GRADE 10 GIFTED STUDENTS

(08-09) I PHONETICS Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others. 1. A. managerial B. adolescent C. antibiotic D. controversial 2. A. inhocent B. preferable C. immigrant D. psychiatry 3. A. encyclopedia B. panorama C. obligatory D. disappear 4. A. employee B. disadvantageous C. sympathetic D. cortrespondence 5. A. cement B. conincidence C. sanitary D. eternal II VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR A - Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. 1. The concert was given the auspices of the Y.M.C.A. A. on B. with C. Through D. under 2. I ler mother's illness cast a cloud her wedding day A. over B. for C. in D. on 3. She did six hourss studying a day for her exam A. solid B. heavy C. strong D. big 4. The weather was fine and everyone was the coast A. going in for B. making for C. joining in D. seeing about 5. There isn't any sugar. I'm afraid. You'll have to A. run out B. put up with C. do without D. make for 6. I was passing their house, so I Claire and Michael A. dropped in B. came up with C. got on with D. run into 7. I don't really winter sports very much A. deal with B. face up to C. go in for D. get round to 8. The attorney told his client that A. they had little chance of winning the case B. the case was of a small chance to win C. it was nearly impossible to win him the case D. the case had a minimum chance to he won by him 9. One of the professor's greatest attributes is A. when he gives lectures B. how in the manner that he lectures C. the way to give lectures D. his ability to lecture 10. better wages and working conditions A. What's interesting the workers most is B. What's interested the workers most is C. What interest the workers most is D. What interests the workers most is

B - Fill in the blanks with a/ an/ the / People from cultures find some of (1) different customs of the United States difficult to get used to. (2) Japanese students frequently say that the Americans are much more physical than they would like. They feel uncomfortable when they get (3) amiable hug or even just a pat on the hack. English visitors complain about the excessive friendliness of the Americans. They recount tales of (4) parking lot attendants or (5) gas station clerk striking up a conversation with them about (6) long lost ancestors from (7) 'motherland'. However. (8) friendliness and physical affection are part of (9) American profile, even if they are hard for some to adjust to. Being aware of (10) differences such as these can only help us all to get along better. C - Use the words in the box to the right of the text to form a word that fits in the same numbered space in the text. DIEPPE A FRENCH TOWN NOT TO MISS Dieppe's 1 to Paris makes this much-loved seaside resort an attraction for weekend holiday breaks in winter and summer alike. The 2 new marina enables sea-goers to make a stopover in the heart of the town, which is right next to the fishing harbor. Within easy reach of Paris, it has been designated as a town of art and history. The 3 white-brick buildings remind one that Dieppe was entirely 4 after the great fire in 1649. The restoration of the town centre, 5 respecting the original architecture, lends a special charm. The castle museum. 6 the town, seemingly watches over its people. Its views across the valley are particularly. Dieppe has an intense cultural life and is the birthplace of 'Coast to Coast', a Franco-British meeting of choreographers and dancers. "I can recommend without 8 a visit to this wonderful town!" 1. CLOSE ..................................2. SPECTACLE .................................. 3. CHARACTER ..................................4. BUILD .................................. 5. STYLISTIC ..................................6. DOMINATE .................................. 7. IMPRESS ..................................8. HESITATE .................................. III. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION Write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original one using the words in CAPITAL LETTERS and the given beginning 1. I didn't want a serious conversation. MOOD I wasn't . 2. I have a friendly relationship with everyone at work. TERMS I'm . 3.Why don't you rest a little now? BREAK

Why ... 4. Please don't play your music so loudly? PLAYING Would 5. The accident victim was having increasing difficulty in breathing. DIFFICULT The accident victim 6. Smoking damages your health. GOOD Smoking does . 7. There isn't much that Peter doesn't know about modern art. GAPS There . IV. SENTENCE CORRECTION In most lines of this text there is one extra word. Find 10 extra words.
Our reporter, Sarah Hardie, goes to Otley Hall to experience a spooky weekend.

1. There have been signs of paranormal activity at Otley Hall at various times 2. over the last 200 years time. If tales of headless huntsmen and wailing nuns 3. don't spook you out, get this for a ghostly tale: a young Victorian man in 4. a silver gown emerges himself from the garden, walks through the front door, 5. whether or not will it happens to be open, and walks upstairs with a lantern, 6. before vanishing in the library. If local folklore it is to be believed, he does 7. this without fail at midnight on 6 September every year, this being the date 8. of the untimely death of one George Carpenter, the gardener of the hall, 9. who met his doom in the library, had burned by his own lantern. Otley Hall 10. Stands 3 miles north of the town of Rugby, England and that is reputedly the 11. most haunted house in England, a claim which few who have never visited it 12. would dispute. Even the approach to the Hall is not much a journey to be 13. undertaken by faint-hearted; at one point an executioner emerges 14. from the trees, was brandishing an axe. although it must be said that this 15. practice ceases after September. when the Hall is closed to visitors. 16. My own visit revealed nothing more mysterious than such gimmicks, 17. laid on for an ever-gullible flow of tourists, cameras at their sides, 18. eager to snap their buttons at the first sign of anything even remotely 19. unexplainable. But it was all having great fun, and the ghostly maze on 20. the final day was terrific, even if I did never get to see George Carpenter. V. READING COMPREHENSION A - Read the following reading passage and choose the correct answers Fog is a cloud in contact with or just above the surface of land or sea. It can he a major environmental hazard. Fog on highways can cause chainreaction accidents involving dozens of cars. Delays and shutdowns at airports can cause economic losses to airlines and inconveniences to thousands of

