I. Pronunciation: A. Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others : 1. A. constancy B. sympathy C. loyalty D. consistency B.Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in the following question: 2. A. mutual B. trust C. uncertain D. number II. Choose the best option: 3. He has a very outgoing ________ and makes friends very easily. A. person B. personality C. personal D. personage 4. Your friendship should be based on ________ trust. A. basic B. fragile C. mutual D. blind 5. They all expressed great _______ for the victims of the flood. A. sympathy B.sympathize C. sympathetic D. sympathies 6. The company expects ________ from its employees. A. constancy B. quality C. interest D. loyalty 7. Unselfishness is the very essence of friendship. A. important part B. romantic part C. difficult part D. interesting part 8. Sometimes I do not feel like _______ to my sibling about my troubles. A. talk B. to talk C. talking D. talked 9. Inform the police immediately if you see anything ______ . A. strange B. fair C. suspicious D. uncertain 10. He finds it ________ lasting friendships. A. difficult to make B. difficulty in making C. is difficult to make D. difficult making 11. The aim of the culture festival is ________ friendship between the two countries A. promote B. promoting C. to promote D. being promoted 12. If we leave now for our trip, we can drive half the distance before we stop ________ lunch. A. having B. to have C. having had D. for having 13. They ________ good friends, but they've fallen out recently. A. used to be B. would be C. were D. are 14. I got my friend ________ her car for the weekend. A. to let me to borrow B.to let me borrowing C. let me borrow D. to let me borrow 15. She made her son ______ the windows before he could go outside ______ with his friends. A. wash/ to play B. to wash/ play C. wash/ play D. to wash/ to play 16. Look at the man in white. I think he must be __________ 50. A. not less B. in the least C. least of all D. at least 17. You can believe him. I do not think he is capable __________ telling lies. A. to B. of C. at D. nothing 18. Parents seem to have no control _________ their children these days. A. for B. over C. on D. with 19. A good clock always keeps ________ time. A. accurate B. serious C. certain D. true 20. We can ______ the difficulty without too much effort. A. get off B. get away C. get over D. get in
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8. Let students A. To voice
9. Students are with someone always forgeting their A. relations
10 you don't look well you. A. should
11. Many happy returns! A. The samo to you B. You too
12. The natural desire to protect children can make parents A. over-protecting B. over-protective
13. Volunteers lend a hand to the A. community 1 4. you A. oughtn't to
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16. Teachers and counselors should A . Lend an eye
17. This party is held to A. rise 18. When I called them, they didn't answer. They pretended A. to sleep
19. The boy practised A. play 20. He to disabled students to find out specific need. C. lend an ear the nearest the sun D. lend a help B. lend a ear D. increase funds to help street children. C. grow already. D. to have been slee B. raise C. having slept the piano at the age of nine. C. playing B. sleeping D. played B. to play at the National Institute of Ophthalmology for nearly four years. B.have treated between parents and childrent. B. conflict when he saw Mr David came to the office B.To be worried D. have been treat- C. has been treated D.agreent A. treats
21. Why is there a A.generation gap
22. Mayr seemed A. Worrying C. disagreement D. worried C. Being worry
23. Young college and university students participate in helping the poor who have suffered b atural disasters. (find the same meaning) A. get involved in
24. Find the opposite meaning word: Little Mary had a disadvantaged childhood D. come into C. join hands B. interfere with
