The first-semester examination1
Time allowed:45 minutes
I.Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of others. (1.5 marks)

1.A.invite B.still C.smile D.sighseeing
2A.world B.worse C.word D.sorry
3.A.ticket B.forget C.remember D.accept
4.A.idea B.easy C.reason D.speak
5.A.though B.thought C.cough D.though
6.A.cordial B.forget C.torch D.short

II.Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other
words.(1.5 marks)

7.A.decision B.vacation C.luckily D.reform
8.A.thankful B.refuse C.circus D.sorry
9.A.marvellous B.socialize C.gather D.regulation
10.A.interesting B.Manchester C.deliver D.business
11.A.enclose B.without C.argument D.along
12.A.direction B.envelope C.museum D.ability

III.Choose the best answer among A,B,C or D (2 marks)

13.I would appreciate back this afternoon.
A.you to call B.your calling C.you’re calling D.you call
14.Don’t you remember before?
A.meeting me B.to meet me C.you meet me D.you have met me
15.To tell truth, I didn’t expect to find homeless man here.
A.the-a B.the-the C.a-the D.the-the
16. Of all the sports he played,


VI. Fill in the gap with one suitable word.( 2 marks)

People from different (1) sometimes do things that make
each (2) uncomfortable- without meaning to or sometimes
(3) even realizing it.
So if your American hosts do something that makes you (4) , try to let
them know how you feel. Most people will appreciate your honesty and try not to
make you uncomfortable (5) And you’ll all learn something about
(6) culture!
Sometimes Americans are (7) to be superficially friendly perhaps it
seems so, but they are probably just having a good time. Just
like (8) else, it takes time to become real friends with people in the US. The end