Time allowed: 20 minutes

A. Vocabulary application

(i) Sentence completion: Fill in the blanks with the most suitable words from

Units 1, 2, 4. Each word can be used ONCE only. (5% 1@)

1. I can pick you up easily. You are as _________________ as a feather.

2. I know you are excited now, but don’t get _________________ away!

3. There is nothing in the pot, it is_________________ .

4. Elephants are not small, they are _________________ .

5. The movie is interesting, it gives me the _________________ .**

(ii) Cloze: Fill in the blanks with the most suitable idioms from the word bank

in the correct form. Each phrase can be used ONCE only. (5% 1@)

amuse throw up curious

join whisper comfort

1. Tim was sick, he __________________________ in the bus this morning.

2. ‘Why is he sick?’ Ann asked __________________________ .

3. Sophie feels sad, I __________________________ her.

4. Shh! We are in the library.’ Mum __________________________ .

5. I am listening to an __________________________ programme.

B. Grammar usage

(i) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given. (15% 1@)

When Francis Lee was a boy he _______________________ (want) to be an 

astronaut. He_______________________(watch) TV one day in 1969 when he 

_______________________ (see) Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. 

Every night when there is a full moon, he _______________________ (stare) up

at it for hours and _______________________ (imagine) himself walking around on

it. At the moment, he _______________________ (work) as a night-watchman at 

a meat factory. He has been doing the same job since he left school fifteen years ago,

but he still hopes that one day his dream _______________________ (come) true

one day. He _______________________ (hear) that in the 21st century they 

_______________________ (sell) tickets to fly to the moon. For this reason he has

been saving half of his wages every month for the past two years, so that he could

achieve his dream of _______________________** (go) to the moon in the future.

(ii) Complete the sentences with ‘too’ and the words in the boxes. (5% 1@)
sweet starving dark

crowded raw tiny

1. It is ______________________, I can’t see anything.

2. The meat is ______________________, we can’t eat it.

3. Mum put too much sugar, the cake is ______________________.

4. I am ______________________, I have to eat something.

5. Ants are ______________________, people hardly notice them.

C. Answer the questions

(i) Answer the questions in COMPLETE sentences with the words given. (6% 3@)

1. Why does Tim cry? (use ‘because’)

(break/arm)

2. Why does Amy go out? (use ‘because’)

(walk/dog)**