EXERCISES Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence 1. Water ________ at 100 degrees Celsius. A. boiling B. boils C. is boiling D. boil 2. Bettie usually ________ television in the evening. A. watches B. watching C. watch D. has watched 3. Rosemary ________ to agree with us now. A. is appearing B. appear C. appeared D. appears 4. Look! That man ________ your bike! A. is stealing B. steals C. stealing D. stolen 5. I'm sorry I ________ to do my homework yesterday. A. am forgetting B. have forgotten C. forgot D. forget 6. We ________ any interesting films lately. A. didn't see B. haven't seen C. saw D. have seen 7. Eric ________ a flat yet, so he's still living with his parents. A. found B. didn't find C. is finding D. hasn't found 8. They ________ running their own company in 1980. A. started B. have started C. are stating D. start 9. Bees _________ honey. A. have made B. makes C. make D. were making 10. I think I ________ my door key. I can't find it anywhere. A. lost B. have lost C. am losing D. will lose 11. "What time ___________ for work every morning?" "At 6:30." A. have you left B. had you left C. do you leave D. did you leave 12. I wasn't thirsty because I ________ some milk. A. drunk B. have just drunk C. just drank D. had just drunk 13. Who ________________ the car at time of the accident? A. was driving B. is driving C. drove D. has driven 14. After having a bath, he ________ his supper. A. had eaten B. ate C. has eaten D. was eating 15. The phone ________ suddenly when Joanne was doing the housework. A. rang B. ringing C. has rung D. is ringing 16. It ________ as we drove slowly along the road. A. has snowed B. had snowed C. was snowing D. is snowing 17. He couldn’t remember what ___________________ to him the day before. A. happened B. was happening C. has happened D. had happened 18. You can't meet the director now. He __________ with someone. A. talks B. was talking C. is talking D. talked 19. My sister ________ married in January, 2002. A. has got B. got C. was getting D. had got 20. Anita _________ very hard at the moment. A. is studying B. studies C. studied D. has studied
1. My mother sound ............ on hearing that i would arrive home late
A. angry B. angrily C. anger D . angerly
2. Wendy looked at the dress ........... àd wished she had it one day
A. care B. caring C. careful D. carefully
3. To decide the winner of the competion , the examiner ...... candidates' dishes now
A. Taste B. tasted C. are tasting D. tastes
4. Listen ! Her story .......... interesting
A. sounds B. is sounding C. sound D. sounded
5. They sky ............ bright afterit finished raining
A. is growing B. grows C. grow D. grew
6. ............ I bought the golden fish
A. It was from this shop that B. I was this shop where C. It was it shop which D. It was this shop that
7. It was tom ........ to help us
A . comes B. that comes C. to comes D. who came
8. ......... the police had rescused from the fire
A. the baby b. the baby that C. It was the baby who D. the baby whom
1.My partents keep ......... about my clothes
A. complaining B. complain C. to complain D. complained
2. ........ the police had rescued from the fire
A . the baby B. the baby that C. It is was the baby whom D. the baby whom
3. .......... a high level of blood cholesterol
A. It is eggs that contain B. those are eggs it contains C. it is eggs that contains D. it is eggs contain
4. ........... me all look for
A. it is happiness that B. that happiness C. happiness it is that happiness it is
5. .............. me how to play the drum
A. it was my uncle who taught B. my uncle who taught C. it was my uncle taught d. it is my uncle
* Read the passage carefully and choose the best word or phrase given to fill in each numbered blank:
“ Good accommodation makes a successful career”. I didn’t believe in this saying until I arrived (1) ________ here to start my new job. At first, I stayed in a mini hotel, but I soon realized that I needed a permanent (2) _______ to live in as I was going to work in this city for long. The (3) _______ apartment I had a look at was in the basement of a deteriorating old building; so it was (4) _______ very damp in winter, especially when the weather become snowy, apart (5) _______ the fact that the only view was that of a dull red brick wall. (6) _______ I looked over a small apartment in a modern (7) _______ . It had a comfortable (8) _______ space for my big car and a large garden, but the (9) _______ was certainly too high for me to afford. I didn’t want to (10) _______ up in a narrow, dirty place at all; so I decided to (11) _______ a tiny ad for home sharing in the (12) _______ newspaper. This house was in a quiet neighborhood, and as (13) _______ as I saw it, I immediately (14) _______ in love with it. I have been living there (15) _______ then and have done my job even more successfully than ever before.
