1. __ you come from the USA?

Are
Have
Do
Is

2. How old ___ you?

Have
Are
Do
Is

3. There are more __ than men in the UK.

people
woman
persons
women

4. These are magazines, __ are newspapers.

those
that
this
these

5. My dad sometimes __ home late in the night.

goes
comes
come
went

6. I'd like to go __ the cinema.

at
to
in
on

7. I'm good communicating with people, understanding their needs.

8. I was born 1981.

9. Look those black clouds! It's going to rain.

10.  a  walk  often  the  evening  I  in  for  go

11. your  always  you  do  Do  homework ?

12. bed have I don't usually in breakfast

13. Can I speak to Mr.Thompson? - I'm afraid he's __ for a moment.

in
out
away
off

14. It __ cold. I can give you __ advice - put on your coat.

turns / one
is going / some
is getting / some
is turning / one

15. You need to relax now. __ a deep breath.

get
have
take
make

16. I __ English __ last year.

have learnt / for
was learning / since
've been learning / since
am learning / since

17. As long as you let your kid  __ whatever he wants to, he'll make you  __  about your working life.

to do / to forget
doing / forget
to do / forgetting
do / forget

18. You're aching all over. If I __ you, I'd go to see __ doctor.

was / ..
would be / the
were / the
were / a

19. She said she __ since 4 o'clock.

has been waiting
is waiting
had been waiting
has waited

20. I __ dizzy yesterday after dancing all night.

fall
fell
felt
fallen

21. I passed my exam __ .

this year
last year
in this year
in last year

22. __ people came to the performance. The hall was almost empty.

a few
little
few
a little

23. her ever mother She sick after looks hardly

24. lights stay are so  up still on she is likely to late Her

25. Stop it! You __ about everything.

are always complaining
always complain
should always complain
have always complain

26. Audrey works __ at the gym twice a week.

out
away
off
across

27. If you come along, please __ your tent with you.

take
bring
pass
carry

28. I will sue him for what he's done __ he __ it.

if / apologize for
otherwise / apologize of
unless / apologizes from
unless / apologizes for

29. I'm not into sports very much. - __

So am I
Neither do I
Nor am I
Neither am I

30. Nobody knew why he __ his job.

quit
quitted
quited
had quiten

31. Did you remember __ the dog? I'm wondering because I haven't __ him today.

to feed / feeden
to feed / fed
feeding / feeden
that you fed / fed

32. I would __ if you __ well in advance.

have picked you up / had called
pick you up / will call
have picked up you / had called
pick you up / would call

33. He's already in bed __ asleep.

fast
hard
deeply
heavily

34. Tim's wife __. She will never believe such an excuse.

is nobody's fool
a know-it-all
wasn't born yesterday
knows what's what

35. is  wonder  the  outside  weather  what  I  like

36. matter  on  up  how  he  hard  he  can  tries  never  No  catch  her

37. Mike plans to go to the park  to __ .

play volleyball
fly a kite
play football
ride a bike

38. In the end, Shirley decides to __ .

join Mike
invite Mike to play ball
ride an old bike
go for a walk in the park

39. Shirley's kite __ .

is not new, fast and has 2 strings
is old, fast and has 2 wings
has 4 strings but is not fast
has 2 new strings

40. Shirley and Mike go there __ .

this afternoon
tonight
tomorrow afternoon
next morning

41. Where are James and Jamie practising for their race?

Indian ocean
English lake
Chinese sea
Tames river

42. What is the purpose of their escapade?

to get out of depression and find piece of mind in the middle of the ocean
to become the youngest pair to row across an ocean and raise 40 thousand pounds for the charity
to raise 20 thousand pounds for the charity
to become the first British in the Indian ocean

43. What is the route and the length of it?

England - Australia, 3600 miles
Africa - Australia, 360 km
India - Mauritius, 3600 miles
Australia - Africa, 3600 miles

44. How long will the race take?

a fortnight
a month
3 months
6 months

45.  The word ‘meltdown’ in the headline ‘Hints of a Meltdown in Commercial Real Estate’ is closest in meaning to __ .

fall
recession
improvement
jump

46. What the commercial real estate sector is now NOT facing is __ .

bankrupt leasing firms
surge in mortgage defaults
oversupply of vacant office space
suspended development sites

