Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

Question 1:

• a. internet         
• b. invent         

• c. media           

• d. spend

Question 2:

• a. remote         
• b. local           

• c. popular         

• d. program

Question 3:

• a. watch         
• b. channel         
• c. chat           

• d. Christmas

Question 4:

• a. deny           

• b. pity             
• c. century         
• d. documentary

Question 5:

• a. surf           
• b. hamburger       
• c. purpose         

• d. communicate

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

Question 6:

• a. arrow

• b. arrive
• c. arrest
• d. about

Question 7:

• a. excuse

• b. suburb
• c. garden
• d. swimming

Question 8:

• a. fascinate

• b. discourage

• c. horrible
• d. terrify

Question 9:

• a. tenant
• b. common
• c. rubbish

• d. machine

Question 10:

• a. revision
• b. remember

• c. dialogue

• d. adverbial

Choose the correct answer a, b, c or d:

Question 11: How long have you learnt English? - ____.

• a. Since 4 years

• b. For 4 years

• c. 4 years ago
• d. Within 4 years

Question 12: Mr. Pike sold his house, ____ he?

• a. did

• b. didn't

• c. could
• d. couldn't

Question 13: I haven't seen him for 3 years. I ____ him 3 years ago.

• a. see

• b. saw

• c. will see
• d. have seen

Question 14: Let's play video games, ____ ?

• a. shall we

• b. shan't we
• c. do we
• d. don't we

Question 15: We will be there ___ 5 o'clock early ____ the morning.

• a. on / in

• b. at / in

• c. in / on
• d. in / at

Question 16: I wish I ____ a millionaire now.

• a. be

• b. were

• c. have been
• d. am

Question 17: I wish you ___ come to my party tomorrow.

• a. are
• b. can
• c. will

• d. would

Question 18: Susan studied very well, ___ she could pass the exam easily.

• a. if

• b. so

• c. but
• d. or

Question 19: There are more countries north of the equator than south of it, ____?

• a. isn't it
• b. is it

• c. aren't there

• d. are there

Question 20: You’ve never been in Italy, ___?

• a. have you

• b. haven’t you
• c. have never you
• d. haven't never you

Question 21: You have a ticket to the game, ____?

• a. have you
• b. do you
• c. haven't you

• d. don’t you

Question 22: I finally finished ____ at 7:00 p.m. and served dinner.

• a. cooking

• b. being cooked 
• c. to cook
• d. to be cooked

Question 23: Sam always remembers ____ in the garage SO that the driveway is free for other cars.

• a. parking
• b. being parked

• c. to park

• d. to be parked

Question 24: Are there any good ___ on television tonight?

• a. showings
• b. screens

• c. programs

• d. performance

Question 25: There’s a very interesting ___ about life in the Arctic.

• a. news

• b. documentary

• c. service
• d. entertainment

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

Question 26: You're working on other screenplay now, aren’t you?

• a. You're working
• b. on

• c. other

• d. aren't you

Question 27: Speaking of kids, you have some of your owns, don't vou?

• a. Speaking of kids
• b. have

• c. some of your owns

• d. don't you

Question 28: That depend on what vou mean by 5 long time, doesn’t it?

• a. depend on

• b. mean
• c. by a long time
• d. doesn't it

Question 29: I stopped worrying about what people would think of me, and I tried to pay attentions to what people were saying. 

• a. stopped worrying
• b. would think of

• c. tried to pay attentions

• d. were saying

Question 30: I have an English test tomorrow, so T should stop writing now and starting to study.

• a. have
• b. tomorrow
• c. should stop writing

• d. starting to study

Question 31: I know you are too busy to stay, but I look forward to see you again.

• a. too busy
• b. to stay
• c. look forward

• d. to see

Question 32: I forgot buying vas, but I sot to a gas station perore tran out.

• a. buying

• b. got
• c. before
• d. ran out

Question 33: One of the most powerful forms “ nonverbal communicate is body language.

• a. One of
• b. powerful
• c. of

• d. communicate

Question 34: He went there for the purpose a making business contact.

• a. went there
• b. for

• c. on

• d. business contact

Question 35: A spokesman dom that the company had actes irrespensiniy.

• a. deny

• b. that the
• c. had acted
• d. irresponsibly

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

A long and happy marriage is something that many people wish for, but finding the right partner is (Question 36)_____ more difficult than you might imagine. A friend of mine, Susan, had not been very successful in her attempt to find the perfect partner, and she was beginning to lose heart and feel rather depressed. One day she happened to hear someone (Question 37)__ about a computer dating agency which could help you to find the ideal partner. Susan immediately (Question 38) ____ an appointment to see someone at the agency, then wanted to see (Question 39)____ would happen. The agency arranged a meeting with a ‘suitable’ partner at the local railway station a week later, although I (Question 40) ____ her not to go. My friend arrived at few minutes (Question 41)____ but could see no one who matched the appearance of the man in the photograph she had been sent. She (Question 42)____ a man waiting under the station clock and holding a bunch of flowers, but there was no one (Question 43)____ around.

Suddenly the man started chatting to her and, after a while, he asked her if she would (44)____ to go and have a coffee. Not (45)_____ much later did they come to the conclusion that they had both waiting for each other! When they had both recovered from the shock, they decided that the computer had been right after all!

Question 36:

• a. so

• b. much

• c. too
• d. lot

Question 37:

• a. mentioning
• b. telling

• c. talking

• d. relating

Question 38:

• a. did
• b. had
• c. set

• d. made

Question 39:

• a. that

• b. what

• c. which
• d. who

Question 40:

• a. advised

• b. urged
• c. suggested
• d. whispered

Question 41:

• a. after
• b. since
• c. ago

• d. early

Question 42:

• a. realized

• b. considered

• c. noticed
• d. respected

Question 43:

• a. more
• b. other
• c. extra

• d. else

Question 44:

• a. want
• b. desire

• c. like

• d. need

Question 45:

• a. until

• b. when
• c. then
• d. after

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

Personal computers, or PCs, are an important part of our everyday lives. Many people cannot imagine life without them. One of the most important people in making these machines work is Bill Gates.

Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Allen. When they were in the eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making money.

In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he would get over his obsession with computers and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.

Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the United States. He was the “King of Software”. He achieved his success with a lot of hard work. For more than ten years, he worked sixteen-hour days, seven days a week. He had a dream and the will to succeed. By 1997, he was the richest man in the United States.

Question 46. According to the author____.

• a. Bill Gates is one of the most important people in making personal computers.
• b. many people wouldn’t be without their PCs.
• c. Gates used to be sent to a public school.
• d. Gates used to study at Harvard University.

Question 47: The word “will” in the last paragraph could be best replaced by which of the following?

• a. good fortune
• b. future
• c. strong wish
• d. possibility

Question 48: Which of the following words means “no longer have”?

• a. get over
• b. dropped out of
• c. left
• d. run one of

Question 49: From reading the passage, it seems that ____.

• a. the world has become very dependent on computers
• b. Bill Gates succeeded easily because his family is very rich
• c. Bill Gates created Microsoft because he wanted to be “King of Software”
• d. Bill Gates’s parents wanted him to become a computer programmer

Question 50: Which of the following is not true?

• a. Bill Gates met his business partner in school.
• b. Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft because they wanted to sell their program for personal computers.
• c. The secret of Gates’s success is hard work.
• d. Paul Allen left Microsoft because he was ill.