First semester english test time limits: 45 minutes

 	FIRST SEMESTER ENGLISH TEST	 
Time limits: 45 minutes
PART A : 1 ® 30 : MULTIPLE CHOICE : (6ms)
1 ® 5 : Choose the correct word form to fin in the blank :
1. Mike is a . person. I think he is suitable for the position.
A. deciding	 B.decisive	C. decision	D.decide
2. The fatal disease has .. her for life.
A. deaf	B. deafens	C. deafness	D. deafened
3. Helen's success has .. millions of blind people to try and overcome their disabilities.
A. encouraged	B. discouraged	C. courage	D. courageous
4. We all became  and decided to go after waiting for Jane for almost an hour.
A. patient	B. impatient	C. impatience	D. patience
5. This is a special school for the ..
A. ability	B. able	C. enabled	D. disabled
6 ® 7 : Which word is stressed differently from the others ?
6. A. company	B. vegetable	C. graduate	D. understand
7. A. breakfast	B. arrive	C. commuter	D. insure
8 ® 9 : Mistake correction :
8. I found it interested to live in the multi-cultural society of Australia although it was confusing
	A	B	C	D
sometimes.
9. Anne's parents are very happy because of she has been awarded a scholarship recently.
	A	B	C	D
10®12 : Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
10. A. excursion	B.injury	C. hurt	D. rurfing
11. A. young	B. trouble	C. could	D. rough
12. A. flood	B. blood	C. mother	D. food
13 ® 22 : Choose the correct word / phrase to fill in the blank :
Computers have had the ability to play chess ....(13).. many years now, and their performance in games ...(14)...... the best players in the world has shown steady improvement. However, it will be years before the designers of computer game machines can .(15). their biggest challenge - the ancient board game called "Go" . The playing area is considerably larger ...(16).. in chess and there are far more pieces, so that the combianation of moves is almost (17).. The game involves planning so .(l8). moves ahead .(19). even the impressive calculations of the fastest modern computers are ...(20) to deal ...(21). the problems of the game.
In an recent competetion for computer "Go" machines the best machine beat all its computer rivals, but lost heavily three young schoolchildren, so there is obviously .(22). a lot of work to do.
13. A. in	B. since	C. for	D. about
14. A. for	B. against	C. ot	D. in
15. A. beat	B. play	C. learn	D. bring
16. A. more	B. less	C. most	D. than
17. A. limited	B. endless	C. great	D. wide
18. A. many	B. much	C. long	D. short
19. A. too	B. and	C. that	D. therefore
20. A. enough	B. adequate	C. all	D. insufficient
21. A. with	B. to	C. in	D. about
22. A. not	B. seem	C. still	D. uncountable
23 ® 27 : Choose the correct verb tense / form:
23. Henry (live) in New York for ten years before he (move) to Chicago last month.
A. have lived / moved	B. has lived / moved	C. lived / moved	D. had been living/ moved
24. Sorry I'm late. How long you (wait) for me ?
A. are you ewaiting	B. did you wait	C. will you wait	D. have you been waiting
25. Coal  very widely as a source of energy until the last century.
A. not used	B. did not use	C. not using
26. It . That that the worldresources could never be used up.
A. was believed	B. believted	C. believes	D. will believe
27. Hurry up or you . late for the train.
A. are	B. were	C. will be	D. are being
28 ® 30 : Read the following passage and choose the correct answer :
Walt Disney had done a number of jobs before he entered the film industry. His first job in 1917 was on the railroad. Because he elaimed to be sixteen, they took him on, although in reality he was a year younger. He was given the company's standard blue uniform with gold buttons and told that his job was to collect baskets full of fruit, peanuts, chocolate bars and soft drinks from Kansas City station and try to sell as much as possible on the trains. The first trip he made was to end in disaster. Half-way through an eight-hour journey to Jefferson City he had already sold lots of drinks and had left all the empty bottles in an end carriage. But when he returned for them, he discovered that the carriage had gone. The conductor explained that it had been detached at a station along the route, as it usually was. This was an unfortunate start for Walt.
28. His first trip was an eight-hour journey from
A. Kansas City station to Jefferson City
B. the railroad to Jeffersion City
C. Jefferson City to half-way of an eight-hour journey.
D. a station along the route to Jefferson City
29. He elaimed to me sixteen so that
A. he could be given the company's standard blue uniform with gold buttons.
B. he could sell, peanuts, chocolate bars and soft drinks.
C. he could get the job on the railroad.
D. he colud make the first trip.
30. When he started his first job in 1917. Walt Disney was years old
A. 16	B. 17	C. 15	D. 14
PART B : 31 ® 40 : WRITING (2ms) :
Rewrite each of these sentences so that it means the same as the sentence printed before :
31. I wish I hadn't stayed up so late last night.
® I regret 	
32. First Jane checked all the prices. Then she bought a new car.
® Jane bought 	
33. They have taken those who were injured from the disaster to hospital.
® Those	
34. We tried not to laugh at his new haircut, but it was impossible.
® We couldn't	
35. Coffee was common in most of Europe by the 17th century . It came from the Middle East.
® Coffee	
36. The big shop at this corner has been knocked down.
® There used	
37. Someone has read the letter, I think.
® The letter	
38. Blind and deaf people have difficulties in education.
® The	 
39. The meeting started before I got to the club, I was late.
® When I	
40. It is good news that Neil has passed his examinations.
® Neil has passed his examinations