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FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTRE

Student’s name: ……………………
Student number: ……………………
MID-TERM TEST
COURSE: ENGLISH 4
TIME ALLOWED: 40 MINUTES
I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

A. renew
A. diverse
A. concept
A. accurate
A. function

B. refugee
B. interact
B. portable
B. prevalent
B. unimaginable

C. evolve
C. ethnic
C. common
C. atmosphere
C. evolution

D. efficient
D. invade
D. evolve
D. ancestry
D. misunderstand

B. Choose the word whose main stress is different from that of the others:
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. identity
A. feature
A. background
A. luxury
A. passenger

B. diversity
C. alternative
D. destination
B. perceive
C. inspire

D. evolve
B. vibrant
C. retire
D. influx
B. dialect
C. congestion
D. mystery
B. descendant
C. commuter
D. maneuver

II. VOCABULARY
Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
11. In our class, we have children of all different religious and ethnic -------.
A. conflicts
B. divisions
C. backgrounds D. identities
12. One particular myth is that ------- and refugees are a ‘drain on our economy’.
A. migrants
B. tourists
C. foreigners
D. visitors
13. London is a ------- city as you can find people from all walks of life there.
A. multicultural
B. prosperous
C. homogeneous D. traditional
14. Immigration remains a ------- matter as people have very different views on it.
A. practical
B. controversial C. simple
D. serious

15. Many people may eventually be able to work from home rather than ------- to an office.
A. commit
B. commence
C. comply
D. commute
16. Make sure you take your belongings when you ------- the bus.
A. got off
B. got out
C. got away from D. got down
17. The war of words between North Korea and the United States could be pushing the
region closer to the brink of a -------.
A. difference
B. conflict
C. contradiction D. variation
18. A couple of people ------- to the proposal, but the vast majority approved of it.
A. admitted
B. objected
C. conveyed
D. accepted
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19. The local economy benefits considerably from a large ------- of tourists every summer.
A. cluster
B. gathering
C. influx
D. bunch
20. Renewable energy is a good ------- to fossil fuel.
A. choice
B. option
C. alternative
D. replacement
21. The number of car owners is ------- dramatically due to reduced prices and taxes.
A. boosting
B. maximizing
C. raising
D. rising
22. People are becoming far more aware ------- environmental issues.
A. of
B. about
C. with
D. on
23. The bus lanes are designed to ease traffic -------, but they remain controversial.
A. safety
B. congestion
C. legislation
D. system
24. Fingerprints are -------- to every individual.
A. exceptional
B. extraordinary C. unusual

D. unique
25. She drove the car round the block to ------- up its batteries.
A. fill
B. charge
C. power
D. connect
26. Banning traffic from the shopping areas has made life much more pleasant for -------.
A. passengers
B. bystanders
C. pedestrians
D. witnesses
27. Everyone should have the right to a ------- when they retire.
A. pension
B. reimbursement C. refund
D. compensation
28. It is the good weather that makes Spain such a popular tourist -------.
A. facility
B. industry
C. season
D. destination
29. Taipei is known for its ------- night markets—streets buzzing with activity until long after
the sun sets, full of vendors selling produce, food, alcohol, and countless other goods.
A. overseas
B. vibrant
C. sluggish
D. common
30. Every day the environment is further --------- by toxic wastes.
A. improved
B. adapted
C. degraded

D. explored
III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
31. My sister ------- so hard this week that she doesn’t have time to go to the hairdresser’s.
A. has been worked
B. worked
C. had worked
D. has
been working
32. Margo ------- teach English, but now she works at a publishing company.
A. used to
B. was used to
C. didn’t use to
D. isn’t used to
33. Due to recent increases in oil prices, we are sure that air fares -------- in a few months.
A. would go up
B. have gone up C. will go up
D. might have gone up
34. Teachers need ways to persuade more parents ------- parent-teacher evenings.
A. attend
B. attending
C. attended
D. to attend
35. Some see the spread of English as an international language as just another
consequence of -------.
A. globalizing
B. globalization
C. global
D. globally
36. I ------- this chapter in my chemistry text three times, and I still don't understand it!

