The first-semester examination pptx

The first-semester examination1
Time allowed:45 minutes
I.Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of others. (1.5 marks)

1.A.invite B.still C.smile D.sighseeing
2A.world B.worse C.word D.sorry
3.A.ticket B.forget C.remember D.accept
4.A.idea B.easy C.reason D.speak
5.A.though B.thought C.cough D.though
6.A.cordial B.forget C.torch D.short

II.Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other
words.(1.5 marks)

7.A.decision B.vacation C.luckily D.reform
8.A.thankful B.refuse C.circus D.sorry
9.A.marvellous B.socialize C.gather D.regulation
10.A.interesting B.Manchester C.deliver D.business
11.A.enclose B.without C.argument D.along
12.A.direction B.envelope C.museum D.ability

III.Choose the best answer among A,B,C or D (2 marks)

13.I would appreciate back this afternoon.
A.you to call B.your calling C.you’re calling D.you call
14.Don’t you remember before?
A.meeting me B.to meet me C.you meet me D.you have met me
15.To tell truth, I didn’t expect to find homeless man here.
A.the-a B.the-the C.a-the D.the-the
16. Of all the sports he played,

A.it was tennis which was his least liked. B.he liked tennis least
C.tennis was liked least by him D.tennis was dislike by him most

17.Have you touched anything here?
A.Have anything been touched here? B.Have anything been touching here?
C.Has anything been touched here D.Has anything been touching here?
18.If he a musician, he in yesterday’s concert.
A. had been- would take B.were- would take
C.were- Would take D.had been- would have taken
19. Did you clean your desk drawers before you moved to your new office?
A.up B.off C.at D.in
20. When I come to Sydney I be staying with Laura, but I’m not sure.
A.must B.can C.should D.may
IV. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one,
using the word given in bracket.Do not change the word given.
21.Have you discovered who invented safety pins? (found)
Have you of safety pins was?
22.I wanted to buy a CD player, but the shop didn’t have any in stock. ( run)
The shop CD players so I couldn’t buy one.
23.Please don’t use more water than you really need. (avoid)
Please try more water than you really need.
24.This will be my first trip to Germany. (never)
I Germany before.

V.Each sentence has a mistake. Find and correct it.(1 mark)

1.Why don’t you tell me why you always avoid to meet me?
2.I lent him The Old Man and The Sea, that was written by Heminway.
3.The two girls look alike, so I can’t distinguish one from another.
4. We lost the game because my my mistakes.

VI. Fill in the gap with one suitable word.( 2 marks)

People from different (1) sometimes do things that make
each (2) uncomfortable- without meaning to or sometimes
(3) even realizing it.
So if your American hosts do something that makes you (4) , try to let
them know how you feel. Most people will appreciate your honesty and try not to
make you uncomfortable (5) And you’ll all learn something about
(6) culture!
Sometimes Americans are (7) to be superficially friendly perhaps it
seems so, but they are probably just having a good time. Just
like (8) else, it takes time to become real friends with people in the US.


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Keys
I.(1.5 marks)
1.B 2.D 3.A 4.A 5.C 6.B.
II.( 1.5 marks)
7.C 8.B 9.D 10.C 11.C 12.B
III.( 2 marks)
13.B 14.A 15.A 16.B 17.C 18.D 19.A 20.D
IV.( 2 marks)
1.Have you found out who the inventor of safety pins was?
2.The shop had run out of CD players so I couldn’t buy one.
3.Please try to avoid using more water than you really need.
4.I have never been to Germany before.
V.(1 mark)
1. to meet meeting 2.that which
3.another the other 4.because because of
VI.( 2 marks)
1.cultures 2.other 3.without 4.uncomfortable
5.again 6.another 7.said 8.anywhere