we had before was too small. We need somewhere bigger.

Tony : (4) _______________________________________________

Ann :   I work in a bank.

Tony : (5) _______________________________________________

Ann :   I doesn't earn much. Just about £ 15.000 a year.

1. a. What's your address?          b. Where are you?            c. Where you live?              d. Where do you live?

2. a. You have lived there for how long?                 b. How long have you lived there?

    c. How many years have you lived there?            d. How long do you live there?

3. a. Why did you move?                                         b.  Why you moved?

    c. Why did you moved?                                       d. Can you tell me the reason why did you move?

4. a. What do you work?                                          b. What your job is?

    c. What you do?                                                   d. What do you do?

5. a. How much do you earn?                                   b. How much money do you take?

    c How about money do you earn?                         d. Do you earn how much money?

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

1. Before she became a film star, she has been a stand up comedian.

                           A                               B    C            D

2. I'm trying to persuade my sister to drive, but I can’t get her do it.

             A             B                             C                                     D    

3. After a week, we finally got to Miami, that my aunt lives.

            A                                   B                                C                   D

4. Since I begin school. I haven't had much spare time.

       A          B                         C             D

5.  My mother makes me doing my homework so I can't go out.

                            A             B                                                              C                       D

6. My family lived in Hue since 1990 to 1996, but we are now living in Sai Lion.

                        A                  B                                                                                                    C          D

7. Can you tell me where were you born? - Stockholm.

                   A            B           C         D

8. Computers are often used to control, adjustment, and correct complex industrial operation.

                                   A                                B                    C                          D

9. He spent most of his time to paint in the studio.

            A                B                 C                    D

10. We went to Stan's holiday party last year, hadn't we?

               A                      B                                  C      D

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

1. The man looked familiar. I .................... him somewhere before.

     a. saw                                  b. have seen                        c. had seen                            d. see

2. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It ....................... everything in its path.

     a. destroyed                        b. was destroyed                c. had destroyed                              d. has destroyed

3. In spite of …..................., we decided to go out.

     a. we felt very tired            b. feeling tired                    c. all of us felt tired             d. tired      

4.  When we ........................ the bill. we left the restaurant.          

     a. had paid                          b. were paying                    c. paid                                  d. had been paying

5.  When the firework ...................... off, the dog ....................... away.

     a. had gone/ ran                  b. went/ had run                  c. went^/ ran                          d. went/was running

6. In 1903, Marie became the first woman ….................... a Doctor of Science degree.

     a. receiving                          b. receive                             c. receives                            d. to receive

7. The police officer stopped us and asked us where ....................... .

     a. were we going                 b. are we going                   c. we are going                     d. we were going

8. Annie found the souvenirs ........................ she wanted at the gift shop.

     a. that                                  b. which                              c. θ                                       d. all are correct

9. The manager made his employees ........................ the computer evening class.

     a. attending                         b. attend                              c. to attend                          d. attendance

10. Marie Curie ...................... a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.

     a. awarded                          b. was awarded                   c. had awarded               d. had been awarded

11. Could you please come over? I need you ……................. the refrigerator.

     a. help me moving                                                           b. helping me to move

     c. to help me to move                                                     d. help me to move

12. Martina Hing is …................. her first tennis racket at the  age of two

    a. picked up                        b. has picked up                  c. had picked up                              d. was picked up

13. John F. Kennedy was the first president of the United States ....................... .

     a. born in the twentieth century                                      b. was born in twentieth century

     c. born on the twentieth century                                     d. to be born in the twentieth century

14. By the time she was twelve,  she ……….…… on a career.

    a. had already decided                                      b.  already has decided       c. had already decided             d. already decided

15. ……………… in Slovakia. Martina has lived in Switzerland for many  years.

     a. To be born                        b. Born                                c. Being  born                     d. Be  born

I. Add a sentence with the past perfect, using the notes.

1. Claire looked very suntanned when I saw her last week.

     à She had just been on holiday.        (just/ be on holiday)

2. We rushed to the station, but we were too late.                                   

     à ___________________________________________________________________ (the train/ just/ go)

3. I didn't have an umbrella, but that didn't matter.

     à ___________________________________________________________________ (the rain/ stop)

4. When I got to the concert hall, they wouldn't let me in.

     à ___________________________________________________________________ (forget/ my ticket)

5. Someone got the number of the car the raiders used.

     à ______________________________________________________________ (steal/ it/ a week before)

6. I was really pleased to see Rachel again yesterday.

     à ________________________________________________________________(not see/ her/ for ages)

7. Luckily, the flat didn't look too bad when my parents called in.

     à _____________________________________________________________________ (just/ clean / it)

8. The boss invited me to lunch yesterday, but I had to refuse the invitation..

     à __________________________________________________________ (already/ eat/ my sandwiches)

9. The man sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous.

     à __________________________________________________________________ (never/ fly/ before)

10. We rushed to the cinema last night, but we were too late.

     à _____________________________________________________________ (the film/ already/ begin)

I. PRONUNCIATION
A. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. a. language                          b. package                          c. mathematics                     d. marvelous

2. a. chemistry                         b. prepare                            c. receive                              d. degree

3. a. private                             b. diploma                          c. guide                                d. writer

4. a. trouble                              b. study                              c. tutor                                 d. subject

5. a. received                            b. worked                           c. obtained                           d. harbored
B. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others

1. a. background                      b. career                              c. secondary                         d. private

2. a. scientific                           b. atomic                             c. impossible                         d. professor

3. a. obtain                               b. determine                       c. award                               d. harbour

4. a. ambitious                          b. difficulty                        c. brilliant                             d. mature

5. a. education                         b. difficulty                        c. champion                          d. institute