Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. chemistry B. kitchen C. watch D. catch

2. A. moment B. slogan C. comb D. opposite

3. A. produce B. huge C. lunar D. cure

4. A. bomb B. debt C. describe D. doubt

5. A. teenage B. luggage C. image D. damage

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

6. We feel very_________today.

A. happiness B. happy C. happily D. are happy

7. The government should do something to help_________.

A. the poors B. the poor ones C. poor D. the poor

8. When I looked round the door, the baby_________quietly.

A. is sleeping B. was sleeping C. slept D. were sleeping

9. Do you feel like_________to the cinema or would you rather_________TV at home?

A. going-watching B. going-watch C. go-watch D. go-watched

10. The policeman warned us_________there.

A. not to go B. to not go C. not to going D. not go

11. This food is the worst I_________tasted.

A. had never B. have ever C. did D. had

12. London_________an underground train system since the nineteeth century.

A. has B. had C. have had D. has had

13. I haven’t written any letters home since I _________here.

A. came B. come C. coming D. comes

14. It’s time we went. If we don’t leave now, we _________the last train.
 A. miss B. will miss C. would miss D. missed

15. It is impossible for me _________in all this noise.

A. work B. to work C. working D. worked

16. They asked me a lot of questions, most of _________I couldn’t answer well.

A. whom B. whose C. which D. that

17. They explained _________him how they should operate the machine.

A. to B. with C. for D. about

18. We didn’t like the club _________the poor quality of his service.

A. so B. however C. because of D. because

19. I am angry because you didn’t tell me the truth. I don’t like_________.

A. being deceived B. to be deceive C. be deceivedD. being deceiving

20. I have already finished all my work, so I don’t have _________tonight. I think I will read for a
while.

A. study B. to study C. studying D. studied

Choose the underlined part (marked A, B, C or D) that needs correction.

21. In order to being a good salesclerk, you mustn’t be rude to the customers.

A B C D

22. According to the sign on the restaurant door, all dinners are requiring to wear shirts and shoes.

A B C D

23. My mother always made me to wash my hands before every meal.

A B C D

24. Although his leg was broken however, he managed to get out of the car.

A B C D

25. The information I got from the assistant was such confusing that I didn’t know what to do.
 A B C D

Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26- 35.

The traffic light signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer. It was installed
(26)_________The House of Parliament in 1868. It (27)_________like any railway signal of the
time, and was operated by gas. (28)_________, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident
(29)_________further development until cars became common.

(30)_________traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (31)_________were

installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three-color signals, (32)_________by hand from a tower in the
(33)_________of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The (34)________lights of this
type to (35)________in Britain were in London, on the junction between St James’s street and
Piccadilly in 1925.

26. A. outside B. out C. out of D. outdoors

27. A. resembled B. looked C. showed D. seemed

28. A. However B. Therefore C. Although D. Despite

29. A. forbade B. avoided C. discouraged D. disappointed

30. A. New B. Recent C. Modern D. Late

31. A. methods B. systems C. means D. ways

32. A. worked B. operated C. turned D. held

33. A. heart B. focus C. halfway D. middle

34. A. original B. primary C. first D. early

35. A. show B. appear C. happen D. become

Choose the correct answer (marked A, B, C or D) to each of the following questions.

36. It is time___________.

A. the children to go to bed B. for the children to go to bed

C. for the children to going to bed D. for the children go to bed

37. It took___________.
 A. me one hour to go to work by bicycle B. I one hour to go to work by bicycle

C. me one hour going to work by bicycle D. my one hour to go work by bicycle

38. It is two months___________.

A. since it has rained B. since last it rained

C. since it last rained D. since it was last rained

39. He couldn’t set up a new world record___________.

A. although he tried hard B. even though he tried hard

C. in spite of the fact that he tried hard D. All are correct.

40. I really wish ____________but I didn’t.

A. I had invited her to the party B. had I invited her to the party

C. I invited her to the party D. I has invited her to the party

Choose the correct answer (marked A, B, C or D) to each of the following questions.

