THE FIRST- SEMESTER EXAMINATION.doc

THE FIRST- SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Time allowed: 60 MINUTES
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others.
1. a. around b. mouse c. count d. country
2. a. mechanic b. achievement c. chemistry d. school
3. a. cut b. fun c. pull d. button
4.a. camera b. famous c. glad d. family
5. a. seat b. leave c. increase d. ready
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
6. a. computer b. important c. viagers d. condition
7. a. television b. community c. atmosphere d. damage
8. a. documentary b. recommend c. photography d. information
9.a. channel b. cartoon c. headline d. popular
10. a. persuade b. relax c. research d. export
III. Choose the word or phrase – a, b, c, or d - that best completes each sentence.
11. Yesterday, when I at the station, the train for 15 minutes.
a. arrived/ had left b. arrived/ left c. had arrived/ left d. arrived/ has
left
12. Would you mind me a hand with these bags?
a. give b. to give c. giving d. to giving
13. When I was a child I fishing with my father on Sunday mornings.
a. went b. had gone c. used to
g
o d. was used to going
14. Marie Curie harbored the dream of a career which was impossible for a
woman at that time.
a. scientist b. scientific c. science d. scientifically
15. The meeting had been cancelled the chairman's absence.
a. because b. because of c. in spite of d although
16. My favorite at school was mathematics.

a. topic b. class c. theme d. subject
17. This computer isn't capable running this software.
a. on b. of c. in d. for
18. A personal communicator helps you to with other computers and with
people around the-world.
a. demonstrate b. transmit c. content d. interact
19. Students for English is a second language should consider taking the course.
a. who b. whom c. that d. whose
20. When is not known.
a. was the wheel invented b. inventing the wheel
c. the wheel was invented c. the invention of the wheel
21. Every computer consists of a number of system together.
a. by working b. work c. they work d. that work
22. The clothes are still dirty because I forgot on the machine.
a. switching b. to switch c. switch d. switched
23. Ann quit her job at the advertising agency, surprised everyone.
a. which b. that c. who d. that. is
24. If I John tonight, I …………… him my plans.
a. saw/ told b. will see/ will tell c. see/ will tell d. will see/ tell
25. He asked me for him.
a. how long have I been waiting b. how long I have been waiting
c. how long had I been waiting d. how long I had been waiting
IV. Choose the underlined part - A, B, C or D - that needs correcting.
26. She wanted to know if I saw Paul recently.
A B C D
27. The installation of the new computer system will completed by next month
A B C D
28. My car, that I have owned for five years, is a Ford.
A B C D
29. Have the play already started when you got to the theater?

A B C D.
30. Even though the extremely bad weather in the mountains, my friends decided not to
cancel their
A B
C
trip across the mountain pass.
D
V. Choose the correct sentence - a, b, c or d which has the same meaning to the
given one.
31. My mother never allows me to go out alone at night.
a. I was not allowed to go out alone at night.
b. My mother never lets me go out alone at night.
c. My mother never goes out alone at night.
d. I usually go out with my mother at night.
32. We haven't been to the concert for two years.
a. The last time we went to the concert was two years ago.
b. It's two years since we went to the concert.
c. We didn't go to the concert two years ago.
d. Both a and b are correct.
33. Although they were very poor, the children seemed happy.
a. The children seemed unhappy-because they were very poor.
b. The children were very poor,- so they seemed happy.
c. Despite their poverty, the children seemed happy.
d. The children seemed happy whether they were poor or rich.
34. He used to travel around the country doing gigs.
a. He liked traveling around the country to do gigs
b. He no longer travels around the country doing gigs.
c. He was accustomed to traveling around the country doing gigs.
d. He never travels around the country doing gigs.
35. Don't forget to go to the supermarket after work.