47. The selling cost of the buildings package Wordlwide Plaza was part of in 2007 is __ USD.

7 bln
600 mln
50 mln
1.7 bln

48. The market in question has decreased by __ from its highest point.

50%
35%
two thirds
35 trl USD

Once upon a time, a little girl lived with her mother in a tiny cottage. They were very poor, so they often went to bed without any supper. But then the day came when there was nothing left to eat in the cottage, not even a crumb. "l'll go to the woods and look for nuts and berries," said the little girl, and off she went.
She had not been hunting for long, when she saw a cracker lying on the ground. She picked it up and was just about to take a big bite when she spotted an old man asleep under a tree. "Excuse me, sir," she said, waking the old man. "Is this your cracker?" "Why, yes it is," replied the man, "Thank you. I was going to have that for my lunch. I dropped it on my way through the woods. Then I became so tired looking for it that I stopped by this tree to rest." The man then pulled an old black pan out of his knapsack and handed it to the little girl.
"Because you have been so honest, I will give you this magic pan as a present. Take it home and put it on the stove. If you say, " Cook, little pan, cook,' it will hubble and bubble and cook lovely sweet porridge for you all. As soon as you have eaten enough, just say, "Stop, little pan, stop,' and it will stop cooking until you want some more."
49. The Little girl and her mother didn’t have supper because they __ .

were not hungry
were poor
gave their meals to the old man
didn't have the magic pan

50. The word 'woods' in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __ .

street
forest
field
town

51. The magic pan is a __ .

kitchen device
type of food
cooking magic creature
oven

52. The magic pan cooks .

The history of the English language really started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th century AD. These tribes, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, crossed the North Sea from what today is Denmark and northern Germany. At that time the inhabitants of Britain spoke a Celtic language. But most of the Celtic speakers were pushed west and north by the invaders - mainly into what is now Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The Angles came from Englaland and their language was called Englisc - from which the words England and English are derived.

The invading Germanic tribes spoke similar languages, which in Britain developed into what we now call Old English. Old English did not sound or look like English today. Native English speakers now would have great difficulty understanding Old English. Nevertheless, about half of the most commonly used words in Modern English have Old English roots. The words be,strong and water, for example, derive from Old English. Old English was spoken until around 1100.

 In 1066 William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy (part of modern France), invaded and conquered England. The new conquerors (called the Normans) brought with them a kind of French, which became the language of the Royal Court, and the ruling and business classes. For a period there was a kind of linguistic class division, where the lower classes spoke English and the upper classes spoke French. In the 14th century English became dominant in Britain again, but with many French words added. This language is called Middle English. It was the language of the great poet Chaucer (c1340-1400), but it would still be difficult for native English speakers to understand today.

53.  What are the basic waves of invaders that are covered in the text?

2 waves: Germanic tribes and Normans
4 waves: the Angles, the Saxons, the Jutes and the Normans
3 waves: Germanic tribes, Normans and the French
3 waves: the Angles, the Celts and the Normans

54. The Celtic language is now spoken in __ .

the South of England
the North and West of the British Isles
Denmark and Northern Germany
Scotland

55. Speaking French was considered to be __ in the times of the Middle English.

prestigious
secure
unfashionable
correct

56. The most famous poet who wrote in Middle English is .

Manure, compost and ash were used as fertilisers for centuries before the 1800s, but people did not understand how they worked until the science of chemistry was developed in the 19th century and it became clear that they supply plants with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Today, something similar may be happening with a different sort of fertiliser altogether. For reasons that are not yet entirely clear, it looks as though exposing seeds to carbon nanotubes before they germinate makes the seedlings that subsequently sprout grow faster and larger.

A carbon nanotube is, as its name suggests, a tiny cylinder of carbon atoms. Such tubes have been proposed for all sorts of fancy uses, particularly in electronics, but they and other nanoparticles (so called because their dimensions are measured in nanometres, or billionths of a metre) have also been objects of concern. The fear is that if they became ubiquitous, they might damage living creatures, people included, by interfering with the way cells work.

In the case of plants, a few studies over the past decade have suggested that some nanoparticles can, indeed, breach the rigid walls that surround plant cells. Instead of viewing that as a threat, however, Mariya Khodakovskaya and Alex Biris of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock wondered if it might be an opportunity. They therefore considered the possibility of using nanoparticles to penetrate the tough coats that surround unsprouted seeds.

The reason for their interest was that these coats are something of a mixed blessing. They are there to protect the seed—and the germinating seedling—from desiccation and physical harm. They also, however, slow the absorption of nutrients when a seed eventually finds soil that is good enough to grow in.

57.  The word ‘germinate’ in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __ .

plant
grow
weed
sprout

58. The word ‘ubiquitous’ in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to __ .

unique
infected
omnipresent
isolated

59. The use of nanoparticles is a threat because it can __ and has a lot of potential because it can __ .

damage the cell walls / help figure out what chemical elements modern fertilizers supply plants with
produce uncontrollable cells /it can help make a wider use of manure, compost and ash
endanger some of the species of the living creatures / generate living cells
interfere with the way the living cells function / help grow bigger crops

60. Alimental elements plants get from soil are called .