EXAMINATION FOR GIFTED STUDENTS

PART I: PHONETICS
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others by circling A, B, C, or D. (0.3 pts)
1. A. naked B. wicked C. kicked D. beloved
2. A. scout B. draught C. loudly D. blouse
3. A. instead B. thread C. lead-poisoning D. leaf
B. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others by circling
A, B, C or D (0.2 pts)
4. A. alternative B. argument C. government D. desperate
5. A. international B. preferential C. differentiate D. assassinated
PART II: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
A. Circle the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences. (1 pt)
6. I will have your car _______ by the end of the day.
A. repair B. repaired C. to repair D. repairing
7. As the order to abandon the ship was given, hundreds of people ____ into the icy
water.
A. plunged B. emerged C. drowned D. submerged
8. Your task is _______ mine but I have to be there all day
A. like to B. same like C. similar to D. alike
9. Contributions to the charity are beginning to _______ up.
A. end B. finish C. peter D. dry
10. I frequently find myself in _______ with the board of directors.
A. conflict B. rivalry C. odds D. friction
11. Their latest proposal runs _______ to everything they've been saying over the last
year.
A. counter B. against C. opposed D. competitive
12. To my _______, winter is a daft time to go on holiday.
A. opinion B. belief C. view D. mind
13. The team were in remarkably high _______ despite the appalling weather.
A. shape B. standards C. spirits D. terms
14. Please don't _______ a word of this to anyone else: it's highly confidential.
A. breathe B. speak C. pass D. mutter
15. By the year of 2050, many people currently employed _______ their job.
A. have lost B. are losing C. will have lost D. will be losing
B. Complete the following sentences by filling in each blank with suitable prepositions
or particles. (0.5 pts)
 16. In summer at dawn the birds break _______ into song.
17. The managing director put the case _______ into expansion in south-east Asia to the
company's shareholders.
18. The inhabitants of a small community are more likely to take pride _______ in its
appearance than those who live in a large city.
19. Salesmanship comes naturally to the New Yorker: it runs _______ in his blood.
20. If you bear _______
with me a moment longer you will understand what I mean.
C. Use the word given in the bracket to form a word that fits each gap. (0.5 pts)
The first peoples to inhabit what today is the southeastern United States sustained
themselves as hunters and gathers. Sometimes early in the first millennium A.D., however,
they began to cultivate corn and other crops. Gradually, as they became more skilled at
gardening, they settled into permanent villages and developed a rich culture, (21)
___________ (CHARACTER) by the great earthen mounds they erected as monuments
characterized
to their gods and as tombs for their distinguished (22) __________ dead (DIE). Most of these
early mound builders were part of the Adena-Hopewell culture, which had its beginnings
near the Ohio River and takes its name from sites in Ohio. The culture spread (23)
___________
southward (SOUTH) into the present-day states of Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and
Florida. Its (24) __________
people s (PERSON) became great traders, bartering jewellery,
pottery, animal pelts, tools, and other goods along (25) ___________ extensive (EXTEND) trading
networks that stretched up and down eastern North America and as far west as the Rocky
Mountains.
PART III. WRITING
Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same meaning as
the one printed above. (0.5 pts)
26. In the event of nuclear weapons being used, we are all doomed.
If it should ....................................................................................................
should happen that nuclear weapons are used, we are all doomed.
27. Success in the academic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications.
The more ............................................................................................
qualifications you are able to amass, the more successful you are in academic field.
28. Mr. Tipper’s wife was very sorry she couldn’t celebrate the New Year with her
husband.
Mrs. Tipper greatly..............................................................................
regretted not being able to celebrate the New Year with her husband.
29. The collision didn’t damage my car much.
Not a great.........................................................................................
amount of damage was done to my car by the collision.
30. Something must be done quickly to solve the problem of homelessness.
Urgent ........................................................................................................
action must be taken to solve the problem of homelessness