TEXT 1

Read the text and choose the best answer!

Triathlon – A New Sport For The Middle Ages
More and more middle-aged men are trying to stay healthy
through triathlons. They are events that combine swimming, running and
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an “Ironman” can spend up to $20,000 a year, including training, fitness articles, wet suits, helmets and
other things. A bike alone can cost up to$10,000.
Many who have started the sport do so mainly because they want to keep fit and be able to look at
themselves in a mirror. Most of them just don’t want to sit around and wait till they get old. They want
to do something about it.

1. “They are events that…..” (Paragraph 1)

What does the underlined word refer to?
a. Cycling, running, swimming c. triathlons
b. Middle-aged men d. events

2. Why have runners left marathons?

a. It’s because of self-esteem.
b. It’s because of health matter.
c. It’s because marathon are less prestigious.
d. It’s because marathons are old-fashioned sport.
 14. What is the opposite meaning of the word Enjoy?
a. Love b. delight in c. dislike d. find something pleasing

15. What is the main topic of this personal profile?

a. Chloe is a lonely person who needs friends.
b. Chloe wants to have friends around the world.
c. Chloe is looking for email friends.
d. Chloe is showing off about her personality.

TEXT 4

Read the text then decide whether the statement is TRUE or FALSE.

CAN THERE BE A WORLD WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS?

Medical experts around the globe are worried that more and more viruses and bacteria are
becoming resistant to today’s medicine. They are afraid that in a few generations antibiotics may
become useless. Scientists have already discovered bacteria that do not react if treated with antibiotics.
As a result medical treatment will become more expensive as new drugs have to be developed.
Doctors and other health experts criticise the fact that antibiotics are being used in a wrong way.
They are often prescribed in cases in which they do not work. In some areas, especially Third World
countries and densely populated areas in India, Pakistan or Bangladesh doctors have already run out
of antibiotics.
Prescribing wrong antibiotics or taking them for too short a time will not kill off bacteria. Some doctors
prescribe antibiotics for the common flu, making it ineffective for later illnesses.
The World Health Organization claims that many infectious diseases are
becoming untreatable and cannot be controlled. Many patients who become resistant to drugs even die.
Another problem is that farmers in the United States and Europe are adding antibiotics to feed cattle and
other animals, in order to make them grow faster and produce more meat.
Through increased global travel bacteria are spreading faster than ever before.
Since Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in the early 20th century antibiotics have saved hundreds
of millions of lives.
Many operations cannot be carried out if we are unable to treat infections. The transplantation
of organs can become very risky if patients do not get medication to strengthen their immune system.
Routine operations like removing an appendix or replacing a bad hip could become fatal. Childbirth may
once again threaten a woman’s life and raise child mortality. Even illnesses like pneumonia, which today
can be treated effectively with antibiotics, might once again turn into a mass killer.
Antibiotics have made infections like tuberculosis treatable. Cancer treatment would be unthinkable
without the proper treatment of the immune system to accompany it.
Health experts call for increased action to fight off diseases. Most common is the call to improve hospital
hygiene, where infectious diseases start out. Especially in Third World countries, bacteria spread through
dirty water and the sewage system. Even making people aware of washing their hands more often can
stop the spread of infectious diseases.
16. Doctors and other health experts criticise the fact that antibiotics are
alreadyv being used in a correct way. ( TRUE / FALSE )

17. The World Health Organization claims that many infectious diseases are
becoming untreatable. ( TRUE / FALSE )

18. Through increased global travel bacteria are spreading faster than ever
before. ( TRUE / FALSE )

19. Since Penicillin is discovered by Alexander Fleming in the early 20th

century. It helped many people. ( TRUE / FALSE )

20. Washing hands more often still cannot stop the spread of infectious
diseases.
( TRUE / FALSE )

WRITING SECTION

21. My uncle is very….. and is good at all sports.

a. Practical b. imaginative c. athletic d. musical

22. JK. Rowling is very….. and writes really good Harry Potter stories.
a. Practical b. imaginative c. athletic d. musical

23. I am not a very ….. person. I don’t like making art and crafts.
a. Practical b. imaginative c. athletic d. musical

24. You better hurry up! She is …… to leave.

a. at b to c. for d. about

25. This book was written ….. the people who want to learn how to play a
guitar.
a. at b.to c. for d. about

26. I am heading ….. the entrance of the building.

 Complete this passage. Using Past Continuous.

