A. PHONETICS

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest

1. A. habitable             B. career                      C. apply                    D. facilitate

2. A. replaced              B. depressed                C. informed                D. astonished

Choose the word whose stress pattern is differently from the others.

3. A. advise                 B. invent                      C. offer                        D. content

B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.

4. Mothers are often the ones who provide emotional support for the family, _________?

A. are they                   B. aren’t mothers         C. are not they             D. aren’t they

5. Helen Sharman, the first Britain in space, was born ___ May 30th 1963 in Sheffield, England.

A. in                            B. on                           C. of                            D. at

6. My sister will apply for the full-time teaching position at Jaxtina English Center when she ________ from the university next year.

A. graduate                  B. will graduate           C. graduates                D. will be graduated

7. I wish all of us________ on the Mars in the future.

A. will live                  B. would live               C. would be lived                    D. lived

8. ___his good performance at school, he does not know what he will choose as his future career

A. Although                B. Despite                   C. In spite                    D. Because of

9. The girl refused _________ a nurse as her mother had hoped.

A. to became               B. became                   C. to become               D. becoming

10. My English ­­____ so rusty if I had more chance to communicate with native speakers of English.

A. would be                B. won’t be                 C. weren’t                   D. wouldn’t be

11. It is said that Japan is the __________ developed country in the world.

A. most second            B. second most            C. second in most                    D. second more

12. Specialists believe that_________ in the social activities will promote a sense of responsibility in children.

A. participate               B. participated             C. participation                        D. participant

13. The assignment was very lengthy so she was forced to burn the ______ to get it done on time.

A. evening lamp          B. evening oil              C. midnight lamp                    D. midnight oil

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

14. - Lora: “Thank you for talking the trouble to help me. I do appreciate it”
      - Helen: “______.”
A. Oh, that’s right                                           B. It’s nice of you to say so.
C. Oh, it was the least I could do                    D. Yes, of course.

15. - Laura: - Would you mind collecting my suit from the dry cleaner’s, please?
      - John: “______. I’ll do it for you”
A. No, of course not.                                       B. Sorry, but I am busy.
C. Yes, of course.                                           D. Yes, I would.

Choose one underlined part that is incorrect in each of the sentences.

16. Half of the food that we are serving to the guests are still in the refrigerator

                        A                    B                               C             D

17. Do you play any other sports besides basketball?

        A          B               C              D