FIRST-SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Time : 60 minutes
PRONUNCIATION
Which of the following words has a different vowel sound?
a. spread b. bread c. break d. breath
Which of the following words contains the sound //?
a. mutual b. machine c. computer d. chemistry
Which of the following words has a different final sound?
a. glanced b. provided c. brushed d. looked
Which of the following words is stressed on the second syllable?`
a. represent b. constancy c. participate d. literacy
Which of the following words is stressed on the first syllable?
a. traditional b. longevity c. similarity d. literacy
LANGUAGE FOCUS
Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
I`ve got lots of ______ but only a few really good friends.
a. best friends b. neighbors c. acquaintances d. partners
The students in this class were made ______ very hard.
a. learn b. to learn c. learning d. having learnt
I prefer staying at work late ______ work home with me.
a. to take b. taking c. than take d. to taking
You are under no obligation to help as assistance is purely ______.
a. free b. voluntary c. charitable d. donated
Scientists ______ a carefully controlled experiment on the mystery virus.
a. turned over b. put up c. carried out d. set in
Let`s go ahead and do it now. Nothing ______ by waiting.
a. accomplishes b. accomplished
c. has accomplished d. will be accomplished
No one is a better cook than your mother, ______?
a. is she b. isn`t she c. are they d. aren`t they
`Did you enjoy the picnic?` `It was okay, but I`d rather ______ to a movie.
a. to go b. be going c. have gone d. went
I don`t remember ______ of the decision to change the company policy on vacation. When was it decided?
a. telling b. being told c. to tell d. to be told
I couldn`t find Jo at the party last night. If I ______ him, we`d have been happy.
a. .meet b. met c. have met d. had met
She said she ______ that film several years before.
a. had seen b. has seen c. saw d. would see
The secret of getting good marks is to keep ______ in the exam room.
a. calm b. calmly c. calming d. calmed
______ you change your mind, I won`t be able to help you.
a. If only b. Because c. Unless d. Provided
Big cities like New York and Tokyo are ______ populated.
a. greatly b. densely c. closely d. variously
______ in some developing countries may be the cause of poverty and hunger.
a. Modernization b. Literacy c. Pollution d. Overpopulation
______ Christmas Eve, people often have parties late at midnight.
a. On b. In c. At d. For
A lot of things ______ to the house before we can move in.
a. need be doing b. need to be done c. need being done d. need to do
Had he learned the lesson well, he ______ more confident now.
a. would feel b. would have felt c. will feel d. will have felt
When I met John, he ______ from his university already.
a. graduated b. was graduating c. has graduated d. had graduated
He got an excellent grade in his examination ______ the fact that he had not worked particularly hard.
a. on account of b. because of c. in spite of d. Although
Choose the underlined word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that needs correcting.
If you work hard, you would be successful in anything that you do.
A B (will be) C D
Special education is intended help both handicapped and gifted
(to help) A B
children to reach their learning potentials.
C D
Any passengers travel to Cambridge should sit in the first two
A B (traveling) C
carriages of the train.
D
Never in the history of humanity there have been more people living
A B (have there) C D
on this relatively small planet.
An increasing number of office works