In the past, technology and progress was very slow. People “invented” farming 12,000 years ago
but it took 8,000 years for the idea to go around the world. Then, about 3,500 years ago, people
called “potters” used round wheels to turn and make plates. But it took hundreds of years before
some clever person thought, if we join two wheels together and make them bigger, we can use them
to move things

In the last few centuries, things have begun to move faster. Take a 20th-century invention like the
aeroplane, for example. The first acroplane flight on 17 December 1903 only lasted 12 seconds, and
the plane only went 37 metres. It can’t have been very exciting to watch, but that flight changed the
world. Sixteen years later, the first plane flew across the Atlantic, and only fifty years after that,
men walked on the moon. Technology is now changing our world faster and faster. So what will the
future bring?

One of the first changes will be the materials we use. Scientists have just invented an amazing new
material called graphene, and soon we will use it to do lots of things. With graphene batteries in
your mobile, it will take a few seconds to charge your phone or download a thousand gigabytes of
information! Today, we make most products in factories, but in the future, scientists will invent
living materials. Then we won’t make things like cars and furniture in factories – we will grow
them!

Thirty years ago, people couldn’t have imagined social media like Twitter and Facebook. Now we
can’t live without them. But this is only the start. Right now, scientists are putting microchips in
some disabled people’s brains, to help them see, hear and communicate better. In the future, we
may all use these technologies. We won’t need smartphones to use social media or search the
internet because the internet will be in our heads!

More people will go into space in the future, too. Space tourism has already begun, and a hundred
years from now, there may be many hotels in space. One day, we may get most of our energy from
space too. In 1941, the writer Isaac Asimov wrote about a solar power station in space. People
laughed at his idea then, but we should have listened to him. Today, many people are trying to
develop a space solar power station. After all, the sun always shines above the clouds!

Question 41: The writer says that in the past ___________.

A, people didn’t invent many things

B, people didn’t want to use wheels

C, most inventions were to do with farming

D, it took time for new ideas to change things

Question 42: Why does the writer use the example of the aeroplane?

A, To explain why transport changed in the 20th century.

B, Because he thinks It’s the most important invention in history.

C, To explain how space travel started.

D, To show how an invention developed quickly.

Question 43: What does the writer say about the future of communication?

A, We can’t know what the most popular social media will be.
B, Microchips will become faster.

C, We won’t use the internet as much.

D, We won’t need devices like smartphones.

Question 44: What does the writer say about space solar power?

A, It’s an old idea, but people are only starting to develop it now.

B, It’s a science fiction idea, and nobody really thinks it will work.

C, It’s much easier to build a solar power station in space than on Earth.

D, People tried it in 1941, but they didn’t succeed.

Question 45: The best title for the article would be ___________.

A, Man in space

B, Will computers rule the world?

C, More and more inventions

D, Progress now and then

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions.

Accidents do not occur at random. People eighty-five years of age and older are twenty-two times
likely to die accidentally than are children five to nine years old. The risk for native Americans is
four times that for Asian-Americans and twice that for white Americans or African-Americans.
Males suffer accidents at more than twice the rate of females, in part because they are more prone to
risky behavior. Alaskans are more than three times as likely as Rhode Islanders to die in an
accident. Texans are twenty-one times more likely than New Jerseyites to die in a natural disaster.
Among the one hundred most populous counties, Kern County, California (Bakersfield), has an
accident fatality rate three times greater than Summit County, Ohio (Akron)
Accidents happens more often to poor people. Those living in poverty receive inferior medical care,
are more apt to reside in houses with faulty heating and electrical systems, drive older cars with
fewer safety features, and are less likely to use safety belts. People in rural areas have more
accidents than city or suburban dwellers because farming is much riskier than working in a factory
or office and because emergency medical services are less readily available. These two factors –
low income and rural residence – may explain why the south has a higher accident rate than the
north.

(Source: Proficiency Reading)

Question 46: Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A, Children aged five to nine face the greatest accident risk.

B, All people face an equal risk of having an accident.

C, One in every 22 people aged 85 and over will die in an accident.

D, The risk of having an accident is greater among certain groups of people.

Question 47: The word “inferior” in the passage is closest in meaning to__________.

A, modern

B, low-quality

C, well-equipped

D, unsafe

Question 48: According to the passage, which of the following groups of people in America face
the highest risk of having an accident?

A, Native Americans

B, Asian-Americans

C, White Americans
D, African-Americans

Question 49: What does the word “that” in the passage refer to?

A, males

B, native Americans

C, the risk

D, African-Americans

Question 50Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a reason for a higher accident rate among
the poor?

A, Little knowledge about safety.

B, Inadequate medical services.

C, Poor housing and working conditions.

D, Use of cars which incorporate fewer safety features.