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PRE-TEST FOR TALENTED STUDENTS
Time allotted: 180 minutes

Vocabulary: (2 marks)
Choose the correct answer: (1 mark)
My new glasses cost me…………….…..the last pair that I bought.
a. times three b. three times more than
c. three times as much as d. as much three times as
The crime………………seems to be going up and up.
a. percentage b. wave c. figures d. rate
We are…………….….him to arrive at any moment.
a. waiting b. hoping c. expecting d. wishing
The other transport unions gave the railway workers their…….….…..
a. agreement b. solidarity c. backing d. alliances
The salesman showed us…………….the washing machine.
a. for using b. for the working of c. how to use d. to work
Cut the cakes into six………………pieces.
a. same b. like c. alike d. equal
The judge said the thief had shown complete…….…….for the law.
a. agnorance b. disregard c. disobedience d. negligence
You can look up the number in the phone…….….….
a. index b. register c. dictionary d. directory
Although his work is not outstanding, it is…………….
a. enough b. sufficient c. well d. adequate
He missed the lecture, so I lent him my notes…………
a. after b. afterward c. at last d. finally

Supply the correct form of the words in parentheses: (1 mark)
Bill failed the exam and his friends were……………………………(sympathy)
The teacher is disappointed about his students’……………..…..….(care)
The shoes were nice, but they were……………….…(comfort)
The singer won a lot of ………………….….from the audience. (admire)
Thank you for your ……………………..delivery of the parcel. (time)
He feels a great deal of……….……...for the awful way he behaved. (ashamed)
In particular, parents are afraid of changes in their children’s……..…….(person)
Although he clearly knows that his business is …….….…...he still does that. (legal)
She’s quite……………….….…: she plays the flute and the piano. (music)
In my opinion, all……………...….are equally bad, irrespective of which party they belong to. (politics)

Grammar: (8 marks)
Put the verbs into the correct form: (1, 5 marks)
If you had done as I told you, you………………..……...(succeed)
I suggest he…………………….….(stop) smoking.
This time next week, we…………………….(walk) about in HCM city.
I wish he……………………... (find) a way out.


After…………..(leave) school when she was 18, Laura……..………(go) to Bristol university for three years. While she……..…….…(be) at university, Laura …………..(join) a university folk group and started……….…..(sing). It was at this time she…………….. (write) her famous song “the price of peace”.
The prime minister announced that government spending…………….………(cut)
What explosion? I didn’t hear any. You………… (hear) it! The whole town heard it!
A man answered the phone. I suppose it was her husband. It………………(not be) her husband. He’s been dead for ages.
I waited under the clock! So did I, but I didn’t see you! We……………… (wait) under different clocks.
On the first of the next month, he……………………(be) in prison for five years.
Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions or particles: (1 mark)
The reporters plied the movie stars……………………..questions.
He promised to sleep………..it and we shall have his decision in a day or two.
The last bullet finished…………....the wounded animal.
They usually fat……………….animals for market.
His opponent fastened………………..his leg.
Sometimes he looks………….…that picture with distrust.
Are you willing to make…………..…..the whole property to your bother?
Don’t take………………….more than you can cope with.
We have now 1,000 students………………..500 last year.
Don’t judge a man……………..his clothes.
Supply the required passive forms of the verbs in brackets: (1,5 marks)
Very few criminals………………(catch) by the police if informers didn’t offer information.
Flexible time……………..(introduce) by the manager by this time next month.
The team………………(finish) two weeks to move into their new office before yesterday.
I was surprised to hear that you……………… (burgle) twice in the same month.
Decisions…………………..(make) by the manager to prevent similar disputes from happening again