LISTEN TO THE PASSAGE AGAIN AND FILL IN EACH GAP WITH ONE SUITABLE...

2/ Listen to the passage again and fill in each gap with one suitable word(1.25p):

The rooms in most Japanese houses are usually ... 1. ...

In the middle of the room there may be a low ...with small flat cushions around it. 2. ...

Perhaps you will see a bowl of flowers or a long ... painting on one of the walls. 3. ...

You must be surprised to see that there are no ... 4. ...

Most houses have one large bath for the whole ... 5. ...

III/ Grammar and vocabulary (1.75p):

Choose the best option to each of the following sentences. Write A, B, C or D in the boxes beside:

* Be quiet! Someone ……… .. at the front door. I ……… .. it.

A. is knocking / will answer

B. knocks / am answering C. has knocked / am going to answer

D. will knock / have answered

* It is ……… .. not to say "Thank you" when you are given something.

A. small B. slight C. rude D. formal

*Peter: How well you are playing! Jane: ……… ..

A. Say it again. I like to hear your words

D. Many thanks. That is a nice compliment

B. I think so. I am proud of myself C. Thank you too much

* "Mr. Pike held his wife's hands and talked urgently to her in a low voice, but there didn't seem to be

any response" The underlined word is closest in meaning to ……… ..

A. feeling B. reply C. emotion D. effect

* Our teacher often said, "Who knows the answer? ……… .. your hand"

A. Rise B. Raise C. Lift D. Heighten

* John asked me ……… .. that film the night before.

A. if I had seen B. that I saw C. had I seen D. if had I seen

* She said she ……… ..

A. was very tired last night

B. was very tired the night before C. had been very tired last night

D. had been very tired the night before

IV/ Reading: