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I. Use of English Section

What is the opposite of these adjectives? b. crowded Example: noisy a. quiet 1..beautiful 2.long 3. crowded 4. wrong s. ill a. ugly a. short a. fuIl a. incorect a. right b. handsome b. tall b. empry b. ill b. wrong c. empty c. athacve c. fat c. dangerous c. right c. happy d. dangerous d. gorgeous d. straight d. safe d. short d. well

with the correctword or phrase (a-d). Complete the foowing sentencs Example:I school when I was five vears o1d. d. am starting b. started c. finished a. start 6. I can a. spoke 7. He was bom a. on another ianguage. b. taiking ftt June 1998. b. at c. talk c. for than Homer Simpson. c. intelligentest d. speak d. in d. more intelligent d. is d. can d. more happy d. goes d.listened d. did d. funnier d. watches d. was d. writes

8. AlbertEinsteinwas b. intelligenter a. intelligent 9.Il/hat

a. are

your phone nurrrber? b. be c. does a tourist do in Ecuador? c. do b. have today. b.happyer to the cinema. b. went b. heard c.go to the radio. c. hearing c.happies

10. What a. tvas The studentsare 1"1.

a.happy L2.Shelikes a. going

13.Lastnightl a. am listening 14. She often a. does

tennis with her friend. b.pluy c. plays than Ben Stiler.

15.I thinklim Carrey is

a. funny

b. more fururv

c. funnyer TV.
c. watch c. did

16. On Saturdays she usually b. saw a. see 17.\Mat a. do 18.I don't a. reading you do last nieht?
b. does

books. Ifs boring. b. writing c. read

l9.Shecelebratesherbirthdav Mav. a. on '.:. c. of b. to 20. Erere- '. , two armchairs in the living rooL ',1 a. is b. are c. be
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d. in d. being d. woken up d. was d. uses d. is d. on d. best d. more cheap d. does d. wrote d. is got d. in d. in

in the moming? 21. I{/hat tine does he a. wa&esup b. wake up c. woke up 22.
a. do 23. Today he

you having a party on Saturday night? b. are c. is a t-shirt and trousers. b. is wearing c. wears he going? b. does DVDs b. to b. gooder c. are c. of than rap. c.better c. cheapest you got? c. do

a. isusing 24. Where

a. do

25. She'sgotalot a. in 26. Rock music is a. good 27. Busesare a. cheap

than taxis. b. cheaper

28.How many brothers and sisters a. has b. have

n.r
a. arn*iting 30. She a. is

a reportfor my bossatthe moment b. write c. writing a beautiful cat. b. has got c. have got c. for bus c. for

31. I like to stay _home. a.by b. at 32. Rosadoesn't like traveling a. with b. bv 33. The GalapagosIslands are a. hot b. hoter 34. Where a. was 35.-you
a. clll

than Baosv Ambato. d. mre hot c. hotter c. do c. would c.longest c. do ' d. are d. do d. more long d. were

you bom? b. were like to order now? b. have

36.Theyweni fsr a walk. a.long b. mostlong

37.Where
a.ls

hefrom? b. are

Which word is different? Example:a. rap 38. a. milk 39. a. doctor 40. a. bicycle 41. a. unde 42. a. Portugal

b. jazz b. cheese b. teadrer b. scooter b. aunt b. British

c. opera . c. souP c.lawyer c. motorbike c. daughter c. German

d. thrillers d. eggs d. housewife d. boat d. sister d. Mexican

Are these sentencescorrect (a) or incorrect (b)? Example:He sayedthathe was tired. 43. I love play basketball. 44. How much chairs are there in the lirirg room? 45.She'sfifteen years old. 46. I haverlt any cats or dogs. 47. There isnlt some cheese. 48. He practisessport every day. 49.1'dlike a cheese burger and chip, please. 50. Whosebag is this?

a. correct a. correct a. correct a. corect a. correct a. correct a, correct a. correct a. correct

b. incorrect b. incorrect b. incorrect. b. incorrect b. incorrect b. incorrect b. incorrect b. incorrect b. incorrect

II. Reading Section

Read the restaurant reviews. Richard's Place Whenwe enteredthe restaurantwe were surprised the lovelvinteriordesignof it. 5o strlish, modern! so by Thisis one of the most popularrestaurants town and it'sveryeasyto seewhy.Thequalityof the food was n good and we all had very tastymeals. starters extremely the The werewonderful.However, staffwere unfriendly and very slow.Theywere alsodisorganizedthey gaveusthe wrong food and forgot to bring the wine.Sothe food wasgreatand excellent valuefor moneybut it was ruinedby very very poor service! The Orchard The I had a very nice mealat the Orchardrestaurant. food waslovelv- reallydelicious The and full of flavour. - the applepie wasfar too sweetand it wascold too. We choseto eat wasthe dessert only disappointment in the gardenwhich wasfull of beautifulflowersand very relaxing. service The wasquite good but aswe were in the gardenit wasmore difficultto find a waiterwhen we wantedto ordersomethng. Apartfrom valuefor money! that it wasan enjoyable evening. for the price- what a bargain, As excellent The Riverside It was lovelysittingoutsideand lookingoverthe river.Therewere lots of little la_nterns fairylights and everywhere it all lookedvery pretty.Thefood wasgood,nothingvery special quite tasty.Wewent and but lastyearand I sawthat the menuwasthe same. had a steakfor my main course which wasa little I overcooked the dessert but was delicious. service The wasOK we didn't haveto wattoo long for our food placebut with the view I think ifs quite but the waiterneverlookedvery happy!lt's quite an expensive good valuefor money.
'MacmiltanPublishers 2007 Taken in Ltd from the Skillssection www.onestopenglish.com

Are the statements true (a) or false (b)? Example: The food wasr/tvery good at any of the restaurants. 51. The writer sat inside all three restauranb. 52. Richard'sPlnceis quite old. 53. The waiters were OK at Richard'sPlace. 54. The dessertatThe Orchnrdwasnice. 55. It wasn't difficult to get a waiter at TheOrclard 56. The writer liked the view at TheRiaersiile. 57. This isn t the fust time the writer has been to TheRiaerside. Choosethe best meaning (a-d) for the words. 58. lovely (paragraphs one, two and three) a. pretty b. nice 59. ruin (paragraph two) a. make something better b. make someonehappy c. friendly

a. True a. True a. True a. True a. True a. True a. True a. True

b. False b. False b. False b. False b. False b. False b. False b. False

d. beautifuI
d. make something bad d kind of menu

c. have a good time e. a kind of light d.

60. lansm-(paragraph three) a. a kind of cake b. a kind of song

Read the newspaper article. Thursday March24, (Reufers) DeanKarnazes 42is years-old livesin SanFrancisco. and He lovesrunning- he oftenrunsall night.He runs70 to 120milesa week' and He takes creditcardandhis cell phone runs. his pizza.He tellsthepizza He phones orders and company manwhereto meethim andhe bringsa hot pizza'

He has foodscompany. runsin r0 Karnazes a natural ask races over 100mileseachyear.People him why He putshis two children bedon a Fridaynight,and to "Justlook at him: He'sso runs70 milesto a hot spring.He meets Ariily at the heruns'His wife, Juliesays, his happy'" hot springin the morning.
@ Aticle @2005 Reuters Limited. Lesson 2005 wrvrv.english-to-go.com

Choosethe best answers (a-d) to the questions. 61. What is the best tle for the article? a. SpecialPizza Delivery c. Man Goes to Hot Springs job? 62.rNhatis DeanKamazes's a. a nulner b. he delivercpizzas

I b. I'm Huppy Because Run d. Natural Foods Make You Healthy c. a salesman d. he owns a compariy d. at a hotel d.10 miies

63. Where does he usually sleep on Friday nights? c. he doesn't sleep a. at ahot spring b. at home 64. He enterscompetions.How long are the races? a.120miles b.100 miles c, 70 miles Read the newspaper article.