travelers carrying vast quantities of oil, increases the possibility of catastrophic oil spills. The most common type of fog, radiation fog, forms at night, when moist air near the ground loses warmth through radiation on a clear night. This type of fog often occurs in valleys, such as California's San Joaquin Valley. Another common type, advection fog, results from the movement of warm, wet air over cold ground. The air loses temperature to the ground and condensation sets in. This type of fog often occurs along the California coast and the shores of the Great Lake. Advection fog also forms when air associated with a warm ocean current blows across the surface of a cold current. The thick fogs of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada, are largely of this origin, because here the Labrador Current comes in contact with the warm Gulf Stream. Two other types of fog are somewhat more unusual. Frontal fog occurs when two fronts of different temperatures meet, and rain from the warm front falls into the colder one, saturating the air. Steam fog appears when cold air picks up moisture by moving other warmer water. 1. The first paragraph focuses on which aspect of fog? A. Its dangers. B. Its composition. C. Its beauty. D. Its causes. 2. The word catastrophic is closest in meaning to A. accidental B. inevitable C. unexpected D. disastrous 3. According to the article, fog that occurs along the California coast is generally A. radiation fog B. advection fog C. frontal fog D. steam fog 4. It can be inferred from the passage that the Labrador Current is A. cold B. weak C. polluted D. warm 5. The author organizes the discussion of the different types of fog according to A. their geographic locations B. their relative density C. the types of problems they cause D. their relative frequency 6. The author of the passage is probably an expert in the field of A. physics B. economics C. transportation D. meteorology 7. According to the article, fog that forms through radiation process of moist air is generally A. radiation fog B. advection fog C. frontal fog D. steam fog 8. Which is not true of the frontal fog? A. It is quite common. B. It forms when two fronts of different temperatures meet. C. The air is soaked. D. The warm front has rain falling into the colder front.

9. Which of the following is not caused by fog? A. Tankers' crash. B. Pile-up accidents C. Shutdowns at airports. D. Temperature losses. 10. Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada, is mainly affected by A. radiation fog B. advection fog C. frontal fog D. steam fog B - Read the text and decide which answer best fits each space Ours is a vanishing world, one in which the familiar is constantly disappearing and technological change is often difficult to cope with. So it should come 1 no surprise to most of us to hear that yet another part of everyday life is about to go for ever. Apparently, within the next decade, money as we 2 it will probably 3 to exist in technologically advanced countries. 4 Professor Gerry Montague of the Institute for Economic Reform, the familiar coins and banknotes will soon be replaced entirely by credit cards of various kinds. And the shop of the future will be linked directly to the network of banking computers. The assistant will simply key in your bank account code number and the amount you have spent, and thank you politely. You won't have to dig 5 in your pocket for change. You may not even have a number for your account as such, as the computer may by then he able to read your handprint. So no more instances of credit card 6 . But I'm afraid that I shall miss money. I have felt 7 attached to it, ever since I received my first pocket 8 when I was five, and kept it in a money-box. Even if my credit card of the future will be able to tell me exactly how much spending 9 I have left in the computer files, even if it lights up and plays a happy (or sad) tune at the same time, nothing will be able to replace the 10 pleasure I gained from rattling the coins in my money-box. 1. A. with B. as C. to D. in 2. A. have B. see C. know D. believe 3. A. cease B. stop C. fail D. conclude 4. A. With reference to B. Further to C. According to D. Owing to 5. A. far B. long C. tall D. deep 6. A. deceit B. trickery C. pretence D. fraud 7. A. heavily B. strongly C. widely D. largely 8. A. cash B. coins C. money D. gold 9. A. capacity B. potential C. capability D. power 10. A. sheer B. complete C. entire D. downright VI. WRITING It is often claimed that watching TV does more harm than good. Do you agree with this opinion? Why? or Why not? Write a paragraph to express your ideas.

(No more than 150 words)

ANSWER KEY I PHONETICS (5p) 1C 2D 3A 4B 5C II VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (28p) A - Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (10p) 1D 2A 3A 4B 5C 6A 7C 8A 9D 10 D B - Fill in the blanks with a/ an/ the / - (10p) 1. the 2. -3. an 4. -5. a 6. -7. the 8. -9. the 10. -C. Use the words in the box to the right of the text to form a word that fits in the same numbered space in the text. (8p) 1. CLOSENESS 2. SPECTACULAR 3. CHARACTERISTIC/ CHARACTERFUL 4. REBUILT 5. STYLISTICALLY 6. DOMINATING 7. IMPRESSIVE 8. HESITATING/ HESITATION III. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (7p) 1. I wasn't in the mood of having a serious conversation. OR I wasn't in the mood for a serious conversation. 2. I'm on good terms with everyone at work. 3.Why don't you take a break now? 4.Would you mind not playing your music so loudly? 5. The accident victim was finding it increasingly difficult to breathe. 6. Smoking does your health no good. OR Smoking does no good to your health. 7. There are few gaps in Peter's knowledge of modern art. IV. SENTENCE CORRECTION (10p) 2. time 4. himself 5. will 6. it 9. had 10. that 11. never 12. much 14. was 19. having V. READING COMPREHENSION (20p) A - Read the following reading passage and choose the correct answers (10p) 1. A 4. A 7. A 2. D 5. D 8. A 3. B 6. D 9. D 10. B B Read the text and decide which answer best fits each space (10p) 1. B 4. C 7. B 2. C 5. D 8. C 3. A 6. D 9. D 10. A

VII. WRITING (lop) 1. Content (points covered) advantages (disadvantages) of watching TV\ 2. Organisation and cohesion paragraph format (topic sentence, supporting ideas, examples and conclusion) reasonably similar space given to each advantage / disadvantage 3. Use of English language of personal opinion (agreement / disagreement) vocabulary to do with aspects of mass media 4. Grammar and spelling correct use of grammar and spelling

Total score: 80