Part 2: Vocabulary - grammar and structures

11. Let's play cards ... dinner.

A. since B. after C. on D. for

12. We met when we were....

A. in holiday B. during holiday C. on holiday D. by holiday

13. It looks ... rain.

A. like B. as C. so D. for

14. Why ... school yesterday?

A. hasn't she been at B. she wasn't at C. isn't she gone to D. wasn't she at

15. ... boots were they left them.

A. The three players' B. The three player’s

C. The three players D. Three players' their

16. He....

A. will be here soon B. will here be soon C. will be soon here D. soon will be here

17. I'll wait here ... 8 o'clock.

A. since B. by C. for D. until

18. When ... give us your final decision?

A. are you B. will you C. going out to D. you going to

19. ....

A. I waited for at the airport long eight hours.

B. I waited for at the airport eight long hours.

C. At the airport for eight long hours I waited.

D. I waited at the airport for eight long hours.

20. One of our lawyers ... the case.

A. has studying B. has been studying

C. was studied D. had studying

21. It was Friday afternoon and he shops were full ... customers.

A. of B. in C. by D. with

22. ... is often made of wood.

A. Items of furniture B. Furniture

C. A piece of furniture D. Furnitures

23. This young man can get along not only with girls, but also with ... parents.

A. they're B. their's C. theirs D. their

24. The driver ... to read a newspaper while he ... for the lights to change.

A. had started- waited B. has started- has been waiting

C. was starting- has waited D. started- was waiting

25. ... did you say ... called?

A. What- what were you B. How- you were

C. What- you were D. What- how were you

Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one?

26. "Why don't you wait by the phone box, Brenda?" said Leslie.

A. Leslie suggested that Brenda should wait by the phone box

B. Leslie asked Brenda why she waited by the phone box

C. Leslie asked Brenda why she hadn't waited by the phone box

D. Leslie wanted to know why she didn't wait by the phone box

27. After a long chase the police finally succeeded in arresting the thief.

A. Although the police chased the thief for a long time, they couldn't arrest him.

B. It took the police a long time to chase the thief, but they couldn't arrest him.

C. After a long chase, the police finally arrested the thief.

D. It was too difficult to arrest the thief.

28. His handwriting is so small that I can hardly read it.

A. His handwriting is too bad to read

B. He is used to small writing so I can hardly read it

C. His handwriting is the smallest I have ever read.

D. He has such small writing that I can hardly read it.

29. Someone has to pick the visitors up from the airport.

A. The visitors have to be picked up from the airport.

B. The visitors have to be seen off at the airport.

C. Someone has to see the visitors off from the airport.

D. The visitors came here by plane.

30. Everyone was surprised to see Geoff leave the party early.

A. Everyone was surprised to see Geoff leave the party early.

B. To everyone's surprise, Geoff left the party early.

C. Everyone was surprised to see Geoff come to the party early.

D. Geoff surprised everyone at the party by his early coming.

31. (A) Most of the (B) production like (C) fruit and vegetables that you find in this supermarket has been (D) imported.

32. (A) Remember that if you buy something expensive, it's very important to (B) keep the (C) recipe just (D) in case there's a problem.

33. She never (A) wears ordinary (B) cloths when she does the (C) gardening specially (D) during the autumn.

34. When you buy (A) items like perfume and (B) jewellery on the plane itself, you can usually (C) save money because the goods are less (D) valuable.

35. We were having such an (A) enjoyable time on our holiday that we (B) visited our travel agent at the airport and asked (C) whether it would be possible to (D) lengthen our stay by another week.

Language is a way to communicate with each other. We started to learn language when we were born. However, people are used to speaking their native language, so immigrants are having many problems between the first generation and the second generation because they don't have the same native language. Also, the second generation is losing their identity. Especially in America, there are many immigrants that came from different countries to succeed in the States. Because they suffer in lots of areas such as getting a job and trying to speak English, they want their children to speak English, not only at school, but also at home in order to be more successful. Because of this situation, their children are losing their ethnic identity and even more, they are ignoring their parents whose English is not very good.

For example, my aunt, who has been living in Chicago for fifteen years, has three children and they were all born in the States. The eighteen-year-old daughter speaks English as a native language and she speak Korean very well, too. She has no problems talking with her parents, but she still doesn't understand Korean jokes, and there are sometimes misunderstandings. The second daughter is fourteen years old, and she doesn't want to speak Korean. My aunt often gets upset with her because she is very Americanized and they cannot understand each other. Even when my aunt punishes her, this daughter does not understand what my aunt is talking about. I felt sympathy for my aunt whenever my fourteen year old cousin said. "Mom, what is your problems?". The third child is a twelve year old son. He speaks English to his parents and my aunt speaks Korean to him as she does to the second daughter. He also has a problem communicating with his parents. My aunt is trying to teach him to speak both languages very well, but it is very hard for him because he speaks English all day and does not understand why he should learn to speak Korean.