a. He requested me not forget to go to the supermarket after work.
b. He asked; me not to forget to go to the supermarket after work.
c. He told me that I shouldn't forget to go to the supermarket after work.
d. He reminded me to go to the supermarket after work.
VII. Choose the one option - a, b, c, or d - that best completes the passage.
The last two decades have seen enormous changes in the way people's (36) are
affected, by IT. Twenty years ago, few people had access to a computer whilst today
(37) people use them at work, home or school and use of e-mail and the Internet is
an every day event.
These developments have brought many (38) to our lives. Email makes
communication much easier and more immediate. This has numerous benefits for
business. commerce, and education. The World Wide Web means that information on
every conceivable subject is now (39) to us. Clearly, for many people this has made
life much easier and more convenient.
However, not all the effects of the new technology have been beneficial. Many
people feel that the (40) use of e-mail is destroying traditional forms of
communication such as letter writing, telephone and face-to-face conversation. With ever
increasing use of information technology these (41) elements are likely to
increase in the future.
In addition, the huge size of the Web means it is almost (42) to control and
regulate. This has led to many concerns regarding children (43) unsuitable
websites. Yet perhaps the biggest threat to IT in years to come will be the computer
(44) more sophisticated or more destructive strains are almost inevitable.
In conclusion, developments in IT have brought many benefits. (45) I believe developments relating to new
technology in the future are 'likely to produce many negative effects that will need to be addressed very carefully.
36. a. live b. lives c. living d. life
37. a. most b. most of c. most of the d. almost
38. a. services b. uses c. benefits d. effects
39. a. free b. convenient c. unused d. available
40. a. widespread b. immediate c. particular d. continued

41. a. positive b. negative c. careless d. trivial
42. a. possible b. impractical c. likely d. impossible
43. a. accessing, b. approaching c. entering d. getting
44. a. disease b. program c. virus d. software
45. a. so b. moreover c. therefore d. yet
VII. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Galileo Galilei, one of the first modern scientists, was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1564.
About twenty years later he attended the University of Pisa. At first he studied
philosophy, but later he studied mathematics and astronomy. He was interested in the
way the earth and other planets move around the sun. He made the telescope, which made
far-away things look larger and easier to examine. He also started the new way of
working in science. Before Galileo; scientists did not do experiments. They just guessed
about how something happened. Galileo was different. He did not just make guesses. He
did experiments and watched to see what happened.
Galileo was famous for his study of how things fall. He was the first person to do
experiments about this problem. Before, people thought that heavy things always fell
faster than light things. He found out that this was not true. He took a heavy ball and a
light ball and he dropped them both from a high place. They fell at the same speed. This
meant that weight is not important. This is the law of failing bodies. it is an important law
for understanding our world.
The life of the scientist was not always easy in the 1500s. For example, Galileo got
into trouble because of his scientific ideas. His ideas were not the same as the religious
ideas at the time. Many religious people did not agree with him. During his whole life he
had to worry about this. He even went to -prison for a while. But no one could stop him
from thinking: He continued to look for scientific answers to his questions about the
world.
46. Galileo Galilei studied all of the following EXCEPT
a. philosophy b. mathematics
c. astronomy d. experiments
47. Galileo started a new way of working in science in which

a. he made guesses about how things happened.
b. he did experiments to see how things happened.
c. he made guesses about how things happened before doing experiments.
d. he was interested in the way things happened
48. In his study of how thin
g
s fall. Galileo found out that
a. heavy things did not fall faster than light things.
b. light things always fell faster than heavy things.
c. weight i5 not important.
d. a and c are correct.
49. According to the passage,
a. Galileo made the telescope to discover some new planets.
b. Galileo's scientific ideas were different from the reli
g
ious ideas at that time.
c. Galileo's scientific ideas were accepted by many religious people.
d. Galileo found out lots of important facts about our world.
50. Which of the following is not true about Galileo?
a. He was an Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist.
b. He was the first to do experiments about how thin
g
s happened.
c. Being sent to prison stopped him from exploring the world.
d. He lived over four centuries ago.