English test
45’
I.Listening
A. Choose the best option to complete the sentences.
1. Thanks to the process of urbanisation, people from rural areas have access to ….. Jobs, education and health care
better-paid B. badly paid C. prestigious
2. After moving to cities, rural people become less……..
Traditional B. conservative C. progressive
3. Many people benefit from urbanisation, but not everyone has the opportunity to ……….
receive a good education B. get a high-paying salary C. find stable employment
4. The shortage of accommodation in big cities can result in ……. with no sanitation or clean water.
low-cost houses
development of high-cost housing
creation of very poor areas
5. The shift of workers from agriculture to industries can lead to …… in food production.
a fall B. a rise C. a fluctuation
Listen and fill in the blank with one word you hear
Cindy: Welcome to our talk show with guest speaker Mr Andy Lewis, a sociologist. Mr Lewis...
Andy: Please call me Andy. I don`t want to be too formal.
Cindy: No problem, Andy. These days, our audience seem to be (6)…………………………overwhelmed with stories in the newspapers or on the Internet - stories about celebrities, political figures, or even ordinary people around us.
Andy: You mean we`re living in a world of stories and (7)…………………….scandals?
Cindy: Right. As a sociologist, do you have any advice for our audience?
Andy: I think there`re two sides to this issue. We need some life skills to protect ourselves. First, we don`t want other people to take advantage of our stories. They may use our private lives for blackmail or (8)………………………….slander... in order to harm our reputation or just for fun.
Cindy: For whatever purpose, it could be extremely damaging.
Andy: Exactly. So we should not reveal too much of our private life on social networking sites.
Cindy: I agree. But how about the stories of other people? Should we read or (9)…………………..follow these stories?
Andy: That`s the second point I want to discuss. Another life skill is learning from other people`s lives. Everyone`s life story is like a book that can teach us something. So we should open that book and read it (10)…………………………critically.
II. Language
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. reliable B. independent C. responsible D. decisiveness
Question 2: A. difficult B. confident C. critical D. important
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. definite B. demand C. present D. content
Question 4: A. fixed B. provided C. related D. naked
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 5: Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, _______ we`ve stopped doing one thing that`s actually been a proven predictor of success and that’s household chores.
A. automatically B. spontaneously C. ironically D. immediately
Question 6: A family can be two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term _______ to one another, and usually live in the same house.
A. commit B. commitments C. committed D. commutative
Question 7.There was no food in the refrigerator, so she had to visit the grocery store to ________ their supply.
A. replace B. make full C. fulfill D. replenish
Question 8. Cutting back on red meat consumption can reduce your intake of fat, sodium and sugar, ________ can cause obesity, heart disease, and cancer.
A. that B. which C. what D. it
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 9: This is a fascinating and thought-provokingbook, laced with genuine wit and elegantly written.
A. boring B. absorbing C. tedious D. exhausting
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.
Question 10: They are not down-to-earthpeople who are willing to lower themselves
to see the reality of poor people’s lives