Student: …………………
Class: ………………………
WRITTEN TEST (30)
Time: 90 minutes
I. Choose the word that underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (5 marks)
1. A naked B.talked C.stopped D.checked
2. A invent B.advent C.Decent D.ascent
3. A multiply B.muddy C.culture D.funeral
4. A chalk B.chaos C.chemist D.psychologist
5. A prove B.women C.lose D.movies
II. Circle the word which has different stress from the rest (5 marks)
1. A assassinate B.artificial C.antecedent D.democracy
2. A guitar B.impetus C.evacuate D.traditional
3. A advertisement B.popular C.photograph D.pharmacist
4. A comment B.democracy C.significiant D.geometry
5. A imitate B.glorious C.magazine D.memory
III. Circle the best answer (either A, B, C or D). (10 marks)
1. The mechanic examined the car engine __________ but could find nothing wrong with it.
A thoroughly B.exactly C.throughout D.altogether
2. I’m not supprised Helen is ill. With all the voluntary work she has _________, she has really
been doing too much.
A taken off B.taken in C. taken on D. taken to
3. The ________ of his first novel appeared in The Times yesterday.
A survey B. inspection C. appraisal D. review
4. We’ d rather you ______ better than you ______ for the time being.
A sang/are singing B. to sing/are singing C. sing/sing D. should sing/are
singing
5. Peter, along with his parents, _______ unable to go to the party last night.
A had been B. were C. was D. has been
6. I called Marry yesterday with a view ________ her about the homework.
A of asking B. to asking C. in asking D. for asking

7. The proposal has replealed after a thirty-minute discussion and a number of objections to
A B C
its failure to include our district.
D
8. How much times did Rich and Jennifer have to do the experiment before obtained the
A B C
results they had been expecting?
D
9. The bridge was hitting by a large ship during a sudden storm last week.
A B C D
10. The company representative sold to the manager a sewing machine for forty dollars.
A B C D
V. Complete the sentences with the approriate form of the words in bracket. (10 marks)
1.Her ________was so great that she broke a glass. (ANXIOUS)
2. She can’t educate her son by beating him. It’s only________ (PRODUCT)
3. This statue _______ the soldiers who died in the war. (MEMORY)
4. The work is still at a very ____________ level. (EXPERIMENT)
5. He suffered from sonstant _______(SLEEPY)
6. He completely went to pieces after the ______ of his marriage (BREAK)
7. They have a big ______ shop in London. (JEWEL)
8. Religious _______ forced them to leave the country. (TOLERATE)
9. There was a heavy ______ yesterday afternoon which completely ruined the Church
Garden Party. (POUR)
10. He was sentenced to two years’s ______ (PRISON)
VI. Complete the passage with the best word or phrase. (10 marks)
First votes for women
The suffragette movement, which campaigned for votes for women in the early twentieth
century, is most commontly associated with the Pankhurts family and militant act of (1) ____
Degrees of violence.
(2)_______ in 1903 by the political campaigner Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst and her

style overlap with today’s fashion.
Chanel would not have defined herself as a feminist – in fact, she consistently spoke of
femininity rather than of feminism – yet her work is unquestionably part of the liberation of
women. She not only appropriated styles, fabrics and articles of clothing that were worn by
men but also, beginning with how she dressed herself, appropriated sports clothes as part of
the language of fashion. One can see how her style evolved out of necessity and defiance.
Cocteau once said of her that “she has, by a kind of miracle, worked in fashion according
to rules that would seem to have value only for painters, musicians, poets.”
1.Where is this passage taken from?
A. a biography article
B. an advertisment
C. a fiction story
D. a letter
2.What does “ostentation” mean?
A. scruffiness
B. a wealth display
C. exposure
D. inferority complex
3. Which of the following sentences are TRUE about Coco Chanel?
A. Chanel was a feminist
B. Chanel lived for 75 years
C. Chanel’s work brought about liberation in women fashion
D. Chanel’s fashion ideas were in no way different from her contemporaries.
4. What can be inferred from Cocteau’s words about Chanel?
A. Her creative work made Chanel not only a mere fashion designer but also an artist.
B. Chanel was a painter
C. Chanel designed the clothes and fashion based on worthless rules
D. Chanel broke all the rules of fashion
5. According to the reading passage, what can be said about Chanel?
A. She was a progressive woman whose ideas on fashion was much more advanced

them together.
A. likelihood B. similarity C. coincidence D. analogy
15.Why not ask the tailor to shorten the jacket a little? Unless you don’t want it to
perfectly with the trousers.
A. make B. do C. go D. suit
16. I think we can reply on Mr Bronson’s advice. I’ve known him for ages and I already
found out he has got excellent __________in morden art.
A. fashion B. feeling C. view D. taste
17.The camera can _________people’s images in its memory.
A. store B. keep C. put D. file
18. If you refuse to do it, the bosses will have no difficulty _______one of those
ambitious young men to do the job.
A. to get B. with getting C. getting D. in getting
19. The average ______ spends about 50 dollars a week on food.
A. domestic B. household C. house D. home
20. “All work and no play makes jack a dull boy”, as the old ______ goes.
A. speech B. saying C. proverb D. sentence
21.People who like art can _______ a course in painting.
A. take B. make C. run D. buy
22. Axel _________ his sister cares about their future.
A. Either/or B. Neither/nor C. Both/and D. all/or
23.It is the children ______were punished severely.
A. whom B. which C. D. that
24.It is _________ a collection is properly labeled that it has real value.
A. only before B. only when C. after D. only if
25. Although he had given up his life of crime, he still found it difficult to persuade
people to ______him seriously.
A. see B. relate C. take D. think
IV. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the
space.

