ANSWER TABLE:
1. 5. 9. 13. 17. 21. 25. 29. 33. 37.
2. 6. 10. 14. 18. 22. 26. 30. 34. 38.
3. 7. 11. 15. 19. 23. 27. 31. 35. 39.
4. 8. 12. 16. 20. 24. 28. 32. 36. 40.
I/. PHONETICS:
* Pick out the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
(1m)
1. A. fills B. adds C. stirs D. lets
2. A. concerned B. raised C. developed D. maintained
3. A. attacks B. amuses C. coughs D. repeats
4. A. sacrificed B. trusted C. recorded D. acted
* Pick out the word whose main stress is different from that of the others:(1m)
5. A. confidence B. obedient C. mischievous D. hospital
6. A. responsibility B. attempt C. discuss D. solution
7. A. secondary B. active C. problem D. believe
8. A. hurry B. pressure C. biologist D. weekend
II/. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY:
* Choose the best answer:(4ms)
9. I’m afraid I’m going to be late home – something’s come ____ at work.
A. over B. out C. off D. up
10. London is home to people of many _______ cultures.
A. diverse B. diversity C. diversify D. diversification
11. A woman has to __________________ more in marriage than a man.
A. determine B. sacrifice C. apologize D. equalize
12. My mother often cook s big meals, so we have ____ for days
A. remainders B. surplus C. leftovers D. dishes
13. Our parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home.
A. deal with B. manage C. help together D. work together
14. Some people are concerned with physical ____ when choosing a wife or husband.
A. attractive B. attraction C .attractiveness D. attractively

A. he had borrowedB. had he borrowed
C. did he borrow D. he would borrow
23. They asked me ____ in Los Angeles then.
A. whether was my father working B. if my father was working
C. whether my father had been working D. was my father working
24. Someone told us _____ on the stairs.
A. don’t sit B. not sit C. not to sit D. to not sit
* Choose the best answer that has the same meaning as the original sentence:(1m)
25. “Whose bicycle is this?” → The man asked us _______
A. whose bicycle is this B. whose bicycle this is
C. whose bicycle that is D. whose bicycle that was
26. “You look beautiful in this dress.” → Last night she told me _____
A. you look beautiful in that dress. B. you looked beautiful in that dress.
C. I looked beautiful in that dress. D. I’ll look beautiful in this dress.
27. “Hi, Bob. Did you take the job?” → Bob’s friend asked him _____
A. did he take the job B. whether you took the job.
C. if he had taken the job D. had he taken the job.
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28. “How many people are there in your family?”→ The interview asked me _______
A. how many people there were in my family.
B. how many people there were in your family.
C. how many people were there in your family.
D. how many people were there in my family.
* Choose the underlined that must be corrected:(1m)
29. Sue told Jack whether he had gone to the cinema yesterday or not.
A B C D
30. My teacher asked me why hadn’t I come to class the day before.
A B C D
31. Henry invite me to the movies, but I said I was planning to go shopping that evening.
A B C D

century, most young people could choose the person they wanted to marry. A
marriage joined two people and not two families. Two people could get married because they loved
each other, not just because their families wanted them to marry.
At the same time, parents began to realize that they had to take very good care of their
children. They had to take care of their health and try to give them an education. Before this, most
people did not go to school. Later, people realized that education was necessary for a good life.
Many parents decided that they should have fewer children so that they could give each one a
good life. More fathers worked outside the home for money. Mothers stayed at home and had
greater control of the children and the home than fathers had.
Family life is changing even faster in the United States today. Each year there is almost one
divorce for every two marriages. Many children grow up in a home with a mother but no father,
and the mothers generally have to work outside the home to take care of the family.
Some social scientists think that soon there will be no family life in the United States as we
know it today. They do not know how people will live. Others think that society needs families,
and we will always have them.
37. The change in the Western family in the last two centuries is _______________.
A. rather small.
B. the most important.
C. one from a traditional to a modern society.
D. an important change in the modern society.
38. After 1800, people usually got married _______________.
A. because their families wanted them to.
B. to join the two families.
C. to join two people.
D. because they loved each other.
39. Many parents decided to have fewer children ______________.
A. to give them a better life.
B. to take care of their health.
C. to give them an education.
D. to give them greater control.

7. A. hurry B. pressure C. biologist D. weekend
8. A. responsibility B. attempt C. discuss D. solution
II/. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY:
* Choose the best answer:(4ms)
9. She _________ finished the monthly financial reports yet, but she should have them by the end
of the day.
A. isn’t B. wasn’t C. hadn’t D. hasn’t
10. My mother often cook s big meals, so we have ____ for days
A. remainders B. surplus C. leftovers D. dishes
11. I asked him whose car _____ the previous day.
A. he had borrowedB. had he borrowed
C. did he borrow D. he would borrow
12. Someone told us _____ on the stairs.
A. don’t sit B. not sit C. not to sit D. to not sit
13. Our parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home
A. deal with B. manage C. help together D. work together
14. They said that they had come back _____.
A. the following day B. the next day
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C. the previous day D. the day after tomorrow
15. Some people are concerned with physical ____ when choosing a wife or husband
A. attractive B. attraction C .attractiveness D. attractively
16. Most of the departments will be holding office parties before the Christmas vacation _____.
A. begin B. began C. begun D. begins
17. I’m afraid I’m going to be late home – something’s come ____ at work
A. over B. out C. off D. up
18. They asked me ____ in Los Angeles then.
A. whether was my father working B. if my father was working
C. whether my father had been working D. was my father working
19. If you are walking across the school yard and see your teacher approaching you, a small