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In England Apeople understand one another without speaking English Bpeople speak English, which is not like the one the writer studied at school Cpeople don’t speak English at all Deach

Test 2 Part I: PHONETICS:

Exercise 1: Choose one word whose bold part is pronounced differently

Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D

1 (A) honesty (B) harmful (C) healthy (D)

hydrogen

2 (A) appreciate (B) conversation (C) explanation (D)

grateful

3 (A) particular (B) scholarship (C) earflap (D) warm

4 (A) erosion (B) personal (C) reasonable (D) Asia

5 (A) deafness (B) release (C) treatment (D) seal

Part II: GRAMMAR

Exercise 2: Question 6-45 incomplete sentences Choose from the four options give

( marked A, B, C and D) one best answer to complete each sentences by circling the

correspond ding letter A, B, C or D:

6 In order master a language, learners need to spend a great deal of time on _ it (A) practice (B) practicing (C) to practice (D) practiced

7 The experts of WHO are carrying out many experiments _ they can find a treatment for cancer

(A) in order that (B) in order to (C) in order for (D) in order as

8 It is advisable that we should avoid leaded petrol to save the environment

9 Hemingway used the experience and knowledge _ during World War I as

the material for his well- known novel For Whom The Bell Tolls

(A) gain (B) to gain (C) gaining (D) gained

10 Valentine ‘s Day, from Roman, is now celebrated all over the world

(A) originate (B) originating (C) to originate (D) originated

11 It is thought that English _ used as an international language in 50 years or more

(A) will still be (B) has been still (C) was still (D) is still

12.One of my friends advised me _ to an American dinner without bringing anything

as a small gift

(A) not go (B) not to going (C) not to go (D) not going

13 Increasing deforestation accounts _ the severe soil erosion

14 Mark Twain ‘s adventures provided him materials for many of his writings

15 My best friend us a doctor _ medical expertise is cancer treatment

16 People in the Artic are used to around by sledge

(A) travel (B) be traveled (C) traveling (D) be traveling

17 By the time human beings cooperatively take actions to protect the ozone layer, it _ seriously damaged

(A) will be (B) is (C) has been (D) will have been

18 endangered species is the common responsibility of all human beings (A) Preserve (B) Preserving (C) Preserved (D) Preserves

19 Japanese people are said a very sophisticated table manner

(A) to have (B) have (C) having (D) to be having

20 October 31st is Halloween ‘s Day _ people dress as ghosts, witches, etc

21 It takes a great deal of time _ used to a new culture

(A) getting (B) got (C) to get (D) get

22 Laser beams are used as a device for _ many kinds of diseases

(A) treat (B) treated (C) treats (D) treating

23 _ some species from becoming extinct, the government has set up several nature reserves throughout the country

(A) Prevent (B) To prevent (C) Preventing (D) Prevented

24 Some scientists declared that they treatment for HIV

(A) had already found (B) find (C) will find (D) has found

25 The reason thousands of people join English courses is that English has become the most popular language

26.”Hurry up! We’re waiting for you What’s taking you so long?”

“I _ for an important phone call Go ahead and leave without

me”

(A)wait

(B)will wait

(C)am waiting

(D)am wait

27 “Where’s Polly?”

“She _ ”

(A)is in her room studying

(B)in her room is studying

(C)studies in her room

(D)is in her room studies

28 Can you me the time?

(A) Tell

(B) To tell

(C) Telling

(D) Tells

29 If you are tired, go and _ for a while

(A) to rest

(B) rest

(C) resting

(D) a rest

30 “Why is Peter absent today?”

“He _.a bad cold”

(A)is

(B)have

(C)is having

(D)has

31 People usually _ early for the show

(A)arrive

(B)arrives

(C)arriving

(D) to arrive

32 Ms Thompson is always willing to help but she doesn’t want (A)say so

(B)to say

(C)to say so

(D)says

33 Mathematics a difficult subject

(A)are

(B)is

(C)have

(D)has

34 Are those books……?

(A)yours or John’s?

(B)your or John’s?

(C)your’s or John’s

(D)yours’ or John’s?

35 Tom usually goes to France _ a holiday

(A)On

(B)For

(C)During

(D)While

36 He is a friend _ mine

(A)Of

(B)With

(C)To

(D)For

37 “What would you like to drink?” “ ”

(A)thank you

(B)tea, please

(C)yes, please

(D)no, I don’t

38 “Do you have a camera?”

