I. Pronunciation:

1.

A. town

B. slow

C. smoke

D. post

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2.

A. month

B. boss

C. shop

D. got

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3.

A. size

B. grey

C. life

D. eye

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4.

A. buy

B. tired

C. rich

D. kind

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5.

A. damage

B. luggage

C. manage

D. teenage

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6. rough

B. sum

C. utter

D. union

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7. noon

B. tool

C. blood

D. spoon

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II. Find the mistake:

8. Are you saying you would ever see her again?

A. Are

B. saying

C. would ever see

D. again

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9. Each of you have a share in the work.

A. Each of

B. have

C. a share

D. in

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10. He said that he was doing his homework since7 o’clock.

A. said

B. was doing

C. his

D. since

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III. Grammar and Vocabulary:

11. ……………, I’m sure he would have eaten it.

A. Had he been hungry

B. Unless he had been hungry

C. However he had been hungry

D. As if he had been hungry

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12. It was the first time that Mai flew to London. So she found the trip very ……………

A. excite

B. exciting

C. excited

D. excitement

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13. Is this the right place to catch the bus to the shopping center? Yes just be sure …………… the number fourteen.

A. to take

B. taking

C. take

D. takes

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14. While Mary …………… television last night, a man she …………… the previous day suddenly …………… on the screen.

A. was watching / has met / appeared

B. was watching / had met / had appeared

C. was watching / had met / appeared

D. were watching / had met / appeared

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15. All of us found the film very ……………

A. amuse

B. amusing

C. amused

D. amusable

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16. They took great …………… in the success of their son.

A. pride

B. proud

C. proudly

D. pridely

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17. It was a long time …………… I lived here.

A. that

B. ago that

C. since

D. ago

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18. Her …………… to learn maths is amazing.

A. possibility

B. ability

C. able

D. possible

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19. Electricity and gas supplies have been seriously …………… by the floods.

A. alerted

B. disrupted

C. destroyed

D. erupted

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20. The old fishing village is very ……………

A. picture

B. picturesquely

C. picturesque

D. picturedrome

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21. They will have finished the job …………… this time tomorrow.

A. till

B. by

C. until

D. as long as

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22. I want to become a space-ship pilot, so that I …………… able to travel faster than sound.

A. will been

B. would have been

C. would be

D. will be

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23. Please find a (an) …………… copy of the letter I received from the college.

A. included

B. contained

C. enclosed

D. covered

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24. She's alive! She …………… but that handsome young man dived and saved her, just in time.

A. is drowning

B. had been drowning

C. being drowning

D. was drowning

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25. There were six million visitors in all. That was the ……………

A. all

B. result

C. whole

D. total

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26. The light …………… out as they …………… their lesson.

A. went / studied

B. was going / were studying

C. went / were studying

D. was going / studied

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27. It is very ……………… of you.

A. familiar

B. considerate

C. popular

D. attractive

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28. Columbus gazed at the land that he …………… so far to seek.

A. had come

B. had been coming

C. has come

D. has been coming

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29. I tried …………… the bus, but I missed it.

A. catching

B. to catch

C. catch

D. catch up

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30. Women only began to gain …………… with men in the 20th century.

A. equalization

B. equal

C. equality

D. equally

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31. These figures show a …………… in the number of unemployed people in

England and Wales.

A. loss

B. lessening

C. reduction

D. lowering

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32. They went out into the streets. Fierce fighting …………… place all around them, but now all was quiet again.

A. was taken

B. had been taking

C. had taken

D. had been taken

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33. The Federal Reserve System, ……………. under President Wilson, plays a key role in regulating the U.S. economy.

A. the establishment in 1913

B. was established in 1913

C. established in 1913

D. in 1913 they established it

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34. Sally …………… nearly two thousand pounds until now.

A. has been saving

B. has saved

C. had saved

D. had been saving

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35. People demand higher wages because prices are ……………… all the time.

A. rising

B. progressing

C. growing

D. exceeding

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36. Hoa was extremely …………… about the history of China.

A. knowledge

B. knowledgeability

C. knowledgeable

D. knowledgeably

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37. He spent all his money through ……………

A. thrifty

B. shame

C. husbandry

D. extravagance

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38. My cousin was treated …………… by her stepmother.

A. cruel

B. cruelty

C. cruet

D. cruelly

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39. It’s time you …………… your way of living.

A. meditated

B. surrendered

C. reflected

D. amended

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40. Where is the …………… to this supermarket?

A. enter

B. entrance

C. entrant

D. entering

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41. My headache isn’t serious. It will wear off after an hour or so.

A. reduce

B. disappear gradually

C. permit to be alone

D. produce

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42. The number of students coming to school increased last year.

A. shot up

B. shot in

C. shot on

D. shot off

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43. Some people find it surprising ……………… his career as an actor in California.

A. when Ronald Reagan began

B. Ronald Reagan began

C. that Ronald Reagan began

D. to know Ronald R