Choose the letter a, b, c or d the word that has the underlined part different from others.

Question 1:

• a. urban
• b. migrant

• c. traffic

• d. relative

Question 2:

• a. government
• b. comfortable
• c. company

• d. remote

Question 3:

• a. away

• b. rural

• c. delay
• d. strain

Question 4:

• a. typhoon

• b. country
• c. tragedy
• d. definitely

Question 5:

• a. flood

• b. good
• c. foot
• d. cook

Choose the letter a, b, c or d to complete the sentences

Question 6: Max says life in the countryside is ____ than he expected.

• a. more convenient

• b. convenient
• c. the convenient
• d. most convenient

Question 7: You can join the club when you ____ a bit older.

• a. will have got
• b. will get

• c. get

• d. are getting

Question 8: We are going to have a picnic _____ the bad weather.

• a. because

• b. despite

• c. although
• d. because of

Question 9: This dress is the ______ expensive of the two dresses.

• a. best

• b. more

• c. most
• d. the most

Question 10: People in urban area have to suffer from ____ jam.

• a. traffic

• b. fresh
• c. migrant
• d. remote

Question 11: The coffee was _____ to drink.

• a. so strong
• b. strong
• c. enough strong

• d. too strong

Question 12. Italy ___ France in tomorrow’s final.

• a. has played
• b. played

• c. is playing

• d. play

Question 13. People used to believe that the world was flat.

• a. think

• b. say
• c. claim
• d. hear

Question 14. ____ is a long time when there is not enough rain.

• a. Storm

• b. Drought

• c. Typhoon
• d. Flood

Question 15: Strawberries are ___ at the moment.

• a. a lot of

• b. plentiful

• c. much
• d. many

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning

Question 16: No one in the class is more intelligent than Long.

• a. Long is the most intelligent student in the class.

• b. Every student in the class is more intelligent than Long.
• c. Long is not intelligent at all.
• d. The least intelligent student in the class is Long.

Question 17: What is her opinion of the countryside?

• a. How often does she go to the countryside?

• b. What does she think of the countryside?

• c. When will she go to the countryside?
• d. Why is her opinion of the countryside bad?

Question 18: I prefer the city because life in the city is more comfortable than the country.

• a. Life in the city is more comfortable than the country so I prefer the city.

• b. Life in the city is more comfortable than the country though I prefer the city.
• c. Life in the city is more comfortable than the country as I prefer the city.
• d. Life in the city is more comfortable than the country but I prefer the city.

Question 19: I find cooking in my free time relaxing.

• a. It’s relaxing to me to cook in my free time.

• b. Cooking is relaxing for free time.
• c. Free time relaxing is cooking.
• d. I spend cooking my free time.

Question 20: I close friend gave me a wonderful present on my birthday.

• a. I gave my friend a wonderful present on my birthday.

• b. I was given a wonderful present on my birthday.

• c. A wonderful present was given me on my birthday.
• d. My birthday gave a wonderful present.

Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

We live in Yorkshire, (Question 21) ___ a farm in the country. The farmhouse is quite an old (Question 22)____. It’s about 250 years old, I think. There arent many houses near us. There’s a pub in the village about three miles (Question 23) ____, but we’re over twenty miles from the (Question 24) ____ town. That can (Question 25) ___ difficult for shopping, but we love it here. It’s very (Question 26) ___, there’s no traffic, and the view is wonderful.

Question 21.

• a. on

• b. in
• c. at
• d. a & c

Question 22.

• a. flat
• b. apartment
• c. room

• d. building

Question 23.

• a. apart

• b. away

• c. far
• d. from

Question 24.

• a. near
• b. nearer

• c. nearest

• d. most near

Question 25.

• a. be

• b. is
• c. are
• d. was

Question 26.

• a. quite
• b. quiet
• c. peaceful

• d. b & c

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

I live in Cairo, which is the capital of Egypt. There are more than ten million people here. A lot of them have come from the countryside because there are more jobs here.

I live in an apartment near the city center. It is a busy, exciting place. It has cinemas and shops, but unfortunately there is a lot of traffic too. Many tourists come from all over the world to see the Pyramids, which are near the city.

I like Cairo because it is big and exciting. I have a lot of friends and it is easy to meet new people. I am glad that I live here, but my mother doesn’t like it. She used to live in the countryside, and she would like to go back one day.

Question 27: Cairo___.

• a. is a village
• b. is the capital of Egypt
• c. has more than ten million people

• d. b & c are correct

Question 28: Why do people go to Cairo?

• a. Because there are more jobs in Cairo than in the countryside.
• b. Because they want to see the Pyramids.
• c. Because there is a lot of traffic in Cairo.

• d. a & b are correct

Question 29: We can replace the word ‘tourists’ with the word ___.

• a. 'newcomers’

• b. ‘visitors’

• c. ‘guests’
• d. ‘friends’

Question 30. The author likes Cairo because ___.

• a. it is big
• b. it is exciting
• c. he thinks it is easy to meet new people there

• d. all are correct

Question 31: Which of the following is NOT true?

• a.The author has a lot of friends.
• b. The author likes to meet new people.

• c. The author lives in a villa.

• d.The author’s mother doesn’t like to live there.