I. LISTENING (20 points)
Part 1. CD 2 – Track 32 (5 points)
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. C
10. D
Part 2. CD 3 – Track 44 (5 points)
11. T
12. F
13. T
14. T
15. T
Part 3. CD 3 – Track 44 (10 points)
16. They are friends.
17. She says that friendliness and friendship are not the same thing in the US.
18. No, they don’t.
19. According to her, “How are you?” isn’t a real question. It’s more like a greeting , a way of saying
hello.
20. B
II. PHONETICS (20 points)
Part 1. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (10
points)
21. A
22. C
23. B
24. B
25. B
26. C
27. C
28. B
29. A
30. D
Part 2. Group the following words into columns according to their stress patterns. (10 points)
1
st
syllable 2
nd
syllable 3
rd
syllable 4
th
syllable
31. necessary
32. deforestation
33. permission
34. economical
35. inventory
36. modernization
37. synonym
38. spectacular
39. industry
40. magazine
III. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (60 points)
Part 1. Choose the words or phrases which best fit the blanks. (20 points)
41. A
42. B
43. D
44. B
45. B
46. C
47. A
48. C
49. C
50. D
51. B
52. C
53. A
54. A
55. D
56. C
57. B
58. C
59. A
60. B
Part 2. (10 points)
61. wake up
62. get off
63. go on
64. carried out
65. look – up
66. call on
67. switched off
68. take up
69. see – off
70. leaked out
Part 3. Put a, an, the or nothing (X) in the blanks to complete the following passage. (10 points)
71. the
72. an
73. a
74. a
75. an
76. x
77. the
78. the
79. the
80. x
Part 4. The passage below contains 10 errors. Identify and correct them. (10 points)
81. who – which
82. portrait – picture
83. another – other
84. being – been
85. youth – young
86. France – French
87. resulted – resulting
88. active – activities
89. produce – products
90. economic – economy
Part 5. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word
that fits in the space in the same line. (10 points)
91. implicit
92. smiling
93. success
94. exploit
95. believing
96. beneficial
97. product
98. brighten
99. government
100. honesty
IV. READING COMPREHENSION (50 points)
Part 1. Read the passage and then choose the best answers. (20 points)
101. B
102. B
103. C
104. C
105. C
Part 2. Read the passage and then decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fits each space. (20
points)
106. C
107. D
108. A
109. C
110. B
111. A
112. B
113. D
114. A
115. C
Part 3. Fill in each space with ONE suitable word. (10 points)
116. means
117. deed
118. friends
119. with
120. or
121. from
122. stand
123. careful
124. difficult
125. takes
IV. WRITING (50 points)
Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it. (20 points)
126. air pollution for destroying forests.
127. off the idea.
128. being recognized by wearing dark glasses.
129. you keep/ can keep calm, you will/can pass the driving test.
130. he was half way through the task did he realize how difficult it was.
131. you had listened/ been listening to what I told you earlier, you wouldn’t be asking these
questions.
132. last seen (more than) a fortnight/ 2 weeks ago.
133. yourself to your work more/ yourself more to your work.
134. is believed to be held in Germany.
135. though/as he was, he agreed to play tennis.
Part 2. Rewrite the following sentences using the words in brackets. Do not alter the words given.
(20 points)
136. The rejection of his proposal greatly embarrassed the young man.
137. Our parents were accustomed to seeing/ watching romantic, musical and western films in their
youth.
138. Without the help of his neighbor, Mr. Watson could not/ never have managed to repair/ have
succeeded in repairing the garage roof.
139. The last Olympic Games took place in Seoul.
140. I wish I had solution to this problem.
141. How about going for a coffee in 10 minutes or so?
142. There is no room in the garden for a swimming pool to be built.
143. Only when you become a parent will you understand what true responsibility is.
144. Vicky, whose name was missed off the list, wasn’t very pleased.
145. I look forward to your confirmation soon.
Part 2. With the cues given, write complete sentences. (10 points)
146. The driver flashed his car lights several times to indicate he wished to overtake.
147. They expected the ship to arrive at the harbor at five o’clock.
148. The hens laid five eggs this morning which we had for breakfast.
149. Mark Twain, one of the greatest authors, told an interesting tale of a boy’s adventures in his
book “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”
150. Neither is there excitement nor entertainment in this small old town.
THE END