I. Listen and decide if the following statements are True (T) or False (F). ⇱
II. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part. ⇱
III. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. ⇱
IV. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. ⇱
V. Use the correct form of the word given to complete each sentence. ⇱
VI. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. ⇱
How old ___(26)___ you be on Friday 13, 2029? That is how old you will be when a large asteroid, called Apophis, comes very, very close to our planet. Asteroids are rocks that circle the sun in space and sometimes ___(27)___ close to Earth and even hit it. Most asteroids are very small and, if you are lucky, you can sometimes see them in the night sky as ‘falling stars’. However, most scientists believe one large asteroid, about six to twelve kilometers across, ___(28)___ the earth and killed all the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. Apophis is also big. Scientists discovered it in 2004 and they say that it is about 300 meters across. That’s about the size of a large sports stadium. An asteroid this size, according to scientists, is ___(29)___ large enough to destroy our world, but it is large enough to destroy several cities. It will probably miss the earth, they say, but not by very much – it will miss us by about only 35,000 kilometers – that’s much closer than our moon ___(30)___ is about 240,000 kilometers away. Another way of thinking about it is that it will miss us by only a few minutes.
VII. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question. ⇱
Every year, students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in films, on television, in the office or among their friends. But not many are lucky enough to do that. Most people must work hard to learn another language.
Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language, mathematics, and English. In England, America, or Australia, many boys and girls study their native language, which is English, mathematics, and another language, perhaps French, or German or Spanish.
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies, because some of their books are in English at college or university. Others learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.