ENGLISH TEST 10

Experts say that the fall in the birth rate between 1964 and 1977 caused the drop in the number of school leavers.. Read the following passage and answer the questions According to the

Test N° 10

I Choose the correct answer

1 You can’t drive a car unless you hold a driving

2 At first the disease affected only his hand, but now it has to his arms

3 It was so cold at night that she took a hot water to bed with her

4 I’d like to taste your cake in order to it with mine

5 Let’s wait here for her; I’m sure she’ll before long

6 Although he is rich and famous, he lives in a house in the village

7 A cool drink him after his long hot journey

8 He has to arrange for the of his furniture before he goes abroad

9 It is dangerous for any town to the interests of its young people

10 I remember Alison as a spotty young girl but she’s turned beautiful woman

II Give the correct forms of the words in brackets

1 He shouldn’t have stolen money to donate to the poor: the means does not ……… the ends.(JUST)

2 The slight……….in his left hand was corrected by surgery.(FORM)

3 It’s an……….to say that a change of leader will solve our problems (SIMPLE)

4 Don’t leave……….unattended in your car.(VALUE)

5 It may be……….to force them into making a decision, and if you upset them they’re quite likely to overact.(PRODUCE)

6 He went out into snow and……….later half- frozen.(APPEAR)

7 This car uses a lot of petrol It’s terribly……….(ECONOMY)

8 Even the most……… person ought to appreciate the beauty of this music.(SENSE)

9 She……….stood in the way of the escaping robbers.(COURAGE)

10 The doctor gave him an injection to……….the pain.(DEATH)

III Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets

1 I’m sorry I haven’t got any money (lend) you Why don’t you try (ask) Tom?

2 - “I just (go) out to get an evening paper

-“But it (rain) Why you (not wait) till the rain (stop)?”

3 When I first (come) to this village, it was a quiet place But since then the population (double) and a lot of leisure facilities (build)

4 Goodbye, Diana I never (forget) you I (miss) you more than anyone I ever (know) in my life.

5 This building (be) finished by the end of 2010

6 I distinctly remember (pay) him I gave him $2

7 By the time I recovered from the shock he (disappear) round the corner

8 The money (steal) in the robbery was never found

9 English is essential in this job All the telephonists speak it If they (not know) English, they (not understand) half the callers

10 At this time next month, they (work) in Ho Chi Minh City

IV Rewrite the following sentences in the way that it means exactly the same as the sentences printed before it

1 It is a pity that the TV packed up We can’t watch the football now

If the TV………

2 I didn’t see her again for five years

Five years………

3 A local mechanic repaired our car

We………

4 Experts say that the fall in the birth rate between 1964 and 1977 caused the drop in the number

of school leavers

The drop………

5 She didn’t shed a tear when the story ended in tragedy

Not………

6 Mr Watson managed to repair the garage roof only because his neighbor helped him

Without………

7 As I get older, I want to travel less

The older………

8 I’m certainly not going to give you any more money

I have no………

9 The gas explosion blew out all the shop windows

All the shops………

10 Happiness is elusive to rich and poor alike

Whether………

V Read the following passage and answer the questions

According to the census of 1800, the United States of America contained 5,308,483 persons In the same year the British Islands contained upwards of fifteen million; the French Republic, more than twenty-seven million Nearly one-fifth of American people were black slaves; the true political population consisted of four and a half million free whites, or less than one million able-bodied males, on whose shoulders fell the burden of a continent Even after two centuries of struggle the land was still untamed; forest covered every portion, except here and there a strip of cultivated soil; the minerals lay undisturbed in their rocky beds, and more than two-thirds of the people clung to the seaboard within fifty miles of tidewater, where alone the wants of civilized life could be supplied

