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TEST 1 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from that of the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. Question 1. A. conservation B. endangered C. habitat D. trade Question 2. A. determined B. respected C. talented D. avoided Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of stress in each of the following questions. Question 3. A. tourist B. wildlife C. worried D. inspire Question 4. A. awareness B. excitement C. fantastic D. educate Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 5. I stopped _________ junk food to improve my health. A. eaten B. eat C. to eat D. eating Question 6. __________ internet makes it easy to find information quickly. A. An B. A C. The D. Question 7. Maria _________ up painting as a hobby last year. A. took B. brought C. got D. turned Question 8. I ________ hard in college at the moment so that I can pursue my dream job in the future. A. study B. am studying C. will study D. have studied Question 9. Of all the inventions in this show, the one by Dr. Martin is by far ________. A. practical B. more practical C. as practical D. the most practical Read the following advertisement/announcement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 10 to 15. GLASGOW
Arrival by car City centre car parks are not cheap. Leave car (10) ________ hotel. 'Discovering Glasgow' tour bus * Departs from George Square (11) ________ 30 minutes. * Buy tickets from the bus driver. Walking * Go to Welcome Centre for information - free maps (12) _________. Question 10. A. on B. from C. at D. of Question 11. A. every B. one C. some D. many Question 12. A. avail B. availability C. availably D. available Glassgow Have you ever been to this beautiful city? If not yet, find more about it now. (13) ________ to visit * Glassgow Cathedral - built in fifteenth (14) __________ * Merchant City area - shops selling jewellry (15) _________ clothes * Byres Road - student area * Botanic Gardens – glasshouses close at 4:45 Visit our website at www.visitglassgow.com Question 13. A. Parks B. Places C. People D. Methods Question 14. A. country B. century C. period D. generation Question 15. A. but B. so C. and D. yet Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct arrangement of the sentences to make a meaningful paragraph/letter in each of the following questions. Question 16. a. In addition, there isn't much space, so houses are small, and there aren't many parks.
b. In some countries, governments are trying to reduce urban populations by moving businesses out of cities and creating new towns. c. Urbanisation is the process of people moving to towns and cities. d. They can be very expensive, and they are often polluted and noisy. e. Many people commute into big cities for work, but there are several problems with living in urban areas. A. c – e – d – a – b B. c – a – e – b – d C. b – d – c – a – e D. b – c – a – d – e Question 17. a. This is believed to help us get updated. b. There is a lot of information to memorise in school. c. However, it's important not to forget it all after the exam. d. Many students do revision long before exams and some people think we should do revision for life. e. Lifelong learning is about studying voluntarily, and always looking for new ways to learn for life. A. e – c – b – d – a B. b – e – a – c – d C. b – c – d – e – a D. d – a – b – e – c Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 23. It's hard to imagine life before social media. If you asked a teenager what they would do if Facebook or Instagram suddenly disappeared, they might say that their life wouldn't be worth living. However, if we look at the history of social media, we can see that it is actually very new. The first social media site was called Six Degrees, and (18) ________. It allowed users to create a profile and make friends with other users. The site was very popular, but it closed down in 2001. Other sites such as Friendster and MySpace appeared, but they were more about sharing music and photos than (19) _______. Then, in 2004, Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook. At first, it was only available to (20) ________, but it quickly became very popular. In 2012, the company (21) ________ and its popularity increased even more. Today, there are over two billion monthly active users on Facebook. In 2005, YouTube was launched. (22) _________ grew very quickly, and in 2006, Google bought the site for $1.65 billion. Since then, various other social media sites have been created. Some of them are very popular, (23) _________. Question 18.