Luyện TS E 9 - 52

READING:
Part 1: Choose the best answer:
1. I was just ……to go out when you telephoned
A. around B. about C. thinking D. planned
2. Peter: “ I enjoy listening to pop music.” Maria: “………..”
A. I’m,too B. I don’t C. Neither do I D. So am I
3. Do you know the house…………which she lives with her grandmother?
A. in B. to C. by D. with
4. I………thirty cigarettes a day, but now I have cut down to ten.
A. am smoking B. am used to smoke
C. get used to smoke D. used to smoke
5. Please shut the gate …….the dog won’t get out.
A. in order for B. in order to C. so as to D. so that
6. One ……of their new house is that it has no garden.
A. pity B. dislike C. complaint D. disadvantage
7. Two other ……in his argument for his country independence are worth a mention.
A. notices B. points C. effects D. reports
8. I could probadly………out the answer if I had a pencil, some paper and a calculator.
A. think B. study C. hand D. work
9. This is a big decision to make. Think it…….before you give me your final word tomorrow.
A. over B. upon C. carefully D. on
10. The soldier was punished for ……to obey his commanding officer’s order.
A. refusing B. regretting C. objecting D. resisting
Part 2: Give the correct form of the words in the brackets. There is an example for you:
. Ex: She is a good .......... of English. (teach) ; teach → teacher
1.We are waiting for the..................... of his plane. (arrive)
2. Untill the situation has settled down, it is........to travel to that country. (advise)
3. They’re going to.........the town with more trees and parks. (beautiful)
4. I’d like a nice ..........orange. (juice)
5. An.... should be good at maths. (account)
6. Scientists have made .........tests on the new drugs. (compare)
7. China is one of the world’s leading........... of rice. (produce)
8. We are spending too much. We must.......... (economy)
9. She was accused of .................the financial accounts. (false)
10. She......... stood in the way of the escaping robbers. (courage)
Part 3: There are 11 mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. There is an example for you:
Ex: looks → look
Sally Ride, American’s first spacewoman, doesn’t looks very different from a lot of other American professional women. She is attracting with curly brown hair, dark brown eyes, and a bright smile. She like to dress simply: she wears comfortable but colorful clothes, like much people from California. But in 1983 Sally Ride became America`s first woman astronaut. She was one of the five astronaut on the space shuttle Challenger, which completed a successful six-days voyage in space in June 1983. What makes a woman want to go in space?
Sally Ride grows up in Los Angeles, California. Her father is a professor at Santa Monica College, and his mother is housewife. At Westlake High School for girls, she was both an excellent student but a tennis player.Today she still looks like a sportswoman. She is 1.6 meters tall, weighs 52 kilos, and very fit.While she was till a student, she became a very successful tennis player. She thought on becoming a professional sportswoman but she decided to continue with her studies at college, and later at university.
Your answer:
1. ………… 2. ………… 3. ………… 4. ………… 5. …………
6. ………… 7. ………… 8. ………… 9. ………… 10. …………
Part 4: Supply the correct form of the verbs in the brackets:
1.What a shame! I’d rather you (not/dismiss)……….. like that.
2. When I noticed the blank stare he (give)……….me, I (realize)……… that he didn’t understand me.
3. Would you be so kind as (switch off)………….. the lights when leaving?
4. It’s imperative that the wildlife program ( broadcast)………
5. The President (deliver)……… a speech, but in the end he (change)………..his