The first term test

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest. 
A. write	B. who	C. watch	D. whose
A. furiuos	B. future	C. number	D. amuse
A. lonely	B. young	C. yes	D. lawyer
A. unit	B. stupid	C. study	D. student
A. called	B. flooded	C. suffered	D. issued
Vocabulary and structures
The great ________ in my life is to become a successful actor. 
	A. ambition	B. goal	C. plan	D. intention
We often go to Florida ________the winter. 
	A. during	B. while	C. before	D. until
The Rolling Stones have ________pleasure to millions of fans for more than 40 years. 
	A. made	B. put	C. given	D. done
I thought he was small but in ________he’s rather tall, isn’t he?
	A. actual	B. fact	C. deed	D. particular
It took her ________to find the building she was looking for. 
	A. time	B. while	C. money	D. ages
Mr. Peter is my new neighbour. He moved in a few weeks ago. His house is ________to mine. 
	A. next door	B. behind	C. beside	D. to the left
Peter ________second in the competition for the best short story. 
	A. got	B. took	C. came	D. did
Everybody found the talk________. Some students even fell asleep. 
	A. bore	B. boring	C. bored	D. to bore
Thanks for your helping me. I’ll do the same for you in ________sometime. 
	A. graceful	B. favor	C. return	D. appriciate
We work hard to raise our ________of living. 
	A. standard	B. level	C. surface	D. mood
He was offered the job ________his qualifications were poor. 
	A. despite	B. in spite of	C. even though	D. whereas
He devoted most of his time ________novels. 
	A. to have written	B. to write	C. to writing	D. to having written
Who suggested ________here for a picnic?
	A. come	B. came	C. to come	D. coming
________of the students in my class could solve the problem yesterday. 
	A. None	B. Neither	C. Either	D. Not much
Would you mind ________me a hand with this bag? 
	A. give 	B. giving	C. to give	D. to have given
He stops smoking. 	
	A. He no longer smokes	B. He stops and smokes	C. He keeps on smoking	D. Smoking interests him
My father enjoyed ________stories. 
	A. telling	B. to tell	C. have told	D. to be told
Yesterday Ann introduced me to her husband. As I saw him, I ________that I ________him before. We went to primary school together. 
	A. knew/ met	B. had known/ had met	C. knew/ had met	D. known/ had met
If you ________to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now. 
	A. listen	B. will listen	C. had listened	D. listened
He persuaded his friend ________for a job. 
 	A. look	B. looking	C. to look	D. looked
Did you ________anywhere interesting last weekend?
	A. go	B. went	C. was going	D. gone
If I could speak Spainish, I ________next year studying in Mexico. 
	A. would spend	B. would have spend	C. had spent	D. will spend
If I ________the same problems you had as a child, I might not have succeeded in life as well as you have. 
	 A. have	B. would have	C. had had	D. If I can
If someone ________into the store, smile and say, ”May I help you?”
	A. comes	B. came	C. would come	D. could come
I doubt whether ________could read your letter, your hand-writing is really terrible. 
	A. somebody	B. anybody	C. nobody	D. everybody
 “ I am sorry I’m late. ” - She apologized________
	A. be late	B. for being late	D. being late	D. for be late	 
 “ I didn’t break the window. ” - He denied ________. 
	A. to breaking	B. have broken	C. breaking	D. break
My parents prevented me ________to my teacher. 
	A. get married	B. getting married	C. from get married	D. from getting married
They thanked me ________to dinner. 
	A. for invite them	B. for inviting them	C. invite them	D. inviting them
 “ You should stay until your husband comes home. ” - She insisted ________until my husband came home. 
	A. my stay	B. my staying	C. on my staying	D. to my stay
Read the following passage and choose the most appropriate answer from a, b, c or d
Water is necessary for life. People can live only (36)______days without it. Yet nearly 25 million people die (37)______year (38)______it. Both industrial nation and less developed countries are worried about the quality and quantity of water in the world. 
(39)______United Nations named the 1980s the World Water decade. The UN hoped to provide (40)______water for everyone by 1990. 
A. few	B. a few	C. many	D. little
A. each	B. a	C. the	D. ф
A. because	B. with	C. for	D. because of
A. An	B. A	C. The	D. ф
A. pure	B. clear	C. clean	D. dirty
Choose the underline part that needs correcting. 
There is a big tree lie across the street. 
	 A 	B 	C 	D
Tom apologised to being late for class. 
	 A 	B 	C 	 D
She was busy decorate the house. 
	 A 	B 	C 	D
She said that she will be here the next day. 
	 A 	B 	C 	D
He didn’t come to class for two days, and anyone knows where he is. 
	 A 	 B 	C 	D
Read the following passage and choose the most appropriate answer to the following questions 
BRITISH POLITENESS
Do you, learners of English, ever wonder whether repeating and trying to remember various everyday expressions, such as ‘Excuse me, could you tell me where the nearest taxi rank is?’ has any value other than in exams? Well, I must admit that such thing didn’t cross my mind until last February when I got a letter from the British Council, saying that I had won a language course in England. 
The polite question mentioned was the one I had to ask on arrrival in Parkston, a picturesque part of Poole with lot of semi-detached houses on either side of each street. What struck me most was the kindness of an old lady, who happened to leave Safeway’s just after my getting off the coach. Not only did she show me where to phone for a taxi, but she also gave me a hand with the luggage. I was really surprised, too, when the taxi driver got out of the car and helped me put the bags into the boot. I immediately thought of Polish taxi drivers who usually do not make the slightest effort to help you, apart from pressing the right button and waiting for the boot to open. In spite of the steroetypes about reluctance towards foreigners, the English turn out to be an extreme polite and open nation.
reluctance: miễn cưởng/ngăn để hành lý/ detached: tách rời ra
According to the passage, where does the author come from?
	A. England	B. Poland	C. Parkton	D. Poole
How did the old lady help the author?
	A. showed her where to phone for a taxi	B. gave her a hand with the luggage in the boot
	C. put her luggage in the boot. 	D. both a and b are correct
What does the author think of the English ?
	A. they are very polite and open	B. they are always reluctant towards foreigners
	C. they are kind–hearted	[kind–hearted: sympathetic]	D. they care a lot about others’ business
What did the author see when arriving in Parkston?
	A. the picturesque part of Poole	B. the semi-detached houses
	C. the Bristish Council building	D. the coach
What is NOT true accroding to the passage?
	A. the author won a language course in England
	B. the author met a kind lady when she first arrived in Parkston
	C. the author was supprised by the enthusiastic help of the Bristish driver
	D. the author thinks that everyday English expressions have no practical values
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