Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines the pair of sentences in each of the following questions. Question 12: The man in black jacket approached the bank. Right after that, the guard stopped him. A. Hardly the man in black jacket had approached the bank when the guard stopped him. B. Only when had the man in black jacket approached the bank, the guard stopped him. C. No sooner had the man in black jacket approached the bank than the guard stopped him. D. Not until had the man in black jacket approached the bank did the guard stop him. Question 13: The young lady lives next door. She is very friendly to us. A. The young lady lives next door is very friendly to us. B. The young lady living next door is very friendly to us. C. The young lady lived next door is very friendly to us. D. The young lady to live next door is very friendly to us. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. Question 14: It is estimated that many people will be jobless after the economic crisis. A. Many people are estimated to have been jobless after the economic crisis. B. Many people estimated to be jobless after the economic crisis. C. Many people are estimated to be jobless after the economic crisis. D. Many people estimated are jobless after the economic crisis. Question 15: “ If you like, I’ll help you to do thedecorating, Julie,’’ said Tom. A. Tom encouraged Julie to do the decorating B. Tom offered to do the decorating for Julie. C. Tom promised Julie for doing the decorating. D. Tom suggested to do the decorating for Julie. Question 16: She spoke too fast for anyone to understand. A. So fast she spoke that nobody understood her B. So fast did she speak that nobody understood her. C. Such fast she spoke that nobody understood her. D. Such fast did she speak that nobody understood her.

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.