Fulname :................................................... Test No 1 09/11/09
Part A : Phonetics ( 1. 0 pts )
I. Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words:
1. A. party B. address C. country D. freedom
2. A. democracy B. committee C. industrial D. attention
3. A. family B. acceptable C. compliment D. September
4. A. sociable B. decisive C. expression D. dependent
5. A. vacation B. attentive C. formally D. encourage
Part B : Vocabulary and Grammar ( 7.o pts )
I. Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.(3.0 pts)
1. He laughed ________ when he was watching “ Tom and Jerry” on TV.
A. happy B. happily C. happiness D. unhappy
2. Vietnam is a country _________ exports a lot of rice.
A. who B. what C. where D. which
3. Were you _________ of the regulation against smoking in this area ?
A. aware B. capable C. involved D. interested
4. __________ pollution control measures are expensive, many countries hesitate to adopt them.
A. Although B. However C. Because D. On account of
5. __________ call the police.
A. Either you leave at once or I C. Leave at once or I’ll
B. You either leave at once or I will D. Or you leave at once , or I will
6. If someone ________me that he never paid his debts, I _________ him the money.
A. told / wouldn’t lend B. had told / wouldn’t have lent C. tells/ won’t lend D. had told/ wouldn’t lend
7. She had to hand in her notice _________ advance when she decided to leave the job.
A. in B. from C. with D. to
8. When are you going to get the roof __________ ? It leaks quite badly.
A. repair B. to repair C. repairing D. repaired
9. Police _________ illegal drugs in a secret hiding place in the star’s home.
A. reported to have found B. are reported having found
C. are reported to have found D. are reported they have found
10. So many _________ people applied for the position that we won’t be able to make a decision for several weeks.

of the world have worked hard to limit population. To a certain (4) ______________ extent, 4. limit
there’s some (5)_______________in this, and measures have been taken to stop the increase 5. true
in CFCs and other ozone(6)_________________gases: some cars are fitted with catalytic 6. destroy
converters, (7)_________________ is commonplace and lead-free petrol is widely 7. recycle
(8) ______________. However, the implication that we in the West are doing something 8. avail
to combat(9)_______________ whereas the developing world is not an over simplification . 9. pollute
We are continuing to pour billions of tons of (10) _________ __into the atmosphere every year. 10. pollute
Part C : Reading ( 7. 0 pts)
I. Read the text and decide which answer best fits each space . (3.0pts)
Many English people worry that the education system fails to make sure that all children reach minimum standards of
(1) ________(= reading and writing ) and numeracy (= number skills) , and there are often demands for more (2)____________ to be
paid to the three R’s reading ( reading, writing and arithmetic ). Standards at individual schools are watched (3) ____________ by
parents and government. School are visited regularly by OFSTED inspectors and schools (4)____________ pupils are not making
adequate progress or in which discipline is poor risk being closed (5)_____________ . School performance tables are (6)____________
annually to show how well students in individual schools have done in tests and exams. These “league table’s (7) _____________
parents to compare one school with another, but many people feel that it is unfair to base a comparison one school on exam results
alone.
Educational (8)_____________ are often said to be falling. This usually happens after GCSE and A level results are announced : If there
are a lot of students with high (9) ________________ people say that the exams are too easy. Others think that standards are rising and
that it is now (10) ______________ harder to achieve good grades.
1. A. morality B. professional C. literacy D. living
2. A. attraction B. attention C. achievement D. education
3. A. closely B. hardly C. silently D. generally
4. A. their B. which C. whose D. those
5. A. down B. up C. by D. in
6. A. organized B. compiled C. revealed D. published
7. A. require B. enable C. offer D. force
8. A. schemes B. services C. standards D. stages
9. A. grades B. levels C. fees D. notes
10. A. so B. very C. quite D. much

this way it feels OK.”
3.

Text messaging and email also help Alice keep in touch with old schoolmate she would probably have lost contact with otherwise. She
finds it much easier to send a message saying “Hi, thinking of you,” rather than having to write a long letter.
4.

It seems these forms of communication have filled a gap offering something that face-to-face conversation does not. Professor Pam
Brings , a psychologist at the University of Northumbria, believes they have become popular because they offer people a chance to
present themselves in the way that they want to. “ People seem to really enjoy sending text messages and emails,” she says. “ They can
take their time planning their message, and they can be a bit more playful, adding jokes and little bits of video clips and so on. They
prefer it to the one-to-one communication of speaking on the phone to each other – maybe also because this way they can choose
when they want to respond to someone.”
5.

The fact that text messages are so quick and easy is a big part of the attraction. Many people also find text messaging more informal
than making a phone call or writing a letter, and therefore simpler to use. Annabelle Rose, who teaches at a London sixth form college,
uses email and text messaging to keep in touch with her students. They often email or text her with questions about their work. “ They
don’t find it so difficult to keep in touch that way, whereas they might feel that a phone call is more of an interruption,” she said. “ I
have always given my number out to students and told them to call me if they have any problems. But no one ever did before text
messaging really started taking off .”
6.

So is it all good ? Annabelle has identified one negative result of text messaging. “ The popularity of this way of writing among my
students can cause a few difficulties as they have started using these abbreviations in their normal writing, like writing “ tomoro” for
“tomorrow,” she said. “But they are never rude. If I text them back answering their queries, they always send another message saying
“Thx, even though it’s not really necessary.”
III. Read the passage and choose the best answer . ( 2.5pts )
After two decades of growing student enrollments and economic prosperity, business schools in the United States have started to
face harder times. Only Harvard’s MBA School has shown a substantial increase in enrollments . Since 1990, the number of people

10. As used in the second paragraph the word “ struggling” is closest in meaning to ..............
A. evolving B. plunging C. starting D. striving
Part D : writing ( 5.0 pts)
I. Complete each of the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first.(2. 0 pts)
1. I’d prefer you to sign the contract without any further delay.-> I’d rather ....................................................................................
2. Lola said she was sorry she had not attended the meeting.
-> Lola apologized for ...........................................................................................................................................................................
3. The waitress will bring your drinks in a moment.-> Your drinks ........................................................................................................
4. There is no better teacher in this school than Miss Jones.
-> Miss Jones is .....................................................................................................................................................................................
5. No one has challenged his authority before. -> This is the first time ...............................................................................................
6. Diamonds are said to be the most expensive jewelry. -> It is............................................................................................................
7. Everyone expects that Manchester United will win the Champion League.
-> Manchester United ...........................................................................................................................................................................
8. The robbers made the bank manager hand over the money.
-> The bank manager ...............................................................................................................................................................................
II. Complete each of the second sentence using the given word . DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. (3. 0 pts)
1. The trains couldn’t run because of the snow. (prevented )
-> .............................................................................................................................................................................................................
2. I didn’t arrive in time to see him . (enough )
-> ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................
3. We had a local firm paint our house last week. ( painted )
-> .............................................................................................................................................................................................................
4. Don’t let him treat you like that again. ( yourself )
-> .............................................................................................................................................................................................................
5. They say Liza won the Nobel Prize. ( said ) -> .....................................................................................................................................
6. My father does not intend to stop smoking. ( intention )
-> .............................................................................................................................................................................................................
7. I haven’t seen the man here before. ( first )-> ..................................................................................................................................
8. “ Are you leaving for New York tomorrow?” he said to me. ( leaving )