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I.Phonetics:
A.Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1. A. favour B. labour C. hour D. vapour
2. A. posses B. miss C. kiss D. process
3. A. food B. flood C. noodle D. boot
4. A. hear B. near C. dear D. bear
5. A. studious B. study C. hurry D. dull
B. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that the other words.
6. A. enjoyable B. employment C. pollution D. competition
7. A. perfect B. complex C. preserve D. program
8. A. embarrassing B. experiment C. investigation D. experience
9. A. average B. divide C. carefully D. problem
10. A. national B. different C. engineer D. comfortable
II. Choose the underlined part that is incorrect.
11. Mr Robert is working for Sony for over ten years now.
A B C D
12. The soup was so hot for me to eat.
A B C D
13. Mike went to bed as soon as he has finished his homework.
A B C D
14. He is the man who his novel won the first prize last year.
A B C D
15. Neither John nor his family members enjoys their life in the city.
A B C D
16. Language is not regarded the private property of any nation.
A B C D
17. Remember turning off the television when you leave.
A B C D
18. Helen, as well as her classmates, are studying hard for the final exams.
A B C D

33. His dog …………… a lot of noise but it doesn’t ……………… you any harm.
A. makes/ do B. makes / make C. does / do D. does / make
34. Almost …………… in the school came to enjoy the dinner party.
A. every student B. the students C. of the students D. students
35. While he …………… the car, he …………… a big case in the boot.
A. is washing / discovers B. was washing / discovered
C. washed / discovered D. washed / was discovering
IV. Circle the best options to complete the following passage.
The English language
A. English has for more than a century and a half (36) ………… called a world language. The number of
people who speak it as their mother tongue has been estimated at between three hundred million (37) …………
four hundred million. It is recognised as an (38) …………… language in countries (39) …………… 1.5 billion
people live. In China, the importance (40) …………… to learning English is such that a televised teaching course
drew audiences of (41) …………… to 100 million. But this spread of English throughout the world is relatively
recent. In the late sixteenth century English was spoken by just (42) ………… five million people. The arrival of
English in North America was the key step in its (43) ………… expansion. The United States is a huge
commercial market and this has tended to promote the English language in many (44) ………… nations. About
eighty percent of the data stored on the world’s computers is believed (45) ………… in English and nowadays
insufficient knowledge of English can be a problem in businesses.
36. A. being B. been C. is D. be
37. A. to B. or C. and D. with
38. A. official B. office C. original D. main
39. A. which B. who C. that D. where
40. A. attached B. attaching C. attach D. which attach
41. A. having B. on C. up D. down
42. A. below B. beneath C. less D. under
43. A. nation-wide B. world-wide C. country-wide D. world-through
44. A. others B. another C. other D. various
45. A. is B. to be C. being D. that
B. Anyone who visit England would like to spend some time in Stratford-upon –Avon. Located in the centre of