I. Listen and fill in each blank with a suitable word or number:
A. Conversation
Interview José Manuel, you’re from _________________ but you live and work in Spain?
Jose Manuel Yes, that’s ________. I’m the Operations Director in Unilever’s Food Division, and I live and ______ in Barcelona.
Interview Do you need to speak good English, working for a big _____________________ company like Unilever?
Jose Manuel Yes, English is the company _________________ so I use it every day for emails and phone calls, and all international meetings are in English.
Interview How often do you go to international meetings?
Jose Manuel I go to our ______________ office in the ___________________ twice a year, and I _____________ have meetings in other countries in __________ too. But most of my meetings are in Spain, with _______________ people, so I don’t have to speak English then!
B. People are talking about how they celebrate birthdays. Do they stay home or go out?
1. ______ _______
2. ______ _______
3. ______ _______
4. ______ _______
5. ______ _______
6. ______ _______
II. Pronunciation: killed, reported, picked, faxed, lasted, decided, loved, hated, disliked, laughed, showed, started, locked, asked, needed, visited, travelled, stopped, returned, played, complained, aged, kissed.
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/t/: ____________________________________________________________
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III. Grammar and Structure:
1. Your last job was a bank manager, _____ it?
a. isn’t b. doesn’t c. didn’t d. wasn’t
2. He arrived at the hotel with only_____ luggage.
a. little b. few c. a little d. a little
3. Tom can run faster than Tim.
a. Tim can run faster than Tom.
b. Tim can run as fast as Tom.
c. Tim can not run as fast as Tom.
d. Tom can run as slowly as Tim
4. Could we meet tomorrow, _____ midday?
a. at b. on c. in d. with
5. You ____ find out about local customs before you visit a foreign country. (It’s a good idea)
a. can b. should c. may d. will
6. The Empire State Building ___ in just 140 days.
a. builds b. built c. was building d. was built
7. Mark Grady and his friends ____ Global Training in 1997.
a. found b. founded c. have found d. have founded
8. Mr. Brown knows Hoi An very well. He ___ here many times.
a. was b. is c. has been d. will be
9. This year four new hotels ___________
a. open b. opens c. have opened d. opened
10. Prices _____ since last year.
a. were increasing b. increased
c. have increased d. b & c correct
11. Do you usually watch the news _____ TV?
a. at b. on c. in d. with
12. Neither John nor his mother ___ the keys to the car.
a. has been taken b. has taken
c. have taken d. have been taken
13. You need __________this house.
a. to repaint b. repainted
c. to be repainting d. repainting
14. I can’t go to the movies with you if it ______ heavily
a. rained b. rains c. rain d. raining
15. They walked ____ half an hour to reach the village.
a. to b. at c. in d. for
16. Have you ever ________ an English course at the language center.
a. come b. learn c. studied d. attended
17. I have a friend called Fabrice. He___ from France.
a. came b. come c. comes d. has come
18. She closed the door _________ behind her.
a. soft b. soften c. softly d. softness
19. She has been a teacher _________ 2000.
a. since b. for c. in d. until
20. Your father went to the movies on Sundays last year, _________ ?
a. did he b. didn’t he
c. didn’t Tom d. All are not correct.
21. My sister rarely goes to school by bus, _____ ?
a. doesn’t she b. does she
c. did she d. didn’t she
22. They advised him_____ the street against the red light.
a. not cross b. not crossing
c. not to cross d. All are correct
23. I have my brother __________ my bicycle.
a. repair b. to repair c. repaired d. repairing
24. He is very good _________ repairing things.
a. on b. in c. at d. for
25. I ________ of him since we left school.
a. hasn’t heard b. haven’t hear
c. heard d. haven’t heard
26. They can’t open the lab now. They wish they _________ the key to open it.
a. have b. had had c. have had d. had
27. I haven't had any news of John _____ 2003.
a. in b. before c. on d. since
28. Are you afraid of ____________ on your own?
a. live b. to live c. living d. lived
29. She hasn’t heard from her son ________.
a. for several weeks b. for several weeks ago
c. since several weeks d. since several weeks ago
30. Pupils are looking forward to _______ on holiday.
a. go b. going c. went d. have gone
31. Let’s go out for a walk, _____ ?
a. do we b. don’t we c. won’t we d. shall we
32. Please ask them ______ in this area.
a. don’t smoke b. not smoking
c. to not smoke d. not to smoke
33. Television ___ very popular since the 1950s.
a. is b. was c. has been d. were
34. The doctor advised me ______ .
a. smoke b. not smoking
c. not to smoke d. not to smoking
IV. Writing:
A. Sentence Arrangement
1. James/ Wine and Dine/ work/ does/ magazine/ for? ____________________________________________________________
2. Monique Bresson/ at/ skiing/ sailing/ and/ enjoys/ the/ horse-riding/ weekends. ____________________________________________________________
3. English/ what/ about/ do/ know/ you? ____________________________________________________________
4. languages/ Monique Bresson/ European/ can/ other/ speak/ four/ Hungarian/ and. ____________________________________________________________
5. a/ how/ hours/ many/ does/ often/ day/ he/ work? ____________________________________________________________
6. once/ a/ month/ does/ do/ he/ what? ____________________________________________________________
7. she/ the/ business/ knows/ wine/ a lot/ about. ____________________________________________________________
8. James Turner/ Italian/ wants/ wine/ write/ to/ a/ about/ book. ____________________________________________________________
C. Write a paragraph about your house:
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