Every day James Lullaby travels to London. Yesterday he (30)…..…..(drive) his car,
when he ………..(see) a dog in the middle of the road. The dog (31)………. (watch)
the car closely when it …………(appear). James (32)……….(stop) and ……….(get)
out of his car carefully. As he (33)……….(get) out, the dog ………. (run) away from
him. James (34)……….. (go) back to his car and ……………(open) the front door.
While he (35)………..(get) in the car, the dog ……….(approach) it again

30. a. drove, saw c. was driving, saw

b. drove, was seeing d. was driving, was seeing

31. a. watched, appeared c. was watching, appeared

b. watched, was appearing d. was watching, was appearing

32. a. stopped, got c. was stopping, got

b. stopped, was getting d. was stopping, was getting

33. a. got, ran c. was getting, ran

b. got, was running. d. was getting, was running

34. a. went, opened c. was going, opened

b. went, was opening d. was going, was opening

35. a. got, approached c. was getting, approached

b. got, was approaching d. was getting, was approaching

Read the conversation and complete the dialogue with the correct Question
Tags.

Mary: Hey John, how are you? I haven't seen you for ages!
John: I know. Time just flies, (36) _______________?
Mary: You've got a new job, (37) _______________?
John: Yes I have a new one, at last I have found what I have been expecting
for so long.
Mary: Good, now you feel very happy, (38) _________________?
John: Of course I do. I'd like you to come to know my new work place.
I'm sure you would love to come, (39) _________________?
Mary: Yeah, but surely you're not allowed to receive guests, (40) ______?
John: don't worry, my boss is a nice guy!
 36. a. doesn't it b. does it c. isn’t it d. is it

37. a. don’t you b. do you c. haven’t you d. have you

38. a. don’t you b. do you c. aren’t you d. are

you

39. a. wouldn’t you b. would you c. don’t you d. do

you

40. a. aren’t you b. are you c. don’t you d. do you

Complete the text with the correct passive voice in the simple present or past

simple.
How Towns Have Arisen
Most villages and towns on the British Isles came into being because of their favorable
situation for trade.
Rather more than a hundred years ago, a great change came over the land. Many
machines (41)…………..(invent) about that time. Spinning and weaving, for example,
which had previously been done by hand, (42)…………….(do)by machinery
that (43)……………(drive) by water or steam-power.
The work which usually was done in the houses of the people began to be carried on in
large mills or factories, and workers found it convenient to live near them.
More and more factories were built and men and women left the country districts in
great numbers and crowded into towns.
Since then the movement of people into towns has been going on until now.
England (44)……………… (dot)with great cities.
All over Britain, and especially in those parts were the coal needed for power is to be
found, there are mining and manufacturing areas, such as the Lancashire cotton district,
the Black county of Midland, and others. A great many towns (45)…………..(find)close
together in those districts, and a great many people live within a small area, so that the
population is very dense.

41. The correct answer is _____

a. Is invented b. are invented c. was invented d. were invented

42. The correct answer is _____

45. The correct answer is _____

a. Is found b. are found c. was found d. were

found

46. How many newspapers …… (print) in Britain every day?

a. Is printed b. are printed c. was printed d. were printed

47. Who ……… (this play / write) by?

a. Is this play written c. was this play written
b. Are this play written d. were this play written

48. German ………… (speak) in Germany, Austria, and part of Switzerland.

a. Is spoken c. was spoken
b. Are spoken d. were spoken

49. The royal wedding ……….. (watch) by millions of people in 2011.

a. Is watched c. was watched
b. Are watched d. were watched

50. Nowadays, a lot of computers ……….(make) in Korea.

a. Is made c. was made
b. Are made d. were made

ESSAY

51. Change these sentences into the passive form (Present Simple or Past

Simple)

a. A thief stole my car.

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b. They didn't make their beds.

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c. Many people read this writer's articles.

_____________________________________________________________
53. Write one PAST CONTINUOUS sentence based on this picture. (WHEN)

54. Write one PAST CONTINUOUS sentence based on this picture. (WHILE)

55. Write sentences about your experiences by using the words provided.

a. COULD

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b. COULDN’T

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c. DIDN’T HAVE TO

____________________________________________________________________

d. HAD TO

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