Task 8. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
            Internet is the most important (26)______ of the new age media. The discovery of Internet can be called the biggest invention in mass media. In the earlier days, news used to (27)______ people only with the morning newspaper. But today, live updates reach us simultaneously as the events unfold. For example, the royal wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William was watched live on the Internet (28)______ millions of people around the world. It’s inspired interaction and connectivity through its social networking medium. Internet has a plethora of websites (29)______ to various people, companies, brands, causes, activities, etc. The most significant utility of these websites is for providing information, search engines, downloads through libraries, and interaction through the (30)______ networking sites. Because of these websites, carrying out e-commerce transactions has also become easy.
(27) 
A.get                          
B.arrive                      
C.reach                       
D.come

Task 2. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence below by circling the letter A, B, C or D.
Bethoveen is known as one of the most  _________musicians in the world.
A.talented                   
B.respectful                
C.up-to-date   
D.generous

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

A.technology                 
B.energetic                 
C.participate              
D.competitor

(34) 
A.as                            
B.so                            
C.than                        
D.then

(32) 
A.out                          
B.in                            
C.to                            
D.up

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
I am on the tenth page of the report I am writing.
A.I have completed writing ten pages of the report.
B.Tonight I’m going to write the tenth page of the report.
C.So far I have written ten pages of the report.
D.I have finished writng the report on the tenth page.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
I’d go mad if I had to do a dead-end job like to working on a supermarket checkout.
A.boring                      
B.monotonous            
C.fascinating              
D.demanding

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
The shopkeeper wanted the boys don’t lean their bicycles against his windows.
A.shopkeeper             
B.don’t                       
C.their                        
D.against

Task 7. Listen to the Economics Report and choose the best answer to each question. You can listen to the recording TWICE.
What does the United Nations say about the effect on limited resources in many countries?
A.It will stay the same.    
B.It will be minimal.   
C.It will be enormous.
D.

(23) 
A.speak                                  
B.read                         
C.talk                         
D.write