“ _”

(A)yes, I have it

(B)yes, I do

(C)yes, I own one

(D)yes, I certainly have

39 This table’s not very long ?

(A)isn’t it

(B)is it

(C)has it

(D)hasn’t it

40 She wondered her father looked like now, after so many years away

(A)How

(B)Whose

(C)That

(D)What

41 He says he’s been to _ restaurant in town

(A)Many

(B)Every

(C)All

(D)Most

42 He filled in the necessary forms and _ for the job

(A)appealed

(B)asked

(C)requested

(D)applied

43 She hasn’t written to me _

(A)already

(B)yet

(D)any longer

44 I’m sure they were _ lies!

(A)telling

(B)making

(C)doing

(D)saying

45 They _ all day swimming and sunbathing at the beach

(A)passed

(B)used

(C)spent

(D)occupied

Part III: READING:

Exercise 3: Read the following passage then answer question 61-65 After each question, there are four possible answers marked A, B, C and D Choose the correct answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D:

I arrived in London at last The railway station was big, black and dark I did not know the way to my hotel, so asked a porter I not only spoke

English very carefully, but very clearly as well The porter, however, could not understand me I repeated my questions several times and at last he understood He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly:”I am

a foreigner”, I said Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him

My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled Then he said something and I understood it “You’ll soon learn English” he said I wonder in England, each man speaks a different language The English understand each other, but I don’t understand them!

Do they speak English?

46 The writer asked the porter

(A)how to speak English

(B)where the railway station was

(C)the direction to the hotel

(D)if he could speak English

47 The porter couldn’t understand the writer because

(A)the writer didn’t speak English very carefully

(B)the writer repeated the questions several times

(C)the porter didn’t know English

(D)the writer’s English was unusual

48 The writer’s teacher of English

(A)spoke English differently from English people

(B)never spoke English in class

(C)didn’t speak English slowly

(D)didn’t work as a porter

49 In England

(A)people understand one another without speaking English

(B)people speak English, which is not like the one the writer studied at school

(C)people don’t speak English at all

(D)each person speaks a different language

50 Which of the following statements is not true?

(A)the writer expected every one in England to speak like his teacher (B)at last the writer understood what the porter said

(C)the porter didn’t feel angry with the writer

(D)the porter always spoke English slowly and clearly

Exercise 4: Read the following paragraph, choose a suitable word given

in the box to fill the gap in paragraph:

Colours grows most is said

In famous studied city in

Glasgow

In Britain, there are many large cities; no town in UK is very far from each other The English countryside between the towns is like the carpet of many

…… 51… Glasgow is the third largest ….5.2… in Britain It lies on the river Clyde….5.3… Scotland The University of Glasgow was founded… 54….1450 The famous English writer Daniel Defoe… 55… that Glasgow was the cleanest and ….56….beautiful city in Great Britain James

Watt……57….at Glasgow University He became a …58… engineer and constructed a steam engine Scotland……59… rich in coal and iron so Glasgow….60… into a large city There are big engineering plants and textile factories in the city

Exercise 5: Read the following passage and circle the best answer (A), (B),(C) or (D) to fill in each gap:

C & A is probably one of the largest family fashion stores in the world, and their shops are a familiar sight in….61… High Streets in Britain

But many British people would be surprised to learn … 62… this fashion company has Dutch origins Founded in the small market town of Sneek in

1841, the first C &A shop….63… opened by two brothers called Clemens and August Brennikmeyer The initials of their first names formed the name

of the shop As trade grew, more……64…were opened across Europe and in

1922 C & A came to Britain ….65….success was immediate and the store was a major influence in bringing down the… 66… of women’s clothes It was the two brothers….67….started the 5-day working week, at a time when shopkeepers in Britain wanted their …68… to work a 6-day week Today C

& A employs many thousands of people All the stores are attractively

designed with good use of space, lighting and plenty of individual changing rooms where… 69… can try things on in comfort… 70….they buy

61 (A) every (B) most (C) more (D) each

62 (A) that (B) if (C) and (D) because

63 (A) were (B) have (C) is (D) was

64 (A) stores (B) places (C) parts (D) houses

65 (A) they (B) this (C) that (D) their

66 (A) value (B) number (C) cost (D) money

67 (A) which (B) who (C) what (D) whom

68 (A) staff (B) groups (C) officers (D) employers

69 (A) customers (B) patients (C) one (D) persons

70 (A) after (B) before (C) when (D) while

Part IV: WRITING:

Exercise 6: The words in the sentences below are in the wrong order Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences by choosing the most appropriate answer from A, B, C or D:

71 is/ “/ global/ being/ nowadays/ the/ English/ “/ tern/ increasingly/ used.

(A) The English “global term” is being used increasingly

nowadays

(B) The “global English” term is being used increasingly nowadays (C) The term is “global English” being used increasingly nowadays (D) The term “global English” is being used increasingly

nowadays

72 English/ is/ spoken/ said/ that/ it/ in/ every/ world/the of/ part/ is.

(A) That English is said it is spoken in every part of the world (B)It is said that English is spoken in every part of the world

(C)English is said that it is spoken in every part of the world

(D) It is spoken in every part of the world that English is said

73 no/ by/ its/ the UK/ speakers/ in/ native/ North America/ longer/ is/ English/ spoken/ Australia/ only/ and/ New Zealand.

