Part 1: Questions from 16 to 35. (3.0 points - 0.15/ each) Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to best complete the following sentences. 16. Once the story ________ the headlines, everyone was talking about it. A. smashed B. hit C. crashed D. struck 17. The clown was wearing a ________ wig and a red nose. A. red funny plastic French B. French funny plastic red C. funny red French plastic D. red French plastic funny 18. Hillary was an effective speaker and her audience seemed to ________ on her every word. A. hang B. cling C. hold D. catch 19. In 1837 the University of Michigan became the first state university ______ by a board of regents elected by the voters of the state. A. being controlled B. it was controlled C. to be controlled D. under the control 20. We all believe that a happy marriage should be ___ mutual love. A. based on B. concerned with C. confided in D. obliged to 21. If Lucy's car ____ down, she would be here right now. A. wouldn't have been B. hadn't broken C. doesn't break D. didn't break 22. The child w as______for getting his shoes and socks wet. A. corrected B. suffered C. scolded D. complained 23. We _____ the nearest village before sunset. A. came B. arrived C. got D. reached 24. _____ water is one of the factors that have driven many species to the verge of extinction. A. Contaminating B. Contaminate C. Contamination D. Contaminated 25. In the meeting, Huong always listens______to the people’s opinions. A. attentionally B. attentively C. attention D. attending 26. Her husband has just died of cancer. It will take her a long time to ______ this shock. A. get over B. turn into C. turn down D. get in 27. I shall do the job to the best of my ______. A. capacity B. ability C. knowledge D. talent 28. The job of student lodgings officer______a great many visits to landladies. A. concerns B. offers C. asks D. involves 29. The police are looking for a man of ______height. A. tall B. extra C. medium D. special 30. Have you got time to have a chat now or are you____ to leave? A. thinking B. planned C. around D. about 31. They have never_____any experience of living overseas. A. had B. wished C. done D. made 32. This is not the right____ to ask for my help; I am far too busy even to listen. A. moment B. situation C. opportunity D. circumstance 33. He______being given a receipt for the bill he had paid. A. asked to B. demanded C. insisted on D. required 34. It is ________ knowledge in the village that Mr and Mrs Thome quarrel violently several times a week. A. common B. complete C. normal D. usual 35. Children with _____ diseases should not be allowed to go to school. A. contact B. infectious C. constant D. influential