PRACTICE TEST 13

Test 13
I. Complete each sentence with the correct word form.
1/These chemicals are _________. They can cause death or illness if taken into the body. (poison)
2/If you are _________when you write your composition, you will probably get a good grade. (care)
3/Baseball is the _________sport in the United States. (nation)
4/He wants to be a _________ engineer. (chemistry)
5/There have been many _________developments in this century. (wonder)
6/English has become an _________ means of communication.(effect)
7/Firemen wear _________ clothing, otherwise they would get burnt. (protect)
8/I was _________ about the dates. (confuse)
9/Don’t be afraid of the dog. He’s _________. (harm)
10/ He is undergoing a ___________ for appendicitis.He is going to have his appendix removed. A _________ is going to remove his appendix. (surgical)
11 / British hospitals are trying a new ____________ for cancer. (treat)
12/ A nurse is going to ________ a drug into his arm. (injection)
13/ My grandmother is very old. Her ___ prevents her from hearing well. (deaf)
14/ If you cut your finger, it will _________. (blood)
15/ I have been a __________ of Dr Smith for many years. (patient)
16/ The wound healed ________. (slow)
17/ AIDS is a ______ discovered and very ___________ disease. (new / danger)
18/ The _______ of the ear carry sounds to the brain. (nervous)
19/ Laser can kill cancer cells while leaving healthy neighbours _________. (harm)
20/The children can play here. It’s not _________. (danger)
II. Use the correct verb tense or form.
1. Paul Carrack is a musician and a singer. He (be)______in the music business for over 20 years. He (start) ________ playing professionally while he (be)_______at school. He (travel) _______ all over the world. He (have) __________ his first hit record in 1974. So far he (make) __________ a lot of records. Young people in America and Britain (know)____________his name and they (never forget)_____his number-one song “The Living Years”.
2. Yesterday a purse-snatcher (catch) ___________ by a dog. While the thief (chase) ___________ by the police, he (jump) ___________ over a fence into someone’s yard, where he encountered a savage dog. The dog (keep) ___________ the thief from escaping.
3/ In November 1963 someone (shoot) ___________ President John.F.Kennedy when he (visit) ___________ Dallas. He (die) ___________ later in hospital. The police (catch) ___________ Lee Harvey Oswald. Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner, (kill) ___________ Oswald at the police station. November 22nd (be) ___________ one of the most important days in American history. Most American people can remember what they (do) ___________ when they (hear) ___________ the news of Kennedy’s assassination.
4/Here I am in New York ! I (be) ___________ here for 2 years now and it (be) ___________ very interesting. My friend, Nancy, who I (meet) ___________ in London in 1982 (live) ___________ in New York for 3 years, so she (know) ___________ all about it. Yesterday we (go) ___________ to China Town and (eat) ___________ hot dogs there. We (visit) ___________ the Statue of Liberty this Sunday.
III. Rewrite the following sentences.
1/ The room is going to be painted next week.
( We
2/ We must finish those letters by 5 o’clock.
( Those letters
3/ Because of driving too fast, he caused a serious accident.
( Because 
4/ She wrote a letter in thirty minutes.
( It
5/ Tom finds it difficult to meet people.
( Tom has
6/ John asked me, “What’s your name?”
- John asked me
7/ I asked Mary, “How much do you think it will cost?”
- I asked Mary
8/ “Read the question twice, Paul” said the teacher, “and don’t write it on the blackboard.”
- The reacher told
9/ Bill said, “I’ll be 21 years old tomorrow.”
-Bill said
10/ He said , “I bought this car last year.”
- He said
11/ Somebody has cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit.
( My shoes
12/ “I’m going away tomorrow, mother.”he said.
( He told
13/ She was born in that city.
( That is the city
14/ Riding a motorcycle without a helmet is dangerous.
( It is