(A) English is no longer spoken only by its native speakers in the

UK, North America Australia and New Zealand

(B)English is no spoken only by its native speakers in the longer UK, North America, Australia and New Zealand

(C)English is no longer spoken in the UK, North America, Australia and New Zealand only by its native speakers

(D) English is spoken only by its native speakers no longer in the

UK, North America, Australia and New Zealand

74 among/ non-native/ speakers/ countries/ Philippines/ spoken/ and/ the/ Singapore/ like/ India/ within/ also/ is/ it/ ,/ etc.

(A) It is spoken among non-native speakers also within countries like India, the Philippines and Singapore, etc

(B)It is also non-native speakers spoken among countries like India, within the Philippines and Singapore Etc

(C)It is also spoken among non-native speakers within countries like India, the Philippines and Singapore, etc

(D) Singapore is also spoken among non-native speakers within countries like India, the Philippines and Singapore, etc

75 refers/ international/ English/ it/ as/ being/ developed/ in/ used/ and/ to/ sometimes/ English/ is/ the/ world.

(A) English sometimes refers to International English as being used and it is developed in the world

(B)International English sometimes refers to English as it is being used and developed in the world

(C)International English sometimes refers to it as English is being used and developed in the world

(D) It is sometimes international English refers to English as being used and developed in the world

76 context/of/ an/ language/ usually/ teaching/ language/ English/ the/ as/ additional/ British/ based/ is/ American/ English/ on/ standards/ or/ in.

(A) In the context of language teaching, English as an additional language is usually based on British or American English standards (B)In the language teaching, English as context of an additional language

is usually based on British or American English standards

(C)The context of English language teaching as an additional language is usually based on British or in American English standards

(D) In the language teaching of English as an additional language context is usually based on British or American English standards

77 spread/ the US/ accents/ to/ masses/ arrived/ different/ of/ England/ Ireland/ immigrants/ as/ across/ English/ and/ Canada/ from/ parts/ and/ of/ Scotland/ began/ vary/ as

(A) As spread across the US and Canada, English accents began vary as masses of immigrants arrived from different parts of England, Ireland and Scotland

(B)As English from different parts of England, Ireland and Scotland spread across the US and Canada, accents began to vary as masses of immigrants arrived

(C)As English began to vary across the US and Canada, accents spread

as masses of immigrants arrived from different parts of England, Ireland and Scotland

(D) As English spread across the US and Canada, accents began to vary as masses of immigrants arrived from different parts of England, Ireland and Scotland

78 Australia/ and/ historical/ also/ from/ connections/ derived/ their/

English/ New Zealand/ their/ language/ country/ ‘s/ strong/to/ Britain/.

(A) Australia and Britain’s English language also derived from their country strong historical connections to their New Zealand

(B)Australia also derived their English language from their country’s New Zealand and strong historical connections to Britain

(C)Australia and New Zealand also derived their English language from their country’s strong historical connections to Britain

(D) New Zealand also derived their English language and from their

country’s Australia strong historical connections to Britain

79 dominated/ the/ of/ the/ civilizing/ century/ Britain/ beginning/ surface/

colonies/ had/ a/ of/ the/ earth’s/ the/ English/ 18 th / language/ was/ an/

essential/ means/ of/ therefore/ the/ third/ British/ by/.

(A) By the beginning of the third century, Britain had dominated a

18th of the earth’s surface; therefore, the English language was an

essential means of civilizing the British colonies

(B)By the beginning of the 18th century, Britain had dominated a third of

the earth’s surface; therefore, the English language was an essential

means of civilizing the British colonies

(C)By the beginning of the 18th century, Britain had dominated a third of

the earth’s surface; therefore, the language was an British essential

means of civilizing the English colonies

(D) Of the beginning of the 18th century Britain had dominated the

British colonies; therefore, the English language was an essential

means by civilizing a third of the earth’s surface

80 English/ the/ of/ began/ the/ century/ expeditions/ from/ England/ the/ of/

16 th / toward/ beyond/ Britain/ westward/ to/ end/ the/ movement/ America/.

(A) Toward the end of the 16th century, westward expeditions from

England began the movement of English beyond Britain to the

America

(B)The end of the 16th century toward westward expeditions from

England began the movement of English beyond America to the

Britain

(C)Toward the end of the 16th English century, of westward movement

from England began the expeditions beyond Britain to the America

(D) Toward end of the 16th century The westward expeditions from

England began the movement of English beyond Britain to the

America

Part V: VOCABULARY:

Exercise 7: Questions 81-90 are incomplete sentences Choose from the four options given ( marked A, B, C and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D

81 Foreigners visiting England often find it very hard to get _