The generation gap , which refers to a broad difference between one generation and anther , espesially between young people and their partens , usully leads to numerous conflicts . Such family conflicts can seiously threaten the relationship between parents and children at times
It gose without saying that , however old their childen are , perents still regard them as small kids and keep in in mind that their offspring are too young to protect themselves cautiously or have wise choices . Therefore , they tend to make a great attempt to help thier children to discover the outside word . Nevertheless , they forget that as chiidren grow up , they want to be more independent and develop their own identity by creating their own opinions , thought , styles and values about life . One common issue that drives conflicts is the clothes of teenagers . While teens are keen on wearing fashionable clothes which try to catch up with the youth trends , parents who valie traditional clothes believe that those kinds of attire violate the rules and the norms of the society . It becomes worse when the expensive brand name clothes teens choose seem to be beyond the financial capacity of parents
Another reason contributing to conflicts is the interest in choosing a career path or education between parent and teenagers . Young people are told that they have word at their feetand that dazzing futur opportunities are just waiting for them to sexie . However , their parents try to impose their choices of unversity or career on the regardless of thier children's preference
Indeed , conflicts between parents and children are the everlasting family phenomena . It seems that best way to solve the matter is open communication to create mutual trust and understanding.
Task 1 : True / Faise / not given
1. Teenagers try to please their parents by wearing traditional clothes
2. Parents want children to follow their withes in deciding the education and future jobs
3. Some parents indulge their children with expensive brand name clothes
4. In order to bridge the gap between the old generation ang the younger one , open communication to promote mutural undertanding is the vital key
Family conflict
The generation gap , which refers to a broad difference between one generation and anther , espesially between young people and their partens , usully leads to numerous conflicts . Such family conflicts can seiously threaten the relationship between parents and children at times
It gose without saying that , however old their childen are , perents still regard them as small kids and keep in in mind that their offspring are too young to protect themselves cautiously or have wise choices . Therefore , they tend to make a great attempt to help thier children to discover the outside word . Nevertheless , they forget that as chiidren grow up , they want to be more independent and develop their own identity by creating their own opinions , thought , styles and values about life . One common issue that drives conflicts is the clothes of teenagers . While teens are keen on wearing fashionable clothes which try to catch up with the youth trends , parents who valie traditional clothes believe that those kinds of attire violate the rules and the norms of the society . It becomes worse when the expensive brand name clothes teens choose seem to be beyond the financial capacity of parents
Another reason contributing to conflicts is the interest in choosing a career path or education between parent and teenagers . Young people are told that they have word at their feetand that dazzing futur opportunities are just waiting for them to sexie . However , their parents try to impose their choices of unversity or career on the regardless of thier children's preference
Indeed , conflicts between parents and children are the everlasting family phenomena . It seems that best way to solve the matter is open communication to create mutual trust and understanding.
Task 1 : True / Faise / not given
1. According to the passage , the relaionhip between parents and chilren is not easily destroyed by the family conflicts
2. As children get older , parents let them live on their own way and do what they are interested in
IV. A reporter is interviewing Agnes Norris, who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. Complete the parts numbered (1) to (7) in an appropriate way.
Reporter: How (1) .............................................. ?
Mrs. Norris: Quietly. Just with the family, here in the house.
Reporter: Have (2) ...............................................................?
Mrs. Norris: Yes, very big. Six children, fifteen grandchildren and I don't remember how many great-grandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren.
Reporter: Mrs: Did you (3) ............................................................... ?
Mrs.Norris: Yes, I did; Lots. And I got hundreds of cards too. People have been very kind .
Reporter: Which (4) ................................................................. ?
Mrs.Norris: Possibly the one I got· from my great-great-grandson, Stuart. It was a vase he'd made at school.
Reporter: Did(5) ................................................................... ?
Mrs.Norris: Yes, a big one. It had to be for all the candles!
Reporter: You've obviously seen a lot of changes in your lifetime, Mrs. Norris. In your opinion, which (6) ..................................... ?
Mrs. Norris: That's very difficult to say: there have been so many. But possibly the role of women in society. In my day, women didn't go out to work as they do now or have the vote either.
Reporter: Would (7) ................................................................ ?
Mrs. Norhs: No, I wouldn't. I enjoy my life, don't get me wrong, but 120 is too old, even for me.