I. PHONETICS
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced diffirently from that of the others.
1. a. wood b. look c. cook d. blood
2. a. china b. check c. chemist d. chocolate
3. a. what b. who c. where d. which
4. a. sale b. sail c. suga d. sort
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR.
Choose A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
5. I hate………. video.
A. watch B. watching C. to watch D. watches
6. I remember …………… her somewhere.
A. see B. seeing C. saw D. to see
7. Excuse me. Can I ………… in this area?
A. smoke B. smoking C. smoked D. to smoke
8. Don’t forget ………… the letter for me ! I won’t.
A. post B. posted C. posting D. to post
9. He laughs a lot because ………… her funny face.
A. in B. at C. on D. of
10. She thinks chatting on the Internet is time ……………
A. consuming B. consume C. consumer D. consumption
11. The next stage in the development of television is ………………. T. V
A. interact B. interaction C. interactive D. interactively
12. The cost of ……………. is very high in the big city.
A. live B. living C. lived D. life
13. Can you tell me who …………. this kind of machine ?
A. to invent B. invent C. invention D. invented
14. Your teacher writes poems and stories, …………………she ?
A. doesn’t B. didn’t C. don’t D. won’t
15. They will buy a new computer, ……………. . they ?
A. will B. don’t C. won’t D. do
16. Tam didn’t go to school yesterday, …………. . he ?
A. did B. didn’t C. does D. doesn’t
17. Don’t talk in class,…………… you ? The teacher is explaining the lesson.
A. do B. don’t C will D. won’t
18. Your mother has read these fairy tales for you many times, …………. . ?
A. has he B. has she C. hasn’t he D. hasn’t she
19. I am late for the appointment, …………………. I. ?
A. am B. am not C. are D. aren’t
20. You are doing this exercise, ……………. . you ?
A. do B. don’t C. aren’t D. are
READING.
Choose A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
Television is one of man’s most(21)…means of communication. It brings events and sounds(22)…… around the world into millions of homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house and watch the President making a(23)……or visit foreign country. He can see a war being(24)……and watch statesmen try (25)…… about peace. Through television home viewers can see and learn about people, places, and things all over the world. TV even takes its (26)…… out of this world. It brings them coverage of America’s astronauts as the astronauts explore outer space. In(27)…… to all these things, television brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are(28)…to entertain. In fact,TV provides(29 )……entertainment programs than any other kinds. The programs include action – packed dramas, light comedies, (30)……………… events and motion pictures.
21. A. importance B. important C. unimportance D. unimportant
22. A. from B. at C. in D. to
23. A. speak B. speaking C. speech D. spoken
24. A. fight B. find C. found D. fought
25. A. bring B. brought C. bringing D. to bring
26. A. viewers B. seers C. lookers D. watchers
27. A. add B. edit C. addition D. editor
28. A. made B. designed C. did D. built
29. A. many B. much C