very funny, a good cartoon is always based on close observation of a particular feature of life
and usually has a serious purpose.
Cartoons in the West have been associated with political and matters for many years. In
wartime, for example, they proved to be an excellent way of spreading propaganda.
Nowadays cartoons are often used to make short, sharp comments on politics and
governments as well as on a variety of social matters. In Europe and the United States.
Unlike most American and European cartoons, however, many Chinese cartoon drawings
in the past have also attempted to educate people, especially those who could not read and
write. Such cartoons about the lives and sayings of great men in China have proved
extremely useful in bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people throughout
Chine. Confucius, Mencius and Laozi have all appeared in very interesting stories presented
in the form of cartoons. The cartoons themselves have thus served to illustrate the teachings
of the Chinese sages in a very attractive way. In this sense, many Chinese cartoons are
different from Western cartoons in so far as they do not depend chiefly on telling jokes.
Often, there is nothing to laugh at when you see Chinese cartoons. This is not their primary
aim. In addition to commenting on serious political and social matters, Chinese cartoons
have aimed at spreading the traditional Chinese thoughts and culture as widely as possible
among the people.
Today, however, Chinese cartoons have an added part to play in spreading knowledge.
They offer a very attractive and useful way of reaching people throughout the world,
regardless of the particular country in which they live. Thus, through cartoons, the thoughts
and teachings of the old Chinese philosophers and sages can now reach people who live in
such countries as Britain, France, America, Japan, Malaysia or Australia and who are
unfamiliar with the Chinese culture.
Until recently, the transfer of knowledge and culture has been overwhelmingly from the
West to the East and not vice versa. By means of cartoons, however, publishing companies in
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore are now having success in correcting this imbalance
between the East and the West.
Cartoons can overcome language barriers in all foreign countries. The vast increase in the
popularity of these cartoons serves to illustrate the truth of Confucius’s famous saying “One

Question 53: The word “imbalance” in paragraph 6 refers to .
A. the discrimination between the West culture and the East culture
B. the mismatch between the West culture and the East culture
C. the influence of the East cartoons over the West cartoons
D. the dominant cultural influence of the West over the East
Question 54: Which the following is most likely the traditional subject of Chinese
cartoons?
A. jokes and other kinds of humor in political and social matters
B. the stories and features of the lives of great men the World cover
C. the illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China
D. the philosophies and sayings of ancient Chinese thinkers
Question 55: According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. Language barriers restricted cartoons
B. Cartoons will replace other forms of writing
C. Cartoons can serve various purposes
D. Western cartoons always have a serious purpose
VII. Read the text below and decide which answer ( A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
COULD COMPUTER GAMES BE GOOD FOR YOU AFTER ALL?
In Britain, the average young person now spends money on games each year than on
going to the cinema or renting videos. But is this (56) ……… a bad thing? For years,
newspaper reports have been (57) ……… that children who spend too much time playing
computer games become unsocial, bad-tempered, even violent as a (58) ……… . But new
research, (59) ……… out in both Europe and the USA, suggests that the opposite may be
(60) ………
Indeed, playing some of the more complicated games may help people of all ages to (61)
……… certain skill. Researchers claim that this is because the games (62) ……… the
brain word harder in certain ways, like (63) ……… sounds and movements quickly and
identifying what they are. The fact that people play the games repeatedly (64) ……… that
they get a lot of practice in these skills which are therefore (65) ……… to become highly
developed.

76 ……… because I needed the much money. That was a good move. As well as
77 ……… meeting lots of people involved in the arts, I was able to see how
78 ……… ordinary members of the public reacted than to the things on display.
79 ……… As a result of the experience I gained at the gallery, and I decided
80 ……… to become a sculptor. It hasn’t been easy, and I am still doing
81 ……… part-time work due to support myself, but next week my first
82 ……… one-man show is opening at the gallery in where I used to work.
83 ……… I’m going to go back my old job for a week, showing people
84 ……… round the exhibition. It will be interesting to see how people can
85 ……… react because I won’t have give away the fact that I’m the artist!
IX. Complete the sentences below by using the cues given.
86. Most/ America/ child/ watch/ too much/ TV, so / experts/ come/ several/ ways/ turn
off/ trend.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………
87.Researchers / interview/ kid/ their TV viewing habits.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
88. families/ have/ average/ four TV set at home.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
89. Parents/ general/ agree/ kids/ shouldn’t/ watch/ TV/ more than/ two hours/ day.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
90. Others/ not/ sure/ what/ kids/ would do/ instead/ watch/ TV.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
X. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given without changing it. You must use between THREE AND SIX words,
including the word given.
91. I’ll be very happy when I go on holiday. (FORWARD)
I am very much ……………………………………. On holiday.
92. “I’m so sorry I’m late again” he said. (APOLOGISED)
He …………………………………….Again.