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Test 2

Exercise 1: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is

CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following sentences.

Question 1. "Stop smoking or you'll be ill," the doctor told me.

A. The doctor advised me to give up smoking to avoid illness.

B. The doctor suggested smoking to treat illness.

C. I was warned against smoking a lot of cigarettes.

D. I was ordered not to smoke to recover from illness.

Question 2. If we can solve this problem soon, it will be better for all concerned.

A. It would be better for all concerned if we can solve this problem soon.

B. The sooner we solve this problem, the better it will be for all concerned.

C. If we could solve this problem soon, it would be better for all concerned.

D. If all concerned are better, we can solve this problem soon.

Question 3. He survived the operation thanks to the skillful surgeon.

A. He wouldn't have survived the operation without the skillful surgeon.

B. Though the surgeon was skillful, he couldn't survive the operation.

C. He survived because he was a skillful surgeon.

D. There was no skillful surgeon, so he died.

Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in

meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 4. They have been forced to live in marginal environments, such as deserts and arctic wastelands.

A. suburban B. forgotten C. abandoned D. disadvantaged

Question 5. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace.

A. attracting attention B. widely used C. for everybody's use D. most preferable

Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part the needs

correction in each of the following questions.

Question 6. They asked us whether we thought that the statistics had presented fairly and accurately

A. whether B. thought C. had presented D. fairly

Question 7. Sam found it hard to concentrate on his work because the noise.

A. it B. concentrate C. work D. because

Question 8. Ms Phuong hardly never misses an opportunity to play in the tennis tournaments.

A. hardly never B. an C. to play D. in

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Exercise 4: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best

combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 9. We didn't want to spend a lot of money. We stayed in a cheap hotel.

A. Rather than spending a lot of money, we stayed in a cheap hotel.

B. In spite of spending a lot of money, we stayed in a cheap hotel.

C. We didn't stay in a cheap hotel as we had a lot of money to spend.

D. We stayed in a cheap hotel, but we had to spend a lot of money.

Question 10. I left the office. There was a power cut just then.

A. I left the office after there was a power cut.

B. Hardly I had left the office when there was a power cut.

C. No sooner had I left the office than there was a power cut.

D. I left the office long before there was a power cut.

Exercise 5: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

A YEAR WITH OVERSEAS VOLUNTEERS

I was with Overseas Volunteers (OV) for a year after leaving university, and I was sent to an isolated village

in Chad, about 500 kilometers from the capital N'Djamena. Coming from a rich country, I got quite a shock, as

conditions were much harder than I had expected. But after a few days I got used to (11)_______ there.

The people were always very friendly and helpful, and I soon began to appreciate how beautiful the

countryside was.

One of my jobs was to supply the village (12)______ water. The well was a long walk away, and the women

used to spend a long time every day (13)______ heavy pots backwards and forwards. So I contacted the

organization and arranged to have some pipes delivered. (14)______ these pipes were not really …