We must realize that language is important and valuable for many reasons. Immigrants should make and effort not to be ignored by their children and to make their children understand their heritage by teaching them the parent's language. This is very important, not only for the harmony of the family, but also in helping the second generations establish their identity.

36. Look at the title and scan the article quickly. What do you think this article will be about?

A. Learning a second language

B. Immigrants who become sick in the U.S

C. Language and its effect on the identity of immigrants

D. Schools attended by immigrants to the U.S

37. Which of these statements is NOT true according to the first paragraph of the article?

A. Second generation immigrants are usually eager to learn their parent's native language.

B. It is often hard for first and second-generation family members to communicate with each other.

C. Because second-generation immigrant children often speak only English, they may lose their ethnic identity.

D. Sometimes second-generation immigrant children ignore their parents because of language differences.

38. Which of the following is NOT true about the 18-year-old daughter?

A. She was born in the U.S

B. She speaks only English very well; her Korean is poor.

C. She gets along better with her parents than her brother and other sister do.

D. She doesn't understand Korean jokes well.

39. Which is NOT a reason that the 14 year old sister has problems with her mother.

A. She doesn't want to speak Korean

B. She doesn't love her mother

C. She is very Americanized.

D. She does not understand her mother when she gets punished.

40. To whom does the mother speak Korean?

A. Her oldest daughter only B. All of her children

C. Her two daughters only D. Only to her son.

We are all slowly destroying the earth. The sea and the rivers are ... (41) ... dirty to swim in. There is ... (42) ... smoke in the air that it is unhealthy to live in many of the world's cities. In one well-known city, for example, poisonous gases from cars pollute the air ... (43) ... that traffic policemen have to wear oxygen masks.

We have cut down ... (44) ... trees that there are now vast areas of wasteland all over the world. As a result, farmers in parts of Africa cannot grow ... (45) ... to eat. In certain countries in Asia there is ... (46) ... little rice. Moreover, we do not take ... (47) ... care of the countryside. Wild animals are quickly disappearing. For instance, tigers are rare in India now because we have killed ... (48) ... for them to survive. However, it isn't ... (49) ... simple to talk about the problem. We must act now before it is ... (50) ... late to do anything about it. Join us now. Save the earth. This is too important to ignore.

41. A. so B. too C. so much D. too much

42. A. many B. much C. so much D. so many

43. A. many B. much C. so much D. so many

44. A. a lot B. a lot of C. many D. so many

45. A. enough B. too C. many D. so

46. A. enough B. less C. much D. so

47. A enough B. less C. fewer D. so

48. A. many B. much C. so much D. so may

49. A. enough B. too C. so much D. so

1. A. Chip B. Chocolate C. Job D. Lunch

2. A. Village B. Package C. Message D. Stage

3. A. Polish B. Seaside C. License D. Light

4. A. Taught B. Laughter C. Sauce D. Naughty

5. A. Now B. Flow C. Snow D. Slow

6. A. Comic B. Nation C. Cartoon D. Western

7. A. Evening B. Decision C. Ambition D. Attention

8. A. Promotion B. Newspaper C. Business D. Average

9. A. Journalist B. Poisonous C. Generous D. Engineer

10. A. Documentary B. Hilarious C. Ridiculous D. Continuous

11. ... books on this shelf were written by Dickens.