A. have been reading
B. am reading
C. have read
D. had
been reading
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37. Why has language diversified from its ancient origins into more than 5,000 mutually
unintelligible -------?
A. varieties
B. various
C. vary
D. variously
38. Refugees are migrants ------- are forced to leave their homes for reasons such as
conflicts in their countries.
A. which
B. whom
C. whose
D. who

39. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed comments ------- by Donald Trump
that the site has always been against him.
A. make
B. made
C. to make
D. making
40. Many English learners often don’t know enough words to express ---------.
A. them
B. their
C. theirs
D. themselves
41. People often find the medical language used by doctors --------.
A. confuse
B. confusing
C. confused
D. confusingly
42. These shelves ------- very cleverly to fit into corners.
A. design
B. are designing C. designed
D. have been
designed
43. This merger will further ------- the company and ensure its continued success.
A. strong
B. strongly
C. strengthen
D. strength
44. 'To Google' has become a -------- understood verb, and many countries are developing
their own internet slang.
A. universally
B. universal

C. universe
D. university
45. Pure electric cars are impractical ------- current battery technology limits the distance an
electric car can travel.
A. because
B. whereas
C. despite
D. due to
IV. CLOZE PASSAGE
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best
completes each blank.
Language change
Languages continually undergo changes, (46) ------- speakers of a language are usually
unaware of the changes as they are occurring. For instance, American English has an
ongoing change whereby the pronunciation difference between the words cot and caught
(47) -------. The changes become more dramatic after longer periods of time. Modern
English readers may (48) ------- notes to understand fully the writings of English playwright
William Shakespeare, who wrote during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The English
of 14th-century (49) ------- Geoffrey Chaucer differs so greatly from the modern language
(50) ------- many readers prefer a translation into modern English. Learning to read the
writings of Alfred the Great, the 9th-century Saxon king, is comparable to acquiring a
reading knowledge of German.
46.
47.
48.

A. although
A. are lost
A. request

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B. despite
B. is being lost
B. order

C. nevertheless D. regardless of
C. have been lost D. were lost
C.
command D. require
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49.
50.

C. poet
C. which

A. poem
A. that

B. poetry
B. than

D. poetic
D. as

End of Test

Student’s name: ……………………
Student number: ……………………
MID-TERM TEST
COURSE: ENGLISH 4
TIME ALLOWED: 40 MINUTES
I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

A. renew
A. diverse
A. concept
A. accurate
A. function

B. refugee
B. interact

B. portable
B. prevalent
B. unimaginable

C. evolve
C. ethnic
C. common
C. atmosphere
C. evolution

D. efficient
D. invade
D. evolve
D. ancestry
D. misunderstand

B. Choose the word whose main stress is different from that of the others:
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. identity
A. feature
A. background
A. luxury
A. passenger

B. diversity

C. alternative
D. destination
B. perceive
C. inspire
D. evolve
B. vibrant
C. retire
D. influx
B. dialect
C. congestion
D. mystery
B. descendant
C. commuter
D. maneuver

II. VOCABULARY
Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
11. In our class, we have children of all different religious and ethnic -------.
A. conflicts
B. divisions
C. backgrounds D. identities
12. One particular myth is that ------- and refugees are a ‘drain on our economy’.
A. migrants
B. tourists
C. foreigners
D. visitors
13. London is a ------- city as you can find people from all walks of life there.
A. multicultural
B. prosperous
C. homogeneous D. traditional

14. Immigration remains a ------- matter as people have very different views on it.
A. practical
B. controversial C. simple
D. serious
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15. Many people may eventually be able to work from home rather than ------- to an office.
A. commit
B. commence
C. comply
D. commute
16. Make sure you take your belongings when you ------- the bus.
A. got off
B. got out
C. got away from D. got down
17. The war of words between North Korea and the United States could be pushing the
region closer to the brink of a -------.
A. difference
B. conflict

C. contradiction D. variation
18. A couple of people ------- to the proposal, but the vast majority approved of it.
A. admitted
B. objected
C. conveyed
D. accepted
19. The local economy benefits considerably from a large ------- of tourists every summer.
A. cluster
B. gathering
C. influx
D. bunch
20. Renewable energy is a good ------- to fossil fuel.
A. choice
B. option
C. alternative
D. replacement
21. The number of car owners is ------- dramatically due to reduced prices and taxes.
A. boosting
B. maximizing
C. raising
D. rising
22. People are becoming far more aware ------- environmental issues.
A. of
B. about
C. with
D. on
23. The bus lanes are designed to ease traffic -------, but they remain controversial.
A. safety
B. congestion
C. legislation

