Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.
Children are........in watching cartoon films.




A.interested
B.keen
C.fond
D.concerned

Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.
I couldn't resist reading the book even........ I was very sleepy.




A.though
B.although
C.however
D.otherwise

Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the rest.




A.understand
B.engineer
C.improvement
D.introduce

Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the rest.




A.example
B.holiday
C.careful
D.interest

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest




A.sleep
B.keep
C.pleasure
D.people

(48)




A.what
B.that
C.why
D.when

(41)




A.sent
B.posted
C.mailed
D.thrown

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
BODY LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
The body language people use often communicates more about their feelings than the words they are saying. We use body movements, hand gestures, facial expressions, and changes in our voice to communicate with each other. Although some body language is universal, many gestures are culturally specific and may mean different things in different countries.
If you want to give someone the nod in Bulgaria, you have to nod your head to say no and shake it to say yes – the exact opposite of what we do! In Belgium, pointing with your index finger or snapping your fingers at someone is very rude.
In France, you shouldn’t rest your feet on tables or chairs. Speaking to someone with your hands in your pockets will only make matters worse. In the Middle East, you should never show the soles of your feet or shoes to others as it will be seen as a grave insult. When eating, only use your right hand because they use their left hands when going to the bathroom.
In Bangladesh, the ‘thumbs-up’ is a rude sign. In Myanmar, people greet each other by clapping, and in India, whistling in public is considered rude.
In Japan, you should not blow your nose in public, but you can burp at the end of a meal to show that you have enjoyed it. The ‘OK’ sign (thumb and index finger forming a circle) means ‘everything is good’ in the West, but in China it means nothing or zero. In Japan, it means money, and in the Middle East, it is a rude gesture.
People nod their head to say no in __________.




A.Belgium
B.Bulgaria
C.France
D.Japan

Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
Today there are libraries in almost every towns in the world. Even in areas (36)______ there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take boos from one village to (37)______. But in the days when books were copied by hand (38)______ than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest library (39)______ all, that in Alexandia, had 54,000 books.
In the ancient world, this number (40)______ considered huge. It was the first time that anyone had collected so many books from all around the world (41)______ one roof. There are many theories about why these books were lost. (42)______is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. (43)______ happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever-some books were (44)______ recovered. We cannot even know (45)______ what the library contained.
(44)




A.almost
B.never
C.already
D.yet

Read and choose the best answer.
There are books with fairy tails in many countries. Often the same stories are known and repeated in many languages. Some of the things that happens in these stories are remarkable, although not as remarkable as things that are truly happening in medicine and science today.
Most fairy tails begin with “Once upon a time” and end with “They lived happily ever after”, so we will begin in the same way.
Once upon a time there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sister did nothing.
One night, her sister went to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was left home, very sad. After a time her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball- but to return home by midnight.
So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress in a wonderful coach. She danced with the prince but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on the floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella. She and the prince were married and lived happily ever after.
The word “ball” in the first sentence means ________________.




A.a sport equipment
B.a dancing hall
C.a balloon
D.sphere