I.Choose the best option 1.She is ....... singer I’ve ever met. A. worse B. bad C. the worst D. badly 2. Mary is ....... responsible as Peter. A. more B. the most C. much D. as 3. It is ....... in the city than it is in the country. A. noisily B. more noisier C. noisier D. noisy 4. She sings ……….. among the singers I have known. A. the most beautiful B. the more beautiful C. the most beautifully D. the more beautifully 5. She is ....... student in my class. A.most hard-working B. more hard-working C. the most hard-working D. as hard-working 6. The English test was ....... than I thought it would be. A. the easier B. more easy C. easiest D. easier 7. English is thought to be ....... than Math. A. harder B. the more hard C. hardest D. the hardest 8. Jupiter is ....... planet in the solar system. A. the biggest B. the bigger C. bigger D. biggest 9. She runs …… in my class. A. the slowest B. the most slow C. the slowly D. the most slowly 10. My house is ....... hers. A. cheap than B. cheaper C. more cheap than D. cheaper than 11. Her office is ....... away than mine. A. father B . more far C. farther D. farer 12. Tom is ....... than David. A. handsome B. the more handsome C. more handsome D. the most handsome 13. He did the test ……….. I did. A. as bad as B. badder than C. more badly than D. worse than 14. A boat is ....... than a plane. A. slower B. slowest C. more slow D. more slower 15. My new sofa is ....... than the old one. A. more comfortable B. comfortably C. more comfortabler D. comfortable 16. My sister dances ……….. than me. A. gooder B. weller C. better D. more good 17. My bedroom is ....... room in my house. A. tidier than B. the tidiest C. the most tidy D. more tidier 18. This road is ....... than that road. A. narrower B. narrow C. the most narrow D. more narrower 19. He drives ……. his brother. A. more careful than B. more carefully C. more carefully than D. as careful as

I.  MULTIPLE CHOICE (8.0 points)

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently front that of the rest in each of the following questions.

1. A. oceanic    B. remote    C. occasion    D. metro

2. A. festival    B. cultural    C. sculpture    D. virtual

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

3. A. external    B. determine    C. mysterious    D. customer

4. A. miraculous    B. individual    C. certificate    D. astronomy

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

5. Now that the stress of examinations are over, we can go somewhere for our holiday.

                     A                     B                     C                     D

6. The English summer course will start in May 29th and finish in August.

                     A                     B                     C                     D

7. There were so a lot of people trying to leave the burning building that the police

             A                B             C

had a great deal of trouble controlling them.

                   D

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

8. The earthworm is a worm _______in moist, warm soil in many geographical areas.

    A. where is it found       B. is found

    C. and found it               D. which is found

9. Our flight from Amsterdam to London was delayed    the heavy fog.

    A. as a result     B. on account     C. instead of     D. due to

10. It is_______ to translate each lesson into your language. This is not a good way to study English.

    A. productive     B. unproductive     C. producing     D. unproducing

11. A good clock always keeps_______ time.

    A. certain    B. accurate    C. true    D. serious

12. It seems that the world record for this event is almost impossible to_______.

    A. meet    B. compare    C. beat    D. balance

13. The soldier was punished for_______ to obey his commanding officer's order.

    A. refusing    B. regretting    C. objecting    D. resisting

14. It is believed that she'll be a billionaire by the time she_______ forty.

    A. is    B. was    C. will be    D. would be

15. Some of the passengers spoke to reporters about their_______ in the burning bus.

    A. occasion    B. happening    C. event    D. experience

16. _______the rise in unemployment, people still seem to be spending more.

    A. Nevertheless    B. Meanwhile    C. Despite    D. Although

Choose the best answer.

I think you should buy _____  pack of mineral water instead. And you can also buy _____  snacks such as potato crisps, 3 kilos of mandarins, 2 kilos of apples, 3 bunches of bananas, ______  cookies and soft candies.

Choose the best answer.

We should decorate our living room with _____ orange banner. We also need ________  ribbons, balloons, party hats and costume.

Choose the best answer.

I think that ______ cauliflower is not enough for 3 people. Let’s buy one more.