PHONETICS
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that fifer from the rest in the pronunciation of the underlined part each of the following questions.
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. (5.0 pts)
READING
Read the following passage and decided which option A, B, C, or D best fits each space.
New Year is one of the most important ___(26)___ in the United States. On New Year's Eve, most people go to the parties. At twelve o'clock at night, everyone ___(27)___ "Happy New Year" and they wish their friends and relatives good luck. New Year’s Eve is usually a long night to many people. They don't go home until morning. Another holiday, Halloween, is mainly ___(28)___ children. On this holiday, children dress as witches, ghosts or other characters. Most children go from house to house asking for candy or fruit. ___(29)___ the people at the house do not give them candy, the children will play a trick on them. but this hardly ever happens. ___(30)___ people give them candy or fruit.
Read the passage below the ick out ONE best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.
The weather is not beautiful all of the time. Perhaps you can remember a day when bad weather made you afraid. One kind of bad weather that scares many people is called a thunderstorm. This is what happens when there is a thunderstorm. First, you see a sudden flash of bright light. A few seconds later you hear a loud rumbling sound. This quick flash is called lightning and the loud sound is called thunder. Lightning is colorful, but it can cause serious problems. Lightning is electricity that is moving very rapidly. It may be moving between a cloud and the ground, between two clouds, or between two parts of the same cloud. The lightning heats the air around it. This hot air expands, or get bigger, and it causes the air to move in waves. The air waves pass you in a series, one after another. For this reason, you may hear many rumbles and not just one sound.
Finish the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the given words.
