I. Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each line.

1. A. purchase B. continue C. infamous D. predator

2. A. diligently B. political C. certificate D. economist
3. A. similarity B. politician C. conincidence D. guarantee
4. A. commentary B. abnormally C. infrastructure D. demonstrative
5. A. advantageous B. melancholy C. patriotism D. Acclimate
II. Choose the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from the others’ in each line.
1. A. heir B. honorable C. honesty D. exhibition
2. A. cache B. chorus C. archive D. choir
3. A. concise B. television C. pleasure D. decision
4. A. loved B. ragged C. cursed D. sacred
5. A.anchor B. anything C. thankful D. jungle
II. Choose the word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
6. At school Jane had a good academic record, and also……………at sports.
A. excelled B. surpassed C. achieved D. fulfilled
7. The criminal was sentenced to death because of……………of his crime.
A. the severity B. the complexity C. a punishment D. the importance
8. The state laws limit the speed……………motorists are permitted to drive.
A. which B. at which C. that D. where
9. Stricter anti-pollution laws can……………higher prices for consumers.
A. make B. result from C. be due to D. lead to
10. Three quarters of the day……………in idleness.
A. was spent B. were spent C. was going D. were taking
11. Only when you become a parent……………what true responsibility is.
A. you will understand B. will you understand C. did you understand D. you can understand
12. When the police investigate a crime, they……………evidence such as fingerprints, hair, or clothing.
A. look after B. look for C. look up for D. look into
13. Prices are rising quickly everywhere. The……………seems to go up every day.
A. standard of living B. quality of life C. annual income D. cost of living
14. A person of……………age may suffer from defects of vision.
A. every B. certain C. some D. any
15. Put all the toys away……………someone slips and falls on them.
A. provided that B. unless C. in case D. so long as
16 ……………on the bus the other day, I bumped into Alice.
A. Travelling B. Having travelled C. I was travelling D. When I travelled
17. “Do you……………your new roommate, or do you two argue?
A. get used to B. have good terms with C. keep in touch with D. get along with
18. Children must be taught to……………between right and wrong.
A. distinguishable B. distinguishing C. distinguished D. distinguish
19. Tom had a lucky escape. He……………killed.
A. could have been B.must have been C. should have been D. had been
20. I’d rather you……………too much time surfing the Internet.
A. not spend B. not to spend C. didn’t spend D. don’t spend
21 .Don’t……………to conclusions; we don’t yet know all the relevant facts.
A. run B. jump C. rush D. hurry
22. Tom……………things round the house, which is annoying.
A. is always leaving B. has always left C. is leaving D. always leaves
23. Only three of the students in my class are girls;……………are all boys.
A. others B. other students C. the others D. the other
24. ……………your motorbike broke down in the desert, would you be able to mend it yourself?
A. Provided that B. Supposing C. In case D. Given
25. If Lucy’s car……………down, she would be here by now.
A. didn’t break B. hadn’t broken C. wouldn’t have broken D. doesn’t break
26. Neither Jim nor his brothers……………to school. Their father teaches them at home.
A. have never been B. has ever been C. have ever been D. ever go
27. It’s too late now that the holiday’s over, but I wish we……………somewhere else.
A. went B. have gone C. were going D. had gone
28. “It’s so noisy here. Let’s go somewhere else,……………?”
A. will we B. shall we C. aren’t we D. do we
29. Is English the most popular language……………in the world?
A. be spoken B. to speak C. to be spoken D. speaking
30. “Will you……………on my dog while I go to the canteen?”
A. give B. keep an eye C. watch D. take care
III. Choose the underlined word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs to be corrected. Correct it
31. After he had researched his paper and wrote it, he found some additional data that he should have included.
A B C D
32. Because of the light, the city looked differently from the way that I had remembered it.
A B C D
33. While the wife tasted all of the main courses, her husband started to prepare the desserts.
A B C D
34. Tom likes to gossip about other people, so he doesn’t like them to gossip about him.
A B C D
35. Have a headache, an upset stomach, and a bad case of sunburn did not put me in a good mood for the evening.
A B C D
36. Most young people prefer the city, as there wasn’t many to do in the country.
A B C D
37. In order to do a profit the new leisure centre needs at least 2.000 visitors a month.
A B C D
38. ‘Would you rather came in the morning or the afternoon?’
A B C D
39. Everyone ought to know the basic steps that follow in case of an emergency.
A B C D
40. It announced today that an enquiry would be held into the collapse of a high-rise apartment block in Kuala Lumpur last week.
A B C D
41. Some of the earth’s most valuable resources are found in only few places.
A B C D
42. Not until I was on my way to die airport that I realised I had left my passport at home.
A B C D
43. There are less infectious diseases these days thanks to medical advances.
A B C D
44. A number of tourists is going to return the evaluation form distributed by the fravel agent.
A B C D
45. The film was a bit boring but at the end, the main characters had a happy ending.
A B C D
IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by
watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”.