D. system
24. Fingerprints are -------- to every individual.
A. exceptional
B. extraordinary C. unusual
D. unique
25. She drove the car round the block to ------- up its batteries.
A. fill
B. charge
C. power
D. connect
26. Banning traffic from the shopping areas has made life much more pleasant for -------.
A. passengers
B. bystanders
C. pedestrians
D. witnesses
27. Everyone should have the right to a ------- when they retire.
A. pension
B. reimbursement C. refund
D. compensation
28. It is the good weather that makes Spain such a popular tourist -------.
A. facility
B. industry
C. season
D. destination
29. Taipei is known for its ------- night markets—streets buzzing with activity until long after
the sun sets, full of vendors selling produce, food, alcohol, and countless other goods.
A. overseas
B. vibrant
C. sluggish
D. common

30. Every day the environment is further --------- by toxic wastes.
A. improved
B. adapted
C. degraded
D. explored
III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
31. My sister ------- so hard this week that she doesn’t have time to go to the hairdresser’s.
A. has been worked
B. worked
C. had worked
D. has
been working
32. Margo ------- teach English, but now she works at a publishing company.
A. used to
B. was used to
C. didn’t use to
D. isn’t used to
33. Due to recent increases in oil prices, we are sure that air fares -------- in a few months.
A. would go up
B. have gone up C. will go up
D. might have gone up
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34. Teachers need ways to persuade more parents ------- parent-teacher evenings.
A. attend
B. attending
C. attended
D. to attend
35. Some see the spread of English as an international language as just another
consequence of -------.
A. globalizing
B. globalization
C. global
D. globally
36. I ------- this chapter in my chemistry text three times, and I still don't understand it!
A. have been reading
B. am reading
C. have read
D. had
been reading
37. Why has language diversified from its ancient origins into more than 5,000 mutually
unintelligible -------?
A. varieties
B. various
C. vary
D. variously
38. Refugees are migrants ------- are forced to leave their homes for reasons such as
conflicts in their countries.

A. which
B. whom
C. whose
D. who
39. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed comments ------- by Donald Trump
that the site has always been against him.
A. make
B. made
C. to make
D. making
40. Many English learners often don’t know enough words to express ---------.
A. them
B. their
C. theirs
D. themselves
41. People often find the medical language used by doctors --------.
A. confuse
B. confusing
C. confused
D. confusingly
42. These shelves ------- very cleverly to fit into corners.
A. design
B. are designing C. designed
D. have been
designed
43. This merger will further ------- the company and ensure its continued success.
A. strong
B. strongly
C. strengthen
D. strength

44. 'To Google' has become a -------- understood verb, and many countries are developing
their own internet slang.
A. universally
B. universal
C. universe
D. university
45. Pure electric cars are impractical ------- current battery technology limits the distance an
electric car can travel.
A. because
B. whereas
C. despite
D. due to
IV. CLOZE PASSAGE
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best
completes each blank.
Language change
Languages continually undergo changes, (46) ------- speakers of a language are usually
unaware of the changes as they are occurring. For instance, American English has an
ongoing change whereby the pronunciation difference between the words cot and caught
(47) -------. The changes become more dramatic after longer periods of time. Modern
English readers may (48) ------- notes to understand fully the writings of English playwright
William Shakespeare, who wrote during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The English
of 14th-century (49) ------- Geoffrey Chaucer differs so greatly from the modern language
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(50) ------- many readers prefer a translation into modern English. Learning to read the
writings of Alfred the Great, the 9th-century Saxon king, is comparable to acquiring a
reading knowledge of German.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.

