* Read the passage and choose the best answers.

Many people now think that teachers give students too (1) …………………homework. They say that it is (2) …………………for children to work at home in their free time. Moreover, they argue that most teachers do not properly plan the homework tasks they give to students. The (3) …………………is that students have to repeat tasks which they have already done at school.Recently in Greece many parents complained (4) …………………the difficult homework which teachers gave to their children. Most people agree that homework is unfair. A student who can do his homework in a quiet and comfortable room is in a much better position than a student who does his homework in a small, noisy room with the television on. Some parents help their children with their homework. Other parents (5) …………………no interest at all in their children’s homework.

It is important, however, that teachers talk to parents about homework. A teacher should suggest suitable tasks for parents to do with their children. Parents are often better (6) …………………teaching their own children!

1. A. many   B. much     C. more    D. less

2. A. necessary B. necessity  C. unnecessary            D. unnecessarily

3. A. cause   B. reason    C. purpose         D. result

4. A. about           B. to           C. with         D. on

5. A. make     B. do          C. take    D. give

6. A. in    B. at            C. on          D. with

* Choose the word which has different pronunciation from the others. 

1. A. sometimes    B. visit           C. worship             D. with

2. A. washed      B. looked      C. stopped        D. played

3. A. three       B. through       C. month        D. than

4. A. nation    B. pollution    C. question       D. information

* Complete each sentence so that it has the same meaning with the sentence printed before it.
1. If you don’t stop shouting, I will slap you.
Stop ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. They believe that Mary will get the scholarship.
Mary ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. More butter is eaten in America than in Europe.
Not so ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. I’ve never had to wait this long for a bus before.
This is ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. That factory is producing more and more pollution.
More and more pollution ………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. It took us more than 3 hours to discover the inner Hanoi.
We spent …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. If you don’t tell anyone else, I will tell you what happened.
I will ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. “If it doesn’t rain, we will go out with you,” they said to me.
They told …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. My father didn’t earn much money, so life wasn’t easy for us.
If ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. “Which one do you want, the blue or the green one?” John said to her.
John asked ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

* Supply each blank with the correct preposition.
1. If you’re agreeable ………………our proposal, we’ll go ahead.
2. Mary spent most her money ………………the help for the poor.
3. My close friend is often concerned ………………all problems that I mention.
4. I arrived in May last year and ………………the end of the year I spoke quite good English.
5. Although she studied English at University, she is working ………………an accountant now.

* Write the correct form of the word in brackets.
1. The weather was ………………………, so we arrived earlier than expected. (favor)
2. The disease spread quickly among the poor slum ………………………of the city. (dwell)
3. He went on to work in film ………………………and shared a flat with his father. (produce)
4. Cigarette smoking is ………………………for about 90% of deaths from lung cancer. (respond)
5. Many people enjoy the pleasures and ………………………of living in a city centre. (convenient)

* Find and correct the mistake in each sentence.
1. It has been a long time since we talked to John, isn’t it?
            A                                B                C                       D
2. His boss / has asked him to respond / immediately this fax.
             A                 B                  C                    D
3. ​Big shopping malls are believed/  to be/ a feature / for big cities.​​
                                          ​​ A ​              B ​        C ​            D
​4. After John eaten dinner, he wrote several letters and went to bed.
                       A                            B                     C                D
5. The president went fishing after he has finished with the conference.
            A                           B                           C                              D

* Complete each sentence so that it has the same meaning with the sentence printed before it.
1. If you don’t stop shouting, I will slap you.
Stop ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. They believe that Mary will get the scholarship.
Mary ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. More butter is eaten in America than in Europe.
Not so ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. I’ve never had to wait this long for a bus before.
This is ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. That factory is producing more and more pollution.
More and more pollution ………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. It took us more than 3 hours to discover the inner Hanoi.
We spent …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. If you don’t tell anyone else, I will tell you what happened.
I will ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. “If it doesn’t rain, we will go out with you,” they said to me.
They told …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. My father didn’t earn much money, so life wasn’t easy for us.
If ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. “Which one do you want, the blue or the green one?” John said to her.
John asked ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………