The first semester examination-028

I. Choose the word with different pronunciation of the underlined part:
1. 	A. application	B education 	C. addition	D. question
2. 	A. allowed 	B. passed 	C. argued	D. raised
3. 	A. choice 	B. achieve 	C. each 	D. chemistry
II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
4. 	A. advertise	B. qualify	C. recommend 	D. interview
5. 	A. verbal	B. polite	C. common	D. social
III. Choose the best option
6. If we had known your new address, we ____________ to see you.
 	A. came 	B. would come 	C. would have come 	D. will come
7. The children ____________ to the zoo.
	A. were enjoyed taken	B. enjoyed being taken	C. were enjoyed taking	D. enjoyed taking
8. The person ___________ prepared this report has a real talent for writing. 
	A. which 	B. who	C. whose 	D. she
9. You should _______ more attention to what your teacher explains.
	A. make 	B. get 	C. set 	D. pay
10. Body language is a potent form of _______ communication.
	A. verbal 	B. non-verbal 	C. tongue 	D. oral
11. A: I'm not sure about this soup. It tastes like something's missing.-B: __________ It tastes fine to me.
	A. You're right.	B. Oh, I don't know,	C. I couldn't agree more.	D. I don't think so.
12. While girls lack of ___________, boys often overestimate their abilities.
	A. confidence	B. confident 	C. confidently	D. confidences
13. _______, he walked to the station.
	A. Despite being tired 	B. Although to be tired	C. In spite being tired 	D. Despite tired
14. My father phoned me to say that he would come _______ home late.
	A. a 	B. an 	C. the 	D. Ø
15. A _______ is a spacecraft that is designed to travel into space and back to earth several times.
	A. plane 	B. corporation 	C. telecommunication 	D. shuttle
16. An economic ____is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
	A. improvement 	B. depression 	C. development 	D. mission
17. In the future many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost.
	A. companies 	B. services 	C. supermarkets 	D. farms
18. Gold___________ in California in the 19th century.
	A. was discovered 	B. has been discovered 	C. was discover	D. they discovered
19. Ms Young, to _______ many of her students are writing, is living happily and peacefully in Canada.
	A. who 	B. whom 	C. that 	D. whose
20. A: You're a great dancer. I wish I could do half as well as you.-B: I'm an awful dancer!
	A. You're too kind.	B. That's a nice compliment!	C. You've got to be kidding!	D. Oh, thank you very much.
IV. Identify one underlined word or phrase that needs correcting 
21. Anyone (A)where (B) works is regarded (C)as a useful member of our society. (D)
22. He never (A)tells me the reason (B) which (C)he left that job. (D)
23. You have to (A)study hard(B) to keep pace in (C)your classmates(D)
24. If she had eaten (A)fewer (B)sweets, she (C)would lose weight. (D)
25. Suppose(A) you haven't found (B)your car keys, what would(C) you have done? (D)
VI. Choose the best sentence that can be arranged from the words given
 26. most British universities/ academic year/ divide/ three terms//
	A. At most British universities the academic year is divided into three terms.
	B. The academic year of most British universities divides into three terms.
	C. In most British universities the academic year is divided up to three terms.
	D. Most British universities divide the academic year up to three terms.
VII. Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one
27. I came to live here three months ago.
	A. It was three months since I lived here. 	B. I’ve been living here for three months
	C. I lived here for three months. 	D. I didn’t live here for three months.
28. I didn’t go to bed early, so I didn’t wake up at 7.00
	A. If I went to bed early, I would wake up at 7.00	B. If I had gone to bed early, I’d not have woken up at 7.00
	C. If I went to bed early, I would have woken up at 7.00	D. If I had gone to bed early, I’d have woken up at 7.00
29. My brother regretted having bought the second-hand laptop.
	A. My brother wished he had bought the second-hand laptop.
	B. My brother wished he didn't buy the second-hand laptop.	
	C. My brother wished he hadn't bought the second-hand laptop.
	D. If only my brother had bought the second-hand laptop.
30. Peter said if he were me he would stop smoking.
	A. I wanted Peter to stop smoking and he promised to do.
	B. Peter said he would stop smoking as I wanted him to.
	C. Peter promised to stop smoking.	D. Peter advised me to stop smoking. 
VIII. Read the passage and choose the part (A, B, C or D) that best fits each numbered blank.
What do you do well? What do you enjoy doing? Your answers to these two questions will help you identify your (31) ___. An employer will consider you seriously for a (32___ when you can show them that you know who you are, what you can offer and which you have studied. Sometimes it is difficult to know what your weaknesses are. Clearly not everyone is equally good (33) ___ everything. You may need to improve yourself and so (34) ___courses in that field could turn a weakness into strength.
You will need to (35) ___some time on your self-assessment. Your honesty and the desire for self-improvement will lead to success in getting the right job. Explore the following seven areas to start to get to know yourself: your aptitude, your skills, your personality, the level of responsibility you feel comfortable with, your interests and your needs.
31. 	A. strong 	B. strength 	C. strengthen 	D. strengthened
32.	A. position 	B. location 	C. spot 	D. room
33.	A. upon 	B. in 	C. at 	D. for
34.	A. meeting 	B. taking 	C. choosing 	D. interviewing
35.	A. use 	B. make 	C. lose 	D. spend
IX. Reading comprehension: Read the passage and choose the best answer
Vietnam is a densely-populated, developing country that in the last 30 years has had to recover from the ravages of war. Substantial progress was achieved from 1986 to 1997 in moving forward from an extremely low level of development and significantly reducing poverty.
Since 2001, Vietnamese authorities have reaffirmed their commitment to economic liberalization and international integration. They have moved to implement the structural reforms needed to modernize the economy and to produce more competitive, export-driven industries..
Vietnam's membership in the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and entry into force of the US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement in December 2001 have led to even more rapid changes in Vietnam's trade and economic regime. Vietnam's exports to the US doubled in 2002 and again in 2003.
Vietnam joined the WTO (World Trade Organization) in January 2007, following over a decade long negotiation process. This should provide ail important boost to the economy and should help to ensure the continuation of liberalizing reforms.
Vietnam is working to create jobs to meet the challenge of a labor force that is growing by more than one million people every year. Vietnamese authorities have tightened monetary and fiscal policies to stem high inflation. Hanoi is targeting an economic growth rate of 7.5-8% during the next five years.
36. Vietnam's economy is _______.
	A. decreasing 	B. facing crisis 	C. developing 	D. backward
37. According to the text, Vietnam _______.
	A. used to be well-developed before 1986	B. Vietnam is still in extreme poverty 
	C. could recover from the consequences of the war soon	D. has been modernizing the economy
38. Vietnam _______.
	A. does not export anything to the US
	B. exported to the US in 2003 twice as much goods as in 2002
	C. did not export goods to the US in 2002	D. did not export goods to the US in 2003
39. The word This refers to _______.
	A. Vietnam's joining the WTO	B. the WTO
	C. the negotiating process 	D. the Vietnamese economy
40. The word stem has a close meaning to _______.
	A. succeed 	B. stop 	C. originate 	D. increase
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