Listen and complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS or A NUMBER for each answer.
Registration Card
AMBASSADOR HOTEL
Name of the customer:
Passport No.:
Number of customers:
Room No:
Luggage: Two and one bag.
You will hear a college lecturer being interviewed about the subject of her new book.
Listen and decide whether each of the following statements is True (T) or False (F).
Pat's book has already been published for 3 months.
Pat thinks girls do not benefit in mixed-sex schools.
According to Pat's book, boys always keep quiet when a girl is speaking in the classroom.
Pat thinks boys not only dominate the classroom verbally, but physically as well.
The so-called "normal" behaviour is men dominate women.
You will hear Peter Walsh being interviewed for a job.
Listen and choose the correct answer for each question.
How long has he been in his present job?
Why does he want a new job?
What does he like most about his job?
What kind of person are they looking for?
What qualifications does Peter have?
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
A: Do you mind if I take a seat?
B: _____
Yes, I don't mind.
No, do as you please.
No, I mind.
Yes, do as you please.
_____ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical illusion.
That the Moon
The Moon
The Moon which
When the Moon
I've never understood _____ shopping. If you're going into town, you might as well buy something.
Young _____ he was, he was equal to the task.
One hundred dollars _____ a big amount of money for her.
It is a _____.
They had wanted it to be a surprise but the plan didn't _____.
I don't know _____ of them comes from England as they all speak English.
I don't think she will come, _____?
When Lien saw my new fashionable coat, she was _____ with envy.
Give the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
The woman (help) us yesterday was an executive director of a big company.
Give the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
When he (come) , tell him to wait for me.
Give the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
Don't call him at 2.30 p.m. He (interview) job applicants at that time.
Give the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
Ba and Phong (know) each other quite well for years.
Give the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
She took a risk investing money with them. I'd rather she (not do) it.
Give the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
It is obligatory that the voyage (cancel) .
Give the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
(Bite) by a snake, I was rushed to hospital.
Give the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
Mike: I have just watered the roses.
Lucy: You (not water) them. Look, it's raining now!
Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.
I enjoy with friends and going out at the weekend. (SOCIAL)
Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.
You must learn to between politeness and real kindness. (DIFFERENT)
Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.
They made sacrifices in to the gods. (OFFER)
Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.
The tsunami has caused damage to the Japanese. (CALCULATE)
Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.
Space is huge and full of exciting things such as planets, moon, galaxies and black holes. (IMAGINE)
Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.
This statue the soldiers who died in the war. (MEMORY)
Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.
Regular exercise and a balanced diet are key factors that contribute to the of a healthy lifestyle. (LONG)
The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Recognise the mistakes and write their correct forms in your answer sheet.
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Fill in each blank with ONE best word.
Hobbies are practiced interest and enjoyment, rather than financial reward. Examples include collecting, creative and artistic pursuits, making, tinkering, sports and adult education. Engaging in a hobby can to acquiring substantial skill, knowledge, and experience. However, personal fulfilment the aim. What are hobbies for people are professions for others: a game tester may enjoy cooking as a hobby, while a professional chef might enjoy playing (and helping to debug) computer games. Generally speaking, the who does something for fun, not remuneration, is called an amateur (or hobbyist), as distinct from professional. An important determinant of what is considered a hobby, as distinct from a profession (beyond the lack of remuneration), is probably easy it is to make a living at the activity. Almost no one can make a living at cigarette card or stamp collecting, but many people find enjoyable; so it is commonly regarded a hobby. Amateur astronomers often make meaningful contributions to the professionals. It is not entirely uncommon for a hobbyist to be the to discover a celestial body or event. In UK, the pejorative noun anorak (similar to the Japanese 'otaku' meaning a geek or enthusiast) is often applied to people who obsessively pursue a particular hobby that is considered boring, such as train spotting or stamp collecting.
Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
Some time ago, scientists began to find out whether it would be possible to set up a "village" under the sea. A special room was built and lowered the water of Port Sudan in the Red Sea. For 29 days, five men lived a depth of 40 feet. At a lower level, another two divers stayed for a week in a smaller 'house'. On returning to the surface, the men said they had experienced no difficulty in breathing and had many interesting scientific observations. The captain of the party, Commander Cousteau, spoke of the possibility of the seabed. He said that some permanent stations were to be set up under the sea, and some undersea farms would provide food for the growing population of the world.
