The first semester exam-15

Pick out the word that has the stress different pattern from that of the other words:
A. tertiary	B. instance	C. politics	D. contractual
A. subsidy	B. industry	C. introduce	D. dominate
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest:
A. confidence	B. sociology	C. priority	D. signal
A. express	B. pessimist	C. congress	D. dissolve
A. illegal	B. reference	C. parallel	D. renovation
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
Before the interview, you have to send a letter of application and your résumé to the company. 
	A. photograph	B. curriculum vitae	C. recommendation	D. reference
Sue: “You are a great dancer. I wish I could do half as well as you” - Daisy: “_________.”
	A. I'm fine, thanks	B. Not at all
	C. I don’t think so, too	D. You’ve got to be kidding! I thought it was terrible
Mary didn’t remember _________ I had told her the day before.
	A. of which	B. which	C. what	D. that
By the time I _________back next year, I think, you _________me.
	A. am/will have forgotten	B. will be/will have forgotten
	C. am/will be forgetting	D. will be/will forget
Williams is working _________an export company. He intends to apply _________another job because he is not satisfied _________the salary.
	A. for/for/with	B. in/on/at	C. at/out/into	D. from/on/for
Sorry, I can’t stop now. I _________to an important meeting.
	A. am going to go	B. am going	C. go	D. will go
You can use my phone if yours __________.
	A. won't work	B. doesn't work	C. won't be worked	D. isn't worked
Peter: “Thanks a lot for your wonderful gift.” – Mary: “____________”
	A. You are welcome	B. Please	C. Welcomed	D. Thank you
Let’s go to Smith’s, _________we can have a drink before the soccer game starts.
	A. where	B. which	C. who	D. whom
There are several places where residents face the threat of _________every day.
	A. terrorize	B. terrorist	C. terror	D. terrorism
Mary: “That’s a very nice skirt you’re wearing.”- Julia: “_________.”
	A. That’s all right	B. That’s nice	C. I like it	D. I’m glad you like it
The GCSE stands for _________of Secondary Education.
	A. the Generous Certificate 	B. the General Certificate 
	C. the Grade Curriculum	D. the Government Curriculum 
Many Indian men said that it was unwise to _________in their wives.
	A. trust	B. share	C. confide	D. hide
He was offered the job thanks to his _________performance during his job interview.
	A. impressive	B. impress	C. impressively	D. impression
If he _________the GCSE examination, he _________to take the entrance examination.
	A. had passed/would have allowed	B. had passed/would have been allowed
	C. passes/will allow	D. passed/would allow
He usually travels to _________Europe by _________plane.
	A. Ø/ Ø	B. Ø /a	C. the/ Ø	D. the/the
I didn't get the job _________qualifications.
	A. even as my	B. in spite of I had some	C. despite my	 D. though my 
An_________year is a period of the year when students go to school or university.
	A. academic	B. educational	C. academy	D. education
She said she _________.
	A. had been very tired last night	B. was very tired last night
	C. was very tired the night before	D. had been very tired the night before
Hung: “Would you like to have dinner with me?” - Lam: “__________.”
	A. Yes, it is	B. Yes, so do I	C. I’m very happy	D. Yes, I’d love to
My brother doesn’t do any household chores but _________out the garbage.
	A. taking	B. takes	C. to take	D. take
It was the worst winter _________anyone could remember.
	A. when	B. that	C. in which	D. A and C are correct
_________that they can pass the written exam this time.
	A. It is hoped	B. It hopes	C. That is hoped	D. That hopes
Since I moved in, my upstairs neighbour _________his stereo loudly every night.
	A. is playing	B. played	C. has played	D. plays
She reads newspapers and looks through the “Situations _________” column every day.
	A. vacancy	B. vacancies	C. vacant	D. article
Choose the underlined part which needs correcting.
By last Christmas, I was working for the company for 10 years.
	A	B	C	D
Several of these chairs need being repaired , don’t they ?
	A	B	C	D
What would happen if the temperature is warmer ?
