The first semester exam-031

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
A. tolerated	B. needed	C. collected	D. looked
A. nature	B. mature	C. picture	D. future
A. friendly	B. pretty	C. type	D. study
Choose the word whose main stress pattern is put differently from that of the rest.
A. property	B. necessity	C. Russian	D. lecturer
A. Canada	B. Chinese	C. Malaysia	D. Australia
Choose the best word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences.
English is spoken as the _______ language in Australia.
	A. first	 B. second	C. international	D. foreign
There is a determination _______ problems. (to determine : to decide)
 	A. for overcoming 	B. of overcoming	C. in overcoming	D. to overcome
Farmers can protect their land by _______ rotation of crops.
	A. daily	B. weekly	C. monthly	D. yearly (adj., adv.)
Would you mind _______ me a hand ? 
	A. give 	B. giving 	C. to give	D. given
_______ my students are familiar with this kind of school activities.
	A. Most	B. Most of	C. A few	D. Few
Peter with me _______ your proposal.
	A. don’t accept	B. doesn’t accept	C. am not accept	D. are not accept 
Well, I think that the prices in this supermarket are _______.
 	A. reason 	B. reasonable 	C. reasonably 	D. reasoning
It _______ all day yesterday.
	A. rains	B. would rain	C. was raining	D. has rained
You have made _______ mistakes in your writing.
	A. so much 	B. a lot of 	C. little of 	D. much of
School-leavers tend to _______ any problems they may meet when they start work. 
 	A. get over	B. put aside 	C. play down	D. put down
This company offered a lot of _______ jobs.
	A. attractive	B. attraction 	C. attract	D. attractively
What would John do if he _______ the director of this company ?
	A. is 	B. was	C. were	D. has been
I have a lot of work_______.
	A. which has to be done right now	B. which have to be done right now 
	C. which had to be done right now 	D. All are right 
Mary wishes that she _______ Vietnam soon .
	A. will visit	B. would visit	C. visits	D. visited
She had worked _______ she made herself ill.
	A. such hard that	B. such hardly that	C. so hardly that	D. so hard that
He had spent _______ writing an essay about his childhood.
	A. a large number of time	B. a great deal of time
	C. a few time	D. many time
They said that they _______ him the next day .
	A. will help	B. would help	C. help	D. to help
_______ I had not got much money from my work, I really liked it.
	A. Moreover	B. However	C. Although	D. But
Lysa has her homework _______.
	A. do	B. does	C. done	D. to do
I go _______ work _______ bus.
 	A. to - on	B. to - by	C. at - by	D. at - on
You must always remember _______ your car locked.
	A. keep	B. keeping	C. to keep	D. kept
I like living here _______ it’s near the shops.
 	A. but	B. and	C. because	D. so
We arrived on time _______ the traffic was bad. 
	A. although 	B. even 	C. in spite of 	D. despite
You and your friend haven’t decided what to do this evening. You say _______
	A. What did we do this morning ?	B. What have we do this evening?
	C. What are we doing this evening?	D. What shall we do this evening?
Mr Pike, _______ teaches you English, is living in Manchester.
	A. who 	B. whose	C. whom	D. what
Read the following passage. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the passage.
Language only belongs (31)_______ human beings. Each nation has its own language. We are born to speak the language (32)_______by our ancestors naturally and automatically. I speak Vietnamese fluently just because I was (33)_______in Vietnam where my parents, as well as all others living around me speak Vietnamese. A man who was born and grown up in any (34)_______country surely speaks English very well. We all know the advantages of learning a foreign language. The more languages we learn, (35)_______ we get into the knowledge treasure of humanity.
A. at	B. in	C. from	D. to
A. to speak	B. spoke	C. spoken	D. speaking
A. born	B. brought	C. got up	D. lived
A. French-speaking	B. English-speaking 
	C. Vietnamese-speaking	D. Chinese-speaking
A. the more	B. the most	C. the much	D. the best
Read the passage below, then choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
English is my mother tongue. Besides, I can speak French and Spanish. I studied the two languages when I was at highschool. Now, I am still learning Spanish at the University. As for me, mastering a foreign language is not easy. After studying a language, practice is very necessary and useful. Travelling to the country where the target language is spoken is very helpful, but if you can not speak the language well enough you will certainly have troubles. I also frequently go to the movies, watch television, listen to the radio in the language I am trying to learn. Reading is another good way to learn. Books are good, but I personally think newspapers and magazines are better. However, getting some knowledge of the language is the most important thing. Grammar and vocabulary should be mastered first.
How many languages can the writer speak?
	A. 1	B. 2	C. 3	D. 4	
The writer has learnt Spanish _______.
	A. in Spain	B. at high school 	C. at University	D. B and C
Travelling may cause troubles if _______.
	A. you cannot speak the language well enough.
 	B. you can speak the language well enough.
	C. you can speak the language bad enough.
	D. you can communicate in the target language.
Some useful ways to practise your target language are ___.
	A. listening to the radio and watching TV in the language.
	B. reading books in the language.
	C. seeing films in the language.
	D. all are correct.
According to the writer, what should be mastered first?
	A. Vocabulary	 	B. Vocabulary and grammar
 	C. Writing skill	D. Reading skill
Choose the sentence that is nearest in meaning to the one printed before it.
Direct : “ I want to go on holiday but I don’t know where to go.” Indirect : _______
	A. Tom said that he wanted to go on holiday but he doesn’t know where to go.
	B. Tom told that he wanted to go on holiday but he didn’t know where to go.
	C. Tom said that he wanted to go on holiday but he didn’t know where to go.
	D. Tom said that I wanted to go on holiday but I didn’t know where to go.
The lesson to teach today tells about the use of English .
	A. The lesson which is taught today tells about the use of English.
	B. The lesson which teaches today tells about the use of English.
	C. The lesson which is teaching today tells about the use of English.
	D. The lesson of which teaches today tells about the use of English.
Would you please do it for me?
	A. Would you please doing it for me?	B. Would you please to do it for me?
	C. Would you mind doing it for me?	D. Would you mind to do it for me?
They gave a great deal of thought to their work.
	A. They think a lot about their work.
 	B. They thought a lot about their work.
	C. They gave a great deal of think about their work.
	D. They thinks a lot about their work.
He found a job nowhere after he had graduated from college.
	A. Nowhere he found a job after he had graduated from college.
	B. Nowhere he finds a job after he had graduated from college.
	C. Nowhere does he find a job after he had graduated from college.
	D. Nowhere did he find a job after he had graduated from college.
Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.
Although the bad traffic, I managed to arrive at the meeting on time.
	A	B	C	D
The president went fishing after he has finished his work.
	A	B	C	D
My father along with his friend are drinking tea in the living room.
	A	B	C	D
He has less friends in his class now than he had last year.
	A	B	C	D
I remember that I have something new to told you.
	A	B	C	D
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