ENGLISH TEST 12

Read the following passage and answer the questions Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communicat

Test N° 12

I Choose the correct answer

1 The manager expected the team because they hadn’t done enough training

2 When he heard the terrible noise he asked me what was on

3 He being given a receipt for the bill he had paid

4 Last year the potato harvest was very disappointing, but this year it looks as though we shall have a better

5 The chairman was so angry with the committee that he decided to from it

6 If you are not too tired we could have a of tennis after lunch

7 The soldier was punished for to obey his commanding officer’s orders

8 Phone me before ten; I’ll be too busy to talk to you

9 You’re your time trying to persuade him; he’ll never help you

10 Drug taking has become a major in sport

II Give the correct forms of the words in brackets

1 I’ll help you ……… yourself with the city (FAMILIAR)

2 Despite the star-studded cast, the film was only ……… successful (PART)

3 I lost my temper because he was being so ……… and was refusing to accept that he was wrong, despite all the evidence (HEAD)

4 He wrote the book alone, so he doesn’t have a ……… (AUTHOR)

5 He felt very ……… when he saw he had failed the exam again (COURAGE)

6 Are all those ……… they put in food really necessary? (ADD)

7 The teacher warned the children that if they ……… again, they’d be punished (BEHAVE)

8 Librarians spend a lot of their time ……… books (CLASS)

9 I don’t care if you had had too much to drink Your behavior last night was quite … (DEFEND)

10 Don’t worry! Our new product will keep your bathroom clean and ……… (ODOUR)

III Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets

1 Why hasn’t Mary come here? – I don’t know She (sleep) late

2 He suggested that his problem (be) solved at once

3 I’d rather (live) in ancient Greece

4 You are (take) over my business while I go away

5 We eat too much sugary food, (result) tooth decay

6 It’s essential that your wife (take) care of the children better

7 The boy was made (work) like a horse by his step mother

8 Sometimes I can’t get my car (start) in the morning

9 Now I remember (work) with you in those days

10 I broke a tooth when I (bite) into a piece of hard candy

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

1 It’s thought that the accident was caused by human error

2 If the work is finished by lunch time you can go home.

Get ………

3 He did not pass his driving test until he was nearly 30

It ………

4 It was the weakness of the foundations that led to the collapse of the building

If ………

5 The police let him leave after they had questioned him

He was ………

6 No matter how hard I tried I couldn’t open the door

Try ………

7 He was very sorry that he didn’t see Andrew on her trip to London

He greatly ………

8 It was his lack of confidence that surprised me

What ………

9 My protests were ignored

Nobody ………

10 Despite having a lot of money, he wasn’t happy

Even ………

V Read the following passage and answer the questions

Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communication English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion of 1066

Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland However, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including

slave trade), colonization, and missionary work Thus, small enclaves of English speakers became established and grew in various parts of the world As these communities proliferated,

English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking and diplomacy

Currently, about 80% of the information stored on computer systems world-wide is English Two-thirds of the world’s science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are non-native speakers, constituting the largest number of non-non-native users than any other language in the world

1.What is the main topic of this passage?

A The number of non-native users of English B The French influence on the English language

C The expansion of English as an international language D The use of English for science and technology

2 Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England?

3 According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world except

A the slave trade B the Norman invasion C missionaries D colonization

4 The word “enclave” in line 8 could be best replaced by which of the following?

5 The word “proliferated” in line 9 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

VI Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word

Glittering gems called diamonds are among the most (1) of human possessions Through the ages (2) have been a lasting evidence of wealth Lands may lose their soil, buildings may be destroyed, stocks and bonds may become worthless, (3) the value of the diamonds remains relatively unchanged

Diamonds are not of value only (4) signs of wealth In addition, the diamond is one

of (5) hardest, longest- wearing substances known to man Because of (6) , it

is very valuable for practical use In fact, about three- fourths of the total annual supply of diamonds (7) used in factories and machine shops

A diamond on the end of a cutting tool can cut through the hardest steel but only a diamond can cut another diamond Because of their unusual (8) , diamonds are used to sharpen grinding wheels They are placed on the tips of the grinding drills used to cut through tons of bed rocks In scores of (9) ways, diamonds are essential to turning the wheels (10) modern machine

VII Sentence building

1 How many novels / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle / you / read?

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2 I think / I / go / baker’s / get some bread

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3 I / enjoy / watch / detective films / but / I / not / like / read / detective stories

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4 What / title / film / you / see / TV / last night?

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5 There / be / no bread left,/ so / I / go / baker’s / get some

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6 How many units / this book / you / study / this week?

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7 Heavy rain / cause / widespread flooding / this region / lately

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8 Since / beginning / course / I / never / be / late / class

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9 It / embarrassing / enter / classroom / after / lesson / start

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10 I / read / book / three times / and / I / read / again / this summer

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

1 a ginger b ginseng c gypsy d girl

2 a frog b from c Eros d clog

3 a senate b series c sensible d separate

4 a would b look c who d foot

6 a brush b pull c bush d push

7 a clothes b gone c drove d ghost

8 a fork b fall c wrong d caught

9 a heart b turn c early d third

Answer keys to test N° 12

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II.

1 familiarize 2 partially 3 pig-headed 4 co-author 5 discourage

6 additives 7 misbehaved 8 classifying 9 indefensible 10 odorless

III.

1 may have slept 2 (should) be 3 have lived 4 to take 5 resulting

IV.

1 The accident is thought to have been caused by human error

2 Get the work finished by lunch time and you can go home

3 It wasn’t until he was nearly 30 that he passed his driving test

4 If the foundations hadn’t been weak, the building wouldn’t have collapsed

5 He was allowed to leave after he had been questioned by the police

6 Try as hard as I might I couldn’t open the door

7 He greatly regretted not seeing Andrew on her trip to London

8 What I found surprising was his lack of confidence

9 Nobody took any notice of my protests

10 Even though he had a lot of money, he wasn’t happy

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VI.

VII

1 How many novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have you read?

2 I think I’ll go to the baker’s to get some bread

3 I enjoy watching detective films but I don’t like reading detective stories

4 What’s the title of the film (that) you saw on TV last night?

5 There is no bread left, so I’m going to the baker’s to get some

6 How many units in this book have you studied this week?

7 Heavy rain has caused widespread flooding in this region lately

8 Since the beginning of the course I have never been late for class

9 It is embarrassing to enter the classroom after the lesson has started

10 I have read the book three times and I’m going to read it again this summer

VIII.