	A	B	C	D
If she had taken the train last night, she would have been here now.
	A	B	C	D
Ten minutes are a reasonable length of time for a call .
	A	B	C	D
Which of the following expresses the same ideas?
 “If I were you, Tom, I wouldn’t meet Jane again.” said Anna
	A. Anna advised Tom not to meet Jane again.	B. Anna offered Tom not to meet Jane again.
	C. Anna advised Tom to meet Jane again.	D. Anna invited Tom to meet Jane again.
The last time I went to the museum was a year ago.
	A. At last I went to the museum after a year.	B. I haven’t been to the museum since a year.
	C. My going to the museum lasted a year.	D. I have not been to the museum for a year.
What language are they going to speak at the conference?
	A. What language is going to speak at the conference?
	B. What language is going to be spoken at the conference?
	C. What is language going to be spoken at the conference?
	D. What language is going to be speaking at the conference?
It is the earth's gravity that gives us our weight.
	A. If there were not the earth's gravity, we would be weightless.
	B. Due to the earth's gravity we cannot weigh anything.
	C. The earth's gravity is given weight by people.
	D. If there hadn’t been the earth's gravity, we would have been weightless.
I did not answer the door even though I knew it was my friend.
A. Unless I knew it was my friend, I would not answer the door.
B. I knew it was my friend, but I did not answer the door.
C. Though I knew it was my friend, but I didn’t answer the door.
D. In spite of I knew it was my friend, I didn’t answer the door .
Read the passage and decide which answer best fits each space.
Most schools in the United States ___(41) at the kindergarten level. There are some school districts that do not have this beginning phase, and others which have an additional “preschool” one. There are almost always required subjects at ___(42) level. In some areas and at most advanced levels, the students can choose some subjects. Pupils who do not do ___(43) often have to repeat courses, or have to have special tutoring, usually ____(44) in and by the schools. Many schools also support summer classes, ____(45) students can make up for failed courses or even take extra courses.
A. finishes	B. start	C. starts	D. finish
A. each	B. one	C. every	D. a
A. good	B. badly	C. well	D. bad
A. do	B. did	C. doing	D. done
A. which	B. when	C. that	D. where
VI. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Communication in general is process of sending and receiving messages that enables humans to share knowledge, attitudes, and skills. Although we usually identify communication with speech, communication is composed of two dimensions: verbal and non-verbal.
Non-verbal communication has been defined as communication without words. It includes apparent behaviors such as facial expressions, eyes, touching, tone of voice, as well as less obvious messages such as dress, posture and spatial distance between two or more people.
Activity or inactivity, words or silence all have message value: they influence others and these others, in turn, respond to these communications and thus they are communicating.
Commonly, non-verbal communication is learned shortly after birth and practiced and refined throughout a person's lifetime. Children first learn non-verbal expressions by watching and imitating, much as they learn verbal skills.
Young children know far more than they can verbalize and are generally more adept at reading non-verbal cues than adults are because of their limited verbal skills and their recent reliance on the non-verbal to communicate. As children develop verbal skills, non-verbal channels of communication do not cease to exist although they become entwined in the total communication process.
The word reading has a close meaning to ________.
	A. looking at the words that are written	B. understanding
	C. saying something aloud	D. expressing
Which is not included in non-verbal communication?
	A. spatial distance	B. tone of voice	C. words	D. facial expressions
According to the writer, ________.
	A. One cannot communicate in both verbal and non-verbal language.
	B. People communicate with both verbal and non-verbal language.
	C. Those who can listen and talk should not use non-verbal language.
	D. Non-verbal language is only used by the deaf and the mute.
Human beings ________.
	A. have learnt how to communicate in non-verbal language through books
	B. can communicate in non-verbal language only when they are mature
	C. have learnt how to communicate in non-verbal language since a child
	D. communicate in non-verbal language much less than they do in verbal language
We can learn from the text that ________.
	A. most people do not like non-verbal communication
	B. even silence has message value
	C. non-verbal can never get any responses
	D. touching is not accepted in communicating.
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