A. although
A. are lost
A. request
A. poem
A. that

B. despite
B. is being lost
B. order
B. poetry
B. than

C. nevertheless
C. have been lost
C.

C. poet
C. which

D. regardless of
D. were lost
command D. require
D. poetic
D. as

End of Test

Student’s name: ……………………
Student number: ……………………
MID-TERM TEST
COURSE: ENGLISH 4
TIME ALLOWED: 40 MINUTES
I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

A. renew
A. diverse
A. concept
A. accurate
A. function

B. refugee
B. interact
B. portable
B. prevalent
B. unimaginable

C. evolve
C. ethnic
C. common
C. atmosphere
C. evolution

D. efficient
D. invade
D. evolve
D. ancestry
D. misunderstand

B. Choose the word whose main stress is different from that of the others:
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. identity
A. feature
A. background
A. luxury

A. passenger

B. diversity
C. alternative
D. destination
B. perceive
C. inspire
D. evolve
B. vibrant
C. retire
D. influx
B. dialect
C. congestion
D. mystery
B. descendant
C. commuter
D. maneuver

II. VOCABULARY
Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
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11. In our class, we have children of all different religious and ethnic -------.
A. conflicts
B. divisions
C. backgrounds D. identities
12. One particular myth is that ------- and refugees are a ‘drain on our economy’.
A. migrants
B. tourists
C. foreigners
D. visitors
13. London is a ------- city as you can find people from all walks of life there.
A. multicultural
B. prosperous
C. homogeneous D. traditional
14. Immigration remains a ------- matter as people have very different views on it.
A. practical
B. controversial C. simple
D. serious
15. Many people may eventually be able to work from home rather than ------- to an office.
A. commit
B. commence
C. comply
D. commute
16. Make sure you take your belongings when you ------- the bus.
A. got off
B. got out
C. got away from D. got down
17. The war of words between North Korea and the United States could be pushing the

region closer to the brink of a -------.
A. difference
B. conflict
C. contradiction D. variation
18. A couple of people ------- to the proposal, but the vast majority approved of it.
A. admitted
B. objected
C. conveyed
D. accepted
19. The local economy benefits considerably from a large ------- of tourists every summer.
A. cluster
B. gathering
C. influx
D. bunch
20. Renewable energy is a good ------- to fossil fuel.
A. choice
B. option
C. alternative
D. replacement
21. The number of car owners is ------- dramatically due to reduced prices and taxes.
A. boosting
B. maximizing
C. raising
D. rising
22. People are becoming far more aware ------- environmental issues.
A. of
B. about
C. with
D. on
23. The bus lanes are designed to ease traffic -------, but they remain controversial.

A. safety
B. congestion
C. legislation
D. system
24. Fingerprints are -------- to every individual.
A. exceptional
B. extraordinary C. unusual
D. unique
25. She drove the car round the block to ------- up its batteries.
A. fill
B. charge
C. power
D. connect
26. Banning traffic from the shopping areas has made life much more pleasant for -------.
A. passengers
B. bystanders
C. pedestrians
D. witnesses
27. Everyone should have the right to a ------- when they retire.
A. pension
B. reimbursement C. refund
D. compensation
28. It is the good weather that makes Spain such a popular tourist -------.
A. facility
B. industry
C. season
D. destination
29. Taipei is known for its ------- night markets—streets buzzing with activity until long after
the sun sets, full of vendors selling produce, food, alcohol, and countless other goods.
A. overseas

B. vibrant
C. sluggish
D. common
30. Every day the environment is further --------- by toxic wastes.
A. improved
B. adapted
C. degraded
D. explored
III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
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31. My sister ------- so hard this week that she doesn’t have time to go to the hairdresser’s.
A. has been worked
B. worked
C. had worked
D. has
been working
32. Margo ------- teach English, but now she works at a publishing company.