They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.
Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains
around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to' my
mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned that they were house keys.
She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were having on
their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being
frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is, by hiding. They may hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The
second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It’s hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to
admit that they leave their children alone.

46. The phrase "an empty house” in the passage mostly means...................
A. a house with nothing inside B. a house with no people inside C. a house with too much space D. a house with no furniture
47. One thing that the children in the passage share is that....................
A. they all watch TV B. they all wear jewelry C. they spend part of each day alone D. they are from single-parent families
48. The phrase “latchkey children" in the passage means children who....................
A. look after themselves while their parents are not at home B. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves
C. are locked inside houses with latches and keys D. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere
49. What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears?
A. Talking to the Longs B. Hiding somewhere C. Lying under a TV D. Having a shower
50. It's difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because....................
A. they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds B. they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons
C. there are too many of them in the whole country D. most parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone
V. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each numbered space. SCHOOL LUNCH
Research has shown that over half the children in Britain who take their own lunches to school do not eat (51) ....................in the middle of the
day. In Britain schools have to (52) ....................meals at lunchtime. Children can (53) ....................to bring their own food or have lunch at the school
canteen.
One shocking (54) ....................of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches prepared by parents. There are strict
(55) ....................for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one (56) ....................of fruit and one of vegetables, as well as meat, a da ừy
item and starchy food like bread or pasta. Lunchboxes (57) ....................by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps and chocolate bars. Children
(58) ....................twice as much as they should at lunchtime.
The researcher will provide a better (59) .................... of why the percentage of overweight students in Britain has (60) .................... in the last
decade. Unfortunately, the government cannot (61) ....................parents, but it can remind them of the (62) ....................value of milk, fruit and
vegetables. Small changes in their children’s diet can (63) ....................their future health. Children can easily develop bad eating (64) ....................at this
age, and parents are the only ones who can (65) ....................it.
51. A. appropriately B. properly C. probably D. possibly
52. A. give B. provide C. make D. do
53. A. prefer B. manage C. want D.choose
54. A. finding B. number C. figure D. factor
55. A. standards B. procedures C. conditions D. ways
56. A. piece B. portion C. bowl D. kilo
57. A. examined B. found C. taken D. investigated
58. A. take B. contain C. consume D. consist
59. A. understanding B. knowledge C. view D. opinion
60. A. increased B. expanded C. extended D. added
61. A. criticise B. instruct C. order D. tell
62. A. nutritional B. healthy C. positive D. good
63. A. damage B. predict C. destroy D. affect
64. A. behaviours B. styles C. attitudes D. habits
65. A. prevent B. define C. decide D. delay
VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
One of the most popular foods around the world today is pizza. Pizza restaurants are popular everywhere from Beijing to Moscow to Rio, and even in the
United States, the home of the hamburger, there are more pizza restaurants than hamburger places. This worldwide love for pizza is a fairly recent
phenomenon. Before the 1950s, pizza was a purely Italian food, with a long history in southern Italy. The origins of pizza are somewhat uncertain, though
they may go back to the Greeks (pita bread) or even earlier. Under the Roman Empire, Italians often ate flat cừcles of bread, which they may have
flavored with olive oil, cheese, and herbs. By about the year 1000 A.D. in the area around Naples, this bread had a name: picea. This early kind of pizza
lacked one of the main ingredients we associate with pizza: the tomato. In fact, tomatoes did not exist in Europe until the sixteenth century, when
Spanish explorers bought them back from South America. The Spanish showed little interest in tomatoes, but southern Italians soon began to cultivate
them and use them in cooking. At some point in the 1600s, Neapolitan tomatoes were added to pizza, as it was known by then.
66. The information that pizza restaurants can be found everywhere from Beijing to Moscow, to Rio and in the United States is given in the passage
to.....................
A. illustrate the popularity of pizza B. show the limited market of pizza
C. emphasize the dominance of pizza over hamburgers D. indicate that the hamburger market has been reduced
67. The author says that the love for pizza....................
A. just stalled a few decades ago B. has a long history C. is quite new D. started first in Rome
68. The origin of pizza is.....................
A. confirmed B. thought to begin in the 1950s C. well-known D. uncertain
69. The early version of pizza in Naples....................
A. did not have a name B. had a Greek name C. did not have tomato D. lacked many main ingredients
70. The Spanish at first .....................
A. added tomatoes to pizza in the 1600s B. knew tomatoes from Europe C. grew tomatoes in farms D. were not much keen on tomatoes
VII. Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) which is closest in meaning to the sentence given.
71. He survived the operation thanks to the skilful surgeon.
A. He survived because he was a skilful surgeon. B. There was no skilful surgeon, so he died
C. He wouldn’t have survived the operation without the skilful surgeon. D. Though the surgeon was skilful, he couldn’t survive the operation.
72. “You should have finished the report by now, ” John told his secretary .
