REVISION- THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST No.2
Time allotted: 60 mins
I. Multiple choices: (5m)
Pronunciation: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
1) A. teacher B. scheme C. chemistry D. scholar
2) A. Autumn B. thank C. ring D. think
3) A. language B. large C. engineer D. marriage
Choose a, b., c, d that best complete each unfinished sentence; substitutes the underlined part; or
has a close meaning to the original one.
4). I always feel…………..when I answer my teacher in front of the class
A. embarrassed B. intimate C. impatient D. embarrassing
5) I was doing the test when my pencil suddenly…………..
A. broken B. broke C. to break D. breaking
6) When she finished dinner, everyone in her family………….to bed
A. went B. gone C. was going D. had gone
7) He manages…………….. as the leader of his high school.
A. to be chosen B. being chosen C. to choose D. choosing
8)If she ……………..a good student in the last school year, her parents…………….her computer
A. had been/ would give B. is/ will give C. were/ would give D. had been/ would have given
9) Peter is busy mowing the lawn so he cannot answer the phone.
A. cutting the lawn with a knife B. cutting the lawn with a pair of scissors
C. cutting the lawn with a sickle D. cutting the lawn with a machine
10) The transition from school to work does not happen smoothly to everybody
a. without difficulties B. full of troubles C. with problems D. plenty of challenges
11) If today were beautiful, we ……………..to the beach
A. would go B. will go C. had gone D. would have gone
12) They are whispering to avoid…………. by their friends
A. being hearing B. hearing C. being heard D. to be heard
13) the customer said, “ I would like to buy a coat.”
A. the customer wanted to buy a coat B. the customer said to buy a coat

B. Rewrite the sentences. Using given cues: (2m)
1) “Why don’t we go to the cinema this evening” said Peter.
Peter suggested………………………………………………………………………………………
2) “ Don’t forget to post my letter, Sue” said Dianna
Diana reminded……………………………………………………………………………………..
3) “If I come to work late another time, the boss will sack me immediately” said Jenny.
Jenny said that …………………………………………………………………………………………
4) He broke his mother’s vase
I saw…………………………………………………………………………………………...
C. Read the passage and answer the following questions: (2 m)
I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
My name is Mary, and I came from Taiwan. Back there best friends always walk hand because holding hands
is our way of showing friendship. Now that I have been here for several years. I know that the friend of the
same sex, and even mothers and teenage daughters, seldom go hand in hand, but I didn’t know that when I
first came to America.
My first year in the United States, I met a girl who had been my classmate in Taiwan. We were excited that we
had met again on the other side of the earth, and of course, we became best friends. No one really knew about
us being best friends because we weren’t in the same class. Then one day, we were walking hand in hand
down the street to get some ice cream. A classmate saw us and seemed very surprised to see us like that. She
told us that in the United States, if people walk hand in hand, others will think they are lovers. Friends usually
don’t hold hands. After that we never went hand in hand in public, but only we were in our own houses or
among Chinese people.
1 In Taiwan, what does walking hand in hand express?
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2. How was Mary’s classmate like when she saw Mary and her friend walking hand in hand?
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3. Is walking hand in hand in the United States a way to express close friendship?
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. In the United States, if people walk hand in hand, what will others think?
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