A. used to
B. was used to
C. didn’t use to
D. isn’t used to
33. Due to recent increases in oil prices, we are sure that air fares -------- in a few months.
A. would go up
B. have gone up C. will go up
D. might have gone up
34. Teachers need ways to persuade more parents ------- parent-teacher evenings.
A. attend
B. attending
C. attended
D. to attend
35. Some see the spread of English as an international language as just another
consequence of -------.
A. globalizing
B. globalization
C. global
D. globally
36. I ------- this chapter in my chemistry text three times, and I still don't understand it!
A. have been reading
B. am reading
C. have read
D. had
been reading
37. Why has language diversified from its ancient origins into more than 5,000 mutually
unintelligible -------?
A. varieties
B. various
C. vary

D. variously
38. Refugees are migrants ------- are forced to leave their homes for reasons such as
conflicts in their countries.
A. which
B. whom
C. whose
D. who
39. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed comments ------- by Donald Trump
that the site has always been against him.
A. make
B. made
C. to make
D. making
40. Many English learners often don’t know enough words to express ---------.
A. them
B. their
C. theirs
D. themselves
41. People often find the medical language used by doctors --------.
A. confuse
B. confusing
C. confused
D. confusingly
42. These shelves ------- very cleverly to fit into corners.
A. design
B. are designing C. designed
D. have been
designed
43. This merger will further ------- the company and ensure its continued success.
A. strong

B. strongly
C. strengthen
D. strength
44. 'To Google' has become a -------- understood verb, and many countries are developing
their own internet slang.
A. universally
B. universal
C. universe
D. university
45. Pure electric cars are impractical ------- current battery technology limits the distance an
electric car can travel.
A. because
B. whereas
C. despite
D. due to
IV. CLOZE PASSAGE
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best
completes each blank.
Language change
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Languages continually undergo changes, (46) ------- speakers of a language are usually
unaware of the changes as they are occurring. For instance, American English has an
ongoing change whereby the pronunciation difference between the words cot and caught
(47) -------. The changes become more dramatic after longer periods of time. Modern
English readers may (48) ------- notes to understand fully the writings of English playwright
William Shakespeare, who wrote during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The English
of 14th-century (49) ------- Geoffrey Chaucer differs so greatly from the modern language
(50) ------- many readers prefer a translation into modern English. Learning to read the
writings of Alfred the Great, the 9th-century Saxon king, is comparable to acquiring a
reading knowledge of German.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.

A. although
A. are lost
A. request
A. poem
A. that

B. despite
B. is being lost
B. order
B. poetry
B. than

C. nevertheless
C. have been lost
C.
C. poet
C. which

D. regardless of
D. were lost
command D. require
D. poetic
D. as

End of Test

Student’s name: ……………………
Student number: ……………………
MID-TERM TEST
COURSE: ENGLISH 4
TIME ALLOWED: 40 MINUTES
I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

A. renew
A. diverse

A. concept
A. accurate
A. function

B. refugee
B. interact
B. portable
B. prevalent
B. unimaginable

C. evolve
C. ethnic
C. common
C. atmosphere
C. evolution

D. efficient
D. invade
D. evolve
D. ancestry
D. misunderstand

B. Choose the word whose main stress is different from that of the others:
6.

A. identity

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B. diversity

C. alternative
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7.
8.
9.
10.

A. feature
A. background
A. luxury
A. passenger

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B. perceive
C. inspire
D. evolve
B. vibrant
C. retire
D. influx

B. dialect
C. congestion
D. mystery
B. descendant
C. commuter
D. maneuver

II. VOCABULARY
Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
11. In our class, we have children of all different religious and ethnic -------.
A. conflicts
B. divisions
C. backgrounds D. identities
12. One particular myth is that ------- and refugees are a ‘drain on our economy’.
A. migrants
B. tourists
C. foreigners
D. visitors
13. London is a ------- city as you can find people from all walks of life there.
A. multicultural
B. prosperous
C. homogeneous D. traditional
14. Immigration remains a ------- matter as people have very different views on it.
A. practical
B. controversial C. simple
D. serious
15. Many people may eventually be able to work from home rather than ------- to an office.
A. commit
B. commence
C. comply

D. commute
16. Make sure you take your belongings when you ------- the bus.
A. got off
B. got out
C. got away from D. got down
17. The war of words between North Korea and the United States could be pushing the
region closer to the brink of a -------.
A. difference
B. conflict
C. contradiction D. variation
18. A couple of people ------- to the proposal, but the vast majority approved of it.
A. admitted
B. objected
C. conveyed
D. accepted
19. The local economy benefits considerably from a large ------- of tourists every summer.
A. cluster
B. gathering
C. influx
D. bunch
20. Renewable energy is a good ------- to fossil fuel.
A. choice
B. option
C. alternative
D. replacement
21. The number of car owners is ------- dramatically due to reduced prices and taxes.
A. boosting
B. maximizing
C. raising
D. rising

