SCHOOL TA LKS
I. PHONETICS
A. Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part.
1. A. effective B. experience C. equal D. event
2. A. tests B. teams C. groups D. talks
3. A. answers B. results C. styles D. suggestions
4. A. notes B. styles C. rules D. purposes
5. A. character B. chance C. children D. teaching
6. A. great B. beat C. heat D. teacher
7. A. compared B. improved C. included D. happened
8. A. tests B. groups C. teams D. results
9. A. watched B. finished C. fixed D. learned
10. A. who B. why C. when D. what
B. Choose the word with the different stress pattern.
11. A. supportive B. research C. identify D. maximum
12. A. powerful B. recite C. suggestion D. instructor
13. A. performance B. satisfaction C. prepare D. compare
14. A. membership B. teamwork C. classmate D. research
15. A. personality B. experience C. interaction D. institution
16. A. activity B. achievement C. history D. experience
17. A. compare B. improve C. include D. happen
18. A. presentation B. geography C. effective D. results
19. A. information B. presentation C. diversity D. interaction
20. A. achievement B. important C. teammate D. attentive
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
 Choose one word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
21. English is an international _______________in the world.
A. subject B. language C. form D. mean
22. How many ________________ do you study in your class?
A. subjects B. items C. weeks D. students
23. Studies show that many students are unfamiliar ______________doing research.

38. The workers finished _______________ that bridge.
A. to build B. built C. build D. building
39. Will you please stop _______________ TV channels?
A. be changed B. to change C. changing D. change
40. Famous people get tired of _____________ everywhere they go.
A. recognizing B. being recognized C. recognized D. to recognize
41. The children are looking forward ________________ their grandma again.
A. to seeing B. to see C. to be seen D. seeing
42. Our teacher made us _________________ all the questions.
A. answer B. to answer C. answering D. answered
43. My cousin is keen on _________________ the English club.
A. to join B. joined C. join D. joining
44. He insisted on _________________ himself.
A. to do B. did C. doing D. does
45. I like _______________ with people who have something in common with me.
A. working B. work C. worked D. be worked
46. Tom decided _______________ early.
A. leave B. left C. leaving D. to leave
47. Would you like _______________somewhere for a rest?
A. go B. to go C. going D. went
48. Peter can’t stand ________________ up in winter.
A. getting B. to get C. got D. gets
49. I regret ________________ my motorbike.
A. sell B. to sell C. selling D. sold
50. I advised you not _______________ that job.
A. doing B. done C. did D. to do
III. ERROR IDENTIFICATION: identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.
51. I’d rather to stay home than go out tonight.
A B C D
52. After visited my grandmother, I went shopping.

64. A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interests
65. A. good B. well C. best D. better
2. Read the passage and make the correct choice.
Jack London’s life and writing are thought by many to represent the American love of adventure. He was born
in San Francisco, California and quit school at 14 to become a sailor. He traveled a great deal during his short
lifetime, in the United States, Europe, and the Far East.
When gold was discovered in Alaska in 1897, Jack London, answering the call of adventure, took part in the
famous Gold Rush. His experiences in the wild northern country provided him with material for many
of his later stories and novels, including To Build a Fire. Among his best known novels are The Call of the Wild
and the Sea-Wolf. Jack London died in 1916 at the age of 40.
66. Jack London was born in
A. 1867 B. 1876 C. 1878 D. 1886
67. At the age of 14, he became a
A. pilot B. sailor C. writer D. poster
68. Jack London loved
A. to become a sailor B. to look for gold C. a famous person D. adventure
69. Among the places Jack London visited was the
A. pilot B. sailor C. writer D. poster
70. Most of Jack London’s novels were of
A. romantic love stories B. sailor’s life C. the sight of on the river D. adventures
V. WRITING
71. I like to watch TV.
 I enjoy watching TV.
72. Smoking in the theater is forbidden.
 It is forbidden to smoke in the theater.
73. It is easy to grow vegetables.
 Growing vegetables are easy.
74. Mastering English is necessary.
 It is necessary to master English.
75. Swimming across that rough sea is impossible.