ENGLISH WRITTEN TEST 1
Time: 45 minutes
Name: ………………………….
Class: 12A Mark:

I - Pronunciation: (1,0 point)
* Choose the word whose underlined letter is pronounced differently from that of others.
1. A. serves B. hopes C. likes D. writes
A. concentrated B. looked C. booked D. hooked
* Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
3. A. airport B. waving C. discuss D. often
4. A. effort B. express C. office D. comment
II – Reading: ( 2 points)
* Read the passage and choose the word which best fits each gap of the passage.
The family is important to people all over the world although the structure of the family is quite (5)………….. from one country to another. In the United States, as in many (6)………… in the world, the family is changing. A generation or two following, the tradition family, in which the father was boss, was customary.
Nowadays, the modern family, in which both the father (7)……….. the mother are equal partner, is very common. Although there are several similarities between the (8)……… and the modern family, there are also some very important differences. The tradition husband was head of the household because he was the only one who worked outside the home. If the wife worked for pay, the husband was not considered to be a good provider. In many (9)…………. Today, both husband and wife work for pay. Therefore, they share the role of the head of household together.
5. A. like B. same C. different D. vary
6. A. houses B. villages C. countries D. section
7. A. for B. with C. at D. and
8. A. old B. tradition C. origin D. ancient
9. A. families B. generate C. house D. modern
* Read the passage below. Then choose the best answer (A, B,C, or D)to each question
Sometimes you know things about people the first time you see them, for example, that you want to be friends with them or that you don’t trust them. But perhaps this kind of intuition isn’t as hard to explain as it may seem. For instance, people give out body language signals all the time. The way you hold your body, head and arms tells people about your mood. If you hold your arms tightly at your sides, or fold them across your chest, people will generally feel that you are being defensive. Holding your head to one side shows interest in the other, while an easy, open posture indicates that you are self-confident .All this affects the way you feel about someone.
Also, a stranger may remind you of a meeting with someone. This may be because of something as simple as the fact that he or she is physically similar to someone who treated you well or badly. Your feelings about a stranger could be influenced by a smell in the air that brings to mind a place where you were happy as a child. Since even a single word can bring back a memory such as that, you may never realize it is happening.
10. What does the word “open” in the passage most closely mean?
A. not shut B. unlimited C. relaxed D. enlarged
11. What influences your impression of a person you meet the first time?
A. intuition B. knowledge C. feeling D. familiarity
12. What one feels about a stranger may be influenced by something that ________
A. strengthen one’s past behaviours B. reminds one of one’s past treatment
C. revives one’s past memories D. points to one’s childhood
13. What does the second paragraph discuss ?
A. Meaning of signals one implies toward a stranger
B. Factors that may influence one’s feeling about a stranger
C. Factors that cause people to act differently
D. How people usually behave to a stranger
14. Intuition described in the passage can be explained by means of _________
A. signals B. languages C. behaviours D. styles
III – Grammar and vocabulary ( 3. points)
* Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.
15. Some candidates failed the oral examination because they didn`t have enough …...
A. confide B. confident C. confidence D. confidential
16. Mr. Green …… a color television set already.
A.