TEST 21

TEST 21

I- Choose the word that has the bold part pronounced differently (p)

1- A-garbage B-garage C-sewage D-carriage
2- A-dump B-bulb C-nuclear D-plumber
3- A-flood B-root C-blood D-sun
4- A-private B-locate C-celebrate D-nominate
5- A- understand B-gravity C-man D-balloon

II- Choose the best answers (p)

1- The dustman _________ the rubbish everyday
A-picks B-collects C-bring D-worry
2- Stephen always wanted to be an actor when he ________ up
A-grew B-brought C-settled D-came
3- The _________ of petrol goes up and up. It’ll never go down
A-cost B-value C-expense D-price
4- I have just come back from Da Lat _________ many people want to visit
A-where B-when C-which D-in which
5- I wondered _________ the manager was then
A-if B-whether C-where D-whatever
6- His parents are old and he doesn’t want to rely _________ them for his expenses
A-with B-for C-to D-on
7- The van had turned the corner when one of the back wheels _________
A-broke away B-came off C-turned round D-rolled down
8- The newspaper had to pay thousands of pounds to make _________ their mistakes
A-in for B-out with C-up for D-away with
9- If children are ________ of love and security they may have problems in later life
A-stripped B-deprived C-denied D-excluded
10-If public transport is to succeed in serving the public, it is important to ________ sevices such as trains and buses into one system so that they work together and offer a more convenient service
A-join B-combine C-unite D-intergrate

III- Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition (p)

He is used to address __________________ a teacher
The police is doubtful __________________ what man had said
He could not run in a race _________________ over twenty-six miles
While military scientists test lasers __________________ satellites, surgeons use them as miraculously accurate scalpels
Thieves made _______________ ______________ over twenty thousand pounds
She took many photos to show the trip _______________ her parents
Please wait ______________ 10.00. She will definitely be back at 10.00

IV- Fill in each gap with a suitable word to complete the passage (p)

In Britain there is a holiday now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days many girls from working-class _________________ in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country _________________ in rich houses. They had to do all the ________________ and their working day was usually very long, they often worked on Sundays, too
Once a year, it was usually ________________ Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers. They went home on that day and _________________ presents for their mothers and for ________________ members of their families. They could stay at home only one day, and then they went _________________ to their work. People call that day Mothering Day _________________ Mothering Sunday
Later workers at the factories and girls __________________ worked in the houses of _________________ families received one free day a week, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It is the last Sunday in March

V- Rewrite these sentences using the word in brackets (p)

He never suspected that the money had been stole (time)
At ____________________________________________________________
I used to own a dog. People came to the door. The dog never barked at them (who)
The dog I ______________________________________________________
They are telling me that I must make a decision soon (pressure)
They __________________________________________________________
The show was interesting to the boys (felt)
The boys _______________________________________________________
It won’t be possible for me to come back home this week because I’m too busy (afraid)
I’m ____________________________________________________________

VI- Give the correct form of the words iun brackets (p)

It is time we (go)______________ now or we (miss)______________ the train
All the (village)______________ live closely together
Van is a good (changing)_______________ student in the USA
It is the school for the severelly (handicap) _______________
Visitors can catch sight of an old banyan tree at the (enter)________________ of the village
This place is famous for its (picture)_______________ scenery

VII- Fill in each gap with a suitable word to complete the passage (p)

THREE LITTLE PIGS
Once upon a time there were three little pigs. One day they set out from the farm _________________ they had been born. They were going out into the world to make their fortune
The ________________ little pig met a