The first semester examination-21

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
A. concerned	B. received	C. attached	D. concealed
A. smells	B. cuts	C. opens	D. plays
Choose the word whose main stress pattern is put differently from that of the rest.
A. together	B. occasion	C. protect	D. yesterday
A. honest	B. prepare	C. polite	D. explain
Choose the best word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences.
I’m going to have my house ___________this weekend.
	A. redecorate	B. redecorating	C. redecorated	D. to redecorate
If the weather ___________worse, we’ll have to cancel our camping trip.
	A. get	B. gets	C. got	D. will get
When I first came to this village, it was a quiet place. But since then a lot of houses ___________.
	A. had been built	B. were built	C. are being built	D. have been built
It was ___________a simple question that everyone answered it correctly.
	A. so	B. such	C. too	D. very
He started going to school___________the age of five. So now he’s been at school ___________five years.
	A. at / for	B. at / since	C. when / for	D. by / since
Computers ___________to do a lot of jobs these days.
	A. are used	B. have used	C. use	D. are using	
Preparing for a job___________can be stressful.
	A. interview	B. interviewer	C. interviewee	D. interviewing
It is six years ___________we moved to Chicago.
	A. when	B. since	C. after	D. that
That author doesn’t mind ___________by his friends.
	A. to criticize	B. to be criticized	C. criticizing	D. being criticized
Her husband ___________unemployed since they ___________to the countryside.
	A. was / moved	B. was / have moved	C. has been / moved	D. has been/have moved
Pupils are made ___________hard at school.
	A. to work	B. work	C. working	D. worked
She is the new television presenter ___________everyone is talking.
	A. that	B. whom	C. about that	D. about whom
When she showed me the letter, I ___________her to throw it away.
	A. suggested	B. advised	C. insisted	D. made
___________all my warnings, he tried to fix the computer himself.
	A. Instead of	B. In spite of	C. Although	D. Because
I don’t know why the front door is open. I remember ___________it before I left.
	A. to lock	B. locking	C. to have locked	D. being locked
If I ___________that there was a test yesterday, I would have revised my lesson more carefully.
	A. had known	B. have known	C. knew	D. would know
Choose the best phrase to complete each of the following sentences.
Neither I nor my brother ___________.
	A. is interested in collecting stamps	B. are interested in collecting stamps
	C. is interested in collect stamps	D. am interested in collecting stamps
If I had worked hard, ___________failed the exam.
	A. I would have	B. I hadn’t 	C. wouldn’t I have	D. I wouldn’t have 
He had to explain the lesson carefully___________to understand it.
	A. in order that his students	B. so that his students 
	C. in order for his students	D. for his students in order 
Alex couldn’t start his car because ___________.
	A. he doesn’t know where his key is	B. where his key was he didn’t know
	C. he didn’t know where his key was	D. he can’t find his key
V. Choose the sentence that is nearest in meaning to the one printed before it.
He is too young to understand the problem.
	A. He isn’t enough old to understand the problem.
	B. He is so young that he can understand the problem.
	C. He is old enough to understand the problem.
	D. He isn’t old enough to understand the problem.
The last time my father played tennis was in 1990.
	A. My father has played tennis since 1990.	B. My father started playing tennis in 1990.
	C. My father hasn’t played tennis since 1990.	D. My father has started playing tennis since 1990.
 “Don’t talk while I am explaining the lesson,” the teacher said to the students.
	A. The teacher told his students did not to talk while he was explaining the lesson.
	B. The teacher told his students that they do not talk while he was explaining the lesson.
	C. The teacher told his students not to talk while he is explaining the lesson.
	D. The teacher told his students not to talk while he was explaining the lesson.
He didn’t go to school because of his illness.
	A. He didn’t go to school because he was ill.	B. If he weren’t ill, he would go to school.
	C. If he had been ill, he would not have gone to school.	D. All are correct.
Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.
There were so much books in the library that I didn’t know which one to choose.
	A 	B 	C 	D
Despite the sun was shining, it wasn’t warm enough for our children to go swimming.
	A 	B 	C 	D
It is thought so that smoking should definitely be banned in public places.
	A 	B 	C 	D
Read the following passage. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the passage.
	Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in ________(32). Many species of animals are threatened, and could easily become ________(33) if we do not make an effort to protect them. There are many reasons for this. In some cases, animals are hunted ________(34) their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, such as parrots, are caught alive and sold as pets. For many animals and birds, the problem is that their habitat is disappearing. More land is used for farms, for houses or industry, and there are fewer open spaces than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better crops, but these chemicals pollute the environment and ________(35) wildlife. The most successful animals on earth – human beings – will soon be the only ones left unless we can ________(36) this problem.
A. danger	B. threat	C. problem	D. dangerous
A. disappeared	B. died	C. dead	D. extinct
A. with	B. about	C. for	D. to
A. spoil	B. harm	C. would	D. injure
A. answer	B. solve	C. explain	D. calculate
Read the passage below, then choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
	Each student at an engineering college in Canada gets a steel ring upon graduation in adittion to graduation certificate.
	There is a story behind the unusual ring. Several years ago, a graduate from this engineering college designed an iron-steel bridge. Unfortunately, because of many mistakes in his design, the bridge collapsed soon after it came into use. This event shook the engineering college. And the college authorities decided to take back the framework of the iron-steel bridge as raw material for making rings to give the students upon their graduation. The college wants the students to remember this lesson forever so as to avoid making such mistakes again.
Upon graduation each student is given a steel ring as ___________.
	A. a gift from the college	B. a model to make design
	C. a warning to avoid making mistakes in design	D. a warning not to make an iron-steel bridge
The wrongly-designed iron-steel bridge was finally___________.
	A. put into use	B. sold at a low price
	C. used again after repairing	D. made into many steel rings
The ring is quite unusual because ___________.
	A. its design is excellent	B. it is very expensive
	C. it has a sad story	D. it is different from others
The best title for the passage is ___________.
	A. A Great Mistake	B. A Shocking Event
	C. A Warning Ring	D. A Lesson To Be Remember
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