1. Can I borrow your mobile to __________ a quick __________ to my colleague at work?

a. do/phone

b. make/call

c. do/call

d. make/phone

2. For a full job __________, email infor@[Link].

a. description

b. descriptor

c. descriptive

d. describe

3. You can __________ by sending us your contact.

a. application

b. apply

c. applicability

d. applicant

4. Does working longer hours increase your chances of getting a __________?

a. promotion

b. salary

c. pension

d. job

5. The room or floor below the ground floor of a building is called __________.

a. stair

b. canteen

c. basement

d. office

6. New staff have a week’s __________ in how to use the system.

a. training

b. train

c. work
d. practice

7. Go outside if you want to __________! I want to relax and read my book.

a. make a noise

b. do your bed

c. do a noise

d. make your bed

8. __________ is like a door by which you can enter a building.

a. Basement

b. Entrance

c. Reception

d. Corridor

9. My boss __________ to the meeting and he’s back at his desk now.

a. is

b. has gone

c. has been

d. was

10. I haven’t seen Bill today. Where’s he __________?

a. done

b. doing

c. going

d. gone

11. The children __________ a lot since you last saw them.

a. grow

b. have grown

c. are growing

d. grew

12. Wow! I haven’t seen you __________ nearly twenty years!

a. for

b. since
c. on

d. in

13. Now many of the old forests __________ and there are mines and new buildings all over the land.

a. disappeared

b. disappear

c. have disappeared

d. were disappeared

14. How long __________ English?

a. she learned

b. had she learn

c. had she been learning

d. has she learned

15. This is the first time I __________ to my boyfriend.

a. wrote

b. write

c. have written

d. had written

16. Interviewer: How long have you worked in your current position? Mary: __________.

a. I’m working in a bookstore

b. It’s a long time

c. I stayed there last year

d. I’ve been there for about a year

17. Interviewer: Why do you want to leave? Why have you applied for this position? Linda: __________.

a. Well, I like working at the hotel, but I’m more interested in working for a business like yours

b. Well, I don’t like working there

c. It’s a long story

d. I don’t want to mention it

18. Interviewer: Would you describe yourself as ambitious? David: __________.

a. It’s ok
b. Yes, I suppose I am, a little. Though really, I like learning new things and working with different people

c. No, thanks

d. I want to know everything

19. Interviewer: Do you work well in a team? John: __________.

a. Yes, I do. Would I receive any training?

b. You are right

c. Yes, I think so

d. That’s a good idea

20. Interviewer: Can you give me an example of when you have worked with other people? Amanda:

a. I work hard and I enjoy working with other people

b. Thanks for your question

c. Thank you very much

d. Recently, we had a conference at our hotel so there were lots to arrange. The hotel manager was very
ill that week, so all of us on reception had to help with everything

21. I haven’t heard about him since August.:

a. The last time I heard about him was in August.

b. I didn't hear from him before August.

c. It's been August since I heard about him.

d. I've been hearing about him since August.

22. We intend to visit Ha Long this summer.

a. We have decided to travel to Ha Long this summer.

b. Travelling to Ha Long this summer was our decision.

c. Ha Long will definitely be our destination this summer.

d. We are going to visit Ha Long this summer.

23. I haven’t seen my old teacher for 5 years.

a. It’s been 5 years since I last saw my old teacher.

b. I see my old teacher every 5 years.

c. I didn’t see my old teacher 5 years ago.

d. My old teacher isn’t seen by me for 5 years.

a. The result of the Writing test will most likely be made known before Friday.

b. Before Friday we will probably know the result of the Writing test.

c. We will probably not to be told the results of the Writing test on Friday.

d. Friday is probably the earliest that anyone will know the results of the Writing test.

25. Ann started learning English ten years ago.

a. It is six years since Ann has learnt English.

b. Ann hasn’t learnt English for six years.

c. It was six years ago did Ann start learning English.

d. Ann has learned English for six years.

READING. QUESTIONS 26-30

Return to River Town

In 1996, Peace Corps volunteer Peter Hessler arrived in Fuling, a quiet town on the Yangtze, to teach
English. He went back recently to find the landscape and his former students transformed. I am in the
White Crane Ridge Underwater Museum near the city of Fuling. The museum is the strangest sight here
– it’s under 40 metres of water on the side of the Three Gorges Dam*. I’ve known the museum director,
Huang Dejian, since before the museum existed. The last time I saw him, the Three Gorges Dam was still
under construction 450 kilometres down the river. Fuling is at the junction of the Yangtze and the Wu
Rivers. In the mid-1990s, it felt sleepy and isolated. There was no main road or railway line. The Yangtze
ferries took seven hours to reach Chongqing, the nearest large city. Foreigners were rare; if I ate my
lunch in the town centre, a crowd often came to watch me. The city had one escalator, one nightclub,
and no traffic lights. I didn’t know anybody with a car.

From 1996 to 1998, I worked at Fuling Teachers College. My students came from rural homes and they
wanted to be English teachers. My students taught me many things. They helped me to understand
people’s experiences of moving from the countryside to big cities. They also taught me about the
complexities of poverty in China. My students didn’t have much money, but they were optimistic, and
they had opportunities.

During my return visit, about 15 students came back to Fuling to meet me. They tell me about their
classmates who have left Fuling. One is a Communist Party official in Tibet, another started a taxi
company and became a millionaire. One woman presented a radio show for years. My old students are
interested in analysing their society. One, who gave himself the English name of Mo Money says, ‘Life is
competitive. I think this is a special stage for China. In the past we criticised capitalist America. But now
we are in a similar situation.’ Another, Emily, tells me about her cousin, who has become richer, but not
happier.

My last meeting on this visit was with fishermen, Huang Zongming and his brother Zongguo. I was here
when they moved out of their homes in June 2003, when the first stage of the dam was completed. Now
I am surprised to discover that everything is almost the same for them. They are still fishermen. The
fishing on the river is still good. The dam has not changed everything in Fuling.

The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River stretches for nearly 2.5 kilometres and is the largest
concrete structure on Earth. It’s five times as wide as the Hoover Dam in the United States and is the
world’s biggest power station.

26. The town of Fuling __________.

a. is near the Three Gorges Dam

b. was built before the Three Gorges Dam

c. was built at the same time as the Three Gorges Dam

d. is now under the water of the Three Gorges Dam

27. Peter Hessler describes __________.

a. his job at the Fuling Teacher’s College

b. the Three Gorges Dam project

c. the Fuling teacher’s College

d. the changes he sees in the Fuling region

28. How is Fuling different today?

a. People are richer.

b. Lots of people speak English.

c. People are happier.

d. It’s quieter than before.

29. What does Peter say about his old students?

a. They are unhappy about how Chinese society has changed

b. They don’t understand the changes that have happened in their country

c. They are pessimistic about what is happening in their country

d. They explain how life is changing for people and what the changes mean

30. What does Peter say about the two fishermen?

a. the dam has affected them as much as everyone else in Fuling

b. he advised them to look for another job

c. he expected them to have different lives

d. their lives are better than before