Written test 45'''' B (second term 2nd time) potx

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CLASS: Written test 45' B (second term 2nd time)
I.A Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
1. A. penalty B. eject C. defeat D. enthusiast
2. A. minor B. rival C. title D. windsurfing
3. A. prepared B. determined C. competed D. admired
B. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the other.
4. A. result B. digest C. wilderness D. compose
5. A. precision B. spectator C. reliable D. final
II. Choose the best answer:
6. Television __________ only for the last forty or fifty years.
A. must be existed B. has been existed C. was existed D. has existed
7. So far, many beautiful buildings, __________ built in Bangkok.
A. were B. have been C. are D. had been
8. __________ I’m sure he would have eaten it.
A. Had he been hungry C. However he had been hungry
Unless he had been hungry D. As if he had been hungry
9. I hope you don’t mind __________ to come and meet her.
A. to be asked B. you were asked C. being asked D. we asked you
10. The more you talk about the matter, __________.
A. the situation seems worse C. the worse the situation seems
B. the worse seems the situation D. the situation seems the worse
11. If the prisoners attempt to escape from prison __________.
A. he will catch B. they will catch
C. they will be caught D. the prisoners will have caught
12. If you like skiing, there is a ski _________ under an hour's drive from London.
A. station B. resort C. place D. port
13. In water polo only the goalie _________ the ball with both hands.
A. is allowed to touch B. is allowed touching
C. lets to touch D. is permitted touch
14. Snooker is a very popular ___________ sport in Britain. Most of the major tournaments are televised.

A. spectacle B. spectator C. audience D. viewed
15. Which of these is not a swimming style?
A. butterfly B. crawl C. breaststroke D. diving
III. Choose the word which best fits each gap of the passage:

HOW WE READ
Why did you decide to read this, and will you keep reading to the end? Do you expect to understand every
single part of it and will you remember anything about it in a fortnights’ (16)__________? Common sense (17)
__________that the answers to these questions depend on “readability” – whether the (18) ________ matter is
interesting, the arguments clear and the (19)_____ attractive. But psychologists are discovering that to (20)
__________ why people read – and often don’t read – technical information, they have to (21) __________ not so
much the writing as the reader.
Even the most technically confident people often (22) __________ instructions for the video or home
computer in favour of hands-on experience. And people frequently (23) __________ little notice of consumer
information, whether on nutritional labels or in the small print of contracts. Psychologists researching reading (24)
________ to assume that both beginners and (25) ________ readers read everything put in front of them from start
to finish. There are (26) __________ among them about the (27) __________ of eyes, memory and brain during the
process. Some believe that fluent readers take (28) __________ every letter or word they see; others (29)
__________ that readers rely on memory or context to carry them from one phrase to another. But they have always
assumed that the reading process is the same: reading starts, comprehension (30) __________ then reading stops.
16. A. term B. period C. time D. gap
17A. suggests B. transmits C. advises D. informs
18. A. subject B. topic C. content D. text
19. A. pattern B. formation C. layout D. assembly
20. A. ensure B. determine C. value D. rate
21. A. examine B. inquire C. trace D. calculate
22. A. miss B. omit C. pass D. ignore
23. A. get B. pay C. take D. make
24. A. tend B. undertake C. lead D. consent
25. A. competent B. sufficient C. considerable D. valid

26. A. objections B. arguments C. contests D. separations
27. A. role B. concern C. share D. relation
28. A. up B. over C. out D. in
29. A. insist B. direct C. urge D. press
30. A. sets B. occurs C. issues D. establishes
V. Read the passage and choose the best answer
Aerobic exercise can help you lose weight. It can help you stay at a healthy weight. Aerobic exercise burns calories.
A calorie is a unit of measurement. It measure the amount of energy in foods. It measures the amount of energy
your body uses. When you take in the same number of calories that you burn everyday, your weight stays the same.
If you take in fewer calories than you urn, you gain weight. Regular exercise helps you burn calories. Strength
training may also help with weight control. lifting weights burns calories. Lifting weights also makes more muscles
in your body. Muscles burn more calories than fat.
Stretching exercise can make your body more flexible. There are stretches for your arms, legs, necks, and
trunk. Many people do slow exercises and stretches called yoga to make their bodies more flexible. A physical
education teacher can show you how to do stretches. You should do warm-up stretches before you do aerobic or
anaerobic exercises. You should do cool -down stretches can help prevent muscle injuries.
31. . Your weight will be the same
A. by doing aerobic exercise
B. when the number of calories you take in every day is burnt.
C. when you measure the amount of energy in foods everyday.
D. by lifting weights
32. . You put on weight
A. when you take in less calories than you burn B. by doing regular exercise to burn calories.
C. unless you do exercise regularly D. when you take in more calories than you burn.
33. Strength training like lifting weights may help with weights control because
A. it burns calories by making more muscles B. it makes fat burn calories.
C. weights are always heavy to lift. D. you are too tired to take in calories
34. Yoga, which makes your bodies more flexible, are
A. warm-up stretches. B. included in weight lifting
C. slow exercises and stretches D. only for people who need weight control.

35. Warm-up and cool-down stretches
A. are needed before you do aerobic exercise. B. help you finish exercising feeling better.
C. should be done if you want to avoid muscle injuries. D. prevent muscles from burning calories.
VI. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each of the sentences that needs correcting.
26. Unlike gas sports balloons, hot air balloons not have nets.
A B C D
37. The desert in southern Arizona is dominant by cactus and deep -rooted shrubs
A C D
38. Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the first U.S women’s rights convention in 1848 and was
A B
instrumentally in the struggle to win voting and property rights for women.
C D
39. I think I’m very lucky to having been noticed so early in my career.
A B C D
40. I close my eyes and relax by concentrate on each part of my body in turn, beginning
A B C D
with my neck.