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SAMPLE TEST ONE FOR THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

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I)PHONETICS: Select the ONE word which is pronounced or stressed differently from the other three

1- A. famous B. enormous C. shoulder D. moustache

2- A. gradual B. soldier C. education D. independent

3- A. monetary B. educator C. evident D. energy

4- A. interviewer B. elementary C. temporary D. disciplinary

5- A. immediate B. facilitate C. transmission D. innovative

II)VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES

Choose the best option to complete each blank space or replace the underlined word(s):

6- Jack: “Happy Christmas!” - Helen: “____________!”

A. Happy Christmas with you B. You are the same

C. Same for you D. The same to you

7- “My sister has been awarded a scholarship to study in Australia.” “Uh, really? __________!”

A. What lucky she is B. How lucky she is

C. What lucky she be D. Lucky as she is

8- Husband: “I don’t like this program.” - Wife: “_____________.”

A. I’ll turn it on B. I like, too

C. You didn’t take it off D. Let’s turn it off then

9- Peter: “How about driving to the countryside this Saturday?” - Mary: “__________________.”

A. That’s my pleasure B. That’s a good idea

C. Never mind D. Yes, I am driving

10- “Is your name Peter?” - “Yes, _______________________________.”

A. I am B. it’s me C. I do D. it is

11- Not only did he win the first prize, ______________________________.

A. and he was given a place at the university B. for he was offered a holiday abroad

C. but he was also given a place a the university D. so he was given a place at the university

12- There was a __________________ table in the middle of the room.

A. Japanese round beautiful wooden B. beautiful wooden round Japanese

C. beautiful wooden Japanese round D. beautiful round Japanese wooden

13- Who wrote the novel “Gone With the Wind”?

A. Who was the novel “Gone with the Wind” written?

B. Whose the novel “Gone With the Wind” written?

C. By who was the novel “Gone with the Wind” written?

D. By whom was the novel “Gone with the Wind” written?

14- I didn’t listen to my father’s advice, and I get myself into trouble now.

A. If I listened to my father, I would not get into trouble now.

B. If I had listened to my father, I would not get into trouble now.

C. If I listened to my father, I would not have gotten into trouble.

D. If I had listened to my father, I would not have gotten into trouble.

15- ________________, methane can be used as fuel.

A. Produced by the fermentation of organic matter

B. It is produced by the fermentation of organic matter

C. The fermentation of organic matter is produced

D. A production of the fermentation of organic matter

16- Penny never does anything silly. She’s very _______________.

A. sensible B. senseless C. sensitive D. sensibly

17- The President has called for massive investment to rebuild the country’s ___________.

A. economic B. economics C. economical D. economy

18- During the recession, many small companies were eradicated.

A. taken over B. wiped out C. set up D. run on