The divers in both 'houses' spent most of their time the bottom of the sea. On four occasions, they went down to 360 feet and observed many extraordinary of the marine life, some of which had never been seen before. During their stay, Commander Cousteau and his divers reached a depth of 1000 feet and witnessed a gathering of an immense of crab which numbered, perhaps, hundreds of millions. They also found out that it was to move rapidly in the water in a special vessel known as a "diving saucer".
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
The modern comic strip started out as ammunition in a newspaper war between giants of the American press in the late nineteenth century. The first full-color comic strip appeared in January 1894 in the New York World, owned by Joseph Pulitzer. The first regular weekly full-color comic supplement, similar to today's Sunday funnies, appeared two years later, in William Randolph Hearst's rival New York paper, the Morning Journal.
Both were immensely popular and publishers realized that supplementing the news with comic relief boosted the sale of papers. The Morning Journal started another feature in 1896, the "Yellow Kid", the first continuous comic character in the United States, whose creator, Richard Outcault, had been lured away from the World by the ambitious Hearst. The "Yellow Kid" was in many ways a pioneer. Its comic dialogue was the strictly urban farce that came to characterize later strips, and it introduced the speech balloon inside the strip, usually placed above the characters' heads.
The first strip to incorporate all the elements of later comics was Rudolph Dirks's "Katzenjammer Kids", based on Wilhelm Busch's Max and Moritz, a European satire of the nineteenth century. The "Kids" strip, first published in 1897, served as the prototype for future American strips. It contained not only speech balloons, but a continuous cast of characters, and was divided into small regular panels that did away with the larger panoramic scenes of earlier comics.
Newspaper syndication played a major role in spreading the popularity of comic strips throughout the country. Though weekly colored comics came first, daily black-and-white strips were not far behind. The first appeared in the Chicago American in 1904. It was followed by many imitators, and by 1915 black-and-white comic strips had become a staple of daily newspapers around the country.
In what order does the author discuss various comic strips in the passage?
According to the passage, the "Yellow Kid" was the first comic strip to do all of the following EXCEPT _____.
The word "prototype" in paragraph 3 is CLOSEST in meaning to _____.
The word "staple" in paragraph 4 is CLOSEST in meaning to _____.
The word "incorporate" in paragraph 3 is CLOSEST in meaning to _____.
Why does the author mention Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst?
The word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to _____.
The passage suggests that comic strips were popular for which of the following reasons?
To say that Richard Outcault had been "lured away from" the World by Hearst means which of the following?
What does the passage mainly discuss?
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
He told me that it was wrong of me to leave the meeting early.
=> He criticized ..........
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
His mood began to improve as soon as he drank a glass of wine.
=> No sooner ..........
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
It is believed that his father died in a car accident.
=> His father ..........
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
You can do jogging anytime whatever the weather is like.
=> Come rain ..........
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
The training course was too expensive; I couldn't afford it.
=> It was such ..........
Complete the second sentence using the word given so that it has the same meaning to the first.
Ann is proud of her ability to speak five languages fluently. (PRIDES)
=> Being ..........
Complete the second sentence using the word given so that it has the same meaning to the first.
Although he was not guilty, they executed him. (BEING)
=> In ..........
Complete the second sentence using the word given so that it has the same meaning to the first.
Nothing would induce him to leave the house without locking the door. (CIRCUMSTANCES)
=> Under without locking the door.
Complete the second sentence using the word given so that it has the same meaning to the first.
Don't tell my mother anything about it. (BREATHE)
=> Don't ...............
Complete the second sentence using the word given so that it has the same meaning to the first.
She couldn't understand anything about what the teacher was explaining in class. (HEAD)
=> She couldn't what the teacher was explaining in class.
Write a paragraph on the following topic.
Some people believe that AI (Artificial Intelligence) will bring more benefits than drawbacks to society.
To what extent do you agree or disagree? Write a paragraph about 150-170 words to express your opinion.