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PART 3. LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Circle the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the sentences below. (1
point).
1. Staying in a hotel costs ………renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. twice more than B. twice as much as
C. as much twice as D. as much as twice
2. If you had taken my advice you …………in such difficulties now.
A. won’t be B. hadn’t been C. wouldn’t be D. aren’t
3. Aristotle, one of the greatest natural philosophers, …………., the leading cultural and
intellectual city in Greece.
A. of Athens B. living in Athens
C. he lived in Athens D. lived in Athens
4. I need eight hours’ sleep a night, …………my brother gets by on only five or six.
A. except B. however C. whereas D. because
5. “Penny is an excellent actor!” “That goes without saying. If only she ……….to take a part
in our new play!”
A. agreed B. would agree C. had agreed D. was agreeing
6. “I think the amount of money in my account is incorrect.”
“ You are right, sir. I’m afraid it’s a mistake ………….by one of our employees.”
A. made B. is made C. has been made D. had been made
7. You …………to water the lawn. I think it’s going to rain later.
A. need not B. don’t must C. don’t need D. must not
8. “Why is Terri calling the police?” “She has ………….and she’s hoping they can find it.”
A. had her car stolen B. had stolen her car
C. had to steal her car D. her car was stolen
9. I have never felt better than I do now.
A. I feel well now B. I felt better before
C. I have never felt well D. I have always felt well
10. Of all the candidates, Jane is probably ………….
A. the less qualified B. the qualified less
C. the most little qualified D. the least qualified
II. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete the passage below. (1 point)
The telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman who
became a US citizen. The word “telephone” had been (1)…………existence since the 1830s
and had been (2)…………to a number of inventions designed to produce sound.
Bell had become interested in the possibility of long-distance speech through his work
with the deaf. He was twenty-eight and his assistant, Thomas Watson, was
(3)…………twenty-one when they (4)…………their great success on 10 th Match 1876.
Despite their long and close association, Bell’s first communication by telephone was not
“Tom, come here, I want you”. (5)………… “Mr. Watson, come here, I want you”.
(6)…………with excitement, Bell and Watson demonstrated their invention to a US
telegram company. The company wrote to Bell, saying that his invention was interesting.
However, after (7)…………it careful consideration, they had (8)…………to the conclusion
that it had “no future”. Fortunately for Bell, others could see the possibilities. Within fours
years of its invention, the US had 60,000 telephones. In the next twenty years that
(9)…………increased to over 6 million.
Today, ninety-three per cent of US homes have a telephone, a level of phone
ownership no other nation comes near to equaling. Each US household makes or receives
(10)…………average 3,516 calls per year, an astonishing statistic.
1. A. in B. with C. to D. out
2. A. joined B. named C. employed D. applied
3. A. quite B. just C. simply D. lately
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