Ggererggerr

TEST 1




I. Pronunciation:




1. a. country
b. fun
c. summer
d. truth

--> d




2. a. trouble
b. flu
c. tooth
d. shoe

--> a




3. a. heart
b. turn
c. early
d. third

--> a




4. a. song
b. one
c. long
d. gone

--> b




5. a. fork
b. fall
c. wrong
d. caught

--> c




6. a. full
b. push
c. but
d. put

--> c




7. a. deal
b. heal
c. stealth
d. steal

--> c





II. Find the mistakes:
8. At present, I am a student at the Local Technical College, which I am studying
English part-time. a. at
b. which
c. am studying
d. English part-time
 b
9. One of the girl who worked in that company died. a. the girl
b. who
c. worked d. died
 a
10. This lesson is such long that I have written it for 30 minutes. a. is
b. such c. that
d. have written
 b

III. Grammar and vocabulary:
11. I read in the newspaper that there has just been a ............. against the government in Transylvania.
a. relevant b. revolting c. revolution d. revolver
--> c

12. You have to be rich to send your child to a private school because the fees
are ................. a. astronomical b. aeronautical c. astrological
d. atmospherical
--> a
13. Does that newspaper ............. the government or oppose it?
a. advantage b. assist
c. encourage d. support
--> d
14. It’s distressing to see small children ............ in the streets. a. pleading
b. imploring c. begging
d. entreating
--> c
15. You’ll get a free month’s subscription ............. you renew your membership by the end of January.
a. unless
b. however c. were
d. provided
--> d
16. Most of my friends are ............ reporters. a. newspapers
b. newspaper
c. newspaper’s d. newspapers’
--> b
17. The electorate will not easily forgive the government for failing to fulfill its
.............……. a. promises
b. vows
c. aspirations d. offers
--> a
18. Mark Twain is a famous American .................... a. physicist
b. poet
c. chemist d. writer
 d
19. The ship broke .............. and the people were drowned. a. out
b. out of the sea c. into pieces
d. to pieces
--> c
20. .................. I have a car, I prefer to travel by train. a. In spite of
b. Despite c. Because d. Although
 d
21. My brother sang ..............of all the pupils of the group. a. more beautifully
b. the most beautifully c. less beautifully
d. most beautifully
--> b
22. I wish he ............ change his minds so often!
a. shouldn’t b. wouldn’t c. mightn’t d. couldn’t
--> b
23. Doctors advise people being deficient ............ Vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables.
a. in b. of
c. from d. for
--> a
24. Because I am terrified of ............. spaces, I never go in lifts. a. contained
b. compressed c. constricted
d. confined
--> d
25. In a four-hour operation, surgeons managed to sew the girl’s .......... hand back on.
a. cut
b. grazed c. crushed d. severed
--> d
26. Even though I hadn’t spoken English for many years, I picked it .......... again after a few weeks.
a. on
b. over c. up
d. through
--> c
27. “You haven’t eaten anything since yesterday evening. You ............. be really hungry!” “I am.”
a. might b. will
c. must d. can
--> c
28. Do most of the people who live along the shores of .................. earn a living
.......................?
a. the Mediterranean / by farm b. Mediterranean / by farming c. the Mediterranean / to farm
d. the Mediterranean / by farming
 d
29. I like books on literature ....................... a. more than
b. most of all c. much more d. not at all