22. People are becoming far more aware ------- environmental issues.
A. of
B. about
C. with
D. on
23. The bus lanes are designed to ease traffic -------, but they remain controversial.
A. safety
B. congestion
C. legislation
D. system
24. Fingerprints are -------- to every individual.
A. exceptional
B. extraordinary C. unusual
D. unique
25. She drove the car round the block to ------- up its batteries.
A. fill
B. charge
C. power
D. connect
26. Banning traffic from the shopping areas has made life much more pleasant for -------.
A. passengers
B. bystanders
C. pedestrians
D. witnesses
27. Everyone should have the right to a ------- when they retire.
A. pension
B. reimbursement C. refund
D. compensation
28. It is the good weather that makes Spain such a popular tourist -------.
A. facility

B. industry
C. season
D. destination
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29. Taipei is known for its ------- night markets—streets buzzing with activity until long after
the sun sets, full of vendors selling produce, food, alcohol, and countless other goods.
A. overseas
B. vibrant
C. sluggish
D. common
30. Every day the environment is further --------- by toxic wastes.
A. improved
B. adapted
C. degraded
D. explored
III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
31. My sister ------- so hard this week that she doesn’t have time to go to the hairdresser’s.

A. has been worked
B. worked
C. had worked
D. has
been working
32. Margo ------- teach English, but now she works at a publishing company.
A. used to
B. was used to
C. didn’t use to
D. isn’t used to
33. Due to recent increases in oil prices, we are sure that air fares -------- in a few months.
A. would go up
B. have gone up C. will go up
D. might have gone up
34. Teachers need ways to persuade more parents ------- parent-teacher evenings.
A. attend
B. attending
C. attended
D. to attend
35. Some see the spread of English as an international language as just another
consequence of -------.
A. globalizing
B. globalization
C. global
D. globally
36. I ------- this chapter in my chemistry text three times, and I still don't understand it!
A. have been reading
B. am reading
C. have read
D. had

been reading
37. Why has language diversified from its ancient origins into more than 5,000 mutually
unintelligible -------?
A. varieties
B. various
C. vary
D. variously
38. Refugees are migrants ------- are forced to leave their homes for reasons such as
conflicts in their countries.
A. which
B. whom
C. whose
D. who
39. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed comments ------- by Donald Trump
that the site has always been against him.
A. make
B. made
C. to make
D. making
40. Many English learners often don’t know enough words to express ---------.
A. them
B. their
C. theirs
D. themselves
41. People often find the medical language used by doctors --------.
A. confuse
B. confusing
C. confused
D. confusingly
42. These shelves ------- very cleverly to fit into corners.

A. design
B. are designing C. designed
D. have been
designed
43. This merger will further ------- the company and ensure its continued success.
A. strong
B. strongly
C. strengthen
D. strength
44. 'To Google' has become a -------- understood verb, and many countries are developing
their own internet slang.
A. universally
B. universal
C. universe
D. university
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45. Pure electric cars are impractical ------- current battery technology limits the distance an
electric car can travel.

A. because
B. whereas
C. despite
D. due to
IV. CLOZE PASSAGE
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best
completes each blank.
Language change
Languages continually undergo changes, (46) ------- speakers of a language are usually
unaware of the changes as they are occurring. For instance, American English has an
ongoing change whereby the pronunciation difference between the words cot and caught
(47) -------. The changes become more dramatic after longer periods of time. Modern
English readers may (48) ------- notes to understand fully the writings of English playwright
William Shakespeare, who wrote during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The English
of 14th-century (49) ------- Geoffrey Chaucer differs so greatly from the modern language
(50) ------- many readers prefer a translation into modern English. Learning to read the
writings of Alfred the Great, the 9th-century Saxon king, is comparable to acquiring a
reading knowledge of German.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.

A. although
A. are lost
A. request
A. poem
A. that

B. despite
B. is being lost
B. order
B. poetry
B. than

C. nevertheless
C. have been lost
C.
C. poet
C. which

D. regardless of
D. were lost
command D. require
D. poetic
D. as

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