Date: Level: Pre-Intermediate Duration: 90 min. FINAL EXAM A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Choose the right answer.( 2 pts.

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A: ________ does he come from? B: Italy. a. What b. Where c. How d. When A: _________ do you do? B: Im __________. a. Where/ happy b. What/ angry c. What/an interpreter d. How/ A pilot A: _________ is your birthday? B: My birthday is ___ the third of April. a. What/in b. When/at c. What/at d. When/on A: __________ is this pen? B: It is Jennifers. a. Whose b. Who c. What d. Where 5. A: What ________ is her hair? B: Brown a. size b. long c. short d. colour How __________ languages do you speak? a. much b. manyc. far d. little The sun ______________ in the east. a. arises b. arouse c. rises d. sets I _________ eat meat because I dont like it. a. always b. frequently c. neverd. sometimes I usually _______ in the evenings, but I _____________in the afternoon today. a. reading/am reading b. reads/read c. am reading/read d. read/am reading What ______ your sister______? She is a _________. a. do/do/journalist b. is/doing/journalist c. does/doing/journalist d. does/do/journalist What _____ your sister________ now? She is _____ a magazine now. a. is/doing/reading b. are/doing/book c. does/do/ reading d. is/do/reading _______ you _____ a camera? Yes, I____. a. Do/have/got b. Have/got/have c. Do/have/have d. Do/got/have _____ you ______ a lot of CDs? Yes, I_____. a. Have/got/do b. Do/got/have c. Do/have/do d. Do/have/have I dont travel by plane; ________ Im afraid of flying. a. but b. then c. however d. because I watched TV, ________I went to bed. a. so b. then c. because d. when She can speak Italian ______ she cant speak French. a. but b. because c. while d. and They_______ at home last night. a. are b. did c. were d. was Where do you go _____ holiday? a. to b. at c. on d. in When I ________ home, the neighbors _________ tea. a. arrive/ were drinking b. arrived/ was drinking c. was arriving/drank d. arrived/ were drinking The telephone rang_________ I was having a bath. a. when b. during c. for d. while I ________ a friend while I __________ the shopping. a. met/ was doing b. was meeting/did c. met/did d. was meeting/was doing

22. Im looking ____my neighbor's cat while she is _____ holiday. a. for/in b. for/on c. after/in d. after/on 23. I ______round and _____ my father. a. turning/saw b. turned/was seeing c. turned/ saw d. was/seeing 24. We had a picnic yesterday. We played football _____ two hours. ________ the match we enjoyed a lot. __________ we were playing, my mother and sister prepared a meal. a. during/for/while b. for/while/during c. for/during/while d. while/during/for 25. What are you doing tonight? _____________ see a play at the theatre. a. Ill b. Im going to c. I went to d. Im go 26. I bought _______ fruit, but they didnt have __________ vegetables. a. any/any b. some/c. -/d. some/any 27. The shop hasnt got _______ washing powder. a. many b. muchc. a lot of d. a few 28. My brother has got _____ car. ______ car is in the garage. a. -/- b.-/a c. the/a d. a/the 29. The students need ___________ information about the exams. a. a b. somec. an d. a few 30. My cousins son wants ________ an engineer. a. being b. to be c. been d. be 31. _____________ like birthday parties? Im afraid I dont. I think they are noisy, and there are usually too many people. a. Do you b. Would you c. Can you d. Did you 32. China has ________ biggest population in _________ world. a. the/- b. -/the c. the/the d. a/the 33. What is your nephew _____? He is handsome. a. doing b. the same c. such d. like 34. Have you _________ been abroad? a. never b. yet c. ever d. already 35. I havent seen my aunt ________ five years. a. sinceb. for c. ago d. ever 36. They have been married __________ 1990. a. since b. for c. yet d. ago 37. __________ of us has been to Italy; but two of us have been to Sweden. a. Every b. None c. Everybody d. All 38. ___________ have you been in Istanbul? Since my childhood. a. How long b. When c. How often d. What time 39. He gave her a watch _________ stopped after two days. a. where b. what c. which d. who 40. My mother has got flu. I think she _______ see her doctor. a. has to b. should c. has got to d. doesnt B. Read the following text and answer the questions about it.(2 pts. each) Two Sisters My sister and I are very different, but we get on well together. She likes staying at home in the evening and watching television with her boyfriend, but I prefer going out with my friends. We like to go to clubs or the cinema. Sometimes we just go to a cafe. I have exams soon, so Im not going out very much at the moment. My sister is six years older than me, and she works in a bank. She is trying to save some money because she is going to get married this year. Her fianc's name is Ferdinand, but we call him Freddy. People say I look like my sister because we both have brown eyes and dark hair. However, we are very different in character. She is very quiet, but Im a lot more sociable.

Questions: 41. Does her sister like going out with her friends? _________________________. 42. What does her sister like doing? ___________________________________________________. 43. What are the things that they both like doing? ___________________________________________________. 44. Why do people think that they look like each other? ___________________________________________________. 45. What are the differences between them? ___________________________________________________. C. Writing. Choose only one of the following topics. ( 10 pts.) 1. Imagine you have gone on holiday. Write a postcard to one of your friends in Istanbul. The following adjectives can help you while you are writing your postcard. (Use as many as you can.) Adjectives: lovely, terrible, comfortable, spectacular, old, young, long, good, wonderful, warm, beautiful, cheap, blue, awful, cold, delicious, excellent, expensive. Verbs: meet, have, sleep, swim, dance, hurt, take, go, climb, stay, hope, have a nice time, etc. 2.Write a biography of a person you know well. Describe her/him by using the words given below to help you. Outline to help: Introduction: Where and when was s/he born? Educational life/ Early career Later career Private life/ Fundamental features Life now Verbs to help: go, be born, meet, graduate, get married, decide, succeed Adjectives to help: successful, friendly, helpful, cheerful, happy/sad, beautiful/handsome, tall/short, talkative, shy, etc. 3. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of going abroad for education. The following words can give you an idea. A better career, more interesting, more difficult, missing your home and friends, seeing different places and having knowledge about different cultures and life styles, getting experienced, etc. BONUS *****( 15 pts.) Drive - go - dolar - tent - distress - which - have - years - historical - million Kind - destination - than - fares - atmosphere. Complete the following extract by filling the blanks with the appropriate words given below. American Holiday The most common ______ of American holiday is simply to get into the car and ______ to a destination such as one of the many national parks, scenic trails, seashores or memorials. Outdoor recreation may be to ____ hiking and camping with a _____, or to drive into the wilderness with a recreation vehicle, to the _______ of those who like their wood quiet. Americans _______ always loved foreign travel, but in recent ______ currency exchange rates _______ are favorable to the American _____, and cheaper air ______, mean that more people than ever before can afford their dream of travel abroad.

Europe is the favorite ____________ for American travelers. Americans enjoy the beautiful old towns, the __________ and the culture of European cities and the _________ buildings far older _______ any in the U.S.A. A record number of 5.6. _______ Americans came to Europe in 1984.