1 In the United States of America in 1800

A one out of every twenty-five Americans was a black slave

B one out of every four Americans was a black slave

C two out of every three Americans were black slaves

D.one out of every five Americans was a black slave

2 Free white men in America numbered

A about four-fifths of the population C 5,308,483

B about four and one-half million D less than one million

3 Two-thirds of the American people

A lived where the wants of civilized life could not be supplied

B lived in Washington

C lived on the seaboard

D lived within fifteen miles of tidewater

4 The struggle to tame the American continent had been going on

A about two hundred years C a little more than a century

5 This description of the United in 1800 suggests that

A most of the new nation was undeveloped

B the people of the new nation had succeeded in taming the continent

C strips of cultivated land were everywhere

D settlers were beginning to mine the valuable minerals of the new continent

VI Fill in the missing preposition in the following sentences

1 Giant pandas rarely breed……….captivity.

2……… only a couple……….month in the country, she got………the language difficulty

3 I can read……… glasses

4 I’m surprised……… the amount of money you have

5 There has been a big increase……… the price of land recently

6 My job now is completely new experience for me It’s quite different………what I did before

7 I can’t stop to talk to you now I’m a bit………time

8 Your shoes are similar…………mine but they are not exactly the same

9 ……… ……… the other sights, the tourists visited a glass factory where they watch

……… admiration sweating men making wonders ……… ……… molten glass

10 She tried ……… several coats before she found one entirely ……… her taste

VII Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word

Brian’s father was a coward and not an honest man He did not himself (1) a lie to a judge

in a law case, but he wanted Brian to (2) so, and that was worse The facts were that Brian and Tim (3) seen a man attack a boy, knock him down and kick him The (4) arrested the man and brought him before a judge Brian and Tim had to go too, to describe (5) had happened Before Brian left home, his (6) said to him: “Be careful, son You didn’t see that man kick the boy, (7) you? Tell the judge you didn’t see the kick Remember, we have (8) live in this village with that man.” But Brian was (9) coward He told the (10) the truth about the attack

VIII Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others

IX Sentence building

1 It / relatively easy / computer / speak

2 computer / say / “please” and “thank you” / right places / no miracle / science

3 Recognize / words / make up normal,/ continuous human speech / another matter

4 Not until now / computers / programmed / react / range / spoken commands

5 Until recently / it / think / computers / would / be programmed / accent and speech habits / each user

6 Now / they / would / able / respond accurately / their master’s / mistress’s voice

7 Now rapid progress / make / systems / programmed / adapt easily / each new speaker

8 Only when / general’s personal diaries / published / the truth / come out

9 man / who / really / know / how / learn / will / always / successful

10 We / send / our children / school / prepare / them / the time / when / they / be big / and / have / work / themselves

Answer keys to test N° 10

I

II.

1.justify 2.deformity 3.oversimplification 4.valuables 5.counter-productive

6.reappeared 7.uneconomical 8.insensitive 9.courageously 10.deaden

III 1.to lend-asking 2.am just going- is raining- don’t you wait- stops 3.came- has doubled-

have been built 4.’ll never forget-‘ll miss- have ever known 5.’ll have been 6.paying 7.had

disappeared 8.stolen 9.didn’t know- wouldn’t understand 10.’ll be working

IV.

1.If the TV hadn’t packed up, we could watch the football now

2.Five years have passed since I last saw her

3.We had a local mechanic repair our car

4 The drop in the number of the school leavers is said to have been caused by the fall in the birth rate between 1964 and 1977

5.Not a tear did she shed when a story ended in tragedy

6.Without his neighbor’s help, Mr Watson couldn’t have repaired the garage roof

7.The older I get, the less I want to travel

8.I have no intention of giving you any more money

9.All the shops had their windows blown out in the gas explosion

10.Whether you are rich or poor, happiness is elusive

VII.

IX.

1 It’s relatively easy for the computer to speak

2 A computer that says “please” and “thank you” in the right places is no miracle of science

3 Recognizing the words that make up normal, continuous human speech is another matter

4 Not until now have computers been programmed to react to a range of spoken commands

5 Until recently it was thought that computers would have to be programmed to the accent and speech habits of each user

6 Now they would be able to respond accurately to their master’s or mistress’s voice

7 Now rapid progress is being made with system programmed to adapt easily to each new speaker

8 Only when the general’s personal diaries were published did the truth come out

9 A man who really knows how to learn will always be successful

10 We send our children to school to prepare them for the time when they will be big and will have to work for themselves