English Test 12 potx

Choose the best answer for each question and then write it in the column Answers from 1 to 10.. Choose the underlined word with different sound and then write it in the column Answers

English Test 12

I Choose the best answer for each question and then write it in the column Answers ( from 1 to 10)

Answers

1 He speaks good English that it is a pleasure to talk with him 1

a so b such c such a d very 2

2 Don’t tell _ about this 3

a someone b one c anyone d none 4

3 The man has been busy cutting the grass in the garden all day 5

a next door b lives next door c the next door d at next door 6

4 I don’t want to wait Two weeks too long for me to wait 7

a is b was c are d were 8

5 _ he leaves or I leave 9

a Neither b Only c Unless d Either 10

6 Today seems more expensive than usual a most of everything b almost everything c most of everything d almost everythings 7 During Christmas week there’ll be so many things in the shop that it’ll be difficult to know what a to be bought b should buy c to buy d will be bought 8 _ study hard before an examination a Most the students b Most of the students c Most of students d Almost the students 9 You need a little help, _ ? a need you b did you c don’t you d needn’t you 10 is an imortant quality in a teacher a The patience b A patience c To patient d Patience II Choose the underlined word with different sound and then write it in the column Answers ( from 11 to 15) Answers 11 a surgeon b agent c engine d regard 11

12 a feather b leather c feature d measure 12

13 a idiom b ideal c item d identical 13

14 a timid b tidy c timer d kite 14

15 a trousers b route c shout d amount 15

III Give the correct form of word given and then write it in the column Answers ( from 16 to 25 ) Answers 16 _ is very important to teenagers POPULAR 16

17 Robert had eaten so much He had to his belt LOOSE 17

18 She made no _ to our conversation of the night before REFER 18

19 Our city has some open spaces, but they are not very ACCESS 19

20 This used to be a rural area but it has become INDUSTRY 20

21 I think _ is very important PUNCTUAL 21

22 I’m afraid that your report is full of ACCURATE 22

23 I feel very fit and _ today ENERGY 23

24 Men and women should have of pay and opportunity EQUAL 24

25 Some people claim to be able to the future TELL 25

IV Find a suitable word in each sentence and then write it in the column Answers ( from 26 to 35 ) Answers Our programme tonight is about “ The English language” 26

Two thousand years ago the British Isles were inhabited by speakers of Celtic languages 27

(26) _ to Celtic languages was Latin which was the language of government from 43 BC to 28

about AD 410 in the area (27) are now England and Wales (28) _ the fourth and 29

seventh centuries AD, the Anglo – Saxons arrived They spoke a Germanic language which (29) 30

_ the basis of modern English 31

English is much (30) from the language which was once brought (31) _ the North 32

Sea by the Anglo – Saxons 33

Although the Anglo – Saxons would be able to recognize many individual words, it’s the way 34

in which those words are put (32) _ to make sentences that would be hardly recognizable 35

(33) _ them Many people say it’s the flexibility of function of individual words, the assimilation of borrowings and the spontaneous creation of new words that have (34) _ English an effective medium of (35) communication V Read the passage carefully and write the answers ( from 36 to 40) There is little doubt that one of the chief roles of the horse in art, just as in life, is that of our servant and companion We can have very little idea of how a horse feels in its natural state Left to itself, it is unlikely that it would pull a plough, take a soldier through a dangerous situation in battle, or do most of the other things that have attracted painters and writers to the animal ever since the dawn of history The horse is controlled by the wishes of its owner When we describe it, we say it has the virtues and qualities that it has so often been praised by painters and poets Then we must consider the horse’s own beauty, speed and strength 36 What best title can be given to the passage?

37 What is one of the chief roles of the horse in art?

38 Name two things a horse would do?

39 What do we admire most in horse as in ourselves?

40 What must we consider the horse in art?

VI Rewrite the sentences starting with the words given without changing their meaning ( from 41 to 50 ) 41 Six cars were stolen from the car park A teenager boy is responsible A teenager boy is responsible

42 He failed to win the race He didn’t

43 He would prefer you to have paid him at once He’d rather

44 Our house is going to be painted by a local firm We are going

45 Hung likes visiting old churches Hung is

46 The children’s singing was really beautiful The children sang

47 Pamela became popular with young people in the 1950s Pamela caught

48 At school, my reading was very slow and my writing was illegible I read very

49 As the patient was still too weak, the surgeon postponed the operation The surgeon put

50 Mai was angry because her brother had broken her cassette player Mai was angry with

VII Use the given words to write a complete sentence Words can be changed or added but not omitted 51 computer / marvel / machine age / be / in use / 1946

52 computer / do / simple / computations / add / subtract / multiply / divide / lightning / speed

53 computers / work / 500,000 times / fast / person / can

54 For / scientists / get / information / outer space / depth / ocean

55 business / industry / computer / keep track / sales trends / produce / needs

56 If / you / plan / a trip / plane / computer / find / route / take / space / avail

57 At times /they / seem / human

58 It / wonder / that / they / call / “ thinking machines”

59 though / they / take over / some / tasks / once / accomplish / our brains / computers / not / replace / us

60 How / we / use / for / us / not / computer / decide