LosesAgain Racehorse
TOKYO Tue Mar 23 Eeuters) - A Japanese racehorse, "I don'treally know why she'ssopopular,"her trainer, saidin an interview. who is famous lost Dai Muneishi the because haslostsomanyraces, she "But I guess raceon Monday. is another biggestreason that the sightof her runningwith all her havinglostmorethan 100timesgives heart despite comfortto people's heattso" said. he Haru-urara her 106th lost raceat theKochi Racecourse, peoplecame watchthe southwest Tokyo.13,000 of to race.Theywanted seeif Japan's Haru-urara strin a movielaterthisyear.Whenshe will to mostrespected jockey, YutakaTake,could help her win a race. retires,shewill live on a farm in northernJapan. There were11horses therace.Haru-urara in came10th. Words: very rvho something somebody much or fan- aperson likes her w^ith heart- tr'ving hard very to "All thefans seem be goinghomehappy,"saida totfo - something makes feelbetter that vou reporterfor Asahi rv. ,,Theyrr"l tiruitTir h"l. to lose."
Article @2004 ReutersLimited. Lesson@2004 wwr'.enslsh-to-so,com

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Choosethe best ansrvers(a-d) to the questions. 65. How many raceshas Haru-urara run? a.0 b.10 c.100 66.How a.0 raceshas she won? b.10 c .L 0 0

d.106 d.106 b. ride Haru-urara in the race d. help Haru-urara win the race b. becausethey like watching a horse try hard, even though she is not very good d. becauseHaru-uraa is a movie star

67. What did Yutaka Take do? a. watch Haru-urara run the race c. train Haru-urara for the race 68.\Atrhy people like to go and seeHaru-urara? do a. becausethey are fans of Yutaka Take c. because was Haru-urara's 100trrace it

69. What is Haru-urara's next project? a. another race b. retirement on a farm

c. a filn

d. a jockey

Read the email and choosethe best words to fill in the gaps.
Dear Claire, How are you? f'm (Example)

having a really exciting week here a t u n i v e r s i t y . tast Saturday (71) to a concert (72) f met a really nice quy called Brian. (73)_'s studying economics and he, s (i4) _ intelligent. r,ast night, r^eate (75) together at my favourite restaurant and he invited me to go to the cinema next (16) I real1y l i k e ( 7 7) I have exams next month so f'm the exams, f'd like (79) moment Anyway, m1r phone soon, Lucy" (80) (78) visit r e a l l y h a r d at the moment. After my grandmother. S h e ' s i I I at the ft's probably Brian! f'11 write to you.

r (70)

ringingl

Example: a.bad 70.a. go 71.. see a. 72.a.but 73.a. She 74. a. too 75.a. olu;t 76.a.Ma17 77.a.het 78. a. studying 79. a. rea17y 80.a. was

b. old b. is b. saw b. and b. FIis b. really b. off b. shops b. his b. going b. much

c. fine c. am c.go c. in c. Her c. happy c. of c. Friday c. he c. saving c.go c. is

d. attractive d. have d. went d. who d. He d. being d.op d. free d. him d. having d. to d. have

b.very

III. Listening Section

Listen to a commercial for Dave's Discount Store.Choosethe corect prices. Example The leather pants are ... 81.The wool pants are ... 82.A silk shirt is ... 83.Acottonshirtis... 84.A laptop computer is ... 85.A desktopcomputeris ... 86.The salelasts... a. $19 a. $50 a. $40 a. $80 a. $2050 a. $1030 a. one day b. $9g b. $15 b. $14 b. $18 b. $2015 b. $1013 b. sevendays

Source: Interchange Third Edion Student's Book 1/]ack C. Richards / CVP/ 2ffi5 / page'2l

Listen to Joyceand Nicholas talk about their hometowns. Choosethe best answers (a, b or c). One 87.Joycethinks her hometown isn't ... a. small 88.Therearerftany... a. mountains 89.The woman thinks that the town is ... a. horrible Two 90.Nicholas thinks his town is ... a. quite small 91.Foodis ... a. cheap 92.Thereare many... a. parks and malls

b. interesting b. rivers b. really nice

c. boring c. discos c. ugly

b. very fun b; delicious b. rivers and trees

c. pretty c. expensive c. parks and trees

Souce: lnterchange Third Edion Studenfs Book 1/]ack C. Richards / CUP / 2mS / page 7a

Listen to a telephone conversation. A man wants to rent a flat. Are the sentencestrue (a) or false (b)? 93. The flat is in Park Street. 94.The flat has got a TV. 95.There are two big bedrooms. 96.The manisnitmarried. 97.There'sa shower, but there isn t a bath. 98.Near the flat, there are some shops. 99.It costs 8700a month. 100.The man thinks the flat is very cheap and is sure that he wants to rent it. a. True a. True a. True a. True a. True a. True a. True a. True b. False b. False b. False b. False b. False b. False b. False b. False