Question 2: A. note B. gloves

C. some D. other

Question 3: A.disease B.humor

C.cancer D. cattle

Question 4: A. contrary B. graduate

C. document D. attendance

Question 5: He often walks to school, ______ ?

A. won’t he B. didn’t he

C. hasn’t he D. doesn’t he

Question 6: Five million pounds ______ to her relatives last month.

A. leave B. was leaving

C. was left D. left

Question 7: : I’m sorry but I assure you that I had no intention ____________ offending you.

A. in B. of

C. to D. for

Question 8: ______ you study for these exams, the better you will do.

A. The hardest B. The harder

C. The more hard D. Harder

Question 9: I was attracted by her ______ eyes.

A. nice big blue B. nice blue big

C. blue nice big D. big nice blue

Question 10: My hometown has changed a lot since I last ______ it.

A. had visited B. visited

C. will visit D. visit

Question 11: Mary passed the GCSE exam with flying color _______ of working very hard.

A. despite B. though

C. because D. inspite

Question 12: We’ll send you an email of confirmation ______

A. after we had made our final decision

B. Before we made our final decision

C. while we were making our final decision

D. as soon as we have made our final decision

Question 13: _______ the book, she gave it to me.

A. Having read В. Read

C. Reads D. Reading

Question 14: Children who are isolated and lonely seem to have poor language and ________.

A. communicate B.communicative

C. communication D. communicator

Question 15: That color doesn’t really______ your new dress.

A. get on B. keep with

C. stand for D. go with

Question 16: ‘Please, will you just tidy your room, and stop _____ excuses!’

A. having B. making

C. doing D. taking

Question 17: Steve often asks a lot of questions before expressing his ______.

A. sentences B. content

C. words D. viewpoint

Question 18: While the proctors were delivering the test paper, the ______felt very nervous.

A.examinees B. test

C. applicants D. interviewees

Question 19: Despite our careful planning, the whole surprise party was a ______ of accidents.

A. volume B. chapter

C. page D. verse

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 20: When you are in a restaurant, you can raise your hand slightly to show that you need assistance.

A. bill B. menu

C. help D. food

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 21: I’ll take the new job whose salary is fantastic.

A. reasonable B. acceptable

C. pretty high D. wonderful

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 22: Everyone was secretly rehearsing a surprise performance for Alex's proposal, but annoyingly Jim let the cat out of the bag at the last minute.

A. abandoned the plan

B. concealed the plan

C. revised the plan

D. disclosed the plan

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 23: These days, many people only read printed newspapers once in a while as they tend to access information online.

A. regularly B. attentively C. occasionally D. selectively

Question 24: Tim and Mary are talking about Mary’s new hair style.

Tim: “What an attractive hair style you have got, Mary!” _ Mary: “___________.”

A. Thank you very much. I am afraid

B. You are telling a lie

C. Thank you for your compliment

D. I don't like your sayings

Question 25: Sarah and Kathy are talking about bad habits of children.

Sarah: “Children under ten shouldn’t stay up late to play computer games”

Kathy: “___________”

A. You are absolutely right.

B. Surely, they shouldn’t.

C. Yes, I share your opinion.

D. I don’t quite agree with you.

Question 43: The number of people who survived the

A B

Titanic shipwreck in 1912 is quite small.

C D

Question 44: It always takes parents a lot of time and

A B

patience to bring up his children.

C D

Question 45: The students were extremely surprising

A B

when the teacher asked them to close their books.

C D

Question 46: Peter last saw his grandmother 10 years ago.

A. Peter didn’t see his grandmother 5 years ago

B. Peter hasn’t visited his grandmother for 5 years.

C. Peter has visited his grandmother for 5 years.

D. Peter was at his grandmother’s house for 5 years

Question 47: “I'm going to visit my grandparents tomorrow”, he said.

A. He said that he was going to visit his grandparents the following day.

B. He said that I was going visit my grandparents tomorrow.

C. He said that he was going to visit his grandparents tomorrow.

D. He said that I am going to my grandparents the following day.

Question 48: It is compulsory for all the students to hand in their assignments on time.

A. All the students must hand in their assignments on time.

B. All the students can't hand in their assignments on time.

C. All the students may hand in their assignments on time.

D. All the students needn't hand in their assignments on time

Question 49:I couldn’t come to your party last night. You didn’t give me a chance to tell you the reason.

A. If only you gave me a chance and I could come to your party.

B. I hope you had given me a chance to come to your party.

C. I wish you had given me a chance to explain the reason for not coming to your party .

D. I want you to give me a chance to come to your party.

Question 50: They left the concert hall. The fire alarm went off right afterwards.

A. They left the concert hall just as the fire alarm went off.

B. The fire alarm had gone off before they left the concert hall.

C. They were leaving the concert hall when the fire alarm went off.

D. No sooner had they left the concert hall than the fire alarm went off.