II. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION

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

1 . Most students find the course very ...................... .                  

     a. enthusiastic                  b. anxious                          c. enjoyable                     d. convenient

2. .................. is the beach? ~  Only five minutes' walk.

     a. How long                     b. Where                            c. How often                   d. How far

3. She is interested in teaching ................... because she loves working with children.

     a. semester                       b. communication             c. work                             d. profession

4. She was disappointed to fail in two of her four ........................ .

     a. schools                         b. classes                            c. lessons                        d. subjects

5. Don't worry ............... me.  I’ll be fine.

     a. to                                 b. about                              c. with                             d. for

6. Our coach was .................. in a traffic jam and got to Heathrow forty minutes late.

     a. fastened                       b. fixed                              c. joined                           d. stuck

7. Approximately half the people interviewed were in manual occupations.

     a. hobbies                        b. careers                            c. jobs                               d. visits

8. Our main objective is to .................... educational standards.

     a. avoid                            b. enjoy                              c. make                             d. improve

9. English is an international ....................... .

     a. language                      b. means                             c. subject                          d. profession

10. Most people start to lose their memory as they get older.

     a. ability to remember                                                b. ability to impress

     c. feeling of admiration                                             d. ability to affect

I. PRONUNCIATION

A. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differ­ently from the others.

1. a. chance                            b. teaching                          c. chemistry                        d. children

2. a. hard                               b. start                                 c. party                               d. talk

3.  a. son                                 b. sunshine                          c. above                              d. woman

4. a. polite                             b. literature                       c. guide                             d. kind

5. a. great                              b. teacher                          c. street                             d. receive

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

1. a. Physics                          b. History                          c. Biology                         d. Chemistry

2. a. important                      b. profession                     c. Geography                    d. Literature

3. a. entertain                        b. communicate                c. receive                          d. complain

4. a. children                         b. student                          c. professor                       d. teacher

5. a. opinion                          b. relax                              c. semester                        d. nervous

VI. WRITING
Choose the best answer to complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

1. I wish I hadn't sold my bike.

    I regret ______________________________________

   a. to sell my bike.         b. selling my bike.        c. I had sold my bike.        d. not to sell my bike.

2. No one told me about the change of plan.

    I_____________________________________
   a. knew about the change of plan.                      b. am not known about the change of plan.

   c. was told about the change of plan.                 d. didn't know about the change of plan.

3. Nigel felt sick from eating too many cakes. Nigel felt sick because _____________

   a. he has eaten a lot of cakes.                             b. he was eating too many cakes.

   c. there were too many  cakes he ate.                 d. he had eaten too many cakes.

4. In the middle of our lunch there was a knock at the door.

    When _____________________________________
   a. we were having lunch, there was a knock at the door.

   b. we knocked at the door, we were having lunch.

   c. we had just finished lunch, there was a knock at the door.

   d. our lunch were in the middle there Was a knock at the door.

5. Their game of badminton is always on Tuesday.

    They_____________________________________

a. always play their game of badminton.         b. play badminton always on Tuesday.

c. always play badminton on Tuesday.            d. have always played badminton on Tuesday.

6. Adrian wears jeans all the time.

    Adrian _____________________________________

   a. always wears jeans.                                            b. often wears jeans.

            c. sometimes wears jeans                   d. usually wears jeans

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

ROUTINES

Think about your daily life. Do you follow the same read to work every day? Do you sit in the same place in class? When you get dressed, do you always put the same leg or arm in first? You probably do, because we all have routines in our lives.

Routines save time and energy because you do them without thinking, that's why they are so important in the morning when your brain isn't active. Here's Jo talking about her morning routine.

'Oh yes. I always do exactly the same things. I wake up at seven o'clock every morning, but I don't get up until quarter past seven. I switch on the radio and listen to the news. Then I go to the loo and I brush my teeth. I have a shower and dry my hair. Then I choose my clothes and I get dressed. I don't eat anything for breakfast. I just have a cup of coffee. Then I go to work. Yes, it's always the same.'

Routines are very useful, but they also make you uncreative. So some­times it's a good idea to break your routines. Get out of bed on the opposite side. Listen to a different radio station. Take a different route to work. Eat something different for breakfast. Change your routine. You never know, it could change your life.

1. This passage is mainly concerned with ................ .

     a. our usual ways of doing things                        b. our daily activities

     c. Jo's timetable                                                    d. changes in our lives

2. According to the passage, routines are useful because ................ .

     a. we can do them in the morning                       b. they make a habit of never thinking

     c. they save time and energy                               d. we all have them in our lives

3. The word 'loo' in line 7 can best be replaced with ................ .   

     a. balcony                             b. bedroom                           c. sink                            d. toilet

4. What is the main disadvantage of routines?

a. Routines make us unable to create things or to have new ideas.

b.  Routines may change our life.

c. Routines make a habit of never thinking before doing.

d. Routines make us do the same things day after day.

5. Which of the sentences is true?

a. Routines make our brain creative.

b.  People who have routines are unable to think.

c. We shouldn't break our routines.

Our lives could be changed if we change our routines