A. John reproached his secretary for not having finished the report. B. John said that his secretary had not finished the report.
C. John reminded his secretary of finishing the report on time. D. John scolded his secretary for not having finished the report.
73. The film didn’t come up to my expectations.
A. I expected the film to end more abruptly. B. I expected the film to be more boring.
C. The film was as good as I expected. D. The film fell short of my expectations.
74. Unless someone has a key, we cannot get into the house.
A. We could not get into the house if someone had a key. B. If someone does not have a key, we can only get into the house,
C. We can only get into the house if someone has a key. D. If someone did not have a key, we could not get into the house.
75. There ’s no point in persuading Jane to change her mind.
A. Jane will change her mind though she doesn’t want to. B. It’s useless to persuade Jane to change her mind.
C. It’s possible for US to persuade Jane to change her mind. D. No one wants Jane to change her mind because it’s pointless.
76. She knows a lot more about it than I do.
A. I know as much about it as she does. B. I do not know as much about it as she does.
C. She does not know so much about it as I do. D. I know much more about it than she does.
77. He last had his eyes tested ten months ago.
A. He had tested his eyes ten months before. B. He had not tested his eyes for ten months then.
C. He hasn’t had his eyes tested for ten months. D. He didn’t have any test on his eyes in ten months.
78. No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.
A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone. B. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back,
C. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss ringing back. D. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.
79. David drove so fast; it was very dangerous.
A. David drove so fast, which was very dangerous. B. David drove so fast, then was very dangerous.
C. David drove so fast that was very dangerous. D. David drove so fast and was very dangerous.
80. We ’ve run out of tea.
A. We didn’t have any tea. B. We have to run out to buy some tea. C. There’s not much more tea left. D. There’s no tea left.
VIII : For questions 81 – 89, write the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column on the right.
Your answers
As part of the ‘Facebook generation’, we have grown up in a world where access to the internet is
constantly at our fingertips and we’re able to connect with people at the touch of a button. Nowadays,
it’s become (81) _______ (INCREASE) common to offer guests the wifi password along with a cup of 81.________________
tea when they come round to visit. We have become addicted to our smartphones.
Of course, smartphones are (82) _______ (DENY) useful and have revolutionised our lives in so many 82. _______________
ways. Thanks to thousands of apps available to download, we’re now able to do almost anything when
we’re out and about. However, it seems a shame that these addictive pieces of technology are slowly
beginning to take over our lives. It’s so easy to become (83) ______ (DEPEND) on our phones, 83.________________
whether it’s to find your way around with the map application or even just check the time. As a result
we’re becoming more (84) _______ (SOCIABLE), choosing to consult the internet rather than talk 84.________________
(85) _______ (FACIAL) with other human beings. 85.________________
Even when we’re socialising, it seems most of us struggle without our phones at arm’s reach. Phones
were invented to keep us more connected, and indeed they have done just that. We can now get in
contact by an (86) _______ (END) list of social media outlets, yet this means we’re starting to lack 86.________________
genuine contact with each other. People are connecting more and more across screens rather than in
person, even when it comes to (87) _______ (RELATE) - dating apps and websites are more popular 87.________________
than ever before. Recently, an artist released a series of images (88) _______ (DEPICTION) people in 88.________________
social situations and edited out their smartphones and tablets. The result was a collection of powerful
images that have, perhaps (89) _______ (IRONY), gone viral. They force people to wake up to the fact 89. _______________
that we are no longer interacting properly with each other.

WRITING
Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to
the original sentence. Do NOT change the form of the given word. (0) has been done as an example.
90 It began to rain almost immediately after our arrival at the resort. ( WE)
 Scarcely _______ had we arrived at the resort when _______ it began to rain.
91. I’m sure you’re wondering why I haven’t contacted you for so long. ( HAS)
 You must _______________________________________________________________ so long since I contacted you.
92. The restaurant manager thought that they were likely to lose all their customers if service didn’t improve. ( RAN)
 The restaurant manager thought that they __________________________________________ if service didn’t improve.
93. Alistair has no chance of being selected for the team because of his poor sprint times. ( PAID)
 Alistair’s poor sprint times __________________________________________________ of being selected for the team.
94. I found the plot of the book too complicated to follow. ( HEAD)
 I ______________________________________________________________________________ the plot of the book.
95. Although everything pointed to her having taken the money, she strenuously denied it. ( EVIDENCE)
 She strenuously denied _________________________________________________________________ the contrary.
96. From the educational point of view his childhood years had been well spent. (TERMS)
________________________________________________________________
97 He's very good at tennis and he's also a very good footballer. (ADDITION)
________________________________________________________________
98. Why does everything seem to be difficult to me? (ONLY)
________________________________________________________________
99. If you work without a break, you are more likely to make an error. (PRONE)
________________________________________________________________
100. We agreed that each of us would do the washing - up on alternate days. (TURNS)
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