END-OF-TERM TEST

I. PRONUNCIATION

A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.

1. A. skeptical B. sensible C. celebrate D. chemical

2. A. sure B. swell C. sleep D. skin

B. Choose the word that has a different stressed syllable from the rest.

3. A. historical B. identity C. minority D. architecture

4. A. hopefully B. formation C. medicine D. holiday

5. A. community B. competitive C. geography D. architecture

II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

A. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

6. Have you called mum yet?

Oh, I forgot! I __________ her now.

A. call B. am calling C. am going to call D. will call

7. The two men climbed over the wall and escaped on __________.

A. car B. foot C. rail D. train

8. On the island the people __________ different gods.

A. compete B. orbit C. worship D. conserve

9. She told her brother that she __________ some friends over for dinner.

A. invite B. invites C. is inviting D. invited

10. Until my father__________ to pick me up, I __________ here.

A. will come - will wait B. comes - will wait

B. C. comes - wait D. will come - wait

11. Many more rivers have been opened up to the general public for ___________.
 A. outdoor sports B. camping trip

C. beach holiday D. water sports

12. This morning he comes to class even __________ than yesterday.

A. more lately B. lately C. more late D. later

13. I’m really __________ seeing my family again this weekend, after days being away from
home.

A. taking up B. looking for

C. looking forward to D. pleased to

B. Give the correct forms of the words in brackets.

14. Jews and Roman Catholics belonged to religious _________. (MINOR)

15. We prefer walking and looking at scenery and wildlife to big-city __________ and shopping.
(SIGHTSEE)

16. Her eyes rested on a small __________ box at the back of the shop. (WOOD)

17. Their __________ fell apart when she found out about her husband's affair. (MARRY)

18. While the town might have seemed __________ to the judge, it appeared otherwise to many
residents. (PEACE)

C. Fill in the blank with suitable prepositions.

19. She held the umbrella __________ both of us.

20. When she came __________ me shouting, I retreated behind my desk.

21. Would you mind telling me what you were doing __________ the afternoon of Friday?

22. A gravel road leads through the jungle and __________ the Andes.

III. LISTENING

You are going to hear a conversation between Linh and Andrew. Listen and check whether
the statements are True (T) or False (F).

23. Andrew went on holiday with his parents.

24. Andrew saw pandas in Beijing.

25. Linh has never been to Beijing.

26. In Beijing, cheap hotels are quite hard to find.

27. The hotel Andrew stayed at offered free drinks and snacks.

IV. WRITING

A. Reorder the following words to make meaningful sentences.

28. is / wear / western / brides / It / white. / to / tradition / for / a

→ __________________________________________________________

29. summer / think / to / will / holiday. / We / go / France / our / we / for

→ __________________________________________________________

30. life / like / the / I / fast / city. / in / pace / of / the / don't

→ __________________________________________________________

31. will / good. / garden / have / the / in / We / the / if / the / party / weather / is

→ __________________________________________________________

32. house. / told / Her / her / to / son / his / leave

→ __________________________________________________________

B. Rewrite the sentences so that they have the same meaning.

33. My sister told me: “Your new haircut looks so bad.”

→ My sister told me that ___________________________________________

34. You can't get a job unless you have experience.

→_____________________ if ___________________________________

35. My little brother is the tallest one in our family.

→ Everyone in our family _____________________________________________

36. I’m trying to find one of my shoes. Someone hid it.

→ I’m trying to look ____________________________ Someone hid it.