HSG TA 8 . MR

ENGLISH Test yourself 1
Question 1
* Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.(0,5pt)
1. A. fat B. cat C. table D. sat
2. A. hit B. tide C. sit D. did
3. A. peace B. meat C. instead D. leader
4. A. color B. hole C. go D. toe
5. A. these B. free C. scene D. bed
* Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others. (0,5pt)
4. A. conservation B. favorite C. uniform D. treatment
3. A. compulsion B. instruction C. mausoleum D. comprise
2. A. cooker B. folder C. destroy D. injure
3. A. frying B. towel C. socket D. include
1. A. practical B. designer C. minority D. occasion
Question 2
I. Choose the best word or phrase that completes each unfinished sentence. (2pts)
1. I know the ________ to the post office.
A. book B. lunch C. walk D. way
2. His trick made me furious.
A. extremely angry B. hot C. not very happy D. too sad
3. - Will you do me a favor? - Yes ________ great pleasure.
A. at B. of C. with D. in
4. Can you ..................... me a good French restaurant?
A. recommend B. praise C. say about D. answer
5. What ________if you had had a day off yesterday?
A. would you have done B. would you do C. will you do D. you would have done
6. He will _________his brother to the zoo with him.
A. give B. take C. like D. catch
7. Long is working in a bicycle firm. He__________ there since 1978.
A. had worked B. has been working C. were working D. was working
8. I................. that he was an English teacher.
A. am thinking B. thought C. am being thought D. was thinking
9. What games did you like _________?
A. best B. well C. rather D. better
10. Will you ________ me how to play tennis?
A. learn B. call C. need D. show
II. Find the mistakes (0,5pt)
1. My brother is three years elder than me.
A B C D
2. The weather was such cold that we didn`t go out.
A B C D
3. I drew my salary and I bought a trousers for my father yesterday.
A B C D
4. Don`t enter to this mysterious cave.
A B C D
5. An European gentleman is waiting for my boss in the hall.
A B C D
III. Supply the correct word form(0.5pt)
1. He is a …………………..…..boy. He’s always asking questions (curiously ).
2. All the pupils have done the exercises………………………… ( easy )
3. Keep …………………! The teacher is explaining the lesson . ( silence ).
4. Be …………………….in your work (care ).
5. Time passes ………….………..when you are alone ( slow ).
Question 3
I. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. (1.5pts)
We don’t live (1) ______ a house or a flat. We live on houseboat. The boat (2) _____ small, but it’s quite big inside. Apart from the bathroom, it has only one room, so we (3) _____ do everything there_ eat, cook, sleep and watch TV. We usually keep our houseboat at Little Venice (4) ______ London. We’re almost in the center of the city there. That’s great for clubs, pubs, the theatre, and so on. But the (5) _____ thing about a houseboat is that you can move and take your home with you.
1. A