A. All B. All the C. Every D. The all

12. She said she ... for five hours.

A. had been working B. has worked

C. worked D. has been working

13. They ... married in church last year.

A. are B. made C. got D. have

14. Janet is....

A. an old friend of mine B. an old my friend

C. a my old friend D. an old friend of me

15. He's ... intelligent than his sister.

A. lesser B. much less C. much fewer D. not so

16. My house is opposite ... the park.

A. from B. of C. - D. to

17. She loves ... Hungarian music.

A. the B. - C. some of D. a

18. As the sun ... I decided to go out.

A. shines B. has shine C. shine D. was shining

19. I ... your uncle tomorrow, so I'll give him your note.

A. have seen B. shall have seen C. am seeing D. going to see

20. By the time the police arrived, the thieves ... the stolen.

A. hide B. had hidden C. are hiding D. will have hiding

21. She walked ... the road without looking.

A. by B. through C. across D. long

22. We spent ... day sunbathing.

A. the whole B. all the C. whole D. whole of the

23. It's a long journey by train, it's much ... by road.

A. quickly B. more quickly C. more quick D. quicker

24. Hasn't....

A. come the post yet B. yet the post came

C. the post yet come D. the post come yet

25. During his stay in Rome, Elmer ... a lot of photographs.

A. pushed B. put C. took D. caught

26. Water is the best thing to drink when you are thirsty.

A. People should drink nothing but water when you are thirsty.

B. You should drink only water when you are thirsty.

C. It's best to not drink water unless you are thirsty.

D. Water is the best "thirst- quencher"

27. His speech was so boring that everyone got up and left.

A. He got up and left because everyone was talking

B. No one stayed to listen to him because his speech was poor.

C. Everyone stood up so that they could hear his speech.

D. His speech was interesting enough for people to listen.

28. Shallow water- No diving

A. This water is very deep.

B. You can dive from here

C. This water is not deep enough for diving

D. This water is not deep enough for swimming

29. It's necessary to have your car washed.

A. Your car needs washing B. You have to wash you car

C. You should wash your car D. Your car needs to wash

30. Tom doesn't have enough money, so he can't go anywhere this summer.

A. Tom is short of money

B. If Tom had enough money, he would go somewhere this summer.

C. Tim is tired of traveling

D. If Tom has enough money, he will go somewhere this summer.

31. After breakfast on the second day there was a (A) notice pinned up on a board near (B) reception that indicated the new (C) position where the afternoon's activities (D) would be held.

32. One of the speakers (A) scheduled for the day before the final meeting was known to be very boring and so (B) few delegates (C) waited his (D) presentation.

33. For (A) the most popular speakers the committee (B) had decided to use the (C) main hall that is capable of (D) supporting at least 200 people.

34. (A) At the end of the conference (B) organizations had been made for all members who (C) had come by train (D) to be taken by taxi to the station.

35. They (A) are such (B) a nice people (C) that everybody (D) loves them.

The novelist Robert Herrick was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 26, 1868. His oldest American ancestor, a nephew of the author of Hesperidins, had settled at Salem in 1638; he was related to the Hales, the Mannings, the Hawthornes, and the Peabodys; his immediate forebears were lawyers, teachers, and clergymen. His teaching began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but William Rainey Harper lured him to the new University of Chicago, where he remained officially for exactly a generation and where his students in advanced composition found him terrifyingly frigid in the classroom but sympathetic and understanding in their personal conferences. During his later years the spot of earth dearest to his heart was York Village, Maine, but after his retirement from teaching he brought his career to a rather amazing close as government secretary of the Virgin islands. He died at St. Thomas on December 23, 1938.

36. To which of the following families was Herrick related?

A. The Santayanas B. The Hawthornes C. The Moodys D. The Hapgoods

37. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a profassion of Herrick's relatives?

A. Farmer B. Teacher C. Clergyman D. Lawyer

38. Herrick moved to the University of Chicago at the request of

A. the Hales B. the Mannings

C. Robert Morss Lovett D. William Rainey Harper

39. According to the passage, Herrick's students thought he was

A. gifted in teaching B. unfair in his grading

C. easy to understand D. kind during personal contact

40. In which of the following activities was Herrick involved during the last years of his life?

A. University teaching B. Government work

C. Translating D. Lecturing

When man first learnt how to make fire, he began to use fuel for the first time. The fuel he used was probably wood. As time passed, man eventually discovered that substances such as coal and oil ... (41) ....

Coal ... (42) ...very widely as a source of energy until the last century. With the coming of the industrial revolution, it was soon realized that production ... (43) ...if coal was used instead of wood. Nowadays, many of the huge factories and electricity generating stations ... (44) ...to function if there was no coal there.

In the last twenty or thirty years, however, the use of coal ... (45) .... As a result, there have been changes in the coal industry. It ... (46) ...that more people ... (47) ...coal if oil and gas were not available.

There is more than enough coal in the world for man's needs for the next two hundred years if your use of coal ... (48) .... Unfortunately, however, about half of the world's coal ... (49) .... Mining much of it ... (50) ... very expensive even if it was to use new equipment.

41. A. are burning B. would burn C. have burnt D. were burnt

42. A. not used B. did not used C. not using D. was not used

43. A. doubles B. had doubled C. will double D. would double

44. A. were unable B. would be unable C. will be unable D. are unable

45. A. has declined B. will decline C. declines D. will decline

46. A. believed B. is believing C. believing D. is believed

47. A. would use B. used C. use D. will use

48. A. did not increasing B. would not increased

C. does not increased D. may not increase

49. A. would never use B. may never be used

C. would never be used D. may never use