Date ___/___/___

Name : ________________ Class ___/___ No. ____

Choose the most appropriate answer to complete each of the following conversations.
George: David and I are going out for lunch, and then see a movie ___(1)___
Deborah: I’d love to, but I need to finish my assignment this afternoon.
George: ___(2)___. Anyways, I wish you luck with your assignment and hope you can join us
next time.

1. a. Would you mind having lunch alone? b. Would you like to come with us?
c. Would you please prepare lunch for us? d. Would you mind if I ask you to leave.
2. a. What a pity! b. Never mind
c. How unlucky you are! d. That’s too bad

Henry: Excuse me, ___(3)___

Francis: Sure, what can I do for you?
Henry: I think we’re completely lost.
Francis: ___(4)___
Henry: Actually, we thought we’d drop into the national museum and then get to the duty
free shop to buy some souvenirs. But we couldn’t find any sign of it.

3. a. May I help you? b. How can you help me?

c. Could you spare a few minutes? d. Would you mind asking some questions?
4. a. Where are you heading to? b. Where is your direction?
c. Where is your itinerary? d. Where are you trying to get to?

Choose the best answer for each question.

5. A: ______________________.
B: Well, doctor. I’ve got a temperature and a sore throat.
a. I hope you get well soon. b. What do you think I should do?
c. What seems to be the trouble? d. What’s your authority?
6. A: ______________________.
B: Why not rest for a while?
a. Would you please stop that noise? b. Shall we have a rest?
c. Let’s not disturb him. d. I’m tired, but let’s go.
7. A: _______________________.
B: I’m afraid he’s not in. Can I take a message?
a. May I speak to the manager, please? b. Can you tell the manager that I called?
c. Thank you very much. d. What are you afraid of?
8. A: _______________________.
B: Thanks anyway, but won’t be necessary.
a. Let me see your new car. b. You can rest if you feel tired.
c. I do appreciate your help. d. She never complains about anything.
9. A: Tomorrow is my girlfriend’s birthday?
B: _______________________.
a. Congratulations! b. Does it?
c. Never mind her. d. Have you bought her a present?
Choose the word that is close in meaning to the underlined word in each item.
10. Schools should adopt new methods of teaching foreign languages.
a. examine b. accept c. compile d. improve
11. They have modern notions about raising children.
a. plans/pulling up b. opinions/bringing up
c. rules/looking up d. standards/walking up
12. The roof collapsed as a result of the fire.
a. shook b. burned c. damaged d. fell in
13. He introduced a novel technique.
a. useful b. difficult c. new d. easy

Read the following and choose the best answer for each question.

Can animals talk? Of course it often looks as if they can. Parrots and other birds
can be taught to make sounds just like human speech. However, this is not really talking,
because the word “talking” suggests that something – feeling, thoughts or information –
is being expressed, but a parrot can only repeat the sounds it has heard without
5 understanding their meaning
On the other hand, many animals and birds make noises that are like a sort of
language. For example, they are used as signals to warn each other of danger or to show
that food has been found. Such signals are a sort of language but only at a very low level.
They are rather like the noises that human beings make when they laugh or feel
10 frightened; they are not controlled and they do not express thoughts or give information
as human beings usually do when they talk to each other.
The fact is that even the most intelligent animals are able to exchange little or no
information when they “talk”. They may be able to warn their friends of danger but they
cannot say much about what and where the danger is. It is true that there are a few
15 animals that are able to use different sorts of language in special ways. For instance, bees
can tell other bees where food can be found by doing a dance, which can show the
direction, distance and even the amount of the food supply, according to the pattern and
speed of the movements in the dance.
This is a wonderful example of animal communication. But it can give only one
20 kind of information, in one fixed way; it cannot be compared with human language. So it
seems that, in spite of all those wonderful stories about talking animals, man is really the
only animal with a true language ability. In fact, the more men study human languages,
the more surprised they become that so many sorts of feelings, thoughts and information
can be expressed by all human beings, using so few sounds and grammatical rules. It is
man’s use of language that more than anything else raises him above the other animals

14. According to the writer, parrots cannot really talk because they _____________.
a. cannot make sounds exactly like human beings
b. do not understand the sounds that they make
c. express feelings, thoughts and information
d. suggest something when they talk
15. “They” in line 9 refers to _______________.animals
a. animals and birds b. languages
c. very low levels d. noises used as signals
16. The most wonderful example of animal communication mentioned in the passage is
____________________.
a. animals warning their friends of danger
b. the noises of human beings when they laugh
c. the way bees can give information by means of a dance
d. parrots speaking
17. “...with a true language ability” (line 22) means ______________.
a. able to express all sorts of feelings, thoughts and information
b. that is a true story
c. able to tell the truth
d. that is able to make sounds exactly like those made by human beings
18. What surprises men who study human languages?
a. There are so many of them.
b. They are so difficult.
c. Human beings use them so little.
d. They can say so much by using such simple means.
19. Which is true, according to this passage?
a. Animals never communicate.
b. No animals can exchange information.
c. No animals can use language in all the ways to human language.
d. Bees have a language that is similar in many ways to human language.
20. Which of the following is an example of a language “at a very low level” (line 8)”?
a. Human language
b. Animal danger signals
c. Wonderful stories about talking animals
d. The expression of thoughts and feelings