Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time. They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music. They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out. Throughout the world many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.
The Beatles stopped their live performances because_________.




A.They spent more time writing their own songs
B.They did not want to work with each other
C.They had earned enough money
D.They were afraid of being hurt by fans.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time. They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music. They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out. Throughout the world many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.
The passage is mainly about__________.




A.Why the Beatles split up after 7 years
B.The Beatles’ fame and success
C.How the Beatles became more successful than other groups
D.Many people’s ability to sing a Beatles song

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Not only _____ the exam but she also got a scholarship.




A.has she passed
B.she has passed
C.she passed
D.did she passed

Choose the correct word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the passage.
The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to, read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level (31) _______ for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and communicate ideas in a literate society,' so as to take (32) _______ in that society. The United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has drafted the following definition: “Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written 'materials (33) _______ with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an Individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his, or her (34) _______ and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society." . This claim is made on the (35) _______ that literate people can be trained less expensively than illiterate people, generally have a higher socio-economic (36) _______ and enjoy better health and employment prospects.
Many policy analysts consider literacy rates a crucial measure of a region's human capital. A Policy makers also argue that literacy increases job opportunities and access to higher education. In Kerala, India, for example, female and child mortality rates declined (37) _______ in the 1960s, when girls who were educated in the education reforms after 1948 began to raise families. Recent researchers, (38) _______, argue that correlations such as, the one listed above may have more to do with the effects of schooling rather than literacy in general. Regardless, the (39)_______ of educational systems worldwide includes a basic (40) _______ around communication through test and print, which is the foundation of most definitions of literacy.
(34)




A.ability
B.knowledge
C.behavior
D.performance

Choose the word or phrase A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
At present, more and more people are taking part in the struggle ............ illiteracy




A.for
B.with
C.against
D.to

Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.




A.illiterate
B.eradicate
C.voluntary
D.minority

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.




A.eradicate
B.campaign
C.vacation
D.transport

Choose the word that best completes each of these sentences
It’s quite easy to get access __________ the Internet.




A.on
B.in
C.to
D.into

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the other




A.watch
B.channel
C.chat
D.chemistry

Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences
It rains heavily, _____________ I can’t go to the movie with you.




A.and
B.but
C.because
D.so