TEST 12

TEST 12

I- Choose the word in each group that has the bold part pronuonced differently from the rest (p)

1-A-massage B-carriage C-voyage D-dosage
2-A-rose B-house C-mouse D-practise
3-A-intermediate B-immediate C-medium D-medicine
4-A-climb B-limp C-limb D-dim
5-A-promise B-devise C-surprise D-realise

II- Change the underlined word with a word or a phrase which is the same meaning as the first one (p)

1- Eventually, they arrived home safely ______________
2- Do you always come to work puntually? ______________
3- These games are played outdoor ______________
4- We occasionally go out for dinner ______________
5- This book comprises 15 chapters ______________
6- I like playing football better than watching football matches ______________
7- She must study hard to catch up with her friends ______________
8- Tom decides to have a picnic with his friends ______________

II- Fill in each gap in each sentence with one suitable word (p)

Have you ever been S________________ lightning?
The Amazon river basin has the world’s largest T_______________ rainforest
Scientists are very interested in T________________ power. They are thinking of how to use the rise and fall of the tide to produce electricity
The girl fell into the river but a passer-by S_________________ her from drowning
Some species of turtle can stay U________________ for 24 hours
If you want to buy the house, you need to give them an amount of money in advance. This money is called D_______________
A plane carrying 128 P________________ crashed into the sea yesterday
There was so much shouting that no one heard the referee’s W______________
I’ve got a spare T_________________ for tomorrow’s concert. Do you want to come with me?
Steve won the race, and he was given a gold M________________

III- Choose the best answers (p)

1- Only the _________ mosquito can suck blood and transmit malaria
A-womanlike B-womanly C-women D-female
2- If you don’t pay the bill within two weeks, electricity will be cut _________
A-off B-down C-out D-over
3- The carpenters make things from _________
A-metals B-stones C-flowers D-wood
4- ________, please. I’m not used to drink alcohol
A-beer B-champagne C-orange juice D-wine
5- They started to go home _________ a short rest at Yen Spring
A-despite B-after C-before D-while
6- Liz took a lot of photos _________ the visit to Houng Pagoda
A-until B-on C-in D-during
7- I’ve bought a fishing rod. I _________ fishing tomorrow
A-will go B-would go C-am going to go D-am going
8- I’d rather _________
A-watch TV than read books B-watching TV to reading books
C-watch TV than reading books B-to watch TV better to read books
9- Aboakyir festival is celebrated in May by the people in the Central Region of Ghana. It _________ the migration of those people from the ancient Western Suda
A-remembers B-reminds C-marks D-recalls
10-_________ is a period or condition of unusually dry weather within a geographic area where rainfall is normally present
A-hurricanes B-drought C-tornados D-sandstorms

IV- Fill in the blank with the suggested word (p)

When summer rises because take with in which


Summer in London is the best seasons of all. The sky is clear and blue. The sun shines brightly. However, it is not pleasant to go out at noon _______________ the sun dazzles our eyes. The air is generally dry. It is pleasant to _______________ a walk in the morning, when the country is cool or again in the evening _______________ the sunshine is not so hot and the moon ________________ above the horrizon
How beautiful a _______________ bight in London is! It is really beautiful _______________ the countryside. The high in the sky, there is the moon ________________ sheds silver light together ________________ thousands little stars twinkling and twinkling

V- Read then answer the questions (p)

“The prophecy”
People who live in California have every reason to be afraid of earthquakes. No one has ever forgotten the great quake that destroyed San Francisco in 1906. In May, 1988, the people of Los Angeles panicked. According to a prophecy made in 16th century by a prophet called Nostradamus, the city would be destroyed early in 1988. During the panic, parents didn’t send their children to school and people didn’t go to work. No one stayed at home, either. The airlines did great busines carrying people who fled from